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00:32 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL
00:36 OUTREACH. 00:37 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND IN JOEL IT SAYS, JOEL 00:40 2:28. 00:42 I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT ON ALL PEOPLE. 00:45 YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS WILL PROPHESY, YOUR OLD 00:47 MEN WILL DREAM DREAMS, YOUR YOUNG MEN WILL SEE 00:50 VISIONS. 00:51 AND HOW EXCITING IS THAT. 00:53 AND TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS 00:56 SCRIPTURE HERE WITH MARTY PHILLIPS HERE AT 00:59 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:59 HI MARTY HOW ARE YOU? 01:00 I'M DOING GREAT. 01:01 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:02 IT'S A PLEASURE ONCE AGAIN TO BE HERE WITH YOU. 01:04 AND YES, I'M JUST SEEING THIS. 01:08 YOU KNOW WE WORK WITH UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS 01:11 AND WITH MUSLIMS AND OTHERS AND WE FIND THAT 01:14 GOD IS RAINING DOWN VISIONS AND DREAMS AROUND 01:17 THE WORLD. 01:18 SO THIS SCRIPTURE IS VERY APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT 01:21 YOU'RE HEARING FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF 01:23 PEOPLE. 01:24 I DO. 01:25 FOR EXAMPLE MORE MUSLIMS HAVE COME TO FAITH AND I 01:28 WOULD SAY MORE HIGH CASTE BRAHMINS HAVE COME TO 01:30 FAITH IN THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS THAN IN THE LAST 01:34 FIFTEEN HUNDRED YEARS. 01:35 AND I WOULD ATTRIBUTE A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH 01:40 PEOPLE HAVING VISIONS AND DREAMS OF JESUS PREPARING 01:43 THEM FOR THE LAST DAY. 01:45 AND WE JUST SEE THIS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER 01:47 ESPECIALLY AMONG PEOPLE OF INFLUENCE WHO START A 01:50 MOVEMENT WHICH IS A GROUP LATER. 01:52 THEY WILL HAVE THIS POWERFUL CALL OF CHRIST 01:55 AND THEN THEY WILL GO SEARCHING FOR WHO CAN TELL 01:57 ME MORE ABOUT THIS. 01:59 THEN THEY ARE SEARCHING. 02:00 AND THEN THEY ARE SEARCHING. 02:02 AND SO THEN THEY GO TO FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN 02:05 APPROPRIATELY SHARE. 02:06 SO WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS GOD'S PEOPLE ARE READY TO 02:09 SHARE IN A WAY THAT IS MEANINGFUL, UNDERSTANDABLE 02:14 AND RELEVANT THAT DOESN'T PULL THE PEOPLE OUT OF 02:16 THEIR CONTEXT AND LOSE THEIR WITNESS. 02:19 THESE PEOPLE THEY CAN STAY IN THEIR COMMUNITY, AND 02:21 GOD JUST GIVES MORE AND MORE VISIONS AND DREAMS 02:24 ACROSS THE UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS. 02:27 AND SO THEN THOSE PEOPLE WHEN THE MISSIONARY 02:29 ARRIVES OR THE PERSON THAT SHARES THE FAITH WITH THEM 02:32 THEY ARE VERY VERY READY. 02:34 I'M SO EXCITED TO HEAR THIS. 02:35 THIS IS SO EXCITING. 02:37 SO EXPLAIN. 02:38 MAYBE SOMEONE HAS HEARD THE TERM BRAHMIN BUT 02:40 THEY'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THAT MEANS. 02:42 OKAY. 02:43 THAT IS THE PRIESTLY OR THE HIGH CASTE PEOPLE 02:47 WITHIN INDIA. 02:48 OKAY, ALRIGHT. 02:49 SO TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THIS AND IT'S 02:52 ALWAYS EXCITING TO TALK WITH YOU MARTY. 02:54 SO WE'RE GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON A 02:57 PARTICULAR PART OF THIS 10/40 WINDOW THAT GOES ALL 03:00 THE WAY FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THROUGH INDIA, CHINA 03:02 AND THE PHILIPPINES AND ALL OF THAT. 03:04 SO WHERE IS THE FOCUS FOR TODAY'S TALK? 03:07 WELL TODAY I THOUGHT WE WOULD TALK A LITTLE BIT OF 03:10 THE AFRICAN REGION WITHIN THE ISLAMIC CONTEXT. 03:13 OKAY AND YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT VISIONS AND DREAMS 03:16 EVEN THERE AS WELL. 03:17 ABSOLUTELY. 03:18 LET ME SHARE ONE WITH YOU OF A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. 03:20 AND HE WAS WORKING IN A VERY CLOSED COUNTRY WITHIN 03:25 AFRICA WHICH IS IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR OF AFRICA. 03:28 AND HE HAD THESE VERY POWERFUL VISIONS AND 03:34 DREAMS. 03:35 IN FACT HE HAD ABOUT 30 DREAMS OF JESUS SAYING 03:38 FOLLOW ME. 03:40 THIRTY? 03:40 THIRTY, YES. 03:42 AND HE KEPT SAYING NO YOU'RE NOT MY PROPHET, 03:44 YOU'RE NOT MY PROPHET. 03:45 WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME. 03:46 FINALLY ON THE THIRTY-THIRD OR SOMETHING 03:49 HE SAID THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME I CALL YOU. 03:52 AND SO HE SAID OKAY I GIVE UP. 03:55 AND ISN'T THAT SOMETHING. 03:56 WASN'T JESUS 33 WHEN HE DIED. 03:57 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 03:59 SO THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS THOUGHT. 04:01 I DON'T KNOW WHY BECAUSE HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT I 04:03 HEARD THAT TOOK SO MANY CALLS. 04:07 AND SO HE JUST HAD THIS POWERFUL EXPERIENCE AND HE 04:10 STARTED GOING SEARCHING AND HE ACTUALLY WORKED FOR 04:13 ADRA IN THAT COUNTRY. 04:14 ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF AGENCY. 04:17 BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO SHARE THEIR FAITH BECAUSE 04:21 THEY WERE UNDER STRICT MEMORANDUM OF 04:23 UNDERSTANDING WITH THE GOVERNMENT. 04:26 AND SO ACTUALLY A NON-ADVENTIST WORKING IN 04:30 THE ORGANIZATION SHARED WITH HIM WHAT ADVENTISTS 04:33 BELIEVED. 04:35 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING. 04:36 AND SO THEN HE STARTED HIS WALK WITH CHRIST. 04:41 AND SO WE SEE THESE TYPE OF EXPERIENCES OVER AND 04:44 OVER. 04:45 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF AFRICA, ON THE OTHER SIDE 04:50 OF AFRICA ANOTHER PERSON RECENTLY AS WELL. 04:53 ONE OF OUR WORKERS LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY. 04:57 AND THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO WAS ALWAYS GIVING HIM 04:58 PROBLEMS BECAUSE SHE SAID WHY ARE WE GOING TO HAVE 05:00 FOLLOWERS OF JESUS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 05:01 AND WAS ALWAYS, EVERYTHING SHE COULD DO TO STIR THE 05:02 NEIGHBORS AGAINST HIM. 05:03 SHE WAS STIRRING UP THE NEIGHBORS IN THE 05:04 COMMUNITY. 05:05 WELL TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT ONE DAY SHE IS 05:12 POUNDING AT HIS DOOR AT AROUND SIX IN THE MORNING. 05:19 COME COME I NEED TO SPEAK WITH YOU. 05:21 OH MY. 05:21 ABOUT WHAT? 05:22 EXACTLY. 05:23 AND SO HE COMES AND WHY DOES THIS WOMAN, THIS 05:26 WOMAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN GIVING PROBLEMS, WANT TO 05:28 SPEAK WITH ME SO EARLY. 05:29 PLEASE, PLEASE COME TO THE DOOR AND SHE CALLS. 05:31 SO HE COMES SLEEPILY THERE TO THE DOOR, ARRIVES AND 05:35 SAYS HOW CAN I HELP YOU. 05:36 CAN I COME IN, CAN I COME IN PLEASE. 05:38 AND HE SAYS SURE, SURE, PLEASE COME IN. 05:40 I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT. 05:41 SHE DID? 05:42 SHE DID. 05:43 AND SHE SAID I WAS LYING IN MY BED AND ALL OF A 05:46 SUDDEN I SAW THAT YOU WERE ALSO LYING IN YOUR BED BUT 05:51 YOU WERE HAVING A VISION. 05:53 AND I SAW A MAN A BEAUTIFUL MAN DRESSED IN 05:57 WHITE HIS FACE SHINING LIKE THE SUN AND GIVING 06:01 YOU A VISION. 06:02 BUT I COULDN'T SEE THE VISION HE WAS GIVING YOU. 06:05 BUT SHE KNEW THAT IN HER DREAM THAT HE WAS HAVING A 06:08 VISION. 06:09 THAT HE WAS HAVING A VISION BUT IT WAS A VISION 06:11 ABOUT THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 06:13 REALLY. 06:14 AND SHE SAID IF I WAS GIVEN THIS DREAM IT MEANS 06:16 THAT I NEED TO STOP FIGHTING YOU. 06:18 I AM SO SORRY. 06:19 PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE SECOND 06:21 COMING OF JESUS. 06:22 WOW. 06:23 SO SHE WENT FROM BEING THE TOWN BUSY BODY TO THEN 06:25 ACCEPTING JESUS. 06:27 ACCEPTING JESUS AND NOW BEING THE BUSY BODY 06:29 SHARING JESUS. 06:30 FOR JESUS. 06:30 OH SEE, WOW. 06:31 OH WOW, WOW LORD. 06:33 THAT IS FANTASTIC. 06:36 SO YOU ARE HEARING THESE STORIES FROM THESE PEOPLE 06:38 WHO ARE BEING IMPACTED ON WAYS THAT WE CAN'T BUT GOD 06:42 CAN. 06:43 EXACTLY. 06:43 SO GOD DOES THIS. 06:44 FOR EXAMPLE I JUST RECENTLY, IN THE LAST 06:47 MONTH, MET ANOTHER PERSON ALSO FROM THE GREATER 06:51 AFRICAN REGION. 06:52 AND ONE OF HIS FRIENDS, AND THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT 06:55 HAS A SMALL CHRISTIAN MINORITY. 06:57 HE WAS A VERY IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS LEADER, MUSLIM 07:00 RELIGIOUS LEADER IN HIS COUNTRY. 07:02 AND HIS, ONE OF HIS CLASSMATES FROM PRIMARY 07:05 SCHOOL WAS GETTING MARRIED. 07:07 AND SO HIS CLASSMATE, HE SENT AN INVITATION PLEASE 07:12 ATTEND MY WEDDING. 07:13 WHEN HE ARRIVES TO THE CHURCH HE FEELS LIKE HE IS 07:16 WALKING INTO THIS ALMOST WATERFALL OF PEACE. 07:19 HE FEELS THIS ALMOST PHYSICAL THING AS HE WALKS 07:22 INTO THE CHURCH. 07:23 I LOVE THAT DESCRIPTION, A WATERFALL OF PEACE. 07:26 OKAY, KEEP GOING. 07:27 I JUST HAD TO THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE. 07:28 SO HE WALKS INTO THIS CHURCH. 07:30 HE FEELS THIS INCREDIBLE SENSE OF PEACE AS HE WALKS 07:33 IN. 07:34 AND HE IS OVERTAKEN BY IT. 07:35 HE HAS NEVER FELT ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN A MOSQUE AND 07:38 IN WHAT HE DOES. 07:40 AND NOW HE IS TAKEN ABACK. 07:42 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN. 07:44 HE ALWAYS SAW THE CHRISTIANS AS, WELL HE WAS 07:47 HIS GOOD FRIEND BUT NOTHING MORE THAN THAT. 07:49 AND BUT THEN SOMETHING THAT NIGHT HAPPENED VERY 07:53 STRANGE. 07:54 HE SEES THIS LONG, LONG IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG HALL. 07:57 AND AT THE END OF THE HALL HE SEES THIS MAN DRESSED 08:00 IN WHITE AND HIS FACE SHINING LIKE THE SUN. 08:02 AND HE IS SAYING, HE'S GOING LIKE THIS WITH HIS 08:07 HAND CALLING HIM. 08:09 WHICH IS HOW YOU, IN OTHER CULTURES, HOW YOU CALL 08:11 PEOPLE? 08:12 YES. 08:13 AND SO HE IS CALLING HIM LIKE THIS. 08:15 AND SO HE FEELS VERY STRANGE. 08:19 BUT DURING THE DREAM HE FEELS THE SAME PEACE AS 08:21 WHEN HE WAS AT THE CHURCH. 08:24 THE WATERFALL OF PEACE. 08:25 THE WATERFALL OF PEACE. 08:26 SO IN HIS DREAM HE FEELS THIS WATERFALL OF PEACE 08:29 WHILE HE IS BEING CALLED BY THIS MAN IN WHITE AND 08:31 IN HIS HEART HE KNOWS IT'S JESUS. 08:33 HE IS SEEING JESUS THERE CALL HIM. 08:35 THE SECOND NIGHT HE HAS THIS SAME DREAM BUT THIS 08:39 TIME HE HEARS, COME TO ME. 08:43 AND NOW HE IS TAKEN EVEN MORE ABACK. 08:45 HE IS REALLY SHOCKED. 08:46 A THIRD NIGHT HE HAS THE SAME DREAM BUT HE SAYS 08:49 COME TO ME. 08:50 AND WHAT DOES THE VERSE SAY, AND I WILL GIVE YOU 08:53 REST. 08:54 AND SO HE KNOWS HE HAS TO FOLLOW JESUS. 08:58 AND HE WAS A VERY IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS LEADER 09:00 IN HIS COUNTRY. 09:01 AND HE DECIDED TO FOLLOW CHRIST. 09:06 AFTER THE THREE VISIONS. 09:07 AFTER THE THREE VISIONS. 09:09 SO HOW DOES SOMEONE WHO IS ISLAM MUSLIM, SO THESE 09:13 PARTICULAR PEOPLE, THEY ARE VIEWING CHRISTIANITY 09:16 AS THOSE PEOPLE SO DIFFERENT FROM THEM. 09:21 YES. 09:22 SO THIS IS A HUGE BRIDGE, AND A HUGE GAP FOR THEM. 09:26 SO ALL THREE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE TALKED 09:30 ABOUT, THESE PEOPLE BECOME FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST. 09:34 BUT IN THE MUSLIM MENTALITY THERE IS A 09:37 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST AND 09:40 BECOMING A CHRISTIAN BECAUSE WHEN THEY HEAR THE 09:42 WORD CHRISTIAN THEY THINK OF CHRISTENDOM IN THE 09:45 WESTERN CULTURE AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH 09:47 IT. 09:48 BUT IF THEY INSTEAD OF GOING TO A BRICK AND 09:49 MORTAR CHURCH JOIN A HOME FELLOWSHIP IT'S A VERY 09:53 DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE FOR THEM. 09:55 AND NOT ONLY TAKE THIS A STEP FURTHER SO OUR 09:58 VIEWERS CAN MAKE SURE TO UNDERSTAND THIS AND HELP 10:00 ME UNDERSTAND THIS TOO. 10:01 THE MUSLIMS OFTEN VIEW CHRISTIANITY AS THE 10:06 WESTERN CULTURE WITH ALL OF THE WHAT. 10:09 HOLLYWOOD, DRINKING AND ALL OF THAT SO THEY PUT 10:13 THAT ALL TOGETHER. 10:14 THEY PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER AND THEY JOIN THAT CLEAR 10:17 BACK TO THEIR FIRST MAJOR ENCOUNTER WITH 10:20 CHRISTIANITY IN A NEGATIVE WAY FOR THEM WAS WITH THE 10:25 CRUSADES. 10:25 THE CRUSADES RIGHT. 10:26 AND SO WE WHO LIVE IN A WESTERN CULTURE, WE LIVE 10:30 TODAY AND NOW. 10:30 ISLAMIC CULTURE LOOKS TO YESTERDAY AND THE DAY 10:34 BEFORE YESTERDAY. 10:36 AND THEY HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN IT. 10:37 THINGS THAT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY 10:41 GREAT GRANDPARENTS HARDLY. 10:43 THEY WILL TELL YOU STORIES ALL THE WAY BACK WHAT 10:45 HAPPENED FOR GENERATIONS. 10:47 OH AND SEE, I LOVE THAT. 10:49 THAT IS, THAT IS A CULTURAL THING THAT I WISH 10:52 THAT WE HAD MORE OF IN OUR CULTURE. 10:54 WELL I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY POSITIVE. 10:56 YOU KEEP A HISTORY OF YOUR PEOPLE. 10:59 SO THEY HAVE A VERY DARK SIDE, A VERY DARK SIDE OF 11:02 CHRISTIANITY. 11:02 THEN THE BRITISH EMPIRE, THE FRENCH. 11:05 THEIR DIFFERENT COLONIAL POWERS ENDED UP BREAKING 11:06 APART THEIR COUNTRY, PIECE MEALING THEM, BREAKING UP 11:11 LOCAL LEADERSHIP AND SO THERE ISN'T GOOD FEELING 11:18 TOWARDS IMPERIAL POWERS. 11:20 AND THEN AMERICA CAME, WASN'T IN THE SAME WAY 11:24 TERRITORIALLY IMPERIAL BUT CAME WITH ECONOMIC 11:28 IMPERIALISM. 11:29 SO ALL OF THAT COMES TOGETHER AND SO WHERE 11:33 CHRISTIAN FOR THEM HAS A VERY NEGATIVE CONNOTATION. 11:36 SO TO SAY YOU'RE A FOLLOWER OF JESUS THAT IS 11:39 TOTALLY SEPARATE TO THEM IN THEIR MIND. 11:41 EXACTLY. 11:41 SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THEN FROM SAYING I'M A 11:44 FOLLOWER OF JESUS THAN SAYING I'M A CHRISTIAN. 11:47 BECAUSE IN THE KORAN THEY HAVE HEARD OF JESUS. 11:50 ABSOLUTELY. 11:51 ISA EL MASIH. 11:51 YES. 11:52 AND SO FOR THEM THAT IS SOMEONE THAT THEY HAVE 11:55 READ ABOUT. 11:56 ABSOLUTELY. 11:57 VERY INTERESTING. 11:58 I HOPE THAT YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS 12:00 CONVERSATION. 12:01 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A 12:03 PART OF ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND GOSPEL 12:05 OUTREACH. 12:06 WE THANK YOU FOR HOW YOU SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH 12:09 WHETHER THAT IS THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR 12:11 DONATIONS, BY SHARING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH 12:13 SOMEONE YOU KNOW. 12:14 WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. 12:16 WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED. 12:18 MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE AN AMBASSADOR FOR GOSPEL 12:20 OUTREACH. 12:21 THAT'S ABOUT LEARNING MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 12:23 SHARING THAT WITH YOUR CHURCH OR BIBLE STUDY 12:25 GROUP, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS. 12:26 AND WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO CHAT WITH YOU 12:28 ABOUT THAT. 12:29 WE HAVE A WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG AND YOU CAN GO 12:33 THERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN CONTACT 12:36 US, HOW YOU CAN ADOPT A WORKER AND WE WOULD LOVE 12:39 TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOU ON FACEBOOK. 12:41 WE POST ALL SORTS OF NEAT VIDEOS AND STORIES AND 12:45 LINKS THERE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND WE 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BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU CAN 13:02 SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH 13:06 ITS OWN GREED. 13:08 HUMANITY... 13:09 WE NEED LOVE. 13:11 WE NEED HOPE. 13:14 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 13:17 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S 7 BILLION PEOPLE 13:20 STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS PLAN TO 13:24 SAVE US. 13:25 ONE THIRD. 13:27 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL, BUT 13:33 YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:35 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 13:38 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 13:41 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 13:43 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 13:50 JESUS CHRIST. 13:51 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 13:54 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE... 13:58 SO THAT ALL THE WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 14:04 AND THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US. 14:06 WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU'RE HERE WATCHING AND IT'S SO 14:09 FUN TO CHAT WITH MANY OF YOU ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:11 AND THANK YOU FOR TELLING MORE PEOPLE ABOUT THIS 14:14 GREAT ORGANIZATION HOW WE WORK WITH LOCAL PEOPLE IN 14:18 THE 10/40 WINDOW FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 14:21 EQUATOR. 14:22 PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THEY KNOW THE 14:23 CULTURE, THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THEIR 14:26 ENVIRONMENT AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM SO THEY 14:29 CAN SHARE JESUS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO THEY INTERACT 14:32 WITH. 14:33 I'M HERE WITH MARTY PHILLIPS. 14:34 AND MARTY IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO CHAT WITH YOU. 14:36 I GET SO EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE STORIES BECAUSE 14:39 IT IS THE STORY OF JESUS AND THE STORIES OF GOD AND 14:43 JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WE ARE WANTING TO 14:45 SHARE WITH PEOPLE RIGHT. 14:46 ABSOLUTELY. 14:47 SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT VISIONS AND DREAMS. 14:49 WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW THE LORD IS USING THAT 14:52 VERSE IN JOEL REALLY NOW, ABSOLUTELY, SO PEOPLE CAN 14:57 HEAR ABOUT JESUS. 14:58 AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MUSLIMS AND HOW THEY 15:02 VIEW US AS CHRISTIANS AND IT'S BETTER TO REFER TO US 15:06 AS FOLLOWERS OF JESUS RATHER THAN AS CHRISTIANS. 15:09 YES. 15:10 AND IT'S INTERESTING FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE HAD 15:12 SEVERAL ENCOUNTERS WITH MUSLIMS AND I WAS SHOPPING 15:15 ONE TIME AND THERE WAS A FAMILY THERE AND THE LADY 15:18 WAS DRESSED IN HER VEIL AND EVERYTHING AND I 15:22 CAUGHT HER EYE AND I SMILED TO HER LIKE I WOULD 15:25 DO SMILING AT ANYBODY ELSE AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE 15:29 MARTY THAT SHE WAS REALLY SURPRISED THAT I SAW HER. 15:33 AND SHE KIND OF REACTED BACK AND SMILED BACK AND 15:37 THEN COME TO FIND OUT MY CAR WAS PARKED NEXT TO HER 15:39 FAMILY'S CAR AND THAT WAS ONLY GOD'S PLANNING AND 15:43 TIMING. 15:44 BUT IT WAS INTERESTING FOR ME BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST 15:47 LIKE, SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE THEM AND THE REST OF THE 15:50 WORLD KIND OF. 15:51 AND SO I HAD AN INTERACTION WITH HER AND I 15:54 WAS GLAD FOR IT. 15:55 BUT YOU ALSO SAID WE'RE SHARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 15:59 SOME INTERACTIONS WITH LIKE MEN AND WOMEN AND 16:01 THINGS LIKE THAT WITH MUSLIMS. 16:03 WELL FIRST I WOULD JUST WANT TO CHALLENGE ANYONE 16:07 IN THE AUDIENCE THAT'S LISTENING OR OUR VIEWERS 16:09 IS THAT STEP OUT. 16:11 GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE. 16:13 IF YOU HAVE A MUSLIM COLLEAGUE BE FRIENDLY. 16:16 REACH OUT TO THEM. 16:17 INVITE THEM TO YOUR HOME . 16:18 THEY'RE DESPERATE FOR FRIENDSHIP. 16:20 MEET PEOPLE. 16:22 BECAUSE ACCORDING TO RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN 16:25 DONE, SERIOUS RESEARCH IN THIS COUNTRY, VERY FEW 16:28 MUSLIMS THAT HAVE COME AS IMMIGRANTS HAVE EVER BEEN 16:32 INSIDE THE HOME OF A CAUCASIAN AMERICAN. 16:35 SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME PLEASE. 16:37 VERY FEW MUSLIMS THAT ARE IN THIS COUNTRY, THAT 16:40 THERE ARE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SIX AND TEN 16:42 MILLION MUSLIMS, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN INSIDE THE HOME 16:46 OF A CAUCASIAN AMERICAN. 16:47 YES. 16:50 SO THEY FEEL ALIENATED FROM THE REST OF THE 16:54 SOCIETY. 16:55 NOW MANY MUSLIMS THAT WE SOMETIMES SEE ARE, THEY 17:00 TEND TO LIVE HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. 17:05 MANY OF THEM ARE PROFESSIONALS. 17:06 EVEN MANY OF THE IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE NOW 17:09 COMING FROM IRAQ OR FROM SYRIA THEY ARE CIVIL 17:13 ENGINEERS, THEY ARE DOCTORS. 17:15 NOW IT TAKES THEM AWHILE TO GET GOING BUT USUALLY 17:17 THEY WILL GET ACCREDITED BACK INTO THE AREA OF 17:20 EDUCATION THEY HAD. 17:22 PEOPLE WERE HIGHLY EDUCATED BOTH IN IRAQ AND 17:25 SYRIA, HAD GOOD JOBS. 17:26 MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IS BECAUSE THEY 17:28 HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN THROUGH EIGHTEEN MONTHS TO 17:31 TWENTY-TWO MONTHS OF VETTING. 17:33 THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM. 17:34 THEY HAVE BEEN FULLY VETTED. 17:36 THERE IS NO DANGER ABOUT THESE PEOPLE. 17:37 THAT'S ALMOST TWO YEARS. 17:39 THAT'S TWO YEARS, YES. 17:40 SO THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH A SERIOUS PROCESS OF 17:42 VETTING. 17:43 THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT FUNDAMENTALISTS. 17:44 MOST OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A PART, 17:46 COLLABORATED WITH THE ARMED FORCES AND THAT'S 17:51 WHY THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO COME TO THIS 17:54 NATION. 17:55 SO THE SAD THING AS I SAID WAS THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IN 17:58 THE HOME OF AN AMERICAN. 18:01 WELL WHEN YOU SAID THAT IT ALSO BROUGHT BACK TO WHAT 18:04 MY PASTOR ASKED WAS, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD 18:08 YOUR NEIGHBORS OVER FOR A MEAL. 18:10 THAT'S NOT YOUR PEOPLE THAT YOU GO TO CHURCH WITH 18:13 OR THAT YOUR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL WITH OR YOU KNOW 18:15 EVEN FRIENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE. 18:18 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD YOUR NEIGHBORS OVER. 18:20 AND SO THAT GOES BACK TO YOU KNOW MANY THINGS THAT 18:23 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 18:24 AND SADLY IT'S KIND OF BEEN LOST. 18:25 I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A KID MY PARENTS ALWAYS HAD 18:28 PEOPLE OVER TO EAT AND WE WOULD GO SOMEWHERE AND WE 18:31 WOULD ALWAYS BE INVITED BUT EVEN WITHIN OUR 18:33 ADVENTIST SYSTEM I DON'T SEE THAT AS COMMON AS IT 18:36 USED TO BE. 18:37 WE'RE STUCK ON OUR PHONES. 18:39 WE ARE. 18:40 WE'VE GOT OUR PHONES, GOT OUR PHONES. 18:41 WELL I THINK THAT'S GOOD TO THINK ABOUT AND AS YOU 18:43 WERE TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION I WAS IN A CITY 18:47 IN CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND I LOOKED 18:50 AROUND AND VERY, FROM WHAT I COULD TELL, WELL-HEELED 18:53 MUSLIMS WHO SEEMED EDUCATED, SEEMED 19:00 FINANCIALLY STABLE. 19:01 IN MY CITY THE MUSLIMS THERE ARE DOCTORS OR 19:02 ENGINEERS. 19:03 THEY WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT IN QUITE HIGH 19:04 POSTS. 19:05 FURTHER, ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST BUSINESS MAN IN 19:06 OUR CITY IS A MUSLIM. 19:07 HE ARRIVED WITH NOTHING WHEN HE WAS SEVENTEEN AND 19:08 TODAY HE OWNS ALL THE PUBLIC OR THE BIG SHOPPING 19:09 CENTERS. 19:10 HE HAS BEEN THE DEVELOPER FOR THE MAJOR SHOPPING 19:11 CENTERS FOR A HUNDRED MILES AROUND. 19:13 SO THEIR HELPING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THAT. 19:32 SO NO THAT'S INTERESTING TO KIND OF GIVE SOME 19:34 BACKGROUND HERE. 19:35 SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE 19:37 HAPPENING IN THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA AND YOU HAVE 19:40 SOME MORE STORIES BECAUSE YOU LOVE TO TELL STORIES 19:42 AND WE LOVE TO HEAR YOUR STORIES. 19:44 YES. 19:46 THERE ARE MANY STORIES BUT THERE IS ONE THAT I'D LIKE 19:47 TO SHARE AND THAT'S THERE WERE TWO YOUNG MEN IN A 19:50 CERTAIN WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY. 19:59 AND THEY JUST FELT IMPELLED BY GOD WE NEED TO 20:01 GO FROM OUR CITY AND WE'RE GOING TO GO SHARE OUR 20:03 FAITH. 20:04 AND EVERYONE SAID WELL WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO. 20:06 IT'S HARD. 20:07 LET'S JUST STAY IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. 20:08 BUT THEY TOOK OFF AND THEY LEFT AND WENT TO THIS 20:11 OTHER CITY TO START SHARING THEIR FAITH AND 20:13 THEY JUST SOMEHOW THEY FELT IMPELLED. 20:16 SO THEY'RE GOING AROUND, GOING AROUND AND AS THEY 20:18 ARE STARTING TO WORK AND SHARE THEIR FAITH SOMEONE 20:21 SAYS YOU KNOW THERE ARE OTHER FOLLOWERS OF JESUS 20:23 AND THEY ARE ALSO WORSHIPPING ON SABBATH. 20:25 AND THEY SAID WHAT. 20:27 WE THOUGHT WE WERE THE ONLY ONES. 20:29 AND THIS IS QUITE A CLOSED COUNTRY. 20:31 IT'S A PRETTY MUCH ISLAMIC COUNTRY. 20:34 NOW WHEN YOU, I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU, WHEN YOU 20:37 SAY CLOSED WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 20:38 THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS MUSLIM? 20:42 YES. 20:42 OKAY. 20:43 TO BE ABLE TO BE SHARING OPENLY ABOUT JESUS YOU 20:47 COULD LOSE YOUR LIFE. 20:48 IT'S BASICALLY ILLEGAL. 20:48 OKAY. 20:49 IT'S ILLEGAL. 20:50 AND SO THESE YOUNG MEN ARE SHARING THERE AND THEY 20:52 COME ACROSS BY WORD OF MOUTH THAT THERE ARE THESE 20:55 OTHER GROUPS. 20:56 AND TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT THEY FOUND A WHOLE 21:00 NETWORK, A SMALL NETWORK BUT A NETWORK OF HOUSE 21:02 CHURCHES THAT WERE WORSHIPPING ON SABBATH AND 21:06 THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. 21:07 WHERE DID THEY FIND THIS FROM. 21:09 WELL TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT THEY INITIALLY FOUND 21:12 THE LEADER OF THE GROUP AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED. 21:14 BOTH WERE EXCITED. 21:15 THE LEADER OF THAT GROUP COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY 21:17 HAD FOUND OTHERS. 21:18 SO THEY ASKED HOW DID YOU BECOME EVEN A FOLLOWER OF 21:20 JESUS LET ALONE ABOUT THE SABBATH. 21:22 THERE ARE SO FEW OF US. 21:23 HOW DID YOU FIND OUT. 21:24 HE SAYS WELL INTERESTINGLY I WAS JUST A REGULAR 21:27 MUSLIM. 21:27 I WAS ON AN AIRPLANE TRAVELING AND I SAT BESIDE 21:30 A PERSON WHO SHARED HIS FAITH WITH ME. 21:33 AND HE GAVE ME A BIBLE AND HE JUST WENT THROUGH IN 21:36 THE FEW HOURS WE WERE FLYING AND THEN WE SAT IN 21:38 THE AIRPORT. 21:39 HE SHARED WITH ME AND HE SHARED WITH ME ABOUT THE 21:41 SABBATH AND THAT I NEEDED TO BE A FOLLOWER OF JESUS. 21:44 THEN HE HAD SOME DREAMS AND VISIONS AS WELL THAT 21:46 CONFIRMED AND WHEN HE GOT HOME HE STARTED IN HIS 21:48 HOME AND IT STARTED JUMPING FROM HERE AND 21:50 THERE AND HE HAD A NETWORK OF HOUSE CHURCHES. 21:53 ALL FROM A PLANE RIDE SITTING BESIDE A BELIEVER 21:55 OF JESUS. 21:56 SITTING BESIDE, PROBABLY ALL I CAN MAKE OUT IS 21:58 ANOTHER SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 22:00 WOW, WOW. 22:02 HE DIDN'T KNOW EVEN THE NAME OF THE CHURCH BUT HE 22:04 HAD JUST BEEN SHARED THE BIBLE SO IF YOU'RE THE ONE 22:07 WHO SHARED WITH A MUSLIM PRAISE THE LORD. 22:09 PRAISE THE LORD IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE LISTENING. 22:12 BUT SEE ISN'T THAT WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. 22:14 IT'S THAT THE LORD HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR 22:16 LIVES AND ARE WE, ARE WE CHOOSING TO TAKE THE 22:19 OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT WITH SOMEONE ELSE. 22:22 THAT'S IT, YES, AND THERE'S NO, YOU DON'T NEED 22:25 TO BE BANGING ANYBODY OVER THE HEAD WITH A BIBLE OR 22:27 IT'S JUST SHARING WHAT, WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE. 22:30 IT IS. 22:31 NOW JUST TO FINISH UP WITH TWO MORE STORIES OR TWO OR 22:33 THREE VERY QUICK AS WE HAVE VERY FEW MINUTES 22:35 LEFT. 22:36 BUT I WOULD JUST WANT TO CHALLENGE THE LISTENERS 22:40 WITH THE FOLLOWING THING IS THAT IN THIS SAME 22:43 REGION OF WEST AFRICA THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO 22:45 FOLLOW UP WITH. 22:46 I CONSTANTLY HAVE REQUESTS CAN YOU PLEASE SEND US 22:49 MORE WORKERS. 22:50 AND SEVERAL AREAS HAVE HAD WHERE MISSIONARIES HAVE 22:55 WORKED, PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES, EVANGELICAL 22:58 MISSIONARIES. 22:59 AND IN GOD'S BIG PROVIDENCE OF THINGS THEY 23:01 HAVE RETIRED. 23:02 THEY HAVE GONE HOME AND THEY HAVE LEFT US THEIR 23:03 MINISTRIES. 23:04 NOT FINANCING FOR THEM BUT JUST HANDED US THEIR 23:05 MINISTRIES. 23:07 WOW. 23:08 AND IMMEDIATELY FOR THOSE MINISTRIES AND SOME OTHERS 23:09 IN THE AFRICAN REGION WE WOULD NEED ABOUT 25 23:19 BUDGETS. 23:20 AND THOSE ARE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN LET'S SAY THE 23:22 ASIAN ONES. 23:23 THESE WOULD BE BUDGETS OF ABOUT $250 A PIECE. 23:26 TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS A PIECE WHAT PER 23:29 MONTH? 23:30 PER MONTH FOR ABOUT 25 PEOPLE. 23:32 TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE OKAY. 23:34 SO I WOULD JUST ASK FOR PRAYERS ABOUT THIS. 23:37 YES. 23:38 GOD HAS REALLY OPENED UP IN MANY PLACES. 23:40 AND ANOTHER PLACE WE HEARD OF A GROUP AND THE ONE WHO 23:43 HAD THE 33 VISIONS THAT IT STARTED WITH. 23:47 SOMEONE HAD SHOWN US A VIDEO OF A WHOLE BUNCH OF 23:49 MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADERS BEING BAPTIZED. 23:52 AND THE TWO OF US SAID WE NEED TO FIND WHERE THIS 23:55 HAPPENED BECAUSE IT JUST KIND OF WENT VIRAL AND WE 23:58 SAW THIS VIDEO AND WE NEED TO FIND THESE PEOPLE. 24:01 WE FOUND OUT THEY WEREN'T ASSOCIATED WITH AN 24:03 ORGANIZED CHRISTIAN GROUP BUT THEY HAD BECOME 24:06 FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST. 24:07 SO HE WENT OFF ON A JOURNEY PASSED HIS COUNTRY 24:10 SEARCHING, SEARCHING UNTIL WE FOUND THEM. 24:12 BECAUSE IN THE PICTURE WE SAW A FEW CHARACTERISTICS 24:14 OF THE BACKGROUND. 24:16 BUT WE COULDN'T KNOW BUT IT TOOK HIM THREE WEEKS OF 24:18 SEARCHING. 24:19 FINALLY HE FOUND THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE 24:22 SAW OF A LAKE THAT WE FOUND AND THE MOUNTAIN 24:25 BEHIND. 24:26 AND IT TOOK HIM WEEKS SEARCHING. 24:28 THEN HE WENT TO THE CLOSEST TOWN FINDING UNTIL 24:30 WE FOUND THAT GROUP. 24:32 WOW. 24:33 AND SO THAT BIG GROUP IS TOTALLY OPEN FOR US TO 24:36 WORK WITH AND WE COULD USE EVEN ANOTHER MAYBE 10 OR 24:39 15 WORKERS IN THAT GROUP AS WELL. 24:42 AND THOSE WOULD BE SMALLER ONES BACK TO ABOUT THE 24:44 $150 RANGE. 24:45 AND IT GOES BACK TO WHAT WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT 24:48 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 24:49 FOR YOU FOR ME FOR ANY OF OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS TO 24:52 SHOW UP, PLOP DOWN IN THESE TOWNS IT WOULDN'T 24:54 WORK. 24:55 BUT TO HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE 24:58 FROM THESE AREAS. 24:59 THIS IS THEIR TOWN THEIR COUNTRY AND TO HAVE HAD A 25:02 LIFE CHANGE FROM GOD WITH VISIONS AND THEN THEY CAN 25:08 SHARE THAT WITH THE PEOPLE THEY INTERACT WITH. 25:09 ABSOLUTELY. 25:10 SO I'M HEARING FROM YOU A NEED, SEVERAL NEEDS HERE. 25:13 AND YOU SAID YOU HAVE ONE MORE STORY. 25:15 JUST THINKING HERE A STORY I HAVEN'T SHARED IN THE 25:22 PAST BUT MAYBE MORE THAN A STORY I WOULD JUST SHARE 25:25 IS THAT I WOULD JUST ASK THAT PEOPLE PRAY FOR THE 25:29 10/40 WINDOW. 25:30 PRAY FOR THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. 25:32 PRAY THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE DOWN 25:34 VISIONS AND DREAMS BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN AS PEOPLE 25:37 PRAY FOR VISIONS AND DREAMS GOD POURS THEM 25:39 DOWN. 25:40 AND THAT WOULD JUST BE MY BASIC PRAYER BECAUSE WE 25:43 HAVE JUST SEEN THIS HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AND OVER OF 25:47 VISIONS AND DREAMS AND THEN A FEW HEALINGS, 25:50 MIRACLES HAPPEN THAT CONFIRM THAT JESUS IS 25:52 LORD. 25:53 YES, AND THIRTY-THREE. 25:54 MARTY WHY DON'T YOU PRAY HERE BEFORE WE CLOSE. 25:57 DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN. 25:58 WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE INCREDIBLE 26:01 PRIVILEGE IT IS TO FOLLOW YOU. 26:03 I WANT TO ASK THAT YOU WILL BLESS THESE ADVENTIST 26:06 MOVEMENTS, HOUSE CHURCH MOVEMENTS, HOME 26:09 FELLOWSHIPS THAT ARE SPREADING ACROSS THE 26:11 MUSLIM WORLD THAT YOU WILL JUST COME IN AND YOU WILL 26:14 GIVE VISIONS AND DREAMS AND THEN YOU WILL PROVIDE 26:18 THE FUNDING FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH 26:21 THIS. 26:22 WE THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING OUR PRAY AND ASK A VERY 26:25 SPECIAL BLESSING UPON GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT YOU 26:28 WILL JUST BLESS THEM ABUNDANTLY AND SEND MANY 26:32 DONATIONS. 26:33 IN YOUR LOVING AND HOLY AND PRECIOUS NAME OF 26:34 JESUS. 26:35 AMEN. 26:35 AMEN, AMEN. 26:36 MARTY THANK YOU SO MUCH. 26:38 IN II CORINTHIANS 3 IT SAYS "NOW THE LORD IS THE 26:42 SPIRIT, AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS 26:45 THERE IS FREEDOM." 26:47 THERE'S FREEDOM. 26:48 AND WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM YOU TODAY IS THESE PEOPLE 26:50 ARE EXPERIENCING FREEDOM IN SO MANY WAYS. 26:52 AND THEY ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT IT THEY ARE WANTING 26:54 TO SHARE THAT FREEDOM RIGHT . 26:55 THEY DO, THEY DO ABSOLUTELY. 26:58 WELL MARTY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 26:59 OUR PRAYERS GO WITH YOU AND THANK YOU AND WHEN YOU 27:01 CONTACT MANY OF THESE PEOPLE PLEASE LET THEM 27:03 KNOW THAT WE ARE PRAYING FOR THEM. 27:05 AND WE DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEND OUR SUPPORT SO WE 27:07 CAN WORK TOGETHER SO THANK YOU. 27:09 THANK YOU SO MUCH JULIE. 27:10 AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF ADVENTURES IN 27:12 MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:13 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU 27:42 TODAY. 28:09 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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