Welcome back to the
city of San Francisco.
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And directly
behind me here you can see
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the notorious
prison known as Alcatraz.
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Next up, we traveled
to the Adventist World
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Headquarters in
Silver Spring, Maryland.
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And we talked
with Pastor Doug Venn,
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Mission to the Cities Director
about a unique Prayer Map
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for the cities.
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Today, I am here
with Pastor Doug Venn
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who is the Global
Mission Urban Center's Director
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and also the Mission
to the Cities Coordinator.
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Thank you so much for
joining me, Pastor Doug.
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Hey, it's great to
be here with you, Kayla.
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So your whole
life has been mission,
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it seems like.
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What does that
mean for those of us
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in churches around the world?
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How do we relate to mission?
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Well, Jesus Christ came
to die and to give us grace
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so that we can be saved.
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And so from that position
that we have this relationship
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and the joy that we have,
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and the promise
of the soon return,
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that we can
share that with others.
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And so that's why,
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with mission to the cities
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in the Global
Mission Urban Center,
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we're focusing on that
remaining mission challenge
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of the cities around the
world of how can we bring hope
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and healing to these
places that in preparation
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for Christ soon return.
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But I thought
mission was almost done.
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I had a friend tell me ago,
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we have so many schools
and hospitals everywhere.
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Aren't we almost done
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with telling people about Jesus?
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A lot of people think
that, but the reality is,
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is that although
we've made great progress
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in islands and in rural areas,
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the remaining mission challenge
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for the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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is the cities of the planet.
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Wow.
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And this is
something where our statistics
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that are it's nearly two to one,
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where we have that Adventist
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our presence is in these islands
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or in the rural areas.
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It's almost double
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what our ratio is in the cities.
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What that means is
that although we have,
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let's just take a look here
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at one of the world's
largest cities in Tokyo.
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The church has been
there over 100 years and yet,
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we praise God for
the hospital, the clinic,
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the health food, factory,
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and the college and the churches
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that are existing there,
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but that city has exploded
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and to over
nearly 40 million people.
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Wow.
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And so we praise God
for the faithful Japanese
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who are there.
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But right now, what can
we do to as a world church
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to help
intercede for the Japanese
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who are doing
amazing things there
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and so that way we
can join Jesus Christ
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in this ministry of intercession
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not only for Tokyo,
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but for all the
cities of the world.
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So I heard that you
developed a tool to help us
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put this in
perspective and to remember
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the cities every single day.
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Can you tell me a
little bit about this map
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that we're standing by?
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Yes, I love maps.
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It's helpful
for me to have a map
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because sometimes they get lost.
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I remember when I was in
Tokyo, on my way to church.
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I was so proud that
I got on the subway,
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and then when I got
to this subway station,
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there was like
70 different exits.
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Okay.
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And so I took about 45
minutes trying to figure out
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where does this exit go
to which part of the city
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and so that's where right
now our team at the office
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of Adventist
Mission in the GC develop
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this prayer map
as a tool to help
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the world church to
intercede and join Christ
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in this ministry of intercession
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for those remaining
mission challenge in the cities.
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Wow, that sounds awesome.
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So how do I do it?
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Okay, so how we've
organized this map,
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let me just show you here.
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We have this legend
and you can see the cities,
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their size from the
circles represent 1 million
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the squares, 10
million the diamonds,
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20 million the stop
sign shape, 30 million,
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and then the
special diamonds 40 million.
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Then we also see how that
those cities or territories
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that are inside the 10/40 Window
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have a broader line
than those who are outside
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the 10/40 Window
have a thin line.
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So let's just look
here at where I had a chance
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to serve in Bangkok, Thailand.
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So you can see this
city is over now 14 million.
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So that's where it
has that square shape,
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and then it...
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So that's as well as
it's part of the 10/40 Window
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so that way, it
has a broad line.
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We look here at Melbourne,
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Australia where you
can see how that's outside
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of the 10/40 Window
and so that has a thin line
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representing the territory
in the South Pacific division.
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If we go now to
some of the other cities
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like Jakarta, they
have the stop sign shape.
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And so that's one of the
cities of 30 million or more.
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So this legend can help your,
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help give a tour of
all the cities of a million
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or more and of the planet.
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So that's how we've
developed this to help churches
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and youth in to
intercede in prayer.
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That's wonderful.
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How can I get one?
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Do you have something
smaller that I could take home?
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Well, we happen to
have a pocket-sized version
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of this prayer
map that you can order
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and look at our website below.
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And you can place
an order for that.
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And so that way you can pray
your way through the cities.
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So our viewers out
there can go to the website
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MissionToTheCities.org
and go to the Resources page,
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is that right to quest a copy?
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Okay.
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And then they would just
take that and everyday pray
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for another city, kind
of check it off their list.
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That's right.
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And others, like
small groups may want
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to use the
prayer map or a teacher
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in a class or
Sabbath School class
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or a group of young people.
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Even a church
maybe. A church or...
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Yeah, however, God
leads the people to then
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actually use this to say,
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"Hey, we could
actually plan a mission trip,
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we can actually
then maybe intercede,
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maybe we can do some research,
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who are the unreached people
groups who do not have the hope
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that we have in Jesus Christ,
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that we could
actually make a difference."
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I'm reminded that on this map,
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there are cities that have
no Adventist presence at all.
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So there's not a
single missionary,
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there's not a single
church at school or clinic
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or hospital and so that,
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that is why we're trying to call
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the world church,
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called every believer
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total member
involvement in prayer.
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So that way, we can
continue this mission
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to the cities.
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That's amazing. And
this is really exciting.
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It's crazy to see
all the cities here,
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right in front of me.
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It's gonna help me remember
to pray for them every day.
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I know that.
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Thank you, Pastor
Doug, so much for being here
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and for sharing
this resource with me.
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It's great that we can
continue to update the cities
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for prayer.
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Reporting for Mission
360°, this is Kayla Ewert.
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Next up, let's travel to
Tonga in the South Pacific.
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And listen to the poignant story
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of Pastor Athal
Tolhurst's final visit
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to the place of his birth,
and also his final sermon.
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"This gospel of the kingdom
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shall be
preached in all the world
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for a witness unto all nations,
and then shall the end come.
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Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations."
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It was 102 years ago,
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February 3 of 1915,
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that my father,
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with his bride by his side
sailed out of Sydney Harbor
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bound for the little
island Kingdom of Tonga.
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It is good to be
back in Tonga again.
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I've always treasured
the fact that I was born here
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in Nuku'alofa.
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So we have ties that
hold us close to you people,
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the Tongan people.
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Jesus said, "You
have not chosen me,
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but I have chosen you,
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that you should go
and bring forth fruit."
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And that means that
He's depending on you
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and me to do
that work, who else?
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That's why he
gave the Holy Spirit
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along with a gift of the Spirit.
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So this work could be
carried on year after year,
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generation to generation
until it's finally finished.
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And that's why he
raised up the church
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that we are to be
a link in the chain.
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There are other
links in the chain there,
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see they're around the
table here this morning,
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various links in the
chain let down from heaven,
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to reach those who are needing
the saving grace of Christ.
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Reflect upon your own
relationship with Jesus,
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and how real that really is.
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And whether it is
a compelling force
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in your life,
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for your personal
life and for your ministry.
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Jesus made the statement,
"I am the light of the world."
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And then He went
past that and He said that
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not only is He the light
of the world, but He said,
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"Ye are the light of the world."
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And you and I, every one of us
is to be a light in the world.
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That's what Jesus said,
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"Ye are the light of the world."
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What can I say
about that God is looking
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for each of us to
fulfill His divine plan?
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And many of you have
parents and others who have gone
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to the rest, gone to sleep.
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And they await the
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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When they will hear His voice,
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and they will respond to
that voice and come forth
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from the grave, glorified,
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to have a part in
the Kingdom of God.
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I trust that you and I,
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until we breathe our last breath
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will be faithful to
the gospel commission.
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And this gospel of the
kingdom will be preached
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in the whole world as a
testimony to all nations.
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"Therefore, go
and make disciples
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of all the nations,
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baptizing them in
the name of the Father,
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the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
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and teaching them
to obey everything
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I command you.
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And surely I'm with you always
to the very end of the age."
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Well, that's about
it for today's program.
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And I hope that you've
enjoyed our 360 degree view
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of mission around the world.
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As we've seen the early
days of mission right here
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in San Francisco,
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as we've looked at
the urban challenge
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through the urban prayer map,
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as we've looked at
the center of influence
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in Trinidad and
Tobago, it's a reminder,
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that holistic mission
around the world today
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is making a
tremendous difference.
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And I wanna thank you
so much for being a part
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of the Adventist Mission Team.
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Every time that you pray,
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every time that
you give your offerings
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or donate to Global Mission,
every time you become involved,
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you're part of our team.
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Whether you pray, give
or go, whatever you do,
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you're making a difference.
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And I wanna thank you.
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Well, for Adventist
Mission, I'm Gary Krause.
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And I hope that you
can join me next time
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right here on Mission 360°.
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