Participants: Dick Duerksen (Host), Manzoor Massey
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000673A
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00:15 HELLO THERE. 00:15 I'M DICK DUERKSEN. 00:17 THIS IS GOSPEL OUTREACH AND TODAY ON OUR PROGRAM ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS I 00:20 WANT YOU TO MEET MANZOOR MASSEY. 00:23 NOW YOU KNOW EVERY TIME YOU COME YOU GIVE ME IDEAS THAT I'D NEVER EVEN 00:30 THOUGHT OF. 00:31 SO TODAY I'M ASSUMING YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF MIRACLES TO TALK ABOUT. 00:35 OH ABSOLUTELY. 00:36 YOU SEEM TO LIVE WHERE MIRACLES HAPPEN. 00:38 OH I AM, I AM A LIVING MIRACLE MYSELF. 00:41 AND IT IS AMAZING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE ALL 00:49 AROUND THE WORLD. 00:51 MANY TIMES WE WONDER. 00:53 WE PRAY GOD HELP ALL THE PEOPLE IN ALL THE WORLD IN ALL THE WAYS AND WE NEVER 00:58 KNOW THAT GOD IS REALLY DOING SOMETHING. 01:00 AND THEN YOU READ IN THE BIBLE AND YOU HAVE THESE MARVELOUS MIRACLES AND YOU 01:05 SAY WHY AREN'T THESE HAPPENING TODAY. 01:08 WELL TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE MIRACLES THAT GOD IS DOING 01:12 TODAY JUST LIKE THEY WERE HAPPENING IN THE DAYS WHEN JESUS ONCE LIVED. 01:16 SO YOU'RE GOING TO TELL US THAT OUR PRAYERS ARE BEING ANSWERED. 01:19 OUR PRAYERS ARE BEING ANSWERED. 01:20 AND YOUR FOCUS IS THE COUNTRY OF INDIA. 01:23 MY FOCUS IS ANDHRA PRADESH. 01:25 OKAY. 01:27 WHICH PART OF SOUTHERN INDIA AND THIS IS THE STATE WHERE 75 PERCENT OF 01:34 ALL THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION LIVE IN THIS 01:38 ONE UNION. 01:40 IN THIS ONE LITTLE SECTION. 01:41 ONE LITTLE SECTION. 01:42 OKAY. 01:43 I'M READY. 01:44 DO YOU HAVE PICTURES? 01:46 I HAVE PICTURES AND I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST START WITH JESUS. 01:51 YOU KNOW JESUS SAID I GUARANTEE YOU THAT NOT ONLY THE MIRACLES I AM 01:59 DOING BUT MY FOLLOWERS WILL DO GREATER THINGS. 02:03 AND I ALWAYS GO BACK TO IT AND I SAY WOW, ISN'T THAT A PROMISE. 02:08 IT'S AN EXCITING ONE BECAUSE HE SAYS GO HEAL THE SICK, RAISE THE DEAD 02:13 AND I'M THINKING HOW OFTEN DOES THAT HAPPEN. 02:17 OH, TODAY I THINK THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR FAITH STRENGTHENED. 02:21 I'M READY. 02:22 SO LET ME GO HERE. 02:24 HERE IS A WOMAN AND SHE HAD A STOMACH PROBLEM, STOMACH ACHE THAT JUST 02:31 WOULD NOT GO AWAY. 02:32 AND SHE THOUGHT MAYBE THERE'S CANCER, MAYBE THERE'S SOME OTHER 02:35 PROBLEM. 02:36 SHE WENT TO MANY MANY DOCTORS AND FINALLY SOMEBODY TOLD HER YOU KNOW 02:43 WHAT, WE HEARD ABOUT THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THERE IS A PERSON CALLED GOSPEL 02:48 OUTREACH WORKER. 02:50 HE IS IN THIS AREA. 02:51 WHY DON'T YOU GO AND ASK HIM. 02:54 AND YOU KNOW WHAT. 02:55 SO THIS IS NOT A PERSON WHO IS A TRAINED PHYSICIAN OR A TRAINED HEALTH 02:58 WORKER. 02:59 NO, THIS IS JUST OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 03:02 THIS IS A GUY WHO HAS CHOSEN TO WORK WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 03:05 ABSOLUTELY. 03:06 HE WANTS TO TELL PEOPLE THAT GOD JESUS IS THE HEALER. 03:13 SO WHILE THE DOCTORS CAN PRESCRIBE MEDICINE THEY CAN'T HEAL. 03:18 WHILE THEY CAN TELL YOU ABOUT HOW THINGS CAN BE BUT THE REAL TIMELESS 03:27 HEALING COMES FROM GOD. 03:29 AND SO A PERSON MAY DIE OF CANCER BUT THEY STILL COULD BE HEALED, HAVE 03:34 TIMELESS HEALING. 03:36 TIMELESS HEALING WOULD BE RESTORATION OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD 03:40 WHICH GIVES THEM A UNIQUE PEACE REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR STOMACH. 03:44 ABSOLUTELY. 03:45 WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS WOMAN? 03:46 WELL THIS WOMAN, LET'S GO BACK TO, WE NEED TO GO BACK ONE. 03:50 THERE WE ARE. 03:51 AND SO SHE CAME AND SHE SAID I HAVE THIS TERRIBLE STOMACH ACHE, STOMACH PAIN 03:52 THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY. 03:54 ALL THE DOCTORS ARE SAYING THEY CAN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS. 03:55 THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY IT'S THERE. 03:56 THE PASTOR PRAYED AND THE STOMACH ACHE DISAPPEARED. 03:57 JUST LIKE THAT. 03:58 JUST LIKE THAT. 03:59 AND THEN SHE SAID OH GIVE ME THE BIBLE STUDY. 04:00 TELL ME ABOUT THIS MAN WHO HEALED ME. 04:02 AND SO TODAY SHE IS GETTING BIBLE STUDIES AND SHE IS A MEMBER NOW. 04:08 LET ME SHOW YOU ANOTHER HERE. 04:11 THIS WAS A BAPTIZED MEMBER AND HE WAS HAVING SO MANY PROBLEMS HE QUIT COMING. 04:15 HE SAID WELL ANY TIME I GO TO CHURCH I HAVE MORE PROBLEMS. 04:19 AND SO JUST LIKE JEREMIAH YOU KNOW, HE SAID EVERY TIME I TALK ABOUT YOU 04:24 EVERYTHING GETS WORSE. 04:26 EVERYTHING IS WORSE. 04:27 AND SO HE QUIT COMING. 04:29 AND SO YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT GOOD ESPECIALLY WHEN HE WAS LIVING AMONG SO MANY 04:35 OTHER VILLAGE PEOPLE AND THEY SAY OH YES HE WENT THERE AND NOW HE'S SICK 04:37 ALL THE TIME. 04:39 AND SO OUR PASTOR WENT BACK TO HIM AND SAID LISTEN, DON'T BLAME IT ON 04:43 GOD. 04:44 MAYBE THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO KEEP YOU AWAY. 04:46 SO WHY DON'T YOU START COMING AND SEE WHAT GOD DOES. 04:50 AND SO WE GO BACK TO THE PICTURE AND WE FIND HERE, CAN WE TURN BACK TO THAT 04:56 AND WE FIND THAT HE STARTED PRAYING. 04:57 PRAYER IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED OR WE SAY A VERY 05:00 QUICK HURRIED PRAYER, THANKS FOR THE CHEERIOS LORD. 05:02 YES, OR WE LEAVE OUR GROCERY LIST BEFORE HIM. 05:03 THAT'S OUR PRAYERS. 05:04 BUT HE STARTED SINCERELY PRAYING. 05:42 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEY HAVE BECOME PRAYER WARRIORS. 05:47 PRAYER THEY HAVE FOUND IS THE NONTHREATENING WAY TO ENTER INTO ANY HOME IN 05:54 INDIA. 05:56 YOU COULD GO TO ANY HINDU HOME, ANY MUSLIM HOME, ANY HOME WHEN YOU SAY I WANT 06:00 TO BLESS THE HOME NO BODY WILL TURN YOU DOWN SAYING OH DON'T BLESS MY HOME. 06:04 NO THEY SAY PLEASE, PLEASE COME BLESS MY HOME. 06:07 PLEASE, PLEASE. 06:08 AND SO HERE THIS MAN STARTED ATTENDING CHURCH REGULARLY AND PRAYING. 06:13 AND THERE HE IS. 06:15 HE'S HEALED AND NOW HE IS A REAL REAL STRONG BELIEVER. 06:20 AND ONE WHO TALKS ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME IN HIS COMMUNITY. 06:22 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:24 AND HERE IS ANOTHER WOMAN, A SICK WOMAN HEALED AND BAPTIZED. 06:29 SHE WAS VERY SICK, VERY SICK AND AGAIN COMPLAINING ABOUT HER STOMACH ACHE, 06:35 HEADACHE. 06:36 SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD CANCER. 06:38 SHE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING. 06:41 HER MUSCLES WERE NOT WORKING AND SHE FOUND IT HARD TO EVEN WALK VERY 06:47 FAR. 06:48 AND SO SHE SAID TO OUR PASTOR JUST PRAY FOR ME. 06:53 IF THERE IS GOD THEN LET ME SEE HIS POWER. 06:58 AND SEEING HER FAITH GOD HEALED HER AND SHE IS NOW BAPTIZED. 07:06 HEALED AND BAPTIZED. 07:07 SHE WAS NOT A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH. 07:10 AND WHEN THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT KIND OF A HEALING PROCESS IT'S ALL 07:15 THEY CAN TALK ABOUT RIGHT? 07:16 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 07:18 HEALING IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHEN SOMEBODY IS SICK THE WHOLE FAMILY IS 07:25 SUFFERING. 07:26 IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON. 07:27 AND SO WHEN SOMEBODY IS HEALED IT ALSO IMPACTS THE ENTIRE FAMILY. 07:33 AND SO NOW THAT PERSON IS SAYING SEE WHAT DID I TELL YOU. 07:39 YES. 07:40 SO LET'S GO TO ANOTHER ONE HERE. 07:41 GO WORKER TEACHES AND BIBLE READING. 07:46 THIS IS A NEW THING THAT MANY OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS ARE DOING. 07:50 WHAT'S THAT. 07:52 THEY ARE STARTING TO TEACH ADULT LITERACY TO OUR BELIEVERS. 07:55 OKAY, GOOD. 07:57 AND SO WHEN THE WORKER DOES LITERACY THEY ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO TEACH 08:00 THEM HOW TO READ THE BIBLE. 08:02 AND IN MANY CASES THEY USE THE BIBLE, THE SIMPLE STORIES FROM THE BIBLE, 08:07 THEY WILL USE THOSE TO TEACH THEM HOW TO READ AND WRITE. 08:11 AND SO HERE IS THE OUTCOME OF THAT. 08:12 AFTER THE GIRL HAD LEARNED HOW TO READ AND WRITE AND NOW SHE COULD READ THE 08:19 BIBLE SHE IS ASKING THE PASTOR, SHE SAYS WHY DON'T I BE PART OF YOUR CHURCH. 08:25 WHAT'S HOLDING ME BACK. 08:27 AND SO SHE ARRANGED AND THEY ARE BAPTIZED. 08:30 AND THERE THEY ARE. 08:30 THERE THEY ARE. 08:33 YOU KNOW THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE WHO COME INTO THE CHURCH 08:37 AND WAYS THEY COME IN. 08:39 THE WAY YOU HAVE JUST DESCRIBED ALMOST ALWAYS BRINGS A LONG-TERM ACTIVE 08:44 MEMBER. 08:46 WELL WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU PERSONALLY, YES, NOBODY CAN DENY, YOU 08:51 DON'T NEED A SECOND OPINION AND YOU DON'T NEED PEOPLE TO CONVINCE YOU HOW 08:57 IT HAPPENED. 08:57 YOU'RE ALREADY CONVINCED. 08:58 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:59 BECAUSE YOU'VE EXPERIENCED IT. 09:00 YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED IT. 09:02 YOU KNOW IT REMINDS ME OF A STORY WHERE JESUS HAD HEALED THIS FELLOW ON 09:06 SABBATH. 09:07 YES, OKAY. 09:08 AND HE WAS BLIND AND SO HE IS WALKING AROUND VERY HAPPY AND PEOPLE ARE 09:15 ASKING WHO HEALED YOU AND HE SAYS WELL I DON'T KNOW. 09:19 THEN HE SEES JESUS IN THE TEMPLE AND SAYS WELL THAT'S THE MAN WHO HEALED 09:24 ME. 09:25 THEY SAID YOU KNOW HE'S A SINNER. 09:27 AND HE SAYS I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHETHER HE'S A SINNER OR A SAINT. 09:31 I WAS BLIND AND NOW I SEE. 09:35 THERE IS NO POWER CAN STOP YOU FROM YOUR WITNESS WHEN YOU ARE TELLING YOUR OWN 09:37 STORY. 09:37 SAY IT AGAIN. 09:39 NO POWER CAN STOP YOU FROM BEING A GREAT WITNESS FOR GOD WHEN YOU ARE TELLING 09:42 YOUR OWN STORY. 09:53 WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU PERSONALLY THERE IS NOTHING THAT SAYS 09:59 IT'S NOT TRUE. 10:00 YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH IT. 10:00 ALL YOU CAN DO IS SAY WOW. 10:02 THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. 10:05 AND IF YOUR INTERESTED AT ALL YOU WILL ALSO SAY TELL ME ABOUT THIS GOD. 10:10 I WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO HIM, HE LOVES EVERYBODY. 10:13 AND THEN THEY KNOW. 10:14 THIS IS REALLY WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING. 10:17 IN FACT TODAY IN OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH MEETING WE SPENT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT 10:23 OF TIME ON HOW TO TELL A STORY. 10:26 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES HAVE A VERY POWERFUL STORY TO TELL. 10:30 THE STORY OF JESUS. 10:33 WE NEVER GET TIRED, WE NEVER GET OLD THAT WE CANNOT TELL THIS STORY. 10:38 THAT'S RIGHT AND IT'S ALWAYS OURS. 10:40 POWERFUL STORY. 10:41 AND GOING BACK TO OUR PICTURE THIS WOMAN HERE SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM 10:48 ASTHMA AND BLAMED IT ON HER BAPTISM. 10:53 THAT SHE GOT ASTHMA FROM BEING BAPTIZED? 10:55 YES. 10:56 THE FAMILY FELT YOU HAVE GOTTEN YOUR ASTHMA BECAUSE YOU GOT BAPTIZED IN THAT 11:01 FUNNY CHURCH. 11:03 AND SO THAT'S QUITE A, YES THAT'S AN INTERESTING CHALLENGE. 11:07 THAT IS A CHALLENGE. 11:08 SO WHAT HAPPENED? 11:10 SO SHE CALLED THE PASTOR AND SAID, NOW WHEN YOU SAY PASTOR YOU'RE TALKING 11:13 ABOUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 11:15 YES THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 11:16 OKAY. 11:18 WELL THEY ARE, WE CALL THEM PASTORS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 11:21 OKAY. 11:22 BUT THESE ARE WITNESSES OUT THERE FOR JESUS. 11:25 AND SO HE SAID SISTER WE'RE GOING TO PRAY BECAUSE THE ONE WHO HEALED 11:30 YOU CANNOT STAND SOMEBODY BLAMING ONTO HIM YOUR DISEASE. 11:37 LET'S ASK HIM. 11:38 SO THE PASTOR PRAYED AND THE WOMAN WAS HEALED. 11:43 IN FACT HE HAD THE ENTIRE CHURCH PRAY FOR HER. 11:47 SO NOW EVERYBODY IN THAT COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. 11:51 IT IS AMAZING. 11:52 AND LET ME GO TO A COUPLE MORE-WELL BEFORE YOU DO LET ME STOP FOR JUST A 11:59 MINUTE AND I WANT TO LOOK RIGHT INTO THE CAMERA AND SAY YOU'VE HEARD HIM 12:03 DESCRIBE THE GOSPEL WORKER'S JOB. 12:06 THEY'RE PASTORS, THEY'RE THE PERSON WHO IS CHALLENGING PEOPLE IN THE 12:10 COMMUNITY TO TRUST GOD MORE, TO PRAY MORE OFTEN, TO BE GOD'S PERSON. 12:16 WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPONSOR SOMEONE LIKE THAT? 12:19 WATCH THIS. 12:23 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 12:27 QUESTION. 12:28 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 12:29 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION, WHAT IS JESUS 12:33 WAITING FOR? 12:35 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 12:36 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 12:37 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14 "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 12:39 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 12:41 SHALL THE END COME." 12:56 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER AND OVER THE 13:01 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED 13:05 WORKERS IN FORTY PLUS COUNTRIES. 13:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 13:12 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 13:13 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECT. 13:16 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 13:19 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 13:23 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 13:24 NOW YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY FROM THE WORK THE CHURCH IS ALREADY 13:29 DOING WITH OVERSEAS MISSIONS? 13:32 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 13:33 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION. 13:37 JUST AS LARGE A PART IS STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING 13:41 THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 13:42 GOSPEL OUTREACH'S MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 13:46 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 13:50 WINDOW. 13:52 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 13:56 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 13:59 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 14:02 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 14:05 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD 14:09 THE NAME OF JESUS LIVE HERE. 14:11 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 14:16 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 14:20 IN NEW TERRITORIES, SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 14:25 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBEN. 14:28 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP HIS CHURCH 14:32 CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THIS SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUAH TO SHARE THE 14:35 GOSPEL. 14:36 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES HAVE 14:40 BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 14:42 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO 14:46 THE WORK OF PRABIR. 14:48 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH HAD BEEN 14:51 WORSHIPPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH. 14:53 RECENTLY A NEW MEMBER NAMED ARISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND DONATED A PIECE 14:58 OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 15:00 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 15:04 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN INDIA. 15:08 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 15:12 VILLAGE IT'S ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 15:17 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 15:20 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 15:25 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 15:29 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 15:34 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR 15:37 FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 15:41 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR ADOPT A WORKER 15:46 PROGRAM. 15:47 TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED TO BE 15:51 REACHED. 15:52 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN 15:56 ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10 THOUSAND NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 16:02 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE 16:06 HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD. 16:09 THAT IS WHY IT'S OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE 16:13 NEXT THREE YEARS. 16:15 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 16:20 THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS A 16:23 MONTH. 16:24 FOR SOME THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR 16:28 CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORK 16:32 BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A YEAR. 16:36 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER 16:40 SENDING YOU STORIES AND PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 16:46 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU 16:49 CAN GET INVOLVED. 16:51 FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR 16:55 OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 16:57 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM BY TELLING 17:00 YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 17:04 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 17:07 CALL OR VISIT THE WEB SITE TODAY. 17:10 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 17:14 JESUS IS WAITING FOR THE FINAL QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 17:25 WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 17:27 TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADOPT ONE OF THOSE WORKERS. 17:30 YOU'LL BE AMAZED AT HOW IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE. 17:32 MANZOOR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MIRACLES. 17:36 YES. 17:37 MIRACLES ARE HAPPENING TODAY. 17:39 NOT WAY BACK THERE SOMEWHERE BUT REAL LIVE MIRACLES RIGHT NOW. 17:42 THESE MIRACLES ARE TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW. 17:45 OKAY, SO TAKE ME TO ANOTHER ONE, LET'S GO. 17:47 HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. 17:50 PRAYING, ENGAGING IN SERVICE, BIBLE STUDY LEADS TO BAPTISM. 17:54 IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THIS LADY WAS POSSESSED OF THE DEVIL AND HER FAMILY 18:01 WAS BEING GREATLY TORMENTED. 18:03 FINALLY SHE ASKED THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHAT CAN I DO AND HE SAID 18:05 WELL YOU NEED TO START SERVING OTHER PEOPLE. 18:07 SO YOU COME WITH ME AND WE WILL GO AND VISIT OTHER PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP. 18:09 SO SHE STARTED COMING AND JOINING THE PASTOR'S WIFE AND GOING AND VISITING 18:11 OTHER PEOPLE AND PRAYING WITH THEM. 18:12 ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE IS NO DEVIL, THERE IS NOBODY TORMENTING HER AND SHE IS 18:14 ENJOYING A GREAT LIFE AND SHE SAID OKAY BAPTIZE ME. 18:15 SO SERVICE DID THE EXORCISM. 18:16 THAT'S RIGHT. 18:17 SERVING OTHER PEOPLE AND PRAYING CHASED THE DEVIL AWAY. 18:19 YES. 18:20 WELL WHEN YOU READ THE BIBLE, THE DEVIL SHIVERS. 18:24 WHEN SOMEBODY IS READING THE BIBLE AND TALKING TO JESUS, NOW THE POWER OF 18:30 HEAVEN AND EARTH IS CONNECTED TOGETHER AGAINST THE ENEMY AND HE CAN'T 18:35 HANDLE THAT. 18:36 HE CAN'T HANDLE THAT, HE'S SPOOKED. 18:39 AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU FIND OFTEN IN OTHER PLACES. 18:47 VERY OFTEN. 18:49 IN FACT I WAS HAPPILY SURPRISED THAT THIS QUARTER'S REPORT THAT I 19:08 GOT IT HAS 85 STORIES ALL ABOUT MIRACLES. 19:13 WHAT GOD IS DOING IN ANDHRA PRADESH. 19:18 AND THOSE ARE THE STORIES YOU'RE SHARING WITH US RIGHT NOW. 19:26 THESE ARE THE STORIES I'M SHARING. 19:31 AND I TOOK THESE PICTURES, ALL OF THESE REPORTS THAT I RECEIVED FROM GOSPEL 19:36 OUTREACH WORKERS. 19:36 FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 19:37 ALRIGHT, TAKE ME TO ANOTHER ONE THEN. 19:39 HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. 19:39 HERE'S CHILD COUNSELING. 19:40 THIS IS A NEW METHOD. 19:41 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE REALLY MINGLING WITH PEOPLE. 19:48 JESUS' BEST METHOD WAS MINGLE WITH PEOPLE IN NEED. 19:53 SO HERE WAS A YOUNG LADY WHOSE DAUGHTER WAS NOT LISTENING, SHE WAS NOT 19:58 STUDYING, SHE WAS GETTING BEHIND AND SHE WAS GETTING VERY UPSET WITH HER 20:03 DAUGHTER AND AT TIMES SHE WOULD ABUSE, PHYSICAL ABUSE AND SPANK THE GIRL A 20:09 LOT SAYING YOU'RE NOT STUDYING. 20:12 WELL OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, WHICH WAS A FEMALE WORKER, SHE DECIDED SHE 20:17 WAS GOING TO HELP HER. 20:18 SHE STARTED VISITING THE HOME, PRAYING WITH THE CHILD AND THE MOTHER AND 20:23 THEN TALKING TO THE CHILD AND THE MOTHER AND SHOWING MOTHER HOW SHOULD SHE BE 20:28 LISTENING TO HER CHILD AND LOVINGLY PUTTING HER ARMS AROUND THE CHILD AND 20:34 COMMENDING THE CHILD FOR WHAT SHE WAS ABLE TO DO. 20:38 BEFORE SHE WAS CRITICIZING HER FOR WHAT SHE CANNOT DO. 20:42 THE BASICS. 20:43 BASICS. 20:44 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT PRAYER LEADS TO TRANSFORMATION. 20:50 TRANSFORMATION. 20:51 THE HOUSE IS DIFFERENT, THE HOME BECOMES A HOME AND THE CHURCH GROWS. 20:54 SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE MOTHER CAN BE AT SUCH PEACE BECAUSE NOW IT'S 21:01 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. 21:03 OKAY. 21:03 LET ME TAKE YOU TO ANOTHER ONE HERE. 21:06 CHILD GUIDANCE. 21:08 THE CHILD WAS GETTING VERY SICK AND COULD NOT WALK. 21:13 HE WAS HAVING SERIOUS PROBLEMS AND THEY THOUGHT MAYBE HE HAD POLIO OR 21:17 SOMETHING WHY HE COULD NOT EVEN HOLD HIS WEIGHT. 21:21 AND SO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER REACHED OUT TO THE MOTHER AND SAID LOOK YOU 21:26 GO WITH ME TO THE DOCTOR. 21:28 LET ME ASK THE DOCTOR WHAT'S GOING ON. 21:31 SO SHE TOOK THE MOTHER AND THE CHILD TO THE DOCTOR AND ASKED THE DOCTOR IF HE 21:36 WOULD THOROUGHLY EXAMINE THE BABY. 21:41 AND THE DOCTOR EXAMINED AND SAID YOU KNOW REALLY I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG 21:46 WITH THE CHILD. 21:48 HE JUST NEEDS MORE SLEEP AND GOOD NUTRITION. 21:52 ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MOTHER SAID DO YOU MEAN A BIBLE STUDY BECAUSE I LIKE YOU 21:57 PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU ARE HELPFUL PEOPLE. 22:00 SEE AGAIN, JESUS SERVED THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE. 22:04 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:05 HE ADDED VALUE TO THE PEOPLE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN PEOPLE WANT TO HANG OUT 22:10 WITH JESUS. 22:12 AND THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 22:15 SAME THING IS HAPPENING. 22:17 WHAT PERCENT OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT YOU DEAL WITH ARE WOMEN? 22:21 VERY FEW. 22:22 WE DON'T HAVE VERY MANY. 22:24 BUT YOU DO HAVE SOME. 22:25 WE HAVE SOME. 22:27 AND THEY ARE ABLE TO REALLY WORK WELL WITH THE WOMEN OF THE COMMUNITY. 22:29 OH YES. 22:30 YOU KNOW IN INDIA WOMEN WORK WELL WITH WOMEN. 22:33 AND MEN WORK BETTER WITH MEN. 22:35 SO WHAT WE ARE ENCOURAGING AND THIS IS HAPPENING NOW, THAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 22:41 WORKER TAKES HIS WIFE WITH HIM. 22:44 GOOD. 22:45 SO IT'S LIKE TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. 22:46 YES IT IS. 22:48 AND SO WHEN THE WIFE GOES WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HE IS MUCH MORE 22:53 EFFECTIVE. 22:54 AND SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING THAT. 22:56 A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE ARE YOUNG AND THEY ARE NOT MARRIED BUT MOST OF THEM, 22:58 THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE MARRIED AND THEIR WIVES ARE HELPING THEM, WITH 23:00 THEM. 23:01 AWESOME. 23:02 SO MORE STORIES. 23:02 MORE STORIES. 23:03 LET ME TAKE YOU TO ANOTHER ONE. 23:04 HERE IS PRAYER, FAITH AND BIRTH OF A BABY. 23:16 THIS MOTHER, VERY YOUNG BRIDE DID NOT HAVE A BABY AND YOU KNOW IN THE INDIAN 23:26 CULTURE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BABY AFTER NINE MONTHS OF MARRIAGE YOU ARE A 23:30 CURSED WOMAN. 23:32 IT WAS VERY VERY DIFFICULT, EVEN FOR MY MOTHER. 23:34 FOR NINE YEARS SHE DID NOT HAVE A BABY. 23:37 AND MY FATHER TOOK HER TO ALL KINDS OF PLACES TO BATHE AND OFFER 23:43 SACRIFICES. 23:44 NOTHING HAPPENED. 23:45 AND FINALLY SOMEBODY SAID ASK JESUS AND NINE MONTHS LATER I WAS BORN AND BOTH 23:52 OF MY FEET WERE CLUB FEET. 23:53 AND THE NURSE SAID OH WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM A CURSED WOMAN, A CURSED 23:57 BABY. 23:58 OH MY LANDS. 24:00 AND SO HE TOOK A BOTTLE OF OIL, PRAYED OVER IT AND HE SAID IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A 24:03 BABY YOU CAN HEAL HIS FEET. 24:06 AND SO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE CLAIMING THOSE PROMISES WHERE GOD CAN 24:11 ACTUALLY HEAL. 24:12 LET ME GO BACK TO THAT STORY WHERE WE FIND THAT HERE IS OUR GOSPEL 24:18 OUTREACH WORKER. 24:20 HE PRAYED OVER THIS WIFE, THE HUSBAND AND WIFE BOTH HE PRAYED FOR THEM AND 24:26 THERE'S THE BABY. 24:28 HOW COULD YOU DENY THE LIVING PROOF OF WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR THIS FAMILY. 24:34 DO YOU THINK THAT THIS FAMILY WILL EVER BELIEVE SOMETHING OTHER THAN 24:38 JESUS? 24:38 NO, THEY WILL BE IN TRUST. 24:39 SO THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER AND HERE'S ADULT LITERACY 24:45 CLASSES. 24:46 THERE ARE TWENTY OF THEM, TWENTY GIRLS WHO ARE BAPTIZED BECAUSE OUR 24:51 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER STARTED TEACHING THEM BIBLE READING. 24:57 AND WHERE THE BIBLE ACTUALLY BECOMES THE TEXTBOOK. 24:59 IT BECOMES THE TEXTBOOK. 25:01 AND THEY HAVE THE OTHER ADULT LITERACY MATERIAL BUT THEY USE SIMPLE 25:05 STORIES FROM THE BIBLE FOR ASKING THEM TO READ. 25:08 LET ME QUICKLY RUN THROUGH ONE MORE STORY HERE. 25:11 PRAYER AND HEALING. 25:12 THIS MAN LEARNS TO WALK. 25:14 HE COULD NOT WALK BEFORE. 25:16 NOW HE IS WALKING ON CRUTCHES BECAUSE HE WAS PRAYED FOR. 25:21 AND THIS ONE HERE, PRAYER AND FASTING. 25:24 CLAIMING THE PROMISE OF GOD. 25:26 THE ENTIRE CHURCH IS ASKING GOD TO GIVE THEM THE ENTIRE VILLAGE. 25:31 THEY ARE PRAYING FOR THE ENTIRE VILLAGE NOW, TO CLAIM THAT VILLAGE FOR 25:33 JESUS. 25:34 SO OUR WORKERS ARE BECOMING PRAYER WARRIORS. 25:35 THEY ARE FASTING. 25:36 THIS ENTIRE CHURCH IS FASTING AND PRAYING THAT THEY HAVE THE ENTIRE 25:37 VILLAGE JOIN JESUS. 25:39 AND WE NEED TO KEEP THIS VILLAGE IN OUR PRAYERS SO THAT THIS CHURCH'S PRAYER 25:42 WILL BE ANSWERED AND THEY WILL HAVE THE ENTIRE VILLAGE JOIN AND FOLLOW 25:47 JESUS. 25:48 HOW ON EARTH DO YOU INSPIRE THAT KIND OF FAITH IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:07 WORKERS? 26:08 JUST LOVE THEM. 26:09 YOU JUST LOVE THEM. 26:10 YOU JUST LOVE THEM. 26:12 I TELL YOU I DON'T HAVE GOOD ENOUGH WORDS TO SAY ABOUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:17 WORKERS AND GOSPEL OUTREACH AND OUR DONORS BECAUSE THIS IS A COMBINED 26:24 PETITION BEFORE GOD. 26:25 ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER. 26:26 ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER AND PETITIONING JESUS, DO SOMETHING, HASTEN YOUR 26:32 RETURN AND HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING YOU. 26:36 SO THERE IT IS, ANDHRA PRADESH INDIA. 26:38 AND IT'S JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF ALL OF THE PARTS OF THE WORLD WHERE GOSPEL 26:42 OUTREACH IS WORKING. 26:44 SO I COME BACK TO THAT CHALLENGE AGAIN. 26:46 YOU CAN SPONSOR A WORKER. 26:49 BUT MORE THAN THAT PLEASE JOIN US AS A PRAYER WARRIOR FOR THE GOSPEL 26:54 OUTREACH WORKERS ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 26:56 AND THANKS FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH. 28:13 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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