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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000697A
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00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:16 OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 00:19 JOINING US TODAY. 00:20 AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU? 00:22 DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS THE JOY OF JESUS IN 00:25 THEM AND EVERY TIME YOU SEE THEM THEY EXUDE JOY 00:28 AND THE LOVE OF JESUS? 00:29 WELL, I HAVE A FRIEND AND HE IS HERE TODAY AND HE 00:32 EXUDES THE JOY OF JESUS AND IT IS MANZOOR MASSEY. 00:35 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:37 OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE PRIVILEGE TO 00:39 BE WITH YOU. 00:40 AND MANZOOR, IT IS TRUE YOU HAVE THE JOY, THE 00:43 LOVE, THE SMILE OF JESUS ON YOUR HEART AND IT'S 00:46 ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE AND WE ARE JUST 00:48 SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL 00:50 OUTREACH AS YOU SHARE JESUS TO A VERY SPECIAL 00:52 PART OF THE WORLD. 00:54 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:55 YOU KNOW, I WOULD GET A BIG HEAD IF I DIDN'T KNOW 00:58 BETTER AND WITHOUT JESUS LIFE IS, LIFE IS 01:02 MEANINGLESS. 01:03 IT'S LIKE A RAINBOW WITHOUT COLORS. 01:05 UH HUH, YES TRUE. 01:06 THERE IS NOTHING. 01:07 THERE IS NOTHING. 01:09 SO MANZOOR, YOU ARE IN VOLVED WITH WHAT PART OF 01:11 THE 10/40 WINDOW? 01:13 WE TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT HERE AT GOSPEL 01:14 OUTREACH-THIS BIG EXPANSE OF REAL ESTATE COUNTRIES 01:17 AND WHERE IS THE COUNTRY THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO 01:18 YOUR HEART. 01:19 IT HAS 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE AND 97 PER CENT OF THEM DO 01:24 NOT KNOW ABOUT THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 01:27 THAT IS A PIECE OF REAL ESTATE OF THE WORLD THAT 01:30 I'M INVOLVED WITH. 01:31 MY RESPONSIBILITIES PARTICULARLY IN THE 01:34 SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA AND IT IS CALLED ANDHRA 01:38 PRADESH AND WE ARE LAUNCHING AN ABSOLUTELY 01:44 MIND BOGGLING, HISTORY MAKING, EARTH SHAKING 01:49 INITIATIVE. 01:50 AND ALL OF THAT PACKED IN ONE SENTENCE, I WANT TO 01:52 HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS. 01:54 WELL I WILL TELLYOU THAT BUT I WANT TO READ 01:56 JEREMIAH 33:3 THAT SUMS UP WHAT WE WANT TO SAY ABOUT 02:02 THIS INITIATIVE. 02:05 JESUS SAYS HERE, "CALL ON ME AND I WILL ANSWER YOU 02:09 AND SHOW YOU GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS YOU DON'T 02:12 EVEN KNOW." 02:14 AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LAUNCHING. 02:17 IT IS SELF SUPPORTING WORK IN INDIA. 02:22 WE ARE ASKING SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION, UH HUH, TO 02:26 START THINKING ABOUT BEING SELF SUPPORTING SO THAT 02:29 THEY ARE NOT DEPENDING ON FUNDS FROM ANYWHERE ELSE 02:32 AND AS A PILOT PROJECT WE HAVE SELECTED MY HOME, MY 02:38 UNION WHICH IS EAST CENTRAL INDIA UNION. 02:40 OK. 02:41 AND 75 PER CENT OF ALL SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS IN 02:46 SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION LIVE IN THIS ONE UNION. 02:49 WHY IS THAT? 02:51 WELL, WORK HAS GROWN MUCH FASTER HERE. 02:53 THE LORD HAS BLESSED IN A MIGHTY WAY. 02:55 OH WOW! 02:56 IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY MIND BOGGLING. 03:00 THAT IS FANTASTIC! 03:01 AND I WANT TO THANK ACTUALLY, OUR LISTENERS 03:03 AND OUR DONORS AND MANY WHO HAVE GONE AND 03:08 CONDUCTED EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS THERE, SHARED THE 03:12 WORD OF GOD AND RESPONSE BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY 03:16 SPIRIT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. 03:19 WONDERFUL! 03:20 AND THE WORK HAS GROWN TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT NOW WE 03:24 HAVE GROWING PAINS. 03:26 YES, BUT THAT IS A GOOD PROBLEM-THE LORD WANTS US 03:28 TO HAVE THAT. 03:29 THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM. 03:30 SO, FOR THE VIEWER WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT THIS 03:31 PART OF YOUR TERRITORY -SO IT'S FANTASTIC HOW THE 03:34 LORD HAS WORKED THERE BUT CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE 03:36 BIT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE; THEIR 03:39 RELIGIONS THAT ARE THERE. 03:40 I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF RELIGIONS IN INDIA. 03:42 WELL, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA YOU HAVE 03:45 PREDOMINANTLY WELL, IN ALL OF INDIA YOU HAVE 03:49 PREDOMINANTLY HINDU POPULATION. 03:50 HINDU, RIGHT. 03:51 BUT IN THIS AREA, YOU HAVE HINDUS, MUSLIMS, AND 03:55 CHRISTIANS. 03:56 YOU HAVE MORE CHRISTIANS IN ANDHRA PRADESH THAN 03:59 MANY OTHER STATES AND THAT IS WHY IT IS LITTLE BIT 04:03 EASIER TO SPREAD THE WORD OF GOD. 04:05 UH HUH. 04:06 PEOPLE ARE VERY RESPONSIVE. 04:07 GOOD. 04:08 AND SO THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND I WOULD LIKE 04:12 TO KIND OF GO OVER THE INITIATIVE WE HAVE 04:15 LAUNCHED. 04:16 YES, TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS FANTASTIC MIND 04:17 BOGGLING, EARTH SHATTERING, HISTORY 04:20 MAKING, HISTORY MAKING INITIATIVE. 04:22 SO, LET ME SHOW YOU THE NEXT SLIDE HERE AND YOU 04:27 SEE THAT THE MOVEMENT IS CALLED "ON YOUR FEET FOR 04:31 JESUS". 04:32 AND IT HAS TWO VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENTS: ONE 04:36 COMPONENT IS THAT EVERY MEMBER MUST GRADUATE TO 04:39 BECOMING A DISCIPLE BECAUSE THE EARLY CHURCH 04:43 GREW BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE MEMBERS. 04:45 UH HUH. 04:46 IT HAD ONLY BELIEVERS AND DISCIPLES. 04:49 MEMBERS ARE CONSUMERS. 04:51 THEY COME, THEY LISTEN, THEY GO HAVE A NICE LAY 04:53 ACTIVITY AND THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. 04:57 BELIEVERS TAKE THE WORD AND THEY START LIVING IT 05:00 AND THEN WHEN THEY BECOME DISCIPLES THEY TAKE THAT 05:04 WORD AND RUN WITH IT. 05:05 SO, AS I SEE THIS AND READ THIS AND HEAR THIS:" ON 05:08 YOUR FEET FOR JESUS" THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO GET 05:10 UP OFF THE SOFA. 05:11 YOU HAVE TO GET OFF THE SOFA, YOU HAVE TO GET OUT 05:14 OF YOUR BOAT AND TAKE THE RISK AND GO OUT THERE. 05:17 AND GO, GO IS THE ACRONYM. 05:19 IT IS IN THE GREAT COMMISSION AND IT IS THE 05:22 ACRONYM FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 05:23 ACTUALLY PSYCHOLOGICALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WORD 05:25 GO, UH HUH, NOTHING HAPPENS UNLESS YOU GO. 05:28 YES. 05:29 AND IF YOU STAY PUT, YOU AREN'T GOING TO MAKE ANY 05:33 HISTORY OF ANY KIND. 05:34 NO. 05:35 SO THAT WORD GO VERY IMPORTANT. 05:37 YES. 05:38 AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THE SECOND PART 05:40 OF THE SLIDE IS: "CHURCH IN INDIA MUST BE ON ITS 05:44 OWN FEET" AND THAT IS THE SECOND COMPONENT. 05:47 SO, WE ARE STARTING TWO PRONG STRATEGY. 05:50 EVERY BELIEVER MUST BECOME A DISCIPLE AND THE CHURCH 05:53 IN INDIA MUST BE ON ITS OWN FEET AND SO FOR THAT 05:58 MATTER, THIS PARTICULAR UNION WHERE WE HAVE NEARLY 06:02 75 PER CENT OF THE ADVENTIST POPULATION, WOW, 06:05 THAT'S AMAZING, OF THE ENTIRE DIVISION THEY NEED 06:08 TO BECOME DISCIPLES, AND GET IN VOLVED-NOT JUST 06:13 COME TO HEAR THE PREACHER SPEAK BUT TO GET INVOLVED. 06:16 YES, AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED -IN THE NEXT SLIDE 06:19 I'LL SHOW YOU THAT WE HAVE TWO-PRONGED STRATEGY HERE. 06:25 NO, WE HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED THREE THINGS 06:26 THERE: A REVIVAL IN EVERY CHURCH; TRAINING OF ELDERS 06:31 AND MY FATHER WHEN I WAS TRAINED TO BE A PASTOR 06:35 AFTER FIRST MONTHS OF MY MINISTRY HE TOLD ME HE 06:38 SAID, "GET OFF THE PAYROLL". 06:40 AND I WAS MAKING A 125 RUPEES A MONTH. 06:43 HOW MUCH IS THAT IN U.S. 06:45 DOLLARS? 06:46 THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE RIGHT NOW IT WILL BE 06:47 AROUND 30 CENTS. 06:49 30 CENTS? 06:50 YES, BUT WHAT HE TOLD ME IS "GET OFF THE PAYROLL" 06:54 AND I TOOK THAT VERY SERIOUSLY SO SUBSEQUENTLY 06:57 I RESIGNED AND THE WHOLE IDEA IS WE MUST TRAIN 07:01 ELDERS IN EVERY CHURCH. 07:04 THEY SHOULD TAKE OVER THE EXISTING WORK SO THAT THE 07:07 PAID WORKERS COULD MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TERRITORY, 07:11 OPEN THE DOORS FOR THE REST OF THE BELIEVERS TO 07:14 GO IN THERE AND START SHARING. 07:16 YES. 07:17 AND SO THAT IS THE CONCEPT. 07:18 THE GENERAL CONFERENCE CALLS IT "TOTAL MEMBER 07:21 MOBILIZATION" AND THAT IS THE IDEA. 07:24 NOW I WANT TO GO BACK TO MY SLIDE. 07:26 TO GET EVERYBODY INVOLVED SO IT IS NOT JUST A CORE 07:29 GROUP OF PEOPLE. 07:30 YES. 07:31 THE SECOND PART WE ARE DOING THERE IS SMALL SCALE 07:33 INDUSTRIES. 07:34 UH HUH. 07:35 SO, I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THESE AND 07:37 VERY, VERY EXCITED. 07:38 AND I KNOW YOU GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS MANZOOR. 07:42 SO, WE HAVE THREE THINGS IN THE HOPPER RIGHT NOW 07:46 AND THEY ARE UP AND RUNNING AND WE WILL 07:48 ESTABLISH THREE MORE. 07:49 THE FIRST ONE IS: "GOOD SHEPHERD FARM". 07:52 "GOOD SHEPHERD FARM" IS A SHEEP AND GOAT FARM AND WE 07:57 BOUGH T 196 ANIMALS BUT NOW WE HAVE 600 IN THE 08:02 LAST SIX MONTHS. 08:03 SO, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE THINK WE WILL 08:06 HAVE 1000 ANIMALS. 08:07 SO, I'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES IN A MINUTE AND 08:09 THEN THE NEXT ONE IS "GOOD SHEPHER DAIRY FARM". 08:12 WE HAVE WATER BUFFALOS AND THEY GIVE A LOT OF MILK. 08:16 AND DO INDIANS DRINK MILK? 08:18 AH, WOW! 08:19 IT'S LIKE ASKING DO WE INDIANS HAVE PEANUTS? 08:24 OK? 08:24 THEY DRINK MILK. 08:26 I THINK YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT THE COW 08:29 IS A SACRED ANIMAL, YES, AND SHOULD THERE BE- YES 08:33 COW IS A SACRED ANIMAL ONLY BECAUSE IT GIVES. 08:37 IT GIVES MILK, OK, TO HELP THE SICK AND THE CHILDREN 08:41 AND THE POOR. 08:43 OK., AND SO, SO THE THIRD THING WE HAVE IS A BAKERY. 08:46 UH HUH. 08:47 AND INTERNET CAFÉ AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE ADDING 08:49 PEANUT BUTTER FACTORY. 08:51 THIS IS OUR SMALL SCALES INDUSTRY. 08:53 SO, WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THOSE THREE SHOWN HERE, 08:57 UHHUH, BUT I WILL SHOW YOU SOME EXTRA PICTURES OF 09:02 EACH ONE OF THESE. 09:02 THIS IS OUR "GOOD SHEPHERD FARM". 09:04 UH HUH. 09:05 AND THE SHEEP AND GOAT FARM SEEMS TO BE OUR BEST 09:11 BET AND THE PERSON WHO IS IN CHARGE IS ACTUALLY THE 09:12 TREASURER OF THE SOUTHEAST ANDHRA SECTION. 09:13 AND VERY, VERY SKILLED PERSON. 09:14 I NEVER KNEW THAT HE COULD LEARN SO FAST ON HOW TO 09:15 RUN A SHEEP AND GOAT FARM. 09:16 BUT HE WAS A FARMER AT HEART? 09:17 HE WAS A FARMER AT HEART AND HE HAS BECOME 09:18 ABSOLUTELY EXPERT IN THAT. 09:19 GOOD. 09:19 HIS NAME IS PASTOR GAVIAS PRASAD. 09:39 HE IS THE TREASURER OF SOUTHEAST ANDHRA SECTION. 09:43 WELL, AS THE TREASURER HE LIKES THINGS TO MULTIPLY 09:45 SO THIS ALL MAKES SENSE TO ME, MANZOOR. 09:47 THIS DOES AND HERE WE HAVE SOME VISITORS WHO HAVE 09:51 VISITED FROM THE UNITED STATES THIS FARM AND THIS 09:55 FAMILY AND THEN WE HAVE THIS "GOOD SHEPHERD DAIRY 10:00 FARM" AND THEY HAVE, RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE ONLY TEN 10:04 BUFFALOS SO ITS A BIG NEED. 10:06 THE FARM IS JUST STARTED BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING 10:09 WHEN THEY ARE 50 OF THESE BUFFALOS THEY'LL BECOME 10:12 SELF SUPPORTING. 10:13 FANTASTIC, SO WILL THE BUFFALOS BE SOLD? 10:16 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 10:17 BUFFALOS WILL GIVE MILK, YES, I KNOW THAT, YES. 10:20 THEY GIVE ABOUT TEN TO FIFTEEN GALLONS OF MILK 10:23 AND THEY WILL SELL THE MILK AND THE PROCEEDS OF 10:26 THE MILK WILL BE THEN SUPPORTING THE FARM. 10:29 SO, IT WILL BE FROM THE MILK, NOT NECESSARILY 10:31 SELLING THE BUFFALOS. 10:32 THAT'S RIGHT. 10:33 O.K. 10:34 THAT'S RIGHT AND BUFFALOS WILL MULTIPLY. 10:35 YES, SURE, ABSOLUTELY. 10:36 IN FACT, SOMETIME AGO I'D STARTED A BUFFALO BANK. 10:40 BUFFALO BANK IS -WE GIVE THIRTY BUFFALOS TO THIRTY 10:43 WIDOWS AND THEY WERE PLACED AT A COLLEGE AND 10:47 BUFFALOS WILL GIVE MILK. 10:50 EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE 10:52 WIDOWS AND TWENTY PER CENT TO THE SCHOOL TO TAKE CARE 10:56 OF THE BUFFALO. 10:56 FANTASTIC. 10:57 SO, THIS ISA GREAT CONCEPT, YES, ABSOLUTELY. 10:59 THE THIRD ONE THERE IS THE BAKERY. 11:01 THIS IS THE DIVISION SECRETARY, DR. WILSON AND 11:03 THEN NEXT TO HIM IS THE UNION PRESIDENT EAST 11:04 CENTRAL UNION PRESIDENT AND THE DIVISION SECRETARY 11:05 OF THE UNION PRESENT THERE. 11:06 THEY ARE DOING THE INAUGURATION OF THE 11:07 BAKERY. 11:09 IT IS CALLED THE "APPLETON BAKERY" AND WE HAVE LOTS 11:09 OF ACTIVITY GOING ON THERE. 11:10 THIS IS THE BAKERY ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THEN I HAVE 11:11 A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE THERE, TONS OF KIDS. 11:13 ALWAYS THE KIDS. 11:14 THERE ARE 750 CHILDREN AT THIS SCHOOL WHERE THE 11:15 BAKERY IS. 11:16 OH, SO IT IS AJACENT WITH THE SCHOOL? 11:17 YES. 11:18 AND HALF OF THE CHILDREN ARE ORPHANS AND HALF OF 11:20 THEM COME FROM VERY, VERY POOR FAMILIES. 11:22 SO, WE HAVE LOCATED THE BAKERY THERE AND I JUST 11:26 GOT AN EMAIL PICTURES TODAY THAT THEY HAVE LIKE 11:27 A BIG MOUNTAIN OF BREAD THAT THEY HAVE BAKED. 11:28 YES. 11:29 THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE THAT TO THE KIDS AS WELL 11:30 AS SELL. 11:31 WONDERFUL. 11:32 SO, IT IS QUITE AN ENDEAVOR. 11:33 HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE BAKERY. 11:34 OK. 11:35 YOU CAN SEE AND ACTUALLY ROMAN, THE GENTLEMAN WHO 12:13 PRODUCES OUR VIDEOS HERE, YES, HE WENT WITH ME LAST 12:17 YEAR AND HE ACTUALLY WHILE THE VIEWERS ARE ONLY 12:20 SEEING THE PICTURES, HE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THE 12:23 COOKIES FROM THERE- FROM THE BAKERY, TO THE ENTRY 12:26 HERE. 12:27 YES, HERE YOU ARE DANGLING THE CARROT, IF YOU WILL, 12:29 IN FRONT OF US AS WE LOOK AT ALL THESE GREAT BAKED 12:32 GOODS. 12:33 WELL, MANZOOR THIS IS SO EXCITING TO HEAR ABOUT ALL 12:35 THESE INITIATIVES AND WE WANT TO INCLUDE YOU TO BE 12:38 A PART OF ALL OF THIS AND WE WANT TO SHARE SOME 12:40 INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN DO JUST THAT. 12:43 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 12:49 WHERE IS THE 10-40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 12:52 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 12:55 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 12:58 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 13:01 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD 13:05 HURTS. 13:06 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 13:10 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 13:13 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:15 ACTUALLY, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:18 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 13:24 WHERE? 13:24 ALL THE WORLD. 13:26 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 13:30 YOU CAN PRAY. 13:31 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 13:34 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 13:37 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 13:39 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 13:42 MEANING. 13:43 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 13:44 BE THE SPARK. 13:46 LIGHT THE FIRE. 13:48 FINISH THE WORK. 13:50 FINISH THE WORK. 13:53 BE THE SPARK! 13:55 AND YOU TOO, CAN BE A SPARK IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 13:59 WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS TO 14:01 SHARE JESUS AND WE WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD 14:04 SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 14:06 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE 14:10 INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN DO THAT AND IF YOU ARE 14:12 WONDERING WHAT THAT ACRONYM STANDS FOR IT IS: 14:15 GOSPEL OUTREACH ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS.ORG SO THAT 14:19 WILL HELP YOU BE ABLE TO REMEMBER THAT. 14:21 WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO VISIT US ON 14:24 OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. 14:25 PLEASE GO AND "LIKE" THE PAGE AND WE PUT UP ALL 14:28 SORTS OF INTERESTING PHOTOS, VIDEOS AND YOU CAN 14:31 FOLLOW ALONG THERE AS WELL. 14:33 AND ALSO, IF YOU LIKE INSTAGRAM WE ARE ALSO ON 14:36 INSTAGRAM. 14:37 WE DO HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO 14:40 SEND TO YOU SO YOU GET SOME GREAT HOPE IN YOUR 14:43 MAILBOX BESIDES BILLS AND WE ALSO HAVE AN 14:46 E-NEWSLETTER FORM OF THIS AS WELL. 14:48 YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT ALSO AT OUR WEBSITE 14:51 GOAIM.ORG. 14:53 SO TODAY WE ARE TALKING WITH MANZOOR MASSEY WHO, 14:57 MANZOOR YOU DO HAVE THE JOY OF JESUS IN YOU AND IT 14:59 IS SO EXCITING TO SEE HOW YOU ARE SPREADING JESUS IN 15:03 THESE GREAT INITIATIVES IN INDIA AND WE'VE BEEN 15:06 TALKING ABOUT THE EARTH SHATTERING, MIND BOGGLING, 15:10 HISTORY MAKING-THERE WE ARE THE THIRD COMPONENT 15:13 AND THIS IS REALLY A NEAT CONCEPT FOR INDIA TO BE 15:17 SELF SUPPORTING SO THAT FUNDS ARE GENERATED THAT 15:20 CAN GO BACK THEN INTO MINISTRY. 15:22 WHY DON'T YOU SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT? 15:23 YES, THE WHOLE IDEA IS WE HAVE 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE IN 15:27 INDIA AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE MAYBE 1.2 MILLION 15:32 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS AND 97 PER CENT OF INDIANS DO 15:37 NOT KNOW THE SOON COMING OF JESUS. 15:40 SAY THAT PERCENTAGE OF NUMBERS ONE MORE TIME. 15:42 97 PERCENT OF THE 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE DON'T KNOW 15:47 ABOUT THE SOON COMING OF JESUS. 15:49 THAT'S HUGE. 15:50 IT IS HUGE AND I BELIEVE THAT THOSE OF US WHO KNOW 15:55 THE LORD MUST, MUST TAKE THE WORD AND SHARE THE JOY 16:01 WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. 16:01 YES. 16:02 HOW COULD WE, HOW DARE WE NOT SPREAD IT TO ANYBODY 16:06 ELSE? 16:07 YES, YES. 16:08 YOU KNOW, AND SO THIS WHOLE MOVEMENT IS LAUNCHED 16:11 TO MOBILIZE EVERY BELIEVER TO BECOME A DISCIPLE. 16:14 YOU SEE, UNTIL WE BEGIN TO SHARE WHAT GOD HAS DONE 16:21 FOR US OUR OWN SPIRITUAL GROWTH IS STUNTED. 16:26 TRUE. 16:27 WE CANNOT GROW SPIRITUALLY UNTIL WE START SHARING 16:30 THAT WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 16:31 YES. 16:32 AND SO, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DOING 16:35 AN ENORMOUS WORK, AWESOME WORK BUT WE CANNOT AFFORD 16:40 THEM TO STAY IN ONE LOCATION. 16:42 NO. 16:43 THEY NEED TO MOVE ON BECAUSE WE HAVE 1.2 16:45 BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 16:46 YES. 16:47 AND SO, THE IDEA OF TRAINING ELDERS IN EVERY 16:51 CHURCH SO WHEREVER WE HAVE PEOPLE AND WE AREN'T 16:55 WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER THEY CAN READ AND WRITE BECAUSE 16:58 THEY HAVE TO TALK TO THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND 17:01 THEY ALSO CANNOT READ OR WRITE. 17:03 THE WORD SPREADS WITH THE JOY IN YOUR HEART AND WITH 17:07 THE EAGERNESS TO SHARE JESUS WITH OTHER PEOPLE 17:10 AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE DEGREES; YOU DON'T HAVE TO 17:13 BE THEOLOGIAN; YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE EVEN ABLE TO 17:17 READ AND WRITE-IT HELPS BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY 17:21 THING. 17:22 BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT MUST TAKE HOLD OF YOU AND ONCE 17:26 YOU ARE COMMITTED TO THIS MISSION WELL THEN YOU HAVE 17:29 NO BARRIERS. 17:31 SO, WE WANT EVERY BELIEVER-IF EVERYBODY WAS 17:34 TO TOUCH FIVE PEOPLE; IF ALL THE SEVENTH DAY 17:39 ADVENTISTS TODAY WERE TO TOUCH FIVE NEW PEOPLE TO 17:42 JUST TELL THEM ABOUT THE SOON COMING OF JESUS IN 17:45 ABOUT 3 ½ YEARS WE WOULD HAVE REACHED 6 BILLION 17:50 PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. 17:51 AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. 17:54 YES. 17:54 NETWORKING FOR JESUS. 17:56 YES, AND I WANT TO SAY TOO, THOUGH, WE TALK ABOUT 17:59 THE 10/40 WINDOW, WE TALK ABOUT MISSIONS, WE TALK 18:01 ABOUT THAT BUT AS PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE WEST IT IS 18:05 OUR RESPONSIBILITY ALSO TO BE KIND, TO SHARE WITH 18:09 WHOMEVER IS HELPING US WITH OUR GROCERIES AT THE 18:11 GROCERY STORE OR WHATEVER AND THAT TIME THAT WE 18:14 HAVE-GOD GIVES US THE HOOK AND ARE WE GOING TO TAKE 18:16 ON TO IT. 18:17 I WAS IN A TAXI IN CHINA AND WITH A DEAR WOMAN AND 18:21 SHE WAS IN THE CAR WITH THE DRIVER. 18:24 SHE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER, SHE DIDN'T TALK 18:26 ABOUT POLITICS, SHE HAD THAT TIME TEN MINUTES OR 18:30 WHATEVER IT WAS AND SHE TALKED WITH THE DRIVER AND 18:32 ASKED HIM, "DO YOU HAVE PEACE?" 18:34 WOW, ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? 18:37 SHE LAID IT ALL OUT. 18:38 WE GOT OUT OF THE TAXI AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THIS WOMAN 18:40 HAD A WHOLE BIBLE STUDY WITH THIS DRIVER AND HE 18:42 DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE IT BUT SHE TOOK THE TIME AND 18:45 THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU, THE RIPPLE 18:48 EFFECT. 18:49 YES, BECAUSE LET'S SAY THAT I TOUCH FIVE PEOPLE 18:51 AND I TELL THEM YOUR LIFE MISSION IS EACH ONE OF YOU 18:55 TOUCH FIVE PEOPLE AND THEY CONTINUE DOING THAT WITHIN 18:59 3 ½ YEARS WE WILL HAVE REACHED THE WORLD. 19:02 YES. 19:03 AND I THINK WE'VE BECOME, WE'VE BECOME LIKE SOMEBODY 19:06 WHO ENJOYS EATING BUT NO EXERCISE. 19:09 YES. 19:09 YOU KNOW THE RESULTS OF THAT! 19:11 YES, WE DO SADLY. 19:12 AND SO, THE WHOLE CONCEPT THAT JESUS STARTED IT WAS 19:17 "GO, GO SHARE". 19:20 UNTIL WE BEGIN TO SHARE WE ARE NOT PARTICIPATING IN 19:24 THE MISSION THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US. 19:26 AND WHO ARE WE WHEN GOD TELLS US IN THE GREAT 19:28 COMMISSION AND HE SAID THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GO 19:31 INTO ALL NATIONS AND THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS 19:34 BELIEVERS. 19:35 YOU KNOW THAT GOD REALLY DOESN'T NEED US, NO, HE 19:39 CAN DO IT WITH ALL THE ANGELS BUT IN HIS JOY, 19:43 YES, IN HIS GRACE, HE PUTS US ON HIS SEARCH AND 19:47 RESCUE TEAM SO WE CAN PRACTICE HOW WE ARE GOING 19:50 TO LIVE IN HEAVEN. 19:51 BECAUSE HE HAS GIVEN US THE LIFE PRESERVER AND NOW 19:54 IT IS UP TO US TO SHARE THAT WITH SOMEONE ELSE. 19:56 SO, I WANT TO KNOW THIS INITIATIVE, THE EARTH 19:59 SHATTERING, MIND BOGGLING, HISTORY MAKING HOW IS IT 20:02 BEING RECEIVED BY THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN 20:06 INDIA? 20:07 WELL, WE STARTED AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. 20:09 I HAD A MEETING WITH THE GC REPRESENTATIVES WHO 20:12 OVERSEE THE WORK IN SOUTHERN ASIA AND ALL THE 20:16 SOUTHERN ASIA LEADERSHIP WAS PRESENT IN WASHINGTON, 20:19 DC. 20:20 AND NOW I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE SOUTHERN 20:24 ASIA DIVISION HAS APPOINTED A FULL TIME 20:27 INDIVIDUAL TO WORK STRICTLY ON THIS SELF 20:30 RELIANCE MOVEMENT AND THEN AT THE UNION EAST CENTRAL 20:34 INDIA UNION THEY HAVE APPOINTED ALSO A FULL-TIME 20:38 PERSON TO COLLABORATE WITH THE DIVISION INDIVIDUAL 20:42 AND LAUNCH THIS MOVEMENT SO IT WILL BE A TEAM AND 20:46 THEY ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH UNION STAFF, 20:50 WITH EVERY SECTION AND REGION. 20:52 WE CALL THEM SECTIONS OVER THERE, IT IS LIKE 20:54 CONFERENCES AND THEY WILL BE SETTING-LAUNCHING THIS 20:58 WHOLE PLAN. 20:59 WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPED WITH GOALS, 21:02 OBJECTIVES, ACTIVITIES, TIMELINES AND EVALUATIONS. 21:06 FANTASTIC. 21:07 SO MANZOOR, HOW CAN GOSPEL OUTREACH VIEWERS GET 21:10 INVOLVED IN THIS EARTH SHATTERING INITIATIVE? 21:14 WELL, FIRST OF ALL THOSE OF OUR LISTENERS WHO ARE 21:16 LISTENING HERE THEY COULD COME AND INSPIRE OUR 21:20 CHURCHES. 21:21 WE WOULD WELCOME THAT. 21:23 WE NEED REVIVAL AND WHEN OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS 21:26 FROM HERE GO THEY REALLY EXCITE OUR PEOPLE'S FAITH 21:31 AND THAT'S ONE THING. 21:32 AND IT WORKS THE OTHER WAY TOO. 21:34 YES, IT DOES BOTH WAYS AND SECONDLY, THEY MUST INVEST 21:38 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH SO WE CAN SUPPORT OUR BIBLE 21:41 WORKERS WHO CAN GO AND OPEN NEW DOORS SO THAT 21:45 THESE PEOPLE WE ARE GOING TO BE TRAINING-THEY NEED 21:47 TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL. 21:49 THIS IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE FINISHING GOD'S 21:51 WORK. 21:53 MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO ARE LISTENING TODAY 21:55 OUR REALLY EMPHASIZE THAT THINK ABOUT GOD'S FAMILY 22:00 -THERE IS 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE AND 97 PER CENT OF 22:04 THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT JESUS IS COMING BACK TO 22:09 REDEEM US. 22:10 WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE ANSWER TO ALL THE WORLD'S 22:15 PROBLEMS. 22:15 WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS. 22:20 YES. 22:21 THE WORLD NEEDS JESUS AND THE GOSPEL MORE THAN THE 22:24 DESERT NEEDS THE RAIN. 22:25 THAT'S ALL TRUE. 22:26 MANZOOR WHY DO'T YOU LOOK RIGHT IN THE CAMERA AND 22:28 APPEAL TO OUR VIEWERS AND ASK THEM TO GET IN 22:30 INVOLVED. 22:31 I WOULD LIKE ALL OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING TO 22:34 PLEASE NUMBER ONE: PRAY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 22:38 WE ARE DOING A GREAT WORK IN 40 COUNTRIES AND IT IS 22:42 BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR SUPPORT. 22:45 NUMBER TWO: IF YOU CAN, VISIT INDIA. 22:49 VISIT ANY FIELD OF YOUR CHOICE BUT PARTICULARLY I 22:53 WOULD INVITE YOU TO VISIT AND BE PART OF THIS "ON 22:56 YOUR FEET FOR JESUS" CAMPAIGN IN INDIA. 22:59 WELL, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ALL ARE WORKING TOGETHER 23:01 AND AGAIN WE KEEP SAYING THAT THE NEAT THING ABOUT 23:04 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN CALLED TO 23:08 MOVE TO INDIA BUT GOD HAS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BORN 23:11 IN INDIA TO SHARE JESUS IN INDIA AND HERE WE CAN HELP 23:15 FUND THAT. 23:16 AND WITH THESE INITIATIVES THAT WILL HELP THEN ALL 23:18 THESE DIFFERENT ASPECTS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT 23:20 ANGLES THEN MORE PEOPLE CAN HEAR ABOUT JESUS. 23:22 SO MANZOOR WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU, I KNOW THAT YOU 23:25 ARE SO JAZZED ABOUT THIS BUT WHAT IS THIS LIKE FOR 23:28 YOU TO SEE AND HAVE THIS IDEA FROM THE LORD AND TO 23:31 HAVE PRESENTED IT AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE AND TO 23:33 HAVE OTHER PEOPLE QUOTE "BUY IN" ON IT? 23:35 WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU? 23:36 THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE. 23:38 ALL MY LIFE I HAVE BEEN HOPING THAT OUR CHURCH 23:43 WILL GET- BE ON FIRE AND THAT IS THAT EVERY 23:47 BELIEVER WOULD BECOME A DISCIPLE AND SO WE ARE 23:51 ALSO BUILDING A TRAINING CENTER FOR THE VERY 23:55 PURPOSE FOR DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING. 23:58 THIS IS GOING TO BE AT ONE OF THE CAMPUSES IN EAST 24:01 CENTRAL INDIA UNION AT A HIGH SCHOOL AND THIS 24:05 CENTER WILL TRAIN PEOPLE TO DO PEER EDUCATION. 24:09 THAT IS, WE'LL TRAIN WOMEN TO WORK WITH WOMEN; YOUTH 24:12 TO WORK WITH YOUTH; BUSINESS MEN TO WORK WITH 24:14 BUSINESS PEOPLE AND OUR WORKERS THEY NEED TRAINING 24:18 AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING. 24:19 THEY NEED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, YES, 24:23 AND WE HAVE JUST DEVELOPED A NEW CURRICULUM AT GOSPEL 24:26 OUTREACH. 24:26 GOOD, YES. 24:27 THEY WILL USE THAT TO SHARE JESUS WITH OTHERS. 24:29 YES, SO LET'S TAKE THIS-WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE 24:33 MIND BOGGLING, EARTH SHATTERING, HISTORY MAKING 24:35 INITIATIVE LET'S TAKE THIS BACK TO WHAT YOUR DAD TOLD 24:39 YOU. 24:40 OK, I WANT TO JUST MENTION ONE THING BEFORE I TELL 24:43 YOU THAT. 24:44 THE ONE OF THE KEY PARTS IS THAT DURING THE THIRD 24:50 QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, YES, THE OFFERING IS GOING TO 24:53 GO TO INDIA. 24:54 OH, IT IS? 24:55 YES, AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE 24:58 PROJECTS FUNDED? 24:59 IT IS OUR DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING CENTER. 25:02 GOOD. 25:03 I WOULD LOVE PEOPLE TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE THE IDEA 25:06 THAT HIS DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING CENTER IS FOCUSED 25:10 ON TOTAL MEMBER MOBILIZATION TRAINING. 25:13 AND IT IS EACH ONE OF US. 25:15 AND THIS STEMS-MY MOTIVATION WAS FOR WHAT MY 25:19 FATHER TOLD ME. 25:20 I WAS TRAINED TO BE A PASTOR AND AFTER I GOT MY 25:23 THREE CHURCHES IN THE VILLAGES I CAME HOME AND 25:26 HE TOLD ME TO "GET OFF THE PAYROLL. 25:28 YOU SHOULD NOT BE CHARGING PEOPLE TO TELL ABOUT 25:31 JESUS. 25:31 WOULD YOU CHARGE JESUS? 25:34 WOULD YOU CHARGE SOMEONE BECAUSE YOU ARE TELLING 25:37 SOMEONE HOW YOU GOT SAVED?" 25:38 AND YOU KNOW SUBSEQUENTLY I RESIGNED I WORKED FOR 25:42 THE GOVERNMENT FOR 45 YEARS AND I'M SO DELIGHTED 25:46 THAT GOD HAS PLACED THAT SPECIAL INTEREST IN ME, 25:50 YES, THAT I WANT EVERY BELIEVER TO BECOME A 25:54 DISCIPLE. 25:56 AND YOU LISTENED TO YOUR FATHER WELL, MANZOOR. 25:59 WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TO SHARE 26:01 WITH US AND THANKYOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE 26:03 MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE THANK YOU 26:05 SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK 26:07 YOU FOR WATCHING. 26:08 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, MAY THE LORD 26:09 BLESS YOU TODAY. 26:10 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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