(uplifting music)
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- Hello and welcome
to Jesus for Asia Now.
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I'm Natalie Wood and my husband
Jon is here with me today.
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Hello, love.
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- Hi darling, how are you?
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- I'm doing well.
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I'm really excited about this
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because this is a continuation
of the story of the church
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that is sponsoring
Bible workers in India.
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- Right, yeah, that's really
cool how they got together
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and decided as a board
that they wanted to sponsor
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10 Bible workers in India.
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And so it's the story of
how a church in Tennessee
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can make an impact on
the other side of the planet.
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- Yup.
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This church decided
to do this at a time
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when they were gonna be
building a new church facility.
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- Yeah, they were
meeting in a tent.
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- Right, right.
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We remember that well.
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- Yeah, we were there.
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- Yeah, because
this is our home church.
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- Yes, yes,
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- So the church facility
that was going to be built
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was not cheap.
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- [Jon] No.
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- And so it was like a big
financial hurdle coming up.
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And yet, the church
board voted to sponsor
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Bible workers in
India, 10 of them.
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So that they could be helping
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on the other side of
the world during this time.
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So it's just a
interesting neat relationship
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and how the
church made that choice
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even at a time when they knew
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financial challenge was coming.
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And they went by faith
and started sponsoring.
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- So in the last show,
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we kinda left it off as
they decided to do this,
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we got to see
some of the results.
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But what happened to the church?
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Were they able to
build a new facility?
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Did they go bankrupt?
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Did God bless?
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How did that work?
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And that's what we're
gonna be finding out this show.
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- Right, but before we
get to that part of the story,
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let's meet some
more of the Bible workers
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they're sponsoring.
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(gentle music)
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- My mother passed away
when I was doing sixth grade.
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It was my father who took
care of me and my three sisters.
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We were very strong Hindus.
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I used to worship idols.
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I did not know about Jesus.
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I even used to
go to Palani Temple
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which is a famous Hindu temple.
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I used to go on pilgrimage,
walking from my house to Palani.
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I used to lead a group.
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And that was a
time my father met
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with an accident
and he passed away.
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I was completely broken.
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My father was
friendly with a pastor.
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His name is Meshak.
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And he used to come to our house
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not very often, but sometimes.
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And after my father's
death, he started teaching me
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about Jesus Christ because
I was in a big depression.
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(gentle music)
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This Pastor Meshak took me
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to the nearby seventh
three Adventist Church.
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The pastor who was
there took care of me
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and particularly in
that church, I like so much
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is that every Sabbath
after the lunch, they would go
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for outreach, meeting
people and praying for them.
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They would go to new villages.
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And they even encouraged
me, "You also come join."
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But that time, I
was not baptized.
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But we used to go.
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I used to join with them.
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And the first time
when they asked me to pray,
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I was hesitating because
I never ever prayed before.
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But the same night
when I went to home, I knelt
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and I prayed to the Lord,
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"Lord, please
teach me how to pray."
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That was how I was slowly
learning each and everything.
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And then the next week
when we went for outreach,
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they asked me to pray
and I started praying.
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I really liked
the church so much.
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And in the year
2015, October 24,
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I gave my life to Jesus Christ
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and I took baptism
in the same church.
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There was one old man in my
church called Nayana Desigan.
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He used to take me
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to wherever he goes for
visiting, to do God's work.
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Many places he has taken me.
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And he also
takes me to funerals.
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He taught me how
to do these things
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and he taught me so
many truths from the Bible.
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During that time, the
church was so supportive.
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And I told that to old
man, "I don't have anyone."
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And during that
time, there was a transfer
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for the pastor, Pastor Sauria.
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He came as a pastor
here, and he introduced me
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to my wife, who was then working
in the school as a teacher.
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They're also looking
for a nice man, godly man.
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And that family
is a godly family.
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So they were talking about it.
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It took nearly
six months of time.
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And then finally
2017, he married Sister Joy.
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(gentle music)
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- I think it's neat
because the pastor was there
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when he was in sorrow
over his father's passing
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and could share with him.
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And the church just
brought him in and drew him in
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into helping with outreach
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and he was converted
as a result of the church
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just working and
helping him and...
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- Yeah, and that he
liked doing the outreach
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right off the bat.
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I think that's a
really good example
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to involve new
believers with outreach
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to give them a chance to
share what they're learning.
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- Right.
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That, and it was also
neat how he would say,
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"Lord teach me how to
pray and different things."
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The Lord was
teaching him everything.
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- Yeah, that's really beautiful.
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- Sometimes, our testimonies
are just like, we live them.
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So we don't say them out loud.
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And so other people
don't necessarily know
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what our testimony is.
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And sometimes, it's very simple.
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But other times, it's major.
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I mean, he came out of Hinduism.
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He was walking back and
forth to Palani, that temple
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worshiping the idols there and-
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- We did a show on Palani.
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Yeah, we did a show
in Palani back in 2004.
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It's a major temple city.
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- Yes.
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So we have another video.
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So let's watch that one next.
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- Okay.
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(gentle music)
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(speaker speaking
in foreign language)
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- [Translator] I was
introduced to this Kumar,
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who's a Hindu priest.
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He was the in charge
for the whole temple.
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And when they went to his house,
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he invited few of the
neighborhood people also for
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prayer. But there were
people who started questioning,
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"You being the Hindu priest,
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how can you have
prayer in your house?
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How can you
entertain other religion?
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And that to a Christian
religion, it is not good.
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But I was
surprised to see this man.
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He said, "It is my business.
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You don't mind my business.
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You mind your own business."
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When he started listening
to the message from the Bible,
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God really touched his heart.
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(uplifting music)
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The Hindu priest asked us,
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"Can you please
pray for my brother?
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I tried everything what I can
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but nothing is being answered."
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He was really mentally disturbed
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and he was possessed by devil.
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And that time,
this Gopi was admitted
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in rehabilitation center
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so that he can recover
from these mental issues.
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But he was getting worse.
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And when I went to
visit him in the hospital,
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he has so many
threads tied on his fist
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and on his hips,
and even on his neck.
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And he's having
this lemon in his pocket
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and some ashes and
other things in his pocket.
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And when we went and
told Gopi to pray, read Bible
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he said, "No, I
don't want to do it.
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I won't pray. I
won't read Bible.
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And you just leave me alone."
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As we were talking to him in
the hospital, the next patient,
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she said, "Can you please pray
for my son who's very sick?"
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And we went and prayed for him.
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When we came back,
this Gopi started asking us,
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"I had a lemon in my
pocket, and that is missing now.
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You are the one who took it.
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And all the other things
which I had in my pocket,
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you took it, you
give it to me right now.
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I know you took it."
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But we didn't take it.
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And then even though he
didn't like us to pray for him
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but we prayed for
him and we left a Bible
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with his mother and came
from that hospital that day.
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And after two
weeks, he was discharged
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from the hospital
and his mother called us.
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She said, "We
have brought Gopi home.
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He's with us now.
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Can you please come to my home
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and have a fasting and
prayer, especially for my son?"
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So we organized a
prayer and we went.
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We went to his house for prayer.
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And also a few
church member joined us.
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When we went, we gave the Bible
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and asked this
Gopi to read Psalms 23.
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But he never read.
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And the pastor
understood that all the ropes
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and all those
things which he was having
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on his fist and his hip
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and on in his neck, pastor
said, "We need to cut them.
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Then only he will
be completely delivered
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from the he will perception."
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So she brought the scissors
and they cut everything.
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And after that, Gopi
was able to read the Bible
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and pray with them that day.
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(uplifting music)
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The following week, Gopi's
mother decided to take baptism.
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She and her younger son,
but Gopi refused to do that.
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So we started singing
song, we started praising God
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so that the devil
will leave him alone.
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But still, Gopi was refusing.
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Then the pastor saw
they was one rope on his fist
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which was still there.
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So pastor said,
we need to cut that,
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that Satan need
to flee from him.
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So when they
brought the scissors
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and they when they cut and
threw the thread from his hand,
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he was touched
by the Holy Spirit.
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Then Gopi said,
"Yes, I will take baptism."
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He came inside the tank
and he was baptized that day.
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He accepted Jesus Christ.
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He was completely cured
from the devil position.
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And he could not even
complete his 10th grade.
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But after he
accepted Jesus Christ,
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God helped him to
do his studies well.
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He passed his board exams.
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And now, right
now, he's studying
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in a college in the IT field.
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When Gopi was baptized,
pastor gave him a new name.
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He was called Daniel.
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Now, Sister Joy requests
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that you would
please pray for this Daniel,
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so that he will be a true Daniel
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like the Daniel in the Bible.
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(uplifting music)
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- That seems to be a theme
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in these videos
where people get delivered
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and they end up with
a smile on their face.
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- Yup, and it's beautiful.
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- Yes, it is.
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That's what Jesus does.
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- Right, Right.
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That's an amazing story.
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- I know.
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- All the things that that poor
young man had to go through.
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- And you know, that's
a specialty that Satan has
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in blinding the eyes of
those that he likes to control.
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We have a story of a man that
wanted to become a Christian
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and he got a
Bible from a Christian
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but there were no
words on the pages.
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They were all blank.
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And so he went back
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to the Christian
says, "This Bible's broken.
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There's no words on the page."
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And the Christian says,
"Oh, Satan's blinding your eyes.
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Pray this prayer."
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So he went home and
he prayed that prayer
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and then he could see
all the words on the page.
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This is what Satan can do.
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Right, right. - Powerful.
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- But God is
stronger. - He is stronger.
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- And he specializes
in delivering captives.
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- Yes.
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- Well, we've got another video.
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(gentle music)
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(speaker speaking
in foreign language)
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- I'm taking
care of two churches
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and we don't have churches there
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but these are the new
areas we have entered into.
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And by the grace of God,
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now we have a small
gathering there right now.
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(speaker speaking
in foreign language)
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As we were praying door to door,
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the people nearby, they told us
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there is one more
family or a Christian family,
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"You please go pray for them.
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They need prayer."
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That is how I was
led to this house.
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She told me, "My
sister's son, three times,
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he met with accident, but
somehow, two times, he's saved.
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But this time again,
he met with an accident
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and he got hit on his
head, and his head is injured.
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Now he's not able to move.
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He's in coma stage.
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Would you please
go pray for him?"
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That we went, we met this Raja
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and we started praying for him.
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(speaker speaking
in foreign language)
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So this Raja, when I went
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and when I saw since
he had this major accident
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and his skull was majorly
injured, he lost his memory
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and he could not even stand
for a while or sit for a while.
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And when he asked
him, "Can I pray for you?"
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He said, "Yes,
you can pray for me."
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So he and his wife
started regularly going
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and praying for them.
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When they are not
going, they would call them
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over the phone and
pray with them every day.
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And their main aim was to
make this man a living witness
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among his relatives.
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So they were praying
very earnestly to the Lord.
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And what happened one day
when they went to pray for him,
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he was very sick
and he told his wife
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that you should
get oil and keep it.
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It is not the oil
which is going to cure him
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but it is Jesus Christ.
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You should have
faith on Jesus Christ.
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So that lady helped her husband
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in applying the
oil from head to toe.
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When they started
doing this anointing prayer,
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they could see that
improvement in his health.
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He was getting better.
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And also, God blessed him
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in such a way that
when we went to his house,
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he himself would stand up
and he would welcome them.
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"Yes, please, come inside.
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After Raja started walking,
doing things on his own,
00:15:33.43\00:15:37.67
when we go for prayer
00:15:37.67\00:15:38.90
he used to bring all
the neighborhood people
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to come and sit.
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Mostly his wife, his
father, and all his relatives.
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It's a small house, but
used to gather them all.
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And he and his
wife used to teach them
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about Bible and pray with them.
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(uplifting music)
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My only aim is that that
village where Raja is now,
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we pray that the
whole village will be saved.
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The whole village
will know Jesus Christ.
00:16:07.60\00:16:10.60
And now God is
opening doors there
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through this person called Raja.
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And we are praying that
God will heal him completely.
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Please pray for that
village and for Raja's family
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so that they'll
accept Jesus Christ
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and take baptism very soon.
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Thank you.
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Thank you, bye.
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(gentle music)
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- Isn't that beautiful?
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- Yeah.
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How God can change
even the worst outlook.
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He was in a coma,
major skull damage there.
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I mean, and he was
in a coma and everything
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and God has shown him himself.
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And now he's bringing others.
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That's awesome.
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- [Jon] And the
circle keeps widening.
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- Yes.
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- So a church
sponsors a Bible worker.
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He goes to a
village, starts to grow.
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Another person accepts Jesus.
00:17:05.35\00:17:06.96
They become kind of like doing
the work of a Bible worker.
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A missionary.
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And it keeps growing and keeps
widening and keeps widening.
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I think we need
thousands more Bible workers.
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- Yes, we do. (chuckles)
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Yes we do.
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Well, we have one more
testimony video from that area.
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(gentle music)
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(wife speaking
in foreign language)
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- Herself and her husband,
they had a wonderful job
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and they were planning
to develop their business.
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So they bought a truck.
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They started building the house
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but the house was incomplete.
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And all of a sudden,
they lost everything.
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The job went down and their
money really stopped completely.
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The house which they
started constructing,
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they could not
complete the construction.
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It stopped altogether.
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And that was the
time I was really worried.
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And I started
going to all the temples
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because I'm a Hindu and my whole
family is a Hindu believer.
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We went to many temples
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but none of the
idols answered our prayers.
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And that was a time Sister Joy
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and Pastor
Zechariah came and met me.
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I was in a very
big problem that time,
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mentally,
physically, and spiritually.
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It was so painful
because I didn't have money.
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I couldn't build my house.
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There were so many debts.
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My husband borrowed a
lot of money from others
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and everyone was
just pressurizing me.
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That was the time I decided
that I should die, kill myself.
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We wanted to die together
00:18:50.66\00:18:52.53
because we could
not bear this pain.
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And finally, one day,
00:18:54.50\00:18:56.16
Sister Joy called her
and asked her, "How are you?
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It has been quite a long time.
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How is your health?"
00:19:01.07\00:19:02.57
Then immediately, Sister
Joy and Brother Zechariah,
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they both took
the bike and came here
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and met them and they
started praying with them.
00:19:08.01\00:19:10.78
And then she told them,
00:19:10.78\00:19:13.01
"You please, you
need to pray for me.
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I'm going to commit a sin.
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I'm going to kill
myself and my husband."
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They both went and
bought the poison from the shop
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and they kept it ready.
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Anytime if there is a gap,
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they wanted to eat and
drink and kill themself.
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Then when they shared
with the Bible workers,
00:19:29.56\00:19:32.60
they told them,
"You please bring it.
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You should not have it with you.
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How did you take this decision?
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You have a Jesus who's alive.
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How did you take this decision?
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Give it to us.
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We are not going to
leave you like this."
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Then she told
them, "If you take this,
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we will buy it again."
00:19:49.35\00:19:51.02
They said, "No,
please don't do."
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That night, till
eight o'clock in the night,
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they all together,
four of them knelt down
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and they started
praying tearfully.
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They prayed that
God will take the thing
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out from their
mind to kill themselves.
00:20:03.30\00:20:06.67
And they took the poison
and they went after going home,
00:20:06.67\00:20:10.07
they called up
them over the phone,
00:20:10.07\00:20:12.47
and they started praying
over the phone, encouraging them
00:20:12.47\00:20:15.88
and telling them not to
commit this kind of a thing.
00:20:15.88\00:20:19.38
(gentle music)
00:20:19.38\00:20:22.02
Now, God has
given them the peace.
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Their house, where
they're staying is a mud house.
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They don't have even floor.
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It's a very small,
tiny house with mud.
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This new house is
given by their father-in-law.
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This was donated for him, and
he has donated this house now.
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As they are praying, as
they're coming close to God,
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God is one after the other,
and answering their prayers.
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And regarding their
house, the man who gave loan,
00:20:47.11\00:20:51.41
he filed a case on them
and their own advocate said,
00:20:51.41\00:20:56.38
"You have signed
in all the papers.
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If you don't pay the loan,
00:20:58.89\00:21:00.69
your house is
going to be on auction."
00:21:00.69\00:21:03.43
And they came and
stick the auction,
00:21:03.43\00:21:06.09
the warning paper on our house.
00:21:06.09\00:21:08.70
And we didn't know what to do.
00:21:08.70\00:21:10.40
We called Sister
Joy, the JFA worker
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and we told her the problem.
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Again, we knelt
and we prayed to God
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and God answered the prayer.
00:21:17.74\00:21:20.28
When we went to the court,
even our own advocate, he said
00:21:20.28\00:21:23.38
"We cannot win the case."
00:21:23.38\00:21:24.88
But when they went to
the court, the judge there,
00:21:24.88\00:21:28.65
he gave gave a
verdict, which was surprise,
00:21:28.65\00:21:31.32
which was an
answer for our prayers.
00:21:31.32\00:21:33.79
The judge said, "No,
you cannot take their land.
00:21:33.79\00:21:37.66
You cannot put
the land for auction.
00:21:37.66\00:21:39.36
Where will they go live?
00:21:39.36\00:21:41.30
They have children,
they have a family."
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And the judge said,
00:21:43.87\00:21:45.13
"We will give five
month time to pay the loan."
00:21:45.13\00:21:50.07
And judge said, "You
cannot put the house on option."
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So now God even saved their
land from being put in auction
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and we thank the Lord for that.
00:21:59.55\00:22:02.02
(gentle music)
00:22:02.02\00:22:04.75
- Isn't that
beautiful how God works?
00:22:09.09\00:22:11.36
- Yes.
00:22:11.36\00:22:12.56
- It's his kindness
that leads to repentance.
00:22:12.56\00:22:14.63
So God is kind to these people,
00:22:14.63\00:22:16.20
they recognize it
and they follow him.
00:22:16.20\00:22:18.43
- Right, and they come to
him with all of their problems.
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Financial problems, family
problems, health problems.
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- We haven't finished
with the story of the church.
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What happened to
the church in Tennessee.
00:22:27.24\00:22:28.98
- Right.
00:22:28.98\00:22:29.81
You wanna share that?
00:22:29.81\00:22:31.11
- Sure.
00:22:31.11\00:22:32.58
So they were in a tent and they
were getting ready to build.
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It was gonna be
an expensive project,
00:22:35.62\00:22:38.92
but in spite of the fact
that they were spending money
00:22:38.92\00:22:41.99
on the overseas foreign
missions, they had pledges
00:22:41.99\00:22:45.53
and donations
for the full amount
00:22:45.53\00:22:47.30
of the building
before they started to build.
00:22:47.30\00:22:49.60
- Yes, so God really blessed.
00:22:49.60\00:22:51.90
- That is a miracle.
00:22:51.90\00:22:53.57
- It was very fast too.
00:22:53.57\00:22:55.04
For that large of a
project, it was very quick
00:22:55.04\00:22:57.47
that all the
donations and pledges came.
00:22:57.47\00:22:59.67
- Yeah.
00:22:59.67\00:23:00.81
And so now the
church is standing
00:23:00.81\00:23:02.84
and it's full and there's
a lot more people coming,
00:23:02.84\00:23:07.48
new people
visiting every Sabbath
00:23:07.48\00:23:09.68
and it's just a
beautiful thing to see.
00:23:09.68\00:23:12.32
- And they're using
it for health ministry
00:23:12.32\00:23:14.32
and other types of ministry.
00:23:14.32\00:23:16.69
- A lot of community outreach.
00:23:16.69\00:23:18.23
And it's just a beautiful thing.
00:23:18.23\00:23:20.13
And it's a visual picture
00:23:20.13\00:23:21.36
of how when you put
God's kingdom first,
00:23:21.36\00:23:24.33
he takes care of you.
00:23:24.33\00:23:25.47
- Right.
00:23:25.47\00:23:26.70
Many times, we
think it's a competition
00:23:26.70\00:23:29.40
between the local church budget
00:23:29.40\00:23:31.14
and the foreign mission field.
00:23:31.14\00:23:32.91
But it's not
intended to be that way.
00:23:32.91\00:23:35.81
God doesn't
intend it to be that way.
00:23:35.81\00:23:37.81
- In fact, just the opposite.
00:23:37.81\00:23:39.28
- Right, and there's
a quote from Mrs. White
00:23:39.28\00:23:41.95
that we'd like to
share at this time.
00:23:41.95\00:23:44.25
"The home missionary
work will be farther advanced
00:23:44.25\00:23:47.26
in every way when a
more liberal, self-denying,
00:23:47.26\00:23:51.06
self-sacrificing spirit is
manifested for the prosperity
00:23:51.06\00:23:55.66
of foreign missions, for
the prosperity of the home work
00:23:55.66\00:23:59.53
depends largely under
God, upon the reflex influence
00:23:59.53\00:24:04.11
of the evangelical work
done in countries of far off.
00:24:04.11\00:24:08.38
It is in working actively
to supply the necessities
00:24:08.38\00:24:12.21
of the cause of God
that we bring our souls
00:24:12.21\00:24:15.52
in touch with the
source of all power."
00:24:15.52\00:24:19.92
- Wow. - Yeah.
00:24:19.92\00:24:21.56
So foreign missions
and local church budget
00:24:21.56\00:24:23.66
are not in competition.
00:24:23.66\00:24:25.13
- No, it's a
cooperative combined effort.
00:24:25.13\00:24:28.30
That pushes the
gospel forward in both areas.
00:24:28.30\00:24:30.93
- Right, exactly.
00:24:30.93\00:24:33.07
- Well, it's been our
privilege to share these stories
00:24:33.07\00:24:36.27
in writing with the
church that's sponsoring them.
00:24:36.27\00:24:39.81
But now we have
video so we can share,
00:24:39.81\00:24:42.41
I'm looking forward to sharing
the videos with the church.
00:24:42.41\00:24:45.91
- Yeah, and I think
they're gonna be really pleased
00:24:45.91\00:24:48.85
because they've been
putting the money in by faith
00:24:48.85\00:24:52.89
that the Lord would use that
00:24:52.89\00:24:54.36
and now, they can
start to see the fruit.
00:24:54.36\00:24:56.89
- Right.
00:24:56.89\00:24:58.39
'Cause sometimes, when
we give to foreign missions
00:24:58.39\00:25:00.06
this is one of
the hardest things.
00:25:00.06\00:25:02.16
We give it, and we
don't personally see
00:25:02.16\00:25:04.60
the results many times.
00:25:04.60\00:25:06.87
And so it's like
we're just casting our bread
00:25:06.87\00:25:09.50
upon the waters, so to
speak, as the Bible puts it.
00:25:09.50\00:25:12.84
And sometimes,
we get to find out
00:25:12.84\00:25:15.41
what happens with it,
and sometimes, we don't.
00:25:15.41\00:25:18.28
- It's all by faith.
00:25:18.28\00:25:19.88
Now this is a new area
00:25:19.88\00:25:21.15
that they sent
these Bible workers into.
00:25:21.15\00:25:23.35
So there was no
work started there.
00:25:23.35\00:25:25.42
So that takes the extra time
00:25:25.42\00:25:28.26
to find the inroads,
to find the open doors.
00:25:28.26\00:25:31.09
And so it takes more
time to get that going
00:25:31.09\00:25:33.60
but after a few
years you can see,
00:25:33.60\00:25:37.10
"Wow, this was really worth it."
00:25:37.10\00:25:38.67
- Right.
00:25:38.67\00:25:39.90
And it's so neat, the influence
00:25:39.90\00:25:41.44
of the two together,
the husband and wife,
00:25:41.44\00:25:45.74
when when he first
came into the church,
00:25:45.74\00:25:47.51
he was a single man and
he was like, "I'm all alone."
00:25:47.51\00:25:51.08
And then they found each other
00:25:51.08\00:25:53.15
and the Lord is using
them together so powerfully.
00:25:53.15\00:25:57.95
It's just so neat.
00:25:57.95\00:25:59.12
- There's still so
many towns and villages
00:25:59.12\00:26:01.19
in India that have
never heard the gospel
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from any denomination.
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They say 400,000
towns and villages
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still have not heard the gospel.
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And so there's still
opportunities for this
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generation for us to really
get involved, to really make a
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difference. And I think
other churches could do the same
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thing. - Yup, and
it's not that hard.
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And it's really
not that expensive.
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- No.
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$100 a month will
supply the basic necessities
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for a Bible worker.
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Full-time Bible worker.
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And so a church can say,
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"Oh we'd like to sponsor five."
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Or, "We'd like to sponsor 10."
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Or, "We'd like to sponsor 20."
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And we can find a
special area in India
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that we can say, "Okay,
this is your church's area."
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And send them out, send the
Bible workers out into that area
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and keep watering those
seeds and see what happens.
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- Yeah, yeah.
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It's especially neat
because the local church
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is praying also
for those workers
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and for the people
they're reaching out to.
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So that extends the reach
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and the ministry of those
Bible workers even farther
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because God's holy
angels go with them then
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as a result of all the prayers.
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- And the prayers
go the other way too.
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Because the Bible workers pray.
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- For the church. -
For the church, yes.
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And so it's a reciprocal
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and the end result is
more souls won for Christ
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- Everywhere.
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- Everywhere, both
sides of the planet.
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- Yup. - Yes.
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- I would like to invite
you to pray for these people
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and consider whether your
church would like to sponsor
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Bible workers in India
or other countries in Asia
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or whether you'd like
to personally sponsor some.
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If you would like more
information, you can contact us
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at Jesus for Asia PO Box 1221,
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Collegedale, Tennessee, 37315.
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Call us at (423) 413-7321
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or visit our
website at jesus4asia.org.
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May God richly bless you.
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Until we see you next
time on Jesus for Asia now.
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