How great Thou art
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How great Thou art
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O Lord, my God,
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When I in awesome wonder
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Consider all the worlds
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Thy Hands have made
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I see the stars,
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I hear the rolling thunder
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Thy power throughout
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The universe displayed
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Then sings my soul
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My Savior God, to Thee
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How great Thou art
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How great Thou art
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Then sings my soul
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My Savior God, to Thee
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How great Thou art
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How great Thou art
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And when I think
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That God His Son not sparing
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Sent Him to die,
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I scarce can take it in
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That on the Cross
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My burden gladly bearing
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He bled and died
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To take away my sin
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When Christ shall come
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With shout of acclamation
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And take us home
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What joy shall fill my heart
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Then I shall bow
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With humble adoration
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And then proclaim, my God
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How great Thou art
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Then sings my soul
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My Savior God, to Thee
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How great Thou art
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How great Thou art
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Then sings my soul
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My Savior God, to Thee
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How great Thou art
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How great Thou art
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How great Thou art
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How great Thou art
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How great Thou art
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Good morning and happy Sabbath.
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Do you have your
Bible this morning?
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There's a prophecy
tucked away in the last chapter
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of the last book
of the Old Testament
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that I'd like to
draw your attention to,
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it's found in Malachi 4:5.
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Malachi 4:5.
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The Bible says, in
an amazing prophecy
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that is often overlooked
that specifically speaks
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of the last days
of earth's history.
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Malachi 4:5 says,
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"Behold, I will send
you Elijah, the prophet,
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before the great and
dreadful day of the Lord."
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Behold, I will send
you, Elijah, the prophet.
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What does that mean?
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Will there be a
reincarnation of Elijah,
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before the return
of Jesus in our world?
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Evidently not.
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Because when Jesus
commented on this prophecy
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in Matthew Chapter 11,
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He talked about
John the Baptist.
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And John the Baptist
called to men and women
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to get ready for the
first coming of Jesus
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as a reenactment
of the Elijah message.
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Jesus send John as a
messenger to prepare the way
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for the first coming of Christ
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is a fulfillment
of that prophecy.
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But evidently, the
prophecy is much more than John,
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because it speaks more about
the second coming of Christ
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than the first coming of Christ.
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So this is not a
literal Elijah returning.
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This prophecy speaks
of men and women and youth
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who proclaim God's last
day message of obedience,
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leading men and women
back to loyalty to Christ,
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and keeping God's commandments,
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just before the coming of Jesus.
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Just as Elijah
challenged King Ahab,
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and called men and women
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from worshiping
the prophets of Baal.
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God will have today,
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young people who
stand firm for Him,
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who are loyally
committed to Him,
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who give their all to Him
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and make a commitment
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to share His
love with the world.
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The General Conference
of Seventh-day Adventists,
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along with ASI, has launched
what has now come to be known
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as the Elijah Project.
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The desire is to
mobilize tens of thousands
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of young people
around the world.
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African young
people to preach in Africa.
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South American young people
to preach in South America,
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Indian young
people to preach in India.
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Young people from
North America to preach here.
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When we launched
the Elijah Project
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at ASI last year,
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you'll recall that a
good portion of the offering,
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some $500,000 was given from ASI
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to that Elijah Project.
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Youth preaching,
youth between 15 and 30
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preaching around the world.
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Young people younger
have now gotten involved.
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Young people 11
and 12 are preaching,
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some as young as
eight, I've heard a preaching.
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They're using the DVD materials,
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New Beginnings.
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They're using the materials
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produced by Carolina Conference,
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ShareHim Global Evangelism
with Elder Falkenberg.
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Whatever
materials they're using,
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some are using picture rolls.
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Some are using materials,
simple sermon materials,
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but these young
people are preaching.
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We at the General
Conference went back
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to the world divisions.
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We went to the
division presidents.
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We encouraged them to
involve their young people
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in evangelism.
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They set a goal to
involve 600,000 young people
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in evangelism, 600,000.
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We set a goal for young people
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to have 10,000
evangelistic meetings.
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Currently, there are
20,000 evangelistic meetings
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that either have been done
or scheduled by young people.
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These figures are staggering.
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I used to think this was
ASI, but at Sabbath morning
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they must have went to bed late
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because they were a
little dead on that one.
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Did you grasp it?
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The figures go by
us, 600,000 young people
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between 15 and 30
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committed to preach
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Twenty thousand
evangelistic meetings,
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we're just getting reports in.
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When I left the
General Conference,
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I received a report
from East Africa Division.
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In East Africa,
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we've already had
7,000 young people
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involved in
evangelistic meetings.
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They've baptized
12,000 in East Africa.
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Got another report, 600 meetings
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held in South
America by young people.
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They've scheduled
7,000, but they just started
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at 600 evangelistic
meetings by young people,
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these 600 meetings,
they've baptized over 5,000.
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Preliminary reports with
just 20% of the meetings held
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are 22,000 baptized so far.
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These are young
people, 11, 12, 13 years old,
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15 years old
preaching the gospel.
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Let me introduce you
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to some of these
young people today.
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Michael Catarama.
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Michael, come and join me.
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Michael, you had
an amazing experience.
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Your family was
scheduled to go to Africa
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with a Global
Evangelism ShareHim program
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with Pastor Falkenberg,
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and I understand, Michael,
that as your family was going,
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you weren't planning to
preach, is that correct?
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No, I wasn't.
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But one of the speakers
we had a death in the family
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and wasn't able to go.
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So my parents were
looking very frantically
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for somebody to speak.
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During Saturday evening worship,
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my parents were praying.
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And my mom was impressed
that I would have to speak.
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So she told me
right after prayer
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that I'm going to have to speak.
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Your mom was
impressed that you have to speak
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after family worship?
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Yeah.
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I wish a lot of other
moms would be impressed
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that some of these
folk would have to preach,
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but that's another topic.
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Now, Michael,
when your mom said,
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"Michael, I'm impressed
that you should preach."
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What did you say? "Mom,
I'm not quite impressed.
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I don't feel I
should." How did you feel?
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I said, "Sure."
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You said sure? Yeah.
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That you were going to preach?
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Yeah.
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Now, how much experience
had you had in preaching before?
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None. Zero.
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You had never
preached one sermon before?
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Never.
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When you went to
Africa, and you arrived,
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and the ASI team,
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because this was a group of
ASI leaders going to Africa,
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to Kenya to preach.
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When the ASI team
announced that you would preach,
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how did the pastors and
conference president feel?
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Were they pretty happy?
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They said, "Praise the Lord,
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God has
anointed a young person."
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No, they weren't
too happy about it
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and they also told me not
to tell my age to anybody.
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And that children
weren't supposed to be seen
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but not heard.
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How can you be seen but
not heard if you preach?
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Exactly. That's
kind of difficult.
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Now, so you came to
your site to preach?
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Did you feel nervous? No.
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You did not feel nervous?
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Not at all.
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Did you practice your sermons?
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Yes, I did.
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About three or four times a day.
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And you had a manuscript
with the sermons on it
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that you could go over?
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And did you have some graphics?
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Yeah, I had graphics
provided by Global Evangelism.
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Okay, so you had the
graphics, you had the sermon,
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and you came to preach.
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How many people are at your site
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the first night?
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The first night
there are 450 people,
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but they were cancelled.
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The church pastors
had cancelled the meetings
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because they thought
nobody was going to speak.
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So they cancelled
the meetings, but they,
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kind of the
villagers heard the word
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and they began to gather
and they're like 450 people.
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Did you preach
inside a church or outside
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or where did you preach?
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No, I was in a covered pulpit.
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A covered pulpit, but I
mean, what about the people,
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where were they sitting?
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They were sitting
outside on the grass.
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Outside on the grass.
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So the first night, 450 people,
how many the second night?
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The second
night there are about,
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I'd say about a thousand.
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A thousand.
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Then how many people came
eventually to the meetings?
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My highest was
about 5,000 people.
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You went from
450 to 5,000 people.
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Yeah.
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Did you have any
scary experiences
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during the meetings?
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Yes, there was one drunk guy.
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He was the son of
an elder, a deacon.
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He came up and he was
trying to tell me his theory.
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Luckily, my dad
kind of pulled him away.
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Okay. Your dad
escorted him off the platform.
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Any other experiences?
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There was another one
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where there's another drunk guy,
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he beat a lady into a
coma right behind my pulpit
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while I was preaching.
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You're preaching
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and he's beating a
lady behind your pulpit?
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Yes.
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So you had to have that
sense that the Holy Spirit
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was being poured out upon
you as you were preaching.
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How did you feel
when you were preaching?
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Did you sense that God
was doing something special
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through your meetings?
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Yes, I did.
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I could tell that many people
were coming to Jesus Christ
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during the appeals.
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When you made appeals
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did you
actually make some calls?
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What kind of calls did you make?
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I made some altar
calls for them to come up,
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and I also made
some hand raising calls
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and stand up calls.
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And when you made your calls,
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did anybody
respond to those calls?
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Yes, a lot of people
responded for the baptism call
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on every Saturday.
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About 490 people came up.
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Four hundred and ninety
people came up to the call
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that you were
making, to come to Jesus.
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You know, Isaiah 8:16 says,
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"That the children in
Israel will be signs and wonders
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to this generation,
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that the Holy
Spirit will anoint them."
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We have a short
video clip of Michael
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that I'd like you to see
Michael preaching in Africa.
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I'd like you to see the crowds.
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And we have a video
clip of his baptism.
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This is a modern day wonder
of fulfillment of Malachi 4:6
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and a
fulfillment of Isaiah 8:16,
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that God will
take common young men
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and young women, boys and girls.
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There'll be signs and
wonders in this generation.
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Let's look at the video
clip at the screens right now.
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So first accept
you are a sinner.
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Secondly, believe that
Jesus had died for you.
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Three, confess
our sins to Jesus.
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John 1:9 says,
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"If we confess our sins...
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Just to forgive
us of our sins...
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And to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
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There are many lines it says.
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Did you notice Michael?
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Nobody told him to do it.
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But after he
preached at the baptism,
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when four, when, how
many people were baptized?
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About 491.
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I mean, 291.
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Two hundred
ninety one were baptized.
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Nobody told him,
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but the Holy
Spirit prompted him.
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He went up to
the baptismal pool.
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And as each person was baptized,
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he was there shaking
their hand as the preacher
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greeting them as they
came up out of the water.
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True preacher for Christ,
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young man that
God has raised up.
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Now, Michael, what
difference did this meeting make
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in your own personal life?
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This brought me
a lot closer to God
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and I learned a
lot of truths about God
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that I didn't know before.
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And it brought me a lot
closer to my family too.
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When you get
involved in evangelism,
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it does something in your life.
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You know, when
you see Michael here,
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he as a common
ordinary 12 year old,
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13 year old now, right?
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When you preach how
old were you though?
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I was 12. You were 12 years old.
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When you see Michael here,
but when you hear him preach,
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and he gets behind the pulpit,
there is an unusual power.
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The Holy Spirit anointed him.
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Thank you so much, Michael.
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I know the Lord is
going to continue to bless you
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as you reach out for
Jesus and as you give your life
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to Him continually.
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He has
something special for you.
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Thank you so much.
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Doreen Schmidt, one
of our ASI officers.
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Doreen, what is ASI
doing to make it possible
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for more young
people in North America
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to get involved right
here in North America?
00:20:02.83\00:20:05.13
Well, Mark, we were so
excited about our youth in ASI,
00:20:05.17\00:20:10.04
that what ASI decided
to do was provide funding
00:20:10.07\00:20:13.84
for youth evangelism.
00:20:13.88\00:20:16.34
And what that
means exactly is that
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we have funding set aside
00:20:18.45\00:20:20.75
for any school or
church that has youth
00:20:20.78\00:20:24.05
that wants to hold
an evangelistic series.
00:20:24.09\00:20:27.22
The three criteria for this,
00:20:27.26\00:20:28.79
it must be held
in North America.
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They need to use the DVD
New Beginnings as the program
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and the speakers must be youth.
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This is funding that's
available to any church
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or school.
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And the idea behind it is
that you get your conference
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to pitch in a third,
your local church a third,
00:20:47.08\00:20:49.98
and ASI will fund up
to a third of the expenses
00:20:50.01\00:20:53.18
for the evangelistic series.
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Why make the investment?
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You know, our
youth are our future.
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We've heard that all our
life and what we're finding
00:20:58.79\00:21:01.99
is not only are we able
to reach the communities
00:21:02.02\00:21:05.26
in which the youth are going to,
00:21:05.29\00:21:07.56
but it's changing them.
00:21:07.60\00:21:09.43
You know, I've
spoken to Michael,
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he actually took
my place in Africa
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because I had a
death in the family.
00:21:13.64\00:21:15.80
And one thing he
told me is he said,
00:21:15.84\00:21:17.67
"Doreen, it changed my life.
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It changed my heart.
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It rooted me deeper in the Bible
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and in the truth in the Bible,
00:21:23.45\00:21:25.41
and that's why we're doing this.
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Doreen, how do you see
this impacting the lives
00:21:27.38\00:21:30.95
of these youth in their future?
00:21:30.99\00:21:32.85
Obviously,
Michael at 12 years old
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preaches the gospel,
00:21:34.86\00:21:36.19
and it makes an
impact on his life today,
00:21:36.22\00:21:38.76
but if time tarries and lasts,
00:21:38.79\00:21:41.86
how do you see these
experiences in his youth
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affecting him at
25, or 21, or 30?
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Ultimately, the goal is, Mark,
that we implant in these youth.
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Not all will be
preachers, probably some will
00:21:56.88\00:21:59.41
as a result of their experience
in evangelism as a youth.
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But what we want to do
is implant in their hearts
00:22:03.59\00:22:06.65
and in their minds that
regardless of what they do,
00:22:06.69\00:22:09.42
what profession
and what line of work
00:22:09.46\00:22:11.29
that they do,
00:22:11.33\00:22:12.66
they can always
be an evangelist.
00:22:12.69\00:22:15.16
They can always
pick up the Word of God
00:22:15.20\00:22:17.27
and share it with someone else.
00:22:17.30\00:22:18.90
And we want that to permeate
through the rest of their life.
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Thank you so much.
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When you see young
people getting actively involved
00:22:23.77\00:22:26.44
in evangelism for Jesus,
00:22:26.47\00:22:28.24
these young people are preaching
00:22:28.28\00:22:30.45
in the Elijah Project,
00:22:30.48\00:22:31.91
we have set aside
enormous resources.
00:22:31.95\00:22:35.05
ASI set aside
$500,000 for the Elijah Project
00:22:35.08\00:22:38.29
around the world.
00:22:38.32\00:22:39.65
The General Conference
match that with 500,000,
00:22:39.69\00:22:41.86
about 300,000 of
donations came in.
00:22:41.89\00:22:44.49
So 1.3 million was set aside
00:22:44.53\00:22:46.59
by the General
Conference and ASI.
00:22:46.63\00:22:48.66
Divisions began to match that.
00:22:48.70\00:22:50.90
We have now sent
out over 10,000 DVDs
00:22:50.93\00:22:53.97
for youth evangelists.
00:22:54.00\00:22:55.37
We've sent out
5,000 picture rolls.
00:22:55.40\00:22:58.47
Many divisions
have their own programs
00:22:58.51\00:23:00.88
and that is in addition
00:23:00.91\00:23:02.58
to what Doreen
has just mentioned,
00:23:02.61\00:23:04.85
where ASI has a matching fund
00:23:04.88\00:23:06.92
for the North American Division.
00:23:06.95\00:23:08.88
Any young people that
get involved in evangelism
00:23:08.92\00:23:11.25
or that use the DVDs,
ASI sets aside one third.
00:23:11.29\00:23:15.72
So the church today is
doing everything it knows how
00:23:15.76\00:23:20.33
to actively
involve young people.
00:23:20.36\00:23:22.80
Many of these young
people are being involved here
00:23:22.83\00:23:24.93
in the United States.
00:23:24.97\00:23:26.30
Some of them are
being involved overseas.
00:23:26.33\00:23:29.17
Justin and Christina McNeilus.
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Justin, Christina, you
know, some have called me Justin
00:23:31.77\00:23:35.38
the father of
satellite evangelism,
00:23:35.41\00:23:37.91
probably because I
held the first satellite
00:23:37.95\00:23:39.28
meet back in 1995.
00:23:39.31\00:23:40.75
You may be the
grandfather of youth evangelism,
00:23:40.78\00:23:43.28
you know, I've been
interviewing you now
00:23:43.32\00:23:45.05
for about four or five
years on youth evangelism.
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Every year you
holding a new series, and so,
00:23:47.06\00:23:49.32
you've held, how many
series have you held now?
00:23:49.36\00:23:51.73
I've actually held
four different series.
00:23:51.76\00:23:53.40
Four?
00:23:53.43\00:23:54.76
How old were you when
you held your first series?
00:23:54.80\00:23:56.13
My first series I think,
I was just about to turn 18.
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I was a senior in academy.
00:23:58.47\00:24:00.44
You did it one
better than Justin though.
00:24:00.47\00:24:02.50
How old were you, Christina,
when you had your first series?
00:24:02.54\00:24:04.64
I was 15, about to be 16.
00:24:04.67\00:24:06.34
Fifteen, so one little
younger than your brother.
00:24:06.37\00:24:09.28
Where have you held
series now, Christina?
00:24:09.31\00:24:11.15
I've held a series in Michigan
at Central Michigan University,
00:24:11.18\00:24:15.48
Albuquerque, New
Mexico and Cambodia.
00:24:15.52\00:24:17.92
And, Justin,
where were your series?
00:24:17.95\00:24:19.52
The first one was in
Asheville, North Carolina.
00:24:19.55\00:24:21.92
And then I went
to Columbus, Ohio,
00:24:21.96\00:24:24.06
and then I was
with her in Cincinnati.
00:24:24.09\00:24:26.16
And then since
then we went to Cambodia
00:24:26.19\00:24:28.26
and we preached
a series overseas.
00:24:28.30\00:24:30.10
When did you hold
your Cambodia series?
00:24:30.13\00:24:31.97
Just over Christmas,
00:24:32.00\00:24:33.84
our family decided
we wanted something
00:24:33.87\00:24:36.00
a little more
fulfilling for Christmas.
00:24:36.04\00:24:37.81
Instead of giving
gifts to each other,
00:24:37.84\00:24:39.67
we decided we'd go on
a family mission trip.
00:24:39.71\00:24:42.24
And we went into Cambodia
00:24:42.28\00:24:43.61
and we just
preached a series there.
00:24:43.65\00:24:45.25
Christina, when many
of us think of Cambodia,
00:24:45.28\00:24:48.48
we think of the killing fields.
00:24:48.52\00:24:50.22
Describe Cambodia
a little bit for us?
00:24:50.25\00:24:52.82
What was it like during
that killing field time?
00:24:52.85\00:24:55.62
Give us a little
background to that,
00:24:55.66\00:24:56.99
and what's it like today?
00:24:57.03\00:24:59.19
Well, Cambodia is
actually in Southeast Asia,
00:24:59.23\00:25:01.96
it's between
Thailand and Vietnam.
00:25:02.00\00:25:03.73
A lot of people
don't know where it is.
00:25:03.77\00:25:05.63
And like you said before there,
00:25:05.67\00:25:07.74
they think of
the killing fields.
00:25:07.77\00:25:09.10
Now Cambodia had a
lot of devastation to it.
00:25:09.14\00:25:11.87
Pol Pot was a leader there.
00:25:11.91\00:25:13.51
And basically he
wanted to kill anybody
00:25:13.54\00:25:15.54
who was educated.
00:25:15.58\00:25:16.91
So if you wore glasses
00:25:16.95\00:25:18.28
or you had a pen in your pocket,
00:25:18.31\00:25:19.65
you were killed.
00:25:19.68\00:25:21.02
In fact, my
translator, both our translator,
00:25:21.05\00:25:22.72
Pastor Lynn, his father,
00:25:22.75\00:25:24.49
he was telling me was
killed because he had a chair
00:25:24.52\00:25:27.06
in his house.
00:25:27.09\00:25:28.42
So that's just the devastation
that they went through.
00:25:28.46\00:25:30.69
And, but right now,
Cambodians are happy
00:25:30.73\00:25:33.63
and they're smiling
00:25:33.66\00:25:35.00
and they're
definitely ready for the Lord.
00:25:35.03\00:25:36.56
What is the Seventh-day
Adventist Church like
00:25:36.60\00:25:38.60
in Cambodia today, Justin?
00:25:38.63\00:25:40.34
Well, it's interesting
because just three years ago,
00:25:40.37\00:25:43.67
I think there was only
200 members in Phnom Penh
00:25:43.71\00:25:46.41
where we went to
preach, 200 members
00:25:46.44\00:25:47.81
in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:25:47.84\00:25:49.44
and today
through what ASI has done
00:25:49.48\00:25:51.75
in different supporting
ministries inside Cambodia.
00:25:51.78\00:25:54.52
There's actually 3,000
00:25:54.55\00:25:56.25
or probably
more than that by now
00:25:56.28\00:25:58.15
members inside of Cambodia.
00:25:58.19\00:26:00.32
Amen.
00:26:00.36\00:26:02.22
Christina,
Global Mission pioneers
00:26:02.26\00:26:04.99
play quite a major role
00:26:05.03\00:26:07.76
in the growth of
the church in Cambodia.
00:26:07.80\00:26:11.17
Tell us a little bit about
these Global Mission pioneers
00:26:11.20\00:26:13.27
what are...
00:26:13.30\00:26:14.64
Who are they and
tell us a little bit about
00:26:14.67\00:26:16.00
the preparation for
your evangelistic series?
00:26:16.04\00:26:18.71
Well, earlier before
00:26:18.74\00:26:20.18
this
evangelistic series happened,
00:26:20.21\00:26:21.78
my father went over and
he did the DVD way program
00:26:21.81\00:26:25.51
and he did the
training for them.
00:26:25.55\00:26:27.28
And so each of these
Global Mission pioneers,
00:26:27.32\00:26:29.62
they received a
DVD and a computer
00:26:29.65\00:26:32.55
so that way they could go into,
00:26:32.59\00:26:34.52
you know, individual homes
00:26:34.56\00:26:35.89
and give one on
one Bible studies
00:26:35.92\00:26:37.26
or give group Bible studies.
00:26:37.29\00:26:38.63
So it was really exciting
00:26:38.66\00:26:40.00
because these
Global Mission pioneers,
00:26:40.03\00:26:41.36
they are on fire for the Lord.
00:26:41.40\00:26:43.26
And they were giving three
sets of Bible studies a day,
00:26:43.30\00:26:46.43
and it was just amazing.
00:26:46.47\00:26:47.84
It was so exciting.
00:26:47.87\00:26:49.20
Also, we met a man there
00:26:49.24\00:26:51.14
who he was a
Global Mission pioneer
00:26:51.17\00:26:53.21
and he was giving Bible studies.
00:26:53.24\00:26:54.74
And one day he left to
go out into the village
00:26:54.78\00:26:58.05
and when he came back,
his house was burned down.
00:26:58.08\00:27:01.18
And he was just devastated.
00:27:01.22\00:27:03.12
And he was praying to the
Lord, you know why, why me?
00:27:03.15\00:27:04.89
Why does this have to happen?
00:27:04.92\00:27:06.49
And there he was
walking through the rubble
00:27:06.52\00:27:08.39
and just ashes.
00:27:08.42\00:27:09.76
And he kind of
picked up this kind of board
00:27:09.79\00:27:12.23
that had been burned away.
00:27:12.26\00:27:13.60
And he saw the computer
there and it was not touched.
00:27:13.63\00:27:16.20
It was completely in contact,
00:27:16.23\00:27:17.87
and the DVD desk
was inside of it.
00:27:17.90\00:27:20.44
And it was amazing to see that
00:27:20.47\00:27:21.84
the Lord will
work through situations
00:27:21.87\00:27:23.94
so that way His will be done.
00:27:23.97\00:27:26.78
These Global Mission
pioneers are residents
00:27:26.81\00:27:30.95
or inhabitants of that country.
00:27:30.98\00:27:32.88
So they're Cambodians
who the church employs
00:27:32.91\00:27:36.02
to do evangelism.
00:27:36.05\00:27:37.39
Many of them do great sacrifice.
00:27:37.42\00:27:39.22
I remember a story
00:27:39.25\00:27:40.59
where one of our
Global Mission pioneers
00:27:40.62\00:27:42.99
was asked by one
of our church leaders,
00:27:43.02\00:27:46.26
is there anything
we can do to help you?
00:27:46.29\00:27:49.43
And he was little embarrassed,
didn't want to say much
00:27:49.46\00:27:51.50
and kind of hung his head
and then he lifted up his eyes
00:27:51.53\00:27:53.50
and he said, "Well,
you know, my partner and I
00:27:53.54\00:27:56.60
only have one pair
of shoes between us.
00:27:56.64\00:28:00.04
So we make a decision that day
who's going to wear the shoes,
00:28:00.08\00:28:03.24
and the decision is based on
who has to walk the furthest.
00:28:03.28\00:28:06.25
We have to work in a village
about 8 or 10 miles from here.
00:28:06.28\00:28:09.62
If my partner is
going to that village
00:28:09.65\00:28:11.29
to give Bible studies today,
00:28:11.32\00:28:12.72
because the road
is rough and rocky,
00:28:12.75\00:28:14.32
he wears the shoes.
00:28:14.36\00:28:15.69
If I am going to that
village, I wear the shoes."
00:28:15.72\00:28:18.66
Great, great sacrifice among
these Global Mission pioneers.
00:28:18.69\00:28:22.80
But back to Cambodia, Justin,
00:28:22.83\00:28:24.63
tell us about your
evangelistic meetings,
00:28:24.67\00:28:26.43
where were they held?
00:28:26.47\00:28:27.80
Well, we actually held them
00:28:27.84\00:28:29.17
in the capital
city of Phnom Penh.
00:28:29.20\00:28:30.81
And it's interesting
00:28:30.84\00:28:32.17
because you can
drive through the streets
00:28:32.21\00:28:33.54
and you can see
all these temples
00:28:33.58\00:28:35.58
and it's very much
a Buddhism country.
00:28:35.61\00:28:38.85
And so we went
right into Phnom Penh,
00:28:38.88\00:28:41.15
we got buses, we
bus these people in
00:28:41.18\00:28:44.45
from different places.
00:28:44.49\00:28:45.82
And we held it in a
stadium that filled up to...
00:28:45.85\00:28:48.79
One night I remember
there was 4,000 people
00:28:48.82\00:28:51.23
in the stadium that came
out to hear the message of God.
00:28:51.26\00:28:54.46
What is the
religious background,
00:28:54.50\00:28:56.56
Christina, of many of the people
00:28:56.60\00:28:58.27
in Phnom Penh?
00:28:58.30\00:29:00.07
They're Buddhists
and there is some Hindus.
00:29:00.10\00:29:02.37
Buddhists and Hindus.
00:29:02.40\00:29:03.91
Now as these folk
came to your meetings,
00:29:03.94\00:29:06.47
did you feel any disconnect?
00:29:06.51\00:29:09.91
Because here you
come from North America,
00:29:09.94\00:29:12.18
you come from a
Christian background,
00:29:12.21\00:29:14.02
but you have an audience
that is significantly Buddhist,
00:29:14.05\00:29:17.29
does the message of
Christ transcend culture?
00:29:17.32\00:29:20.56
Does it reach out
and touch these people?
00:29:20.59\00:29:22.99
How did you feel?
00:29:23.02\00:29:24.36
Were they
connecting with your preaching?
00:29:24.39\00:29:25.99
I think they really
did, because that's one thing
00:29:26.03\00:29:28.63
I think God taught me the
most when I was over there.
00:29:28.66\00:29:31.13
We have such a powerful
message of Seventh-day Adventist
00:29:31.17\00:29:34.74
because I can remember
preaching about the Sabbath
00:29:34.77\00:29:37.34
and I've preached
only in United States
00:29:37.37\00:29:39.11
before this and so,
prior to preaching this
00:29:39.14\00:29:41.64
I was thinking to
myself, you know what?
00:29:41.68\00:29:43.01
This is going to
be a hard message,
00:29:43.04\00:29:44.38
so I was praying before
00:29:44.41\00:29:46.01
and, you know, when you
preach about this in the States,
00:29:46.05\00:29:48.25
people they see it as a hassle.
00:29:48.28\00:29:49.78
What I had to give up
a whole day just for God.
00:29:49.82\00:29:52.95
And so, I remember,
I got to the stadium
00:29:52.99\00:29:54.92
and I was nervous
and I got to preach
00:29:54.96\00:29:56.69
about the Sabbath
00:29:56.73\00:29:58.06
and, you know, what are
they going to think about this?
00:29:58.09\00:30:00.20
And I remember, I
got through the sermon
00:30:00.23\00:30:02.26
and the Lord blessed me,
and I went out to the back
00:30:02.30\00:30:04.97
and I tried to
greet some of the people
00:30:05.00\00:30:07.04
and say goodbye to them.
00:30:07.07\00:30:08.40
And I would watch these people
who have only known Buddhism,
00:30:08.44\00:30:11.47
who have never known a
true God that loves them.
00:30:11.51\00:30:14.08
And I watched them after
preaching about the Sabbath,
00:30:14.11\00:30:16.81
they would walk
out and there was tears
00:30:16.85\00:30:18.98
streaming down their eyes.
00:30:19.01\00:30:20.48
And I just could not believe it,
00:30:20.52\00:30:21.95
I was confused.
00:30:21.98\00:30:23.32
I thought, maybe it
was something I said,
00:30:23.35\00:30:25.65
or I had
offended them in some way.
00:30:25.69\00:30:27.52
So I got my
translator and I asked him,
00:30:27.56\00:30:29.46
I said, "You know what?
00:30:29.49\00:30:30.83
What is wrong with these people?
00:30:30.86\00:30:32.19
Why are they coming out
with tears in their eyes?"
00:30:32.23\00:30:33.70
And he said,
"It's just so simple,
00:30:33.73\00:30:35.33
you don't understand.
00:30:35.36\00:30:36.70
They've never had
someone that loved them so much,
00:30:36.73\00:30:39.03
that they want
to take one day out
00:30:39.07\00:30:40.87
to just spend with them."
00:30:40.90\00:30:42.87
And I could not
believe how powerful
00:30:42.90\00:30:45.27
and sometimes in the
States we just get caught up
00:30:45.31\00:30:47.61
with our day to day lives,
00:30:47.64\00:30:48.98
and we just
need to remember that
00:30:49.01\00:30:50.35
we have a powerful message,
00:30:50.38\00:30:51.95
and anyone can preach it
00:30:51.98\00:30:53.31
and we can be witnesses for God.
00:30:53.35\00:30:54.85
God works not
through our ability,
00:30:56.25\00:31:00.19
but through our availability.
00:31:00.22\00:31:01.86
He certainly uses our ability,
00:31:01.89\00:31:03.73
but if we make
ourselves available to God.
00:31:03.76\00:31:06.03
Christina, what
kind of challenges
00:31:06.06\00:31:07.70
did you face in that series?
00:31:07.73\00:31:09.93
Well, there is
a little challenge
00:31:09.96\00:31:12.37
that both Justin
and I face, we got sick.
00:31:12.40\00:31:14.44
You got sick?
00:31:14.47\00:31:15.94
And what took place?
00:31:15.97\00:31:18.47
I mean, you had to
preach, you were sick.
00:31:18.51\00:31:19.97
Yes.
00:31:20.01\00:31:21.34
Well, it was amazing
how even though we got sick,
00:31:21.38\00:31:23.71
you know, God worked out.
00:31:23.75\00:31:25.08
Obviously, the
devil does not want,
00:31:25.11\00:31:26.75
you know, God's work going out.
00:31:26.78\00:31:28.35
But the nights that I got sick,
00:31:28.38\00:31:29.95
it was Justin's
nights to preach,
00:31:29.98\00:31:31.95
and the nights
that Justin got sick,
00:31:31.99\00:31:33.46
it was his night to preach.
00:31:33.49\00:31:35.46
And so it just
was really amazing
00:31:35.49\00:31:36.96
to see how God worked it out.
00:31:36.99\00:31:38.43
And also I can remember Justin,
00:31:38.46\00:31:40.06
he hadn't eaten
anything for two days.
00:31:40.10\00:31:42.13
And that night, it was just,
00:31:42.16\00:31:43.83
you could just
see God's power in him
00:31:43.87\00:31:45.83
because he got
up and he preached,
00:31:45.87\00:31:47.24
and he was walking
all over the stage,
00:31:47.27\00:31:49.00
and he had this
energy and enthusiasm
00:31:49.04\00:31:50.84
that was spilling
into the congregation.
00:31:50.87\00:31:52.57
And he had
nothing in his stomach.
00:31:52.61\00:31:54.04
It was just
amazing to see God's power.
00:31:54.08\00:31:56.08
So that you were team preaching,
00:31:56.11\00:31:58.98
and most of the
time when you were sick,
00:31:59.01\00:32:02.02
it was Justin's turn to preach.
00:32:02.05\00:32:04.19
When he was sick, it
was your turn to preach.
00:32:04.22\00:32:06.55
The moral of
that story is preach,
00:32:06.59\00:32:07.92
you don't get sick.
00:32:07.96\00:32:09.52
That's the moral of that story.
00:32:09.56\00:32:10.99
Justin, you know,
you and Christina though
00:32:12.36\00:32:14.96
are kind of
unusual young people,
00:32:15.00\00:32:17.23
you're pretty
outgoing and pretty,
00:32:17.27\00:32:20.17
you know, you
like being up front
00:32:20.20\00:32:22.17
and you enjoy it.
00:32:22.20\00:32:23.54
And Christina, she
likes talking here and there,
00:32:23.57\00:32:25.77
you know and so forth.
00:32:25.81\00:32:27.48
Describe for me, do you ever
get nervous before you speak?
00:32:29.51\00:32:33.72
I don't think I've ever
been able to get up front
00:32:33.75\00:32:36.05
and not be nervous in the...
00:32:36.08\00:32:38.69
I despise getting
up front to be honest.
00:32:38.72\00:32:41.12
But I know that
God has led me to speak
00:32:41.16\00:32:43.66
and I know that how is God...
00:32:43.69\00:32:46.23
Sometimes you set up to
do these evangelistic series,
00:32:46.26\00:32:48.66
you know, and
we went as a family
00:32:48.70\00:32:50.10
because we were
going to help Cambodia,
00:32:50.13\00:32:51.93
and we went there and
many people were baptized
00:32:51.97\00:32:54.50
and many people found
God, but I'm telling you what?
00:32:54.54\00:32:56.84
The one thing that sticks
out that that does the most
00:32:56.87\00:32:59.97
is what it does
to Christina and I
00:33:00.01\00:33:01.61
when we stand up front,
00:33:01.64\00:33:02.98
because we can go in
and I can be throwing up
00:33:03.01\00:33:05.88
before I get up front,
00:33:05.91\00:33:07.25
and I can throw up as
soon as I get up front.
00:33:07.28\00:33:08.98
But I'm telling you what?
00:33:09.02\00:33:10.35
When God speaks through me
up, up front, it is not natural.
00:33:10.39\00:33:13.36
It's not something that's in me.
00:33:13.39\00:33:15.06
I'm an extremely shy person,
my sister is the outgoing one.
00:33:15.09\00:33:18.23
All through life, I
just let her do the talking,
00:33:18.26\00:33:20.03
and I listen.
00:33:20.06\00:33:21.40
But somehow when I get up front,
00:33:21.43\00:33:22.76
God is able to speak through me.
00:33:22.80\00:33:24.33
And I'm telling
you, I'm no different
00:33:24.37\00:33:25.93
than any person sitting out here
00:33:25.97\00:33:27.47
or any person listening on TV
00:33:27.50\00:33:29.47
because God
wants to speak through
00:33:29.50\00:33:31.24
each and every one of us here.
00:33:31.27\00:33:33.04
Christina, you and Justin
respond differently to anxiety.
00:33:34.14\00:33:38.41
And I think it's
helpful for people to know
00:33:38.45\00:33:40.72
that when you
walk on the platform,
00:33:40.75\00:33:43.45
you too feel somewhat,
Justin feels anxious at times,
00:33:43.49\00:33:47.26
and sometimes
you've actually thrown up
00:33:47.29\00:33:48.62
before you went out to preach.
00:33:48.66\00:33:49.99
Many times.
00:33:50.03\00:33:51.36
How do you respond
when you get nervous?
00:33:51.39\00:33:52.96
I get really scared and
I actually cry sometimes
00:33:52.99\00:33:55.73
before I go out
00:33:55.76\00:33:57.10
'cause I don't want
to do the same thing.
00:33:57.13\00:33:58.47
God, why do you
have me out here?
00:33:58.50\00:34:00.07
And then I'm so nervous,
00:34:00.10\00:34:01.94
and I don't want
to come out here.
00:34:01.97\00:34:03.30
But then once like Justin
said, once you get out there,
00:34:03.34\00:34:05.67
it's just so amazing
and so inspiring just to see
00:34:05.71\00:34:08.64
how he can speak through me.
00:34:08.68\00:34:10.01
I know that it's
something that I can say,
00:34:10.05\00:34:12.21
I know, it's
nothing that I can do,
00:34:12.25\00:34:13.58
but it's how God speaks to me.
00:34:13.62\00:34:15.15
It's just such an
awesome experience that we can,
00:34:15.18\00:34:17.85
all can have and do.
00:34:17.89\00:34:19.25
What do you think some
people don't get involved?
00:34:19.29\00:34:21.09
I mean, they want to,
00:34:21.12\00:34:22.46
here we have a
whole group of ASI, folk.
00:34:22.49\00:34:24.76
And if I asked
for raising of hands,
00:34:24.79\00:34:26.43
which I won't, and I said,
00:34:26.46\00:34:28.26
"Have you ever been involved
in a Bible study ministry,
00:34:28.30\00:34:31.60
small group ministry,"
but if I went beyond that,
00:34:31.63\00:34:33.84
and said, "Have you ever held
a lay evangelistic meeting?"
00:34:33.87\00:34:36.20
Probably there would
be a few hands held up,
00:34:36.24\00:34:39.37
maybe in an ASI group like this.
00:34:39.41\00:34:41.21
Maybe 95% of these
folk have already held
00:34:41.24\00:34:43.61
an evangelistic meeting before
00:34:43.65\00:34:45.48
but maybe there would
be 3 or 4% that have not.
00:34:45.51\00:34:49.28
What do you think people
don't get actually involved?
00:34:49.32\00:34:52.49
And what can they do about that?
00:34:52.52\00:34:55.46
I think it's just
taking the initial step.
00:34:55.49\00:34:57.79
Sometimes you...
00:34:57.83\00:34:59.69
It's not human to want to get up
00:34:59.73\00:35:01.20
in front of people
00:35:01.23\00:35:02.56
because we're worried about
00:35:02.60\00:35:03.93
what people will think about us.
00:35:03.97\00:35:05.30
We're worried,
especially as young people
00:35:05.33\00:35:06.67
about our image and
what it can do to us
00:35:06.70\00:35:08.70
being up front.
00:35:08.74\00:35:10.07
But God calls us to be
more than just Christians
00:35:10.11\00:35:12.94
who come to church each Sabbath.
00:35:12.97\00:35:14.31
Amen?
00:35:14.34\00:35:15.68
God calls us to tell
others about our religion.
00:35:15.71\00:35:18.01
And it is true,
I can assume that,
00:35:18.05\00:35:20.38
that maybe not
everyone out there is born
00:35:20.42\00:35:24.02
and God has designed
you to speak up front.
00:35:24.05\00:35:26.22
Maybe it is that you're
a leader of small groups,
00:35:26.25\00:35:28.66
or maybe it is,
but God has called us
00:35:28.69\00:35:31.03
and God wants us
to take that step
00:35:31.06\00:35:33.26
and do more for
Christianity and do more for God
00:35:33.29\00:35:36.67
because, friends,
I'm telling you what?
00:35:36.70\00:35:38.23
It's time to go home. Amen?
00:35:38.27\00:35:39.90
And it's time
that we tell everyone
00:35:39.93\00:35:42.10
on this earth about Jesus,
00:35:42.14\00:35:43.67
so we can have the
next ASI Convention
00:35:43.71\00:35:45.97
in heaven.
00:35:46.01\00:35:47.34
And then, Christina,
when you were preaching,
00:35:47.38\00:35:49.88
there were some flying creatures
00:35:49.91\00:35:51.91
and they were not angels
00:35:51.95\00:35:53.72
that tried to interrupt
the meeting occasionally.
00:35:53.75\00:35:55.48
What were they? They were bats.
00:35:55.52\00:35:57.25
We had a little bat
nest, I guess you could say
00:35:57.29\00:36:00.32
right above the podium,
00:36:00.36\00:36:01.76
so it's directly above
here if this was in Cambodia.
00:36:01.79\00:36:04.36
And it's quite
interesting, because they would,
00:36:04.39\00:36:05.73
you know, swoop
down and then go up
00:36:05.76\00:36:07.40
and then, you
know, fly all around.
00:36:07.43\00:36:09.46
And it was
interesting definitely.
00:36:09.50\00:36:11.13
There's always some
little interesting point
00:36:11.17\00:36:13.07
in evangelism.
00:36:13.10\00:36:14.44
Christina, what difference,
00:36:14.47\00:36:15.87
you know, you've preached
to North American audiences,
00:36:15.90\00:36:17.97
what difference was
the audience in Cambodia?
00:36:18.01\00:36:21.54
Well, I guess the culture there
is a carry on a conversation
00:36:21.58\00:36:24.75
while you're speaking
while the speaker speaking.
00:36:24.78\00:36:26.92
You know, here
everyone should be quiet.
00:36:26.95\00:36:29.22
And now I got to say
you being a good audience.
00:36:29.25\00:36:31.15
But while over
there, it was quite noisy.
00:36:31.19\00:36:34.59
And so it was, it
kind of difficult for me
00:36:34.62\00:36:37.23
to keep my thoughts
00:36:37.26\00:36:38.89
there and, you know,
we have bats flying above
00:36:38.93\00:36:41.33
and it was, it was
very distracting for me.
00:36:41.36\00:36:44.07
But it was so amazing because
when we made the altar call,
00:36:44.10\00:36:48.27
and we invited the
people to come forward,
00:36:48.30\00:36:50.41
they, we had, you know,
00:36:50.44\00:36:51.97
over hundreds and hundreds
of people that came forward.
00:36:52.01\00:36:54.41
And that Sabbath,
it was so exciting
00:36:54.44\00:36:56.11
because the first
Sabbath that we were there,
00:36:56.14\00:36:57.68
I mean, the second Sabbath, says
00:36:57.71\00:36:59.15
the second Sabbath
that we were there,
00:36:59.18\00:37:00.52
we got to see 850
people that were baptized.
00:37:00.55\00:37:03.89
Eight hundred
and fifty baptized.
00:37:03.92\00:37:06.12
I mean, that is a
miracle because, Justin,
00:37:06.15\00:37:08.52
you were saying
just a few years before
00:37:08.56\00:37:10.89
how many Adventists were then?
00:37:10.93\00:37:12.26
Only 200 in Phnom Penh.
00:37:12.29\00:37:13.63
Only 200 and 850 baptized?
00:37:13.66\00:37:17.00
How do you feel
that day of the baptism?
00:37:17.03\00:37:20.17
What kind of
impressions do you have
00:37:20.20\00:37:22.40
when 850 people are baptized?
00:37:22.44\00:37:25.17
There's just nothing
that that you could ever say
00:37:25.21\00:37:27.84
that describes
that to know that,
00:37:27.88\00:37:29.64
that God has chose
me as a young person
00:37:29.68\00:37:33.38
and has taken me
from a shy person.
00:37:33.42\00:37:35.45
I was thinking
about this last night
00:37:35.48\00:37:36.82
as I was listening to
the ASI Youth for Jesus,
00:37:36.85\00:37:39.55
they got up and
they gave their testimony
00:37:39.59\00:37:41.56
and I thought about
my first time in Florida
00:37:41.59\00:37:43.73
where I was just
a shy young person.
00:37:43.76\00:37:45.49
And those young people
last night have no idea
00:37:45.53\00:37:48.20
what God is going
to do through them.
00:37:48.23\00:37:49.80
And I just like to thank ASI
for giving me that opportunity
00:37:49.83\00:37:52.83
and so many young
people there that opportunity,
00:37:52.87\00:37:55.50
because you get to there
00:37:55.54\00:37:56.87
and you preach in
this Buddhism place,
00:37:56.91\00:37:58.84
and you go to the
stadium and you think why God?
00:37:58.87\00:38:01.88
Why have you chosen me?
00:38:01.91\00:38:03.24
You know, I have
nothing to offer,
00:38:03.28\00:38:04.78
but God speaks through you.
00:38:04.81\00:38:06.48
And then you see
what God has done.
00:38:06.51\00:38:08.38
And you see these people
who you're going to one day
00:38:08.42\00:38:10.95
see again in heaven,
00:38:10.99\00:38:12.32
and we just have no idea
what these meetings will do,
00:38:12.35\00:38:15.49
what ASI Youth for
Jesus are going to do,
00:38:15.52\00:38:17.66
because there's gonna be
so many more people in heaven
00:38:17.69\00:38:20.26
because of what the young people
00:38:20.30\00:38:21.63
have done in the church.
00:38:21.66\00:38:23.00
Christina, what
difference has being involved
00:38:23.03\00:38:26.13
in evangelism made
in your life personally?
00:38:26.17\00:38:29.10
I can honestly say
00:38:29.14\00:38:30.47
it's been a life
changing experience for me,
00:38:30.51\00:38:33.24
I know that I will never
be the same person again.
00:38:33.27\00:38:36.08
And it's just, it's such
an exciting factor to see
00:38:36.11\00:38:39.25
how God can work through me
and use me as a tool for Him.
00:38:39.28\00:38:42.58
And He's willing to work
00:38:42.62\00:38:43.95
through each and
every one of you today.
00:38:43.99\00:38:45.59
Justin,
Christina, thank you so much.
00:38:45.62\00:38:47.89
What a testimony.
00:38:47.92\00:38:49.26
What a testimony.
00:38:49.29\00:38:50.63
Christina's words
echo in my own heart
00:38:54.03\00:38:56.73
when she said this for me
00:38:56.77\00:39:00.37
has been a life
changing experience.
00:39:00.40\00:39:03.67
You know in the Bible,
00:39:03.71\00:39:05.54
in 1
Corinthians, the 12th Chapter,
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and if you have your
Bible, I invite you to take it.
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And turn to 1
Corinthians Chapter 12.
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In 1 Corinthians Chapter 12,
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the Apostle Paul uses the
illustration of the church
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as being the body of Christ.
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And in 1 Corinthians 12:11,
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after describing the
varied spiritual gifts
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that God gives to
members in the church.
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In 1 Corinthians 12:11, it says,
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"But one and the same
spirit works all these things,
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distributing to each one,
that is each church member,
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individually, as He wills.
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Every Christian receives gifts
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from God to witness."
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God may not lead every one of us
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onto the public
platform to preach.
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But I think God wants
to lead a lot more of us
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onto the public platform
that are currently preaching.
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Would you say amen to that?
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God has something to
do with every person.
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But look, the Bible
says, "God gives the spirit
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to everyone
individually as He wills."
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That means God leads some people
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to organize small
groups and give Bible studies.
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He leads some people
to give out literature.
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He leads some
people to be involved
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in public preaching.
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He leads some people
to share a loaf of bread,
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a bowl of soup
with their neighbor
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and to pray with them.
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He leads some
into prayer ministries.
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The question for
you and for me today
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is what gift has God given you
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and what will you do
different when you go home
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from ASI Convention
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that you were not
doing before you came?
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How will you use the gifts?
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How will you use the abilities?
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How will you use the imparted
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gifts of the
spirit in your own life
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in the marketplace?
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Do you sense that
God is leading you
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to do something more
than you've yet done?
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Not merely by giving your money.
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If ASI becomes nearly
a funding organization,
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it has missed its soul.
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It's missed its vision.
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It's lost the
sense of its identity.
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The main role of ASI
is to inspire members
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to be actively
involved in their marketplace
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for Jesus Christ.
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Let's seize the torch of ASI.
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Let's listen to the
voices of Michael, of Christina,
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of Justin,
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of 600,000 other young
people around the world,
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thousands of lay
people that are preaching.
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And let's say Jesus, I
too want to be more involved
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in sharing Your
love than I have been.
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So that Jesus will
come very, very soon.
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Amen.
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Would you stand and
sing with me tonight,
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Spirit of the Living God,
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fall a-fresh on me.
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Spirit of the Living God
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Fall a-fresh on me!
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Spirit of the Living God
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Fall a-fresh on me!
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Break me, melt me
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Mold me, fill me!
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Spirit of the Living God
00:43:28.84\00:43:35.94
Fall a-fresh on me!
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Once again.
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Spirit of the Living God
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Fall a-fresh on me!
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Spirit of the Living God
00:43:59.70\00:44:07.41
Fall a-fresh on me!
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Break me, melt me
00:44:14.68\00:44:22.06
Mold me, and fill me!
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Spirit of the Living God
00:44:29.80\00:44:36.57
Fall a-fresh on me!
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Let's pray together.
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Father in heaven, we
pray for Your spirits.
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Send us Your spirit tonight.
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Lord, do break us, melt us,
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mold us into Your image
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and fill us with
Your loving character,
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we pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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