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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000763A
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00:02 ONE MISSION, THE GREAT COMMISSION, TO REACH EVERY 00:09 MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH GOOD 00:20 NEWS. 00:21 JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:25 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:32 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:34 OUTREACH. 00:35 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND DO YOU WANT SOME GOOD 00:37 NEWS? 00:38 WELL THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT JESUS LOVES YOU AND HE'S 00:40 COMING BACK AGAIN SOON AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT 00:43 HERE FOR US AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:45 WE ARE WANTING TO SHARE THAT GREAT NEWS OF JESUS 00:48 TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:50 AND YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE 10/40 WINDOW AND 00:54 IF YOU'RE NOT IT'S ALL THE WAY FROM WEST AFRICA 00:58 THROUGH COUNTRIES LIKE THE MIDDLE EAST, PAKISTAN, 01:00 INDIA, CHINA WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE LIVE WHO NEED TO 01:03 KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 01:04 AND TODAY WE ARE JOINED BY MARTY PHILLIPS WHO HAS 01:08 THAT ON HIS HEART TO SHARE JESUS AS WELL. 01:10 RIGHT MARTY? 01:11 IT IS. 01:12 IT'S A BIG PASSION OF OURS TO WORK IN THE 10/40 01:15 WINDOW AND BEYOND BASICALLY AMONG UNCHURCHED 01:18 PEOPLE GROUPS. 01:19 AND WE PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IN ABOUT 11 OF 01:20 THESE COUNTRIES THAT WE WORK WITH. 01:22 WE WORK IN ABOUT 50 BUT WE PARTNER IN ABOUT 11 AND 01:23 IT'S JUST A REAL PLEASURE, A REAL CHALLENGE TO SEE 01:24 WHAT GOD HAS BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL 01:26 YEARS THAT WE HAVE PARTNERED TOGETHER. 01:27 AND YOUR COMPANY IS? 01:28 NPRAXIS. 01:28 OKAY. 01:29 AND YES, WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERING TOGETHER. 01:30 AND MARTY THERE IS A SCRIPTURE IN JEREMIAH 1 01:32 AND IT SAYS IN VERSE 17 "GET YOURSELF READY, STAND 01:33 UP AND SAY TO THEM WHATEVER I COMMAND YOU. 01:34 DO NOT BE TERRIFIED BY THEM." 01:35 AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE THINK OH WE DON'T KNOW 01:36 WHAT TO SAY TO SOMEBODY. 01:37 YOU KNOW MAYBE GOD GIVES US THE HOOK THE 01:44 OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE JESUS BUT THEN WE'RE WORRIED 01:52 ABOUT WELL WHAT IF I CAN'T REMEMBER THE SCRIPTURE OR 02:03 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. 02:10 BUT HERE IT SAYS IN JERIMIAH THAT HE IS GOING 02:13 TO TELL US WHAT TO SAY AND TO NOT BE SCARED ABOUT IT. 02:16 WELL THAT'S SOMETIMES A CHALLENGE AND THAT BRINGS 02:18 TO ME A STORY THAT JUST RECENTLY HAPPENED IN THE 02:22 LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS. 02:24 ONE OF OUR WORKERS, WHO IS ACTUALLY FUNDED BY GOSPEL 02:28 OUTREACH, HE WAS IN THE VERY FAR NORTH OF A 02:31 COUNTRY AND HE FELT IMPELLED, IT WAS VERY 02:35 DANGEROUS IN THIS AREA BECAUSE THERE IS A ISIS 02:38 AL-QAIDA AFFILIATE WHO CONTROLS THIS PART OF 02:41 THEIR COUNTRY, AND HE JUST FELT IMPELLED HE HAD TO GO 02:44 SHARE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN A NEIGHBORING 02:47 TOWN. 02:48 BUT IT WAS PAST LIKE THIS BOARDER LINE BEING 02:51 CONTROLLED BY THIS TERRORIST GROUP. 02:53 AND HE IS ALREADY IN A STRUGGLE, LORD SHOULD I GO 02:55 SHOULD I NOT GO. 02:56 WELL HE GETS ON HIS MOTORCYCLE, HE TRAVELS FOR 02:59 SEVERAL HOURS TO THIS OTHER TOWN. 03:01 HE SHARES. 03:02 IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE SHARING WITH 03:04 THEM. 03:05 HE FOUND THEM VERY RECEPTIVE AND THEN IT'S 03:06 TIME FOR HIM TO COME BACK IN THE EVENING. 03:08 WELL HE IS ON HIS MOTORCYCLE COMING BACK, OH 03:09 NO. 03:10 WHAT HAPPENED? 03:11 THERE'S THIS BIG ROAD BLOCK OF THIS TERRORIST 03:12 ORGANIZATION. 03:13 ALL THE MILITARY OUTFIT, EVERYTHING AND THEY HAVE A 03:14 STRING OF VEHICLES IN LINE. 03:15 AND AS HE PULLS UP TO STOP HIS MOTORCYCLE TO WAIT HIS 03:16 TURN HE STARTS HEARING THIS STILL SMALL VOICE. 03:17 TELL THEM THE TRUTH. 03:18 BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY HE HAD COME. 03:19 YES, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING. 03:20 AND SO THEY GO THROUGH THIS LITTLE INTERROGATION, 03:34 WHAT ARE YOU DOING. 03:42 AND HE KEEPS JUST HEARING THIS STILL SMALL VOICE 03:44 SAYING TELL THEM THE TRUTH. 03:46 HE SAYS BUT LORD IF I TELL THEM THE TRUTH THESE ARE 03:51 GUYS WHO WILL JUST PULL OUT A GUN AND SHOOT ME OR 03:56 JUST CUT OFF MY NECK IF I TELL THEM WHAT I WAS 03:58 ACTUALLY DOING. 03:59 TELL THEM THE TRUTH. 04:01 AND SO TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE CARS COME AND HE IS 04:05 HAVING THIS STRUGGLE IN HIS HEART AND HE KEEPS 04:08 HEARING ALMOST THIS AUDIBLE VOICE, TELL THEM 04:10 THE TRUTH. 04:11 HE SAYS WELL THE TRUTH WAS I WENT TO VISIT FAMILY AND 04:13 FRIENDS. 04:14 THAT'S NOT ALL THE TRUTH. 04:15 I WANT YOU TO SHARE WHAT YOU WENT TO DO FOR ME. 04:19 SO HE COMES UP TO THE, FINALLY IT'S HIS TURN AND 04:22 HIS HEART HE THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT TO EXPLODE. 04:25 IT'S ALREADY A SCARY EXPERIENCE TO BE STOPPED 04:29 BY THESE PEOPLE. 04:32 AND SO THEY SAID, SO WHERE DO YOU LIVE, SHOW US YOUR 04:34 DRIVERS LICENSE. 04:35 AND HE SHOWS THEM HIS DRIVERS LICENSE. 04:37 WELL YOU'RE A LONG WAYS FROM HOME. 04:39 WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN OUR AREA? 04:41 HE SAYS, AGAIN HE HEARS THIS STILL SMALL VOICE AND 04:44 HE'S SILENT. 04:45 WHAT DO I SAY LORD? 04:46 HE SAYS, WELL I WENT TO SHARE ABOUT JESUS THE 04:48 MESSIAH WITH MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. 04:50 WHAT? 04:52 ! 04:53 AND THE MAN'S LIKE, YOU'RE A PRETTY BRAVE MAN TO TELL 04:56 ME THAT! 04:58 AND SO HE DOESN'T KNOW AND SO HE ASKS HIM, WELL TELL 05:01 ME MORE. 05:03 HE SAYS SO ARE YOU A HERETIC THAT'S BECOME A 05:07 CHRISTIAN? 05:08 HE SAYS WELL I WOULDN'T WANT TO USE THE WORD 05:10 CHRISTIAN BUT I WOULD WANT TO USE THE WORD THAT I'M A 05:12 FOLLOWER OF JESUS. 05:14 AND I'VE JUST SEEN THAT JESUS REALLY BRINGS PEACE 05:18 AND STABILITY TO RELATIONSHIPS AND CAN 05:21 REALLY HELP IN OUR COUNTRY IN THIS TROUBLED WORLD. 05:23 HE SAYS, WELL I'VE BEEN TOLD TO KILL ANYONE LIKE 05:27 YOU AND JUST CHOP YOUR HEAD OFF ON THE THING. 05:31 BUT HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M IN THIS BECAUSE I WANT 05:34 TO SEE CHANGE HAPPEN IN MY GOVERNMENT. 05:37 THERE IS SO MUCH CORRUPTION IN OUR COUNTRY 05:39 IT'S WHY I JOINED. 05:41 ONE DAY WE WILL GET TO YOU. 05:43 DON'T SAY A THING BUT KEEP GOING. 05:44 OH MY, PRAISE THE LORD MARTY. 05:46 SO HE LEFT THE PLACE AND HE STILL DOESN'T KNOW WHY 05:50 DID GOD IMPRESS HIM TO TELL THIS MAN. 05:53 YES. 05:54 AND THEY HAD THAT LITTLE CONVERSATION AND HE LEFT 05:57 AND HIS HEART IS STILL BEATING. 05:58 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING. 06:00 I'M LIKE WOW OKAY LORD DID YOU GIVE HIM, WAS HIS 06:02 HEART PUMPING QUICKLY OR WAS IT CALM BY THIS TIME. 06:05 WELL HE STILL WAS JUST IN THIS FORM OF ANXIOUS. 06:08 SOON AS HE PASSES THERE HE CALLS A REGIONAL LEADER 06:12 AND HE CALLS HIM AND HE SAYS, HEY YOU KNOW WHAT 06:16 JUST HAPPENED TO ME? 06:17 I DON'T KNOW WHY GOD CALLED ME TO DO THIS. 06:19 WHAT'S GOD'S BIG PICTURE? 06:20 BUT IT'S VERY CLEAR IN MY MIND THAT GOD ASKED ME TO 06:26 DO THIS. 06:27 SO LIKE YOUR SCRIPTURE YOU SAID. 06:29 MAYBE YOU COULD JUST READ IT AGAIN FOR US. 06:31 YES. 06:32 "GET YOURSELF READY, STAND UP (BESIDE YOUR 06:37 MOTORCYCLE) AND SAY TO THEM WHATEVER I COMMAND 06:40 YOU. 06:41 DO NOT BE TERRIFIED BY THEM. 06:43 JEREMIAH 1:17. 06:45 JEREMIAH 1:17. 06:46 SO I THINK THAT'S VERY RELEVANT. 06:49 I HAVE NUMEROUS STORIES OF THESE TYPE OF THINGS 06:52 HAPPENING. 06:53 ANOTHER MAN IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. 06:57 HE IS AT HIS HOME, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR WORKERS, AND HE 07:00 FEELS JUST KIND OF PUSHED. 07:02 GO DOWN TO THE MARKET. 07:04 WELL WHY DO I NEED TO GO TO THE MARKET, WE ALREADY 07:07 WENT YESTERDAY. 07:08 WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING. 07:09 GO DOWN TO THE MARKET. 07:11 AND HE KIND OF THINKS WHY AM I SUPPOSED TO, IS THIS 07:14 JUST MY MIND PLAYING ON ME? 07:15 I'M HERE WITH OTHER PLANS. 07:17 GO DOWN TO THE MARKET. 07:20 SO AFTER A LITTLE BIT MORE HE KIND OF FEELS STRANGE 07:23 AND HE WALKS DOWN TO THE MARKET. 07:25 HERE LORD I'M AT THE MARKET NOW WHAT. 07:26 WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? 07:28 YES. 07:29 SO HE'S THERE AT THE MARKET AND AS HE KIND OF 07:32 LOOKS UP WONDERING WHY IN THE WORLD HAS GOD ASKED 07:36 HIM TO COME TO THE MARKET HE SEES ANOTHER MAN 07:39 WALKING INTO THE MARKET. 07:40 AND THEIR EYES KIND OF TOUCH. 07:41 YES. 07:42 AND THEN HE LOOKS DOWN. 07:43 HE DOESN'T WANT TO LOOK RIDICULOUS OR FOOLISH AND 07:44 THE OTHER MAN KEEPS WALKING AND THEY KIND OF 07:45 MEET AT A PLACE AND THEN ONE MAN LOOKS UP TO HIM 07:47 AND THE PERSON WHO FELT, OUR WORKER, WHO WAS THERE 07:51 HE SAYS, HELLO HOW ARE YOU DOING? 08:02 AND HE SAYS I'M DOING FINE. 08:04 AND SO THE TWO MEN START TO TALK AND COME TO FIND 08:06 OUT THAT OTHER MAN ALSO HAD BEEN GIVEN THE SAME 08:08 IMPRESSION TO COME TO THE MARKET. 08:09 NO! 08:11 I MEAN YES! 08:12 AND SO THE TWO MEN START TO TALK AND THIS OTHER MAN 08:17 EVEN HAD A DREAM THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO COME TO 08:21 THE MARKET AND HE WOULD MEET SOMEONE THERE THAT 08:24 WOULD SPEAK TO HIM. 08:27 REALLY. 08:28 AND SO WHEN HE SAW THIS MAN LOOK AT HIM HE SAYS, I 08:30 THINK YOU'RE THE MAN I'M SUPPOSED TO TALK TO. 08:32 AND SO THE TWO MEN KIND OF FREAKED OUT. 08:35 THEY FIND A PLACE AND THEY JUST START TALKING RIGHT 08:37 THERE IN THE MARKET. 08:38 SOON THERE'S A WHOLE LITTLE CROWD AROUND THEM 08:41 LISTENING. 08:41 OH OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALL COME. 08:42 NO JUST THE VENDOR AND PEOPLE YOU KNOW. 08:45 IT'S KIND OF A COMMUNAL SOCIETY AND EVERYONE IS 08:48 JUST NOW LISTENING INTO THIS WEIRD CONVERSATION. 08:51 CURIOUS WHAT'S GOING ON. 08:52 WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. 08:53 AND OUR WORKER JUST SAID, BE BOLD FOR CHRIST, JUST 08:58 TALK RIGHT HERE. 08:59 THIS IS A COUNTRY, I HAVE BEEN IN THAT COUNTRY. 09:02 THIS IS A COUNTRY WHERE THERE ARE VERY FEW 09:04 FOREIGNERS. 09:07 THE LAST FOREIGNERS BASICALLY LEFT THE COUNTRY 09:09 DUE TO AL-QAIDA, ISIS ATTACKS AGAINST FOREIGNERS 09:16 SO IT'S A DANGEROUS COUNTRY. 09:17 IT'S A RADICALIZED COUNTRY. 09:22 BUT OUR BELIEVERS IN THAT COUNTRY HAVE JUST BECOME 09:24 VERY, VERY, VERY BOLD. 09:26 WELL YES, TO BE HAVING A CONVERSATION LIKE THAT IN 09:28 THE MARKET PLACE. 09:29 NOT JUST THE TWO OF THEM AT THIS POINT, IT'S 09:31 EVERYBODY ELSE WHOSE AROUND. 09:32 IT'S EVERYONE WHOSE AROUND IS KIND OF INTERESTED IN 09:35 WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE AS THE TWO MEN START TALKING. 09:37 AND SO HE SAYS, I HAD A DREAM AND I BASICALLY SAW 09:39 SOMEONE WHO LOOKED LIKE YOU IN MY DREAMS. 09:40 AND THEN I HAD THIS FEELING GO TO THE MARKET. 09:42 BUT HE THEN WENT ON TO SHARE A STORY OF HOW HE 09:43 HAD THESE DREAMS OF JESUS AND THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED 09:44 TO FOLLOW JESUS AND ALL THE MARKET PEOPLE ARE LIKE 09:50 LISTENING TO HIM AND THEY ALL GET INTO THIS 09:53 DISCUSSION THAT MAYBE MUSLIMS ACTUALLY SHOULD 09:55 FOLLOW JESUS. 09:56 AND OUR WORKER THERE STARTS USING, YOU KNOW HE 10:01 DOESN'T GO AND JUMP TO BIBLE VERSES BUT HE DOES 10:07 TO QURANIC VERSES. 10:10 IT STARTS REVEALING THAT JESUS IS MORE THAN WHAT 10:13 THEY HAD TYPICALLY BELIEVED. 10:15 SO IT MADE QUITE AN IMPACT. 10:17 THEY TALKED A LONG TIME AND EVENTUALLY INVITED HIM 10:19 TO HIS HOME. 10:20 TODAY THAT MAN IS A FOLLOWER OF JESUS. 10:22 WELL PRAISE THE LORD MARTY. 10:24 ALL FROM "GO TO THE MARKET." 10:26 ALL FROM "GO TO THE MARKET PLACE." 10:28 BUT YOU KNOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A LITTLE 10:30 BIT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE HAVE HAD, I HAVE HAD 10:34 THAT AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE IT 10:36 IS THE HOLY SPIRIT TALKING TO ME AND I HAVE FOLLOWED 10:39 THROUGH. 10:40 SOMETIMES LOOKING BACK I HAVE REALIZED THAT WAS THE 10:44 HOLY SPIRIT AND IT WAS JUST ME TALKING MYSELF OUT 10:47 OF SOMETHING OR WHATEVER. 10:48 BUT IT'S BEING STILL AND KNOWING AND KNOWING WHAT 10:53 THAT IS. 10:54 WELL I THINK, YOU KNOW GOD, I THINK GOD WANTS TO 10:57 TALK TO US TODAY. 11:00 YES. 11:01 AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T, WE AS WESTERNERS IN 11:04 PARTICULAR, WE HAVE BECOME SO SECULARIZED THAT WE 11:08 JUST THINK EVERYTHING IS OUR SELF AND THAT GOD 11:10 DOESN'T TALK. 11:11 BUT AS I SHARED RECENTLY WITH SOME FRIENDS AT 11:15 ANOTHER TV PROGRAM THAT I'M ON, BACK SOME YEARS 11:18 AGO I HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR A CERTAIN COUNTRY IN THE 11:21 MIDDLE EAST. 11:22 KIND OF A CLOSED COUNTRY AND I GO TO THIS COUNTRY. 11:25 AND I GO INTO A LITTLE RESTAURANT TO EAT. 11:29 ACTUALLY WENT IN THERE WITH BRUCE MOYER WHO USED 11:32 TO WORK WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BEFORE HE 11:34 RETIRED. 11:35 AND WE WERE IN THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER AND WE 11:36 HAD BOTH BEEN PRAYING FOR IT. 11:37 AND THEN I SEE AN OLDER GENTLEMAN IN HIS 70S AND I 11:38 SEE A YOUNGER MAN, A TEENAGER OR AN OLDER 11:39 TEENAGER SITTING TOGETHER. 11:40 AND OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE I SEE THE YOUNGER 11:42 MAN POINT TO ME, NOT KNOWING I NOTICED IT AND 11:46 THE TWO OF THEM TALKING AND NOTICEABLY THEY WERE 11:48 TALKING ABOUT ME. 11:50 AND A STILL SMALL VOICE KEPT SAYING, MARTY GO TALK 11:50 TO THEM, GO TALK TO THEM NOW. 11:51 THEY ARE THE PEOPLE I'VE PREPARED FOR YOU. 11:53 WOW. 11:53 AND DID YOU? 11:54 AND I DIDN'T. 11:55 I WAS TOO BASHFUL AND TOO WELL MAYBE THIS IS JUST MY 11:58 MIND PLAYING TRICKS ON ME. 12:01 I WAS TOO TIMID AND I FELT THAT WAS ONE TIME THAT GOD 12:06 REALLY SPOKE TO ME AND SAID, MARTY GO DO THAT AND 12:08 I DIDN'T DO IT. 12:09 BUT THAT IS THE LEARNING, THAT IS THE LEARNING PART 12:34 AND NOW NEXT TIME THAT THAT HAPPENS YOU ARE GOING 12:37 TO TAKE IT. 12:38 I THINK SO. 12:38 YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE IT. 12:40 THIS HAPPENED ALREADY MAYBE TEN YEARS AGO AND 12:46 IT'S A THING THAT-REMEMBER THE GOOD BOOK TALKS ABOUT 12:50 NO SELF-CONDEMNATION AND WE TALK ABOUT LEARNING SO 12:53 THAT'S IT. 12:54 YES, IT'S A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. 12:56 WELL MARTY THANK YOU. 12:57 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART HERE 12:59 OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:00 YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 13:02 AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS 13:05 AND ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:07 EARTH. 13:09 VAST, BEAUTIFUL. 13:11 BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A 13:18 WORLD ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH IT'S OWN 13:21 GREED. 13:22 HUMANITY. 13:23 WE NEED LOVE. 13:25 WE NEED HOPE. 13:28 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 13:31 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 13:34 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 13:38 PLAN TO SAVE US. 13:39 ONE THIRD. 13:41 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU 13:47 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:49 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 13:52 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 13:55 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 13:58 THEY SHARE THE LIFE-CHANGING LOVE AND 14:02 STORY OF JESUS CHRIST. 14:05 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 14:08 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 14:16 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 14:19 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 14:20 THAT'S WHAT WE WANT YOU TO HEAR TODAY IS THANK YOU SO 14:23 MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AS 14:26 TOGETHER WE SHARE JESUS NO MATTER WHERE WE LIVE BUT 14:30 SPECIFICALLY IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 14:32 WE WANT TO STAY CONNECTED WITH YOU THROUGH OUR NEWS 14:34 LETTER AND ALSO ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. 14:37 AND MAYBE THE LORD IS CALLING UPON YOUR HEART TO 14:40 BE A VOLUNTEER HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:42 WE WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU AND JOIN THE 14:45 FAMILY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:47 MAYBE YOU WANT TO SHARE AT YOUR CHURCH OR YOUR BIBLE 14:50 STUDY INFORMATION ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:52 WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU ONE OF OUR PROMOTIONAL 14:54 VIDEOS. 14:55 SO PLEASE JUST GET IN CONTACT WITH US. 14:57 IF YOU WANT TO CALL US ON THE PHONE IT'S 14:59 509-525-2951 AND YOU CAN ALSO GO TO OUR WEBSITE 15:04 GOAIM.ORG. 15:05 WE ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE CHANNELS 15:10 AND BROADCASTING STATIONS WHO AIR "ADVENTURES IN 15:13 MISSIONS" AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF 15:15 THEM. 15:16 SO WE'RE JOINED HERE TODAY WITH MARTY PHILLIPS FROM 15:19 NPRAXIS AND GOSPEL OUTREACH PARTNERS WITH YOU 15:22 AND YOUR ORGANIZATION. 15:23 AND MARTY YOU ARE A MAN OF MANY STORIES AND YOU'RE 15:27 SHARING HERE ABOUT SOME CLOSED COUNTRIES. 15:30 AND WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT NOT 15:34 MENTIONING THESE COUNTRIES JUST DUE TO THE WORK OF 15:36 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND PEOPLE THERE. 15:39 SO YOU'VE GOT SOME OTHER THINGS TO SHARE WITH US. 15:41 YES. 15:42 ANOTHER ONE OF OUR WORKERS, WE ONLY HAVE ONE 15:46 WORKER FOR THIS COUNTRY. 15:47 IT'S A VERY VERY LARGE COUNTRY, A VERY LARGE 15:50 CLOSED COUNTRY. 15:51 BUT IT'S JUST BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SEE WHAT GOD 15:54 HAS DONE. 15:55 AND EVEN BEFORE WE HAD A WORK I'VE BEEN WATCHING 15:57 WHAT GOD HAS BEEN DOING IN THAT COUNTRY. 15:59 BACK PROBABLY 20 YEARS AGO THERE WERE ALMOST NO 16:03 FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST. 16:05 AND THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY A CLOSED COUNTRY. 16:07 THAT MEANS THAT THE GOVERNMENT, THE POLITICAL 16:10 RESTRICTIONS ARE SO HEAVY THAT YOU CAN'T BE SHARING 16:13 ABOUT ANOTHER RELIGION THAT ISN'T THE STATE 16:16 RELIGION. 16:17 EXACTLY. 16:18 SO IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER RELIGION OR 16:22 PROSELYTIZING OR EVEN BRINGING IN BIBLES, IF 16:25 YOU'RE CAUGHT YOU WILL GO TO PRISON AND MAYBE EVEN 16:28 LOSE YOUR LIFE. 16:30 AND SO IN THIS PARTICULAR COUNTRY, A VERY LARGE 16:32 COUNTRY, PEOPLE I KNOW, AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY 16:37 INVOLVED, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS 16:40 THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH AND HAVE PARTNERED WITH THEM 16:42 IN THE PAST. 16:43 THEY FELT IT WAS THEIR DUTY TO BRING IN, JUST 16:46 FLOOD THE COUNTRY WITH BIBLES. 16:48 OKAY. 16:49 FLOOD THE COUNTRY WITH BIBLES WHICH IS A CLOSED 16:52 COUNTRY. 16:53 YES. 16:54 NOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEING BOLD, THAT'S BOLD TO 16:55 ME. 16:56 THAT'S BOLD BECAUSE TO TELL YOU HOW THEY GET THE 16:58 BIBLES INTO THAT COUNTRY IT FOLLOWS BASICALLY THE 17:03 HEROIN ROUTE, THE BLACK MARKET ROUTE. 17:07 THEY HAVE PAID MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS, TENS OF 17:10 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO TAKE THEM IN ONE DONKEY 17:14 LOAD AT A TIME OR DOZENS OF DONKEY LOADS. 17:17 YOU KNOW THEY COME IN ON PACKS. 17:19 AND THERE'S JUST THIS STREAM THAT FOLLOWS THE 17:21 BLACK MARKET. 17:22 IT HAS NOT BEEN A CHEAP OPERATION. 17:26 BUT THE COUNTRY STARTED TRICKLING IN MORE AND MORE 17:30 AND MORE. 17:31 IT TOOK QUITE AWHILE. 17:32 FIRST THERE WERE A FEW HUNDRED BELIEVERS, A FEW 17:34 THOUSAND BELIEVERS. 17:38 THERE ARE NOW PROBABLY OVER THREE MILLION 17:41 BELIEVERS AND PROBABLY NOW THE LATEST CALCULATION 17:45 ABOUT 30 PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY NOW HAVE BIBLES. 17:49 THIRTY TO FORTY PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY NOW HAVE 17:51 BIBLES AND THEY ARE READING THEM IN THIS 17:53 COUNTRY. 17:54 WOW. 17:55 LET'S STOP AND PRAISE THE LORD. 17:59 THAT IS FANTASTIC. 18:00 SO PEOPLE ARE JUST TAKING BIBLES. 18:03 IT SEEMS THE MORE REPRESSIVE THE REGIME 18:06 BECOMES THE MORE OPEN THE PEOPLE COME TO HEARING THE 18:09 WORD OF GOD. 18:10 AND TO GIVE YOU SOME STORIES LIKE OF OUR WORKER 18:15 WHO IS INVOLVED IN THAT COUNTRY. 18:16 AND HE IS JUST A LITTLE TINY PIECE OF THE PIE I 18:18 MEAN. 18:19 BUT STILL IMPORTANT. 18:20 AND STILL IMPORTANT. 18:22 BUT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG 18:25 REQUESTS WE HAVE THIS TIME FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:28 WE NEED TO HAVE 10 TO 20 WORKERS IN THIS COUNTRY 18:31 NOT JUST ONE. 18:33 NOW THEY ARE KIND OF HIGH-END WORKERS. 18:34 THEY ARE NOT YOUR TYPICAL 100, 150 DOLLAR SALARIES 18:38 BUT WE HAVE TO PAY THEM QUITE A BIT MORE. 18:39 BUT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO REAP WHAT GOD IS DOING 18:44 THERE AND TRY TO REALLY BRING THEM TO CORE 18:48 BIBLICAL BELIEFS THAT WE SHARE AND HELP ORGANIZE 18:51 THEM. 18:52 BUT HE WAS TELLING ME PEOPLE ARE SO OPEN. 18:55 THERE IS A MAN VERY HIGH IN THE SECURITY APPARATUS, 18:59 WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO THEIR SECRET POLICE, FBI, 19:03 CIA ALL THIS COMBINED. 19:05 HE IS THERE CALLING HIM ALL THE TIME, SHARE WITH 19:08 ME MORE, SHARE WITH ME MORE, SHARE WITH ME MORE. 19:10 STUDY AND THEY STUDY. 19:11 IT IS VERY DANGEROUS SO THEY STUDY THROUGH A 19:14 SECURE ONLINE TELEPHONE SYSTEM. 19:17 SO THEY ARE NOT IN THE SAME CITY OR WHATEVER. 19:20 NO. 19:21 AND JUST FOR HIS PROTECTION, FOR THEIR 19:24 PROTECTION THEY DO ALL THIS STUDY OVER WHATEVER 19:29 WAY THEY CAN DO IT. 19:30 I MEAN THEY SEE EACH OTHER FACE TO FACE AND THEY SIT 19:33 IN FRONT OF THEIR IPHONES AND COMMUNICATE BACK AND 19:37 FORTH. 19:39 THERE IS ANOTHER. 19:39 HE STUDIES WITH SOMEONE ELSE. 19:41 HE IS A HIGH RANKING CLERIC THAT IS A PART OF 19:44 THE APPARATUS THAT CONTROLS THIS COUNTRY. 19:48 AND HE FIRST OPPRESSED FOLLOWERS OF JESUS BUT BY 19:54 WATCHING THE WITNESS OF THE PEOPLE THAT HE 19:56 OPPRESSED BOTH THE SECURITY APPARATUS AND 19:59 THIS CLERIC THEY WERE JUST LIKE, THEY ARE SOMETHING. 20:03 AND SO THEY STARTED REACHING OUT ON LINE. 20:05 AND THEIR NEW NAMES ARE PAUL. 20:06 IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL US. 20:08 SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 20:10 HOW FANTASTIC FOR THE LORD. 20:13 THIS IS WONDERFUL. 20:15 AND SO YOU'RE HEARING THESE STORIES FROM THESE 20:17 PEOPLE. 20:18 YES. 20:19 HE IS STUDYING LITERALLY WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND 20:20 PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW HIM REGULARLY. 20:22 HE HAS A DAILY SHOW BUT IT'S, I CAN'T MENTION HOW 20:27 HE DOES IT, BUT HE DOES IT THROUGH MEDIA WHERE 20:30 HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND NOW SEVERAL THOUSAND 20:32 PEOPLE WATCH HIM. 20:33 SO I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT THIS. 20:35 OKAY SO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE LIVE AND THINK ABOUT 20:38 OUR WESTERN WORLD, NORTH AMERICA, AND ALL OF THAT 20:41 AND WHEN WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR 20:44 FRIENDS. 20:46 YES WE CAN DO THAT FREELY AND EVERYTHING BUT ARE WE 20:49 HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, BIBLE 20:52 STUDIES, WHEN WE ARE FACE TIMING SOMEBODY. 20:54 YOU KNOW, ARE WE HAVING THESE THINGS. 20:56 HERE THESE PEOPLE ARE. 20:57 THEY ARE IN THESE CLOSED COUNTRIES AND WHAT ARE 20:59 THEY DOING? 21:00 THEY ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER OR POLITICS OR 21:02 WHATEVER. 21:02 THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT JESUS. 21:07 THIS IS WHAT REALLY REALLY IS PROFOUND BECAUSE IT 21:11 SEEMS LIKE PERSECUTION MAKES PEOPLE BOLDER. 21:14 YES. 21:15 AND MORE COMMITTED. 21:17 YES. 21:18 AND THIS COUNTRY IT HAS DEFINITELY PERSECUTED THE 21:21 PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUGHT. 21:22 BUT IT'S JUST AMAZING. 21:24 THE MORE PERSECUTION IT FLAMES THE SEEDS IN THIS 21:29 PARTICULAR COUNTRY. 21:30 WHAT I'M WANTING TO SAY HERE IS THAT WE CAN GO TO 21:33 WALMART AND BUY A BIBLE. 21:35 SO WE NEED TO BE DOING THIS. 21:37 WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS. 21:38 ABSOLUTELY. 21:39 WE NEED TO BE SHARING THIS. 21:40 IT'S NOT JUST YES WE ARE FOCUSING IN THE 10/40 21:43 WINDOW BUT NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE. 21:44 WELL THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. 21:46 WHEN I HEAR THESE STORIES FROM OVERSEAS IT'S LIKE 21:49 MARTY WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE. 21:50 YES. 21:51 WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. 21:53 YOU KNOW IN TODAYS AMERICA WE DON'T EVEN KNOW OUR 21:56 NEIGHBORS. 21:57 I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DON'T THINK I KNOW 21:59 ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS AND THAT'S A BIG SHAME TO ME. 22:03 YOU BETTER GET BUSY MY FRIEND. 22:04 I'D BETTER GET BUSY. 22:05 YOU BETTER GET BUSY MY FRIEND. 22:07 BUT FOR THESE PEOPLE TO BE LEARNING ABOUT JESUS AND 22:11 BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT THE GOSPEL WILL BE PREACHED IN 22:16 ALL THE WORLD. 22:17 AND THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING IT. 22:20 SO TALK WITH ME THOUGH WHAT HAS MADE THESE PEOPLE 22:24 BE SO BOLD. 22:25 ARE THEY REALIZING THAT THE END IS CLOSE? 22:28 ARE THEY PERSONAL COMMITMENTS, THE HOLY 22:32 SPIRIT IMPRESSING UPON THEM? 22:34 WELL YOU KNOW I'LL TELL YOU. 22:35 I LOOK FOR PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE THAT I PUT THE TIME 22:37 INTO LIKE THIS COUNTRY LATER. 22:38 I LOOK FOR PEOPLE WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS PEOPLE OF 22:39 FAITH. 22:40 SO WHEN JESUS SENDS OUT HIS DISCIPLES HE TELLS 22:42 THEM GO TO THE HOUSE OF PEACE AND FIND A PERSON OF 22:43 FAITH. 22:44 AND THEN WHEN HE SENDS OUT THE 72 HE AGAIN REPEATS 22:45 THIS, GO FIND THE HOUSE OF PEACE THE PERSON OF FAITH. 22:46 AND SO WE HAVE SEEN A GREAT BOLDNESS BUT IT 22:47 STARTS BY FINDING PEOPLE THAT GOD HAS CALLED TO BE 22:49 VERY BOLD AND IT CREATES A DOMINO EFFECT. 22:50 AND SO WHAT I'VE SEEN GOD HAS PREPARED EVERYONE OF 23:21 THE LEADERS I WORK WITH IN THESE COUNTRIES. 23:24 GOD HAS PREPARED THEM MANY TIMES SINCE CHILDHOOD 23:27 THROUGH THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCES, THROUGH WHO 23:28 THEIR FAMILY WAS ETC. ETC. 23:29 TO BE VERY BOLD FOR GOD. 23:31 SO GOD CALLED WHEN WE LOOK AT PAUL. 23:35 I MEAN HE JUST TURNS UP THINGS. 23:38 BUT AS YOU LOOK BACK WHO WAS PAUL. 23:43 HE STUDIED UNDER THE GREATEST RABI OF HIS TIME. 23:46 LOCAL TRADITION AND EXTRA BIBLICAL SAYS THAT HE CAME 23:50 FROM AN IMPORTANT FAMILY. 23:52 SO THERE WERE MANY THINGS THAT WENT INTO BUILDING 23:54 PAUL. 23:55 WELL EDUCATED. 23:56 WELL EDUCATED INTO GOING INTO BUILDING WHO PAUL 23:58 WAS. 23:59 SO WHAT I SEE IS LIKE THE COUNTRIES WE WORK IN 24:01 USUALLY GOD HAS PREPARED NOT JUST IN ONE GENERATION 24:04 BUT OVER MANY GENERATIONS. 24:06 THERE'S A HOUSE OF PEACE. 24:07 THEY BELONG TO. 24:08 A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WHO I WOULD CALL KEYSTONE 24:13 FAMILIES. 24:14 FAMILIES THAT HELP HOLD THEIR WHOLE COMMUNITY 24:16 TOGETHER. 24:17 SO THEIR FAMILY FOR CENTURIES HAS BEEN MAJOR 24:20 MOVERS AND PLAYERS. 24:21 AND THEN WITHIN THAT FAMILY THEN THERE IS 24:21 SOMEONE WHO HAS REALLY THE SPIRIT OF GOD. 24:29 SO THERE'S MY QUESTION. 24:30 AS BELIEVERS IN JESUS WHAT ARE WE SHOWING TO OUR 24:34 NEIGHBORS. 24:35 ARE WE PEOPLE OF PEACE OR ARE WE SO WRAPPED UP IN SO 24:38 MANY OTHER THINGS. 24:40 AND WHEN YOU SAID THAT IT BROUGHT TO MIND 24:42 PHILIPPINES 4 "DO NOT BE ANXIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING BUT 24:45 IN EVERY SITUATION BY PRAYER WITH PETITION WITH 24:49 THANKS GIVING PRESENT YOUR REQUESTS TO GOD AND THE 24:51 PEACE OF GOD WHICH TRANSCENDS ALL 24:54 UNDERSTANDING WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS 24:56 IN CHRIST JESUS." 24:57 THAT'S THE PEACE OF GOD WHICH TRANSCENDS, WE CAN'T 25:00 EXPLAIN IT. 25:01 SO THE PEACE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OF THESE 25:04 PEOPLE HAVING AND THE BOLDNESS TOGETHER THAT'S 25:06 AMAZING. 25:07 YES. 25:08 SO MARTY WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU TO GO AND TO MEET 25:11 WITH THESE PEOPLE AND TO HEAR THESE STORIES AND 25:16 THEN YOU KNOW THANK YOU FOR SHARING THEM HERE AS 25:18 MUCH AS YOU CAN. 25:19 WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU PERSONALLY? 25:21 WELL IT'S VERY REWARDING. 25:25 I MEAN JUST THIS, THE PERSON THAT I SHARED THE 25:27 LAST STORY. 25:28 I SAW HIM GO ACTUALLY FROM BEING KIND OF SCARED TO 25:32 BECOMING BOLDER AND BOLDER AND BOLDER. 25:35 AND SO MY NEXT CHALLENGE IS TO HIM IS YOU NEED TO 25:38 HELP FIND ALL THESE KIND OF MOVERS AND SHAKERS OF 25:42 THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE STARTED READING THE BIBLE 25:44 AND TRYING TO PULL THEM TOGETHER. 25:46 HE NEEDS TO BECOME JUST VERY BOLD. 25:48 AND HE HAS BEEN CALLING, FINDING, WRITING. 25:51 WE NEED TO BE A UNIFIED GROUP OF BELIEVERS IN THIS 25:54 COUNTRY. 25:55 ABSOLUTELY. 25:56 WELL AND IN MATHEW 24:14 "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE 25:59 KINGDOM WILL BE PREACHED IN THE WHOLE WORLD AS A 26:04 TESTIMONY TO NATIONS." 26:05 IT SAYS TO ALL NATIONS. 26:07 IT DOESN'T SAY JUST TO NATIONS. 26:08 TO ALL NATIONS AND THEN THE END WILL COME. 26:11 AND IT SEEMS TO ME SO OFTEN THAT WE HAVE THESE 26:14 MISSION ORGANIZATIONS AND WE TALK ABOUT IT AT CHURCH 26:17 AND WE TALK ABOUT IT WHATEVER BUT GOD IS 26:19 CALLING EACH OF US TO BE BOLD. 26:20 ABSOLUTELY. 26:22 I THINK THAT IS THE KEY FOR US TO BE BOLD TO SHARE 26:25 OUR FAITH AND FOR US TO SHARE FAITH WHAT I HAVE 26:29 SEEN IS THESE PEOPLE HAVE A REAL FAITH. 26:31 IT'S NOT JUST A BELIEF SYSTEM BUT IT'S A LIVING 26:35 LIFE WALK WITH CHRIST. 26:37 AND THERE'S JOY IN JESUS AND THERE'S JOY IN SHARING 26:39 THAT. 26:40 ABSOLUTELY. 26:41 WELL MARTY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND WITH ALL OF 26:42 THESE DEAR PEOPLE. 26:44 AND IN HEAVEN IT WILL BE EXCITING TO HEAR ALL OF 26:46 THE STORIES AND TO SEE THE PEOPLE. 26:48 SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP HERE AT GOSPEL 26:50 OUTREACH. 26:51 WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING US TO BE HERE. 26:52 WELL THANK YOU. 26:53 AND THANK YOU. 26:54 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE BOLD, KNOW THAT JESUS 26:57 LOVES YOU AND THAT HE DIED FOR YOU AND SHARE THAT. 26:59 WE THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 27:02 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:03 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU 27:26 TODAY. 27:47 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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