Participants: James Campbell
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000478
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC]
00:16 HELLO GOOD FRIENDS. 00:17 I'M SO DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU FOR ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAM 00:22 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:25 TODAY WE'RE DOING NUMBER THREE OF A LITTLE SERIES OF PROGRAMS BROUGHT TO US 00:31 BY VETERAN MISSIONARY, JAMES CAMPBELL, AND LEADER AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WHO HAS 00:38 HAD WONDERFUL, THRILLING EXPERIENCES IN MISSION WORK IN HIS EARLIER 00:43 MINISTRY. 00:45 NOW JAMES, I HESITATE TO SAY THIS, BUT I INCLUDE ME WITH IT; IN OUR ADVANCING 00:51 YEARS WE STILL GET TO BE INVOLVED IN MINISTRY. 00:55 I LIKE THE TERM "ADVANCING." 00:56 WE'RE NOT STOPPED. 00:57 IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO BE WHERE YOU ARE. 00:59 I WISH YOU FOLKS TOO COULD HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF PERSONALLY KNOWING JAMES 01:01 CAMPBELL AND HIS LOVELY WIFE. 01:03 IT IS ALWAYS AN INSPIRATION TO GET TO BE WHERE THEY ARE. 01:16 THE STORIES HE BRINGS, THE INSIGHTS INTO THE WONDERFUL PLAN OF MISSIONS 01:24 AND EVANGELISM THAT OUR LOVING LORD HAS SHARED WITH US JUST CONTINUE TO 01:29 INSPIRE ME. 01:31 YOU STAY WITH US, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE STORIES, MORE PICTURES 01:32 FROM THE FRONT LINES OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:34 I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ALREADY A PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 01:40 YOU KNOW HOW YOU GET TO BE THAT? 01:46 YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH US. 01:48 I JUST AS WELL ASK OUR PEOPLE IN THE CONTROL ROOM TO PUT UP THE GOSPEL 01:52 OUTREACH ADDRESS, THE TELEPHONE NUMBER, THE EMAIL ADDRESS, THE WEB 01:57 SITE, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE YOU GET TO BE A PART OF THE 02:01 GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY IF YOU REQUEST THE NEWSLETTER. 02:05 AS YOU READ THE STORIES AND GOD MOVES ON YOUR HEART, YOU'LL SAY," THAT'S 02:11 MY FAMILY, AND I WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS." 02:13 YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE PART OF A FAMILY WE GIVE TO EACH OTHER; WE SUPPORT 02:18 EACH OTHER SO YOU BECOME A SUPPORTER OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY, AND YOU 02:24 ARE FAMILY, AND WE THANK YOU AND WE WELCOME YOU. 02:28 JAMES, THIS IS NUMBER THREE IN THIS LITTLE TRILOGY THAT YOU AND I 02:33 HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ON. 02:35 FIRST WE TALKED ABOUT THE POWER OF PRAYER, AND I'LL NOT SOON FORGET THAT WE 02:42 WITH OUR VIEWERS PRAYED THE LORD'S PRAYER TOGETHER. 02:44 THEN IN PROGRAM NUMBER TWO WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE FOCUS, THE PREDOMINANCE, THE 02:55 PREEMINENCE OF LOVE IN THE CROSS AS WE RECITED JOHN 3:16. 03:01 NOW WE'RE COMING TO THE POWER OF PRAISE. 03:05 I THINK IT'S A NEAT LITTLE STORY THAT YOU ASKED YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE JANET WHAT 03:10 SCRIPTURE SHE THINKS OF WHEN SHE THINKS ABOUT PRAISE. 03:15 TELL US. 03:16 SHE IMMEDIATELY SAID "WHAT THE ANGELS SAID ON THE HILLS OF BETHLEHEM, "GLORY 03:23 TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL TO MEN." 03:26 THEN THAT ONE ANGEL SAID, "BEHOLD, I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY WHICH 03:39 SHALL BE TO ALL PEOPLE." 03:41 AND OUR VERY LIVES NOW ARE POSSIBLE AND CONTINUE BASED UPON THAT GLORIOUS 03:54 EXPERIENCE AND PRAISE THAT WAS INITIATED THERE WITH THE BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOR. 03:59 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WONDERFUL THING ON PRAYER AND PRAISE, ESPECIALLY ON 04:04 PRAISE, IN REVELATION, CHAPTERS FOUR AND FIVE. 04:08 IT STARTS OUT WITH THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES PRAISING GOD, PRAISING 04:16 JESUS, THE ONE WHO WAS AND IS AND IS TO COME. 04:20 YOU KNOW, THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THE CRUCIFIXION, THE DEATH OF 04:25 JESUS AND THE TRIUMPHAL RESURRECTION. 04:28 THEN THE NEXT ONE GOES WHERE THE FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS JOIN IN. 04:33 THEN THEY COME TO THE THIRD ONE, THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES, THE FOUR AND 04:40 TWENTY ELDERS JOINED BY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS 04:47 COME IN THERE LIKE SWEET INCENSE THAT SURROUNDS ALL THAT PRAISE. 04:52 THEN THE NEXT ONE THE ANGELS JOIN IN. 04:56 THEN THE FOURTH ONE, ALL THE REDEEMED JOIN IN. 05:08 UNNUMBERED VOICES EXPRESS PRAISE. 05:12 YOU KNOW, I WAS VISITING A DEAR, DEAR PRECIOUS SAINT LAST EVENING AND WE GOT TO 05:18 THE SUBJECT OF PRAISE. 05:20 IN THE COURSE OF DOING THAT, WE WERE REMINDED OF THE 148TH PSALM AND HOW 05:29 THE WHOLE OF CREATION PRAISES GOD-THE CREATURES OF THE GREAT DEEP, THE 05:37 BIRDS, EVEN THE STORMS. 05:40 ALL OF THAT COMES BEFORE GOD AS AN EXPRESSION OF PRAISE FOR WHO HE IS AND 05:47 WHAT HE HAS GIVEN US. 05:48 RIGHT NOW IT'S BEAUTIFUL SPRING TIME. 05:53 WHEN YOU SEE THE BREEZE GOING ACROSS THE GRASS AND THE SILVER SHINE ON THAT 05:59 GRASS, IT JUST MAKES YOU WANT TO LIFT UP YOUR HEART IN THANKFULNESS TO GOD FOR 06:04 A NEW CREATION. 06:06 I HOPE ALL OF YOU WHO ARE VIEWING RIGHT NOW ARE, IN SOME FASHION, AS FORTUNATE 06:12 AS WE ARE HERE IN THE NORTHWEST RIGHT NOW. 06:15 I DROVE DOWN A STREET YESTERDAY FOLLOWING A VISIT AND THERE WAS A 06:22 WHOLE ROW OF BEAUTIFUL PINK DOGWOOD IN GLORIOUS BLOOM. 06:31 YOU LOOK AROUND AND THERE'S THE FORSYTHIA BEGINNING TO BLOOM AND THE 06:34 LILACS. 06:36 THE AROMA, THE FRAGRANCE OF THE LILACS-THERE IS SO MUCH THAT IS IN OUR LIVES 06:45 AN EXPRESSION, A DEMONSTRATION OF PRAISE TO GOD. 06:49 I'D LIKE US TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME THINKING ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF GOSPEL 06:55 OUTREACH AND WHAT WE CAN PRAISE THE LORD FOR. 06:58 JUST TO REMIND MYSELF, I HAVE LISTED A FEW THINGS. 07:03 THERE IS THE VISION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH TO REACH THE UNREACHED AND NOW TO 07:09 LOOK FORWARD IN THIS YEAR AND THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO TRUST THE LORD TO GIVE US 07:17 A MILLION NEW CHRISTIANS IN THAT THREE-YEAR PERIOD. 07:22 YOU MENTIONED THE HISTORY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 07:25 IF YOU FOLKS VIEWING TODAY DO NOT KNOW THE AMAZING MIRACULOUS STORY OF THE 07:33 HISTORY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH YOU'VE GOT TO HEAR IT. 07:36 I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE TIME TO TELL IT TODAY, BUT IT'S THRILLING AND YOU NEED TO 07:40 BE IN TOUCH WITH SOMEBODY WHO CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE HISTORY OF GOSPEL 07:43 OUTREACH. 07:44 WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT HISTORY. 07:46 AND WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVE HERE IN THIS OFFICE. 07:49 AMEN. 07:50 THEY ARE LARGELY RETIRED PEOPLE, BUT SOME ARE GIVING OF THEIR TIME RIGHT 07:55 NOW. 07:57 THEY DO THAT AFTER THEIR WORK AND BEFORE THEIR WORK AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR 08:04 WORK, AND MAYBE EVEN NEGLECT SOME OF THEIR MUNDANE WORK AND COME HERE 08:11 AND VOLUNTEER. 08:12 WELL JAMES, YOU AND I AND OTHERS AMONG US ARE REJOICING BECAUSE 08:17 VOLUNTEERS ARE YOUNGER NOW THAN WE WERE SO WE WELCOME ALL OF THESE YOUNGER 08:27 VOLUNTEERS. 08:28 IF YOU ARE ANYWHERE CLOSE AROUND COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON AND YOU WOULD 08:32 LIKE TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER LET ME TELL YOU, YOU WILL BE 08:38 WELCOME HERE AND YOU'LL BE ASSIGNED. 08:41 WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN THE OFFICE JUST NOW WHO WERE VERY BUSY 08:45 PEOPLE IN THEIR SPECIAL SERVICE FOR THE LORD, AND NOW THEY ARE HERE AS 08:50 VOLUNTEERS. 08:52 ONE OF THEM IS BEHIND OUR CAMERA AND ANOTHER ONE IS OUT THERE COUNTING THE 08:55 GIFTS THAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE SENT. 08:57 YES. 08:58 WE PRAISE THE LORD AND WE HAVE A LOT TO PRAISE HIM FOR. 09:00 AND YOU HAVE A LIST OF THINGS HERE. 09:04 WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE FIFTY COUNTRIES THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEGUN 09:11 TO REACH INTO, MORE IN SOME THAN IN OTHERS, BUT THIS IS THE VISION THAT 09:17 STARTED GOSPEL OUTREACH. 09:19 THEN WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE CHURCH LEADERS IN THESE AREAS. 09:24 THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY WORKING HARD FOR THE LORD. 09:29 THEY NEED OUR PRAYERS, AND THE PRAISE THAT WE SEND TO GOD IS SO IMPORTANT FOR 09:36 THEM, AND OF COURSE, FOR THE MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 09:42 WHO ARE OUT ON THE FRONT LINE. 09:45 AND I THANK THE LORD FOR THOSE WHO RESPOND SO READILY TO THE GOSPEL. 09:49 WELL, WE HAVE A REAL STORY COMING UP HERE. 09:53 THIS GIRL WITH THE OVAL AROUND HER FACE, HER NAME IS KUSHBOO. 10:00 NOW KUSH MEANS HAPPY AND BOO MEANS SMELL. 10:06 I LIKE THAT, HAPPY SMELL. 10:09 NOW LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HER FAMILY. 10:13 HER FAMILY ARE WHAT YOU CALL SCAVENGER PEOPLE IN NORTHERN INDIA. 10:18 THERE ARE PROBABLY A FEW MILLION SCAVENGER PEOPLE. 10:22 ARE THOSE "UNTOUCHABLES?" 10:24 THEY ARE UNTOUCHABLES, THERE IS A REASON THEY ARE UNTOUCHABLES BECAUSE THEY 10:28 TOUCH THINGS THAT NO ONE ELSE WANTS TO TOUCH. 10:30 OKAY. 10:31 THEY CLEAN OUT THE LATRINES. 10:32 SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL CHILD. 10:35 LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY. 10:36 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS WORKING FOR THESE UNTOUCHABLE PEOPLE, THE 10:42 PEOPLE WHO CLEAN THE LATRINES, WHO DIG IN THE SMELLY GARBAGE. 10:51 WHEN THIS CHILD WAS BORN HER PARENTS NAMED HER KUSHBOO. 10:57 NOW KUSHBOO MEANS HAPPY SMELL, GOOD SMELL. 11:00 EVEN A MORE PERSONAL MEANING THAN THAT. 11:08 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SMELL ORANGE BLOSSOMS OR WHEN YOU SMELL YOUR FAVORITE 11:12 FOOD COOKING, OR LILACS, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 11:17 AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO DUG IN THAT SMELLY STUFF NAMED THEIR CHILD A HAPPY SMELL. 11:26 THEY HAD A VISION OF SOMETHING BETTER FOR THEIR CHILD. 11:31 THIS POOR GIRL WHEN SHE WAS EIGHT OR NINE STARTED HAVING ABDOMINAL PAINS. 11:39 OUR LADY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER CAME TO THEIR HOME ON HER ROUNDS VISITING THE 11:44 HOMES AMONG THESE UNTOUCHABLE PEOPLE. 11:47 THIS GIRL WHO WAS 14 YEARS OLD BY THAT TIME WAS CRYING IN THE CORNER. 11:54 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO IS A LOVING LADY WENT OVER, PUT HER ARM AROUND 12:01 HER AND SAID "MY DEAR DAUGHTER, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?" 12:05 AND THE STORY CAME OUT OF THE PAIN. 12:08 OUR WORKER SAID "DON'T WORRY, JESUS IS GOING TO HELP YOU." 12:14 SHE PRAYED AND CAME BACK EVERY DAY AND AFTER TWO MONTHS THE PAIN WAS ALL 12:22 GONE. 12:23 HERE SHE IS GIVING HER TESTIMONY IN THE CHURCH. 12:27 WHAT FAITH. 12:30 NOW THOSE UNTOUCHABLE PEOPLE ARE ACCEPTED IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH THERE. 12:39 THEY ARE RECEIVING THE LOVE THAT JESUS HAS FOR THOSE PEOPLE. 12:41 "IN AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE DONE IT UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST." 12:45 YES. 12:47 WHEN WE HEAR A STORY LIKE THIS OR READ A STORY LIKE THIS WE START 12:55 ANALYZING-WAS THIS THE POWER OF GOD OR WAS THIS SOME OTHER POWER, OR WAS 13:04 THIS A TRUE MIRACLE OR IS THIS SOMETHING ELSE. 13:09 YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME TO PRAISE THE LORD! 13:12 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POWER OF PRAISE. 13:17 I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED THAT WE DON'T JUST PRAISE THE LORD FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE, 13:23 WE CAN PRAISE THE LORD FOR WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO. 13:25 YOU'VE HEARD STORIES ABOUT HOW PEOPLE HAVE SAID THEY RETURNED THEIR TITHE AND 13:45 THE LORD BLESSED. 13:46 SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS MUCH BLESSING, I'M GOING 13:50 TO RETURN TITHE TO THAT EXTENT THEN THEY FIND THAT THE LORD BLESSES THEM TO 13:54 THAT EXTENT. 13:56 NOW IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN THAT WAY BUT IT'S THAT KIND OF PRAISING THE 13:59 LORD IN FAITH. 14:00 I THINK THE LORD REWARDS THAT IN A SPECIAL WAY. 14:03 LET'S LOOK AT YOUR PICTURES HERE. 14:05 THEY ARE COMING TO A WELL. 14:06 THIS COUPLE LIVED IN A LITTLE HUT, AND THEY HAD TO GO QUITE A LONG 14:10 DISTANCE TO GET WATER. 14:12 YOU CAN SEE THE MAN HAS SCANT CLOTHING ON. 14:16 THE WOMEN HAVE TO DRESS UP EVEN THOUGH IT IS HOT. 14:18 IT WAS HOT SUMMER TIME AND HUMID. 14:23 YOU CAN SEE THE NICE GREEN RICE FIELDS. 14:29 ONE OF OUR VERY DYNAMIC GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WAS OUT VISITING IN THE 14:36 MIDDLE OF THE DAY IN THE HEAT. 14:38 HE STOPPED AT NOON BY A WELL IN THE SHADE OF A TREE TO HAVE A LITTLE 14:44 REST, AND THESE PEOPLE CAME ALONG. 14:48 HE ASKED THEM WHY THEY DIDN'T JUST GET WATER FROM THE TAP AT HOME AND IF 14:53 THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PUMP WHERE THEY COULD PUMP SOME WATER. 14:58 THEY SAID THEY WERE VERY POOR PEOPLE AND DIDN'T HAVE A WATER TAP AND 15:04 COULDN'T AFFORD A PUMP AND ALL THAT, SO THEY COME THERE FOR WATER. 15:13 HE TOLD THEM JESUS WAS GOING TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR NEEDS. 15:16 NOW WOULD THEY HAVE HEARD OF JESUS BEFORE? 15:21 THEY PROBABLY KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT HIM. 15:23 YOU CAN TELL BY THEIR NAMES THAT THEY ARE PROBABLY NOT CHRISTIANS. 15:25 HERE IS THEIR FAMILY OUT THERE HUSKING CORN. 15:31 THEY TRUSTED THE LORD. 15:35 THEY INVITED OUR WORKER TO GO TO THEIR HOME AND GIVE BIBLE STUDIES TO THEM AND 15:41 STUDY THE BIBLE TOGETHER AND SING AND PRAY TOGETHER. 15:44 HERE THEY ARE SO HAPPY AFTER WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR THEM. 15:53 YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS SO INSTRUCTIVE FOR US JAMES. 15:59 WE SEE GOD WORKING IN SUCH DRAMATIC WAYS BECAUSE OF THE PRAYERS OF THESE 16:08 PEOPLE, THEIR LOVING INTERACTION WITH EACH OTHER, THEIR WILLINGNESS 16:14 TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM. 16:16 I SAY INSTRUCTIVE BECAUSE, I'LL TALK ABOUT ME. 16:23 I BASE SO MUCH UPON A HUMAN UNDERSTANDING OF THINGS THAT PROBABLY IS 16:38 WITHHOLDING THE HAND OF GOD IN DOING MIRACLES TO THE DEGREE HE OBVIOUSLY 16:45 WANTS TO DO FOR FAITHFUL PEOPLE. 16:48 SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE INSPIRING STORIES HERE BUT INSTRUCTIVE STORIES FOR 16:56 THOSE OF US WHO ALSO CLAIM TO BE PEOPLE OF FAITH. 17:02 YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES IN MY LIFE. 17:06 I'M A FIRST BORN, AND YOU KNOW THE FIRST BORN KIND OF HAVE TO TAKE CONTROL. 17:10 THAT'S KIND OF BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THROUGH LIFE, AND IT'S BEEN HARD FOR ME 17:17 TO LET GO AND LET THE LORD DO IT. 17:20 WOW. 17:21 ALRIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT SOME MORE OF YOUR PICTURES. 17:23 HERE IS A GROUP AFTER A BAPTISM PRAISING THE LORD AND SINGING. 17:31 THERE THEY ARE OUT IN THE SUN. 17:36 IT'S GOING TO RAIN IN A FEW WEEKS AND THEY ARE GOING TO NEED A CHURCH. 17:42 THEY ARE STANDING ON WHAT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE CARPETING OF SOME KIND. 17:47 YES, THEY HAVE COTTON CARPETS OVER THERE THAT ARE NOT VERY EXPENSIVE, 17:52 AND THAT'S PART OF THE EVANGELISTIC EQUIPMENT THEY GET. 17:57 WHEN WE SEND THAT LITTLE BIT OF MONEY OVER THERE FOR EVANGELISTIC PROJECTS, 18:03 THEY GET EQUIPMENT. 18:04 SO THAT CARPET LAID OUT BECOMES THE GATHERING PLACE FOR THEIR 18:09 MEETINGS-OUT IN THE SUN, OUT IN THE WEATHER. 18:13 THEY NEED CHURCHES. 18:14 SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL DONATE A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR LAND SO THEY CAN 18:21 HAVE A CHURCH BUILT. 18:22 HAVE YOU TOLD THE STORY OF THE POTTA FAMILY YET? 18:24 WE'RE GOING TO REPEAT IT TODAY. 18:26 OKAY. 18:27 THERE'S THAT MAN WHOSE WIFE WAS GIVEN A BABY. 18:34 SHE HAD FOUR MISCARRIAGES, 14 YEARS OF MARRIAGE AND NO CHILD. 18:42 IN INDIA IT IS EXPECTED THAT A CHILD WILL COME ALONG BEFORE THE END OF 18:47 THE FIRST YEAR. 18:48 ARE THOSE THEIR CHILDREN WE SEE THERE? 18:50 THERE ARE FIVE BROTHERS IN THAT FAMILY SO PROBABLY THERE ARE OTHER CHILDREN 18:56 THERE. 18:57 THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A CHILD RUNNING AROUND THERE PRETTY SOON. 19:02 THESE ARE ALL THE PRODUCT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRIES THERE? 19:07 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:08 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER CAME THERE AND PRAYED WITH THEM AND THE POOR LADY 19:12 DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT ANY LONGER FOR A CHILD. 19:14 I WANT TO SEE NOW THE VILLAGERS STUDYING THE BIBLE. 19:21 THIS IS A DIFFERENT BIBLE STUDY PICTURE THAN WE HAD BEFORE, BUT THEY'RE ALL 19:25 SIMILAR. 19:26 THERE IS ALWAYS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO RESPOND TO THE AVAILABILITY OF A 19:31 BIBLE STUDY. 19:32 YES. 19:33 ONE OF THE SPECIAL THINGS ABOUT THIS IS WE DON'T JUST BAPTIZE THEM AND 19:38 LEAVE THEM. 19:39 WE BAPTIZE THEM AND CONTINUE TO STUDY WITH THEM. 19:43 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO WORKS IN THIS AREA IS SERVING FIVE VILLAGES, AND 19:49 HE NEEDS A BICYCLE. 19:50 HE ISN'T ASKING FOR A CAR OR MOTORCYCLE. 19:54 HE'S ASKING FOR A BICYCLE. 19:55 WE SHOULD TELL OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY THAT IS A PART OF THE MINISTRY OF 20:01 GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT WE ENDEAVOR SOMEHOW THROUGH THE GIFTS OF THE 20:05 SUPPORTERS TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION SO THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 20:09 CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN WHAT THEY DO. 20:11 THE LAST TIME I CHECKED WITH THE TREASURY PEOPLE THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR 20:17 SEVERAL BICYCLES. 20:19 THEY SAID "SORRY, WE'VE SENT ALL THE MONEY OUT WE HAVE, BUT WE'LL WATCH FOR 20:26 MONEY TO COME IN." 20:27 I BELIEVE THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME. 20:29 WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME CHURCH LAND HERE? 20:35 YES. 20:37 THERE IS THE PICTURE OF THE LAND THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO BUILD A CHURCH, 20:41 BECAUSE THERE WAS LAND AVAILABLE IN THAT VILLAGE. 20:45 THE MAN ON THE LEFT WITH THE WHITE SHIRT AND THE BLACK BAG IS THE GOSPEL 20:51 OUTREACH WORKER THERE. 20:52 HE WAS JUST RECENTLY APPOINTED ON THE ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM 20:56 BECAUSE THERE WAS LAND AVAILABLE THERE. 20:59 THE CHURCH WHO SPONSORED HIM WANTS TO BUILD A CHURCH. 21:03 IS THAT THE COUPLE WHO GAVE THE LAND OR IS THAT THE NEXT PICTURE? 21:06 THAT'S ANOTHER PICTURE. 21:07 THERE'S THE COUPLE WHO GAVE THE LAND. 21:10 AND THERE'S THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER STANDING WITH THEM. 21:13 YOU HAVE MADE REFERENCE SEVERAL TIMES IN THIS PROGRAM AS WELL AS IN THE 21:18 PROCEEDING PROGRAM TO THE ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM. 21:22 AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY, BEFORE WE CAME TO THE STUDIO HERE, I HAD PEOPLE 21:28 ASKING WHAT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM OF SUPPORTING INDIVIDUAL WORKERS? 21:34 I ENCOURAGED THEM, OF COURSE, TO BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH, BUT 21:37 WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY. 21:39 KEVIN WAITE HAS PREPARED A VIDEO THAT EXPLAINS THIS MORE CAREFULLY FOR US THAN 21:45 WE CAN PROBABLY DO IT WITH OTHER WORDS, SO I'D LIKE TO GO TO THAT VIDEO RIGHT 21:49 NOW. 21:50 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 21:55 QUESTION. 21:56 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION, WHAT IS JESUS 22:00 WAITING FOR? 22:01 "IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 22:06 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR?" 22:09 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14 "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 22:13 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 22:18 SHALL THE END COME." 22:22 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER AND OVER THE 22:26 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED 22:30 WORKERS IN FORTY PLUS COUNTRIES. 22:33 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 22:37 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 22:40 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 22:44 THE 10/40 WINDOW. 22:46 NOW, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 22:50 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 22:54 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 22:56 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 22:58 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD 23:03 THE NAME OF JESUS LIVE HERE. 23:06 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 23:10 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 23:15 IN NEW TERRITORIES, SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 23:20 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 23:22 VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL THREE HUNDRED 23:27 INDIVIDUALS WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 23:31 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 23:36 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 23:38 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 23:40 BIBLE WORKERS RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AS 23:44 THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 23:48 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR ADOPT-A-WORKER 23:52 PROGRAM. 23:53 TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED TO BE 23:57 REACHED. 23:58 THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE 24:01 NEXT THREE YEARS. 24:03 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 24:07 IN RETURN, WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR 24:12 WORKER, SENDING YOU STORIES AND PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR 24:16 DONATIONS. 24:18 THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED. 24:20 YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR 24:23 OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 24:25 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM BY 24:28 TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 24:32 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 24:35 CALL OR VISIT THE WEB SITE TODAY. 24:38 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 24:42 JESUS IS WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS, "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?" 24:50 I AM BLESSED WITH THIS INSPIRED PROGRAM THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS 24:57 ORIGINATED HERE FOR US. 24:58 DO YOU HAVE SOME WORKERS IN YOUR REGION WHO HAVE BEEN ADOPTED? 25:02 YES WE DO. 25:04 ONE OF OUR FIELDS HAS ABOUT 16 NEW WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AS WELL 25:15 AS SEVEN OR EIGHT OF THEIR ESTABLISHED WORKERS WHOM SOMEBODY HAS SAID THEY 25:19 WILL PRAY FOR THIS WORKER AND PROVIDE THE SUPPORT TOO. 25:24 ANOTHER FIELD HAS SIX. 25:25 I HAVE NINE DIFFERENT MISSION FIELDS IN MY TERRITORY. 25:28 THOSE WORKERS ARE REALLY A BLESSING. 25:30 JAMES, WE HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF THE INSPIRATION OF THREE 25:37 PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT HERE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 25:48 THE POWER OF PRAYER, THE POWER OF LOVE AND THE POWER OF PRAISE. 25:54 WHAT ARE THE TWO CONDITIONS THAT YOU HAVE SORTED OUT AS THE 26:01 CONDITIONS FOR THE POWER OF PRAYER? 26:04 I'M IMPRESSED, AND I'VE READ THIS AND OTHERS HAVE FOUND THIS TOO THAT LOVE 26:10 FOR SOULS, LOVE FOR PEOPLE, AND THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE PRAISE THE LORD 26:16 FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE AND WHAT HE WILL DO. 26:18 THAT REALLY BRINGS WONDERFUL RESULTS. 26:27 WHEN YOU THINK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS ALL ABOUT PRAYING 26:36 AND LOVING PEOPLE AND PRAISING THE LORD WHO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO 26:42 BE HIS REPRESENTATIVES IN THIS IMPORTANT TIME OF EARTH'S HISTORY. 26:46 GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU WORK WITH THIS FAMILY TO EXTEND THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST 26:53 SO THAT HE CAN RETURN SOON. 26:56 AMEN. 26:57 GOD BLESS YOU. 26:58 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:15 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:18 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:22 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:24 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:27 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 27:31 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 27:34 MY HEAD HURTS. 27:36 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 27:38 I GIVE UP. 27:39 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:41 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:43 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE 27:50 WORLD. 27:51 WHERE? 27:52 ALL THE WORLD. 27:53 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 27:55 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:57 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:02 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:06 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:09 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T 28:13 FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:14 BE THE SPARK. 28:15 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:18 FINISH THE WORK. 28:24 FINISH THE WORK. |
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