Participants: Dan Preas
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000402
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00:10 WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:14 A PROGRAM THAT TAKES YOU TO THE FRONT LINES OF MISSIONS AND MISSION FIELDS. 00:21 TODAY, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR YOU. 00:23 I'M KEVIN WAITE AND I HAVE WITH ME IN THE STUDIO DAN PREAS, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:28 DAN WE HAVE SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEARTS TODAY THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT. 00:32 IT'S A PLAN CALL "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" THAT WE ARE GETTING STARTED WITH. 00:37 COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT? 00:40 HOW IT GOT STARTED AND WHAT IT IS? 00:42 ABSOLUTELY, KEVIN. 00:43 I'M EXCITED TO DO THAT. 00:44 "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS. 00:48 IT'S A 3 YEAR PROGRAM TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD TO SHARE JESUS' MESSAGE WITH THE ULTIMATE 00:57 RESULT OF BAPTIZING 1 MILLION PEOPLE. 01:00 THIS PROGRAM STARTED OBSCURELY. 01:03 IT WAS AT ASI IN SACRAMENTO AND BRUCE FARLEY, WHO I THINK YOU'VE MET AS WELL, 01:08 SAID SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY POWERFUL AT THE MOMENT. 01:11 I DON'T THINK HE EVEN KNEW WHAT HE SAID. 01:13 I'M NOT SURE I KNEW WHAT HE SAID, BUT HE SAID THIS, HE SAID "IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT 01:17 TOUCHING PEOPLE FOR JESUS, HE SAID THE MONEY IS JUST THERE, YOU JUST NEED TO ASK FOR IT". 01:23 AS I CAME BACK THINKING ABOUT THAT MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY BUT WHAT IT'S ABOUT 01:29 IS TOUCHING PEOPLE FOR THE KINGDOM. 01:32 SO, WHEN I CAME BACK I THOUGHT WOW, WHAT IF WE PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM AND WE ASKED FOR $500 01:39 THOUSAND DOLLARS SO THAT WE COULD ADD NEW WORKERS IN THE FIELD. 01:41 I'LL NEVER FORGET THIS AS LONG AS I LIVE. 01:44 I WAS AT YOUR DESK, STANDING UP, AND THERE WAS A GROUP OF US TALKING AND I WAS SHARING THIS 01:48 WITH YOU AND YOU LOOKED DIRECTLY AT ME AND YOU SAID "DAN, WHY NOT THINK ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS?" 01:54 AND IT DIDN'T TAKE ONLY A FEW SECONDS BUT WE SAID, "GREAT, ONE MILLION DOLLARS IS PERFECT, 01:59 LET'S DO THAT; LET'S WORK ON A PROJECT FOR THAT." 02:02 BUT SOMETHING FUNNY HAPPENED IN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. 02:06 WE HAD A RALLY HERE IN COLLEGE PLACE. 02:09 WE INVITED ALL OF OUR DIRECTORS OUT DURING THAT RALLY. 02:12 WE SAT DOWN AND WE STARTED BRAIN STORMING THROUGH A SERIES OF QUESTIONS AND WHAT THE FIELD 02:18 REALLY NEEDED AS PART OF THE PROGRAM. 02:21 SOMETHING AWESOME STARTED TO UNFOLD. 02:23 WE STARTED GETTING REQUESTS FROM THE FIELD FOR WORKERS AND PROJECTS. 02:28 IT TURNED INTO WHAT WE NOW CALL "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS". 02:35 HUGE PROJECT! 02:36 ONE THAT WE DIDN'T THINK WE COULD ACCOMPLISH. 02:40 YOU KNOW, AS THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE UNFOLDED AND AS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS , 02:47 I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, BUT I FOUND MYSELF THINKING ONE DAY, YOU KNOW THERE IS SO MUCH WORK 02:54 TO BE DONE OUT THERE, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW AND IT DOES COST MONEY TO DO THAT. 02:59 BUT I GOT TO THINKING, WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE IF WE WERE TO IMAGINE OURSELVES 03:05 5 YEARS FROM NOW, IN HEAVEN. 03:07 JESUS HAS COME AND WE ARE IN HEAVEN AND WE ARE LOOKING BACK AT THAT TIME WE HAD ON EARTH AND 03:13 WE ARE LOOKING BACK AT THAT TIME WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 1 MILLION FOR JESUS AND WE WERE 03:17 THINKING, MY HOW IS THIS EVER GOING TO HAPPEN? 03:19 MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T TRY TO DO AS MUCH. 03:21 MAYBE WE NEED TO SCALE IT BACK? 03:24 WOULD WE BE SAYING THAT OR WOULD WE BE SAYING, WHY DIDN'T WE DO MORE? 03:29 WHY DIDN'T WE DO MORE? 03:30 YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO TAKE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND MENTION SOME NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE BEEN 03:36 KICKING AROUND HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 03:38 YES. 03:39 I WROTE THEM DOWN SO I GET THEM RIGHT. 03:40 THE TOTAL WORLD POPULATION IS NOW 7 BILLION. 03:43 IT'S A HUGE NUMBER. 03:45 OF THAT, THE U.S. 03:47 CENTER FOR WORLD MISSION SAYS THAT THERE ARE 2.84 BILLION THAT ARE UNREACHED. 03:52 THEY HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS YET. 03:54 WOW. 03:56 NOW, WHERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE LOCATED? 03:58 THIS IS WHERE IT GETS VERY INTERESTING. 04:00 97% OF THOSE PEOPLE, THAT'S 2.76 BILLION. 04:06 97% CAN BE FOUND IN ONE AREA OF THE WORLD THAT WE CALL THE 10/40 WINDOW. 04:13 NOW, SOME OF YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE 10/40 WINDOW. 04:16 IT'S 10 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE ON THE GLOBE TO 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE AND IT STRETCHES FROM 04:23 NORTH AFRICA ON OVER TO THE PHILIPPINES. 04:25 SO, A LOT OF TERRITORY THERE AND A VERY HUGE POPULATION. 04:28 ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE POPULATION LIVES IN THAT AREA. 04:31 A LOT OF POVERTY, A LOT OF ILLITERACY, A VERY CHALLENGING AREA TO REACH. 04:37 WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT 97 PER CENT OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION 04:43 THAT IS UNREACHED LIVES THERE. 04:45 HOW MUCH MISSION GIVING GOES TO THAT AREA? 04:49 ONLY 3 PER CENT. 04:51 WOW. 04:52 SO, WE'VE GOT IT BACKWARD, I THINK. 04:53 YES, YES.I THINK WE'VE GOT IT BACKWARD. 04:56 DAN, YOU WERE GOING TO MENTION SOMETHING HERE ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING IN THE 10/40 05:02 WINDOW AND WHY WE BELIEVE NOW IS THE TIME TO MOVE 05:07 IN THAT AREA IN A WAY THAT WE HAVEN'T IN THE PAST. 05:10 FOR NEW VIEWERS WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH, WE PRIMARILY FOCUS ALL OF OUR 05:16 WORKERS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 05:18 THERE ARE ABOUT 2100 WORKERS TODAY WORKING IN THAT SECTION OF THE COUNTRY AND SOMETHING THAT 05:23 WAS JUST SO EXCITING AS WE STARTED WORKING THROUGH THIS PROJECT, 05:26 I RECEIVED AN EMAIL BACK FROM RON WATTS, 05:29 WHO IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION. 05:32 IN THAT EMAIL TO ME, IT WAS SO ENCOURAGING BECAUSE HE WROTE "THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO KNOW 05:39 ABOUT JESUS BUT HAVE NOT LEARNED ABOUT HIM AND THEY ARE RIPE, THE HARVEST IS SO RIPE, 05:47 IT IS ABOUT READY TO FALL OFF THE TREE". 05:50 HE SAID "THERE ARE PEOPLE GROUPS THERE THAT ARE JUST WAITING FOR A WORKER TO COME TEACH THEM". 05:56 THEN HE WENT ON TO SAY, "GOSPEL OUTREACH'S PROGRAM IS EFFECTIVE TODAY". 06:02 NOW, BACK WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION, HE HAD ASKED GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR 06:08 10 THOUSAND WORKERS TO DO THE WORK. 06:11 THE HARVEST WAS SO RIPE. 06:13 HE ASKED FOR 10 THOUSAND WORKERS. 06:15 WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT A WAY AT THAT TIME, TO PROVIDE THOSE 10 THOUSAND WORKERS BUT GUESS WHAT, 06:20 THIS PROGRAM "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" NOW, 06:23 IS AIMED AT THAT PEOPLE GROUP TO COME IN AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 06:29 WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE 10 THOUSAND WORKERS, BUT WE KNOW FOR SURE, WE CAN PROVIDE SOME. 06:35 AND THIS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IS GOING TO AIM AT PEOPLE GROUPS. 06:39 THESE PEOPLE GROUPS, IT'S UNIQUE, WHEN YOU GET A FEW PEOPLE IN A PEOPLE GROUP, 06:46 THEY START SPREADING THAT GOSPEL; WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED, LIKE WILDFIRE. 06:51 PRETTY SOON, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE COME TO KNOW JESUS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO EXCITED 06:56 AND THEY WANT TO TELL EACH OTHER. 06:58 SO, THAT IS THE REAL HEART OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS AND RON WATTS HELPED US REALIZE THAT. 07:05 YES. 07:06 WHEN PEOPLE GET EXCITED I THINK IT JUST FOLLOWS HUMAN NATURE. 07:09 WHEN YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING IT'S INFECTIOUS, YOU TELL SOMEONE ELSE AND BEFORE YOU 07:14 KNOW IT, IT SPREADS LIKE CRAZY. 07:16 YOU KNOW, WE TAKE, AND WE TAKE JESUS FOR GRANTED, I THINK, SOMETIMES IN NORTH AMERICA. 07:22 WE'VE GROWN UP IN CHURCHES. 07:25 WE'VE SUNG THE HYMNS AND EVERYTHING AND WE LOSE SIGHT OF SOME OF THAT EXCITEMENT, 07:30 BUT WHEN YOU GET INVOLVED IN MISSIONS AND YOU GET INVOLVED IN A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, 07:35 IT IS LIKE IT LIGHTS A FIRE AGAIN IN YOUR SOUL. 07:37 AMEN. 07:39 YOU BEGIN TO SEE THESE PEOPLE AS POTENTIAL NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS IN HEAVEN. 07:41 YES. 07:42 I THINK. 07:43 YES. 07:44 IT IS AMAZING HOW THAT, HOW THAT WORKS. 07:48 WELL, YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN THINKING THAT THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN THE REGIONAL 07:57 DIRECTORS, GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS REGIONAL DIRECTORS THAT OVERSEE SOME OF THE WORK THAT IS GOING 08:02 ON OVER IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, THEY ARE HEADING OUT NOW, AREN'T THEY? 08:06 GOING TO THEIR AREAS. 08:08 YES. 08:09 WHILE THEY ARE THERE, THEY ARE GOING TO BE VISITING 08:11 WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH SPONSORED WORKERS. 08:13 THEY ARE GOING TO BE SEEING WHAT IS GOING ON, BRINGING BACK FIRST HAND REPORTS AND WHEN YOU 08:19 MENTION THE HARVEST PRINCIPLE, IT REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING 08:22 THAT HAS JUST COME INTO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH OFFICE. 08:24 A REPORT THAT IS COMING BACK FROM OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS. 08:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH MARANATHA IN A 500 VILLAGE PROJECT IN INDIA, 08:36 TO REACH 500 VILLAGES AND 220 OF THOSE VILLAGES HAVE NOW BEEN REACHED. 08:42 NOT QUITE HALF WAY, BUT WE ARE GETTING THERE. 08:46 AND, LET'S SEE HERE, 49 THOUSAND, 49 THOUSAND BAPTISMS SO FAR. 08:52 AMEN. 08:53 YES. 08:54 OH MY, FOR 220 VILLAGES. 08:55 YES. 08:56 IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. 08:58 YOU KNOW WHAT'S REALLY AMAZING TO ME IS THE EFFICIENCY THIS REPRESENTED IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 09:06 YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE COST TO REACH THE 10/40 WINDOW WOULD BE VERY, 09:11 VERY HIGH AND CERTAINLY IT CAN BE WHEN YOU THINK OF THE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE 09:16 REPRESENTED THERE, BUT TO LEAD ONE PERSON TO THE LORD, WITH THE BEST DATA THAT WE HAVE HERE AT 09:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH, WHAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH? 09:26 KEVIN, WE CALCULATED IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY AND IT IS $5.92 FOR EVERY BAPTIZED MEMBER 09:38 WHO BECOMES A MEMBER OF A BIBLE ATTENDING SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 09:43 THERE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 09:44 NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT IS ONLY ONE PERSON WHO WAS TOUCHED, IT MEANS ONE PERSON WHO WAS 09:49 BAPTIZED FOR THAT $5.92. 09:52 OH MY! 09:53 YOU KNOW, I THINK, RIGHT AROUND $6. 09:55 WHEN I HEAR $6, I THINK OF WHAT I DO WITH $6. 09:59 YOU KNOW, WHAT I COULD DO WITH IT HERE. 10:02 THAT'S THE COST OF A STORE PIZZA. 10:04 YES. 10:05 YES. 10:07 IT IS THE COST, WELL, USED TO BE THE COST OF MAYBE A FEW GALLONS OF GAS, 10:11 NOW IT IS LESS THAN 2 GALLONS OF GAS, IT'S A CHEAP T-SHIRT, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS. 10:16 HERE FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND IT IS HUMBLING WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, 10:21 WHEN I THINK OF THE MONEY THAT I THROW AWAY, YOU KNOW, THAT A PERSON CAN BE BROUGHT TO JESUS 10:28 FOR $6, LESS THAN $6. 10:29 WHAT AN INCREDIBLE THING. 10:32 WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY THERE IS. 10:34 WE HAVE COME TO THE POINT IN THE PROGRAM NOW, WHERE WE INVITE YOU OUR VIEWERS TO RESPOND, 10:38 TO LEARN MORE AND TO BE PART OF REACHING OTHERS FOR JESUS. 10:42 FIRST, WE ARE TALKING TODAY ABOUT THE "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" PLAN. 10:46 THIS IS A NEW INITIATIVE TO WIN 1 MILLION PEOPLE FOR JESUS IN THE NEXT 3 YEARS. 10:52 YOU MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE DON'T ANSWER ON THIS PROGRAM, SO ASK FOR THE 10:56 "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" BROCHURE. 10:58 IT WILL GIVE MORE DETAILS AND SHOW HOW EACH DOLLAR IS PUT TO USE. 11:03 NEXT, PLEASE ASK FOR A SUBSCRIPTION TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS 11:06 IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SUBSCRIBED. 11:08 THIS IS OUR FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. 11:10 IT IS A LIFECHANGING PUBLICATION THAT IS DELIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR MAILBOX. 11:14 IT IS PACKED WITH MIRACLE STORIES AND REPORTS FROM THE MISSION FIELD. 11:17 IT WILL INSPIRE YOU TO SEE HOW GOD IS WORKING TODAY THROUGH PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU, 11:23 TO PREPARE OUR WORLD FOR JESUS RETURN. 11:26 SO, REQUEST THESE TWO ITEMS NOW. 11:27 THAT'S "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" BROCHURE AND THE ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER. 12:08 DAN, BEFORE THE BREAK WE TALKED ABOUT A MIRACLE STORY. 12:14 COULD YOU SHARE THAT WITH US? 12:15 ABSOLUTELY, KEVIN. 12:16 I'M EXCITED TO DO THIS BECAUSE THIS ONE THAT I PERSONALLY HEARD MYSELF. 12:22 THIS WAS A STORY ABOUT A GENTLEMAN NAMED ANAN BABOO, 12:26 WHICH MEANS HAPPY BOY, IN TELAGU. 12:28 GREAT NAME. 12:30 HE IS A GREAT PERSON AND I GOT TO KNOW ANON OVER A 3 WEEK PERIOD OF TIME WHEN WE DID AN 12:35 EVANGELISTIC SERIES OF MEETINGS THERE. 12:38 I HEARD HIS STORY. 12:39 HE WROTE IT DOWN FOR ME. 12:41 SOMEONE CAME INTO HIS FATHER'S VILLAGE, A MISSIONARY AND SAID "HEY, 12:48 I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT JESUS. 12:50 I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE SABBATH DAY." 12:53 ANON'S FATHER ACCEPTED THE SABBATH DAY. 12:57 BECAME A BAPTIZED MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH WITH HIS WIFE. 13:01 LATER ON, 6 KIDS FROM THE FAMILY BECAME MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH AND HERE IS THE EXCITING THING. 13:07 THREE MEMBERS OF ANAN BABOO'S FAMILY BECAME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST PASTORS. 13:13 ANAN RELATED A STORY WHAT THESE GUYS GO THROUGH. 13:18 WE THINK OF A PASTOR AS A JOB WHERE YOU CAN GO OUT 13:22 AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL AND DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. 13:24 THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN THESE 10/40 WORLD COUNTRIES. 13:27 ANAN WENT INTO A VILLAGE WITH ANOTHER MAN. 13:31 THEY RENTED A HALL TO HAVE MEETINGS. 13:33 THEY STARTED PRAYING WITH THE KIDS, SINGING WITH KIDS. 13:38 THE VILLAGE ELDERS CAME, ALCOHOL WAS A PROBLEM. 13:41 THEY WERE DRUNK, A LOT OF TIMES, COMING TO THESE MEETINGS AND ON ONE PARTICULAR NIGHT ONE OF 13:49 ELDERS CAME UP AND SLAPPED THEM, BEAT THEM UP, BASICALLY. 13:53 HE TOLD THEM "YOU CAN'T HOLD ANY MEETINGS ANY LONGER IN THIS VILLAGE, 13:57 THE MEETING TONIGHT IS CANCELLED". 13:59 SO, ANAN AND HIS FRIEND WENT ON DISCOURAGED, 14:03 WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN BUT PRAYING ALL THE TIME. 14:06 THE NEXT DAY WAS A NEW DAY. 14:10 THE REST OF THE VILLAGE ELDERS SAID "COME, WE WANT TO HEAR THE REST OF THIS. 14:14 WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR GOD, YOUR JESUS, WHO CAN DO ALL THESE THINGS". 14:20 THE FUNNY THING HAPPENED, THEY WENT TO THAT MAN WHO HAD CREATED ALL THE TURMOIL AND SAID "YOU 14:25 ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO DRINK WATER IN THIS VILLAGE". 14:28 THAT'S A BIG THING THERE. 14:31 "YOU CAN'T BUY FROM ANY OF OUR SHOPS". 14:33 OH MY! 14:34 BUT WHAT HAPPENED? 14:35 HE STARTED COMING TO THE MEETINGS HIMSELF AND IN A FEW SHORT DAYS, 14:40 I THINK IT WAS 10 DAYS, HE ALONG WITH ALONG WITH 108 OTHER PRECIOUS SOULS WERE BAPTIZED 14:49 AS PART OF THAT CAMPAIGN. 14:51 THAT'S WHAT THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO GO OUT IN THE FIELD 14:54 ARE DOING EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIFE. 14:56 IT IS A POWERFUL THING TO SEE, TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. 15:00 IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU CAN SEE LIVES CHANGES LIKE ANAN BABOO'S. 15:06 YES. 15:07 I THINK IT TELLS ME THAT GOD IS WORKING. 15:11 HE ISN'T EXPECTING US TO DO THIS BY OURSELVES, HE IS THERE. 15:17 HE HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE THE LIVES. 15:19 HE IS THERE TO OFFER PROTECTION. 15:21 YOU KNOW, I REALIZE IN THE MORNINGS WHEN WE HAVE PRAYER IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH OFFICE AND 15:27 WE PRAY FOR THE WORKERS THAT ARE OUT THERE, WE PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY. 15:31 SOME OF THEM ARE IN SITUATIONS WHERE MANY OF US WOULD NOT WANT TO BE THERE. 15:37 WE WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN THEIR SHOES. 15:39 THAT'S RIGHT. 15:40 BUT, THE HAVE THE POWER OF GOD ON THEIR SIDE AND GOD IS WATCHING OUT FOR THEM AND 15:44 PROTECTING THEM. 15:46 IT IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE CAN DO AS WELL, IS TO KEEP THEM IN OUR PRAYERS. 15:51 THAT'S WHY WE HAVE COME UP WITH THIS PLAN TO ENTER THESE VILLAGES. 15:55 I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO TELL US ABOUT ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT IS CONTAINED IN THIS "ONE 16:01 MILLION FOR JESUS" PROJECT. 16:04 YES, YES I AM. 16:05 WHEN THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS COME AND VISIT HERE, TWICE A YEAR THEY COME IN AND THEY TELL US 16:12 THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING UP. 16:17 EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES, REALLY. 16:19 ONE OF THEM, ONE OF OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS, 16:22 MANZOOR MASSEY ALSO WANTED US TO MAKE THIS A PROJECT. 16:26 HE TOLD US ABOUT SOME INDEPENDENT PASTORS IN INDIA THAT HAD COME TO HIM AND THEY 16:33 WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HE BELIEVED. 16:36 SOMEHOW, THEY HAD FOUND OUT ABOUT THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE BY GOSPEL OUTREACH THERE. 16:41 THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHO ARE YOU? 16:43 WHAT'S GOING ON? 16:45 AND WE JUST WANT TO LEARN MORE. 16:47 AND SO, MANZOOR HAS ALREADY MET WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED OF THEM BUT THERE IS MORE THAN THAT. 16:54 APPARENTLY, THERE ARE ABOUT 500 NOW THAT ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU BELIEVE, 16:59 AND THEY ARE RESPONDING FAVORABLY. 17:02 SO, WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT IS PART OF THIS PLAN, THE "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" PLAN AND THE 17:07 PROJECT COSTS ABOUT 40 THOUSAND DOLLARS AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS THIS IS GOING TO 17:12 PROVIDE A WAY FOR SEVERAL GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WORKING WITH THESE PASTORS, 17:19 TEACHING THEM MORE. 17:20 THE PASTORS ALSO HAVE CONGREGATIONS. 17:23 AMEN. 17:24 THERE ARE A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE REPRESENTED HERE. 17:27 YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL SEEKING TRUTH. 17:29 WE ARE ALL SEEKING AFTER JESUS AND A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM AND WE ARE JUST DELIGHTED TO 17:35 HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH THESE BROTHERS IN INDIA WHAT WE HAVE COME TO BELIEVE 17:41 ABOUT JESUS AND THEY ARE RESPONDING. 17:45 SO, HERE IS AN AMAZING PROJECT THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN. 17:50 WE ARE EXPECTING THE POSSIBILITY OF UPWARDS OF 25 THOUSAND BAPTISMS OUT OF THIS. 17:58 AMEN. 17:59 IT IS JUST ONE OF MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE AS PART OF THIS PLAN. 18:02 IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. 18:03 KEVIN, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING IN THIS PLAN 18:07 IS TO ADD 1226 WORKERS TO THIS PLAN. 18:12 OH, MY! 18:14 THIS ACROSS THE 10/40 WINDOW: INDIA, THE PHILIPPINES, AFRICA, ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE GROUPS THAT 18:19 WE ARE AIMING TO TOUCH DURING THIS PROPOSAL. 18:23 THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, THEY ARE ALL JUST ANAN BABOO. 18:27 COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE BRIEFLY ABOUT WHY THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE 18:33 CHOSEN IN THE WAY THEY ARE? 18:36 YES. 18:38 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE HIRE, ARE ALL INDIGENOUS WORKERS TO THE AREA. 18:43 THEY ARE THERE BECAUSE THEY LIVE THERE. 18:45 THEY ARE NATIVE, THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THEY KNOW THE CULTURES. 18:48 THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE AND YOU KNOW WHAT, 18:53 IT IS VERY EFFICIENT BECAUSE THEY GET PAID BY THEIR COUNTRY'S STANDARD. 18:58 THEY MAKE A LIVING, IT'S NOT A GREAT LIVING BUT THEY HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO LIVE AND SURVIVE 19:04 AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 19:05 THAT IS THE FANTASTIC THING, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 19:08 SINCE WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM, EVEN BEFORE THE INK DRIED ON THIS PROGRAM, 19:14 BEFORE ANYONE REALLY KNEW THAT IT WAS OFFICIAL AND THAT WE WERE TAKING IT OUT, 19:19 WE STARTED RECEIVING CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO HELP US WITH THIS PROJECT. 19:24 I'M HERE TO TELL YOU TODAY, 25 WORKERS HAVE BEEN FUNDED OUT OF THE 1226 WORKERS. 19:32 IT'S EXCITING! 19:33 WE KNOW THAT JESUS CHRIST IS ALIVE AND HE WANTS THIS PROJECT TO WORK. 19:37 YES. 19:38 SO, TRUE, SO TRUE. 19:41 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT IN THE PROGRAM AND I'M WONDERING DAN, 19:47 AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS WHAT ARE SOME OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU. 19:53 THE WORKERS ARE A BIG, BIG PART OF THIS OVER 1200 NEW WORKERS 20:00 THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD IN THE FIELD. 20:01 THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT BY THEIR LIVES, WILL TOUCH OTHER PEOPLE IN THAT AREA. 20:09 THEY'RE JUST REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LORD AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. 20:15 WHAT OTHER THINGS ARE THERE IN THIS PLAN THAT WE SHOULD HIGHLIGHT IN THE LAST FEW 20:21 MINUTES OF THIS SHOW. 20:22 THERE IS SO MUCH IN THERE, WHAT CAN WE SHARE WITH PEOPLE? 20:26 A FEW OTHER ITEMS. 20:28 YOU KNOW KEVIN, THERE ARE BIBLES, PROVIDING BIBLES TO READ THE WORD. 20:32 WE ALL BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS IS TO READ THE WORD OF GOD. 20:37 THERE ARE LITERACY CENTERS TO FUND. 20:40 SO MANY PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD CAN'T READ, 20:44 SO WHAT A BETTER THING THAN TO PROVIDE A SCHOOL. 20:46 DO YOU KNOW KEVIN, THAT FOR ABOUT $240 WE CAN ESTABLISH 20:50 A LITERACY SCHOOL IN THESE COUNTRIES? 20:53 OH MY! 20:54 WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN, LEARN THE LANGUAGE AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENS, 20:57 ESPECIALLY WHEN CHILDREN COME IN AND THEY LEARN THE LANGUAGE. 21:01 THEY BRING THE MOM, THEIR DAD AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY INTO THIS. 21:06 IT IS A POWERFUL THING. 21:07 WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME AMAZING RESULTS. 21:11 OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE: W HAVE CHURCH BUILDING IN THERE; 21:13 WE HAVE THE TRAINING OF YOUNG, YOUNG PEOPLE. 21:18 EXCITING THING! 21:20 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SO POWERFUL FOR ME TO SEE, YOUNG PEOPLE DRAWN TO THE MEETINGS. 21:25 BIG SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND YOU KNEW THAT THEIR LIVES WERE BEING CHANGED FOR ETERNITY 21:30 BECAUSE IN THAT COUNTRY MANY OF THEM DON'T HAVE HOPE. 21:34 YES. 21:34 BUT WHEN THEY KNOW JESUS, THEY HAVE HOPE. 21:37 THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO HANG ON TO, SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A SAVIOR 21:42 NO MATTER WHAT SITUATION THEY ARE EXPERIENCING IN THE FIELD. 21:46 NO MATTER HOW BAD IT GETS, SO MANY OF THEM DON'T HAVE PARENTS. 21:49 THEIR PARENTS DIED AT A YOUNG AGE. 21:51 I'LL NEVER FORGET SITTING THERE THE LAST DAY OF AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES 21:56 WHERE WE SAW 5 OR 600 PEOPLE BAPTIZED. 21:58 OH WOW! 21:59 THERE WAS A YOUNG GIRL, DROPPED OFF BY HER FAMILY. 22:04 THEY LEFT HER AS AN ORPHAN. 22:08 SHE SAT ON DAVE REID'S LAP THERE ON THAT LAST NIGHT. 22:12 I HAD A LITTLE GIRL ON MY LAPAND HE HAD A LITTLE GIRL ON HIS LAP. 22:17 WE WATCHED THE VIDEO OF JESUS' LIFE AND JESUS APPEARED THESE PEOPLE CLAPPED THEY WERE SO 22:26 EXCITED BECAUSE THEY FINALLY KNEW WHO JESUS WAS. 22:30 FRIENDS, I'M TELLING YOU TODAY WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY; WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED 22:39 IN THE FINAL MESSAGE. 22:42 THERE WAS AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY DAN JACKSON, THE NEW PRESIDENT OF NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION. 22:47 I WANT TO READ SOMETHING THAT HE WROTE IN THAT ARTICLE. 22:53 IT SAYS, OUR MISSION IS NOT FINISHED UNTIL EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO 23:04 RESPOND TO THE CALL TO ACCEPT JESUS AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR. 23:11 YOU KNOW WHAT KEVIN, THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE OUR MISSION HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS: TO ALLOW 23:17 EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR. 23:26 YES. 23:28 THE EXCITING THING IS THAT WE ARE WORKING IN THE RIGHT AREA, AT THE RIGHT TIME. 23:32 NEVER BEFORE, WE HAVE SEEN INFLATION COMING INTO THESE COUNTRIES, 23:36 THE COST TO PROVIDE A WORKER'S STIPEND IS INCREASING EVEN THOUGH IT IS STILL SMALL, 23:42 IT IS INCREASING. 23:44 NOW, IS THE TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD TO REACH OUT INTO OUR POCKETS, 23:50 TO REACH OUT INTO OUR PRAYERS AND PRAY THAT SOMEHOW GOD PUSHES THIS PROGRAM PAST THE LEVEL OF 23:58 "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THE 2 BILLION FOR JESUS, 24:03 DON'T WE? YES, WE DO. 24:05 FOR $5.92 PER PERSON, I DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER INVESTMENT THAT YOU CAN GIVE TO, 24:15 TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT. 24:17 WHEN DAN JACKSON SAID THAT, MY HEART RACED WITH ENTHUSIASM. 24:23 I BET YOURS DID TOO. 24:24 I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU DAN, YOU KNOW AS WE ARE TAPING THIS, 24:28 CHRISTMAS IS JUST A COUPLE WEEKS BEHIND US. 24:32 WELL, OUR FAMILY LIKES TO CONTINUE CELEBRATING 24:35 FOR A LITTLE WHILE AFTERWARD, YOU KNOW. 24:37 THE CHRISTMAS TREE STAYS UP A LITTLE LONGER THAN MOST FAMILIES LEAVE THEIR CHRISTMAS TREE UP 24:41 AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE A CHRISTMAS AFTER CHRISTMAS. 24:45 A BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR JESUS AND A QUIET EVENING WITH THE FAMILY. 24:51 I STILL REMEMBER, IT TOUCHES MY HEART WHEN I SAT THERE UNDER THE TREE AND I WAS LOOKING AT MY 2 24:56 CHILDREN AND MY WIFE AND THE LIGHTS WERE ON THE TREE AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GOSPEL 25:02 OUTREACH AND JESUS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS AND EVERYTHING. 25:06 I SAID, KIDS LET'S DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR JESUS AND WE EACH PUT SOME MONEY IN AN ENVELOPE 25:14 AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE $6 REACHING ONE PERSON. 25:19 WE PUT ENOUGH IN THE ENVELOPES TO BRING TWELVE PEOPLE TO JESUS. 25:24 AMEN. 25:25 IT'S NOT A LOT; YOU KNOW THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO TEACH OUR FAMILIES. 25:28 I KNOW. 25:29 KEVIN, THERE IS ONE MORE THING I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. 25:31 O.K. 25:32 SHARE WITH THE FRIENDS HERE THAT ARE WATCHING THE PROGRAM TODAY. 25:36 POWERFUL PICTURE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE ON THE SCREEN, 25:39 PEOPLE SHARING JESUS CHRIST WITH OTHERS. 25:45 WE ALL BELIEVE STRONGLY IN FAMILIES. 25:49 WHEN A BABY IS BROUGHT INTO THE WORLD IN OUR COUNTRY 25:52 IT COSTS ALMOST $8000 TO DELIVER THAT BABY. 25:57 MAYBE THEY ARE GOING TO LIVE 80 YEARS? 26:01 RIGHT? 26:02 YES. 26:04 WHEN WE INVEST $5.92 INTO SHARING JESUS WITH THE WORLD, IT WILL LAST FOR ETERNITY. 26:13 FRIENDS THAT WHY WE ARE ASKING TODAY. 26:16 JOIN US. 26:18 CALL US. 26:19 GET INVOLVED. 26:21 THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS THAT YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN THIS MINISTRY. 26:24 JUST CALL US, WRITE US. 26:26 WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO SHARE THESE STORIES. 26:29 KEVIN HAS ALREADY OFFERED. 26:31 WE HAVE A WONDERFUL NEWSLETTER. 26:33 SIGN UP FOR THAT NEWSLETTER. 26:34 WE HAVE BROCHURES ABOUT CHANGED LIVES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 26:39 YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO READ THOSE. 26:41 WRITE IN, ASK FOR THOSE. 26:43 THERE IS ALSO SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE ARE PREPARING. 26:45 WE'VE GOT A BROCHURE THAT'S GOING TO OUTLINE THIS "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" PROGRAM. 26:50 IT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF IT. 26:52 YOU 'LLWANT TO SEE IT. 26:53 YOU'LL WANT TO PRAY ABOUT IT. 26:54 YOU'LL WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS, BECAUSE WE ARE EXCITED. 26:57 THIS PROGRAM WAS TO KICK OFF IN 2013. 27:00 WE THOUGHT IT IS SO BIG; IT'S SO HUGE WE NEEDED PLANNING TIME. 27:05 WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED, LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. 27:07 WE'VE GOT THE FIRST 25 WORKERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE JOINING US. 27:11 WE'VE GOT CHURCHES. 27:13 JUST TODAY, KEVIN, YOU KNOW THIS, BEFORE WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM DICK MADSON CAME AND 27:19 SAID, "WE JUST GOT A CHECK TO FUND A WORKER IN INDIA AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM". 27:24 THESE PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM YET. 27:30 IT'S A POWERFUL THING. 27:31 JESUS IS WORKING. 27:33 PRAY TO GOD. 27:40 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
Revised 2015-02-06