Participants: Various guests
Series Code: 10GYC
Program Code: 10GYC000014
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00:29 Soldiers of Christ, arise, and put your armor on,
00:38 strong in the strength which God supplies 00:43 through his eternal Son; 00:47 Strong in the Lord of hosts, and in his mighty power: 00:57 who in the strength of Jesus trusts 01:02 is more than conqueror. 01:07 Stand then in his great might, 01:15 with all his strength endured, 01:20 and take, to arm you for the fight, 01:26 the panoply of God. 01:31 That, having all things done, 01:36 and all your conflicts passed, 01:42 Ye may overcome through Christ alone 01:47 and stand entire at last. 02:00 Leave no unguarded place, 02:04 no weakness of the soul, 02:09 Take every virtue, every grace, 02:14 and fortify the whole; 02:19 From strength to strength go on, 02:24 wrestle and fight and pray: 02:28 tread all the powers of darkness down, 02:33 and win the well-fought day. 02:44 Soldiers of Christ, arise. Amen. 02:56 Good afternoon Soldiers of God. 03:01 Good afternoon. How are you doing? 03:03 Good. Are you excited? Yes. 03:05 Is it building. Yes? 03:07 Our mission here at GYC is that 03:10 there exists today an army of young people 03:13 on a mission for the Lord. 03:15 To proclaim, The Three Angels' Messages 03:18 to all the world in ThisGeneration. 03:21 We believe that one of the means for that 03:23 to happen is to involve young people 03:26 in the local Church, in the mission of the church, 03:29 and thankfully today I have with me 03:32 three young men who have, 03:34 by the inspiration of God, 03:35 received the burden to raise up a ministry 03:38 actually called ThisGeneration, 03:40 one of my favorite two words in the English language. 03:43 And so Tom, I want to ask you 03:46 what is ThisGeneration? 03:47 Tell us about this ministry that you guys 03:49 are starting at Upstate New York? 03:50 ThisGeneration is a group of young people 03:53 interested in doing evangelism. 03:54 And we are gonna go out and do the work 03:56 no matter what resources we have 03:57 or who comes with us. 03:58 And so one of the main things that we have 04:01 is a summer program, where we have mission ships 04:04 in American city, we do evangelism 04:06 training in the morning, 04:07 we go out and do surveys in the afternoon, 04:09 we run a full, make a big program along side of us, 04:11 everybody works together and shares their experiences. 04:13 We have a team of Bible workers 04:15 that we hire as young people 04:17 that follow along and collect all the leads 04:19 from the all the work that's been done before, 04:20 and we integrate everything 04:22 into the local Church, 04:23 because we don't want to just make a summers splash, 04:25 we wanna do work that lasts for a long time. 04:28 And we do revival work in the Church 04:29 leading up to the summer, 04:31 so we make sure that the Church is ready 04:32 and prepared to follow-up with everything. 04:34 Amen, that sounds really exciting now, 04:36 you know as young people we like juicy testimonies, 04:39 is there any experiences that you guys have had 04:40 since you started this Ministry? 04:42 Well, actually from me, 04:44 my experience I grow up Adventist, 04:46 but I never really had a personal relationship 04:48 with Christ, and then 04:50 when I left home at the age of 17, 04:52 my life was just a downwards spiral. 04:54 Until last year, Josh came out to me and asked me 04:57 if I would join the evangelism program 05:00 that they're having in New York. 05:01 And first, not ready to leave the lifestyle 05:04 then I told them no. 05:05 But then, after I've told them no, 05:08 I experienced with, my friends I was handing with, 05:11 we were doing things that we shouldn't be doing. 05:13 And things just got really, 05:14 really bad by early morning 05:16 it was to point where I thought I was gonna die. 05:18 And prayer wasn't part my life, 05:20 but I remember telling God that I know this is right 05:24 and I want to get out of this, 05:26 but I didn't know how, 05:27 and he would have to show me 05:28 and tell me how to get out of this. 05:30 And so the very that morning my friend came up 05:33 to me that I gone to an academy with that 05:36 had not known what I was dealing with, 05:39 the experience of what was going on in my life, 05:41 but he told me he had a dream about me 05:45 the night before and he felt really impressed to tell me. 05:47 And so as he's telling me this, 05:49 he's telling me what had been going on in my life, 05:54 and he told me that at the end of the dream 05:56 he ended with me dying. 05:57 And at this, at this moment 06:00 when he's telling me this, 06:01 there's a voice in my head saying Joel, 06:03 you are gonna die unless you get out of this right now. 06:06 And it said, go, join the evangelism program 06:08 in New York. And so I called Josh up that day, 06:12 and I asked him to sign me up. 06:14 And so when I started, 06:17 I went there like he was, 06:19 that was really tempting me 06:20 and it was really hard for me to get away 06:23 from the stuff that I had been so used to. 06:26 But through the, through the concerts, 06:29 through the staff there, 06:30 through just the ministry there, 06:32 I saw people having an experience with God. 06:35 And last summer changed my life 06:37 because that's when I gave my heart to God 06:39 on this mission trip. 06:40 And since then I had some bumps in my life 06:44 and I came to GYC last year, 06:45 and I knew I wanted to do something big for God. 06:47 So, I attended Mission College of evangelism, 06:50 and then I came back and help lead the group 06:54 this last summer and I'm still very involved with 06:57 the group now and I'll be helping lead 06:59 that this coming summer. 07:00 And God has just been doing 07:02 wonderful things in our lives, 07:04 and I know God has called each one of us 07:06 to work for him. Amen. 07:09 And I know first hand, 07:10 I thought I was to the point where God 07:12 could not save me, 07:13 but I know the God can change 07:14 the lives of anybody because he changed mine. 07:17 Amen, now Joel, that's powerful. 07:19 GYC is all about life changing, 07:21 so Josh, how do we gonna involve with ThisGeneration. 07:24 Well, you know Joel's testimony is just one of my 07:26 many testimonies, and I just want to encourage 07:28 everybody like Joel said, to get involved. 07:30 If you have questions or you wanted to learn 07:33 more about what we're doing, 07:34 stop by our booth, 07:35 we have a Bible work program like Tom was saying. 07:36 ThisGeneration's mission is to review on people 07:39 bringing people together 07:41 and to training and equip young people 07:43 for the purpose of finishing the work in ThisGeneration. 07:45 I just want encourage everybody to get 07:47 involved whether its with ThisGeneration, 07:49 whether its with another ministry, 07:50 but no manner what you do, 07:52 get involved and God will use you powerfully. 07:54 And stop by our booth, 07:55 we have a booth outside in the exhibit hall. 07:57 Wonderful, we thank you guys for coming in GYC, 08:00 lets finish the work, Amen. Amen. 08:02 God bless. 08:11 Did you know that 80% of Seventh-day Adventist 08:14 young people attend secular universities, 08:17 they are not at our Adventist institutions 08:19 of higher learning? And as result 08:21 that puts them in very dangerous circumstances 08:24 and puts them at risk for losing their faith, 08:25 but there is a ministry here in Mid-Atlantic called ANEW, 08:29 that is trying to put an end to that 08:30 and network young people together in order to 08:32 spread the gospel. 08:33 David, why don't you tell us a little bit more about 08:35 what ANEW is. Yeah, ANEW is a ministry for 08:39 secular campuses in the Mid-Atlantic region. 08:41 So, we have the seven Mid-Atlantic States 08:43 I won't go through that huge list right now, 08:45 but we have a lot of different campuses 08:47 that come together, 08:48 and we wanna find how we can do evangelism 08:51 on our secular campuses. 08:52 The secular campus is one of the most difficult fields 08:55 to evangelize in. And basically, 08:58 all of us have gonna together trying to 09:00 figure out how did do this, 09:01 and so our effort is to reach our secular 09:05 campuses in the Mid-Atlantic, in this area. 09:07 Praise the Lord. 09:08 Now, Hillary, I understand you kind of heard about 09:11 ANEW and you went to ANEW 09:12 and you had an experience 09:14 and it's impacted your ministry, 09:15 tell us a little bit about that. 09:16 Yes, well actually I've first attend ANEW 09:20 in my freshman year of college, 09:21 I go to the University of Delaware. 09:22 And I didn't know what to expect, 09:24 but it ended up changing my life truly. 09:26 I was a baby Christian and to hear a message 09:30 that God had a bigger purpose for me 09:32 to be on me campus for more than grades, 09:33 for more than a degree. 09:35 But to reach out to other students for Christ, 09:38 it was just very inspirational. 09:40 And, so I returned to my campus 09:42 and I just had renewed God filled purpose 09:45 for being there. And I just like to share 09:48 a brief testimony about some personal ministry 09:50 that God opened up the way for me to do. 09:53 I studied abroad for a semester 09:54 and while there I had a roommate, 09:55 she goes to University of Delaware as well. 09:57 And you know, we spend everyday together 10:00 and she was not Adventist, 10:02 but she know about the Sabbath from living with me. 10:04 And as we there, we got onto a conversation 10:07 about the Bible prophecy and she said, 10:09 I never knew about that. 10:10 And, so you know, 10:11 my heart was beating and I said, 10:12 well do you wanna; 10:13 would you like to settle with me 10:14 and she said yes. 10:16 So, we have done studies on Revelation 10:18 and she has since accepted the Sabbath, amen, 10:21 and we are continuing to study. 10:23 So, I know that I would not have been that bold 10:26 or have that much drive had I not attended that 10:30 first ANEW and realize the importance of campus 10:32 ministries and how it can really change lives. 10:34 Praise the Lord. That's exactly what Campus 10:37 Ministry is about. It's not about 10:39 going there just to get a worldly education, 10:41 but our primary purpose is to spread 10:43 the gospel to the people that we're studying with. 10:45 And I know ANEW has a lot of new activities 10:48 along those lines, so Eunice, 10:49 why don't you tell us a little bit about 10:50 your experience what ANEW is up to today 10:52 and how people can get involved? 10:54 Sure, so, I've actually went to the same conference 10:57 that Hillary went to. And at the end of that conference, 10:59 I remember telling God, Lord, 11:02 I don't know how but at the end of a year 11:03 I'm also gonna justify before everyone 11:06 that you raised the campus ministry at my school. 11:08 So, at the end of one year there was a campus ministry 11:11 at Suny Geneseo in Upstate New York. 11:13 At the end of two years it was growing, 11:15 and at the end of three years 11:16 we are looking back now, 11:18 we have two more Campus Ministries of the 11:19 University of Rochester and RIT, 11:21 two campuses nearby. 11:22 With care groups going where we have more 11:25 non-Adventists coming up than Adventists 11:28 in some cases. As a network within 11:31 New York we also have Campus Ministry 11:34 such as Cornell, Binghamton, Syracuse. 11:35 All these other university students 11:38 within upstate New York working together, 11:40 you know doing outreach on our campuses, 11:42 evangelizing to our professors. 11:44 As overall Mid-Atlantic organization, 11:47 we have a canvasing program actually that right after GYC, 11:50 we have group of young people 11:51 going to canvas in Maryland. 11:53 So, for those of you doing outreach on Sabbath, 11:56 you actually might be knocking on some of the doors 11:58 that we're gonna knock on, 11:59 so please leave a good impression alright. 12:00 And during the summer, 12:02 we also have a canvasing program 12:03 that we would like to start. 12:04 We have a Three Angels Message Bible study 12:08 going on weekly to train students go 12:10 and to share the message with other people as well. 12:13 And we also have a spring break trip 12:15 that we are planning to a secular campus 12:17 in which we go and we help jump start a ministry 12:20 at another school, so. Those are some of these 12:22 projects going on right now. 12:23 Excellent. David, where we can find out 12:25 more information here at GYC about ANEW. 12:27 Please come to the booth, 12:29 we have a booth in the exhibit hall, 12:32 we might be the poorest organization there, 12:34 a bunch of broke college students, 12:35 but please come to the booth. 12:37 We'd love to talk with you. 12:38 And you're gonna find out more information there. 12:40 GYC was started by a group of broke college students. 12:43 Secular Campus Ministry is at the foundation 12:46 of the ministry that GYC dies. 12:47 And it's because Ellen White 12:48 wrote in third Selected Messages, 12:50 that it's a work that must be done 12:52 and it will be done by those who are taught 12:53 and led of God. These young people 12:55 are an example of that prophecy 12:57 coming into fulfillment and we hope that 12:58 you get involved as well. 12:59 GYC sometimes, some of your leaders 13:06 at GYC get the opportunity to travel. 13:08 And I had the opportunity to travel to Ethiopia 13:12 this summer and I was in Addis Ababa, 13:15 and thankfully tonight, 13:16 we have a young person with us that also made 13:20 a decision to go to Ethiopia, 13:21 but it was at GYC last year. 13:24 So Christina, can you tell us 13:25 how did make that decision? 13:27 How did this come about 13:28 and what was the experience like? 13:30 Well, it was last year at Louisville, 13:32 Kentucky and it was a GYC, 13:35 and I was sitting in the congregation 13:37 and Paul Howe spoke, 13:39 who is the hospital administrator of 13:41 Gimbie Adventist Hospital in Ethiopia. 13:43 And he made a call for long-term missionaries 13:47 and he made a call people to be bold. 13:49 And I felt the Holy Spirit you know tugging at my heart, 13:53 telling me, Christina, 13:54 this is what you need to do, 13:55 but I didn't go up and I sat in my seat 13:58 and I though, oh, no, I don't know do it. 14:01 And so, the Sunday, GYC led out 14:04 and I was driving back to 14:05 Southern Adventist University, 14:07 I was finishing out my senior of college there, 14:09 and I got phone call and I answer the phone 14:13 and it was Paul Howe and he said, 14:14 Christina McNelis, we need you in Gimbie. 14:17 And I thought, where is that again? 14:19 Ethiopia, and so I thought, oh, 14:22 I don't know if I wanna go to Ethiopia, 14:24 I was kind of uncertain about it. 14:26 But I said, let me pray about it for a week. 14:28 And it's just so awesome how God works, 14:31 because at that moment I felt like I was Jonah, 14:34 running away from his call and then he called, 14:37 God called me on my cellphone and said, 14:39 this is where you need to be. 14:41 And it's just been an amazing experience so far 14:44 and you know if you really trust in the Lord, 14:47 God will direct your pass. 14:48 It may not be exactly where you want to go, 14:52 but it's where God wants you to go 14:53 and when you know that you're doing God's will 14:56 you have this certain peace that comes about you. 14:58 So, it's just been an amazing experience, 15:01 I needed to be there because God wanted to show 15:04 me that I was getting too comfortable here 15:06 in the States. And that I was okay 15:08 with this mediocre relationship that I had. 15:11 And so, we get really busy and we get involved 15:14 with programs, I was really involved at Southern. 15:16 And it was just amazing how God 15:18 had pulled me away to Ethiopia and he said, 15:20 these are the things that I want to show you, 15:22 I want just spend time with me. 15:24 And its just been an incredible journey 15:26 that I had been on with God. 15:27 So, Christina, now you said 15:30 you went to a hospital in Ethiopia. 15:32 Do I have to be a medical person 15:34 or involved in medicine as youth at GYC 15:37 to get involved? You do not, 15:38 I graduated with communications in May 15:41 and I flew out in June to Ethiopia. Amen, 15:45 that was a good graduation gift from the Lord. 15:47 And so what exactly how you been doing 15:49 there in Ethiopia. Well, I've been working 15:51 in the hospital and we have six outer clinics 15:54 and we've just been serving the Lord, 15:57 we're even trying to get some evangelism, 15:59 we've been translating Bibles there. 16:01 Just like God is really working in Ethiopia 16:05 and we have lots of projects that are going on. 16:08 And it's just really incredible. 16:09 Do you have any personally experiences 16:11 and something that happened to you since 16:13 you've been serving the Lord there, 16:14 that has really touched your heart. 16:15 Well, like I said, I just really enjoyed being there 16:20 and just really enjoyed reconnecting, 16:22 getting back to the basis with God. 16:24 And not being so busy and just really getting 16:27 to know Him again on a one-and-one basis. 16:29 But, I have little girl that I work with 16:32 and here name is Zenevu. 16:34 And she's been in a wheelchair for almost 16:37 all of her life, she has severe arthritis 16:39 and she is still cripple that she can't walk. 16:41 And I started helping her with some therapy. 16:45 And also I give her a bath, 16:47 because she hasn't been able to bath herself. 16:49 And she's 19 years old 16:51 and she's lived in the hospital for a whole year 16:54 of her life in the hospital. 16:55 And the conditions are not ideal there. 16:58 And it's just been such a powerful testimony 17:01 to see her, because she's happy 17:03 and she is smiling and she loves the Lord. 17:06 And everytime that I see her you know, 17:08 we can't talk each other, 17:09 but we kind of do a little sign language 17:12 and you know she smiles back 17:14 and she's just, she's really impacted my life 17:18 because I think how much do we have here in the state. 17:20 I can walk, I can run and sometimes I, 17:24 you know take my blessings for granted. 17:27 And here she is in this wheelchair 17:30 and she's made the biggest impact on my life. 17:32 So, if I were a young person here at GYC 17:35 and lets just say I felt the Holy Spirit 17:37 tugging at my heart tonight, 17:38 that this where God is calling me. 17:40 How do I find out more information, 17:42 how do I get involved directly. 17:43 Well, I have a booth here at GYC, 17:46 but those who are joining us in on 3ABN, 17:48 you can contact Adventist Health International. 17:51 And it's not just Ethiopia that needs help, 17:55 there many hospitals. 17:56 And you don't have to be a nurse, 17:58 although we need nurses, 17:59 you don't have to be a business professional, 18:01 you can do construction. 18:02 I mean there is needs everywhere. 18:04 So, if you just go to Adventist 18:06 Health International, 18:07 there is a whole list of voluntary opportunities 18:09 that you can do. And I just want to you know 18:12 reinstate that we should be bold 18:14 and we should be doing something for God. 18:16 Amen. We shouldn't be comfortable sitting 18:18 in our pews, because thankfully 18:21 we're at the end times and all around the world 18:23 we need to be sharing the good news of Christ. 18:26 What do you say GYC, Amen, 18:28 Amen God bless you, have a good Sabbath. 18:33 This afternoon, 18:34 thousands of Seventh day Adventist 18:35 young people had more than 70 buses trucked out 18:38 into the neighborhood of Baltimore, 18:40 knocking on doors and sharing the 18:42 good news of Jesus Christ. 18:44 And I have just a few of those with me 18:46 and some of them said, 18:47 they're a little bit nervous, 18:48 not so much about being up here, 18:50 but they were a little nervous about 18:52 going out there and knocking on doors. 18:55 Luessa, your story isn't actually about 18:57 you being nervous, 18:58 but someone you know 18:59 who was nervous and so nervous in fact 19:02 that well she had some family 19:04 responsibilities as well. 19:05 She didn't go out knocking on doors, 19:07 but what did she do? 19:09 That's right she was actually able to witness 19:13 to some people in her hotel 19:15 and also share with people who are here 19:17 in the conviction center and throughout 19:20 the course of talking with them, 19:21 two of the maids that she talked to decided 19:24 they wanted to have Bible studies. 19:25 And someone from the convention center 19:28 who was a staff person actually decided 19:30 to go an Adventist church to check it out, 19:33 and we're really excited about that. 19:35 Praise the Lord! Remember last night, 19:37 Justin encouraged us to witness to a hotel staff, 19:40 this young lady took it a step further, 19:43 praise the Lord! Now Cedric, 19:45 you were nervous, yeah, 19:46 about going knocking on doors, 19:48 but why did you go anyway? 19:49 Because we are the soldier of God, 19:52 we want to share with people our faith. 19:56 Praise the Lord, and Cedric, 19:58 you went with Stephanie and Emily. 20:00 And Stephanie, as the three of you 20:03 were going as a team, 20:04 I understand that not everyone was 20:07 thrilled to see you come to their doors. 20:09 That's correct, before we left the bus 20:12 we had prayed for a divine appointment. 20:14 Lord, give us a divine appointment, 20:15 and as we went out 20:17 and knocked on the first few doors, 20:19 no one answered and the last person, 20:21 before we prayed, slammed the door. 20:24 And so we all prayed on the side walk and said, 20:29 Lord, we can't have a divine appointment 20:31 without a person. And so you prayed, 20:33 that's the place to go as well, 20:35 witnessing and sharing God's word 20:37 is to go forward on our knees, 20:39 praying for the Holy Spirit's guidance. 20:41 And Emily, at the next door someone 20:44 opened the door, a man 20:46 and how was that your presence, 20:50 along with your teammates, 20:51 what impact would that make in his life? 20:53 Well, I will admit that I really didn't want 20:56 to do outreach at all today, 20:58 but I knew that I would feel guilty 20:59 if I didn't, so that's why I went. 21:01 And I really didn't want to be out there, 21:03 but I knew God had someone out there for us. 21:05 So I prayed with the others 21:07 and when we knocked on that door, 21:08 I did the canvas and it was the first time 21:10 I had done a canvas. 21:11 And I told the man who we were, 21:14 why we were there. 21:15 And he started crying 21:16 and he invited into his porch 21:19 and he told us some issues he's having, 21:22 alcoholism, family issues, 21:24 some grief issues and he signed up for Bible studies 21:28 and I had the opportunity to share a little snippet 21:31 of my testimony, which I've never done 21:32 with a complete stranger before. 21:34 And that was a blessing to me 21:35 and it really seemed to resonate with him. 21:38 And we had a beautiful prayer at the end, 21:40 and he told us that he had prayed 21:42 last night for help, and he looked at us and said, 21:46 you're my answer, and I looked at him and I said, 21:47 you're our answer too. Amen. 21:50 God was answering prays this afternoon, 21:53 was he not? Praise the Lord. 21:55 Now, Kimmy, you went out door-to-door 21:58 with someone who has maybe just a little bit of 22:01 experience doing evangelism, 22:03 who did you go with? 22:05 I went with Elder Mark Finley, 22:06 so just a little bit. 22:08 And its actually quite hard, 22:10 because you go up to the door 22:12 and you say hi, my name is Kimmy 22:14 and this is my friend Mark. 22:16 Did anybody recognize your friend Mark? 22:21 Yes, the very first door we went to, 22:23 there was a lady and she immediately recognized him 22:26 and she invited us in, 22:27 and she just broke down crying, 22:30 saying that she actually got baptized 22:32 through his evangelistic series in the Philippines. 22:34 Praise the Lord. 22:36 Whether you go door to door with Cedric, 22:39 who is nervous, but he's a solider of Christ, 22:41 so he's going. 22:42 Or whether you go with your friend Mark, 22:44 God answers prayers and he blesses. 22:48 Thank you for your witness in Baltimore today. Amen. 23:01 Good evening GYC. Good evening. 23:03 Tonight, I have an incredible ministry 23:06 with me call ALIVE, 23:08 Africans Living In View of Eternity. 23:11 It's a Bible based revival moment, 23:13 that seeks to support youth led moments 23:16 on the continent of Africa, 23:17 there are in over 10 countries right now 23:20 and just one affiliate in Zambia, 23:22 they've baptized over 2,000 people in one year, 23:26 its incredible. So, with me I has some 23:29 ALIVE members, this is Dieny, so Dieny, 23:33 this last summer was your first summer 23:36 going on mission with ALIVE. 23:37 Where did you go? 23:38 Tell us a little bit about that experience? 23:40 Well, Cathy, thanks for asking. 23:42 Last year I was given the distinct opportunity 23:45 to accompany ALIVE to four different countries. 23:49 I went to Ghana, Liberia, Zambia and Ethiopia. 23:53 And for me, each country was life changing. 23:56 God allowed me to go to those countries, 23:58 to take my Christian experience 24:00 to new heights. Just being faced 24:03 with the climates, different types of politics 24:06 that were going on. 24:07 Just everything that was there, 24:10 one that was telling me you know what, 24:12 I need a deeper walk with Christ. 24:14 And I think overall, 24:16 of all the lessons that I learned, 24:18 the most important lesson was 24:20 the level of sacrifice and commitment 24:22 that I needed to apply in my life. 24:25 All those countries, 24:26 the young people were just super on fire. 24:29 And one example I remember, 24:31 I was in one of the Islands in Zambia, 24:34 Chilubi, and as you're coming back 24:36 from the rural mission, 24:37 after doing follow-up, 24:39 we were leaving and we were meeting 24:41 some of the young people 24:42 that were on the island. 24:43 And I remember meetings some of them, 24:44 one of them happen to be just 18 years old 24:47 and he should have been coming back with us, 24:49 but they had decided to stay, 24:51 they have reached over 75 percent of island 24:54 and they were committed to staying 24:56 until all the island would be Adventist message. 24:59 And I was just blown away. 25:01 And it forced me to you know, 25:02 just reanalyze my life and say, Lord, 25:05 I need to commit more, 25:06 do more, sacrifice more, 25:08 have a more deeper experience with Christ. 25:10 Praise God, that he gives us those experiences. 25:14 And we have Angie with us. 25:15 Angie in 2009 went on her first mission trip 25:19 with ALIVE to Zambia. 25:20 And she, God transformed her mind 25:23 and her understanding of mission in evangelism. 25:25 She came back to Canada, 25:27 just alive and on fire, 25:29 wanting to get young people involved. 25:30 Wanting to get them to go into the mission 25:33 field with her. And so she went back, 25:35 rallied the young people 25:36 and planned another mission trip back to Zambia. 25:39 So, can you tell us a little bit about that 25:41 planning process and what God taught you 25:43 through that? Honestly Cathy, 25:46 the planning process is very, 25:47 very difficult because, 25:49 I was only 19 at that time, 25:50 I had just finished one year of university. 25:52 Had no leadership qualities, 25:54 no organizing abilities, nothing. 25:56 And I would be stuck with making these decisions, 25:59 I had no idea what to do. 26:01 But, one thing I did know was that, 26:03 I knew what purpose I was doing this for, 26:05 I wanted other young people 26:07 to have the same experience 26:08 I had in Zambia and I also knew 26:10 who I was serving, 26:11 which was the Lord, 26:12 the source of wisdom. 26:13 So over and over again, 26:14 I was brought to my knees, 26:15 had to pray before the decisions 26:17 that I had made, I had to ask a lot of 26:18 other ALIVE members for advice. 26:20 Also had to do a lot of reading on the principals 26:23 on which this mission was gonna be based upon. 26:25 So, through that I learned, 26:27 if you want to be used by the Lord, 26:29 you have to be humble. 26:30 You have to realize that Lord, 26:31 I cannot do this mission on my own, 26:33 I can do your Holy work with my own strength. 26:36 And I need your wisdom, 26:38 I need your guidance, 26:39 I need you to lead me. 26:40 So, if you want to be useful, 26:41 allow the Lord to humble you. Amen, 26:44 those are just valuable lessons 26:46 that only the Lord can teach us. 26:47 Can you give us one impactful 26:50 example of the way that God worked when you were 26:52 Zambia this summer. 26:53 So when I was back to Zambia 26:55 for the second time, 26:56 I was very surprised to see that 26:58 one of the missionaries 26:59 I had meet the first time I went, 27:01 went back to her own country 27:03 and started her own missionary group, 27:04 which is now very active in evangelism, 27:06 they do rural missions, 27:07 they go to university campuses, 27:09 high school, high schools 27:11 and they give Bible studies. 27:12 And just seeing how the Lord 27:13 is using young people, 27:15 some of the missionaries were 27:16 17, 18 years old, just as Dieny said. 27:18 And the Lord is doing something amazing, 27:20 he's using people who had just been 27:21 on mission, had their first 27:23 taste and he's already using them. 27:25 Amen, so Valmy, as President of ALIVE, 27:29 I'm sure you can tell that something 27:31 is happening on the continent of Africa 27:33 especially through ALIVE. 27:34 And this is very exciting. 27:35 Can you tell us a little bit about ALIVE 27:37 and why ALIVE even exists. 27:39 Happy New Year GYC. 27:42 There is something truly, 27:45 something is happening, 27:46 and in Africa we see something 27:48 great that is happening. 27:49 ALIVE as a Bible based, 27:51 youth lead, revival movement 27:53 is sweeping the continent of Africa 27:56 and namely, I want to answer one 27:58 fundamental question 27:59 that is facing Africa, 28:00 and that question is this spiritual question. 28:03 Behind the issues that are facing Africa, 28:07 is the issue of the spirituality 28:09 and ALIVE 6 to answer 28:11 that question of spirituality 28:13 by providing resources, 28:15 training materials for many young people 28:18 across the continent. 28:19 And as you have heard, 28:20 many things are taking place 28:22 across the continental of Africa, 28:23 this summer alone, 28:24 we had over seven mission trips 28:27 in different countries. 28:28 And as Kazi said, in one year alone, 28:31 a group of young people, 28:33 dedicated, they baptized over 2,000 souls. 28:36 Amen church, amen. 28:39 So, Valmy, if there's someone 28:42 in the audience that feels like their heart 28:45 has been pricked and they wanna do something 28:46 similar in their own life, 28:49 whether a mission trip somewhere else, 28:51 or something in their own community, 28:52 what would you tell them, 28:54 what advice would give you them? 28:55 The good news is that 28:57 you don't need to go to Africa to do that, 28:59 because young people in Africa 29:01 are finishing the work amen. 29:03 Young people in Africa 29:05 are finishing the work. 29:06 The question is, we in North America 29:08 what are we doing to finish the work. 29:10 Amen. Amen. 29:12 We don't need to send more missionaries to Africa, 29:14 statistics indicate that North America 29:17 is number one mission field right now, 29:19 so you don't need to go to Africa to do that, 29:21 you can start here in Baltimore. 29:23 Get your friend Mark, John, organize yourselves, 29:27 start something like a Bible study, 29:28 a small group, do something 29:30 and hasten the second coming of Christ, 29:32 amen, amen. Amen. 29:34 And if you want any more information about ALIVE, 29:37 we do have a booth in the exhibit hall, 29:39 you can also visit us at 29:41 www.africansalive.org. 29:47 The Seventh-day Adventist Church 29:49 is in the midst of a major emphasis 29:53 on revival and reformation. 29:55 This emphasis was launched at the recent 29:59 General Conference session 30:01 by our General Conference President 30:03 Elder Ted Wilson. 30:04 The question maybe asked, 30:07 why such an emphasis on revival? 30:11 There are two reasons for that, 30:13 first, that revival is the ongoing mission 30:18 of the church. In every generation, 30:22 God invites the church to revival, 30:25 he invites the church to reformation. 30:27 His mercies are new every morning. 30:31 So, every morning we seek him 30:34 for spiritually renewal. 30:35 But there is a second reason, 30:37 we are living at the climax of earth's history, 30:41 at a time when God promises to put out 30:45 is spirit in abundant measure 30:47 in the latter rain power. 30:49 And just as the disciples sought the Holy Spirit 30:54 and the power of the early rain 30:56 to launch the Christian Church, 30:58 so at end time, 31:00 God will have a Church that is seeking him 31:04 for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit 31:07 in latter rain power to finish his work on earth. 31:12 What is revival? Revival is the renewal 31:16 of the spiritual energies of the soul. 31:19 How does revival take place? 31:22 It takes place as we seek God in prayer, 31:26 it takes praise as we focus on His word. 31:30 Prayer without study of the Bible 31:34 simply leads to emotionalism and fanaticism. 31:38 The study of the Bible without prayer 31:41 simply leads to called cold formalism. 31:45 But Bible study and prayer are not enough 31:48 to initiate revival. 31:50 The Pharisees prayed and studied God's word, 31:55 but they crucified Jesus. 31:57 Prayer and Bible study lead to witness, 32:01 they lead to service, the purpose of revival 32:05 is to have our hearts open to the Holy Spirit 32:07 so we can take the gospel to world. 32:10 The General Conference of 32:12 Seventh-day Adventists 32:13 is serious about revival, 32:15 they are prayer bans breaking out 32:17 at the General Conference building, 32:19 there is a committee that's been established 32:21 on revival. And the Adventist 32:24 review recent issue 32 pages on revival. 32:27 Sabbath school lessons being written on revival. 32:30 Television programs being produced on revival. 32:34 Leaders at the Seventh day Adventist Church, 32:36 the General Conference President. 32:37 As well as Vice Presidents involved in revival. 32:41 Praying, seeking God. 32:43 Young people are revolved in revival. 32:46 In fact, these young people, 32:47 many of them are on our revival committee 32:50 at the General Conference. 32:51 One of them is Jeff Marshall. 32:53 Jeff, you've had a unique experience 32:55 with God before you were asked to join us 32:58 on the General Conference 32:59 committee for revival, 33:01 tell us about that experience. 33:02 I saw, I don't know if it was on the Internet 33:05 or if it was in the Adventist review, 33:07 I saw that there was a revival 33:10 and reformation committee and I told my wife, 33:11 I think that's the only committee 33:13 in the Adventist Church 33:14 that I want to serve on, 33:15 I'm not a committee guy 33:17 and I prayed about this, 33:19 keep coming up in mind and I prayed about it. 33:22 Just give it to God, let it be God's will, right. 33:24 Sure enough, I got a phone call from Jerry Page, 33:27 who you'll meet in just a few minutes, 33:28 asking me to be on the Revival 33:31 and Reformation Committee, I was shocked. 33:33 I get to this committee, 33:35 the first agenda item was a document 33:39 that's been voted by the world church, 33:41 it actually recognizes young people as 33:43 being leaders in the final day movement. 33:45 Amen. And by the end of this agenda item, 33:50 none of us young people really said much. 33:51 And one person on the committee purposed, 33:53 he said, I want to hear from every person, 33:55 every young person in this room 33:57 before we make it a decision on this item 34:00 and I was shocked by this, 34:01 wow! My favorite passage in Bible is John 14:12 34:05 Jesus says, truly, truly, I say to you, 34:08 he who believes in Me, 34:09 will do the works that I do, 34:11 and greater works than these he will do; 34:13 because I'm going to the Father. 34:15 We have a voice with God and we have a voice 34:20 with this Church. The Revival committee 34:23 is composed of a Church leadership, 34:25 but it's composed of a significant number 34:26 of young people Jeff. 34:27 What do you do? I'm the campus pastor, 34:32 the Chaplin at Bass Memorial Academy. 34:34 And what' happening at Bass Memorial Academy, 34:36 as regarding revival on the young people there? 34:38 Revival and Reformation just goes back to the basics. 34:40 And the basics are, studying the Bible, 34:42 prayer, and sharing what you've experienced. 34:46 We had a lay institute for evangelism, 34:48 came to our campus this year, 34:49 we put down our books for two weeks 34:51 and we did nothing but study God's word. 34:53 We also have lay members 34:57 that are doing Church plans, 34:58 both north and south of our school 35:00 and we have students getting involved in this. 35:02 Students are going out and giving Bible studies, 35:03 going door to door, 35:05 and things of this nature. 35:06 In our schedule everyday there's 15 minutes 35:08 in the morning and 15 minutes in the afternoon 35:09 where nothing is happening, 35:11 except for prayer. 35:12 I had a young person come to me last night 35:14 with tears in her eyes, 35:16 actually two nights ago, tears in her eyes. 35:18 Talking about how when we recruited summer, 35:21 she was actually on a hangover. 35:23 And she's talking about how she was rebaptized 35:26 at the Lay Institute for Evangelism. 35:27 Talking about how this been 35:29 such a blessing to be at GYC. 35:30 And then she started, she started telling me 35:33 about how she was praying to be able to 35:34 witness to somebody specifically 35:36 and I'm sitting there all the time, 35:38 hardly hearing her voice, 35:39 because I'm seeing the tears in her eyes. 35:41 And I'll tell you what was beautiful 35:42 about those tears, they were not tears 35:44 of regret, they were tears of joy 35:46 for a new found experience. 35:48 We must experience revival and reformation 35:52 and we must share that experience 35:54 and tell others that what we have experienced 35:57 is better than the experience of this world. 35:59 We are told that a revival will never take place 36:02 unless God's people are earnestly praying. 36:07 Jerry and Janet Page of the General Conference 36:11 Ministerial Department are led out 36:14 at a recent annual council 36:16 in prayer sessions for the 36:18 General Conference leadership, 36:19 that prayer movement is spreading 36:22 with church leadership and young people 36:25 around the world, Jerry and Janet. 36:27 Praise the Lord! Amen, 36:29 closer to them. Its a great day 36:30 to be alive in Jesus, he's got a great 36:32 revival happening and he's been doing it 36:33 for years, hasn't he, in our lives, 36:35 you can all give your testimony. 36:36 So its not like some committee 36:37 or some new thing that happened. 36:39 Janet, you and I are on an adventure, 36:40 aren't we? We were minding 36:41 our own business in Central California 36:43 this summer and ended up with Pastor Wilson 36:45 and the group asked us to come 36:46 and do everything we could to get 36:48 the world praying and working together. 36:49 So we're leaving Sunday night for Nigeria, 36:51 to work with over thousand pastors 36:54 and their wives and leaders. 36:55 And so, pray for us in that will you, 36:57 pray for us for the whole thing. 36:58 Janet, share just briefly a little testimony 37:00 of something God did for us 37:01 years ago in revival. 37:03 Back in the middle 80s 37:04 Jerry was asked to be conference president 37:06 in Pennsylvania. It's something that 37:07 I prayed would never happen, 37:09 but it happened anyway. 37:10 It was right before camp meeting, 37:11 at camp meeting, people started coming 37:13 up and saying congratulations, 37:15 how does it feel to be the first lady? 37:16 I hate that kind of talk, 37:18 I said, look, I wash his clothes 37:19 the same way I always did, 37:20 you know just leave me alone. 37:22 Well, at that meeting some of them 37:25 started attending the seminar 37:27 that was on the Holy Spirit. 37:28 And the speaking was asking them 37:30 to pray everyday for the Baptism 37:32 of the Holy Spirit in their lives 37:34 and other peoples' lives. 37:35 How important it was that we do this, 37:37 but he got them to commit, 37:39 to pray for their leaders. 37:40 That last weekend, 37:42 we had so many coming up to us and saying, 37:44 we've committed ourselves 37:45 to pray for you and Jerry everyday, 37:48 and I look at them, 37:49 I smile and I say thank you, 37:50 but inside I was thinking big deal, 37:52 so they're praying what does that do? 37:54 They don't know that I felt like 37:56 I was lost, there was no hope for me. 37:58 I didn't even want to live, 37:59 my life was miserable, 38:00 but I couldn't tell them that, 38:02 I was a pastor's wife. 38:03 But for the next two years 38:05 we be in a different church 38:06 almost every Sabbath. 38:08 Someone, somewhere would come up 38:09 to me and say, we're praying for you 38:11 and Jerry, we're praying for the Holy Spirit 38:13 in you lives. And I'd smile and say yes, 38:15 thank you. At the end of about two years though, 38:18 God started moving on me dramatically 38:21 and my life was just turned upside down. 38:23 And I don't ever wanna going back to the way 38:25 it was. God started speaking to me 38:27 through his word and showing me he loves me 38:29 and how real he is. 38:30 And started leading me to help others, 38:32 what a God we serve. 38:34 Will you committee yourselves to pray 38:37 for your leadership in your churches, 38:39 in your schools, in the GC. 38:41 We desperately need those prayers, 38:44 it will change our lives and we are committing 38:46 to pray for you. And thank you 38:48 for all the many people who through the years 38:50 have been praying for this revival, 38:52 it's happening now. Jesus is coming. 38:54 Amen, amen, seven in the morning, 38:56 seven in the evening, around the world, 38:57 each time zone. You pray at another time a day, 38:59 you're praying with somebody in another timezone. 39:01 We'll be talking about a website, 39:02 the 777 prayer. Seventh-day Adventist, 39:04 seven days a week praying at 7 and 7. 39:06 And we can unite together with people 39:08 in China and Africa and every where else. 39:10 And Ellen White said, 39:11 have a circle around the globe, 39:12 praying for the Holy Spirit. 39:13 Go ahead Janet, introduced. 39:15 I wanna introduced Melody, 39:16 I meet Melody at an ASI convention 39:18 a couple years ago, 39:19 and I meet Melissa at GC last year, 39:22 in July. And I found out about how God's 39:25 getting them into United Prayer 39:27 and the Lord led to have Melissa come 39:29 and Martin Kim to our camp meeting in Central. 39:32 And it was just powerful what they did 39:35 have in a prayer room. 39:36 So much conversion, 1500 people, 39:37 but then Melody came to the GC 39:39 for our Fall Council prayer room. 39:41 And sure. Thank you. 39:42 Yes, Melissa and I, we're really excited 39:47 to be part of a ministry that is all about 39:50 revival and it's called ARME Bible Camp 39:53 and ARME actually stands for Adventist 39:55 Revival Movement for the Endtime. 39:58 And its about getting people into the word 40:00 and on their knees in prayer. 40:02 And interestingly enough, 40:04 the concrete plan for ARME actually started 40:07 here at GYC two years ago. 40:09 So over this last year God has totally turned 40:12 our lives upside down, 40:14 in relation to United Prayer 40:16 as he's been working in our team, 40:18 we've seen so many things happen. 40:19 As Janet just mentioned, we're invited, 40:22 our prayer team was invited to 40:24 SoCal camp meeting, 40:25 we had over 1500 people 40:26 come to the prayer meeting. 40:27 All day prayer room there. 40:29 Then we worked with Andrews University, 40:31 we had over 1300 people come 40:33 to the prayer meeting there. 40:34 And GC annual council, 40:36 this past October we were there 40:38 and it was just such a privilege 40:40 to be working with the leaders of the 40:42 Seventh-day Adventist Church. 40:43 Coming to the prayer room, 40:44 praying together, seeing the humility, 40:47 and the seeking God, 40:49 praying for the Holy Spirit, 40:51 that Jesus would come back that we could 40:52 finish the work, it was such an 40:54 awesome experience. Amen. Since then, 40:56 just in the last three months 40:57 God has taken us to several different divisions 41:00 around the world, 41:01 actually working with church leaders 41:02 covering I think over 50 different countries. 41:05 And again we've been seeing revival happen. 41:07 I actually was invited by Pastor Paul Ratsara 41:10 to the Southern Africa Indian Ocean division. 41:13 And there he had us lead 45 minutes 41:16 of United prayer at the beginning of each 41:18 of their day meetings. 41:21 And this was in addition to the worship service 41:23 that they were already having. 41:24 And some of these leaders were kind of wondering, 41:26 are we gonna get everything in the agenda 41:27 that we need done, 41:29 But at the end of these meeting, 41:30 they actually finished half a day early, 41:33 And everyone was so happy, 41:35 we had many of his union presidents 41:37 coming into the prayer room 41:38 at three and four in the morning, 41:40 praying for the Holy Spirit. 41:42 And of course Pastor Paul is a man of prayer 41:45 and has just been taking this United Prayer around. 41:48 And we have seen so many other ways 41:50 where God has been working with United Prayer 41:52 around the world, even where they've 41:53 started permanent prayer rooms 41:55 that they're planning to keep open until 41:57 Jesus comes back. 41:58 And so, we're just so excited to be part of this. 42:01 And seeing when we unite the power that there is. 42:05 And how the Holy Spirit is falling, 42:07 the rain is falling, he is coming back soon. 42:10 Melissa is gonna share a little bit more 42:11 about what's been happening in 42:12 South East Asia in the United Prayer. 42:14 The Power of United Prayer has 42:17 spreading like wildfire in Asia. 42:19 We were invited by Pastor Gulfan too, 42:22 the President of SSD Division year end meeting 42:26 in Philippines, and there we saw at 7 AM, 42:29 the leaders coming together and praying 42:32 for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, amen. 42:35 Humbling themselves before the Lord, 42:37 confessing their pride and just asking God 42:40 for forgiveness. Hallelujah. From 7 AM to 7 PM, 42:44 we had an all day prayer room, 42:46 where union leaders came through every hour. 42:50 And as a result of that Pastor Gulfan 42:52 brought this united prayer, 42:54 all day prayer room to all the Union 42:56 year-end meetings. 42:57 And he had told me, 42:58 that he came back, he said, Melissa, 43:00 you got to see what happened. 43:02 All the delegates have been saying, 43:04 they have been going to these meetings 43:05 so many years and this is the first time 43:08 they have felt the sense of the Holy Spirit. 43:11 This is the first time that it went so smoothly, 43:13 this is the first time they felt that 43:16 it was so spiritual. In fact, one union has said, 43:20 we have decided that every institution, 43:23 every church, every hospital, 43:24 every academy or university, 43:26 in that union they want united prayer 43:29 for their staff, for their students, 43:32 just every institution. 43:33 In fact, the educational director said, 43:35 we want you to come back 43:37 and do a tour of all the seven academies 43:40 in that union to introduce United Prayer 43:43 to the staff and the students. 43:44 Talking about students, 43:46 it as also been introduced to the colleges 43:48 and university. One college, 43:51 we had a conference, a camp meeting there. 43:53 During the night we had an all-night prayer room. 43:57 There were more students that came during 43:59 the night then during the day 44:00 and as result on Wednesday night 44:03 prayer meetings now, 44:05 they don't do sermons, 44:06 they do 500 students doing United Prayer. 44:10 Another college, we had, 44:13 we did United Prayer on Wednesday night, 44:15 there were 300 plus students. 44:18 And then lastly, another university 44:21 we had prayer conference there, 44:22 and while we had the prayer conference there, 44:24 they introduced United Prayer, 44:27 we introduced United Prayer. 44:28 And the next morning some people 44:31 went back to their dorms 44:32 and they started to wake up everybody 44:34 and said, come to the prayer room, 44:36 come to the prayer room. 44:37 There's a theology department there 44:39 from 4 PM to 6 PM, there is a permanent 44:42 prayer room everyday. 44:44 And lastly, they were taking the GC initiative, 44:48 777. At 7 AM and at 7 PM, 44:52 on the loudspeakers there is the songs, 44:56 sweet hour of prayer. 44:58 And then someone prays. 45:00 And whatever you are, 45:03 doesn't matter if you're walking 45:04 or you're in the class, 45:06 everybody stops and prays. 45:08 Amen. Amen. 45:11 Good morning everyone, 45:12 Happy New Year. 45:13 It is apparent to me, 45:16 I've been a Seventh day Adventist now 45:17 for 14 years, have had the privilege 45:20 of traveling all over the world preaching 45:23 at various youth conferences 45:24 and it occurs me that you were just, 45:27 you just said something was so absolutely 45:29 poignant and true. 45:31 And that is that, at prayer meeting 45:34 they are actually praying, amen. 45:36 I don't know if you picked that up or not? 45:38 That it wasn't just another seminar, 45:41 I remember when I first came into the 45:42 Seventh-day Adventist church, 45:43 I was invited to a week of pray. 45:45 Now I've been a Seventh-day Adventist 45:46 for about eight months and I was invited to do 45:49 a week of prayer at Rio Lindo, 45:52 it was never explained to me 45:53 what a week of prayer was, 45:54 but please come and do a week of prayer. 45:56 So I thought, I will go there 45:57 and pray for a week. 45:58 I was then later told that a week of prayer, 46:02 really means a week of preaching. 46:03 And I've never quite figured out that vernacular. 46:07 But the point is this, 46:08 at some points God is going to start 46:11 showing up in various meetings, 46:13 in various conferences, 46:14 in our prayer meetings, 46:15 because the people of God are praying 46:18 and seeking his face. 46:19 I just myself recently returned. 46:21 In fact, we were there at the same time, 46:23 just returned from the Philippines 46:24 and I was there at Philippine Youth Conference, 46:26 which is very much similar to what's taking place 46:28 in the GYC. This has spawned 46:30 many youth movements all over the world. 46:32 Can you same amen to that? 46:33 And when I was there, 46:34 one of the things that took place, 46:36 it just so impressed my soul, 46:37 I just can't communicate how fundamentally 46:40 it moved me. In the early morning meeting, 46:42 we were gathering at 7 O'clock in the morning 46:44 in keeping with the 777 prayer initiative to pray. 46:47 And I went in early in the morning 46:50 there to pray. And there were 46:52 already dozens of students gathered 46:55 and there were continuing to, 46:56 they just prayed and there were pouring 46:58 their hearts out. And it came time 47:00 for the morning meeting to begin. 47:01 But the young people were undismayed by the time, 47:05 they just kept praying. 47:07 And then people came in and they just kept praying 47:09 and at some point, forgive me for this everyone, 47:11 I opened my eyes during prayer. 47:13 I committed the cardinal sin of prayer. 47:14 And when I opened my eyes to astonishment, 47:18 I was surrounded by literally hundreds 47:21 of young people. I looked at my watch, 47:24 which I guess is another cardinal sin of prayer. 47:25 And we had prayed right through 47:28 the morning meeting. 47:29 The spirit of God, I mean this happens sometimes. 47:32 God actually shows up at the places where 47:35 we invite him to be. And friends, 47:37 it is taking place all over the world. 47:40 Praise the Lord, thank you all so much 47:42 and we just Praise God for what he's doing. 47:44 Join us will you please in this. 47:45 I believe it's a crescendo. 47:46 God said our greatest 47:47 need is a revival of true Godliness. 47:49 It will come only in answer to prayer, 47:51 first Selected Messages 121. 47:53 And Ellen White said in her to the Farnsworths, 47:55 that there is more power in United Prayer 47:58 then even private prayer. 47:59 And every private prayer is answered, 48:00 because why? Because of the unity of heart. 48:02 We're praying without times zones, 48:04 we're praying with each other for the Holy Spirit, 48:05 for each others lives, 48:07 our family, our loved ones. 48:08 God is gonna do mightly things. 48:09 I want to introduce to you now, 48:10 our Vice President of the General Conference, 48:12 it is a friend, Elder Armando Miranda 48:16 and he is the Chairman of our Revival 48:18 and Reformation Committee. 48:19 He and Mark and I, 48:20 have been on a journey for last few months 48:21 and with this committee its been a wonderful 48:23 experience, but pray for us. 48:24 We don't know what to do to help revival 48:26 in the world, but we're doing our best. 48:28 So, pray for us. And Elder Armando, 48:29 we're so glad you are here. 48:30 There you are. Its amazing, 48:33 but we are in the year 2011, 48:37 amen, do you believe live that? 48:40 And we strongly believe that we are living 48:43 in the end of the time. 48:44 You know I don't know about you, 48:48 but I long for the day when I'll see Jesus 48:52 coming for me, for my family, 48:54 my friends and millions and millions of people 48:58 who believes in the Him. 48:59 So, this is not our final home, 49:02 But as we wait for the second coming 49:05 of the Lord, we have a mission to fulfill. 49:08 The preaching of the gospel and Jesus says, 49:12 and this, gospel of the kingdom will be preached 49:17 in all the world as a testimony to all the nations 49:22 and then the end will come. 49:26 So, this task, this mission for the church, 49:30 it seems impossible for us, 49:32 but Jesus Christ has promised to give us 49:36 the Holy Spirit. You know Elder Wilson 49:40 our dear beloved General Conference President 49:43 suggested and appointed a Revival 49:46 and Reformation Committee, 49:48 and we just pray and pray and just try 49:53 to get something to present to the world church. 49:56 And there are some initiatives 49:57 that were bolted by the annual council, 50:00 2010 annual council. And I would like to share 50:03 with you, some of these initiatives, 50:04 the first one is 777, what does it mean? 50:12 Seventh-day Adventists praying 50:14 seven days a week at 7 O'clock 50:20 for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 50:22 You know it's wonderful to be United by Prayer, 50:27 and you can bring your friends and family, 50:32 just saying, remember 777. 50:36 So, we would like to invite you to join us 50:39 in this wonderful chain of prayer. 50:40 The second one is just today, 50:43 the day of fast and prayer, 50:46 and praying I don't know 50:48 how many of you are fasting, 50:49 I saw some of you with some small boxes. 50:52 I suppose it's not some book, 50:57 perhaps a lunch or something like that. 51:01 But you know today is the world day 51:04 of prayer and fasting, 51:05 and the third initiative is the world days 51:09 for prayer and fasting. 51:11 The first sabbath of each quarter 51:13 is designated as the day of prayer 51:16 and fasting for the World Church. 51:18 The next is operation Global Rain, 51:22 and this initiative just began in January 5th 51:27 and ends on January 15th, 10 days of prayer 51:32 and a studying in a special way, 51:34 the world guide. And the next one 51:37 is just technology. We are using technology 51:40 and you know we have wonderful young people, 51:43 very committed to the Lord. 51:44 And they have abilities, 51:46 extraordinary the abilities. 51:48 And I get to invite Danny Houghton 51:52 to come and share with us the initiative 51:56 that are just in the website 51:58 and all of thing you all know very well. 52:00 Good morning GYC. 52:02 I'm here to very quickly share with you, 52:05 because our time is short I wanna show you 52:06 two Revival And Reformation Resources 52:10 we have developed that you are going be 52:11 interested in. The first is our website which is 52:15 www.revivalandreformation.org 52:20 again that's 52:21 www.revivalandreformation.org 52:26 and there a number of different things 52:28 that you will find at this website. 52:31 The first one is list of recommended reading. 52:34 You can see a number of the different books 52:36 that are there. If you wanna pick one of these 52:38 that you're gonna start reading through 52:40 on a daily basis, you can find those here. 52:42 You will able to find a number of different 52:45 video resources that you can either 52:48 watch online or that you can download. 52:50 There is also a devotional list that you can 52:55 sign up for. A number of devotional 52:57 videos that you can stream online 52:59 or download again. 53:00 And this is the one that I'm really 53:02 excited about, it's a new mobile 53:04 application that we have just submitted 53:07 to the Appstore this past Thursday. 53:09 Now Apple usually takes about a week 53:12 to approve these, so hopefully 53:13 you'll be able to go to our website 53:16 www.revivalandreformation.org 53:20 and be able to download that. 53:21 Download this later this week. 53:23 And I just want to very quickly 53:25 show you a couple of the screens 53:27 that you will see in this new mobile app. 53:29 The first one is a devotional 53:31 that's push to your phone everyday 53:33 and its from the Ye Shall Receive Power, 53:36 devotional written by Ellen White, 53:37 talking about our need for an outpouring 53:40 of the Holy Spirit. 53:41 You also will have a pray request 53:44 that will be pushed to your phone everyday 53:45 that will be something that can help you 53:47 focus as you're spending your time at 7 AM 53:50 and 7 PM in the 777 initiatives. 53:53 There is also a section on the app, 53:55 where you can keep a personal list 53:57 of prayer requests that you want to track 54:00 and you want to make sure you remember 54:01 that you're praying for at 7 AM and 7 PM. 54:05 This is kind of a cool part of the app, 54:07 we actually have a Twitter and a Facebook 54:10 interface. So, when you interact with the app, 54:12 if you so choose, you can connect 54:15 and you can send out a tweet to tell your friends, 54:17 hey, I'm praying right now for Revival 54:20 and Reformation, would you like to join me? 54:22 Same thing with Facebook, 54:23 you can push out a status update, 54:25 let people know that you're praying 54:27 and invite them to do the same amen. 54:29 You can see, you can turn on your prayer reminders 54:32 at 7 AM and 7 PM and this is 54:35 what you will see on your phone whenever 54:38 7 AM or 7 PM comes around. 54:40 It's actually a reminder that says, 54:42 hey, other Seventh-day Adventists 54:44 are praying around the world, 54:45 it's time for you to stop 54:47 and approach your Lord as well. 54:49 Amen. A really cool part of the app, 54:53 we actually have a map that's built in, 54:55 that you can look at and you can see other people 54:58 that are actually praying at the same time you are. 55:00 You can see we have red dots and green dots. 55:03 Green dots are better than red dots, 55:06 red dot is simply an individual is praying. 55:09 A green dot is a cluster of people, 55:11 that means there is so many people praying 55:13 there right now, we don't have 55:14 enough red dots to them in there. 55:15 Do you think we can start getting 55:17 a lot green dots on this map? Amen. 55:20 One more slide just to show you here, 55:23 a couple more, you can see, my clickers, 55:26 there we go. You can see that we have 55:28 a lot of dots that can show as well. 55:30 And you can look at it on a global scale. 55:33 We're not only going to release this on the iPhone, 55:37 but we're going to release it on the 55:39 Android operating platform as well. 55:41 So that will come a little bit later. 55:43 But, you'll be able to see it on both of those 55:46 platforms. Lastly, 55:48 we have this in 5 languages English, 55:52 Spanish, French, Portuguese and German. 56:00 Remember, this is a global movement, 56:02 amen, not just English. 56:04 So we're wanting people around the world 56:06 to be able to interact with this app 56:09 and to pray at 7 AM and 7 PM.. 56:12 You know, I was so excited as we're putting 56:15 these resources together, 56:16 to see other young people that were working 56:18 together, and taking ownership in this process. 56:22 Its very clear to me that young people 56:25 are excited about Revival and Reformation. 56:28 And we have so many creative resources 56:29 and talented people that are committed 56:32 to Revival and Reformation. 56:34 Pastor Finley, don't you agree? 56:36 We sure do, young people sitting in this room 56:39 have creative talents and abilities to be 56:42 used for God in the finishing of his work. 56:44 One of the questions that we might ask 56:47 is Revival for what? 56:49 Revival for what? Is prayer an end in itself, 56:54 to achieve a sense of superior holiness. 56:59 Is Bible study an end in itself? 57:01 In the upper room, the disciples prayed 57:06 for a fitness to reach the world with the gospel. 57:09 They prayed for the power and anointing 57:13 of the Holy Spirit to do the impossible, 57:16 to share God's message with the world. 57:18 The end of all prayer, the end of all Bible study 57:22 is not to achieve some saintly holiness, 57:26 it's rather to open the heart, 57:29 to receive power from the Holy Spirit, 57:31 for the finishing of God's work on earth. 57:34 The answer to the question revival 57:37 for what is revival for witness. 57:40 Revival for soul winning. 57:42 Revival for evangelism. 57:44 Are you prepared as a young person today 57:48 to say Jesus, I want use my creative talents, 57:52 I want to use my abilities, 57:54 I want to use whatever gifts you have given me, 57:58 for the finishing of your work on earth, 58:01 so Jesus can come. 58:02 Is that your decision today? 58:04 Would you just raise your hand and say Jesus, 58:06 by raising your hand, 58:07 I want to be part of an army of youth 58:10 for the finishing of your work. 58:12 Jesus, I want to give my life for something 58:16 that counts for eternity. 58:18 Praise his name Amen. |
Revised 2014-12-17