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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000702A
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00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL 00:17 OUTREACH. 00:19 I'M YOUR HOST OLE OLESON THIS AFTERNOON OUR TIME. 00:23 WE HAVE A GUEST WITH US TODAY -MANZOOR MASSEY 00:26 WELCOME TO THE TABLE. 00:27 THE PRIVILEGE IS MINE, THANK YOU. 00:29 I LOVE HEARING STORIES FROM YOU AND TODAY WE'RE 00:32 GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME TELLING STORIES AND 00:36 ENCOURAGING YOU TO INVEST IN THIS. 00:39 SO, WATCH YOUR SCREEN FOR DETAILS OF HOW TO DO THAT 00:41 BUT LET'S GO TO MANZOOR, YOU-WHY DON'T YOU TELL US 00:45 -YOU HAVE SO MANY MISSION STORIES, SO MANY 00:47 ADVENTURES. 00:49 TELL US THE FIRST ONE. 00:51 WHAT DOES IT MEAN "ON YOUR FEET FOR JESUS"? 00:56 WELL THIS IS A VERY, VERY SPECIAL MOVEMENT, IF YOU 01:00 CALL IT, AND THE CONCEPT OF "ON YOUR FEET FOR 01:04 JESUS" IS TO FOR EVERY BELIEVER TO GET ON HIS/OUR 01:10 FEET AND TO SHARE JESUS WITH OTHERS. 01:13 YOU KNOW, THIS WORLD NEEDS JESUS. 01:16 UH HUH. 01:17 THEY NEED JESUS MORE THAN THE DESERT NEEDS THE RAIN. 01:20 YES. 01:21 YOU KNOW, MORE THAN A DROWNING PERSON NEEDS A 01:23 BREATH OF FRESH AIR. 01:25 OUR WORLD IS FALLING APART. 01:27 THINGS THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT COULD BRING THEM PEACE AND 01:31 TRANQUILITY IS NOT WORKING. 01:33 PEOPLE THINK POSITION, POWER, POPULARITY, 01:38 PRIVILEGES-IF THEY GOT THESE FOUR "P'S" THEY GOT 01:42 IT. 01:42 UH HUH. 01:43 AND WE ARE FINDING OUT IT IS NOT WORKING. 01:45 IT IS NOT WORKING. 01:47 IN FACT, THERE IS A RESEARCH SHOWING AFTER 01:49 $75,000 OF INCOME, OK, MORE MONEY DOES NOT BRING 01:51 HAPPINESS. 01:52 IT BRINGS MORE PAIN AND SO IF YOUR BILLS ARE PAID AND 01:53 YOU GOT FOOD AND LODGING YOU ARE CONTENT. 02:06 NOW IFCONTENTMENT IS NOT THERE AND THEY ARE LOOKING 02:10 FOR SOMETHING-THEY ARE SEARCHING AND IN EVERY 02:15 HUMAN HEART THERE IS A SHAPE -EMPTY SHAPE, EMPTY 02:20 HOLE THAT ONLY JESUS CAN FILL. 02:22 ONLY JESUS CAN FILL. 02:24 I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT. 02:24 SO THAT'S WHAT ALL THESE -I'M GOING TO TELL YOU 02:25 LOTS OF STORIES TODAY BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE 02:27 WONDER, THEY SAY, "OH YOU KNOW WHEN YOU READ THE 02:28 BIBLE THERE ARE SO MANY MIRACLES. 02:30 PEOPLE GETTING HEALED IS THAT REALLY HAPPENING 02:31 TODAY?" 02:32 AND SO, WE I THINK TODAY'S PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE 02:41 ABOUT THAT. 02:42 OK. 02:43 OK. 02:44 BECAUSE YOU'VE HEARD THESE OR YOU'VE SEEN THESE 02:46 HAPPEN YOURSELF, HAVEN'T YOU? 02:48 I HAVE HEARD AND I'VE SEEN. 02:50 OK. 02:51 TELL US. 02:52 BUT MY-I WORK IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA. 02:55 OK AND IT's CALLED THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH. 02:58 IN ANDHRA PRADESH YOU HAVE SUCH AN ENORMOUS HUNGER OF 03:05 SEARCHING FOR JESUS AND SO I WANT TO TELL YOU ONE 03:10 STORY. 03:11 IT IS A STORY ABOUT A LADY WHO WAS VERY FRUSTRATED. 03:15 EXTREMELY DISTRESSED BECAUSE HER HUSBAND-ALL 03:19 THE MONEY HE WILL MAKE HE SPENT IT ON ALCOHOL. 03:20 YES. 03:21 SO, HE'LL COME HOME AND HE'LL SAY, "WELL, YOU KNOW 03:22 I LOST MY MONEY." 03:23 OR "I DIDN'T GET PAID TODAY." 03:23 SHE KNEW WHAT HE WAS SAYING. 03:25 SHE KNEW ALL ALONG HE JUST WENT TO THE BAR AND SO SHE 03:28 WAS SO FRUSTRATED AND SHE WENT TO DIFFERENT GODS AND 03:30 TRIED TO PRAY TO GODS AND SAY PLEASE CAN YOU HELP MY 03:32 HUSBAND. 03:33 UH HUH. 03:34 IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD HEAL MY HUSBAND? 03:35 NOTHING. 03:36 NOTHING HAPPENED AND SO ONE DAY SHE CAME TO OUR 03:37 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND SHE SAID, "I HAVE THIS 03:58 PROBLEM." 04:00 "MY HUSBAND TAKES ALL THE MONEY AND HE BLOWS IT ON 04:04 ALCOHOL. 04:05 WE HAVE NOTHING TO EAT AND CAN YOU HELP THAT HE WILL 04:10 STOP DRINKING?" 04:11 THAT WAS A STRANGE REQUEST AND YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE 04:16 DON'T QUIT DRINKING-I DO KNOW THAT- YOU KNOW, WHEN 04:18 YOU TELL THEM. 04:19 I'VE HAD PEOPLE TRY TO ENCOURAGE ME THAT WAY. 04:22 LET'S HEAR THIS STORY THOUGH. 04:23 AND SO, SHE CAME TO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND 04:27 WHAT HE DID-HE BROUGHT THE ENTIRE CHURCH TO PRAY FOR 04:30 HER. 04:31 OH. 04:32 AND THEY ALL PRAYED FOR HIM AND FOR HER AND GUESS 04:34 WHAT? 04:35 SHE SAYS, "HE STOPPED DRINKING." 04:38 HE STOPPED DRINKING COLD TURKEY. 04:40 REALLY? 04:41 NO MORE DRINKING. 04:43 I TELL YOU GOD IS DOING MIRACLES IN THE LIVES OF 04:46 PEOPLE. 04:47 WE JUST DON'T HEAR ABOUT THEM AND WE DON'T 04:50 EXPERIENCE. 04:51 THE LIMIT THAT WE HAVE IS OUR OWN FAITH. 04:56 THAT IS-IT IS HARD TO HEAR THAT IT IS MY FAITH THAT 04:59 MIGHT BE LIMITING IT BUT THERE WAS A CHANCE SHE 05:03 KNEW THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, SHE KNEW HOW TO 05:06 CONTACT HIM AND HE WAS ABLE TO RECRUIT THE BODY 05:10 OF CHRIST TO PRAY AND SEE THIS THAT'S WONDERFUL! 05:13 YES, YOU KNOW BIBLE SAYS OR REMINDS US, TAKE YOUR 05:17 ELDERS AND PRAY FOR THE SICK PERSON. 05:19 YES, YES. 05:20 AND HERE THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE WORKER WAS DOING. 05:23 HE SIMPLY TOLD THE CHURCH, HE SAYS, "WELL, THIS 05:25 PERSON HAS THIS PROBLEM WHY DON'T WE ALL GO AND 05:28 PRAY FOR HIM?" 05:29 HERE IS THE POWER OF PRAYER. 05:31 PRAYER CHANGES LIVES. 05:34 I LIKE IT. 05:35 YOU KNOW. 05:35 I LIKE IT. 05:36 YOU PRAYER CONDITION YOUR HOME, YOU'LL HAVE FEWER 05:39 PROBLEMS. 05:40 PRAYER CONDITION- PRAYER CONDITION, OK? 05:43 EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THAT ON-SOMEPLACE IN THEIR 05:45 HOUSE. 05:46 THIS HOUSE IS PRAYER CONDITIONED. 05:47 PRAYER CONDITIONED, I LIKE IT. 05:50 SO, AND I HAVE ANOTHER OF A YOUNG MAN, OK, AND THIS 05:53 YOUNG MAN, AH, HE LOVED RIDING MOTORCYCLES AND IN 05:56 HIS HURRY WHILE HE WAS DRIVING, UH HUH, AND I 05:58 DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE TRAVELED IN INDIA? 05:59 OH. 06:00 BUT THERE COULD BE ONE LANE, YES, AND THEY'LL 06:01 MAKE THREE, FOUR OUT OF THIS. 06:12 YES. 06:13 YOU KNOW WHOEVER CAN GET IN THERE CAN GO ANYWAY, 06:15 THIS MOTORCYCLIST HE MET WITH AN ACCIDENT. 06:19 HE REALLY HAD A VERY SEVERE INJURY AND HIS-HE 06:22 BROKE HIS LEG, UH HUH, AND OBVIOUSLY IF YOU BROKE 06:23 YOUR LELG YOU COULDN'T WORK AND HAVE SEVERE 06:24 PROBLEMS. 06:25 AND SO, SOMEBODY TOLD HIM THAT IF YOU WANT FASTER 06:35 HEALING HAVE A CHRISTIAN PERSON PRAY FOR YOU. 06:39 OH. 06:40 SO, BECAUSE THEY HAD SEEN IN SOME HOSPITAL THAT THEY 06:44 WENT TO, UHHUH, IT MAY HAVE BEEN OUR HOSPITAL OR 06:47 IT MAY HAVE BEEN ANOTHER CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL, SURE, 06:49 BUT THE DOCTOR PRAYED FIRST. 06:51 OK. 06:52 BEFORE HE TREATED. 06:53 SO, THEIR ADVICE WAS WHY DON'T YOU ASK THIS 06:57 CHRISTIAN FELLOW TO PRAY FOR YOU. 06:58 UH HUH. 06:59 AND SO, THEY CALLED THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 07:02 THE VILLAGES ARE VERY SMALL. 07:03 THE WORD GETS AROUND. 07:04 IT DOES. 07:05 THERE IS A HOLY MAN, AH YES, AND YOU ASK HIM TO 07:08 PRAY FOR YOU. 07:09 YES, AND SO THEY PRAYED AND HIS LEG GOT HEALED 07:11 VERY QUICKLY. 07:13 AND HE ALSO SAYS THAT HE FOUND OUT THAT JESUS CAN 07:18 FORGIVE HIS SINS. 07:20 EVEN MORE ABUNDANCE-AND BRING HIM PEACE. 07:24 YES. 07:25 SO, THIS IS NOT JUST HEALING, NO, THIS IS 07:26 TIMELESS HEALING. 07:28 OH YES. 07:29 YOU KNOW, AND IT IS THE TIMELESS HEALING THAT WE 07:31 SHOULD BE FAMOUS FOR. 07:32 THAT'S TRUE. 07:33 WE ARE INTRODUCING. 07:34 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING IT IS JUST 07:36 ANOTHER ENCOURAGEMENT. 07:37 YOUR MONEY IS NOT REALLY THE ULTIMATE CONTACT WITH 07:43 YOU, IT'S WHEN YOU BEGIN TO TELL YOUR STORY AND 07:46 RECOMMEND JESUS THAT THE POWER IS THERE. 07:49 IT IS HAPPENING THERE, IT CAN HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE 07:50 TOO. 07:51 TELL US ANOTHER STORY. 07:53 LET ME TELL YOU ANOTHER STORY. 07:54 THIS WILL BE-BY THE WAY THIS IN THE PICTURE YOU 07:59 SEE HERE HOW THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS 08:03 CONDUCTING A MEETING-WORSHIPING WITH 08:05 THE VILLAGERS. 08:06 AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE 08:08 SITTING IN THE WORSHIP HALL-THEY ARE ALL FEMALES. 08:11 OH, OK. 08:12 ALL WOMEN. 08:13 IN FACT, SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT TO EIGHTY PERCENT 08:16 OF OUR CHURCHES ARE ALL FILLED WITH WOMEN AND 08:19 CHILDREN. 08:20 OK. 08:21 AND YOUTH AND SO WE ARE PLAYING A VERY SPECIAL 08:23 -PUTTING A SPECIAL EMPHASIS IN REACHING THE 08:26 FAMILY. 08:26 OH, I IMAGINE. 08:27 SO, HERE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THE NEXT 08:30 STORY I WANT TO TELL YOU IS ABOUT THIS YOUNG LADY 08:32 AND SHE HAS TWO SISTERS AND ONE SISTER IS MARRIED 08:38 AND SHE FOUND THAT THEY WERE IN SUCH POOR 08:40 CONDITIONS-SUCH POOR CONDITIONS. 08:43 THEY HADNO FOOD, NOTHING AND SHE BEING THE ELDEST 08:48 HAD TO WORRY ABOUT THE OTHER TWO KIDS. 08:50 AND SO, SHE WAS WORRIED THAT BECAUSE OF HER SINS, 08:55 BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT SHE MAY HAVE DONE WRONG HER 08:58 FAMILY IS SUFFERING POVERTY. 09:02 OH, SO THAT BURDEN OF GUILT-THAT BURDEN OF GUILT 09:05 AND SIN SO SHE IS TRYING TO-SHE WAS TRYING TO 09:10 FIGURE IT OUT HOW CAN HER SINS BE FORGIVEN? 09:14 THAT WAS A BIG INTEREST THAT BECAUSE OF HER SINS, 09:19 SHE WAS SUFFERING POVERTY AND SUFFER ALL KINDS OF 09:22 HARDSHIPS. 09:23 OK. 09:24 AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY COMMON CONCEPT IN OUR 09:26 HINDU BELIEF, RIGHT, IS THAT IF YOU HAVE DONE 09:29 SOMETHING WRONG YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT. 09:33 WELL, IT IS EVEN IN OUR SCRIPTURES- YOU REAP WHAT 09:37 YOU SOW. 09:37 THAT'S RIGHT, SO. 09:38 AND SO, IN HER MIND THE REASON SHE WAS SUFFERING 09:42 AND HER FAMILY WAS HAVING ALL THESE DIFFICULTIES IS 09:46 BECAUSE OF HER SINS AND SO SHE FINDS THIS GOSPEL 09:49 OUTREACH WORKER, UH HUH, AND SHE TELLS HIM, "I HAVE 09:53 SINNED AND I WANT FREEDOM FROM MY SINS." 09:58 AND SO, SHE SAYS, "CAN YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR ME?" 10:02 YES, AND THEN SHE GIVES HER OWN TESTIMONY THAT I 10:05 FELT SO RELIEVED AND SO HAPPY THAT MY SINS ARE 10:09 FORGIVEN THAT THERE IS SOMEBODY CALLED JESUS, UH 10:13 HUH, WHO FORGIVES SINS. 10:15 AND SHE SAYS, "THAT I WAS USED TO WORSHIPING MY 10:18 IDOLS AND GOING TO DIFFERENT AH, SHRINES BUT 10:24 I WAS NOT FEELING PEACE INSIDE." 10:25 UH HUH. 10:26 SO, WHEN THIS GENTLEMAN, SHE CALLS HIM "HOLY MAN" 10:30 IN THE VILLAGE, YES, WHEN HE PRAYED FOR ME -THAT'S 10:33 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER- THERE CAME- WHEN 10:35 HE PRAYED AND SHE SAYS, "I-l FOR PEACE". 10:38 AH, WOW. 10:39 AND SHE TELLS ANOTHER STORY THAT SHE GOT- SHE 10:43 WAS, SHE GOT DENGUE FEVER. 10:45 YES. 10:46 AND YOU KNOW DENGUE FEVER IS FAIRLY DANGEROUS. 10:50 THAT'S A MOSQUITO BORN FEVER? 10:51 YES, THE ENTIRE FAMILY GOT DENGUE FEVER, UH HUH, SO 10:55 MUCH SO THAT HER SISTER'S HUSBAND WALKED AWAY. 11:00 HE LEFT. 11:01 HE JUST GAVE UP, HE WENT INTO HOPELESSNESS. 11:03 HE FELT THAT EVILS SPIRITS HAD TAKEN OVER AND THIS 11:07 FAMILY IS A CURSED FAMILY, OK, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE 11:12 PARTY TO THIS. 11:13 SO, HE LEFT THE SISTER AND WHAT DID SHE DO? 11:17 SHE SAID, "I KNOW WHERE WE CAN GET PEACE, WHERE WE 11:20 CAN GET HEALING." 11:21 SO, SHE FINDS THE SAME "HOLY MAN", YES, THE 11:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND SHE SAYS, "LOOK YOU HELPED 11:29 ME GET OVER MY SINS, WOULD YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR MY 11:32 FAMILY? 11:33 I HAVE DENGUE FEVER- MY FAMILY HAS DENGUE FEVER" 11:37 AND PASTOR AGAIN THIS IS SOMETHING I WAS VERY 11:40 IMPRESSED WITH THAT OUR PASTOR THAT'S BRINGING THE 11:43 CHURCH PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE. 11:46 I LIKE THAT. 11:47 YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED. 11:48 I SAID, "WOW, WHAT A CONCEPT THAT IS". 11:52 YOU'D BE THE WITNESS TOO. 11:53 INSTEAD OF YOU GOING PERSONALLY, YES, YOU 11:55 SIMPLY TAKE A FAMILY WITH YOU, YES, TAKE THE CHURCH 11:58 WITH YOU AND WHEN THE CHURCH PRAYS IT'S A BIG 12:02 CONFIDENCE BUILDING EXERCISE, UH HUH, AND THE 12:06 PERSON BELIEVES WOW, SO MANY PEOPLE LOVE ME. 12:10 SO MANY PEOPLE CARE ABOUT ME. 12:11 THAT IS POWERFUL. 12:13 YES. 12:14 IT IS VERY, VERY POWERFUL AND YOU KNOW, IN INDIA 12:16 IT'S A COMMUNITY THINKING AND COMMUNITY ACTIONS. 12:20 IT MEANS A LOT, DOESN'T IT? 12:21 BECAUSE IF THE COMMUNITY IS WITH YOU - YOU BELONG, 12:25 YES, YOU FEEL REASSURED. 12:26 BEING REJECTED BY YOUR COMMUNITY IS THE ULTIMATE 12:29 EVIL I BET? 12:29 IT IS THE ULTIMATE CURSE. 12:31 CURSE YOU SEE, BUT WHEN YOU FIND THAT THE 12:34 COMMUNITY IS COMING TO PRAY FOR YOU, UH HUH, AND 12:37 THIS HOLY MAN IS PRAYING FOR YOU IT IS INCREDIBLE 12:43 INFLUENCE AND SO BOTH SHE AND HER WHOLE FAMILY WAS 12:48 HEALED OF THE DENGUE FEVER. 12:50 THAT'S REMARKABLE. 12:52 I'VE NEVER HAD IT BUT I -IT MUST BE DEBILITATING 12:56 FOR THOSE WHO CAN GET OVER IT. 12:59 AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER GOD CANNOT DO WHAT 13:04 WE DON'T LET HIM DO. 13:06 UH HUH. 13:07 OK, IF OUR FAITH IS NOT THERE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T 13:10 HAVE FAITH IN HIM HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR 13:13 US, OK. 13:15 BECAUSE HE IS A GOD OF LOVE AND HE WILL NEVER 13:17 FORCE HIMSELF ON ANYBODY. 13:19 THAT CONCEPT OF GOD IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL THERE 13:22 IS. 13:22 OH, IT IS POWERFUL. 13:23 HE IS NOT A COERCIVE GOD. 13:24 HE IS NOT A COERCIVE GOD AND YOU KNOW IN OUR MANY 13:27 OF OUR INDIAN FAITHS, THE CONCEPT IS THE- YOU HEARD 13:34 THE DOCTRINE OF TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS, 13:37 OH YES, AND THE REINCARNATION, OH YES, AND 13:40 IF YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON YOUR SOUL REINCARNATES 13:45 INTO A HIGHER BEING, YES, ULTIMATELY AS A HUMAN 13:47 BEING BUT IF YOU ARE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB IN 13:51 LIVING, NOT LIVING A GOOD LIFE, YES, THEN YOUR SOUL 13:54 TRANSMIGRATES -IT GOES DOWNWARD INTO THINGS LIKE 13:59 VULTURES OR PIGS OR SNAKES. 14:02 YES, AND SO THIS IS A FEAR. 14:06 UH HUH. 14:07 THE OTHER CONCEPT IS I MAY HAVE HURT GOD, I MAY HAVE 14:10 OFFENDED HIM SO I AM PAYING FOR IT. 14:12 YES. 14:13 YOU SEE AND AGAIN THE DEVIL IS GIVING PEOPLE THE 14:17 IDEA THAT GOD GETS EVEN WITH YOU. 14:20 OH YES. 14:21 HE IS A GOD OF REVENGE. 14:22 RIGHT. 14:23 NOT A GOD OF LOVE AND SO WHEN SHE CAME TO THE 14:27 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND SHE SAYS, "I MUST HAVE 14:30 DONE SOMETHING WRONG". 14:31 AND HE SAID, "WELL, WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR HEALING" 14:36 AND THE WHOLE CHURCH SHOWS UP AND PRAYS AND THE 14:39 FAMILY GETS HEALED OF DENGUE FEVER. 14:41 AMAZING. 14:43 MANZOOR, LET'S TAKE A BREAK RIGHT HERE AND 14:47 INVITE PEOPLE-ALL OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING TO BE 14:49 INSPIRED BY THESE CHILDREN. 14:51 AH, THEY HAVE BEEN RECRUITED TO HELP 14:55 ENCOURAGE US TO REACH OUT, DO THE RIGHT THING, BE THE 15:00 SPARK. 15:01 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 15:07 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 15:10 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 15:13 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 15:16 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 15:19 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD 15:24 HURTS. 15:25 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 15:28 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 15:32 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 15:37 ACTUALLY, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED 15:44 YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 15:51 WHERE? 15:51 ALL THE WORLD. 15:54 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 16:00 YOU CAN PRAY. 16:03 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 16:07 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 16:11 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 16:18 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 16:22 MEANING BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 16:23 BE THE SPARK. 16:24 LIGHT THE FIRE. 16:24 FINISH THE WORK. 16:25 FINISH THE WORK. 16:26 BE THE SPARK. 16:27 AREN'T THOSE CHILDREN DELIGHTFUL? 16:28 FINISH THE WORK THEY TELL US AND YOU KNOW FOR PEOPLE 16:29 THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH WE 16:30 DON'T KNOW WHEN THEIR OPPORTUNITY FINISHES AND 16:32 OUR INVESTMENT OF TIME AND MONEY AND ENERGY. 16:33 THIS IS GOD'S EFFORT TO REACH THEM DURING THEIR 16:35 LIFETIME. 16:35 LET'S KEEP INVESTING IN IT. 16:36 MANZOOR, YOU HAVE MORE STORIES FOR US. 16:37 I DO, I DO I HAVE ANOTHER VERY, VERY FASCINATING 16:39 STORY. 16:40 FROM SOUTHERN INDIA, FROM SOUTHERN INDIA, FROM 16:41 ANDHRA PRADESH. 16:42 ANDHRA PRADESH, YES. 16:43 THESE STORIES ARE HOT OFF THE PRESS. 16:45 OK. 16:46 I JUST GOT THEM LAST WEEK. 16:47 OH. 16:48 AND SO, IT IS HAPPENING LIKE RIGHT NOW. 16:51 OK. 16:52 AND SO, THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A HINDU FAMILY. 16:55 THE WIFE WAS IN A GREAT DEAL OF PAIN AND HER 17:00 HUSBAND HAD DIED AND NOW SHE WAS LEFT WITH NOTHING 17:04 TO DO, NO INCOME, NO SUPPORT WHATSOEVER. 17:09 BUT SHE WAS VERY DISTRESSED AND SHE FELT 17:13 THAT THERE IS SOMETHINGMISSING INSIDE. 17:16 SO, SHE SEARCHES OUT OUR BIBLE WORKER AND SHE TELLS 17:20 HIM THE STORY THAT HER HUSBAND DIED, WE ARE IN 17:23 LOT OF DISTRESS AND IS THERE ANYTHING YOU COULD 17:27 DO TO HELP ME GET RID OF MY SINS? 17:30 OH, SHE TOO HAD THAT SENSE OF SINFULNESS. 17:32 YES, THIS IS A COMMON BELIEF THAT WHEN YOU ARE 17:36 SUFFERING, UH HUH, YOU HAVE DISPLEASED GOD. 17:41 OK. 17:42 BECAUSE YOU HAVE GOD THE CREATOR, YOU HAVE GOD THE 17:45 PRESERVER, AND YOU HAVE GOD THE DESTROYER. 17:48 OH. 17:49 IN THEIR CONCEPT. 17:49 OH YES. 17:50 AND SO, IN OTHER WORDS, PAIN AND SUFFERING COMES 17:55 FROM YOUR DEEDS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE SAY YOU REAP WHAT 18:00 YOU SOW. 18:01 UH HUH. 18:02 AND THERE THEY BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GETTING EVEN 18:04 WITH YOU. 18:06 YOU ARE NOT A GOOD PERSON SO NOW ALL THIS EVIL IS 18:10 COMING UPON YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN WORKS. 18:13 AND I TELL YOU IF THERE IS ANY TRUCKLOAD THAT BURDENS 18:17 YOU MORE, IT IS THE GUILT AND THE SHAME AND THE SIN 18:24 AND YOU FEEL -OH BOY. 18:26 AND THERE IS NO EASY WAY IN THAT RELIGION TO GET 18:29 RID OF THAT. 18:31 IT IS VERY TOUGH BECAUSE OUR FAITHS IN INDIA, MANY 18:36 OF OUR FAITHS, THEY ARE BASED ON THE IDEA OF 18:38 WORKS. 18:39 YES. 18:40 OK. 18:40 OF COURSE. 18:41 YOU DO GOOD WORK, YOU GET GOOD BENEFITS. 18:44 YES. 18:45 YOU MESS UP YOU GONNA PAY FOR IT AND THE CONCEPT IS 18:51 OK BUT IT IS NOT THE PICTURE OF GOD. 18:55 NO. 18:55 THE PICTURE OF GOD IS LIKE A GOOD FATHER. 18:59 A GOOD FATHER DOESN'T PUNISH HIS CHILDREN 19:03 BECAUSE THEY MESSED UP ONCE. 19:05 CORRECT. 19:06 YOU SEE. 19:06 HE STILL LOVES THEM. 19:08 HE MAY WANT TO CORRECT THEM BUT IT IS NOT THAT HE 19:11 IS TAKING VENGENCE AND SO THIS WHOLE CONCEPT OF 19:16 LOVING GOD, CARING GOD, SERVING GOD -THIS IS GOOD 19:20 NEWS. 19:20 THAT IS GOOD NEWS. 19:21 AND IT IS A BIG TRUCKLOAD OFF YOUR BACK. 19:25 YES. 19:26 I REMEMBER WHEN MY PARENTS WERE STILL NOT CHRISTIANS 19:31 YET AND I USED TO GO TO A SCHOOL WHERE THE TEACHER 19:38 HAD GIVEN US A CALENDAR AND SHE WILL GIVE US THE 19:41 CALENDAR, SHE'LL SAY, OK CHILDREN IF YOU DO 19:44 ANYTHING NAUGHTY COLOR THAT DAY BLACK BUT IF YOU 19:49 DON'T DO ANYTHING NAUGHTY THEN KEEP IT WHITE. 19:53 SO, WE WILL BE GIVEN THIS CALENDAR FOR THE WHOLE 19:56 WEEK. 19:57 MY CALENDAR WAS ALWAYS BLACK. 20:00 I JUST COULD NOT KEEP MY CALENDAR WHITE AND I USED 20:05 TO FEEL SO BAD AND TAKE MY CALENDAR, HIDING IT, YES, 20:09 SO NOBODY WOULD SEE IT. 20:10 YES. 20:11 AND I REALIZED WHEN I GREW UP AND I WAS INTRODUCED TO 20:15 THE ADVENTIST CHURCH AND THEY TOLD ME HOW LOVING 20:21 GOD IS-HE COULD TAKE YOUR CALENDAR AND TEAR IT AWAY 20:24 AND HELP YOU START ALL OVER. 20:26 OH. 20:27 THAT WAS SUCH A GOODNEWS TO ME. 20:29 AND HOW PEOPLE IN INDIA ARE HUNGRY FOR THAT GOOD 20:33 NEWS. 20:34 THEY WANT TO SEE THEIR CALENDARS LOOKING 20:37 COMPLETELY CLEAN AGAIN. 20:38 SO, WHETHER THEY ARE IN A VILLAGE OR WHETHER THEY 20:41 JUST ENCOUNTERED A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, GOD'S 20:44 POWER TO LOVE IS BEING MANIFESTED AMONG THEM OR 20:46 SOMETHING. 20:47 ABSOLUTELY. 20:48 SO, IN THIS CASE THIS LADY SHE CAME INTO OUR PASTOR 20:52 AND SHE SAID, "WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME?" 20:55 "FIRST OF ALL, I WANT PEACE AND THEN ALL THE 21:00 PROBLEMS I HAVE- TELL JESUS TO HEAL THOSE 21:04 PROBLEMS TO GET HELP ME GET RID OF THOSE 21:07 PROBLEMS." 21:08 SO, AT THIS POINT IN HER LIFE SHE HAD TO RELY ON 21:10 SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO THE PRAYING FOR HER. 21:12 IN FACT, I WAS- THIS STORY IS ABOUT THE UNITED 21:16 STATES. 21:16 OK. 21:17 MY TELEPHONE RANG AND I PICKED UP THE TELEPHONE 21:20 -THIS LADY ON THE OTHER SIDE SHE SAID, "OH, YOUR 21:23 DR. MASSEY?" 21:24 I SAID, "YES." 21:25 SHE SAID, "ALL MY-I HAVE JUST LEARNED WATCHING YOU 21:28 ON TV THAT ALL MY PROBLEMS ARE BECAUSE OF YOU." 21:31 AND SO, I WAS VERY INTRIGUED. 21:34 I SAID, "WELL, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW I AM THE 21:39 CAUSE OF YOUR PROBLEMS." 21:40 SHE SAID, "NO, NO, NO NOT THAT WAY. 21:42 WHEN YOU TOLD US ON TV WHAT CAUSES PROBLEMS, I 21:46 BECAME AWARE THAT THESE ARE THE REASONS WHY I HAVE 21:50 A PROBLEM." 21:51 I SEE. 21:52 SO, SHE SAYS, "AH, CAN YOU PRAY FOR ME?" 21:57 I SAID, "I WILL PRAY FOR YOU." 21:58 THAT'S THE RIGHT QUESTION. 21:59 YES. 22:00 CAN YOU PRAY FOR ME? 22:00 SO, SAID, "YES, I'LL PRAY FOR YOU." 22:03 I SAID, "NOW, YOU HANG ON THE LINE AND I'M GOING TO 22:06 TALK TO JESUS AND I'M GOING TO CONNECT YOU 22:08 DIRECTLY TO HIM RIGHT NOW." 22:12 SO, AS I PRAYED AND SHE SAYS TO ME SHE SAYS, 22:15 "DON'T HANG UP, I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION." 22:19 I SAID, "YES," SHE SAID, "MY SON BILL, DIED LAST 22:23 YEAR CHRISTMAS TIME AND NOW I ACTUALLY TALK TO 22:27 BILL BECAUSE BILL IS UP THERE," OH, "AND I TALK TO 22:30 BILL AND I ASK HIM-GOD IS VERY BUSY, HE HAS A LOT OF 22:33 THINGS TO DO, CAN YOU SLIP IN THERE AND TELL HIM THAT 22:37 I NEED HIS HELP?" 22:38 SO, I TOLD HER I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT? 22:41 NOBODY BUT BILL-IF BILL COULD HEAR HE'LL BE 22:44 TICKLED, HE'LL BE SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE CONNECTED 22:49 DIRECTLY TO JESUS." 22:50 YES. 22:51 SO, I SAID, "I'M GOING TO CONNECT YOU RIGHT NOW." 22:53 AND SO, WE PRAYED, UH HUH, AND THEN I TOLD HER I 22:56 SAID, "YOU ARE NOW CONNECTED". 22:57 I SAID, "JESUS, DOROTHY WANTS TO TALK TO YOU." 23:00 OH, I LOVE IT. 23:02 "WOULD YOU PLEASE TALK TO HER DIRECTLY. 23:04 SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH BILL." 23:05 YES. 23:06 "AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO OUR PRAYER." 23:08 WHAT A RELIEF THAT WAS TO HER. 23:12 AND SHE SAID, "OH, I'M SO GLAD YOU CONNECTED ME TO 23:15 JESUS". 23:16 YOU SEE THE HUNGER, YES, TO CONNECT WITH GOD, YES, 23:20 IS UNIVERSAL. 23:21 IT IS. 23:22 IT IS EVERYWHERE. 23:23 IT IS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 23:24 IT IS. 23:25 WE JUST DON'T REACH OUT TO TOUCH SOMEONE AND LET THEM 23:30 KNOW THAT THERE IS JESUS WHO CAN TAKE AWAY THIS 23:33 BURDEN. 23:34 UH HUH. 23:35 WHO CAN HELP YOU SO THAT'S WHAT SHE EXPERIENCED SO 23:39 MUCH RELIEF. 23:42 WE'RE DOWN TO JUST A FEW MINUTES. 23:44 OH, OH. 23:45 AND WE NEED TO HEAR AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A STORY TO 23:47 SHARE THAT IS VERY SPECIAL TO YOU. 23:49 THIS LAST STORY I HAVE IS ABOUT THIS YOUNG LADY. 23:54 FOR TWELVE YEARS THEY HAD NO CHILD AND SHE WAS GOING 23:59 AND BATHING UNDER TREES AND IN RIVERS AND ALL BUT, 24:03 YOU KNOW, NO LUCK. 24:04 NO LUCK. 24:05 AND FINALLY, FINALLY THEY CAME TO THE GOSPEL 24:10 OUTREACH WORKER AND THEY ASKED HIM-WE NEED A CHILD. 24:13 WE NEED A BABY. 24:14 CAN PRAY OVER US? 24:17 HE PRAYED AND GUESS WHAT? 24:20 THEY HAVE A BABY. 24:22 AND YOU KNOW, THIS STORY IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME. 24:25 IT IS ISN'T IT? 24:26 YES, BECAUSE MY PARENTS DID NOT HAVE A CHILD NINE 24:31 YEARS AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE. 24:32 AH. 24:33 AND SO, MY FATHER WAS VERY DISTRESSED BECAUSE MY 24:38 MOTHER WAS CALLED A CURSED WOMAN BECAUSE SHE BROUGHT 24:42 HIM CURSE TO THIS FAMILY. 24:43 SO, HE TOOK HER ON A PILGRIMAGE AND THEY BATHED 24:47 UNDER TREES, IN THE RIVERS AND ALL. 24:50 CAME BACK- NO RESULTS. 24:51 NO RESULTS. 24:52 AND THEN HE WAS WORKING AT THE FARM AND SOMEBODY 24:55 STOPPED BY AND SAID, "WHAT WAS THIS PILGRIMAGE ALL 24:58 ABOUT?" 24:59 AND HE WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE HE HADN'T TOLD ANYBODY. 25:02 SO, THE MAN SAID, "ASK JESUS AND YOU WILL HAVE A 25:06 CHILD." 25:07 SO, NINE MONTHS LATER, I WAS BORN. 25:10 AMAZING. 25:11 NINE MONTHS LATER. 25:12 SO, WHEN YOU HEARD THIS STORY OF THE WOMAN, OH I 25:14 WAS, YOU KNOW THIS STORY. 25:16 I COULD IDENTIFY WITH IT. 25:18 ABSOLUTELY. 25:18 AND SO, THEY NAMED ME MANZOOR. 25:20 MANZOOR MEANS ACCEPTABLE. 25:22 MANZOOR MASIH THAT MEANS ACCEPTABLE TO JESUS. 25:25 OH. 25:26 THAT'S HOW I WAS NAMED AND SO I WAS A PROMISED CHILD. 25:30 YOU WERE A PROMISED CHILD. 25:31 YES, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT MOTIVATES ME THAT 25:35 WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. 25:38 YES. 25:39 WE NEED TO TELL OTHERS. 25:41 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS REALLY EMPHASIZING IT ON 25:44 THE WORLD IN FORTY COUNTRIES THAT WE NEED TO 25:48 HAVE OUR OWN STORY. 25:50 YES. 25:51 TELL OUR OWN STORY WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US. 25:53 JUST LIKE MARK 5:20. 25:55 GO HOME AND TELL WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU. 25:59 THANK YOU FOR TELLING US YOUR STORY IN THEMIDDLE OF 26:02 ALL THESE STORIES. 26:03 I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR WATCHING AND THINKING 26:06 OF THIS. 26:07 YOU HAVE A STORY ABOUT YOUR CONNECTION WITH 26:11 JESUS. 26:12 YOU ARE THE ONE WHO HAS A UNIQUE STORY THAT NOBODY 26:16 ELSE HAS AND WE WANT YOU TO BE ENCOURAGED TO TELL 26:21 THAT EVEN AS WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO INVEST IN THOSE WHO 26:25 ARE OUT THERE DOING THIS WORK AROUND THE WORLD. 26:29 YOU ARE THE ONE WHO CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. 26:31 GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU LOOK OVER YOUR FAMILY FINANCES 26:35 AND SENSE THAT GOD IN CONNECTION WITH YOU HAS A 26:38 TOUCH ON YOUR HEART, YOUR LIPS EVEN YOUR POCKETBOOK. 26:46 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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