Welcome back to Chicago.
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And if you missed the
first part of this program,
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I encourage you
to go to m360.tv.
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That's m360.tv,
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and there you'll
find many mission stories
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from around the world.
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Next up, Ron Kuhn
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from the
Institute of World Mission,
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who's had many years
experience as a missionary
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talks about
cross cultural mission.
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From missionary to
missionary trainer,
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you'll enjoy
what Ron has to say.
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My name is Ron Kuhn.
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I work for the
Institute of World Mission,
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and what I do is
very interesting.
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Sometimes I ask people,
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have you ever heard
about teaching people
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to adjust to other cultures?
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That's what I do.
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And we are actually
having a training for people
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who are going to
serve all over the world,
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doctors, dentists, engineers,
teachers, administrators,
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people who moved
from one culture,
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from one country
to another country.
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And the question is,
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what does it has to do
with sharing your faith?
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I would say everything
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because if you don't understand
the people you are serving,
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you want to live, you
want to, to learn from them,
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you cannot share what you know,
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because you will be
sharing in a very awkward way.
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For example, you
arrive in a country
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that people
don't touch each other,
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they don't greet
with the handshake,
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they greet with a wai,
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and you want to hug,
you want to handshake,
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you will not
create a good impression.
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So, why people have to learn
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about cross cultural work,
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cross cultural
values, world view,
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understanding of reality?
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Because you can
be more efficient,
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you arrive and you know better,
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and then give
you the initial tips,
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and tools for you to adjust.
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Quite often we
use the expression,
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cultural shock.
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Why?
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Because there's so
much you don't know
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that when you arrive
and you start to leave,
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you are overwhelmed
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with so many things
you don't understand
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and it create a
negative feeling,
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which can be
said, a culture shock.
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Well, people will ask
the following question,
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what is the best way then
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to share, to serve,
to go somewhere else
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as an international worker,
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as a cross cultural
cross cultural service person
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that could be for
governments, for embassies,
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for United Nations as
well as for different churches?
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People want to
know how they adjust
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to another place.
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The best way, of
course, a part of training.
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We provide training,
if you want to know more,
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we provide training
for two weeks, three weeks,
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sorry for three weeks.
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And then people have
the tools and resources
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to adjust to another place.
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The question, the
main question we ask is,
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how did God related to humans?
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Did God send an email
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with His plan, with His will,
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with His care and love?
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Did He send an angel?
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Did He send a book?
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All of these
maybe one could say,
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yeah, it's true.
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But God chose
something far more effective
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and that's what I
want to share with you.
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He came to live with the people.
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He chose to
incarnate in our reality
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and then, the question is,
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are we really
following the example of Jesus?
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Are we incarnating in
the reality of other people?
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Many times people go to
serve in another culture
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and they bring loads of things
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so they never
detach from their culture,
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they are afraid
to really adjust.
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Imagine if God
will have done that.
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Jesus will have
come to this earth
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with huge squad of angels,
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many containers of
supplies and goods,
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how will we feel?
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But He came and
He became one of us.
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What an example?
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He is always the best example
of service and incarnation.
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So therefore, the best way,
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a part of all the
training one can get
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is to go with an open heart,
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to go with a
willingness to adjust,
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and the first prerequisite
is you go as a learner,
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forget your doctor
degrees, forget your expertise,
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your titles and
what you have done.
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The first thing when
you move to another culture,
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you go as a learner,
you learn, so you can share.
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Then once you
understand, you create bridges.
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That's what Jesus did.
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He learned His
stories, His examples,
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His parables were
based on the reality of life.
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Why don't we learn from Him?
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So if you want to
go, go as a learner,
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incarnate in the
reality of the people,
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learn from them, love
them, don't judge them,
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suspend judgment of
things you don't understand.
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And when you
have learned enough,
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you will find ways and bridges
to connect the gospel truths
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and the love of Jesus in a
way that people will understand.
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And then the gospel
will be meaningful to those
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who may have never heard,
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because they will
see an incarnation
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of the love of God.
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May God bless you, all of us,
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as we cross boundaries
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to serve the needs of the world.
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Something strange happened
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when Abraham
returned 100 cows as tithe,
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his neighbors were so confused.
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Let's travel to Tanzania
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to find out more
about this story.
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The Maasai tribe
in Africa loves cows,
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they often wander
from place to place
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and the cows come with them.
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Life in the desert can be hard.
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So when an older
person or a baby dies,
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families have
to move on quickly.
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But when his cow dies,
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a Maasai man
will mourn terribly.
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He knows that
cows are very valuable
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and help him take
care of his family.
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He loves his cows.
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So it came as a big surprise
to Adventist leaders to hear
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that a wealthy Maasai man
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had decided to give
100 of his precious cows
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as a tithe to God.
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The man, Abraham,
became an Adventist
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after meeting a
Global Mission pioneer
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in Northern Tanzania
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and felt
impressed to give 1/10th
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of his cattle as tithe.
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Abraham called the local
pastor to collect the cows.
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"I don't want to keep
what belongs to God," he said.
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Abraham took the
stunned pastor to his field
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and began to count out the tithe
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
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Abraham counted
the cows in his herd,
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6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
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When he reached the 10th cow,
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he told a helper to
put a tag on its ear
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so the cow would be
set aside for tithe.
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That one is for
the Lord, he said.
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He counted out a
100 cows for tithe.
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Abraham's Maasai
neighbors who were not Adventist
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thought he had gone mad.
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Why would you
give away your cows?
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Someone said,
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if you can give
away a 100 cows as tithe,
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why don't you also
count your children
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and give the 10th
child as tithe, said another.
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I know a person in the Bible
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who didn't even
have 10 children,
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he said, he only had one
and he was more than willing
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to return that child to God.
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His name was Abraham too.
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After Abraham returned the tithe
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of a 100 cows to God,
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something strange
happened to his cattle,
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his cows started
giving birth to twins.
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Cows usually give birth
to just one calf at a time.
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But all of Abraham's cows
began to give birth to twins.
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The neighbors were shocked.
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Abraham had given away 100 cows,
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and now he had more
cows than ever before.
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"Call your
pastor," one neighbor said,
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"I also want to give a tithe.
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We want our cows
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to have twins
too," said another.
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Abraham marveled at
how God was blessing him
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and decided that he didn't
want to return just one tithe,
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he wanted to give two tithes.
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He called the
Adventist pastor again.
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"When I gave the 100
cows as tithe nine months ago,
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I wanted to see
what would happen,"
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Abraham said, "I have
seen so many blessings.
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Instead of having one calf,
my cow started having twins."
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Abraham took the
pastor to his field
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and counted out double tithes,
two cows out of every 10.
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The pastor was amazed
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by how God had blessed
Abraham's faithfulness.
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"You are never losing
when you return to God,"
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the pastor said.
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The Lord is faithful,
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He will even
multiply what little you have.
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Well, thanks so
much for joining us
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on today's program.
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And I hope that you've
been inspired and challenged
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by our 360 degree view
of mission around the world.
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It was great to
see how fun activities,
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introducing
children to Jesus in Georgia.
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It was wonderful
to see the dedication
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and commitment of the man
tithing a 100 cows in Tanzania,
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and around the world today
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we see so many examples of
creative, faithful mission.
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I want to thank you so much
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for the part you play
in making this happen.
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Whether you pray, give or go,
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you are part of the
Adventist Mission team
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in helping to
spread the good news
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about Jesus around the world.
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And I want to thank you
so much for your prayers,
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your continuing
financial support
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that do make a difference.
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Well, until we meet
next time on Mission 360,
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I'm Gary Krause,
for Adventist Mission.
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There is nothing in this world
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That can truly satisfy me
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Like Jesus
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Jesus love
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For His love is truly deeper
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Truly purer, truly sweeter
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Than anything I've ever known
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I searched the
world to find things
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To bring meaning to my life
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But nothing satisfies me
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Like Jesus love
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There is nothing in this world
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That can truly satisfy me
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Like Jesus
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Jesus love
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I've tried so many times
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To fill the void inside
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But nothing
brings me peace and joy
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Like Jesus love
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There is nothing in this world
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That can truly satisfy me
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Like Jesus
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Jesus love
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Won't you ask Him today
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He will fill you up inside
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There's no
emptiness or loneliness
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Where Jesus Christ resides
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There is nothing in this world
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That can truly satisfy me
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Like Jesus
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Jesus love
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Only Jesus
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Jesus love
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