Participants: Manzoor Massey
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000448
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00:22 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT 00:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH. I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER 00:25 AND TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT SPIRITUAL AWAKENINGS 00:29 IN INDIA. MANZOOR MASSEY I WOULD LIKE 00:31 TO WELCOME YOU TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:33 THANK YOU VERY MUCH THE PRIVILEGE IS MINE. 00:35 WELL, IT IS LOVELY TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:37 MANZOOR YOU ARE ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN 00:41 THE AREA OF INDIA AND YOU OVERSEE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN INDIA. 00:46 IN THE STATE OF ANDRAH PRADESH WHICH IS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA. 00:50 IT IS CALLED REGION 12, REGION 12. 00:52 O.K. PERFECT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND INDIA, I UNDERSTAND, 00:56 IS A VERY RELIGIOUS COUNTRY IS THAT TRUE? 00:58 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:59 SO WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MANY OF THE RELIGIONS 01:02 THAT ARE ACTIVE THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE IN INDIA. 01:05 WELL, IN INDIA WE HAVE HINDUISM IS THE PREDOMINANT RELIGION. 01:10 IT IS NEARLY SEVENTY NINE PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE 01:13 ARE HINDUS. THEN YOU HAVE ABOUT TEN PER CENT 01:16 MUSLIMS AND AFTER THAT IT IS ABOUT TWO OR THREE PERCENT 01:22 CHRISTIANITY IN SPITE OF HAVING BEEN THERE FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS, MAYBE LONGER. 01:27 IT IS STILL ONLY TWO PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE ARE CHRISTIANS. 01:31 AND SO YOU KNOW WHAT JULIE, I HAVE HEARD THAT A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, 01:38 THIS IS TRUE, 01:39 AND I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO. 01:41 WHY DON'T WE ROLL THE VIDEO AT THIS TIME? 01:43 INDIA IS THE SEVENTH LARGEST AND SECOND MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. 01:48 IT IS A MULTIRELIGIOUS, MULTILINGUAL AND MULTIETHNIC SOCIETY. 01:53 RELIGION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE INDIAN CULTURE 01:56 AND STILL CONTROLS EVERY ACTIVITY OF THE PEOPLE. 01:59 EIGHTY TWO PER CENT OF THE POPULATION ARE HINDUS. 02:02 ALTHOUGH CHRISTIANITY CAME TO INDIA AS EARLY AS THE FIRST CENTURY A.D. 02:08 CHRISTIANS COMPRISE ONLY TWO PER CENT OF THE POPULATION. 02:13 THE WORDS OF JESUS, THE HARVEST TRULY IS GREAT BUT THE LABORERS 02:16 ARE FEW ARE TRUE TODAY MORE THAN EVER. 02:20 ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2012 MANY BAPTISMS TOOK PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTH ANDRAH SECTION. 02:26 THIS WAS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BECAUSE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS. 02:31 WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED TO MAKE 02:34 THIS POSSIBLE AND ALL THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO GIVE. 02:39 ♪ORGAN MUSIC♪ 02:49 ♪ORGAN MUSIC♪ 03:16 I WAS A LUTHERAN AND WHEN I HEARD OF THE SABBATH THROUGH SOME AMERICAN 03:21 MISSIONARIES WHO CONDUCTED EVANGELISTIC MEEETINGS IN MY VILLAGE. 03:26 MY WIFE AND I WERE SO EXCITED AND WE ACCEPTED THE SABBATH AND WERE BAPTIZED IN 2004. 03:35 WE DECIDED TO HOLD ON TO THIS TRUTH FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES. 03:39 WHILE I WAS WORKING AS A FARMER, I RECEIVED A CALL TO MINISTRY THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 03:46 I WAS SO THRILLED TO BE A PART OF GOD'S ARMY OF WORKERS. 03:51 AFTER WORKING FOR NINE YEARS AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER, I FELT THE NEED FOR SOME TRAINING 03:58 AND IN ANSWER TO MY UNSPOKEN NEED, MY LEADERS SENT ME TO AFCO INDIA. 04:04 I WAS SO BLEST PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. 04:09 I FEEL THAT EVERY VOLUNTEER MUST GO THROUGH THIS TRAINING. 04:14 THANK YOU GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. 04:18 ♪ORGAN MUSIC♪ 04:28 ♪ORGAN MUSIC♪ 04:58 I WAS LIVING MY LIFE AS A HINDU BUT I HAD NO PEACE IN MY HEART. 05:02 I HAD THIS FEAR THAT I AM GOING TO DIE IN JUST A FEW DAYS. 05:06 IN MY DISTRESS I ATTENDED A PRAYER MEETING AND THE PASTOR WHO IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH 05:11 VOLUNTEER TOLD ME TO READ THE BIBLE TO HAVE PEACE IN MY LIFE. 05:16 I READ THE BIBLE AND SURELY I EXPERIENCED THE PEACE OF GOD. 05:21 GOD DELIVERED ME FROM THE FEAR OF DEATH. 05:25 ♪ORGAN MUSIC♪ 05:35 ♪ORGAN MUSIC♪ 05:48 I'M WORKING AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER FOR ELEVEN YEARS. 05:53 I AM WORKING AMONG HINDUS TELLING ABOUT JESUS. 05:58 I HAVE THE JOY OF LEADING FORTY NINE PEOPLE TO JESUS THROUGH BAPTISM ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2012. 06:06 THERE ARE MANY OTHER HINDUS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR EAGERNESS TO KNOW 06:10 OF JESUS AND OTHER RELIGIOUS AROUND MY CHURCH. 06:14 I CANNOT DO IT ALL ALONE. I HAVE NO TIME. THERE IS NEED 06:19 FOR MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS. 06:24 ♪ORGAN MUSIC♪ 06:34 ♪ORGAN MUSIC♪ 06:48 I CAME FROM A HINDU FAMILY. I USED TO WORSHIP EVERY 06:52 HINDU GOD AND LEAD OUT IN EVERY HINDU FESTIVAL IN MY VILLAGE. 06:57 IN 2002, I MET WITH AN ACCIDENT IT WAS A PAINFUL TIME FOR ME AND NONE 07:04 OF MY HINDU GODS OR HINDU FRIENDS CAME TO HELP ME. 07:09 WHILE I WAS IN PAIN, MY UNCLE TOLD ME OF JESUS AND I MADE FUN OF THE BIBLE SAYING THAT SOME 07:18 PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE HAD HUNDREDS OF WIVES. 07:22 ONE DAY MY FAMILY MEMBERS ASKED ME TO GO TO CHURCH WITH THEM AND I AGREED. 07:28 I DON'T UNDERSTAND NOW WHY I AGREED BUT I'M GLAD I DID. 07:34 I CAME TO KNOW OF JESUS. A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER 07:38 PREPARED ME FOR BAPTISM AND I WAS BAPTIZED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2012. 07:46 ♪MUSIC♪ 07:56 ♪MUSIC♪ 08:21 I AM A STUDENT AT THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST JUNIOR COLLEGE IN ABRAHIR PATNA. 08:25 I'M FROM A POOR FAMILY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK 08:27 YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME TO STUDY IN ADVENTIST SCHOOL. 08:33 WITHOUT THIS SPONSORSHIP I CANNOT STUDY AND I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN JESUS. 08:38 WHEN I WAS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE, I WENT FOR A YOUTH CAMP TO A BEACH. 08:42 WHEN I WAS DROWNING IN THE SEA I CRIED TO JESUS FOR HELP AND HE SAVED MY LIFE. 08:47 I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR HIS DELIVERANCE. 08:49 I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY CHURCH PASTOR FOR ENCOURAGING ME AND PREPARING ME FOR BAPTISM. 08:55 I WAS BORN IN A HINDU FAMILY AND ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT JESUS IS GOD FOR OTHERS BUT NOT FOR ME. 09:05 IN 1994, I HAD MET JESUS THROUGH A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER AND WAS BAPTIZED. 09:12 IN 2000, WHILE I WAS WORKING AS A TAXI DRIVER GOD CALLED ME TO 09:18 WORK FOR HIM THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 09:21 I WAS ENJOYING MY MINISTRY BUT I HAD THE DESIRE TO GET SOME TRAINING FOR MINISTRY. 09:28 RECENTLY, I WAS SENT TO AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM 09:32 KNOWN AS AFCO INDIA TO RECEIVE TRAINING. 09:36 THERE I LEARNED MANY DEEP THINGS ABOUT GOD AND THEY ALSO SHARPENED MY MINISTRY SKILLS. 09:44 I THANK AFCO INDIA FOR THE TRAINING AND GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR GOD. 09:52 ♪MUSIC♪ 10:02 ♪MUSIC♪ 10:27 I'M FROM REDDY FAMILY A HIGH CASTE HINDU COMMUNITY. 10:31 SINCE FOUR YEARS I WAS SECRETLY THINKING OF ACCEPTING JESUS AS 10:35 MY SAVIOUR BUT I DID NOT KNOW WHOM TO ASK. 10:39 ONE DAY A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER BY THE NAME MENCHADRAU VELPULA VISITED MY HOUSE 10:46 AND I EXPRESSED MY DESIRE TO ACCEPT JESUS. 10:49 HE STUDIED THE BIBLE WITH ME AND PREPARED ME FOR BAPTISM. 10:53 I HAVE PUT AWAY ALL MY IDOLS FROM MY HOUSE. 10:56 I WAS BAPTIZED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2012 NOW I BELONG TO JESUS. 11:01 AFTER I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT THE SABBATH THROUGH A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST PASTOR, I UNDERSTOOD 11:07 HOW MUCH I MISSED ABOUT SABBATH ALL THE YEARS I WAS A CHRISTIAN. 11:13 I WAS SO EXCITED AND WANTED TO TELL OTHERS ABOUT THE REAL SABBATH AND I AM SO THANKFUL 11:20 THAT I WAS CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS. 11:24 I AM WORKING AMONG THE SHUDRAS, A HIGH CASTE HINDU GROUP. 11:29 SHARING WITH THEM WHAT JESUS HAD DONE IN MY LIFE. 11:33 I CAN SEE THE LORD BLESSING MY MINISTRY BECAUSE MANY HINDUS 11:38 ARE ACCEPTING JESUS AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOUR. 11:42 I THANK GOD FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:45 ♪MUSIC♪ 11:49 I AM WORKING AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER IN A HINDU COMMUNITY 11:54 THAT BELIEVES ALL KINDS OF SUPERSTITIONS. 11:58 MOST OF THE HOUSES IN THE VILLAGE HAVE SNAKE HOLES RIGHT 12:03 IN THEIR ONE ROOM HUT AND THEY WORSHIP THE SNAKE GODS. 12:09 I HAVE THE JOY OF SHARING JESUS TO SUCH PEOPLE AND SEE THEM 12:16 COME OUT OF SUCH SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEFS. 12:20 ONLY THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL CAN SET THEM FREE. 12:25 THANK YOU GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO WORK FOR JESUS. 12:31 I AM A STUDENT AT THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST JUNIOR COLLEGE ABRAHIR PATNA. FROM THE TIME 12:37 I WAS FOURTEEN I WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED BUT I NEGLECTED. 12:41 OFTEN I WAS WORRIED WHAT IF JESUS WOULD COME BEFORE I WAS BAPTIZED. 12:46 IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, I HAD A STRONG URGE TO GIVE MY LIFE TO JESUS. 12:51 I THANK GOD FOR MY TEACHERS AND PASTORS WHO ENCOURAGED ME IN MY WALK WITH JESUS. 12:58 HI, I'M JASON ISRAEL I AM STANDING HERE WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE 13:04 WHO WERE BAPTIZED TWO SABBATHS AGO ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2012. 13:10 THEY ARE THE STUDENTS OF THE ADVENTISTS BOARDING SCHOOL IN ABRAHIR PATNA. 13:15 SOME OF THEM WERE PREPARED BY A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNEERS AND I ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF 13:23 TEACHING THEM IN THE BAPTISMAL CLASSES. 13:27 AFTER THE BAPTISMS, WE ARE TAKING THEM TO WHAT WE CALL SURVIVAL AS A CHRISTIAN. 13:34 TEACHING THEM TO MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE AND HELPING THEM TO DO THEIR DAILY DEVOTIONS. 13:41 THEY ARE EAGER TO DO GOD'S WORK. 13:44 I SEE GREAT POTENTIAL IN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. 13:48 I SEE THEM LEADING THE ADVENTIST CHURCH INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 13:54 IF ONLY WE CAN PLACE IN THEIR HANDS THE NEEDED RESOURCES LIKE BIBLES, ADVENTIST LITERATURE 14:01 SUCH AS THE CONFICT OF THE AGES SERIES AND HEALTH BOOKS IN ENGLISH FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE 14:08 AND IN TELAGU FOR THOSE BAPTIZED IN OTHER PLACES IN ANDHRA PRADESH THE CHURCH IN INDIA 14:16 WOULD BE STRONG AND EFFECTIVE FOR JESUS. 14:21 THANK YOU GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:25 WE THANK GOD FOR EVERY GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 14:29 THEIR SERVICES HAVE STRENGTHENED THE GOSPEL WORK IN SEVERAL VILLAGES AND TOWNS OF INDIA. 14:39 RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE MORE WORK THAN WORKERS. 14:44 ADDING MORE WORKERS TO MORE AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO GROW THE ADVENTIST CHURCH IN INDIA. 14:53 SO THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR MORE WORKERS, MORE TRAINING AND MORE LITERATURE TO HELP US WORK 15:03 IN PLACES THAT ARE GETTING READY FOR HARVEST AS JESUS REMINDED 15:09 THE HARVEST IS TRULY GREAT BUT THE LABORERS ARE FEW. 15:15 WE ARE PRAYING THAT THE LORD OF THE HARVEST WILL SEND FORTH 15:20 THE WORKERS TO FINISH HIS WORK IN INDIA. GOD BLESS YOU. 15:27 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO OF THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OVER IN INDIA 15:31 AND ITS TRUE, MANZOOR, PICTURES DO SAY A THOUSAND WORDS. 15:34 THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. WHAT TESTIMONIES THAT WE 15:37 JUST HEARD IS YOUR TESTIMONY LIKE THAT? 15:39 ARE YOU WISHING THAT YOU HAD MORE BIBLES TO SHARE WITH OTHER PEOPLE? 15:42 WELL HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH YOU CAN BE INVOLVED WITH THAT 15:44 AND THAT'S HELPING WITH THE WORK HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:48 WE'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK OF WHAT YOU CAN 15:50 DO FINANCIALLY TO HELP THESE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OVER 15:53 IN INDIA AS THEY ARE SPREADING THE WORD OF THE LORD. 16:36 WHEN YOU CALL US AND EMAIL US AT EITHER OF THOSE LOCATIONS YOU CAN LET 16:43 US KNOW HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE IN INVOLVED. 16:46 AND MANZOOR, THOSE ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND I NOTICE THAT HE DIDN'T ASK FOR MONEY. 16:51 HE ASKED FOR BIBLES AND THAT IS WHERE WE CAN COME IN HERE IN AMERICA AND CANADA BY GIVING 16:57 THEM MONEY THEN HE CAN HAVE THE BIBLES. 16:59 OH WOW, YES YOU COULD SEE MOST OF THESE PEOPLE WILL NEVER BE 17:05 ASKING FOR MONEY. THEY ARE ALL ABOUT HOW TO SPREAD 17:09 GOD'S WORD.YES. IT IS JUST AMAZING. WONDERFUL. 17:12 WHEN I GO AND VISIT THERE, THEY WILL SAY, SIR I HAVE ONE REQUEST 17:17 AND YOU WILL WONDER WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE ASKING YOU? 17:20 MONEY FOR THEIR FAMILY OR WHATEVER? 17:23 THEY SAY MAY I HAVE A BIBLE? 17:26 MAY I HAVE A BIBLE. 17:27 AND I WILL SAY OH ABSOLUTELY, HOW MANY BIBLES WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE? 17:32 AND I TELL YOU THEY ARE SO FOCUSED ON SPREADING GOD'S WORD. 17:37 PRAISE THE LORD. 17:38 IT TAKES ONLY $6 TO SAVE ONE SOUL OVER THERE. 17:42 MAYBE THOUSANDS IN OUR COUNTRY YOU KNOW. 17:45 RIGHT. 17:46 BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SO HUNGRY, SO HUNGRY. 17:49 BUT WHAT KIND OF A COMMITMENT- WE SAW SOME OF THE TESTIMONITES OF THOSE DEAR PEOPLE AND WHAT 17:53 KIND OF A COMMITMENT IT IS FOR THEM TO GO FROM A HINDU FAMILY, FOR EXAMPLE, 17:57 WITH A CULTURE AND ALL OF THAT TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN? 18:00 YOU KNOW IT IS A GREAT SACRIFICE. 18:01 I AM GLAD YOU ARE ASKING. WE HERE REALLY DON'T COMPREHEND 18:05 WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKE THIS BIG LEAP OF FAITH AND 18:09 CHANGE YOUR WAY OF BELIEVING AND LIVING. 18:13 IF YOU BECOME, LET'S SAY YOU COME FROM HINDUISM TO CHRISTIANITY 18:18 MOST OF THE SCHOOLS ARE SIX DAYS A WEEK. 18:21 SO WHICH MEANS UNLESS YOU GO TO A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST SCHOOL YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE 18:27 ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL IF YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD WITNESS. 18:31 OUR SCHOOLS ARE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL MIGHT BE. 18:37 THEN THEY CANNOT MARRY WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU 18:43 ARE NOT PART OF THEIR CASTE OR THEIR RELIGION. 18:46 SO YOU HAVE TO BE FINDING YOUR NETWORK OUTSIDE AND THAT IS A 18:51 REAL SACRIFICE IF YOU HAVE MARRIED WITH CHILDREN NOW. 18:56 WELL YES, WHERE THE PERCENTAGE WAS SO HIGH OF HOW MANY HINDUS VERSUS CHRISTIANS. 19:01 THAT'S RIGHT AND ANOTHER VERY GIANT SACRIFICE IS LOSING YOUR JOB. 19:08 ALL OUR FACTORIES AND OUR WORKFORCE IS ALL SIX DAYS A WEEK SO YOU MAY 19:14 HAVE TO QUIT YOUR JOB BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE SABBATH OFF. 19:18 THEN HERE ARE YOUR CHILDREN IN TROUBLE, YOU HAVE SCHOOL ISSUES. 19:22 IT IS A REAL COMMITMENT AND YOU HAVE TO THINK IT THROUGH NOT JUST TAKE IT FOR GRANTED AND I 19:29 FIND MYSELF JUST DOING REAL SOUL SEARCHING OVER HERE, YOU KNOW. 19:36 WE HAVE A HARD TIME TRYING TO GET TO SABBATH SCHOOL AND CHURCH SOMETIMES AND HERE ARE THESE 19:43 PEOPLE MAKING ALL THESE SACRIFICES AND DYING TO BE PART OF GOD'S FAMILY. 19:49 I TELL YOU WE HAVE SOME REAL GROWING UP TO DO. 19:53 WELL LIKE YOU SAID, WHERE WE TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED. 19:56 SO MANZOOR, WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THE WORD TO EVEN 20:00 GO INTO MORE HOMES IN INDIA BEFORE THE LORD CAN COME. 20:04 WELL, I JUST WISH THAT EVERYONE ALL OF MY FELLOW BELIEVERS IN NORTH AMERICAN WOULD MAKE A 20:12 PLAN, VISIT THESE COUNTRIES ONCE AT LEAST AND VOLUNTEER FOR A WEEK, 20:18 TWO WEEKS OR TEN DAYS WHATEVER THEY CAN. 20:22 THIS WILL ABSOLUTELY REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR LIFE. 20:26 YOU WILL SEE YOUR WHOLE FAMILY WILL BE MORE GRATEFUL, ENJOY LIFE MORE AND FEEL SO PROUD THAT 20:35 YOU ARE PART OF THIS BIG GIANT FAMLY OF GOD. IT IS JUST AMAZING. 20:40 AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW CONSISTENT PRAYER. 20:43 MANY OF THE CHANGES WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO MAKE 20:46 ARE THEIR LIFESTYLES, TO COME TO THE FAMILY OF GOD. 20:50 IT IS VERY BIG STRUGGLE FOR THEM AND THE DEVIL WILL WORK AS HARD 20:54 AS HE CAN, THAT'S TRUE, TO DISCOURAGE THEM. 20:58 WE WANT TO PRAY CONSISTENTLY FOR THEM. YOU KNOW, WHOLE HEAVEN 21:02 IS VERY, VERY ANXIOUS TO HELP AND AS WE PRAY FOR OUR BROTHERS AND 21:09 SISTERS IT WILL STRENGTHEN OUR FAITH AND IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE GREAT STRENGTH THAT THEY NEED. 21:18 REMEMBER WHEN DANIEL WAS FACED WITH A CHALLENGE, OH YES, GOD 21:21 SENT HIS ANGEL DISPATCHED HIS MOST POWERFUL ANGEL TO HELP DANIEL. 21:28 SO I BELIEVE THAT THE PRAYERS OF OUR FAITHFUL DONORS, PRAYERS OF FAITHFUL MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH 21:37 WHO WANT TO BE INVOLVED THAT WILL JUST A REAL JOLT IN THE 21:41 ARM FOR ALL OF OUR FELLOW BELIEVERS OVER THERE. 21:45 OH ABSOLUTELY WELL AND TO SEE THESE DEAR PEOPLE YOU THINK WE HEAR THE OBSTACLES OF SCHOOL AND 21:50 JOB AND FAMILY AND MARRIAGE AND ALL OF THAT BUT GOD IS BIGGER THAN ALL OF THOSE. 21:55 THOSE ALL SEEM HUGE YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM AND THINK 21:58 ABOUT THAT BUT OUR GOD IS MUCH BIGGER THAN ALL OF THAT. 22:01 ABSOLUTELY AND THE LOVE FOR GOD OBVIOUSLY SUPERCEDES ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS. 22:07 YOU KNOW I LIKE THE SONG THAT SAYS TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS AND THINGS OF 22:11 THIS WORLD WILL GROW STRANGELY DIM, DIM IS THE WORD. 22:15 OH MY AND WE MAY THINK VERY IMPORTANT THINGS, YOU KNOW IT IS NICE TO HAVE A BIG HOME, NICE TO 22:21 HAVE THIS AND THAT AND I TELL YOU ALL THESE THINGS THEY DON'T LOOK THAT ENTICING WHEN 22:28 YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE LOVE OF THE ONE WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR YOU. 22:32 AMEN. 22:33 THIS IS WHAT THESE PEOPLE GET SO EXCITED ABOUT. 22:37 I WANT TO BE IN LOVE WITH THIS PERSON THAT YOU JUST TALKED TO 22:40 ME ABOUT, JESUS WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US. 22:45 THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IN ALL RELIGIONS. 22:47 NO. SURE. 22:49 THIS IS UNIQUE. 22:51 YES. 22:52 AND JESUS WAS NOT JUST A MESSENGER OF GOD, HE WAS THE MESSAGE ITSELF. 22:57 AND MAYBE IS THAT IT ?THAT IT IS SO DIFFERENT FROM HINDUISM WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY GODS LIKE THE 23:01 LADY WHO SAID THAT SHE DECIDED THAT WHEN SHE BECAME 23:04 A CHRISTIAN ACCEPTED JESUS SHE GOT RID OF ALL HER GODS. 23:07 IS THAT HARD FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND OR DO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS IS THE LIVING GOD? 23:13 WELL YOU KNOW, THEY RECEIVE THIS VERY SPECIAL MESSAGE THAT JESUS IS THE LIVING GOD AND IT IS SO 23:19 EASY TO BE SAVED THAN TO DO ALL THOSE OTHER CHORES TO BE SAVED, YES, BUT IT IS A CHALLENGING 23:28 THING BECAUSE HINDUISM IS A VERY, VERY FASCINATING 23:31 RELIGION. IT IS A WAY OF LIFE. 23:34 YES. 23:35 AND IT JUST SORT OF ENGULFS EVERYTHING. 23:40 THE BEAUTY OF HINDUISM IT NEVER OPPOSES ANYTHING. 23:43 IT WILL TAKE IN EVERYTHING AND SO YOU COULD BE A GOOD HINDU 23:49 AND STILL BE A GOOD CHRISTIAN, YOU SEE, IN THEIR MIND. 23:51 O.K. 23:53 SO THAT IS WHY IT IS A CHALLENGE. 23:54 YES. 23:55 SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM IN ACCEPTING JESUS 23:58 BUT THE PROBLEM IS IN GIVING OF WHAT THEY ALREADY BELIEVE. 24:01 OH, SO THE MORE THE BETTER? 24:03 THE MORE THE BETTER. AND I SHOULD MENTION HERE AS I HAVE 24:07 SAID TEN PER CENT OF OUR POPULATION IN INDIA IS MUSLIM 24:12 AND TO BE A REAL TRUE MUSLIM YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 24:20 OH. 24:22 IT IS, YES, - MOST OF OUR VIEWERS MIGHT NOT KNOW THIS BUT YOU ASK A REAL MUSLIM WHO KNOWS 24:29 WHAT ISLAM TEACHES IN ORDER TO BE A REAL GOOD TRUE MUSLIM 24:35 YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 24:37 WELL SEE, THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT DOWN. 24:39 WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON AND WITH OUR HINDU BROTHERS AND SISTERS THEY HAVE SO MUCH TO TEACH US 24:46 TOO, FOR EXAMPLE REVERENCE FOR LIFE YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE VEGETARIAN. 24:53 SO WE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS BELIEVERS REALLY HAVE SUCH A 24:58 CLOSE BOND WITH OUR HINDU BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 25:02 WE DON'T DRINK, WE DON'T SMOKE AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT 25:06 HINDUISM DOES NOT LIKE EITHER. THEY WOULD PREFER PEOPLE 25:12 DON'T DRINK, DON'T SMOKE, DON'T GAMBLE AND THIS IS THE WAY OF 25:16 LIFE WHICH IS SO NOBLE AND WE HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON IN 25:21 BUILDING A BOND WITH THEM. IT IS SO, SO SPECIAL FOR US. 25:27 WELL AND THAT HELPS GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE AND ALL OF THAT. 25:30 NOW MANZOOR, WHAT CAN VIEWERS DO? 25:32 WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PRAYER AND WHAT ELSE? 25:35 I BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD, WELL THE VIEWERS SHOULD DEFINITELY 25:39 PRAY BUT MAKE A COMMITMENT. THEY COULD ADOPT A WORKER. 25:44 WE ARE REALLY HIGH TECH HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, 25:48 YES, WE CAN PROVIDE THE DONOR A REAL LIFE 25:52 STORY ABOUT THE WORKER, THE NAME OF THE WORKER, THE PICTURE OF THE WORKER, THE NAME OF THE 25:59 VILLAGE, PICTURE OF THE VILLAGE AND A REPORT AS TO WHAT THE WORKER IS DOING. 26:04 I TELL YOU IF THAT'S NOT GOING TO INSPIRE MY WHOLE FAMILY WHAT ELSE WILL? 26:23 CALL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO BE INVOLVED IN "ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM". 26:26 MANZOOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND TAKING US ON A TRIP TO YOUR REGION IN INDIA 26:32 WHERE YOU WORK ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:33 OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU. 26:35 THANK YOU. 26:37 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 26:38 ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 26:40 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:44 ♪CLOSING MUSIC♪ 26:54 ♪CLOSING MUSIC♪ 27:03 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:06 WHERE IS THE 10-40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:09 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:13 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:15 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 27:18 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:24 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 27:26 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:29 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:31 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:34 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:37 WHERE? 27:38 ALL THE WORLD. 27:40 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:43 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:45 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 27:48 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 27:54 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 27:56 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 27:59 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:02 BE THE SPARK. 28:03 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:04 FINISH THE WORK. 28:06 FINISH THE WORK. 28:14 ♪CLOSING MUSIC♪ |
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