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- [Mary Ann] We've
grown up in the church
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and have always been
somewhat involved in outreach.
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But how can we get
involved in missions overseas?
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My name is Mary Ann.
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- [Lilyann] And I'm Lilyann.
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We wanted to find out.
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Join us on our journey
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(bell gonging)
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to discover the culture,
the lifestyle, the need,
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and the mission in two
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of Southeast Asia's
least-reached countries.
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Welcome to MissionTREK.
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- Hello and
welcome to a very special
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episode of MissionTREK.
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- You'll remember
that in the last episode
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we visited the
Atwells and we got to see
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their Center of Influence.
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Then we met up with
our good friend Jim Castor
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and we took a cooking class.
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- Jim Castor is a
missionary whose whole ministry
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revolves around
the power of prayer.
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- After the
cooking class, he joined us
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for a prayer walk
through the city of Bangkok.
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- Obviously we
couldn't go everywhere
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in this huge city of
about 12 million people.
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But we could go to a few places.
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- A lot of people,
even some Christians,
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think that prayer
is a waste of time
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and that we should
do something tangible.
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But Jesus
Himself told us to pray.
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He would often spend
whole nights in prayer with His
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Father. - In Luke 10:2,
Jesus said, the harvest truly is
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great, but the
labourers are few.
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Pray ye therefore
the Lord of the harvest,
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that he would send forth
laborers into His harvest.
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So Jesus' solution
to a huge mission field
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without laborers was to pray.
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- And Jim's message
is based off of that.
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- So we met Jim at the General
Conference session in 2015.
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And we immediately thought
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that he was a very
unconventional missionary.
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- He's very
spiritual, but at the same time,
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he's still a lot of fun.
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- Yeah.
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- And I can't wait
for you to meet him
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as we pray for Bangkok.
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(soft music)
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- We're hanging out
with our friend Jim Castor
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who for the past six
years has been a missionary,
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mostly involved
in prayer ministry.
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So he travels around
doing prayer meetings.
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And he's got a lot of
really exciting stories
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that are really inspiring and...
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- He lives completely
by faith with no salary.
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So how did you get
involved in the prayer ministry?
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- I was not a
prayer person before.
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My prayer life was just
like five minutes per day.
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And I was thinking that
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that prayer is boring.
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And the moment I
called on the name of God,
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the moment I
seriously got down on my knees,
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and all the walls
just come tumbling down.
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Then I began to see,
wow, God is a faithful friend.
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From that time on, I
began to somehow open up to Him.
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Like trust Him the way
I've never trusted Him before.
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- So what is it like
living everyday by faith?
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- Oh, at first it was scary.
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Not knowing where you're going
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after a few
days, or a few weeks,
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and not knowing where
the funds will come in.
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But God is just so good
that when you trust Him,
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the more you
have that confidence,
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the more you have so
many things to look back on
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and say wow, God
is taking care of me.
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And why should I be afraid?
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So now it becomes more exciting
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and it's more like an adventure.
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- Lot of people think
that, that being a Christian
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is a lot of work
and boring stuff,
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but you seem like you're
really happy all the time.
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Is being a
Christian really as boring
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as people make it seem?
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- You know what, Mary Ann,
that's what I thought at first.
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And I was, at first, afraid
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of giving my heart to the Lord.
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But then I
remember that the truest joy
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only comes in serving Him.
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And that sounds like a cliche,
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but the promise of
the Lord in Psalms 16:11.
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It says Thou wilt
show me the path of life
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in Thy presence
is fullness of joy,
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at Thy right hand there
are pleasures forevermore.
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That joy only will come in
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if you are in
the presence of God.
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When you are with
God, you'll have that joy.
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So that's why I'm happy.
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(laughing)
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There's no reason
for you not to be happy
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when you are serving God.
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Yes there are some trials,
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there are some obstacles,
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but the moment you
get through the obstacle,
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when you see how
God has been faithful,
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how God has brought you
out of that difficulty, man!
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There's just this
joy that's overwhelming.
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- Wow.
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- So do you regret
giving up your job,
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'cause like you were
a photographer before
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and now you're full-time
in prayer ministry, so...
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- You know what,
one thing that I regret
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is that I did not
quit my job sooner.
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(laughing)
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Because all the while I
thought that I'd be the happiest
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if my dream is fulfilled.
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And my dream is to become
like somebody who's really big
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in the industry.
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And this is one thing
that I dreamed before,
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like having a huge office
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on the top of the building
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like looking at those people
like hey you little people.
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(laughing)
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But then you know what?
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That dream compared
to what I'm experiencing
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right now is nothing.
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I somehow had a foretaste
of what my dream would be
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and I didn't like it.
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It's not as exciting as
you thought it would be.
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And now I remember
that God's dream for us
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is way, way, way better.
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Because His dream for
us is way, way, way bigger.
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And I remember
one pastor that says
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if you want to make God
laugh, tell Him your dreams.
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So I could just image
like I was telling God before
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I want to be the
best photographer.
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(laughing)
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and then I could
just picture God said,
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you want to be
the best photographer?
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I want you to be a missionary.
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And to see the joy
in the lives of people
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when they accept Me.
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This is one thing
that money can't buy.
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Just imagine going to heaven
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and seeing all those
people come to you and say
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thank you if it
were not for you,
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I would not have been here.
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Just imagine that.
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Regrets? Not at all.
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- What advice could
you give to young people
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like us who want to
help but don't really know
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how to get involved?
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- First of all, pray.
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Give your heart to the Lord.
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Do not hold back.
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Give it all to Him.
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Because the sooner you give
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your life, your heart, your all,
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everything to the Lord,
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the sooner that God can show you
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how wonderful He is.
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And that is one
regret that I have
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that I held back from God.
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Only satisfaction that
I experience is when God
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take full and total control
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and that is awesome.
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- We're excited we get to
spend a few days with you.
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- I'm excited to
get started as well.
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Are you ready to
get on your knees?
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- Yeah.
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- Are you excited
to be used by God?
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- Yeah.
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- And to see amazing
things that only God can do.
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- Yeah.
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- We might not
see the result now
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but we will see the
result in heaven for sure.
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So let's do it.
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- Okay. - Let's go.
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- Okay.
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(happy music)
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- We're getting
on the river taxi
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to go to the Taksin BTS stop,
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and then we'll
get on the sky train.
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And we're heading to MBK.
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We're gonna kinda
do a prayer tour today
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around the city.
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So with Gem, so yeah.
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(happy music)
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(speaking in foreign language)
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(happy music)
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- So we're here at
MBK Center in Bangkok.
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- And I heard that this is
the biggest mall in Bangkok!
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They have 2000 shops inside
or more than 2000 shops inside.
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- We heard that over
100,000 people visit everyday.
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- Wow, so we'll
add to that 100,000.
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- Yes. - Let's get inside.
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- Okay.
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(happy music)
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- Do you like the mall?
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- It's okay for a bit.
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- I heard that Bangkok is
one of the most visited places
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in the world.
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Why do you think
people come to the mall?
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- To buy stuff.
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- To buy stuff, okay?
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Do you like to buy stuff?
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- Yeah.
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- How about you?
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What stuff do you like to buy?
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- Clothes, shoes.
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- Why do you want to
buy clothes and shoes?
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Do you have clothes back home?
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- Uh.
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- You have clothes back home.
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You have shoes
back home, don't you?
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Why do you want more shoes?
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- So you look cool.
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- So you look cool.
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Why do you want to look cool?
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- So that people like you?
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- Why do you want
people to like you?
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- It makes you feel good.
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- It makes you feel
good, it makes you feel happy.
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So in the end, you
just want to get something
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to make you feel good,
to make you feel happy.
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How long does that happiness,
or that good feeling last?
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- A little while,
'cause it becomes old clothes
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and old shoes.
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- And it's an old
happiness. - [Lilyann] Yeah.
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- And old happiness
doesn't work, isn't it?
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So this is, I guess one
thing when you look around
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just imagine, how
many people? - 100,000
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- 100,00 people
looking around in the mall
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trying to look for
things that will make them happy
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that will make them feel good.
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And you know in the end
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that it will not
make you feel good
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because who do you need?
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- God. - God.
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- You need God.
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There is the
God-shaped void in your life
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that only He can fill in.
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So when you look
around the mall right now,
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what do you see?
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- Busy people.
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- People who are
empty, people who are trying
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to fill in that
void and they don't know
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that only God can fill that in.
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Isn't it a huge,
a huge, huge burden
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and a huge opportunity
when you look at these people.
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These are the people who
don't know what they want
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who don't know what they need.
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They don't know that only God
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only God can fill it.
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So when you look at
these people right now,
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does the burden
grow in your heart?
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Huh, does the
concern grow in your heart?
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They will not find
what they're looking for
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because what they're
looking for is not God.
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I guess this gives me the
burden to pray for these people.
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- Yeah.
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- Not just for MBK
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but for the whole Thailand.
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Do you wanna spend time
praying for these people?
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- Yeah. - [Jim] Okay.
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- Dear Heavenly Father, we
come before you today at MBK.
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We're at the most visited
shopping mall in Thailand,
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in Bangkok and we
ask that You would send
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Your Holy Spirit
here to show these people
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that what they're
looking for or what they need,
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they can't find it here - Yes.
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- and they can't find
it in material things.
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We ask that You would show them
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or send someone
to show them that
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that they need
You to fill the hole
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that they're trying to
fill with other things.
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So we ask that You would
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help us to have
a burden for them.
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- We pray for these
people that are all around us
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that are here shopping and
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as we are here that we
would be a light for You
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and that they can
see You through us
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that we could be a
blessing on these people.
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- We praise You
and we thank you Lord
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for helping us to
see the opportunity
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to look at things
in Your perspective.
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Every time we go
into a mall right now,
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we see people who
are looking for something
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that they don't know.
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What they don't
know, dear Father
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is they needed You.
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These are people who needed you
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and yet they are
just going around lost,
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straying here and there
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because they are
not looking for You.
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Dear Father, I
pray that You please
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do everything in Your
power to take their attention
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and help them look up.
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Help them to have an
opportunity to see You,
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to get to know You.
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And dear God I pray,
everything that we do
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we'll be reminded as well
that every time we buy stuff,
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every time we look at something
and we crave for something,
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help us to ask
ourselves am I doing it
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for my fulfillment's
sake or am I buying that stuff
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to glorify You?
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So Lord be with us
and help us dear Father
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and help these people
here, 100,000 people each day,
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looking for
something, who's not realizing
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that they should
be looking for You.
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Be with them Lord, guide them.
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Bless them, bless them
in a way that they will have
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a sense of the
need of their Savior.
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For we ask this in the loving
name of Your Son, Jesus, amen.
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(upbeat music)
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It's a different experience huh?
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Now you'll see the
mall in different way.
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Every time you see people,
you'll see that there's a need.
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So I guess let's go on.
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Let's keep moving forward
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onto the next place.
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(upbeat music)
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- I pray to the
Lord, Lord I need 1500.
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(laughing)
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(speaking in foreign language)
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'Cause if you don't
trust Him with all your heart.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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So how was your
Sabbath experience?
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What's your favorite part here?
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- I like the singing.
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- In two different languages.
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(laughing)
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- Yeah, how about the kids?
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- Yeah the kids are awesome.
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- The kids are
awesome and I guess
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this is his
favorite part as well?
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The worship for the kids.
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So how long have
you been working here?
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- I've been here for
about a year and a half now.
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- So what's the
most rewarding thing
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that you have
experienced so far?
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- It was really
rewarding just to see them
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sit there calm and listening
and just paying attention.
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Because when we
first came here, I mean,
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we couldn't do anything
without the kids fighting,
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biting each other,
biting you, punching you.
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You know they were
just really uncontrolled.
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- Yeah.
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- And the work that
God has done in them.
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And how much they
listen and behave now,
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it's just really rewarding
to see them have structure
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to see them have
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just to be calm, it's
just really rewarding for me.
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Because we thought
it would never happen.
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- So if there's one prayer
request that you would like
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to lift up to the Lord
and we would want to join in
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with you, what would that be?
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- The kids.
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- The kids.
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- The, just change the
things that they value.
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- Please pray for the slums.
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Please pray for Josh
and his team that somehow
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God will use them as the
light in this dark world.
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There's so much darkness here
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and there's so much
potential for these people
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to see the light.
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Let us pray.
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(calm music)
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- Dear God in
heaven, we thank You
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for the opportunity
that we have to be here.
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And we ask that
You work through Josh
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and his team and that they
can impact the children's lives
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and that the
kids can be changed.
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- We are in the
slum here in Bangkok.
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We wanna claim Your promise, ask
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and I will give you the
heathen for inheritance.
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And we ask that You will
bring light to this dark place.
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Bring Your Holy
Spirit to these kids' lives
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and may You
continue blessing their work.
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- Lord we praise You
and thank You for showing us
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the huge
potential in this place.
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How this place will see You,
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this dark
environment dear Father
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is about to see their Savior.
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Lord we pray
right now that may Jesus
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be so attractive in the
lives of Your missionaries,
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in the lives of Your members
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that whatever they do,
that whatever they say,
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it will all be about Jesus.
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The most attractive
being in this whole world.
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We pray in a very
special way for Josh's burden,
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Josh's burden for these kids.
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Lord may You lead,
guide and abide in Josh
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that in everything that he does
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will bring this young people
into the knowledge of You.
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That they will
just continue to focus
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on the face of their Savior.
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Lord, Josh
could not change them.
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The songs, the
doctrine could not change them
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except by their
beholding upon You.
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So Lord I pray that
You please help Josh,
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help Chitty that they will
teach these kids to behold You.
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And Lord we pray that You please
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use these members.
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Give them the
passion, give them the hunger
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that they don't have before.
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That they will begin to see
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that the real joy, the
real happiness in this world
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is not found in the world
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it's only found in You.
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And Lord we'd like to
ask for more outpouring
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of Your Holy Spirit.
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- Lord we pray
that You would just work
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inside of this
community Lord, and the parents
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and the children Lord.
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We pray that You would
just show them Your way Lord.
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That You would
just show them Your love
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and that You would
just show them Your light.
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Lord we pray for the
members of our church
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and that there are
kids in our church Lord.
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And we pray that we
would just be able to show them
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You every week
and everyday Lord,
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and we pray that You
would just take this on Lord
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that You would just
take it for Yourself
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and that You would turn
all these people to know You
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and to see you Lord, and we
pray that they would be able
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to stop their addictions
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and stop the things
that they're doing Lord.
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Give them the power to overcome.
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We just pray that You
would just pour out the Spirit
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on this community Lord.
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And that they
would know You fully.
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Lord we ask this in the
name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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- Amen.
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- Thank you for giving
us this experience Josh.
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I'll surely be
lifting - Thank you.
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- This ministry up in prayer.
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- As much as prayer as we
can get is what we'll take.
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- There we have it.
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Let's keeping on
praying for the slums.
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Okay, Lilyann and Mary
Ann, onto the next place.
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- [Lilyann] Alright.
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(calm music)
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(upbeat music)
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- [Lilyann] Wow, we're
here at Baiyoke Sky Tower,
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like this is amazing!
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- It's the second
tallest tower in Bangkok.
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- [Lilyann] You can see forever.
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- [Jim] Wow.
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- [Lilyann] For a long ways.
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- Look at that that,
it looks like fire ants.
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It's like an exodus of
fire ants going around the city.
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And you can see the
360 degree view of Bangkok.
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- Yeah.
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- How many
people here in Bangkok?
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- 12 million
people live in Bangkok.
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- Just in the city alone.
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- Just in the city alone.
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- Just in the city alone.
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And how many
Christians are there?
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- 1200 Adventists in
the city of of 12 million.
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- Wow, 1200 in a
city of 12 million.
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99% have not known Christ.
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They don't know about the Bible.
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They don't have
Bibles in their hands.
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Just imagine that.
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Doesn't that break your heart?
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- Yes.
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- The more we go
around, the bigger the scope,
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the bigger the scale
and the bigger the burden.
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We were walking around
at MBK mall a few days ago,
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and 100,000 people
were visiting that mall
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in just one day.
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It's already blowing our minds.
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100,000 people going
around not knowing Christ.
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But this time, this is what?
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- 12 million.
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- 12 million
doesn't know Christ.
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What should we do about it?
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- Pray.
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- We should pray.
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And you know for a fact that
there's this power in prayer.
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There's power in
the God who we ask
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when we come together in prayer.
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So what should we pray for?
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- For the Holy Spirit
to come into this city.
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- Why do you want the Holy
Spirit to come to the city?
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- So that the few Adventists
that there are can become
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like on fire to share
with others, and it will grow,
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the work will grow here.
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- They will light up the city
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because this is a dark world.
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It seems like it's bright.
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There is a lot of
light but Christianity here
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has been dimmed.
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If the Holy Spirit
empowers these people
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1200 Adventists
here wherever they are,
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the city will be lighted up.
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They could be
lighted up with God's glory.
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So let us pray.
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(calm music)
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- Dear Father in heaven,
thank You for this opportunity
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that we get to be here
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and we pray that Your
Holy Spirit would be poured out
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on this city.
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That Your people here
in this city would become
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on fire for You, that they
would share with all the others
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that know nothing about You.
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We're just requesting that
people can know more about You.
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- We thank You
that we can be here
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and be able to see what is
here, what needs to be done,
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and how many people
there are that have no idea
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of who You are.
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We ask that Your
Holy Spirit would be sent
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to light the people
who are Adventists here.
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Spur them into action so
that they will have a burden
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for their other brothers
and sisters who are lost.
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We pray that You would
also spur us into action,
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that we would
also have the burden
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and we ask that You
would claim these people
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for Your own.
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- We pray that You
please give us a bigger burden
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for these people.
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Give us more sincere desire
to win these people to You.
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Lord, 99% does not know You.
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More than 12 million people
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have not been
introduced to Christ,
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have not known
about the everlasting life
00:24:06.51\00:24:10.85
that You're offering.
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Oh, dear Father, we
pray that You please
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pour Your Spirit upon us.
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Pour Your Spirit upon the city.
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I know for a fact that
there are a lot of people
00:24:20.19\00:24:22.62
who are searching for You,
00:24:22.62\00:24:25.99
who are on the
verge of conversion,
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but they don't know where
to go in this web of buildings.
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And Lord, I pray, that
as You pour out the Spirit,
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Lord, I pray that you
please lead them to You,
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lead them to us,
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lead them to our
brothers and sisters
00:24:41.01\00:24:43.48
but before You
lead them, dear God,
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I agree with my sister's prayer
00:24:45.58\00:24:47.32
that You please
pour Your Spirit upon us.
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Pour Your Spirit
upon our church here
00:24:49.38\00:24:54.19
that these tiny
churches would become
00:24:54.19\00:24:56.83
the brightest
churches here in Bangkok.
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Lord, I pray that You please,
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oh Lord captivate our hearts.
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Help each and
every member to see
00:25:05.67\00:25:07.80
that there's
nothing, nothing to lose
00:25:07.80\00:25:10.97
if we give our all to You.
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There's everything to gain,
00:25:12.74\00:25:14.14
there's 12 million
people to gain for Your kingdom,
00:25:14.14\00:25:18.25
oh Lord, awaken this burden.
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Awaken this desire
that we may plead before You
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as a church, as one body.
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Lord we ask this
in the loving name
00:25:27.09\00:25:29.39
of Your Son, Jesus, amen.
00:25:29.39\00:25:30.99
(calm music)
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So I hope and I pray
that wherever you may go,
00:25:36.53\00:25:39.40
wherever the Lord will lead you,
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every time you visit the city,
00:25:41.90\00:25:44.01
every time you
see a traffic jam,
00:25:44.01\00:25:47.34
every time you see
buildings, highrises,
00:25:47.34\00:25:50.78
think about people
who does not know Christ.
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And Christ is
coming soon, so soon.
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And they need to
know, they need to know.
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I guess, for our
viewers, what do you want them
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to have in this prayer
walk that we have been having?
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- That even if they
can't do anything else,
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if they feel like
they're too young,
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or they don't have
money to send to missions
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or something,
they can always pray.
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- Amen, and I guess
they could go to Google.
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They could Google
places, like how many
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population are in this place?
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How many people are in the city?
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The best thing
we can do is what?
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- Pray.
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- Pray, and I wish all
the young people are like you.
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People who are
looking at the city
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and saying I
want them to know God.
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I want them to know Christ.
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It has been a
pleasure hanging out with you.
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- Well, we're very
glad that you took the time
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to come and help us out and...
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- Be a part of this show.
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- Oh I'm glad to
be part of this show.
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Especially I'm glad to
be part of this prayer walk.
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- Thank you.
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- Thank you, high five.
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(soft music)
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- That was such an
incredible experience.
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And just being there
to pray was so moving.
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- It was one of the
highlights of the trip for me.
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- Definitely and it
really gave us a new burden
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for Bangkok as well as
the other cities in the world.
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- Mm hmm.
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- Like just to stop
and take a minute to pray
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for the people that
we would normally ignore.
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- Mm hmm.
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- We can't possibly hope to
make a difference on our own.
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But with God's help
through prayer, we can.
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- Prayer is
such a powerful tool.
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Yet we often waste this
gift by using it selfishly.
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Join us as we continue
to pray for God to work
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in mighty ways among the
million of unreached people
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throughout the cities.
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- We'll see you
next time on MissionTREK.
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- Remember to pray
for the unreached cities.
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