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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000782A
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00:01 ONE MISSION. 00:03 THE GREAT COMMISSION. 00:06 TO REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE 10/40 00:17 WINDOW WITH GOOD 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. 00:36 DO YOU LIKE MANGO LASSIS? 00:38 HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE TAJ MAHAL? 00:40 DO YOU LIKE INDIAN FOOD? 00:41 WELL, IF YOU DO THEN YOU ARE GOING TO REALLY ENJOY 00:44 THE PROGRAM HERE TODAY AND IF THAT'S ALL NEW TO YOU, 00:48 WELL WELCOME ALONG AND YOU WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 00:51 BIG HUGE COUNTRY OF INDIA BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE 00:55 ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:56 MANZOOR MASSEY WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:59 AND JIM JEFFREY WE ARE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE 01:01 TODAY. 01:02 THANK YOU. 01:02 SO, I TALKED ABOUT SOME FOOD. 01:04 NOW I'M HUNGRY, MANZOOR. 01:05 I LOVE CURRY AND IT ALWAYS GREAT TO TALK ABOUT INDIA. 01:10 SO, TELL THE VIEWERS WHY INDIA IS SPECIAL TO YOUR 01:13 HEART AND HOW YOU BOTH ARE INVOLVED AT GOSPEL 01:15 OUTREACH. 01:16 MANZOOR DO YOU WANT TO START? 01:17 WELL, INDIA IS VERY, VERY SACRED TO MY HEART, VERY 01:20 SPECIAL TO MY HEART FOR ONE THING I WAS BORN IN 01:23 THAT GREAT COUNTRY AND I HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS AND 01:26 RELATIVES AND 1.2 BILLION CHILDREN OF GOD AND 97 PER 01:33 CENT OF THEM STILL DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEIR MAKER. 01:36 YES, LOOK AT THAT-1.2 BILLION AND WE'VE GOT 1.3 01:40 BILLION THERE ON THE SCREEN AND LOOK AT 01:42 THAT-CHRISTIANITY AT 1.2 PERCENT. 01:45 WE ARE HOPING AND PRAYING WITH "ADVENTURES IN 01:47 MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT IS CHANGING. 01:50 YOU CAN SEE WHY WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT, YES, INDIA. 01:53 YES, YES AND JIM WELCOME, THANK YOU, AND WHY IS 01:56 INDIA SPECIAL TO YOU, JIM? 01:58 WELL, I'D BEEN THERE ABOUT TEN TIMES WHEN I WORKED AT 02:01 ANDREWS UNIVERSITY AND SO GOING AGAIN TO INDIA WAS 02:05 NATURAL. 02:06 I HAVE A LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE, REALLY ENJOY 02:10 INDIAN FOOD AND WANTED TO GO BACK TO SEE MORE OF THE 02:14 COUNTRY AND TO BE OF SERVICE. 02:16 SO, WHAT'S YOUR BACKGROUND, JIM? 02:18 WELL, MY BACKGROUND IS EDUCATION. 02:20 I SPENT 42 YEARS BEING A PRINCIPAL AND A TEACHER IN 02:24 ADVENTIST EDUCATION. 02:25 THE LAST 20 YEARS IN HIGHER EDUCATION AS THE 02:28 DEAN OF EDUCATION AT BURMAN UNIVERSITY AND THE 02:31 DEAN OF EDUCATION AT ANDREWS UNIVERSITY. 02:34 OK. 02:35 BURMAN UNIVERSITY IN CANADA AND ANDREWS IN 02:36 MICHIGAN. 02:37 RIGHT. 02:38 SO, AND THE REASON FOR YOU GOING TO INDIA? 02:41 WELL, I -IN THE PREVIOUS WHEN I WAS AT ANDREWS 02:47 BECAUSE WE HAD MANY ACCREDITATIONS WITH 02:50 SPICER, SPICER COLLEGE BECAME SPICER UNIVERSITY 02:53 AND SO, THERE WAS A NATURAL TRANSITION BETWEEN 02:57 ANDREWS AND SPICER, AWESOME. 02:59 SO, WE GOT TO GO THERE A FEW TIMES TO LOOK AT THEIR 03:03 SITUATIONS AND THE ACCREDITATIONS AND TO 03:04 ACTUALLY TEACH IN THEIR PROGRAMS IN THEIR 03:06 EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 03:07 WELL AND MANZOOR, SPICER IS NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR 03:08 HEART. 03:09 VERY DEAR. 03:09 FORMER ALMA MATER, RIGHT? 03:10 YES. 03:11 WELL FANTASTIC. 03:12 SO, JIM TELL US HOW WE GOT YOU ON BOARD HERE AT 03:20 GOSPEL OUTREACH? 03:23 WELL, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS CONSIDERING GOING TO 03:26 INDIA AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HE WANTED ME TO 03:27 GO ALONG BUT I WASN'T READY YET AND SO HE KEPT 03:28 ASKING ME ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND SO FINALLY 03:30 WE, WE SAW THE LIGHT AND, PRAISE THE LORD, AND 03:31 BECAME VERY INTERESTED, GOOD, IN GOING TO INDIA 03:32 AGAIN AND I ACCOMPANIED MY MENTOR, MY SENIOR BROTHER 03:34 HERE AND MY GURU. 03:35 THAT'S A GREAT WORD. 03:39 LOTS OF GURUS IN INDIA AND SO I FOUND MINE -MANZOOR. 03:49 WE'VE GOT THE EXCITING GURU HERE OF MANZOOR WHO 03:53 LOVES JESUS AND THEN WE JOKE WITH THAT TERM BUT 03:55 WELL, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU HERE. 03:57 SO, YOU HAVE BEEN PAVING THE WAY HERE WITH JIM, 04:00 MANZOOR TO KIND OF WHAT? 04:06 SHOW HIM THE ROPES? 04:15 WELL, JIM WAS REALLY THE PERFECT FIT FOR NORTHERN 04:18 UNION AND HE IS THE DIRECTOR FOR NORTHERN 04:22 UNION AND INTERESTINGLY NORTHERN UNION HAS THE 04:27 LARGEST INDIAN POPULATION WITHIN THAT UNION. 04:32 HOW MANY 630 MILLION PEOPLE, WOW, OUT OF 1.3 04:36 BILLION, 1.3 BILLION. 04:38 SO, WHY IS THAT? 04:39 IT IS A VERY LARGE TERRITORY. 04:41 OK. 04:42 IT'S FROM ALL THE WAY FROM CALCUTTA TO KASHMIR. 04:44 IT IS A VERY HUGE TERRITORY. 04:47 OK. 04:47 AND THAT IS ALL UNDER ONE UNION. 04:49 SO, HEAVILY POPULATED. 04:49 HEAVILY POPULATED. 04:51 SO, THERE MIGHT BE A VIEWER WHO -WE ARE USING 04:53 THE TERM UNION WE ARE USING THE WORD, THE TERM 04:56 10/40 WINDOW. 04:57 JIM, WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH THE VIEWER WHO 05:00 DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THIS TERM UNION MEANS. 05:02 WELL, THE TERM UNION ESSENTIALLY MEANS A 05:05 SECTION OF A COUNTRY THAT IS DESIGNATED BY THE 05:09 CHURCH AND UNDER THAT TERM UNION ARE VARIOUS 05:13 CONFERENCES, SECTIONS SO IT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE 05:17 UNIT OF THE CHURCH IN INDIA. 05:19 GOOD. 05:20 SO, YOU ARE WORKING ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 05:22 WITH THE UNION, WITH THE NORTHERN INDIAN UNION. 05:26 OK. 05:26 EXCELLENT. 05:27 AND MANZOOR, 10/40 WINDOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 05:29 10/40 WINDOW IS THE COUNTRIES THAT FALL WITHIN 05:34 THE 10- AND 40-DEGREE EAST AND NORTH OF THE EQUATOR 05:39 AND THESE ARE THE COUNTRIES WHERE 97 PER 05:42 CENT OF THE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW JESUS, THAT LIVE IN 05:45 THESE COUNTRIES. 05:46 SO, WE SAY THIS 97 PER CENT AND JESUS SAYS IN THE 05:49 BIBLE THAT HE IS COMING SOON AND HE SAYS THAT WE 05:52 NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL PEOPLE AND ALL COUNTRIES 05:55 KNOW ABOUT JESUS SO, WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO 05:58 DON'T WE? 05:59 WE CERTAINLY DO. 05:59 WE CERTAINLY DO. 06:00 CERTAINLY DO. 06:01 SO, SPEAKING OF SUCH YOU BOTH HAVE BEEN TO INDIA 06:05 AND SHARING JESUS AND WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH US A 06:08 LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED AND HOW THE 06:11 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE IN YOUR AREA. 06:14 WELL, TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY FOCUS ON SHARING 06:18 WITH OUR VIEWERS HOW GOD IS CHANGING LIVES IN THIS 06:22 GREAT LAND AND I KNOW IT IS A VERY VAST COUNTRY, 06:27 LOTS OF PEOPLE AND WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT IS 06:31 HAPPENING AND SO I WANT TO SHARE SOME VERY DRAMATIC 06:34 STORIES WHERE GOD IS REALLY AT WORK. 06:38 GOOD. 06:39 THROUGH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT ARE 06:40 BEING FUNDED BY THE DEDICATED VIEWERS, YES, 06:44 WITH THEIR PRAYERS. 06:46 I WANT TO SHOW-SHARE WITH YOU ONE STORY: HANNAH'S 06:49 SEVEN SISTERS. 06:51 AND YOU KNOW I LOVE SEVEN. 06:52 PREACH IT, LET'S HEAR IT. 06:54 I'M SAYING HANNAH-WHAT IS HANNAH FAMOUS FOR? 06:57 WELL, FOR BEING THE MOTHER OF SAMUEL, YES AND SHE WAS 07:01 BARREN, UH HUH, AND SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A CHILD. 07:05 THIS IS A VERY COMMON HUNGER IN INDIA WHEN 07:09 PEOPLE GET MARRIED-IF THEY DON'T HAVE A CHILD WITHIN 07:12 NINE MONTHS OR A YEAR, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG. 07:17 THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE A SIGN OF A CURSE, OH A 07:21 CURSE FROM THE GODS, THAT THIS WOMAN WILL BE 07:24 CHILDLESS AND I REMEMBER THAT. 07:27 MY MOTHER, SHE DID NOT HAVE A CHILD FOR NINE 07:30 YEARS AFTER GETTING MARRIED AND SHE WAS 07:33 PRONOUNCED AS A CURSED WOMAN WHO HAS BROUGHT A 07:36 CURSE ON THE FAMILY AND SO, MOST EVERYBODY ALL 07:42 WOMEN WHO GET MARRIED, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A 07:44 CHILD AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST REQUEST OUR 07:49 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS REQUEST. 07:50 THE BIGGEST REQUEST? 07:52 YES, WE WANT TO HAVE YOU PRAY FOR OUR COUPLE SO 07:55 THAT THEY WILL HAVE A BABY. 07:57 AND SO, THIS PARTICULAR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HE 08:00 HAS SPECIAL GIFT FROM GOD WHEN HE PRAYS OVER WOMEN 08:06 WHO HAVE NOT HAD A BABY, THEY HAVE A BABY. 08:09 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD. 08:10 AND HE CAN COUNT-I ONLY COUNTED SEVEN BUT HE HAD 08:14 MENTIONED TO ME 12 WOMEN -COUPLES HAVE COME TO HIM, 08:18 TWELVE COUPLES HAVE COME TO HIM AND REQUESTED HIM 08:20 TO PRAY OVER THEM. 08:21 REALLY? 08:22 AND THEY HAVE BABIES NOW. 08:23 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD AND YOU KNOW THE BIBLE TALKS 08:25 ABOUT SO MANY WOMEN IN THE BIBLE WHO WERE BARREN. 08:27 YOU KNOW, YES, SARA-LET'S GO THROUGH EVERYBODY HERE 08:32 AND SO THAT'S EXPLAINS THEN MANZOOR, WHY THERE 08:35 ARE ALL THESE FERTILITY GODS THAT THEY HAVE IN 08:38 THESE VARIOUS RELIGIONS. 08:40 YES, BECAUSE NOT HAVING A CHILD IS DEFINITELY A 08:44 CURSE FROM GOD, YOU SEE ACCORDING TO THEIR BELIEF. 08:49 SO, EVERYWHERE THIS IS A HUNGER, YES, AND OF 08:52 COURSE, THEY ALWAYS-IT USED TO BE THAT THEY 08:55 WANTED TO HAVE A MALE CHILD. 08:57 YES, BUT THAT BELIEF IS KIND OF WANING OUT. 09:00 OK. 09:01 NOW IT IS NOT THE CASE BUT THEY WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN 09:04 AND OUR PASTORS, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 09:07 ARE OFTEN ASKED COULD YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR MY COUPLE 09:11 AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD A BABY. 09:14 WOW. 09:15 AND I REMEMBER.WELL THIS PASTOR TOLD ME ABOUT 12 09:20 COUPLES WHO HAVE COME BUT I VISITED A FAMILY OR I 09:25 VISITED A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND BEFORE I WAS 09:28 ABOUT TO SPEAK, HE TOLD ME HE SAID, MY PEOPLE WANT TO 09:31 GIVE SOME TESTIMONIES. 09:33 I SAID, SURE. 09:34 GREAT. 09:35 AND SO, ONE LADY GOT UP AND SHE SAID TO ME, YOU 09:37 SEE THE BOY OVER THERE. 09:39 I SAID, YES. 09:40 SHE SAID HE IS BORN AFTER 18 YEARS OF MARRIAGE 09:45 BECAUSE THAT DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF MINE 09:47 COULD NOT HAVE BABIES BUT WE FINALLY DRAGGED HER 09:52 OVER HERE TO PRAY WITH THE PASTOR AND SHE HAD A BABY 09:55 NOW. 09:56 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD. 09:57 AND I SAW THE BABY, HEALTHY, NICE, BEAUTIFUL 10:01 BABY. 10:02 SO, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE WOMEN AND THE COUPLES WHO 10:05 THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAS PRAYED OVER? 10:07 IS THAT A CHANGE? 10:08 DO THEY REALIZE, WOW, THERE IS SOMETHING HERE 10:11 WITH THIS GOD? 10:12 I MEAN TELL US ABOUT THAT. 10:13 WELL, THEY HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH JESUS BECAUSE 10:16 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS SAYING, JESUS IS GOING 10:20 TO GIVE US A BABY. 10:21 YES, JESUS HAS DONE THIS. 10:23 YES, AND SO THEY FALL IN LOVE WITH JESUS. 10:26 THIS IS A VERY COMMON THING IN MANY OF OUR 10:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS GO THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE. 10:32 WELL, YOU SHARED WITH YOUR MOM, YES AND PRAISE THE 10:35 LORD FOR YOU, MANZOOR. 10:36 PRAISE. 10:38 SO, JIM WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU TO HEAR THESE STORIES 10:40 AND TO, YOU KNOW, TO RUB SHOULDERS WITH THESE 10:42 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 10:43 WELL, ITS -WHAT'S SIGNIFICANT IS THE AMOUNT 10:49 OF PERSECUTION THAT THEY ARE UNDER IN INDIA. 10:54 SINCE 2014, THE LEVEL OF PERSECUTION AMONGST 10:58 CHRISTIANS, AGAINST CHRISTIANS AND AGAINST 11:01 ADVENTISTS HAS RISEN STEADILY. 11:03 THE VOW OF THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT IS TO CLOSE ONE 11:08 CHURCH, ONE CHRISTIAN CHURCH A WEEK. 11:10 OH REALLY. 11:11 AND IT REALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY IMPRESSED ME, 11:14 OR SHOCKED ME WAS SINCE 2014 THEY HAVE ENACTED 11:20 LAWS AGAINST CONVERTING TO CHRISTIANITY. 11:24 SO, HINDUS GOING TO CHRISTIANITY-WELL AND 11:26 NORTHERN INDIA IS PARTICULARLY HINDUS AND 11:29 MUSLIMS. 11:30 THEY ARE -THEY SEEM TO BE VERY EXTREME GIVEN THE 11:34 WHOLE CONTINENT OF INDIA. 11:35 WOW. 11:36 THE SOUTH OF INDIA IS A LITTLE BIT MORE MELLOW IT 11:41 SEEMS TO ME. 11:43 WARMER CLIMATE. 11:44 HOWEVER, THE THING THAT REALLY STRUCK ME WAS THE 11:49 IDEA THAT IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN YOU 11:53 HAVE TO WRITE OUT AN AFFIDAVIT, WOW, SIGNED AND 11:59 SEALED BY YOURSELF SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO BECOME A 12:02 CHRISTIAN. 12:03 YOU HAVE TO PRESENT THIS TO A MAGISTRATE AND THE 12:07 MAGISTRATE THEN SIGNS OR DOESN'T SIGN AND THEN YOU 12:10 ARE ALLOWED TO BE BAPTIZED. 12:12 WHEN YOU GO FOR BAPTISM AND MANY OF THE LEADERS 12:15 MENTIONED THIS, WHEN YOU GO FOR BAPTISM YOU JUST 12:18 CAN'T GO TO ANY ORDINARY STREAM YOU HAVE TO GO TO A 12:21 SPECIFIC PLACE. 12:23 A DESIGNATED PLACE. 12:24 A DESIGATED PLACE. 12:25 THEY HAVE TO-MANY OF THE CONFERENCES AND SECTIONS 12:29 HAD TO RENT BUSES TO DRIVE 30-40 MILES TO A 12:35 DESIGNATED SPOT FOR BAPTISM. 12:37 INCREDIBLE. 12:38 WE TAKE BAPTISM AND BECOMING A CHURCH MEMBER 12:42 FOR GRANTED HERE. 12:43 ABSOLUTELY. 12:44 YOU DON'T HAVE TO APPEAR BEFORE A MAGISTRATE AND 12:46 DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A SIGNED AFFIDAVIT, NO, AND 12:49 THEN YOU WERE ASKED THE QUESTIONS HAVE YOU BEEN 12:51 COERCED TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN? 12:53 HAVE YOU BEEN GIVEN MONEY TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN? 12:56 THE IDEA OF BEING A CHRISTIAN AND WE LISTENED 13:00 TO ONE OF THE CONFERENCE SECTION LEADERS WHO 13:04 ACTUALLY HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED FOR HIS FAITH 13:07 AND HELD FOR A VERY, A VERY HEAVY RANSOM. 13:11 AND THAT RANSOM HAD TO BE PAID BEFORE HE WAS 13:15 RELEASED AND COULD GO BACK AND BECOME A CHURCH LEADER 13:18 AGAIN. 13:19 SO, THIS IS -IT WAS JUST ASTOUNDING TO ME, THE 13:23 LEVEL OF PERSECUTION AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN 13:28 INDIA. 13:29 ABSOLUTELY. 13:30 WELL, AND WHEN YOU WERE SHARING THAT I JUST 13:31 THOUGHT OF SOME MUSLIM, FORMER MUSLIMS THAT I KNOW 13:35 IN A COUNTRY WHERE ON THEIR DOCUMENT IT SAYS 13:37 THAT THEY ARE CHRISTIAN AND EVERY TIME THEY HAND 13:41 THAT DOCUMENT IN THEY ARE LABELED. 13:44 JUST LIKE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND YOU KNOW, HAVE 13:46 WE STOOD UP FOR OUR BELIEFS THAT WAY HERE, YOU 13:48 KNOW, IN OUR COUNTRY. 13:49 WELL, WE WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR BEING WITH 13:51 US AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALSO, IF YOU ARE 13:53 EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT INDIA AND 13:56 ALSO HEARING THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY GETTING US 13:59 TO THE CORE WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 14:01 SHARING JESUS. 14:03 IF YOU ARE BEING MOVED, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 14:05 PARTNERSHIP HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE WE CAN'T 14:08 DO THIS WITHOUT YOU. 14:09 THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR 14:11 PRAYERS, YOUR SUPPORT AND WE JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME 14:14 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN JOIN THE FAMILY OF 14:18 SHARING JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 14:20 EARTH- VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU 14:26 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION 14:32 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED. 14:35 HUMANITY. 14:35 WE NEED LOVE. 14:38 WE NEED HOPE. 14:40 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 14:44 MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 14:46 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 14:50 PLAN TO SAVE US-ONE THIRD. 14:53 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU 15:00 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 15:02 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 15:05 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 15:07 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 15:10 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 15:17 JESUS CHRIST. 15:18 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 15:21 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 15:29 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 15:32 AND I HOPE THAT YOU KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES YOU. 15:35 I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT DIED FOR YOU AND THAT HE IS 15:37 COMING BACK AGAIN AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU 15:40 WILL GO TO THE BIBLE WHEN YOU NEED SOME ASSISTANCE, 15:43 WHEN YOU NEED THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME 15:45 UPON YOU. 15:46 I PRAY THAT YOU WILL LOOK TO GOD'S WORD AS TO HELP 15:50 YOU NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE FACING IN YOUR LIFE AND 15:53 TOGETHER, WE ARE WANTING TO SHARE JESUS AT HOME AND 15:56 IN THE GREAT 10/40 WINDOW WHERE WE ARE CONCENTRATING 15:59 OUR EFFORTS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 16:01 MANZOOR MASSEY AND JIM JEFFREY WE ARE SO GLAD TO 16:04 HAVE YOU HERE TALKING ABOUT THE FANTASTIC, HUGE 16:06 COUNTRY OF INDIA. 16:07 AND INDIA IS ONE OF THE COUNTRIES IN THE 10/40 16:12 WINDOW AND BOTH OF YOU ARE SHARING WITH OUR VIEWERS 16:16 ABOUT YOUR COMMITMENT TO SHARING JESUS. 16:18 MANZOOR, I KNOW YOU HAVE ANOTHER STORY FOR US. 16:20 I JUST KNOW IT. 16:22 WELL, I TELL YOU IT IS THRILLING TO VISIT INDIA. 16:25 EVERY TIME I GO, I JUST COME BACK SO EXCITED ABOUT 16:28 IT BECAUSE I SEE GOD AT WORK. 16:31 PRAISE THE LORD. 16:32 AND I MET ONE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 16:35 AND HIS STORY. 16:37 HE WAS GIVING A BIBLE STUDY TO THIS LADY AND THE 16:40 FAMILY DIDN'T LIKE THAT. 16:43 OH. 16:44 SO, THEY WERE TELLING HER YOU CANNOT GO AND ATTEND 16:46 THESE MEETINGS. 16:47 BUT SHE KEPT ON GOING-BECAUSE WAS SHE A 16:50 HINDU WOMAN? 16:51 YES. 16:51 OK. 16:52 AND SO, SHE KEPT ON ATTENDING, KEPT ON 16:53 ATTENDING BUT ONE DAY AH, THEY BEAT HER UP AND THEY 16:57 SAID YOU CANNOT GO. 16:58 THEY BEAT HER UP BECAUSE SHE WAS ATTENDING THE 17:00 MEETINGS? 17:01 THAT'S RIGHT. 17:02 SO, SHE QUIT COMING. 17:03 SO, AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 17:06 FELT WELL, I SHOULD GO AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. 17:10 WHEN HE WENT THERE, HE KNOCKED ON THE BIG 17:13 COMPOUND DOOR AND WHAT HE SAW WAS A COT IN THE 17:19 MIDDLE OF THE COMPOUND AND THE FAMILY CENTERED 17:22 AROUND, JUST SITTING AROUND THE COT AND CRYING. 17:28 AND AS SOON AS THEY SAW THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 17:31 WORKER, THEY SAID, THIS IS YOUR MEMBER. 17:35 SHE IS DEAD. 17:36 SO, PRAY FOR US BECAUSE WE CANNOT COPE WITH THIS. 17:41 WE ARE SO SAD ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING. 17:43 ANYWAY, HE SAID, I'D BE HAPPY TO PRAY FOR YOU. 17:46 AS HE KNELT DOWN AND PRAYED AND HE SAID, JESUS 17:51 IN YOUR NAME I ASKING YOU TO BRING PEACE AND COMFORT 17:56 TO THIS FAMILY IN THE NAME OFJESUS AND AS HE SAID 18:00 AMEN, THE LADY COUGHED AND SHE GOT UP AND SHE SAID, 18:04 WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? 18:05 OH, MY. 18:08 SO, THEY THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD AND HERE JUST COUGHED 18:11 AND SHE SAID WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? 18:14 YOU SEE, GOD IS THE SAME GOD, YES, AND HE HAS 18:18 ALWAYS BEEN THERE. 18:19 AMEN. 18:20 HE IS STILL DOING THE SAME MIRACULOUS WORK TO UPHOLD 18:25 THE FAITH, UPHOLD THE CONFIDENCE OF HIS PEOPLE. 18:29 SO, THESE SIMPLE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO ARE 18:32 NOT HIGHLY EDUCATED WITH BIG DEGREES BUT THEIR 18:36 HEART IS IN THE HAND OFJESUS, YES, AND THEY ARE 18:39 CALLING UPON THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DO WHAT GOD 18:42 WANTS THEM TO DO. 18:43 AND THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO. 18:45 YES. 18:46 THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHO TO CALL UPON BUT WHAT 18:48 A WITNESS FOR THIS ENTIRE FAMILY. 18:50 THE ENTIRE FAMILY IMMEDIATELY TOLD HIM, 18:52 WHATEVER THAT GOD IS, WE WANT THAT GOD. 18:55 WE WANT HIM. 18:56 YES. 18:57 UNBELIEVABLE BUT I SHOULD SAY BELIEVABLE. 19:00 BELIEVABLE. 19:01 I NEED TO CHANGE THAT TO BELIEVABLE. 19:02 YES. 19:03 OUR GOD IS A GOD OF MIRACLES. 19:06 YES. 19:07 YES. 19:08 SO, JIM FOR YOU TO HEAR THESE STORIES AS YOU ARE 19:09 KIND OF GETTING NEW ON BOARD HERE AT GOSPEL 19:11 OUTREACH AND I KNOW INDIA IS NOT NEW TO YOU BUT WHAT 19:14 DOES THIS DO FOR YOU PERSONALLY? 19:16 WELL, IT -YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN YOU DO BUT SAY WOW! 19:21 AS YOU SAID, THIS IS - THESE ARE TREMENDOUS 19:25 STORIES. 19:26 WE LISTEN TO MANY TREMENDOUS STORIES FROM 19:30 THE LEADERS. 19:31 THEY VALUE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 19:34 THEY DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANY. 19:36 THEY VALUE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING A GREAT 19:39 WORK. 19:40 I MEAN, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE 19:42 GROUND-BOOTS ON THE GROUND- DOING THE DAILY, 19:46 DAILY TRUDGERY WORK. 19:48 WE THINK TRUDGERY, DRUDGERY WORK BUT HARD 19:51 WORK. 19:52 THEY ARE DOING THE HARD WORK. 19:53 YES. 19:54 AND THEY ARE VISITING FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE AND 19:56 MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE AND THAT IS WHAT 19:57 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO. 19:59 YES, THEY SHOW UP. 19:59 THEY SHOW UP. 20:00 I JUST WANT TO SAY UM; WHAT JEFF IS SAYING THE 20:01 HARD WORK. 20:02 THINK ABOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE OR JULY WHEN THE 20:03 TEMPERATURE IS OVER 110-115 DEGREES. 20:05 WHOA. 20:05 IN INDIA, YES. 20:06 THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR BICYCLES OR WALKING, YES, 20:07 FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE. 20:14 YES. 20:24 NO AIR CONDITIONING. 20:25 NO AIR CONDITIONING, SOMETIMES NO WATER UNTIL 20:29 THEY GET TO THE NEXT VILLAGE. 20:30 YES. 20:31 I TELL YOU THESE PEOPLE ARE MOTIVATED BY THE POWER 20:34 OF GOD. 20:35 YES. 20:36 LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AND DOING MARVELOUS WORK. 20:38 BUT THESE ARE PEOPLE, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 20:42 ARE PEOPLE WHO THEMSELVES HAVE HAD A LIFE CHANGE 20:46 BECAUSE OF GOD AND SO THEY ARE WANTING TO DO THAT AND 20:49 CHRISTIANS IN THE WESTERN WORLD, WE NEED TO BE THE 20:52 SAME, RIGHT? 20:53 WE NEED TO BE SHARING JESUS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS 20:56 AND I DO WANT TO SAY HERE HAVING LIVED IN A COUNTRY 21:00 IN ASIA, HAVING LIVING AMONG BUDDHIST PEOPLE THIS 21:04 TAKES A LONG TIME. 21:06 THIS, YOU KNOW, WE THINK OH WELL, YOU KNOW, HAVING 21:09 GROWN UP AS A CHRISTIAN, HAVING ACCEPTED JESUS WE 21:12 THINK OH, THEY NEED TO JUST ACCEPT THIS BUT YOU 21:16 MENTIONED EARLIER UM, MANZOOR ABOUT THE FAMILY 21:19 NOT WANTING THIS WOMAN TO GO TO THESE MEETINGS AND 21:21 EVERYTHING. 21:22 RELIGION AS A CULTURE IS A PART OF A WAY OF LIFE AND 21:25 IT'S A LITTLE HARD SOMETIMES FOR US TO 21:27 UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT. 21:28 IN SOME RESPECTS, THE WAY WE APPROACH PEOPLE WE KIND 21:35 OF CREATE CONFLICT. 21:36 WE DO. 21:37 BECAUSE WE ARE APPROACHING INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THAT 21:40 IS HOW WE DO IT IN THIS COUNTRY. 21:42 BUT IN THE INDIAN CULTURE, IT IS A COLLECTIVE, THE 21:46 FAMILY, THE FAMILY YES, AND SO WHEN YOU TAKE A 21:50 PERSON OUT OF THE FAMILY AND THAT PERSON IS OF A 21:53 DIFFERENT FAITH, THAT PERSON IS OSTRACIZED, 21:57 EXCOMMUNICATED FROM THE COMMUNITY, YES, THE OTHER 22:00 CHILDREN CANNOT MARRY THOSE CHILDREN SO THERE IS 22:04 A BIG SACRIFICE, RIGHT, THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS 22:07 TO WORK THROUGH. 22:08 AND THEY'VE GOT THE SCARLET LETTER ON THEM OR 22:10 SOMETHING. 22:11 YES, AND THEY YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE BANNED FROM 22:14 THE MARKET, THEY MAY BE BANNED FROM SELLING THEIR 22:17 PRODUCE AT A MARKET. 22:18 AH, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE REALLY, I THINK THE MODE 22:21 OF THINKING IN INDIA ABOUT CHRISTIANS IS THAT THIS IS 22:25 A FOREIGN GOD, A BRITISH GOD, YES, THEIR IDEA IS 22:26 THAT MOST CHRISTIANS ARE LOWER CASTE AND SO IT IS A 22:34 STIGMA IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. 22:40 I NEVER REALIZED THAT UNTIL, INTERESTING JIM, 22:42 UNTIL I WENT THERE. 22:44 BUT JESUS CAME FROM THE 10/40 WINDOW. 22:48 HE CAME FROM THE LOWER CASTE, YES, BUT THAT IS 22:51 INTERESTING. 22:52 I'M GLA D YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, JIM. 22:53 I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. 22:54 OK. 22:55 MANZOOR, WE'VE GOT TIME FOR SOME MORE STORIES. 22:56 WELL, I WANT TO TELL YOU ONE MORE VERY IMPORTANT 22:58 STORY. 22:59 THIS IS A STORY OF A LADY WHO WAS SUFFERING FROM 23:01 CANCER FOR A LONG TIME-STOMACH CANCER AND IN 23:03 FACT, THERE WAS A BIG BOIL AROUND HER STOMACH, VERY 23:05 UNCOMFORTABLE AND SHE WENT TO MANY, MANY DOCTORS AND 23:06 EVERYBODY SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO. 23:07 AND SO, SHE CAME TO ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 23:09 WORKERS. 23:10 SHE HAD HEARD THROUGH SOMEBODY THAT THERE IS A 23:11 CHRISTIAN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 23:13 THEY CALLED HIM-YOU GO TO HIM. 23:14 SEE THE WORD GETS AROUND VERY QUICKLY YES, IF 23:16 ANYBODY PRAYS, YES, AND YOU GET HEALED THEN 23:34 EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO THERE HE'LL BE ABLE TO 23:39 HELP YOU. 23:39 YES. 23:40 WELL, SHE WENT THERE. 23:41 SHE WENT TO A COUPLE OF MEETINGS FIRST AND SHE 23:43 DIDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO OPENLY SAY THAT I AM A YOU 23:47 KNOW, A NONCHRISTIAN. 23:48 I WANT TO BE HEALED. 23:50 FINALLY, THROUGH SOMEBODY ELSE SHE SAID, WOULD YOU 23:53 PLEASE PUT IN MY-PUT IN A GOOD WORD TO THIS MAN THAT 23:56 HE WOULD PRAY FOR ME. 23:58 AND LO AND BEHOLD, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS 24:01 DELIGHTED TO PRAY FOR HER AND I VISITED THE CHURCH 24:03 THAT THEY WERE PART OF AND THE LADY GOT UP AND SHE 24:04 TOLD ME, SHE SAID I WAS THE ONE WITH THE STOMACH 24:06 CANCER AND THEN I WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND I ASKED HIM 24:15 EXAMINE ME, TEST ME. 24:22 THIS MAN PRAYED OVER ME. 24:23 HE SAID IT'S GONE; THE CANCER IS GONE. 24:26 WOW. 24:27 AND THE DOCTOR EXAMINED HER AND HE SAID THERE IS 24:28 NO CANCER. 24:29 PRAISE THE LORD. 24:30 WHAT DID HE GIVE YOU? 24:31 WHAT MEDICINE DID HE GIVE YOU? 24:32 JESUS. 24:33 SO, SHE SAID HE JUST PRAYED AND YOU KNOW HE 24:37 SAID JESUS WILL HEAL YOU. 24:38 WOW. 24:39 AND SO, IT IS JUST HEARTWARMING TO SEE THESE 24:43 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE TINY VILLAGES AND JUST 24:48 ORDINARY PEOPLE SITTING THERE, SINGING THEIR HEART 24:52 OUT TO JESUS. 24:54 JUST PRAISING AND THANKING AND NOT ASKING FOR 24:58 ANYTHING, NO, FOR COMFORT BUTJUST PRAISING GOD. 25:01 PRAISING JESUS. 25:02 WELL, YOU KNOW AS YOU SHARED THAT I THOUGHT 25:04 ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO TOUCHED THE HEM OFJESUS' 25:06 GARMENT. 25:08 I THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE FAMILY ABOUT 25:09 RAHAB. 25:10 I MEAN, LOOK WHAT RAHAB AND HER ENTIRE FAMILY AND 25:14 THAT'S VERY FAMILY ORIENTED IS WHAT YOU ARE 25:17 TALKING ABOUT. 25:18 SO, THE POWER OF PRAYER, THE POWER OF HAVING A 25:21 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO IS THERE UH, JIM WHY DON'T 25:24 YOU TALK ABOUT THAT. 25:25 ABOUT HOW THE NEED. 25:27 WELL, THE NEED IS GREAT. 25:30 YOU, YOU JUST SITTINGIN MEETINGS LISTENING TO THE 25:34 LEADERSHIP OF THE CHURCH IN INDIA IN NORTH INDIA 25:41 AND THE WORK THAT THEY ARE SEEING, THE GOSPEL 25:46 OUTREACH WORKERS DO AND THE IMPACT THAT IT IS 25:49 MAKING AND THE CONVERSIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE 25:52 THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE WORKERS. 25:55 AND THAT IS SOME WAYS, UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THE 25:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE ARE 26:03 THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 26:04 THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE DOING THE WORK, THE 26:06 PASTORS ARE DOING THE WORK, SOME PASTORS HAVE 26:09 20-30 CHURCHES AND SO IT'S THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:13 WORKERS THAT ARE VISITING VILLAGES FROM VILLAGE TO 26:17 VILLAGE AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE CONTACTING 26:19 PEOPLE AND INFLUENCING THEM TO ACCEPT JESUS 26:24 CHRIST. 26:25 HOW EXCITING! 26:26 HOW EXCITING TO BE PART OF THIS, RIGHT? 26:27 ABSOLUTELY. 26:29 HOW EXCITING AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AT HOME 26:31 WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WHAT 26:34 JESUS IS DOING IN OURLIVES AND TO SHARE THE HOPE AND 26:37 THE LOVE AND THE JOY OF JESUS. 26:39 WELL, MANZOOR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH 26:41 US AND JIM WE ASK YOU TO PRAY FOR THE LORD'S 26:44 BLESSING AS YOU GET MORE INVOVLED AND AS YOU GO 26:47 BACK AND SHARE JESUS. 26:49 MANZOOR, YOU HAD A SCRIPTURE ISAIAH 43:19 26:52 "GOD IS ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING NEW." 26:54 HE SAYS. 26:55 AND HE SAYS, "I WILL MAKE STREAMS IN THE DESERT." 26:59 PLACES THAT WE THINK IS TOUGH TO REACH FOR THE 27:02 GOSPEL, GOD IS OPENING UP THE WAY. 27:05 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE THEY ARE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN. 27:09 WELL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE AND WE WANT TO 27:11 SAY A SPECIAL THANKS FOR YOU-TO YOU FOR BEING HERE 27:13 WITH US. 27:14 THANK YOU FOR PRAYING. 27:15 THANK YOU FOR DONATING AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU 27:17 TODAY. 27:17 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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