'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
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just to take Him at His word,
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just to rest upon His promise,
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just to know,
"Thus saith the Lord."
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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him;
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how I've proved
Him o'er and o'er.
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Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus.
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Oh, for grace to trust Him more.
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Oh, how sweet to trust in Jesus,
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just to trust
His cleansing blood;
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and in simple faith to plunge me
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'neath the
healing, cleansing flood.
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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him;
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how I've proved
Him o'er and o'er.
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Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus.
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Oh, for grace to trust Him more.
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Yes, 'tis sweet
to trust in Jesus,
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just from sin and self to cease;
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just from Jesus simply taking
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life and rest,
and joy and peace.
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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him;
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how I've proved
Him o'er and o'er.
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Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus.
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Oh, for grace to trust Him more.
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I'm so glad I
learned to trust Him,
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precious Jesus, Savior, Friend.
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And I know that
Thou art with me,
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will be with me to the end.
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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him;
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how I've proved
Him o'er and o'er.
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Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus.
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Oh, for grace to trust Him more.
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Amen.
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Our next song is going to
be, Lead On, O King Eternal.
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Lead on, O King eternal,
the day of march has come;
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henceforth in fields of conquest
Thy tents shall be our home.
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Through days of preparation
Thy grace has made us strong;
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and now, O King eternal,
we lift our battle song.
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Our last song this evening
is going to be our theme song.
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Before the Throne of God.
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I invite you to
stand with us as we sing.
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Amen. You may now be seated.
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Amen. I love that song.
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Happy Sabbath, dear Christians.
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Amen. Do you realize the
significance of that name?
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That we are Christians.
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You know, it's
Gentiles who coined that name
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for the disciples.
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They saw these
disciples and they saw that they
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worked like Jesus worked and
they talked like Jesus talked.
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And it is Christians
that, because they have allowed
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the Holy Spirit to work
in them, have caused revivals
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that have put
bars out of business,
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that have caused
cops to lose their jobs.
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And it's Christians who
have been burned at the stake.
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And it's as Christians
that we stand before the
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throne of God today.
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Amen?
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On behalf of GYC, I
want to welcome you tonight.
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We want to welcome
the Sabbath together.
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GYC tiene traducción al Español.
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For our Scripture reading
tonight we are going to turn
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to Revelation chapter 22.
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Revelation chapter, what?
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Twenty-two. You got it.
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Revelation 22:11-12
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Revelation 22:11-12
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And it reads, "He that is
unjust, let him be unjust still:
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and he which is filthy,
let him be filthy still:
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and he that is righteous,
let him be righteous still:
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and he that is holy,
let him be holy still.
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'And, behold, I come quickly;
and my reward is with me,
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to give every man according
as his work shall be.'"
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Amen. Let's pray together.
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Heavenly Father, we have
these words ringing in our minds
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this evening that You
are sending Your Son quickly.
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And Father, we not only
want to long for this day,
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but we want to hasten it.
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So Father, this
evening we pray, we implore
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that You would pour
Your Holy Spirit upon us,
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Father, that Your work on
this earth would be hastened.
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We are tired of tarrying
on this world, dear Father.
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So we thank You for
hearing our prayers.
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We thank You that You
are more willing to give us
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the gift of the Holy
Spirit than parents are to
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give good gifts
to their children.
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So we pray these
things in Jesus' mighty name.
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Amen.
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We serve a risen Savior
who's in the world today, amen?
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And one of the ways that
we can see our risen Savior
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operating in the world
today is through His people
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operating in ministry.
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And today I have nine
people to introduce to you
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who are representing
eight different ministries.
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And I cannot wait to explain to
you or have them share with you
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what is happening
in their ministries.
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Our very first person
is Dawn Lewis who is the
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president of the southwest
chapter of the ministry
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called, ASI, which stands for,
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Adventist Laymen
Services and Industries.
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So can you please share
with us what's happening
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in your ministry?
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Thank you,
Shauna. Good evening, GYC.
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Well this past year ASI
Ministries have been very
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actively involved in
the medical missionary work
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and health evangelism.
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And through the
Pathway to Health program
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and the Jumpstart
Free Health Clinic program
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together we served over
12,000 members of the community
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delivering free medical care.
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So Pathway L.A.
served over 8000,
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Beckley West
Virginia served 1700,
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and the one in Killeen
Texas served about 2000 people.
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So we're very
excited about that.
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Additionally, ASI has
partnered with the world church
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to continue to
conduct global evangelism.
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And this year, using the
New Beginnings Bible series,
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Bible study
series developed by ASI,
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conducted meetings in Rwanda
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which resulted
in 100,000 baptisms.
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And this effort is going to
continue over the next year.
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Next year 20,000 meetings
are planned in eastern Africa,
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whereby several more
thousands are scheduled to,
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or we're praying that
they will be baptized.
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And so we're very
excited about that.
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And GYC, on behalf of
ASI, would like to invite
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all of you to return
right here to Houston in August
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of this year for the
ASI National Convention.
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We look forward
to seeing you here.
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Thank you. Amen, amen.
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Thank you so much.
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Wonderful things are
happening in your ministry.
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Our second ministry is
American Christian Ministries
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being represented
by Jonathan Cherne.
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This is an audio and
literature ministry that is
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preserving messages
from past and present,
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and making them accessible
across different platforms
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for listeners today.
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Can you tell us what's
happening in your ministry?
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Yes, it's amazing
what God is doing at
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American Christian Ministries.
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Some of you might
know the ministry as
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American Cassette Ministries.
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It was founded in 1975
when the founder was like,
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why aren't the Adventist
messages being recorded?
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And so he started going to
camp meetings and recording
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these messages so
that they can be preserved
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for us today.
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And those were
originally on cassettes.
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But recently God has provided
funding to put all these online
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for free and on an app so that
you can have them on your phone
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and listen to
them wherever you are.
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As well, people around
the world can listen to it
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wherever they are.
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People like H.M.S.
Richards, Joe Crews;
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these timeless messages.
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And so even though
cassettes might not be anymore,
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and these speakers might
not be anymore, but God has
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preserved the message
for us to listen to today.
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Thank you so much.
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Wonderful things are happening.
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Our next ministry
is called, Mission 365,
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which is a General
Conference initiative
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that's related to the
Total Membership Involvement.
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We have Eric Isaiah
and Elder Duane Mckey.
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Tell us, how is God
using your ministry?
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Well, this past week we
know that there was a GLOW
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mission trip that passed out
over one million GLOW tracks.
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It's amazing, right?
00:14:22.72\00:14:24.06
And we thought about it, and we
thought, what if there was a way
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that we could actually get,
this upcoming year, we could get
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one billion
pieces of literature out
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to people in the communities.
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And you're thinking, "Wow, that
would be about like a thousand
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GLOW mission trips."
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It's actually a
lot simpler than that.
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We can summarize
it in three words.
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Total member involvement.
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It's an initiative the General
Conference started out called,
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Mission 365.
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And this
initiative is really simple.
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If they could get every
single member to simply pass out
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literature every
day in the year 2017,
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we could reach out
to all these people.
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If we could get them to
pass out just one tract,
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the vision basically is to
pass out one tract every day,
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we could reach a billion
souls for the kingdom of heaven.
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Amazing, right?
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Now you thought, we
think, "Well, how would we be
00:15:16.44\00:15:18.51
able to track
something like this?
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What would we be able to do to
see how many people we reach?"
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We decided to come up with this
app called, The Mission 365 app.
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You can download
it in the app store.
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And this app is
still under construction,
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but there's going to be some
updates coming very, very soon
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that will make
this a really cool tool
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to update how many tracts
you get out this upcoming year.
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You'll also be able
to share testimonies with
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the world church and all
the other people participating
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in this initiative.
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Now we have here
with us Elder Duane McKey.
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He's from the
General Conference.
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Why don't you tell us what
happened a couple of weeks ago
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with all the
world church leaders.
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Actually it was in
October, October 8th.
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We had General
Conference people coming from
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all over the world
for year-end meetings.
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And we also had young people
coming from Columbia Union,
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Pacific Union, Souls
West, and they taught
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the General
Conference executive committee,
00:16:05.03\00:16:07.03
division
presidents, how to witness
00:16:07.06\00:16:08.93
and pass out GLOW tracts.
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We knocked on doors.
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We actually, all of us,
went out and knocked on doors
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on a Sabbath
afternoon and invited people
00:16:14.34\00:16:16.50
to read the GLOW tracts
and also had prayer with them.
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What a blessing that was for the
General Conference committee.
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The first time in the
history of the church.
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Thanks you. Amen.
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I encourage you all to get
involved with this ministry.
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Thank you so much for sharing.
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Our next ministry
is from the Middle East
00:16:30.32\00:16:34.09
and North African Union.
00:16:34.12\00:16:35.89
This is my friend, Elizabeth.
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Please share what is happening.
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So one day I was sitting
in my house in the Middle East
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North Africa region, and
there was a knock on the door.
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There was a lady there,
she was my English student.
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And I hadn't seen
her for four months.
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Four months before, her
husband had left her with
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four small children.
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And providentially, by God's
grace, she came to my house
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and knocked on the door a
week before my husband and I
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were moving to another
country in the Middle East
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North Africa region.
00:17:04.25\00:17:05.59
I asked her,
"How are you doing?"
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And she just looked sad.
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And I was like, "Come
in, please sit down with me.
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Let's talk."
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And as I was talking with her,
God impressed me to tell her,
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"God loves you."
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How many of you guys
know that God loves you?
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Amen.
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But I am here to tell
you that in the Middle East
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North Africa region,
500 million people there,
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they do not know
that God loves them.
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As I said these words to
her, tears began to come down
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her cheeks and she
let me pray with her.
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And by the end of our
conversation she had joy,
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she had peace from
God and Jesus Christ.
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The Bible says in Isaiah
59:10 that without Jesus Christ
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we are as dead men
in desolate places.
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And there are millions of
people just like this woman
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in the Middle East
North Africa region
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that are as dead
people in desolate places.
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But Jesus Christ
wants to be their Savior.
00:18:01.08\00:18:03.68
And then when He
comes into their lives
00:18:03.78\00:18:05.61
they arise and shine,
for their light has come,
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and they're an instrument
to reach other people.
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But guys, there are hardly
any Seventh-day Adventists
00:18:11.15\00:18:15.56
in the Middle East
North Africa region.
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We need people to
share the gospel message
00:18:17.66\00:18:20.40
with these lovely people.
00:18:20.43\00:18:21.90
Two ways that people
can go into this region is
00:18:22.13\00:18:24.70
as an academic missionary,
a Waldensian student,
00:18:24.73\00:18:27.60
and as a tent maker.
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What that is, is you get a
job in a secular organization
00:18:29.00\00:18:32.07
in any profession;
business, teaching, music,
00:18:32.11\00:18:34.74
artist, computer
science, and share Jesus.
00:18:34.78\00:18:37.85
If you would like to learn
more, if God is calling you,
00:18:37.88\00:18:40.85
come by our booth; it's 501.
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It's very, very, very powerful.
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Thank you so much for sharing.
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Our next ministry is
the Middle East University,
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which is based in Lebanon
and it was founded in 1939.
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Here we have Dr. George Jackson
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who is a faculty member there.
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Can you please tell
us how God is working
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through this university?
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Yes, it all started
with a mission trip about
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four years ago when I went to
do health ministry in Lebanon.
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And after several years
I ended up moving there.
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And now I'm the chair
of the health sciences,
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or the dean of the
faculty of arts and sciences.
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And we're starting a
pre-med program there
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at Middle East University.
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You know, it changed my life.
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I'm a different person.
00:19:21.82\00:19:23.79
Going to the Middle
East, I've never felt the
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power of God work in
such a remarkable way
00:19:26.09\00:19:28.66
as it did when we
were working with the many
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refugee people and
doing the health ministry.
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Now on campus it's my
home, the country is my home.
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And we have
opportunities on our campus.
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Our students want
Christian friends.
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They want
Adventists, solid Adventists,
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that they can learn
about our Adventist world view
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and all our truths.
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And we have many wonderful
witnessing opportunities,
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mission opportunities,
just outside our gates.
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Just within two kilometers
of our campus we have Iraqi
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and Syrian refugees.
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And I sat in an
Iraqi's refugee's house
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and she told me the
story of what happened.
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Many of these people
have left everything behind;
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houses, cars, furniture,
and they fled with their lives.
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And now many of them are coming
to our local Adventist church
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down the hill, and we
have many opportunities to go
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and minister to these people.
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What we need are
Adventist committed GYC people
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willing to come and help us.
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It is such an
overwhelming ministry there
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in the Middle East.
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They can come and
they can study for a year,
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they can take classes
and they can transfer back.
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We have a list of Iraqi
refugees that need visiting.
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There's health
expos and mission trips
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in the region we'll be doing.
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So if you want to be
overwhelmed by the power of God
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in your life, come
to the Middle East.
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It will change your
life, like it did me.
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Praise God.
00:20:50.01\00:20:51.35
Praise God for
Middle East University.
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Thank you so much for sharing.
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Our next ministry is
called, F5, which stands for,
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Fitness, Fellowship,
Faith, Fun, and Fortitude.
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Here we have Elisa Harboldt
to represent the ministry.
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- What is
happening? - Thanks, Shauna.
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So I want you to close
your eyes for just a second
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and imagine two things.
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First, you weight 429 pounds.
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And second, you just
lost your entire family.
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Okay, open your eyes.
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That didn't feel
very good, did it?
00:21:21.64\00:21:23.31
Well that's the situation
that my friend, John, was in
00:21:23.68\00:21:25.91
earlier this year.
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He had lost his health, he
lost his wife and his kids,
00:21:27.35\00:21:29.92
and he was very discouraged.
00:21:29.95\00:21:31.29
So discouraged, in fact, that he
had decided to leave the church.
00:21:31.32\00:21:33.86
But thankfully someone
from our church invited him
00:21:33.89\00:21:36.79
to the F5 challenge.
00:21:36.83\00:21:38.16
Well what's the F5 challenge?
00:21:38.19\00:21:39.69
So as Adventist we're
known for eating healthy, right?
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And that's important, it's a
big part of our health message.
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Our ministry is
excited about promoting fitness
00:21:45.43\00:21:48.90
and physical
activity within our church.
00:21:48.94\00:21:51.31
But not just promoting
it, but providing activities
00:21:51.34\00:21:55.24
where Adventist young
people can come together
00:21:55.28\00:21:57.25
for adventures, to
camp, to hike, to climb rocks,
00:21:57.28\00:22:01.05
to worship together,
and also to invite people
00:22:01.08\00:22:03.99
who might not know Jesus.
00:22:04.02\00:22:05.45
So John got invited to this.
00:22:05.75\00:22:07.82
And he trained
all summer for it.
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He lost 50 pounds.
00:22:09.82\00:22:11.29
And he came in
October to the Grand Canyon,
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which is our
kickoff event, and he hiked
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from rim to rim, to rim, in the
Grand Canyon, which is 48 miles.
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But more exciting than
that, John got his hope back
00:22:19.47\00:22:22.20
and he's now actively
involved in his church.
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So that's the power
of the health message.
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Second story, Calvin
on our F5 team met a girl
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named Lily in the airport.
00:22:30.75\00:22:32.25
Now Lily wasn't
interested in God at all,
00:22:32.28\00:22:33.98
but she likes triathlons.
00:22:34.02\00:22:35.35
So they connected and
became Facebook friends.
00:22:35.38\00:22:37.09
And she saw when Calvin
posted about the Arizona event.
00:22:37.19\00:22:40.59
She sent him an email,
"Hey Calvin, I'm not religious,
00:22:40.62\00:22:43.66
but can I come?"
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So we're excited about the
health message, one, because
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as we follow God's
health principles it helps us to
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become more fully alive;
and two, because in the process
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we have this beautiful
opportunity to be able to share
00:22:56.50\00:22:58.87
Jesus with people that we
might not be able to otherwise.
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Amen.
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I have friends that were
involved in that Grand Canyon
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trip and it was an
incredible experience for them.
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Our next
ministry is GYC Guatemala,
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which is our
newest GYC affiliate.
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And here to
represent them is David Paño.
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Please tell us the
exciting things that are
00:23:16.56\00:23:18.43
happening in Guatemala.
00:23:18.46\00:23:19.79
Well last year three
young people from Guatemala
00:23:19.83\00:23:22.76
came to Louisville, Kentucky
and they experienced GYC.
00:23:22.80\00:23:26.30
They went back to their
room and they started praying.
00:23:26.33\00:23:28.70
They said, "Lord, we
want GYC in Guatemala."
00:23:28.74\00:23:31.87
And they started making plans.
00:23:32.07\00:23:33.44
And this year,
December 8th, is when they had
00:23:33.48\00:23:36.91
the first GYC in Guatemala.
00:23:36.95\00:23:38.71
And when they made
plans, they were expecting
00:23:38.91\00:23:41.88
250 young people to show up.
00:23:41.92\00:23:44.85
But the registration
was going to cost $100.
00:23:44.95\00:23:48.59
And for Guatemala,
that was a lot of money.
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A lot of people told them,
00:23:50.93\00:23:52.26
"You know, you're not
going to get even 50."
00:23:52.29\00:23:54.00
The day came and
there were 450 young people
00:23:54.86\00:23:58.53
in Guatemala worshiping God.
00:23:58.63\00:24:01.34
And it was beautiful
to see this enthusiasm
00:24:01.37\00:24:05.81
with these young people.
00:24:06.11\00:24:07.44
That Saturday afternoon
they went and they did outreach.
00:24:07.48\00:24:11.45
And Sunday they went and
made stoves for the natives
00:24:11.48\00:24:15.35
in the local
areas, in the rural areas.
00:24:15.38\00:24:18.19
So it was beautiful
to see the work that
00:24:18.65\00:24:21.19
has been done over there.
00:24:21.22\00:24:22.76
And I was talking with a
young lady, and I asked her,
00:24:22.96\00:24:26.33
"How did this
weekend impact your life?"
00:24:26.36\00:24:29.33
And she said, "David,
I went to the seminars,
00:24:29.43\00:24:31.70
I listened to the sermons."
00:24:31.90\00:24:33.80
And she said, "Now I want
to be a missionary in my life."
00:24:34.00\00:24:37.64
So as she experienced
that experience with Jesus,
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many others as well.
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Amen, amen.
00:24:43.75\00:24:45.11
Praise God for GYC Guatemala.
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Our final ministry
is the Hope Channel.
00:24:47.75\00:24:50.62
I'm sure all of you are
very familiar with this.
00:24:50.65\00:24:52.55
This is the Seventh-day
Adventist television network.
00:24:52.59\00:24:54.92
And here we have Derek
Morris who is the president
00:24:54.96\00:24:57.06
of Hope Channel.
00:24:57.09\00:24:58.43
Tell us how God is working
through the Hope Channel.
00:24:58.46\00:25:01.00
Thank you so much.
Good evening, everyone.
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It's been such a blessing
for my wife and I to meet
00:25:03.93\00:25:06.20
so many of you and to know you
are watching Hope Sabbath School
00:25:06.23\00:25:09.87
interactive Bible study.
00:25:10.07\00:25:11.57
But this morning I
met three young people
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from Stoney Brook
University, New York.
00:25:14.38\00:25:16.78
They're here at GYC.
00:25:16.81\00:25:18.71
Munifa, Emile, and Frances.
00:25:19.65\00:25:23.49
And they are downloading the
outline of Hope Sabbath School
00:25:23.52\00:25:27.49
and leading an interactive
Bible study on Friday night
00:25:27.52\00:25:31.33
at their campus.
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- Someone say amen. - Amen.
00:25:32.73\00:25:34.06
You see, God doesn't just
want us to learn the Word,
00:25:34.10\00:25:36.77
God wants us to share the Word.
00:25:36.97\00:25:38.77
Amen?
00:25:38.80\00:25:40.14
And so I want to encourage
you to go to hopetv.org.
00:25:40.17\00:25:42.60
Learn about the Word of
God, but also take the resources
00:25:42.87\00:25:46.17
and share them so that next
GYC we can have some more people
00:25:46.21\00:25:49.94
here who have
come to know Jesus.
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- God bless you. - Amen.
00:25:51.71\00:25:53.18
The ministries that
you've heard from this evening,
00:25:53.45\00:25:56.18
they've only
scratched the surface.
00:25:56.22\00:25:57.79
So I encourage you
all to keep them in prayer
00:25:57.82\00:25:59.89
and to also consider
doing ministry yourself.
00:25:59.92\00:26:02.19
When I saw what laid before me,
00:26:23.55\00:26:30.99
Lord, I cried,
"What will You do?"
00:26:31.02\00:26:39.66
I thought He
would just remove it,
00:26:40.50\00:26:46.80
but He gently led me through.
00:26:47.94\00:26:55.34
Without fire
there's no refining;
00:26:55.81\00:27:02.88
without pain, no relief;
00:27:03.15\00:27:10.43
without flood there's no rescue;
00:27:10.93\00:27:17.57
without testing, no belief.
00:27:17.97\00:27:26.98
Through the fire,
00:27:28.44\00:27:35.32
through the flood,
00:27:35.35\00:27:40.92
through the water,
00:27:40.96\00:27:46.39
through the blood.
00:27:46.43\00:27:51.97
Through the dry
and barren places,
00:27:52.07\00:28:01.98
through life's
dense and maddening mazes.
00:28:03.28\00:28:13.19
Through the pain
and through the glory,
00:28:14.36\00:28:24.30
Through it all
we'll tell the story
00:28:25.77\00:28:35.61
of our God whose power and mercy
00:28:35.64\00:28:45.55
will not fail
00:28:47.89\00:28:57.80
to take us through.
00:28:59.03\00:29:09.01
Happy Sabbath, GYC.
00:29:25.99\00:29:27.63
How are you doing today?
00:29:28.63\00:29:29.96
Are you blessed?
00:29:30.43\00:29:31.77
Praise the Lord.
00:29:31.87\00:29:33.20
Through the blood
and through the water
00:29:33.54\00:29:35.34
is how we receive salvation.
00:29:35.64\00:29:37.34
I was asked to
present to you in a brief time
00:29:37.37\00:29:40.28
why I believe in
righteousness by faith.
00:29:40.31\00:29:44.25
If I had all weekend
long, it wouldn't be enough time
00:29:44.28\00:29:46.61
to cover the signs of
salvation that will be the
00:29:46.65\00:29:49.15
occupation of God's
redeemed throughout eternity.
00:29:49.18\00:29:52.35
But my prayer is that
through this presentation
00:29:52.39\00:29:55.62
you will catch a
glimpse of God's glory
00:29:55.72\00:29:58.16
and it will
encourage you to engage more
00:29:58.19\00:30:00.26
in the signs of salvation
and finding out how God
00:30:00.30\00:30:03.47
deals with humanity.
00:30:03.50\00:30:04.93
What is righteousness by faith?
00:30:04.97\00:30:07.87
Let's briefly dissect this term.
00:30:07.90\00:30:10.71
What is righteousness?
00:30:10.94\00:30:12.51
Righteousness is right doing.
00:30:12.54\00:30:15.78
Righteousness is all
that is morally right
00:30:15.81\00:30:18.11
to be, think, and do.
00:30:18.15\00:30:19.91
Righteousness is defined by
God, His being, His character.
00:30:19.95\00:30:24.65
Righteousness is being
in perfect harmony with God
00:30:24.69\00:30:28.09
in intentions,
thoughts, words, and acts.
00:30:28.12\00:30:31.33
Righteousness is holiness.
00:30:31.43\00:30:34.10
It is constant
voluntary agreement with God
00:30:34.13\00:30:37.90
and obedience to Him,
His will, and His law,
00:30:38.00\00:30:41.20
motivated by love.
00:30:41.40\00:30:43.30
Jesus is righteousness.
00:30:43.81\00:30:46.04
What is faith?
00:30:46.24\00:30:47.58
Faith is believing
God with unwavering trust,
00:30:48.14\00:30:52.71
no matter the
circumstances or feelings.
00:30:52.75\00:30:55.28
Faith can grow
from little weak faith
00:30:55.48\00:30:58.22
to the perfect faith of Jesus.
00:30:58.32\00:31:00.66
Faith is the
assurance of things hoped for,
00:31:00.69\00:31:03.19
the conviction
of things not seen.
00:31:03.22\00:31:05.83
Faith is making
Christ the only door to enter
00:31:05.93\00:31:09.66
into the kingdom of heaven.
00:31:09.70\00:31:11.03
Faith is the condition which
God has given to pardon sinners.
00:31:11.30\00:31:16.57
What then is
righteousness by faith?
00:31:17.01\00:31:19.94
Righteousness by faith
is being accounted righteous
00:31:20.64\00:31:24.25
in the eyes of God,
perfect in harmony with God,
00:31:24.28\00:31:27.52
His character, and His
law, on the simple condition
00:31:27.55\00:31:31.35
of believing that very
status to be a reality to me
00:31:31.39\00:31:36.02
through Christ alone.
00:31:36.06\00:31:37.69
Righteousness by faith
becomes a sinners experience
00:31:37.96\00:31:41.60
through the acceptance of the
unmerited loving grace of God
00:31:41.63\00:31:45.07
that declares him righteous
and transforms his character
00:31:45.27\00:31:48.84
into Christ's likeness.
00:31:48.87\00:31:50.31
Righteousness by faith is
justification, sanctification,
00:31:50.54\00:31:54.28
and
glorification of a lost sinner
00:31:54.31\00:31:56.91
through Christ's
merits and blood alone.
00:31:56.95\00:31:59.61
Righteousness by
faith is accepting the robe
00:31:59.81\00:32:02.72
that covers and welcoming the
grace and power that transforms.
00:32:02.75\00:32:07.26
Righteousness by
faith is constant surrender
00:32:07.46\00:32:10.56
of self, motivated by
love, and continually receiving
00:32:10.59\00:32:14.30
God's will and grace and power.
00:32:14.33\00:32:17.03
Righteousness by faith is
the imputed acceptance with God
00:32:17.07\00:32:21.30
and the imparted
obedience to God gifted to us
00:32:21.34\00:32:25.11
on the basis of His love
and Christ's perfect life,
00:32:25.14\00:32:28.14
and sacrifice, and ministry
in the heavenly Sanctuary.
00:32:28.18\00:32:31.85
Righteousness by
faith is letting Christ
00:32:31.88\00:32:35.28
do the humanly
unachievable in me.
00:32:35.32\00:32:39.59
How is this possible?
00:32:40.32\00:32:41.82
When God speaks, reality exists.
00:32:42.79\00:32:47.43
When God speaks,
reality is created.
00:32:47.46\00:32:50.23
John 3:16 says
whoever believes in Jesus
00:32:50.27\00:32:53.60
shall have everlasting life.
00:32:53.64\00:32:55.10
Because God Himself said so.
00:32:55.14\00:32:57.07
Because if I believe in it,
this becomes a reality for me.
00:32:57.17\00:33:01.88
I am saved because I
believe, because I agree,
00:33:01.91\00:33:04.55
because I have
faith, because I trust God
00:33:04.58\00:33:07.02
and His Word, and
blood, and righteousness.
00:33:07.05\00:33:09.72
The promise in Matthew 5
is, if you hunger and thirst
00:33:10.39\00:33:13.76
for righteousness,
you will be filled.
00:33:13.79\00:33:15.92
Not, you may be
filled, you might be filled.
00:33:15.96\00:33:18.16
It says you will be filled.
00:33:18.19\00:33:20.10
I believe it.
00:33:20.30\00:33:21.63
That means I will be filled.
00:33:21.66\00:33:23.40
Hebrews 7:25 says that God is
able to save to the uttermost.
00:33:23.67\00:33:28.14
Not halfway, but fully.
00:33:28.17\00:33:30.01
I believe it; so it is so.
00:33:30.11\00:33:32.37
Righteousness by faith is
believing God all the time.
00:33:32.71\00:33:36.64
It is taking His word
and His promises as they read
00:33:36.88\00:33:40.45
and accepting His power
to be sufficient to save
00:33:40.85\00:33:44.19
and to lead me on the
path of everlasting life.
00:33:44.22\00:33:46.62
In all of this, there's
nothing in my own power,
00:33:47.16\00:33:50.99
nothing I can do
that pays in any way
00:33:51.03\00:33:54.53
for the gift of salvation.
00:33:55.26\00:33:56.60
It is received freely
based purely on God's love
00:33:56.63\00:34:00.47
and what Christ
has done and is doing.
00:34:00.50\00:34:03.30
The experience of
salvation can be described then
00:34:04.14\00:34:06.78
in the following way:
00:34:06.81\00:34:08.14
I am a sinner.
00:34:08.28\00:34:09.91
The Holy Spirit reveals to me
my sinfulness, my unworthiness,
00:34:10.65\00:34:14.75
by reflecting my character
in the light of the law.
00:34:15.18\00:34:17.89
I see sin and all its ugliness
00:34:18.45\00:34:20.76
and my incapability to be
freed from it in my own power.
00:34:21.06\00:34:24.43
Then He shows me the loveliness
00:34:24.79\00:34:26.53
and the love
and beauty of Christ
00:34:26.56\00:34:28.76
as revealed in all His dealings,
00:34:29.23\00:34:30.93
and especially in
Gethsemane and Calvary.
00:34:30.97\00:34:33.70
I see and believe and accept
His promise to save and forgive.
00:34:34.27\00:34:38.14
With nothing to pay for it I
cast myself fully upon Christ
00:34:38.17\00:34:42.11
who graciously gives repentance,
forgiveness, and justification.
00:34:42.24\00:34:46.48
Now I am a child of
God, cleansed from past sins,
00:34:46.98\00:34:50.02
justified, and a
partaker of the divine nature.
00:34:50.05\00:34:53.56
As I continually behold God,
His love, beauty, and truth,
00:34:54.02\00:34:57.63
I joyfully
surrender moment by moment,
00:34:57.66\00:35:00.86
empowered by His
Holy Spirit to do right,
00:35:00.90\00:35:03.70
growing through Christ
in me, the hope of glory.
00:35:03.73\00:35:07.27
Then duty becomes a
delight and sacrifice, pleasure.
00:35:07.67\00:35:12.34
When in my
weakness I stumble and fall,
00:35:12.74\00:35:15.08
I have the assurance of His
faithfulness and forgiveness
00:35:15.11\00:35:17.81
as I confess and repent.
00:35:17.85\00:35:19.58
Striving for excellence
in my walk with Christ,
00:35:19.78\00:35:22.35
giving my best,
desiring not to sin,
00:35:22.38\00:35:25.29
and shunning evil; those
are God given desires and goals.
00:35:25.32\00:35:29.29
But none of them pay in
any way for my salvation.
00:35:29.46\00:35:33.13
Rather, they are the natural
result, the natural outcome of
00:35:33.16\00:35:36.87
Christ's work in me to
will and do of His good pleasure
00:35:36.90\00:35:40.77
so that I may never boast
in anything except in the cross
00:35:40.80\00:35:44.17
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:35:44.21\00:35:45.87
Righteousness by faith is
the righteousness of Christ
00:35:45.97\00:35:48.51
imputed and imparted to us.
00:35:48.61\00:35:51.18
The imputed righteousness
or justification, the pardon,
00:35:51.41\00:35:55.12
is mine through faith in God.
00:35:55.15\00:35:57.72
The imparted righteousness
or sanctification is mine
00:35:57.75\00:36:01.29
through faith in God.
00:36:01.32\00:36:02.92
He gives the gift of surrender
00:36:02.96\00:36:04.73
and the gift and the
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:36:04.76\00:36:06.76
He gives grace to
joyfully obey and overcome sin.
00:36:06.80\00:36:10.67
The promise and hope
we all have is summarized
00:36:11.27\00:36:14.30
in this statement in,
Desire of Ages, page 664.
00:36:14.34\00:36:17.97
"Jesus revealed no qualities
and exercised no powers
00:36:18.44\00:36:22.61
that man may not
have through faith in Him.
00:36:22.81\00:36:26.25
His perfect humanity is
that which all His followers
00:36:26.58\00:36:30.69
may possess if they will be
in subjection to God as He was."
00:36:30.72\00:36:34.92
Absolute surrender is
possible through faith in Jesus.
00:36:34.96\00:36:39.59
The Bible is full of
00:36:40.00\00:36:41.33
righteousness by
faith illustrations.
00:36:41.36\00:36:43.63
The fiery
serpents in the desert.
00:36:43.67\00:36:45.83
Snakes crawling up
your legs biting you,
00:36:46.03\00:36:48.77
infusing poison in your body.
00:36:48.80\00:36:50.81
A symbol for Satan and sin.
00:36:51.41\00:36:53.31
Killing people left and right.
00:36:53.34\00:36:55.14
The solution: look
at the uplifted serpent,
00:36:55.18\00:36:58.68
look at Christ
crucified, and live.
00:36:58.71\00:37:02.28
Look away from self and sin,
00:37:03.02\00:37:04.55
and look at Jesus
who became sin for us.
00:37:04.59\00:37:07.06
The lost son, with nothing
but a crippled weak faith
00:37:07.16\00:37:10.79
returns back to his
father and is joyfully accepted
00:37:10.83\00:37:14.16
into his home and
treated as if he had never left.
00:37:14.26\00:37:17.60
Peter walking on water.
00:37:17.63\00:37:19.23
When all confidence in
self is lost, with his eyes
00:37:19.27\00:37:22.27
fixed upon Jesus, Peter
is guided and empowered,
00:37:22.30\00:37:26.14
doing the
impossible by faith in Christ.
00:37:26.17\00:37:29.71
So why do I believe in
righteousness by faith?
00:37:29.74\00:37:32.48
I believe in righteousness by
faith because I believe in the
00:37:32.88\00:37:35.28
loving God of the Bible
who created the universe
00:37:35.32\00:37:38.22
in which freedom of choice
and trust are the means used
00:37:38.25\00:37:42.12
to secure eternal
peace, love, and life.
00:37:42.16\00:37:46.09
I believe in righteousness
by faith because it is the only
00:37:46.13\00:37:49.33
way for sinners like me to
be freed from sin and its power,
00:37:49.36\00:37:53.50
to be reinstalled
into the society of heaven,
00:37:53.54\00:37:56.00
and to glorify God.
00:37:56.04\00:37:57.74
And I believe in
righteousness by faith
00:37:57.77\00:37:59.67
because I believe in
Jesus, because I love Jesus,
00:37:59.77\00:38:02.61
and because I need Jesus.
00:38:02.64\00:38:04.81
And Jesus is my
only hope, my only way.
00:38:04.85\00:38:07.22
He is my King of
kings, my Lord of lords.
00:38:07.25\00:38:09.52
He is my righteousness.
00:38:09.62\00:38:12.19
Without Him, there
is complete failure.
00:38:13.15\00:38:15.29
But with Him, there
is complete victory.
00:38:16.12\00:38:18.69
Nothing in my hand I bring;
simply to Thy cross I cling.
00:38:19.29\00:38:25.50
Amen.
00:38:25.53\00:38:26.87
Happy Sabbath, GYC.
00:38:30.01\00:38:31.97
Blessings are already
starting to pour in for GYC.
00:38:33.88\00:38:37.51
Remember I lifted
up a book last night?
00:38:38.21\00:38:40.92
I forgot to tell you it's free.
00:38:41.65\00:38:43.59
And there's only
limited copies of this.
00:38:44.59\00:38:46.89
So there's only like 1500 copies
and there's like 3000 of you.
00:38:47.32\00:38:52.03
So when you go
out, go out slowly.
00:38:52.66\00:38:55.13
There's a table waiting
for you, and there will be
00:38:55.16\00:38:58.03
books waiting for you.
00:38:58.23\00:38:59.57
And if you have already read the
book, give it to somebody else.
00:38:59.73\00:39:02.90
You might be
wondering why I'm wearing these
00:39:03.51\00:39:05.51
traditional clothes tonight.
00:39:05.81\00:39:08.98
I'm representing
the countries in Asia
00:39:09.18\00:39:12.11
that are inspired by GYC.
00:39:12.15\00:39:14.22
Last November I
spoke at the Indonesia,
00:39:14.52\00:39:18.29
no not Indonesia,
India youth conference.
00:39:18.32\00:39:21.56
And it's so inspiring to see
a lot of young people who are
00:39:21.89\00:39:24.59
inspired by the spirit of GYC.
00:39:24.63\00:39:26.53
And it's not just
happening in India.
00:39:26.56\00:39:28.16
Also in Asia: Indonesia;
in Jakarta, Sulawesi, Bali.
00:39:28.20\00:39:33.77
In the Philippines;
Philippine Youth for Christ.
00:39:33.97\00:39:36.40
And also in Malaysia;
Sabah Youth for Christ.
00:39:36.44\00:39:39.27
And there are some
representatives here.
00:39:39.31\00:39:41.14
God has been blessing
this group of young people
00:39:41.18\00:39:44.88
who have been coming together
and being on their knees.
00:39:44.91\00:39:47.45
And tonight I'll be
sharing with you something,
00:39:47.65\00:39:50.62
no, my friends will be sharing
something about the things that
00:39:50.65\00:39:53.25
God has done to them.
00:39:53.29\00:39:54.72
And take note, every
morning we go here in this
00:39:55.09\00:40:00.76
convention
center at 6:00 to pray.
00:40:00.80\00:40:03.10
And all the while I thought
that when I come before 5:30
00:40:03.23\00:40:07.64
that I'd be the first
person in the prayer room.
00:40:07.67\00:40:10.81
But lo and behold, I
was only the third person
00:40:10.84\00:40:13.17
in the prayer room.
00:40:13.21\00:40:14.54
And the first
person was this guy.
00:40:14.78\00:40:16.44
My friend Joel,
tell me, what happened?
00:40:17.05\00:40:19.95
Well I had a pretty
tough night and the Holy Spirit
00:40:20.25\00:40:23.49
reminded me that the
prayer room was open.
00:40:23.89\00:40:25.99
So I went.
00:40:26.02\00:40:27.36
And when I went in
there God convicted me,
00:40:27.39\00:40:30.29
"Start praising Me
about My character."
00:40:30.33\00:40:32.73
And I started praying to God.
00:40:32.76\00:40:34.80
And all of a sudden, everything
that I had been studying
00:40:34.83\00:40:38.20
for the past couple of weeks
just started melding together,
00:40:38.23\00:40:42.24
and I saw God in a new way.
00:40:42.27\00:40:44.51
And I just realized,
and I started crying,
00:40:44.54\00:40:47.78
that it was so easy
with the Holy Spirit there.
00:40:47.81\00:40:51.45
And I realized
that I should be praying
00:40:51.48\00:40:53.11
even more for the Holy Spirit.
00:40:53.15\00:40:54.55
That room was
saturated with the Holy Spirit.
00:40:55.05\00:40:57.69
And every morning we've been
there it's been so powerful.
00:40:57.95\00:41:00.19
And I realized that
this is the key to our lives.
00:41:00.22\00:41:04.69
And I recommend
everyone, please go, because
00:41:04.73\00:41:07.70
your lives will be changed.
00:41:07.73\00:41:09.30
Thank you so much, brother.
00:41:09.33\00:41:10.90
And you know what?
00:41:10.93\00:41:12.27
As a missionary, I appreciate
the labor and the things
00:41:12.30\00:41:17.14
that you do for the
people who are unreached.
00:41:17.17\00:41:19.24
And with this being
said, at 9:30 tonight
00:41:19.27\00:41:22.91
in the booth,
Jesus For Asia, 603,
00:41:22.94\00:41:25.65
we will be
praying for the unreached.
00:41:25.68\00:41:27.88
Amen. Yes.
00:41:27.92\00:41:29.25
And the next person who
will be sharing tonight,
00:41:29.42\00:41:31.82
she is just an infant in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:41:32.02\00:41:35.99
She got baptized
in June this year.
00:41:36.49\00:41:39.49
Natasha, tell us about
your story in the prayer room.
00:41:39.69\00:41:41.96
Thanks. So my walk with
God has been a real journey.
00:41:42.16\00:41:45.60
And in the last couple of months
I've really felt convicted
00:41:45.63\00:41:48.47
by God about the importance
of prayer, both personal prayer,
00:41:48.50\00:41:51.91
but also united prayer.
00:41:51.94\00:41:53.31
And back home in our small
group ministry we've started
00:41:53.34\00:41:56.88
doing united prayer
and seeing the power of God
00:41:56.91\00:41:59.21
move in ways that
just blow your mind.
00:41:59.25\00:42:02.02
So coming to GYC and
looking at the opportunity
00:42:02.52\00:42:05.85
for united prayer,
I was really excited
00:42:05.89\00:42:07.79
to be able to get involved.
00:42:07.82\00:42:09.32
And coming to the prayer
meeting on Thursday morning
00:42:09.39\00:42:13.76
I expected the
presence of God to be there,
00:42:13.80\00:42:16.46
but not like the
way He actually was.
00:42:16.50\00:42:18.60
There were so many people there.
00:42:18.63\00:42:20.04
And I mean, even an hour
went by in the blink of an eye.
00:42:20.07\00:42:22.77
Two hours today went by
without even thinking about it.
00:42:22.80\00:42:26.04
And it wasn't, there
was nothing that was boring,
00:42:26.07\00:42:28.24
there was nothing
that was an effort.
00:42:28.28\00:42:30.05
It was just being
completely humbled
00:42:30.08\00:42:32.58
at the foot of the cross.
00:42:32.61\00:42:33.95
And to be completely
in the presence of Jesus
00:42:33.98\00:42:36.15
was an
absolutely inspiring moment
00:42:36.18\00:42:38.95
and something that I
would highly recommend.
00:42:38.99\00:42:41.09
That if anyone here,
I would highly recommend
00:42:41.12\00:42:44.03
wherever you are, if you've
known Jesus your entire life,
00:42:44.06\00:42:46.70
if you met Him yesterday,
that you should be there
00:42:46.73\00:42:48.93
in the prayer meeting.
00:42:48.96\00:42:50.30
For me, this has
been the highlight of GYC,
00:42:50.33\00:42:52.37
to be able to just be completely
humbled in the presence of God.
00:42:52.47\00:42:55.30
And I would highly recommend it.
00:42:55.90\00:42:57.47
That it's been...
00:42:57.51\00:42:58.84
If you're not sure, if
you'd even question that Jesus
00:42:58.91\00:43:02.71
may not be real, be
there tomorrow at six o'clock.
00:43:02.74\00:43:05.21
Trust me, He'll
show you His presence.
00:43:05.25\00:43:07.98
Amen. Wow!
00:43:08.08\00:43:09.98
So if you will miss
the highlight, it's so sad.
00:43:10.55\00:43:14.82
Do not miss the
highlight, my dear friends.
00:43:14.86\00:43:17.03
This morning when
we started at 6:00,
00:43:17.06\00:43:19.46
more or less there were
200 people who were there.
00:43:19.79\00:43:22.20
And the experience was amazing.
00:43:22.56\00:43:24.17
Don't let GYC pass by and
not visit the prayer room.
00:43:24.27\00:43:28.27
I remember a few
months ago when we had
00:43:28.47\00:43:31.44
Philippine Youth
for Christ, at 5:00 am,
00:43:31.47\00:43:35.21
all the while I thought
that there'd not be much
00:43:35.41\00:43:38.41
people who will come.
00:43:38.45\00:43:39.78
But lo and behold,
400 young people came
00:43:39.81\00:43:42.68
at 5:00 in the
morning, my dear friends.
00:43:43.18\00:43:45.65
And at that
conference we had felt
00:43:45.89\00:43:50.59
the presence of the Holy Spirit.
00:43:50.63\00:43:51.96
Some of the speakers
told me, "Gem, I've never been
00:43:51.99\00:43:54.90
to a place where you
could sense the thickness
00:43:54.93\00:43:58.67
of the presence
of the Holy Spirit."
00:43:58.70\00:44:00.47
And I was reminded of
the powerful quote from,
00:44:01.00\00:44:04.01
Central Advance,
February 25, 1903.
00:44:04.04\00:44:07.08
It says here,
"The power given..."
00:44:07.31\00:44:10.01
What power is this?
00:44:10.58\00:44:11.91
This is the power
of the Holy Spirit.
00:44:11.95\00:44:13.28
"The power given
will be proportionate
00:44:13.31\00:44:15.48
to the unity of the
members and their love for God,
00:44:15.52\00:44:19.15
and their love for one another."
00:44:19.52\00:44:20.92
How much power do we
want to see being poured out
00:44:21.52\00:44:25.06
in our time right now?
00:44:25.39\00:44:26.80
It depends upon our unity.
00:44:27.10\00:44:29.00
It depends upon our
corporate humility before God.
00:44:29.36\00:44:32.63
Our love for God and
our love for one another.
00:44:32.93\00:44:35.44
My dear friends, as we
separate into three's or two's
00:44:35.94\00:44:40.34
tonight, let us continue
to intercede for one another.
00:44:40.38\00:44:43.55
Let us pray for one another.
00:44:43.65\00:44:44.98
And there's a prayer request.
00:44:45.01\00:44:46.85
A daughter of a missionary from
AFM, a three year old daughter,
00:44:47.48\00:44:51.82
has had a stroke.
00:44:52.42\00:44:53.86
So please keep
her in your prayer.
00:44:54.36\00:44:55.92
We don't want to say
the names, but just lift up
00:44:55.96\00:44:58.29
this situation, and
lift up one another.
00:44:58.49\00:45:00.90
And we'll spend
one minute in prayer.
00:45:01.06\00:45:03.50
Lord, prepare me
to be a sanctuary;
00:45:15.81\00:45:23.59
pure and holy, tried and true.
00:45:23.69\00:45:32.73
With
thanksgiving I'll be a living
00:45:32.83\00:45:41.34
sanctuary for You.
00:45:41.70\00:45:49.88
Into my heart, into my heart,
00:45:56.05\00:46:03.93
come into my heart, Lord Jesus.
00:46:03.96\00:46:13.54
Come in today, come in to stay;
00:46:13.84\00:46:23.81
come into my heart, Lord Jesus.
00:46:24.38\00:46:34.06
Prepare our hearts, dear Father,
for the blessings that You're
00:46:34.56\00:46:37.83
about to pour upon
us this Sabbath day.
00:46:37.86\00:46:40.13
We pray this in the
loving name of Your Son Jesus.
00:46:40.56\00:46:43.16
Amen.
00:46:43.23\00:46:44.57