Welcome and
thank you for joining
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the special ASAP Ministries
program on United Prayer.
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ASAP Ministries is dedicated
to spreading the gospel
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by being the
hands and feet of Jesus
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to the people of
Cambodia, Laos, Thailand,
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Myanmar, Vietnam and
other close countries
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as well as to South East
Asian refugees and immigrants.
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We do this mainly to
national missionaries
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and by supporting evangelism,
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education and
humanitarian projects.
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The easiest way
to learn about ASAP
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is to visit our
website asapministries.org.
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Prayer drives
the ministry of ASAP.
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We take seriously God's
command in Matthew 7:7 to ask
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because we know
that apart from Him
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we can do absolutely nothing.
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Ellen White an
inspired writer says,
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"We're encouraged
to pray for success,
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with a divine
assurance that our prayers
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will be heard and answered.
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The promise is
made on the condition
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that the united prayers
of the church are offered,
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and in answer to these prayers,
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there may be
expected a power greater than
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that which comes in
answer to private prayer."
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When God's people come together
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and praying the
floodgates of heaven open.
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We want to share
three of many of the stories
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we've had of the
answered prayers with you today.
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The first story comes
from the country of Cambodia.
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ASAP church planter
and teacher San Makhura
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has tirelessly
worked in remote villages
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of this Buddhist
country for 12 years.
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In the last year, since he began
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using United Prayer
daily in his home and classroom
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interesting
Christianity nearly tripled.
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Listen, as one of his students
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a young girl named
So Cali tells her story.
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I've heard adults say
that there're times in the life
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that change everything.
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I think this might be
one of those times for me.
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It feels like everything
in my life is new right now.
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Six months ago I
lived with my father
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in the city of Poipet
right on the border of Thailand.
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He gambles a lot and well,
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I don't really
like to talk about it.
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But he remarried and
things got hard for me there.
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So I moved to this
small village to come
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to live with my
mother and two sisters.
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Village life is
different than the city.
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Most of the people are farmers
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and my mom also goes
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and plants rice
when it's planting time.
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At first I didn't know
if I would likely it here
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but then I learned about
the school my sister goes to.
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I like school and
I am a good student.
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In my last school I even
got an award for higher grades.
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This new school is very
different from the last school.
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I think the biggest
difference is that this school
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they believe in
the Bible and God,
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my teachers very different too.
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His name is San Makhura.
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I've never had a
teacher like him before.
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He really wants us to learn
so it gives us lots of hard work
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but he also really cares
about my family and my problems.
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He has taught me
that God is like a father
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which is rally nice because
I didn't really have one now.
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There are so many
things about this new faith
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that I've really liked.
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I like knowing about Jesus.
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I like the Ten Commandments
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and how the Bible
teaches us to be good.
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I have been
learning lots of new songs
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from the song book and
memorizing Bible verses.
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I love to help out
the church programs
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we have in Sabbath
and during the week.
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And my faith is growing.
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My favorite thing
that they've taught
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at school is United Prayer.
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Every afternoon
before we go home
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we pray together in
groups of three or four.
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There's a very
special way that we pray.
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We start by praising God
and then we confess our sins
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which is sometimes hard to
do with my friends with me.
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Then we get to ask God for
help and for the things we need.
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At end we thank God for
the answers to our prayers
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and for the good
things in our life.
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I really like praying.
It's nice to talk to God.
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I ask God to help me do
well in school work and He does.
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I'm getting good grades.
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I also ask Him
to help me be brave
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about this new
faith that I have.
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Because, my
mother is a Buddhists
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and she sometimes tells
me not to do Christian things
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or go to Christian programs.
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It's hard.
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I want to bring many people
to God especially, my mom.
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I want her to be
happy like I feel happy.
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My mom has had a hard life.
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She has no one
to take care of her.
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But she takes care
of my sisters and me.
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For last few
years she has been sick
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so now we have a lot of debt
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and not a lot of
food to go around.
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My mom can't read or write.
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Sometimes when she asks me
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to help her understand things
I can see she is embarrassed.
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I wish I could take care of
her but I don't know how yet.
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But my new faith
in God gives me hope
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that may be He can
take care of us all.
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The school I go to now is
proof that God takes care of us.
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It's brand new
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and that's an answer
to my teachers prayer.
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The old problem was really old.
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In every rainy season it flooded
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for three or
four months each year
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and the floor and desks
were covered with water.
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It was so deep that
school has to be cancelled.
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My teacher prayed and
prayed for a new building.
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Then the owner told
them that old building
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could no longer be rented.
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They had to get out
and they had nowhere to go.
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My teacher and many
others prayed even harder.
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God answered their prayers
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and money was
given for a new school.
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It took only
three months to build
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and this new
school never floods.
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So we can go school and
learn about Jesus all year long.
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If my teacher can ask for
big things may be I can too.
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And if God answered him
may be He will answer me too.
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Actually, He already has.
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Ever since, I started
learning about how Jesus
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comes into our
hearts and changes our lives
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I wanted to be baptized.
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My mom didn't want me to.
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I was afraid she
would never let me
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but I decided to
prepare for baptism anyway.
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Every afternoon in United Prayer
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I've been asking
God to change her heart
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and bring peace to my family.
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This month she changed her mind
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and I was baptized
along with 15 other people.
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My teacher says we
are into his prayer too.
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I know I am only 12 years old
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and my faith is very
new but I am learning a lot.
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I'm so happy with my new
home and friends and school.
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I don't know what's next
for me or what the future holds.
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But I do know that when
we pray with United Prayer
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God listens and
big things happen.
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What a precious young lady.
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It touches my heart to
see how even young children
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respond to United Prayer.
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You may be wondering
what exactly is United Prayer?
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The goal is to join with others
in communion with our Savior
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so the Holy Spirit
can fill us and use us.
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United Prayer is nothing new.
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It's simply a
conversational style prayer
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where people one at a time
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pray short prayers as
the Holy Spirit leads.
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It works for
groups large or small.
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A facilitator leads the
group through four main themes.
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Praise, confession,
asking and thanksgiving.
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You can find these
themes in model prayer
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that Jesus taught His disciples
when they asked Him how to pray.
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We begin with praising
God that shifts our minds
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to who God is and
what a privilege it is
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to commune with Him in prayer.
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Next we move to
confession which is crucial
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for an authentic
effective prayer life.
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That helps to keep
the connection open
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between God and us.
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He promises in 1 John 1:19
that "If we confess our sins,
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He is faithful
and just to forgive us
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and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
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Next we ask we can come boldly
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to His throne of
grace for what we need.
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Not just for
ourselves but for others too.
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The bible says that we
have not because we ask not.
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Finally, we end
with thanksgiving.
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Our hearts pour out in gratitude
for all God has done for us.
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I can tell you personally
that this way of praying
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drives me closer
to my Father in heaven
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and my brothers
and sisters in Christ.
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It allows God to work mightily
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in our behalf and
is transforming lives.
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Our next story highlights
how prayer brought Preak Phally
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to understanding of
truth in God's word.
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God worked across
countries and denominations
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to bring two pastors
together in a way that
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it's continuing to
impact the world today.
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This house is our old
place when we worship on Sunday
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but now we
retain from this house
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to worship God at the new place.
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This is the picture of my church
member Brenda Chase faith home
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Sunday to Saturday
and then we got baptize
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in my own these people.
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And this is
also me and my family
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when we got baptized.
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Pastor Phally's amazing
story of courage and conviction
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actually begins over
eight thousand miles,
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away with a man
he's never met in person.
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Pastor Sophat Sorn
is a Cambodian American
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living in Stockton, California.
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With prayer and a burning desire
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to share Christ
in his home country
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he started a radio
ministry 10 years ago.
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At first, he had no
idea how God would use it
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or if people
were even listening.
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At faraway we do program here.
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Its time go on, go
on broadcast to Cambodia
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and then we do not know
how people will respond to it.
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It seem like we cast the bread
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you know in the rolling water
we don't know where it ends.
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But I pray to God all the time
my family we believe in prayer.
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Pastor Sophat
prayers where answered
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in an amazing way one
night when God gave him a vision
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that dream
profoundly changed him
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and he clearly
felt God's presence
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touching his life and
work like never before.
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I was ordained in
a ministry in 1989
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but I don't feel
that I was full of spirit
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like a Paul or anybody
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but from that time on I
felt that I was anointed.
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I prayed the Lord on that day.
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I said Lord,
thank You may be You--
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You will that I
continue to spread
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the gospel of
salvation through radio.
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And starting from that time on
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I heard people would
have greater respond.
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Of all the responses
Pastor Sophat has received
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from his Voice of
Love radio program.
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None stand out more
than Pastor Preak Phally.
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Pastor Phally a
Methodist minister at that time
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was deeply
interested in what he heard
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and the two began a
life changing friendship.
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Pastor Sorn Sophat
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he rang me east
from United State
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and he asked me
about my situation,
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about my families about
my life and about ministry.
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And that I ask him what is
the true Sabbath in the Bible?
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And then he said. Oh,
it's not Sunday, right?
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And I tried to explain
him that God worked six day
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and then He rested
on the days events.
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As that count from
Monday is the first day,
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Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday,
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Friday and Saturday and Sunday.
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So Sunday is the seventh day.
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This is the holy day
it is the Sabbath day.
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I said well you
read for yourself.
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I share from the Bible
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and we can share it
under reading the Bible.
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At that time he said, wow Sunday
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is not the Sabbath
according to the Bible.
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So when I realized that
Saturday is the Sabbath day
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I have told to my church member,
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my whole church
member around 30 people.
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And after I
explained to them like this.
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They say, "oh,
Pastor that's good."
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Saturday is the Sabbath day
why not worship God on Saturday.
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Phally and his family
and 30 families at his church
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become Seventh-day
Adventist probably.
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So from then on he asked me
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to teach him
more about the truth
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because he want
to be right with God.
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I feel that he
is like my mentor,
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especially I
feel like he is Paul
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and I feel like I
am Timothy, like this.
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Because the all way
support me and he correct me.
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I believe that anybody
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who becomes
Seventh-day Adventist
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they have to fill themselves
before they can share.
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And I share with Pastor Phally
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completely of 28
that not believe.
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Because, I believe the
Lord call him and equipped him
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in order to share the
people the truth of God.
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Then I left from the Methodist
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I don't seem that I
will become the pastor
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or would lead this
Seventh-day Adventist church.
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We just want to
worship God on the right day
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but I thank God that I
can become part of working
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with the Seventh-day
Adventist Church in Cambodia.
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With fervent prayer
and great enthusiasm
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for the truth in God's word
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Pastor Phally is
sharing what he is learning
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with all the Sunday
pastors in his area.
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I have all the group
that Pastor Phally request.
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He asked okay pastor, I
have on the Sunday pastor
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coming here
about 20 or 30 people
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and can't you
teach them on Skye.
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I said of course.
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I really want to see
many life changed to Christ.
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I really want to see
many Sunday Christian
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they rely that
Saturday is the Sabbath day.
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I really want them to
understand about this.
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These men who have
yet to meet in person
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are united by a passion
for bringing lives to Christ
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and a love for their people.
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God is using them.
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And many others in
Cambodia to change hearts
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and draw people to His kingdom.
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It is the partnership
forged with the power of prayer
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from its very
beginnings and everyday after.
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I said Lord,
here is your program.
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It's a your program,
your word might be heard.
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Please send your
Holy Spirit to be with
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so people can hear
and they can convert
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and they can believe that
this word is Yours not mine.
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And people they
changed their lives.
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They changed their faith
their believe to us at cry.
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I think that is the great joy
and no greater joy than that.
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The power of
prayer is so amazing
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and then we have to rely on
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hundred percent on
the power of prayer.
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Yes, when we rely one
hundred percent on God
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we can expect Him to do
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exceedingly above
what we ask or think.
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We long for each
of you to experience
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the joy of a prayer filled life
that is used in service to God.
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Listen now as
Pastor Scot Griswold
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shares and
praise from his heart.
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Here I am waiting
in the Mekong River.
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On one side its Laos
and other side Thailand
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flowing down from China
and it just keeps going slowly,
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slowly down towards
Cambodia and finally out
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through the delta of
Vietnam into the ocean.
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There it's connected
clear cross to North America.
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And what an
incredible, incredible place.
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I love these
countries of South East Asia.
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They are so
beautiful in many ways
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and yet so needy as well.
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And yet we're connected
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as children of
God every one of us.
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He is our Father and these
are our brothers and sisters.
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And so as I see
them in their poverty
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and in their need
to know who Jesus is
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I reminded that we must care
for our brothers and sisters.
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We're connected to them
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and it is our responsibility
to love Him with all our heart
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so that one day, some
day when Jesus comes again
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and we're united in heaven
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in one place from
many nationalities
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we can see those who
because of what Jesus did
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and because He moved
through our hearts and lives
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to give and to
share to pray and to go.
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We can be together for eternity.
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Looking forward to that day
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and I want to pour my
heart and life into that
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and I invite you to do the same.
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Father in heaven,
as I am standing here
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in the Mekong River
connected with Cambodia,
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Laos, Vietnam, Thailand
and over across there Myanmar
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I just pray that
You'll pour out your spirit
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that You'll come
like a flood to bring life
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to bring help to bring the
good news to these countries
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that need You so desperately.
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They're so many poor
people and there're so many
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who never had a
chance to know Your name.
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Your church is being growing
but it is still so small.
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Please pour out Your
spirit on each of the workers.
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Let, Your mighty
love be seen through them
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and the things that
they do help the people.
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Let them speak with boldness,
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let them tell what You
have done through Jesus Christ
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that You were the
Father of all people
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and not just
Americans or foreigners
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but that You're their God.
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Pour out Your
spirit on your workers
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and Your church everywhere
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that we can rise
up and be Your people
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that we can join the
swear of that mighty,
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mighty river that
will take the gospel
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to all corners of the world.
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We ask this through the almighty
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the powerful name
of Jesus Christ, amen.
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Our final story is
nothing short of miraculous.
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And it had occurred
because our brothers and sisters
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in Vietnam united together in
persistent prayer and fasting.
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I stood
speechless, frozen and feared.
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My heart beat
faster. my mind raised.
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This man's face
has been splashed over
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newspaper headlines and on TV.
00:20:55.49\00:20:57.99
I knew the threat
of danger very real
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but somehow I also knew
00:21:00.04\00:21:01.59
that this had to God's
answer to our United Prayer.
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We were asking for miracles
00:21:04.78\00:21:06.13
but this was more
than we had expected.
00:21:06.16\00:21:10.00
But I'm gonna ahead of
myself. Let me back up.
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There is a lot
you'll need to understand
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before we return to
this part of the story.
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It was only a few years ago
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that my life was
radically changed
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by the Bible
truths that I accepted
00:21:23.12\00:21:24.97
when listening to
Pastor Isah Young sermons
00:21:25.00\00:21:27.39
on Peace and Happiness radio.
00:21:27.42\00:21:29.60
The change affected not only me
00:21:29.63\00:21:31.31
but also my family
and over 500 members
00:21:31.34\00:21:34.03
at the Christian
church where I was pastoring.
00:21:34.06\00:21:38.77
Being a pastor in
Vietnam is the job
00:21:38.80\00:21:40.76
that comes with many risks.
00:21:40.79\00:21:42.40
But these risks are nothing
compared to the love of Christ.
00:21:42.43\00:21:45.64
My heart burns to
share the truth in God word
00:21:48.67\00:21:51.41
with ever person in my country.
00:21:51.44\00:21:53.27
It doesn't matter
that Vietnam is communist
00:21:53.30\00:21:55.34
and against us
publicly sharing our faith.
00:21:55.37\00:21:57.67
We completely rely on
the power of the Holy Spirit
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and do it anyway.
00:22:00.52\00:22:02.04
The city where I live is home
to about four million people.
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That's millions of
people who don't know Jesus.
00:22:11.14\00:22:13.70
My church members and I
felt we had to reach them.
00:22:17.28\00:22:19.53
So we began to regularly go out
00:22:19.56\00:22:21.48
and distribute sermon DVDs.
00:22:21.51\00:22:23.54
Each time we went we
encountered difficulties.
00:22:23.57\00:22:26.81
Many people proud
of their Buddhist faith
00:22:26.84\00:22:28.79
told us to leave the
city and never come back.
00:22:28.82\00:22:31.18
Without fail the
police would arrest us
00:22:31.21\00:22:33.74
which resulted in hours of
interrogation and big fines.
00:22:33.77\00:22:37.00
It was hard not get discouraged.
00:22:37.03\00:22:40.98
Though some people
appeared interested in the DVDs.
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We saw little results.
00:22:43.68\00:22:45.39
It was clear that we
needed to do something more
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and ask when God reminded me
00:22:47.51\00:22:48.87
at the power that comes
from these people United Prayer.
00:22:48.90\00:22:51.91
I gathered together
the believers in my area
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and asked them to commit to
a month of prayer and fasting.
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We prayed daily, hourly,
fasting three days a week.
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We prayed in groups and alone.
00:23:01.74\00:23:03.98
We prayed
continually confessing our sins
00:23:04.01\00:23:06.91
pleading with God for
the people of our city
00:23:06.94\00:23:09.09
and thanking Him for
what He was already doing.
00:23:09.12\00:23:12.00
It was not longer after this
00:23:13.88\00:23:15.48
I heard that
loud knock on my door
00:23:15.51\00:23:17.26
and I opened to
stand face to face
00:23:17.29\00:23:19.31
with the man I
immediately recognized
00:23:19.34\00:23:21.54
as the notorious
former Viet Cong commander
00:23:21.57\00:23:24.09
turned mafia gang
leader in our city.
00:23:24.12\00:23:26.98
I knew of this
man's illegal activity,
00:23:27.01\00:23:29.24
his drug dealing,
gambling homes and brothels.
00:23:29.27\00:23:32.23
I couldn't help and wonder
what this man can want from me.
00:23:32.26\00:23:35.69
I have to admit I
felt a little nervous
00:23:35.72\00:23:37.31
allowing this
dangerous man into my home
00:23:37.34\00:23:39.67
but my desire to share Jesus
with him overpowered my fears.
00:23:39.70\00:23:43.02
I reminded myself there
is nothing too hard for God.
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As we talked
and studied together
00:23:48.62\00:23:50.28
one hour turned into two
00:23:50.31\00:23:52.10
and then the
hours turned into days
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soon we were intensely
00:23:54.12\00:23:55.89
studying the Bible
together day and night.
00:23:55.92\00:23:58.35
Bit by bit he discovered
how much God loved to him.
00:23:58.38\00:24:01.62
The Holy Spirit
convicted his heart
00:24:01.65\00:24:03.52
and he confessed his sins
00:24:03.55\00:24:04.74
and accepted
Jesus into his life.
00:24:04.77\00:24:08.53
It was amazing to watch this
man transform before my eyes.
00:24:08.56\00:24:13.29
He realized this
act that he was making
00:24:13.32\00:24:14.88
that gave his life to God.
00:24:14.91\00:24:16.38
In a holy boldness he
immediately went to work
00:24:16.41\00:24:18.88
to dissolve his
mafia organization
00:24:18.91\00:24:21.17
closing any business
that did not honor God.
00:24:21.20\00:24:23.94
Everyone he knew he may contact
00:24:30.39\00:24:32.03
with saw a major
change in his life.
00:24:32.06\00:24:34.24
His men began to ask questions
00:24:39.73\00:24:41.67
so he asked me to come with him
00:24:41.70\00:24:43.08
and explain
Christianity to them.
00:24:43.11\00:24:45.68
God worked to reach
their hearts and podium them
00:24:45.71\00:24:48.22
along with their families
followed their leader's example
00:24:48.25\00:24:50.86
in accepting
Jesus as their Savior
00:24:50.89\00:24:53.46
and decided to give up
their criminal lifestyle.
00:24:53.49\00:24:55.87
He didn't stopped at just that.
00:24:59.87\00:25:01.75
He too wanted to
reach down the city.
00:25:01.78\00:25:04.10
One day he had the bright idea
00:25:04.13\00:25:05.88
to hold the
celebration of Christianity.
00:25:05.91\00:25:08.58
This was probably the first time
00:25:08.61\00:25:10.09
in the history
of communist Vietnam
00:25:10.12\00:25:11.79
as such a large
public Christian event
00:25:11.82\00:25:13.84
for success pulled off.
00:25:13.87\00:25:16.81
Masses of people
poured into a rented home
00:25:16.84\00:25:19.51
I was invited to
be the guest speaker
00:25:19.54\00:25:21.02
for the
celebration and he shared
00:25:21.05\00:25:22.89
his powerful
testimony of how God changed him
00:25:22.92\00:25:25.11
from media crew
and stubborn person
00:25:25.14\00:25:27.07
into a joyful good hearted one.
00:25:27.10\00:25:30.40
Now, all house churches
00:25:30.43\00:25:32.17
have been
established in the city
00:25:32.20\00:25:33.92
that including ex-gangsters
00:25:33.95\00:25:35.10
has over 200
members in as growing.
00:25:35.13\00:25:37.63
People are on fire for
the word and in His word.
00:25:37.66\00:25:40.19
Over 90,000
DVDs have been copied
00:25:40.22\00:25:42.74
and shared with
people through out the city.
00:25:42.77\00:25:45.15
Many are hearing the
everlasting gospel message
00:25:45.18\00:25:47.69
and preparing for
Jesus Christ's soon return.
00:25:47.72\00:25:51.20
I praise God for the
power of the Holy Spirit
00:25:51.23\00:25:53.60
that comes in answer to
the prayers of His people.
00:25:53.63\00:25:56.58
My story is one example
of what United Prayer can do.
00:25:56.61\00:25:59.67
But it is not wanting to me
00:25:59.70\00:26:01.28
but He has done at
Vietnam He will do for you.
00:26:01.31\00:26:04.69
God is waiting for us,
00:26:04.72\00:26:06.42
me and you to humbly come to Him
00:26:06.45\00:26:08.65
with praise and confession
to ask so He can answer.
00:26:08.68\00:26:12.63
God surely is a prayer hearing,
00:26:16.73\00:26:18.99
prayer answering God, isn't he?
00:26:19.02\00:26:21.61
Has the Lord
lauded on your heart
00:26:21.64\00:26:23.61
to unite with us in prayer.
00:26:23.64\00:26:25.66
Visit the prayer
section on asapministries.org
00:26:25.69\00:26:29.41
to learn how to
start a United Prayer group
00:26:29.44\00:26:32.12
and to find out of
our ARME ministries
00:26:32.15\00:26:34.49
another great ministry
00:26:34.52\00:26:35.84
where you can experience
United Prayer firsthand.
00:26:35.87\00:26:39.12
Right now, there are
tremendous needs in Vietnam
00:26:39.15\00:26:42.66
and throughout South East Asia.
00:26:42.69\00:26:44.61
Ninety five dollars was
sponsor a lay pastor for a month
00:26:44.64\00:26:48.49
and $200 will send an
ASAP missionary to training.
00:26:48.52\00:26:52.78
We invite you to join us
00:26:52.81\00:26:54.52
in helping our
brothers and sisters
00:26:54.55\00:26:56.21
discover the more abundant life
00:26:56.24\00:26:58.49
that Jesus
promises in scripture.
00:26:58.52\00:27:01.14
If you have
experienced God' blessings
00:27:01.17\00:27:04.09
why not give Him a
special gift today.
00:27:04.12\00:27:06.74
God will joyfully take
your gift and multiply it.
00:27:06.77\00:27:10.95
In closing I
want to say thank you
00:27:10.98\00:27:13.37
to the growing ASAP family
00:27:13.40\00:27:15.54
that praise and
supports this ministry.
00:27:15.57\00:27:18.09
You are a part of the miracles.
00:27:18.12\00:27:20.49
I really look forward to heaven
00:27:20.52\00:27:22.49
when I can meet you
and we will all surround
00:27:22.52\00:27:25.76
our Heavenly Father's
throne united in prayers
00:27:25.79\00:27:28.35
of praise to Him
for what He has done.
00:27:28.38\00:27:32.04
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these mission stories
00:27:32.07\00:27:34.03
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00:27:34.06\00:27:35.71
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