Good afternoon,
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and welcome to the
ASI National Convention
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in Dallas, Texas.
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I hope you've
enjoyed the program so far.
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And we have a very
special program this afternoon,
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entitled "Compelled to Tell."
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We're gonna hear a
lot of great stories
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of sharing Christ
in the marketplace.
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Please bow your
heads for prayer.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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we want to thank
you for the opportunity
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of being here today
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or listening on 3ABN.
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We're in the
world's final hours.
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And we're gonna hear
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some awesome
testimonies this afternoon
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of how Your
people are sharing Christ
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in their marketplace.
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Please guide their words, Lord,
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and help us to gain a blessing
from what they have to say.
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And help us to find something
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that we can take
home to our ministry.
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We ask this in Jesus name, amen.
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Good afternoon.
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Good afternoon.
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ASI has chosen
for its convention
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for its term
theme Tell Them Now.
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To be in harmony with
the Tell The World initiative
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sponsored by the
General Conference
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of Seventh-day Adventist.
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I have two
distinguished gentlemen
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here with me.
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And we'd like them to
just give us some information
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about this Tell
The World initiative.
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So I'd like to
start with Pastor Finley
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and ask first,
why Tell The World?
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You know, when
the General Conference
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began to think and pray
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about what goals it
would like to achieve
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for the coming
quinquennium, what initiatives.
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We sought God earnestly.
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In 1818, William Miller
began to study the Bible.
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And by 1831,
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he had become convinced
that Christ was coming,
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and He was coming soon.
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As he prayed about his
personal responsibility,
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the Lord impressed
him with three words,
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Tell The World.
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He tried to shake it.
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But this prophetic conviction
of destiny moved his heart,
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and the spirit
convicted him Tell The World.
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It is out of the context
of early Adventist history.
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It's out of the context
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of communicating
God's last day message
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to the world,
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that the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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has a message to proclaim.
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And a job that
was not fully done
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over 160 years ago
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is to be finished
in this generation.
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So Tell The World,
Debbie, is not man's idea.
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It's not something dreamed
up by a group of administrators.
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It is a divinely inspired idea
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planted in the heart of
William Miller years ago
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that it's to be
completed in this generation.
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Well, now ASI has really
tried to capture the emphasis
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that it seems is right
there with that Tell The World.
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But, Mike, let me ask you
what's the urgency contained
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in this particular initiative?
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Well, you know, Tell The World,
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as Mark has said is
not really a man's idea
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nor is it a new idea.
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The Seventh-day Adventist Church
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has always been about mission.
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It's not a new thing.
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It's part of our
culture. It's what we were.
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When you look at
that little group
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that started this,
to proclaim this message
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in the northeastern
part of the United States,
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and it was just a small group.
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And you watch and look
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how that message
spread across America.
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And as you would
look in the archives
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of the General Conference,
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and see the letters written
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to Ellen and James
White, that said, "Come to Iowa.
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Come to Montana.
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Come to Oregon.
Come to California.
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We have started a group,
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come and help us
organize the church."
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It's that drive permission
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and the urgency of
the time that drove them.
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And then, of
course, in the 1880s,
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it came to the attention
of the church at that time
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that it wasn't just a message
to go to the United States,
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but it was a message
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that was to go around the world.
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And then began the
missionary movement.
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And we know that as
we look at the world,
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and we see how the
beginnings, it was a miracle.
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You know, we're
organized into 13 divisions
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around the world.
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North America is one of them.
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And in those 13 divisions,
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it's interesting to note
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that in 12 of
them, it was lay people
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who took the
message their first.
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It was not paid
workers, lay people.
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And today, you find
that there are people
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like George
Ripple in South America
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still buried on
the continent there,
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waiting for Jesus to come.
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He's a lay person from Kansas.
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In 1894, they
went to South America.
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The people that lie in
St. Lucie College cemetery,
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the original people that
went to Africa, lay people.
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You look at Abraham Luruli
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that lies in Hong
Kong today, a lay person,
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that he's lying there
waiting for Jesus to come.
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And so as we come to this today,
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this is a history of mission
that we have in this church.
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Why I understand it.
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Now I understand why
we have the Tell The World
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as the name of the initiative.
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And I got a
picture of the urgency
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that it's buried
somehow in our history.
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But please forgive me
if I ask Pastor Finley,
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isn't this the same old
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with just a new title
pasted in front of it?
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Well, Debbie, Tell The World
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is the broadest
initiative ever launched
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by the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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The first principle of
Tell The World is this,
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that by the year 2010,
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we believe that
a praying church,
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a witnessing church
filled with the Holy Spirit,
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a church that's
actively involved in the world,
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a church that's reaching out
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to its community with
personal and public evangelism,
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and that's planting churches,
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we believe that the entire world
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and every person in it
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can know the
three angels' messages.
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So for the first
time in Adventist history,
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we have said that
we are a generation
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of leaders,
pastors, and church members
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who believe specifically
that we can accomplish the task
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through the Spirit of
God in this generation.
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That is not the status quo.
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That is unique.
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Well, now I've got it.
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You know, Debbie,
that was a little weak
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on the amen there.
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You know, we're in Texas
and things happen big in Texas.
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So, you know, I'd like to...
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We're reaching every person
in the world with the gospel.
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What can you say about that?
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Amen.
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Every continent, every province,
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every city, every village,
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every street,
every person, Debbie,
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that is not the status quo.
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Well, now this
is interesting to me
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because,
especially as ASI as you know,
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we have our unique
ways of doing things,
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our different approaches.
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Is there a way that
everyone can be involved
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in this Tell The
World, tell them now piece?
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Absolutely.
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I think that there will be going
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through the various
aspects of Tell The World.
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There are actually seven goals.
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We'll talk about
them individually.
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And when you look
at those seven goals,
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it's not just one method.
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You know, we're advised through
the writings of Ellen White
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and also through scripture
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that we should have
a multitude of methods.
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And so that's what
we're gonna be talking about.
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But the very first one
that we want to focus on
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is actually the
most important one.
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And it is the one
where we talk about
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studying the Bible and praying.
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I don't know how
else to describe it.
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I looked at some
information not long ago
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that indicated that about half
of the Seventh-day Adventist
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in the world have a
consistent Bible study program
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and prayer program.
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I want to talk to you
as a pastor right now.
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We need to be
concerned about that percentage.
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It needs to increase.
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And so our first
objective is to take a look
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at that particular goal
on the spiritual aspect.
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But as an introduction to this,
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we want to take
a little time here
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and show you a video that
introduces Tell The World.
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So, please enjoy
that with us if you would,
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and then we'll come back
and look at it piece by piece.
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The mission of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church...
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Is to
communicate to all peoples,
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the everlasting gospel...
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Of God's love.
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In the context of the
three angels' messages
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of Revelation 14:6-12.
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And as revealed in the
life, death, resurrection,
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and high priestly
ministry of Jesus Christ...
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Leading them to accept Jesus
as personal Savior and Lord.
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And to unite with
His remnant church.
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And to nurture
believers as disciples.
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In preparation
for His soon return.
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We have a mission
to reach the world.
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But do we have a
plan to reach the world?
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Tell The World
is a bold new plan
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to give every
person in the world
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the opportunity to
know Jesus by the year 2010.
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It has seven key parts.
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Tell The World has always...
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Mission has always been
the agenda of the church.
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And we are constantly
looking for the most attractive,
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the most effective way
of doing it and saying it.
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Tell The World expands
the mission of the church.
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It is an
expression of a large vision
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of what we might be able to do.
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Imagine a
church that is involved
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in Bible study and
prayer, and planting churches
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involved in 400,000
evangelism meetings,
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going to large cities,
involved in their community,
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being conscious
as a corporate body
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that we have to go to
every person in the world.
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To challenge at least 65 percent
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of church members
to commit themselves
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to daily devotion and prayer.
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With this daily Bible study,
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you have to do with
telling others about Jesus.
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It takes energy from the Lord
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to have courage to
witness to somebody.
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You only derive
the image to go out
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from your daily
devotions with the Lord.
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That's how critical
the daily devotions are.
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To inspire at least 40
percent of church members
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to become actively
involved in their community.
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How does community
outreach make a difference?
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Somebody has said once
that one of the reasons
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the church doesn't
reach the community
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is because the
church doesn't reach out
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into the community.
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You don't reach
unless you reach out into it.
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You know, many people say,
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"Well, the
community is not interested."
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How do you know
it's interested or not
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unless you're giving it
an opportunity to respond?
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Challenging at
least five million members
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to win one person for
Jesus in the next five years.
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I would just be delighted
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to see five million
of our church members
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taking the trouble and
feeling compelled by Christ
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and sensing the presence
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of the equipping of
the Holy Spirit to do it
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so that they actually would try.
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Let the spirit work on the end
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probably just
become involved and try.
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To start new
congregations in at least 27
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of the world's largest cities.
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How does hope for big
cities fit into this plan?
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Christ wants us to go
into the cities precisely
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because people in
need of His salvation
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are there in large numbers.
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And cities are
growing every day.
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Half the world
lives there right now.
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In just a few years,
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it's gonna be many
times more than that.
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And so if we're
going to reach the world,
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we have to address
these environments.
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To plant 20,000
new congregations
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around the world.
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Well, will
20,000 new congregations
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provide the church?
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Twenty thousand congregations
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planted then in
the next five years
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is not an easy task.
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Many of those congregations
will be planted in places
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where we have never gone before.
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And we ask,
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"Well, how's it
going to be done?"
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Well, some of it will be done
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by our
missionary force that's out,
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more than 800 missionaries
serving around the world.
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They're working
on the front line.
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But we also know
that they're going
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to be working hand in
hand with the large cadre
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of global mission pioneers.
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To involve every
church and outreach,
00:13:20.63\00:13:23.13
leading to 400,000
evangelist outreach
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and discipleship programs,
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including
100,000 youth programs.
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Four hundred thousand
evangelistic campaigns
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sounds like a lot.
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Is this really possible?
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That's a big goal, 400,000.
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But it's achievable.
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If we have 57,000 churches,
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and if each church
has one evangelistic event
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each year, just one,
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and you do that for 5
years, that's 280,000.
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If you challenge
your young people
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to hold 20,000
evangelistic events a year,
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you've got 380,000-390,000.
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Every year if a
church is reaching out
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with some evangelistic event,
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it can be for one week,
it can be for two weeks,
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it can be for
three weeks, four weeks,
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whatever that church defines,
00:14:03.64\00:14:05.57
but some evangelistic event
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where people
are being introduced
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to the gospel each week,
00:14:08.64\00:14:09.98
the spirit will
stir up the people,
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bring them to
that particular church.
00:14:11.68\00:14:14.32
To creatively use
communication channels
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to reach every
person of the world
00:14:16.89\00:14:18.92
with the good news.
00:14:18.95\00:14:20.59
The media can reach the
masses, can plant seeds,
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that must be
watered by the touch
00:14:24.89\00:14:27.50
of the individual one on one.
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We have to remember that with
the technology we have today,
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by a variety of media,
there is almost no limit
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to which parts of
the world you can reach.
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We may not be able
to send a minister in,
00:14:43.14\00:14:46.28
but by radio, by
television, satellite,
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by the printed page,
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yes, I think it is
possible to do this.
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Your involvement is vital.
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Your prayers are needed
and your mission offerings
00:14:56.19\00:14:59.36
will help make Tell
The World a reality.
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In reality,
mission giving has declined
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over the last 25 to 30 years,
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be a very small
portion of our tithe.
00:15:09.84\00:15:12.47
If we were to
return to even half
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of what the
historical levels would it were,
00:15:14.84\00:15:17.68
and we're to give even
two percent of our income
00:15:17.71\00:15:20.42
towards entering new areas,
00:15:20.45\00:15:23.05
which would make
opportunities available
00:15:23.08\00:15:26.02
that we have
never even thought of
00:15:26.05\00:15:27.69
in being able to reach.
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The technology is there,
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the membership
around the world is there,
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we've never had an
opportunity like this
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to be able to reach the world.
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Tell The World,
the gospel message
00:15:37.53\00:15:40.17
to every person on planet earth.
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What a mission,
what an opportunity,
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what would you
give to make it happen?
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We believe as a church
without studying God's Word
00:16:00.09\00:16:04.03
and without
having a prayer life,
00:16:04.06\00:16:06.56
could we possibly be a
church about its mission?
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I don't think so.
00:16:09.50\00:16:10.83
We went on wrap these
goals just as quickly as we can
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and give you a little highlight
and what's taking place.
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Dan Houghton, Shelly Quinn,
00:16:16.47\00:16:18.57
you're going to
help us a little bit.
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Take us through
some experiences here.
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Thank you, Mike.
Good afternoon everyone.
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Now Tell The World and
Tell it Now is something
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that we've been
hearing a lot about.
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But I want you to know
00:16:29.55\00:16:30.89
we're gonna talk
a little bit more
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about how it actually
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where the rubber
hits the road works.
00:16:33.66\00:16:34.99
And Shelley, I just want
to talk to you for a minute.
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People know you
because they see you
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on Three Angels
Broadcasting Network,
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you have some
regular programming.
00:16:41.73\00:16:43.06
But many of these
people may not know
00:16:43.10\00:16:44.43
that you have another ministry.
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Yes, I do.
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Would you talk
about that ministry
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just a little bit?
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Well, before we came to 3ABN,
00:16:49.94\00:16:51.27
my husband and I
had a full time ministry
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called Word Warrior Ministries,
00:16:52.67\00:16:55.01
and you may have
heard of Prayer Warriors.
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Word Warrior is
all about learning
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to use the Word of God to
confess it over your life,
00:16:59.75\00:17:03.82
to pray it back to the Lord
00:17:03.85\00:17:05.25
because Isaiah 55:11 says,
00:17:05.29\00:17:07.02
His word does not return void,
00:17:07.06\00:17:08.86
but it
accomplishes every purpose
00:17:08.89\00:17:10.79
for which He sent it.
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And Jeremiah 1:12 says,
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He watches over
His word to perform it.
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This was a speaking
and writing ministry,
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and we were doing this full time
00:17:19.43\00:17:20.84
before we came to 3ABN.
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And I praise the Lord
that Danny Shelton and 3ABN
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gives us the opportunity
to continue in this ministry.
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Okay.
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Now, Shelley,
you do this ministry
00:17:29.38\00:17:31.85
at Three Angels
Broadcasting Network, 3ABN,
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during the week.
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But what happens on weekends?
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What do you and your
husband doing on weekends?
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Well, we travel three
weekends out of every month.
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We do camp meetings, revivals,
00:17:41.36\00:17:43.53
and prayer
retreats, women's retreats,
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and we go out and teach people.
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It's all about teaching people
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how to exalt the Word
of God in their lives.
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You know, the
banner over our ministry
00:17:55.04\00:17:57.11
is Psalm 138:2,
00:17:57.14\00:17:59.37
and in that scripture,
00:17:59.41\00:18:00.88
the Bible says that God exalts
00:18:00.91\00:18:02.94
His name and His
Word above all things,
00:18:02.98\00:18:05.81
and that He magnifies
His word even above His name.
00:18:05.85\00:18:09.58
And why do you suppose that is
00:18:09.62\00:18:11.32
because in the
beginning was the Word
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and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God,
00:18:13.62\00:18:15.72
and He became flesh
and tabernacles amongst us.
00:18:15.76\00:18:18.86
So what we do is we go
out, and we teach people
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how to overcome
their identity crisis.
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Our theme this
year is Tell The World
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and Tell Them Now,
00:18:29.50\00:18:30.87
but people don't just
want to hear the gospel,
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they want to see it in action.
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And we've got to
understand who we are in Christ.
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So many Christians
suffer an identity crisis.
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They really don't know
who they are in Christ.
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They don't know the power,
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the transforming
power of the Word of God.
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And they don't
know that they can call
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on the power of the Holy Spirit
00:18:51.49\00:18:52.93
and the power of
the Word and go out.
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And God promises,
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He'll give us the tongue
of uninstructed disciple.
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So what we try to do
00:18:59.43\00:19:00.77
is teach people
the power of the word.
00:19:00.80\00:19:03.91
And the more the word
that you hide in your heart,
00:19:03.94\00:19:06.68
the more of the word
00:19:06.71\00:19:08.04
that you confess over your life,
00:19:08.08\00:19:09.41
the more you understand
who you are in Christ,
00:19:09.44\00:19:11.81
then you become
a powerful witness,
00:19:11.85\00:19:13.62
and you can go out
00:19:13.65\00:19:14.98
and not only
tell them with words,
00:19:15.02\00:19:16.62
but tell them in actions
00:19:16.65\00:19:17.99
because 2 Corinthians
3:3 says that we are a letter
00:19:18.02\00:19:21.99
written on the
heart from Jesus Christ.
00:19:22.02\00:19:24.79
So the world isn't as interested
00:19:24.83\00:19:26.70
in our words as
they are in our actions.
00:19:26.73\00:19:29.23
And so we're
trying to have people
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learn how to do this.
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Okay.
00:19:32.30\00:19:33.64
Now, Shelley, Tell The
World, Tell Them Now, obviously,
00:19:33.67\00:19:36.10
the Word of God
getting into the word
00:19:36.14\00:19:38.17
and being a Word
Warrior has impact.
00:19:38.21\00:19:39.84
Amen.
00:19:39.87\00:19:41.21
What kind of
impact can you share
00:19:41.24\00:19:42.58
with our audience
that your ministry has had,
00:19:42.61\00:19:44.25
where you've
actually seen miracles happen
00:19:44.28\00:19:46.88
and impact from Word Warriors?
00:19:46.92\00:19:49.05
Oh, boy.
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Long story short,
God changed my life.
00:19:50.45\00:19:53.09
He taught me how to
totally rely on Him.
00:19:53.12\00:19:56.52
He changed my husband's
life through this practice.
00:19:56.56\00:19:59.63
And God gave me a book
called "Exalting His Word."
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That book between
what 3ABN published,
00:20:02.60\00:20:05.37
and now it's being
published by Pacific Press,
00:20:05.40\00:20:07.80
has sold over 12,000 copies.
00:20:07.84\00:20:10.17
And we have 12,000
Word Warriors out there
00:20:10.21\00:20:12.77
who are beginning
Word Warrior Squadron,
00:20:12.81\00:20:15.18
so they teach
people in their church.
00:20:15.21\00:20:18.21
I get letters every day,
and I get emails every day.
00:20:18.25\00:20:21.55
I've had people
call and write to me
00:20:21.58\00:20:24.12
who said that they
were really suicidal,
00:20:24.15\00:20:27.06
and they did not understand
the joy of Christianity
00:20:27.09\00:20:30.63
until they
started this practice.
00:20:30.66\00:20:33.50
We have, the book has
been translated into Afrikaans.
00:20:33.53\00:20:37.27
I had one young
lady from Africa,
00:20:37.30\00:20:39.33
who was visiting
the United States.
00:20:39.37\00:20:41.64
She got a copy of this book.
00:20:41.67\00:20:43.00
And when she
went back to Africa,
00:20:43.04\00:20:44.51
she emailed me and said,
00:20:44.54\00:20:45.87
"May I have your
permission to translate this?"
00:20:45.91\00:20:48.61
And this one woman
has gone all over Africa
00:20:48.64\00:20:51.85
doing Word Warrior seminars,
00:20:51.88\00:20:54.05
and she has sprung up
Word Warrior Squadrons.
00:20:54.08\00:20:56.89
And she said
they're being changed.
00:20:56.92\00:20:58.99
I had a woman come up to
me at the Soquel Camp Meeting
00:20:59.02\00:21:01.72
just a couple of weeks ago.
00:21:01.76\00:21:03.09
And she said,
00:21:03.12\00:21:04.46
"My daughter attended
one of your prayer retreats,"
00:21:04.49\00:21:06.63
or it was a
woman's retreat, actually.
00:21:06.66\00:21:08.86
And she said,
00:21:08.90\00:21:10.23
"It changed her life
because listening to you,
00:21:10.27\00:21:12.93
she got a real hunger and thirst
00:21:12.97\00:21:15.07
for the Word of God."
00:21:15.10\00:21:16.44
And she said, "I watched her
over a period of three months,
00:21:16.47\00:21:19.34
grow in power
and grow in knowing
00:21:19.37\00:21:21.81
who she was in Christ."
00:21:21.84\00:21:23.38
And she said, I sent her
off on a missionary trip.
00:21:23.41\00:21:25.78
She was pregnant,
she and her husband left.
00:21:25.81\00:21:28.05
And you know what
this precious soul told me?
00:21:28.08\00:21:30.19
She said, just a few
hundred miles from home,
00:21:30.22\00:21:33.29
a car hit this daughter's car
00:21:33.32\00:21:35.82
killed the baby
and the daughter.
00:21:35.86\00:21:37.69
But she came up
to me and she said,
00:21:37.73\00:21:39.16
"I'm so glad that
yours is the last ministry
00:21:39.19\00:21:41.30
that she attended
because God changed her life."
00:21:41.33\00:21:44.40
We hear this
over and over again.
00:21:44.43\00:21:46.57
Shelley, if everybody out
here wants to become a prayer
00:21:46.60\00:21:48.97
or a Word Warrior...
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Yes.
00:21:50.37\00:21:51.71
They can see you
00:21:51.74\00:21:53.07
at the 3ABN booth
tonight I would guess.
00:21:53.11\00:21:54.44
And if they want to
know a little bit more
00:21:54.48\00:21:55.81
about that they can
stop by and see you,
00:21:55.84\00:21:57.18
and find out how Word Warrior
can change your life as well.
00:21:57.21\00:21:59.68
Amen. Thank you very much.
00:21:59.71\00:22:01.05
Thank you, Dan.
00:22:01.08\00:22:03.08
Okay, I'm looking for Dan Vis.
00:22:03.12\00:22:06.99
Dan's coming right now.
Come right over here, Dan.
00:22:07.02\00:22:10.29
How are you doing? Doing fine.
00:22:10.33\00:22:11.73
You know, Dan's a
pretty good name, isn't it?
00:22:11.76\00:22:13.60
I like the name. Yeah.
00:22:13.63\00:22:14.96
All right.
00:22:15.00\00:22:16.40
Dan, I like the
name of your ministry,
00:22:16.43\00:22:18.43
anything that says
fast, you know, FAST Ministry.
00:22:18.47\00:22:22.00
That's the name
of your ministry.
00:22:22.04\00:22:23.37
So tell us a
little bit about that.
00:22:23.41\00:22:24.74
Well, actually, we
didn't name the ministry fast
00:22:24.77\00:22:26.68
because we're trying to
do things quickly, though,
00:22:26.71\00:22:28.38
that's our ultimate goal.
00:22:28.41\00:22:30.11
But really, our goal
is to help people learn
00:22:30.15\00:22:31.95
how to hold fast
to the Word of God.
00:22:31.98\00:22:34.22
You may know the
verse in Revelation 3:11,
00:22:34.25\00:22:36.02
where it says,
"Behold, I come quickly,
00:22:36.05\00:22:38.49
hold that fast, which thou hast,
00:22:38.52\00:22:40.16
that no man take thy crown."
00:22:40.19\00:22:41.96
And so what
we're wanting to do is
00:22:41.99\00:22:43.32
help equip people to
hold fast to God's Word.
00:22:43.36\00:22:45.53
Okay.
00:22:45.56\00:22:46.90
Holding fast to God's Word,
00:22:46.93\00:22:48.36
what does that have to do
00:22:48.40\00:22:49.73
with Tell The
World, Tell it Now?
00:22:49.76\00:22:53.34
Well, we all know that
we want to share the message
00:22:53.37\00:22:55.84
with those that are
in the world around us.
00:22:55.87\00:22:57.31
And there are so many people
00:22:57.34\00:22:58.67
that need the
truth of God's Word.
00:22:58.71\00:23:00.28
But unless we
have the Word of God
00:23:00.31\00:23:01.84
first in our own
minds and in our own hearts
00:23:01.88\00:23:03.91
where we have a living knowledge
00:23:03.95\00:23:05.38
in the Word of
God, living experience,
00:23:05.41\00:23:07.18
how can we really
share the message?
00:23:07.22\00:23:09.25
And so we're
trying to equip people
00:23:09.28\00:23:11.05
to share the Word
of God with others
00:23:11.09\00:23:12.72
by filling it
first in their minds.
00:23:12.75\00:23:14.69
Okay.
00:23:14.72\00:23:16.06
Now there are several ways
00:23:16.09\00:23:17.43
that your ministry
FAST is doing that.
00:23:17.46\00:23:19.36
One of them, I
understand is memorization.
00:23:19.39\00:23:21.43
Describe what memorization is,
00:23:21.46\00:23:23.47
and what kind of
impact this having?
00:23:23.50\00:23:24.83
That's correct.
00:23:24.87\00:23:26.20
One of the things that we do
00:23:26.23\00:23:27.57
is we provide
Bible training materials
00:23:27.60\00:23:29.30
for people all
around the country.
00:23:29.34\00:23:30.74
Actually, we send
them around the world,
00:23:30.77\00:23:32.37
help people learn how
to memorize scripture.
00:23:32.41\00:23:34.18
We teach people how
to remember references,
00:23:34.21\00:23:36.95
memorize verses, WordPerfect,
00:23:36.98\00:23:38.61
learn how to meditate
and apply on the word,
00:23:38.65\00:23:40.42
be consistent in memorization,
those kind of things.
00:23:40.45\00:23:43.65
Few years back, I
went up to Alberta,
00:23:43.69\00:23:45.25
just to give an example.
00:23:45.29\00:23:46.62
I was in Alberta conference,
00:23:46.65\00:23:47.99
and I did a weekend seminar
00:23:48.02\00:23:49.69
on the
importance of memorization
00:23:49.72\00:23:51.06
and gave some of these keys.
00:23:51.09\00:23:52.69
They were so excited about
00:23:52.73\00:23:54.06
the power of God's
Word in their life.
00:23:54.10\00:23:55.43
They invited me come
back about five months later.
00:23:55.46\00:23:57.50
Okay.
00:23:57.53\00:23:58.87
And on my second
trip is a different part
00:23:58.90\00:24:00.24
of the province.
00:24:00.27\00:24:01.67
I had a chance to
meet some of the people
00:24:01.70\00:24:03.10
that were at the first seminar.
00:24:03.14\00:24:04.77
And one of them
came up to me said,
00:24:04.81\00:24:06.14
"You see the
little lady over there,
00:24:06.17\00:24:07.51
she was about in her late 70s."
00:24:07.54\00:24:08.91
And I said, "Yeah."
00:24:08.94\00:24:10.28
And she said, "Do
you remember her said?"
00:24:10.31\00:24:11.65
I said, "Yeah, I think
she was at the last time
00:24:11.68\00:24:13.01
I was up here, right?"
00:24:13.05\00:24:14.38
And she said, "Yes.
00:24:14.42\00:24:15.75
Well, since you
left, she was so excited
00:24:15.78\00:24:17.95
about what you taught.
00:24:17.99\00:24:19.32
She got really serious
about memorizing scripture."
00:24:19.35\00:24:21.79
And in those five months,
00:24:21.82\00:24:23.16
she had
memorized about 400 verses.
00:24:23.19\00:24:24.86
Wow, 400 verses!
00:24:24.89\00:24:27.26
How many of you could claim
00:24:27.30\00:24:28.63
that you would even
memorize 100 verses?
00:24:28.66\00:24:30.97
Okay, we need
some more memorization.
00:24:31.00\00:24:32.83
And memorization is only part
of what you do, discipleship.
00:24:32.87\00:24:35.27
Talk about
discipleship a little bit, Dan.
00:24:35.30\00:24:36.64
That's right.
00:24:36.67\00:24:38.01
We also provide not
only memorization training,
00:24:38.04\00:24:39.94
but training in all
aspects of discipleship,
00:24:39.97\00:24:41.81
everything from
how to study the Bible,
00:24:41.84\00:24:43.88
how to set up a prayer journal,
00:24:43.91\00:24:45.25
how to manage your time,
00:24:45.28\00:24:46.61
how to share your
testimony, give a Bible study,
00:24:46.65\00:24:48.42
and many other
aspects of discipleship.
00:24:48.45\00:24:50.15
We actually have a 12-month
church training curriculum
00:24:50.19\00:24:53.22
that we put
together named Project Call.
00:24:53.25\00:24:55.86
We have that going in
probably 40 or 50 churches
00:24:55.89\00:24:57.83
around the country
including a couple of churches
00:24:57.86\00:24:59.86
in Canada and some in Australia.
00:24:59.89\00:25:01.66
And we're really
excited about seeing changes
00:25:01.70\00:25:03.87
in churches as they go
through this curriculum.
00:25:03.90\00:25:05.47
Okay.
00:25:05.50\00:25:06.84
And in that result
00:25:06.87\00:25:08.20
when people get into
memorizing scripture,
00:25:08.24\00:25:09.74
when they get into discipleship
00:25:09.77\00:25:11.17
and start
reaching out and touching,
00:25:11.21\00:25:12.71
they're telling the
world and telling them now.
00:25:12.74\00:25:14.68
Absolutely. Isn't that, right?
00:25:14.71\00:25:16.04
When we first did our
church training program,
00:25:16.08\00:25:17.85
we did it as a pilot
project up in Michigan.
00:25:17.88\00:25:20.08
At the end of our first year,
00:25:20.12\00:25:21.85
we had seven churches
went through the program,
00:25:21.88\00:25:23.92
we did an assessment, we
sent out evaluation forms,
00:25:23.95\00:25:26.89
want to find out how
did it impacted their life.
00:25:26.92\00:25:29.16
When we got all
the information back,
00:25:29.19\00:25:30.53
we compile them, went
through with the conference,
00:25:30.56\00:25:32.29
we had over 93 percent I think
00:25:32.33\00:25:34.86
were actively
involved in ministry
00:25:34.90\00:25:36.36
as a result of that training.
00:25:36.40\00:25:37.73
Okay.
00:25:37.77\00:25:39.10
Now someone here wants to
get a little bit more acquainted
00:25:39.13\00:25:41.14
with your ministry,
how are they gonna do that?
00:25:41.17\00:25:43.00
Well, you're welcome
to come by our booth.
00:25:43.04\00:25:44.37
Our booth is number 530.
00:25:44.41\00:25:46.34
We also have a website
www.fast.st, like FAST Street.
00:25:46.37\00:25:52.31
So you can go by our website,
00:25:52.35\00:25:53.68
or you can call
us on our 800 number,
00:25:53.72\00:25:55.45
1(800) 501- 4024.
00:25:55.48\00:25:57.75
Okay.
00:25:57.79\00:25:59.12
Now in the few
minutes we have left, Dan,
00:25:59.15\00:26:00.96
what is the greatest benefit
00:26:00.99\00:26:02.62
that you have
personally experienced
00:26:02.66\00:26:04.63
from Bible memorization?
00:26:04.66\00:26:06.63
You know, there's a great verse
in Jeremiah 15:16, which says,
00:26:06.66\00:26:10.27
"Thy words were
found, and I did eat them.
00:26:10.30\00:26:12.20
And thy word was unto me
00:26:12.23\00:26:13.57
the joy and
rejoicing of my heart."
00:26:13.60\00:26:15.50
And I
particularly like that verse.
00:26:15.54\00:26:17.04
There's all kinds of benefits,
whether overcoming temptation,
00:26:17.07\00:26:19.64
more faith in prayer,
00:26:19.67\00:26:21.01
being able to have
an answer for someone
00:26:21.04\00:26:22.68
when they ask us a question.
00:26:22.71\00:26:24.05
But to me, the
greatest joy is just being able
00:26:24.08\00:26:25.61
to take some
juicy verses scripture
00:26:25.65\00:26:27.55
and be able to meditate on it,
and it just throws our heart.
00:26:27.58\00:26:30.39
Okay.
00:26:30.42\00:26:31.75
Well, I tell you, I
like what you're all about.
00:26:31.79\00:26:34.56
And I like the
idea of holding fast
00:26:34.59\00:26:36.42
to the Word of God.
00:26:36.46\00:26:37.79
I also like the
idea of doing it fast.
00:26:37.83\00:26:39.43
Amen.
00:26:39.46\00:26:40.80
Tell The World, Tell Them Now
00:26:40.83\00:26:43.10
has an
implication doing it fast.
00:26:43.13\00:26:44.90
If we can learn how to hold fast
00:26:44.93\00:26:46.27
to the Word of God,
00:26:46.30\00:26:47.64
we're gonna be
equipped to be able to work fast
00:26:47.67\00:26:49.00
and share it with others.
00:26:49.04\00:26:50.37
Amen. Thank you very much.
00:26:50.41\00:26:51.74
Thank you so much.
00:26:51.77\00:26:53.11
And let me just
share a quick thought.
00:26:53.14\00:26:54.48
I just want to
thank ASI so much.
00:26:54.51\00:26:55.84
In the last six,
seven years of our ministry,
00:26:55.88\00:26:57.91
there have been
several critical points,
00:26:57.95\00:26:59.41
where ASI really came through
and was a huge blessing to us.
00:26:59.45\00:27:02.45
And I'm very
thankful to all of you.
00:27:02.48\00:27:03.82
Amen. Thank you.
00:27:03.85\00:27:05.19
Thank you, Dan.
00:27:05.22\00:27:06.55
These are
periled times we live in
00:27:21.30\00:27:25.97
Trouble everywhere
00:27:26.01\00:27:30.41
Weary hearts will often give in
00:27:30.45\00:27:34.95
To this world's despair
00:27:34.98\00:27:39.19
But high and overall
00:27:39.22\00:27:42.56
Our Father knows our every care
00:27:42.59\00:27:47.76
So in His Book if you will look
00:27:47.80\00:27:52.17
You'll find His promise there
00:27:52.20\00:27:59.21
He who trusts in the Lord
00:27:59.24\00:28:03.58
Mercy shall surround him
00:28:03.61\00:28:07.95
He who trusts in the Lord
00:28:07.98\00:28:12.35
Mercy shall surround him
00:28:12.39\00:28:16.46
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice
00:28:16.49\00:28:20.93
You upright in
heart lift up your voice
00:28:20.96\00:28:25.23
For great is His mercy
00:28:25.27\00:28:27.74
Toward all who trust in the Lord
00:28:27.77\00:28:33.17
Soon will be the time
00:28:41.08\00:28:43.99
When we will see the Holy One
00:28:44.02\00:28:49.66
Oh how sweet to
know that He'll complete
00:28:49.69\00:28:54.70
What He's begun
00:28:54.73\00:28:57.80
And blessed is the man
00:28:57.83\00:29:01.50
Who stands forgiven in God's son
00:29:01.54\00:29:06.81
And blessed are
they who in that day
00:29:06.84\00:29:11.18
Will hear Him say, well done
00:29:11.21\00:29:18.09
He who trusts in the Lord
00:29:18.12\00:29:22.52
Mercy shall surround him
00:29:22.56\00:29:26.93
He who trusts in the Lord
00:29:26.96\00:29:31.23
Mercy shall surround him
00:29:31.27\00:29:35.24
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice
00:29:35.27\00:29:39.57
You upright in
heart lift up your voice
00:29:39.61\00:29:43.58
For great is His mercy
00:29:43.61\00:29:46.05
toward all who trust in the Lord
00:29:46.08\00:29:51.55
Gracious is He and slow to anger
00:29:55.82\00:30:03.43
His loving kindness
00:30:03.47\00:30:07.14
Has no end
00:30:07.17\00:30:12.21
With love to embrace
both friend and stranger
00:30:12.24\00:30:19.38
He's reaching out to one and all
00:30:19.41\00:30:23.99
who upon His name will call
00:30:24.02\00:30:30.63
For he who trusts in the Lord
00:30:30.66\00:30:35.96
Mercy shall surround him
00:30:36.00\00:30:40.30
He who trusts in the Lord
00:30:40.34\00:30:44.67
Mercy shall surround him
00:30:44.71\00:30:48.61
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice
00:30:48.64\00:30:52.88
You upright in
heart lift up your voice
00:30:52.91\00:30:57.25
For great is His mercy
00:30:57.29\00:30:59.49
toward all who trust in the Lord
00:30:59.52\00:31:04.73
Mercy is His reward
00:31:08.26\00:31:12.33
For all who trust
for the pure and just
00:31:12.37\00:31:16.20
Who put their trust in the Lord
00:31:16.24\00:31:19.67
Mercy is His reward
00:31:25.15\00:31:33.05
Great is His mercy
00:31:33.09\00:31:36.02
toward all who put their trust
00:31:36.06\00:31:42.93
In the Lord
00:31:42.96\00:31:47.34
Man, can you say amen to that?
00:32:06.09\00:32:07.86
Amen.
00:32:07.89\00:32:09.22
He who you trust, the
power behind our religion.
00:32:09.26\00:32:14.16
You know, we're gonna
be talking a little bit
00:32:14.20\00:32:15.66
about these seven goals.
00:32:15.70\00:32:17.53
They came to my attention,
00:32:17.57\00:32:19.17
that as I looked
00:32:19.20\00:32:20.54
at certain pieces of information
00:32:20.57\00:32:22.74
that the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:32:22.77\00:32:24.27
was not real good
at getting involved
00:32:24.31\00:32:27.68
in their community.
00:32:27.71\00:32:29.24
Do you realize that
worldwide we average
00:32:29.28\00:32:31.31
about 29 percent of people
00:32:31.35\00:32:33.68
who actually have a
touch to their community?
00:32:33.72\00:32:37.05
Also another
part of Tell It Now,
00:32:37.09\00:32:41.09
Tell The World
00:32:41.12\00:32:42.46
is that we are wanting to
have five million lay people
00:32:42.49\00:32:46.09
bring one person to Jesus.
00:32:46.13\00:32:48.23
Now that's not the
entire goal for Tell The World,
00:32:48.26\00:32:50.40
that's just one
little aspect of it.
00:32:50.43\00:32:52.57
There's public evangelism,
reaching out into the city,
00:32:52.60\00:32:54.94
the ongoing program.
00:32:54.97\00:32:56.67
And so this is one little
part of Personal Ministries.
00:32:56.71\00:33:01.04
You know, not too long ago,
00:33:01.08\00:33:02.41
I was standing in a city
that I choose not to name
00:33:02.44\00:33:05.51
because it's
dominated by a world religion
00:33:05.55\00:33:07.62
that is creating
quite a bit of interest
00:33:07.65\00:33:10.75
in the world today.
00:33:10.79\00:33:12.42
But as I stood there,
00:33:12.45\00:33:13.79
I was on my way
into a massive slum,
00:33:13.82\00:33:17.33
to go and to observe a ministry
00:33:17.36\00:33:21.06
that was touching
the lives of people.
00:33:21.10\00:33:23.87
And I remember opening the door
00:33:23.90\00:33:25.40
and stepping out into
kind of a muddy old road,
00:33:25.43\00:33:29.34
slamming the door
and then looking out
00:33:29.37\00:33:31.31
and as far as I
could see, it was slums.
00:33:31.34\00:33:34.84
And then I noticed
on the right hand side,
00:33:34.88\00:33:37.71
that there was a
little girl about this tall
00:33:37.75\00:33:41.38
and she had two
younger brothers,
00:33:41.42\00:33:45.05
and they were sick.
00:33:45.09\00:33:47.29
And they stood there in the mud
00:33:47.32\00:33:48.66
just having crawled
out of a cardboard box.
00:33:48.69\00:33:51.86
And I remember
kind of watching them.
00:33:51.89\00:33:55.16
And then I
watched as they picked up
00:33:55.20\00:33:56.53
their begging bowls
and walked off to the road
00:33:56.56\00:34:00.50
to make their
living for the day.
00:34:00.54\00:34:02.47
I asked myself the question,
"Who is going to tell them?
00:34:02.50\00:34:08.28
Who's going to tell them?"
00:34:08.31\00:34:10.01
Debbie Young, please
come and join me here.
00:34:10.05\00:34:13.05
We want to unwrap
this personal witness
00:34:13.08\00:34:15.52
and evolvement in the community.
00:34:15.55\00:34:18.32
Share with us what's happening.
00:34:18.35\00:34:21.09
Well, when we look
at community service,
00:34:21.12\00:34:22.52
there are a whole host
of things that can happen.
00:34:22.56\00:34:25.09
And I have standing
beside me representatives
00:34:25.13\00:34:27.20
from NAPS,
00:34:27.23\00:34:28.56
the National Association for
the Prevention of Starvation.
00:34:28.60\00:34:31.80
They are based on the campus
00:34:31.83\00:34:33.17
of Oakwood College
in Huntsville, Alabama.
00:34:33.20\00:34:35.70
And I just want to ask, Taurus,
00:34:35.74\00:34:38.57
tell me a little bit about NAPS.
00:34:38.61\00:34:41.41
And why have you chosen...
00:34:41.44\00:34:42.91
Why has this organization
chosen community service
00:34:42.94\00:34:46.61
as your opportunity to
connect with the community?
00:34:46.65\00:34:49.35
And tell them
about Jesus Christ.
00:34:49.38\00:34:50.99
Well, one reason that
we've chosen community service
00:34:51.02\00:34:54.26
as an avenue to
reach out to people's
00:34:54.29\00:34:56.12
because we realized that
Jesus met people's needs first.
00:34:56.16\00:34:59.86
And once they had confidence
in Him and trusted Him,
00:34:59.89\00:35:03.87
then He was able to
share the gospel with them.
00:35:03.90\00:35:06.20
So tell me, can you
give me some examples
00:35:06.23\00:35:07.84
of how you've done this?
00:35:07.87\00:35:09.20
Do you go and
paint people's houses?
00:35:09.24\00:35:12.74
Exactly what is it that you do?
00:35:12.77\00:35:14.11
And I understand you
might have some pictures
00:35:14.14\00:35:15.81
to help bring some
life to this answer.
00:35:15.84\00:35:17.81
Yes, ma'am.
00:35:17.85\00:35:19.18
We do have some
pictures that we brought
00:35:19.21\00:35:20.72
to show the work that we do.
00:35:20.75\00:35:22.12
While we were
in the Dallas area,
00:35:22.15\00:35:23.99
working along with
ASI Youth For Jesus,
00:35:24.02\00:35:25.99
which is a
wonderful organization,
00:35:26.02\00:35:27.36
providing
opportunities for young people
00:35:27.39\00:35:29.46
to use their gifts
and talents for the Lord.
00:35:29.49\00:35:31.63
We were able to go
out into the community
00:35:31.66\00:35:33.33
and help to
renovate a lady's driveway,
00:35:33.36\00:35:37.13
the rain would
flood her driveway,
00:35:37.17\00:35:39.27
so she wouldn't be
able to get into her home.
00:35:39.30\00:35:41.17
So we were able to
use as a finished product
00:35:41.20\00:35:43.17
that you see right here.
00:35:43.20\00:35:44.54
And the lady was just
so happy, so thankful.
00:35:44.57\00:35:46.88
And one thing that I realized
00:35:46.91\00:35:48.24
is that in doing work for others
00:35:48.28\00:35:50.51
and helping
other people in turn,
00:35:50.55\00:35:51.91
you are blessing yourself.
00:35:51.95\00:35:53.28
And so that's just
one of the examples.
00:35:53.31\00:35:55.18
We're also able to paint a house
00:35:55.22\00:35:56.55
in the community.
00:35:56.58\00:35:58.29
And again, once you are
meeting the needs of the people,
00:35:58.32\00:36:01.39
when it's time to go out
00:36:01.42\00:36:02.89
and pass out
invitations to invite people
00:36:02.92\00:36:04.93
to come out to your
meetings is much easier
00:36:04.96\00:36:06.96
because they have
that confidence in you
00:36:07.00\00:36:08.33
and they trust in you,
00:36:08.36\00:36:09.70
and they're
willing now to come out
00:36:09.73\00:36:11.07
and hear the Word of God.
00:36:11.10\00:36:12.83
Well, now tell me
00:36:12.87\00:36:14.20
what kind of
responses you may have received
00:36:14.24\00:36:16.37
or how you've been
maybe able to introduce Jesus
00:36:16.40\00:36:18.67
as a result of
winning this confidence?
00:36:18.71\00:36:21.21
Well, one recent
situation took place
00:36:21.24\00:36:23.14
when we went down to Louisiana,
Lake Charles, Louisiana,
00:36:23.18\00:36:26.51
right after Hurricane Rita.
00:36:26.55\00:36:28.35
It devastated the place
00:36:28.38\00:36:29.72
and because of
our quick response,
00:36:29.75\00:36:31.32
we were able to go inside
and work in the community,
00:36:31.35\00:36:35.06
cutting down
trees, removing debris,
00:36:35.09\00:36:37.29
and we promised the people
that we will come back to them
00:36:37.33\00:36:39.79
during our spring break.
00:36:39.83\00:36:41.26
So we went back
again during spring break,
00:36:41.30\00:36:43.87
we went to the schools
and visit the young people,
00:36:43.90\00:36:45.63
just trying to encourage them
during that time of trouble.
00:36:45.67\00:36:48.30
And at the spring
break, we promised them
00:36:48.34\00:36:49.97
that we will come
back during the summertime.
00:36:50.01\00:36:51.91
So we came back
again during the summer.
00:36:51.94\00:36:54.18
And we were able
to hold in advance,
00:36:54.21\00:36:55.71
enlist the campaign
00:36:55.74\00:36:57.08
that resulted in 13
people being baptized,
00:36:57.11\00:36:59.65
given their life to the Lord.
00:36:59.68\00:37:01.02
Amen. Amen. Praise God.
00:37:01.05\00:37:02.38
Yes.
00:37:02.42\00:37:03.75
Well, Tommy, who makes
up this NAPS organization?
00:37:03.79\00:37:07.26
Well, it's mainly comprised
of Oakwood College students.
00:37:07.29\00:37:11.03
But we also go
out and evangelize
00:37:11.06\00:37:12.83
and even the
picture that's on the screen
00:37:12.86\00:37:14.20
with the young
man being baptized,
00:37:14.23\00:37:15.90
we met him while we were
down in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
00:37:15.93\00:37:19.30
After his baptism, he wanted
to pursue higher education.
00:37:19.33\00:37:22.47
And he decided to
come to Oakwood college,
00:37:22.50\00:37:25.07
he and along with
one of his other friends,
00:37:25.11\00:37:27.18
as a matter of
fact, they should be
00:37:27.21\00:37:28.54
in the audience right now,
00:37:28.58\00:37:29.91
coming along with us.
00:37:29.94\00:37:31.28
And so that's one of the
ways that we recruit people
00:37:31.31\00:37:33.78
as they give
their lives to the Lord.
00:37:33.82\00:37:35.25
We enlist them in God's army,
00:37:35.28\00:37:37.22
as well as get providing
educational opportunities.
00:37:37.25\00:37:39.55
Excellent.
00:37:39.59\00:37:40.92
Now tell me who
are these gentlemen
00:37:40.96\00:37:42.29
standing beside you
and why are they up here,
00:37:42.32\00:37:43.73
just kind of holding your hand?
00:37:43.76\00:37:45.93
Well, this is
Jane Lubin, and Brian,
00:37:45.96\00:37:48.86
these two young man,
00:37:48.90\00:37:50.57
theology students
at Oakwood college.
00:37:50.60\00:37:52.23
And this year,
00:37:52.27\00:37:53.60
they're gonna be postponing
their academic pursuits
00:37:53.64\00:37:55.84
to take a year of dedication,
00:37:55.87\00:37:57.61
dedicating their
services to the Lord because...
00:37:57.64\00:37:59.84
And they're gonna be working
00:37:59.87\00:38:01.21
the Louisville
area this coming fall
00:38:01.24\00:38:03.65
because we're looking
forward to working along
00:38:03.68\00:38:05.95
with ASI Youth For
Jesus again next summer.
00:38:05.98\00:38:08.48
Again, ASI Youth For Jesus
00:38:08.52\00:38:09.95
is a wonderful,
wonderful organization,
00:38:09.98\00:38:12.45
and God is using them.
00:38:12.49\00:38:14.06
And we just are
thankful that they have decided
00:38:14.09\00:38:16.32
to include NAPS
into this effort.
00:38:16.36\00:38:18.89
And we just look
forward to what God is gonna do.
00:38:18.93\00:38:20.86
Well, Taurus,
00:38:20.90\00:38:22.23
I want to thank you and
your team and all of those
00:38:22.26\00:38:24.20
who are represented
in the NAPS organization
00:38:24.23\00:38:26.57
for using community
service, choosing that way,
00:38:26.60\00:38:29.90
that approach to be
able to touch people
00:38:29.94\00:38:32.01
and share the life,
the love of Jesus Christ.
00:38:32.04\00:38:34.11
You know, if I could
just make one of the appeal,
00:38:34.14\00:38:35.91
we just want to, first of all,
00:38:35.94\00:38:39.01
appeal to any of
the young person,
00:38:39.05\00:38:40.65
all the young
people who are watching
00:38:40.68\00:38:42.02
around the world
00:38:42.05\00:38:43.39
to let you know that
God has given us gifts.
00:38:43.42\00:38:44.75
He's given us talents,
He's given us abilities.
00:38:44.79\00:38:47.06
And one of my
favorite writers said
00:38:47.09\00:38:48.46
that young people
can reach an audience
00:38:48.49\00:38:50.33
that no other age can reach.
00:38:50.36\00:38:52.46
And so I want to encourage
us to use all the blessings
00:38:52.49\00:38:55.96
and all the gifts
that God has given us,
00:38:56.00\00:38:58.10
and we invite you to come along
00:38:58.13\00:38:59.93
if anyone's interested,
any university students
00:38:59.97\00:39:02.27
or college students or
high school age students
00:39:02.30\00:39:04.21
to come and join
us in Louisville.
00:39:04.24\00:39:06.01
You can contact
us, website is N-A-P-S,
00:39:06.04\00:39:08.74
NAPSoc.org.
00:39:08.78\00:39:10.58
And we look forward to
seeing wonderful things
00:39:10.61\00:39:12.31
that God is
gonna do in Louisville.
00:39:12.35\00:39:14.28
Thank you very much, Taurus.
00:39:14.32\00:39:15.65
Thank you.
00:39:15.68\00:39:17.02
Joining me at the
podium now is Dale Bass.
00:39:23.02\00:39:25.03
He's the director for
the ACTS Disaster Relief.
00:39:25.06\00:39:27.86
First tell us, what
does ACTS stand for?
00:39:27.90\00:39:30.40
ACTS is Active
Christian Team Services.
00:39:30.43\00:39:34.84
And so what does that mean?
00:39:34.87\00:39:36.30
It means getting out
there and doing things
00:39:36.34\00:39:38.54
that has always had a need
where people are needing water,
00:39:38.57\00:39:41.84
donating food in
the midst of a disaster.
00:39:41.88\00:39:43.81
When everything's wiped out,
00:39:43.85\00:39:45.41
you need to get in there
with food and water and things
00:39:45.45\00:39:47.98
that they're gonna have to have
00:39:48.02\00:39:49.35
to make them
get through the day.
00:39:49.38\00:39:51.29
Now ACTS has
also chosen the focus
00:39:51.32\00:39:54.26
or the area of community service
00:39:54.29\00:39:56.29
in order to
provide that outreach
00:39:56.32\00:39:57.66
to touch
people's lives for Jesus.
00:39:57.69\00:39:59.79
Give us some
examples, some story,
00:39:59.83\00:40:01.83
and maybe a couple of stories
about how that has happened
00:40:01.86\00:40:04.27
and what the impact has been.
00:40:04.30\00:40:06.03
Okay, Debbie, the one
of the exciting things
00:40:06.07\00:40:07.77
that's happened with
ACTS Disaster Response
00:40:07.80\00:40:10.07
is we've
energized the young people
00:40:10.11\00:40:11.71
from our
academies and our colleges.
00:40:11.74\00:40:13.61
When we first
responded to Hurricane Katrina
00:40:13.64\00:40:15.71
and went into
Bass Memorial Academy,
00:40:15.74\00:40:17.81
we had called on the
academies and the colleges
00:40:17.85\00:40:20.48
to send us volunteers to help us
00:40:20.52\00:40:22.18
and in serving the
community and rebuilding.
00:40:22.22\00:40:24.95
Well, the colleges and
the education department
00:40:24.99\00:40:27.82
responded with
3,000 young people
00:40:27.86\00:40:30.73
in volunteers.
00:40:30.76\00:40:32.09
When we first got in there,
00:40:32.13\00:40:33.46
they're only 26
of us in the team.
00:40:33.50\00:40:35.23
We brought in about
11 semis of supplies,
00:40:35.26\00:40:37.73
and on Wednesday,
00:40:37.77\00:40:39.10
when we were
serving the community,
00:40:39.13\00:40:40.47
we saw it
wasn't gonna last long.
00:40:40.50\00:40:42.54
When the college
students arrived on Friday,
00:40:42.57\00:40:45.14
we had run out of
virtually everything,
00:40:45.17\00:40:47.54
35,000 people in the community,
00:40:47.58\00:40:49.58
and they had taken
literally everything
00:40:49.61\00:40:51.11
that we had to survive.
00:40:51.15\00:40:53.31
So we asked the
young people, we said,
00:40:53.35\00:40:55.55
"Do you believe that
God will supply your needs?"
00:40:55.58\00:40:58.09
They said, "Absolutely."
00:40:58.12\00:40:59.55
We said, "All
right. That's perfect."
00:40:59.59\00:41:01.26
Because today we're gonna
take the last of the water,
00:41:01.29\00:41:03.83
the last of the food,
the last of the supplies,
00:41:03.86\00:41:06.03
we're gonna load it in advance,
00:41:06.06\00:41:07.40
and we're taking it
out under the community.
00:41:07.43\00:41:09.60
The young people loaded it up,
took it out in the community.
00:41:09.63\00:41:11.93
And as they went door to door,
00:41:11.97\00:41:13.67
they went from house to house
00:41:13.70\00:41:15.44
and the people
that opened the doors,
00:41:15.47\00:41:17.41
looked at them and they said,
00:41:17.44\00:41:18.91
"Thank you, Lord, for
sending us these angels
00:41:18.94\00:41:21.98
to deliver the supplies."
00:41:22.01\00:41:23.75
When the young
people came back to campus,
00:41:23.78\00:41:25.41
and they started
telling us the stories
00:41:25.45\00:41:26.95
of their
experiences for the day,
00:41:26.98\00:41:28.92
it was the most
exciting Saturday night program
00:41:28.95\00:41:31.15
I've ever been to.
00:41:31.19\00:41:32.59
Because as these young people
came back and begin to tell
00:41:32.62\00:41:35.19
how God had revealed
to them the importance
00:41:35.22\00:41:39.09
of their being there,
00:41:39.13\00:41:41.33
it was a
miraculous transformation
00:41:41.36\00:41:43.23
within their hearts.
00:41:43.26\00:41:44.73
We were told that
as these young people
00:41:44.77\00:41:47.14
went back to the
academies and the colleges
00:41:47.17\00:41:49.77
with the stories
of their experiences,
00:41:49.80\00:41:52.07
that they
energize their campuses,
00:41:52.11\00:41:54.24
and their week of prayer
00:41:54.28\00:41:55.84
and their various
other spiritual programs.
00:41:55.88\00:41:59.18
With reports from administration
00:41:59.21\00:42:00.85
of the academies
and colleges tell us
00:42:00.88\00:42:02.88
that of the 3,000
young people that responded,
00:42:02.92\00:42:06.69
655 recommitted
their lives to Christ.
00:42:06.72\00:42:09.42
Amen. Amen.
00:42:09.46\00:42:11.09
So there was a ripple
effect from being involved
00:42:11.13\00:42:13.13
in community
service and the people
00:42:13.16\00:42:15.03
who are
providing those services.
00:42:15.06\00:42:16.40
Absolutely.
00:42:16.43\00:42:17.77
The young people got a chance
to see with their own eyes,
00:42:17.80\00:42:20.47
miracles that were
performed that very day.
00:42:20.50\00:42:23.34
And as they saw
those miracles performed,
00:42:23.37\00:42:25.24
it changed
their lives to realize
00:42:25.27\00:42:27.51
that all the information
that they had in their head
00:42:27.54\00:42:30.01
had become a reality
00:42:30.05\00:42:31.41
when they put their
hands and feet to work.
00:42:31.45\00:42:34.05
So as they did is they
were told in Matthew 25,
00:42:34.08\00:42:37.09
"To feed the hungry,
00:42:37.12\00:42:38.45
to clothe the naked, to
give water to the thirsty."
00:42:38.49\00:42:41.32
As they
experienced those things,
00:42:41.36\00:42:43.93
Christ changed their hearts.
00:42:43.96\00:42:46.09
And when they went back,
they were different people.
00:42:46.13\00:42:48.16
The schools told us, "As
the young people came back,
00:42:48.20\00:42:52.53
the students were
totally transformed
00:42:52.57\00:42:55.24
from the time when
they sent them to us."
00:42:55.27\00:42:57.41
So now they'd become
more effective witnesses.
00:42:57.44\00:43:00.61
Absolutely.
00:43:00.64\00:43:01.98
Tell me, Dale,
why community service?
00:43:02.01\00:43:04.15
Why is that your heart cry
00:43:04.18\00:43:05.85
to be involved in
that particular focus area?
00:43:05.88\00:43:08.42
Debbie, having been a
victim of the hurricanes myself
00:43:08.45\00:43:12.69
in the summer of 2004,
00:43:12.72\00:43:14.69
we're wiped out our
business completely,
00:43:14.72\00:43:17.39
$15 million citrus
business gone in a single day.
00:43:17.43\00:43:21.06
And I began to realize
that there's a huge vacuum
00:43:21.10\00:43:24.27
of having someone there
immediately to touch you,
00:43:24.30\00:43:27.64
to give you supplies,
to give you confirmation.
00:43:27.67\00:43:32.81
And the young people
are willing to do that.
00:43:32.84\00:43:35.24
And that we will
let them do that,
00:43:35.28\00:43:37.35
then, they can lift
up a community higher
00:43:37.38\00:43:40.12
than ever before.
00:43:40.15\00:43:41.62
And as I go
through these experiences,
00:43:41.65\00:43:43.79
and I see these
young people respond,
00:43:43.82\00:43:46.35
the Holy Spirit fills my heart
00:43:46.39\00:43:48.56
and compels me to
continue on with what I'm doing.
00:43:48.59\00:43:52.39
Dale, thank you so much
for your work through ACTS.
00:43:52.43\00:43:55.23
Thank you.
00:43:55.26\00:43:56.63
And now we have with
me Jean-Guy Tremblay,
00:44:03.14\00:44:06.47
who is with Est Ecrit.
00:44:06.51\00:44:09.34
Did I say that right? Est Ecrit.
00:44:09.38\00:44:11.21
Okay, close.
00:44:11.25\00:44:12.98
It is written in French.
00:44:13.01\00:44:14.92
And we also have Gordon Gray,
00:44:14.95\00:44:16.38
who's the president
of the Quebec Conference.
00:44:16.42\00:44:18.99
And it's interesting that...
00:44:19.02\00:44:20.56
Actually what we're
gonna be talking now
00:44:20.59\00:44:21.92
is personal witness.
00:44:21.96\00:44:23.29
Do you know that sometimes
00:44:23.32\00:44:24.66
there is only one
way to approach people
00:44:24.69\00:44:26.53
and that's heart to heart
with through personal witness.
00:44:26.56\00:44:30.60
So we're gonna learn
a little bit about that.
00:44:30.63\00:44:32.63
First, I want to
ask you, Pastor Gray,
00:44:32.67\00:44:35.34
I understand that
ASI was instrumental
00:44:35.37\00:44:38.54
in providing
support so that an outreach
00:44:38.57\00:44:41.44
could happen to
an important part
00:44:41.48\00:44:43.91
in the Quebec Conference.
00:44:43.95\00:44:46.18
That's right.
00:44:46.21\00:44:47.68
In 1998, excuse me,
00:44:47.72\00:44:50.69
the Quebec
Conference had a project
00:44:50.72\00:44:52.05
to revive the Est Ecrit program.
00:44:52.09\00:44:55.22
It had been
before but had died out.
00:44:55.26\00:44:57.79
And so with that
project, of course,
00:44:57.83\00:45:00.30
there was a lot of expense.
00:45:00.33\00:45:03.43
And we are so thankful
00:45:03.47\00:45:04.80
that ASI gave us
a grant of $50,000
00:45:04.83\00:45:08.50
which made it
possible to start this program.
00:45:08.54\00:45:10.41
It's been
broadcasting continually
00:45:10.44\00:45:12.31
since October 1998.
00:45:12.34\00:45:15.31
And now, we've had
over 13,500 responses
00:45:15.34\00:45:19.95
from various individuals.
00:45:19.98\00:45:22.35
As a result, we have
a church in Montreal,
00:45:22.38\00:45:26.09
composed of Quebec
law, and about 130 people,
00:45:26.12\00:45:31.29
as well as another group.
00:45:31.33\00:45:32.99
You know, the
Quebecois people group
00:45:33.03\00:45:34.50
is a very unique
group in North America.
00:45:34.53\00:45:37.40
So we're talking
about the French Canadians,
00:45:37.43\00:45:39.37
that particular
culture and language group,
00:45:39.40\00:45:41.20
that's important to reach.
00:45:41.24\00:45:42.57
It's a unique culture
and a unique language.
00:45:42.60\00:45:46.74
And it is a major challenge.
00:45:46.78\00:45:48.94
Excellent. Excellent.
00:45:48.98\00:45:50.31
We're happy to
provide you that support.
00:45:50.35\00:45:52.21
Let me ask you, Jean-Guy,
00:45:52.25\00:45:53.58
if you could
share a story with us
00:45:53.62\00:45:55.15
as to how your
personal witness engaged someone
00:45:55.18\00:45:57.55
and brought
them to Jesus Christ.
00:45:57.59\00:45:59.29
So I'd like to
have the first picture
00:45:59.32\00:46:02.26
and show you a
nun, a Catholic nun.
00:46:02.29\00:46:05.23
She has been teaching the Bible
00:46:05.26\00:46:07.10
in the Catholic
school for 30 years.
00:46:07.13\00:46:10.30
As she was
listening the program,
00:46:10.33\00:46:12.13
she became interested.
00:46:12.17\00:46:13.94
And she has four Bible studies.
00:46:13.97\00:46:16.14
And I was correcting
the Bible and the course.
00:46:16.17\00:46:22.54
And at the 12 lesson,
she had so many questions.
00:46:22.58\00:46:26.78
When I call her, she says,
00:46:26.82\00:46:28.18
"Yes, I'd like
to talk with you."
00:46:28.22\00:46:30.39
And we had many Bible studies.
00:46:30.42\00:46:33.29
After a while, she says,
00:46:33.32\00:46:35.02
I'd like to read
"The Great Controversy."
00:46:35.06\00:46:38.39
When she read it, she says,
00:46:38.43\00:46:39.93
"This is too much.
00:46:39.96\00:46:41.30
I cannot stand it."
00:46:41.33\00:46:42.86
And she says,
00:46:42.90\00:46:44.40
"Lord, if this man is
from you, is a man of God,
00:46:44.43\00:46:49.07
I want him to call me
today and this morning,
00:46:49.10\00:46:52.91
otherwise, it's finished."
00:46:52.94\00:46:54.94
You know, how
is the Holy Spirit,
00:46:54.98\00:46:56.31
this little voice.
00:46:56.34\00:46:57.98
So I call, and she
says, "Why do you call?"
00:46:58.01\00:47:00.52
I said, "I don't know."
00:47:00.55\00:47:01.98
She says, "I do know.
00:47:02.02\00:47:04.12
I'm gonna explain to you later."
00:47:04.15\00:47:06.52
So to make a long story short,
00:47:06.55\00:47:09.39
I like to have the other picture
00:47:09.42\00:47:11.79
that shows what happened.
00:47:11.83\00:47:14.33
She is a
Seventh-day Adventist now.
00:47:14.36\00:47:16.23
She has been baptized,
00:47:16.26\00:47:17.70
she's in the church.
00:47:17.73\00:47:21.74
And she has been married.
00:47:21.77\00:47:23.30
She has been baptized.
00:47:23.34\00:47:24.67
Of course, she has been baptized
00:47:24.71\00:47:26.14
and she married a man.
00:47:26.17\00:47:29.44
When I met him,
he's Knight Columbus,
00:47:29.48\00:47:32.58
the fourth
degree, the highest degree
00:47:32.61\00:47:34.55
you can find in
the Catholic Church.
00:47:34.58\00:47:37.49
And he says,
"There is only one church,
00:47:37.52\00:47:39.69
this is the Catholic Church.
00:47:39.72\00:47:41.06
I never change.
Be sure of that."
00:47:41.09\00:47:43.26
And this man, you can see
00:47:43.29\00:47:44.79
with all these
dressing how proud he is.
00:47:44.83\00:47:47.50
He says, "I'm very
involved in that church."
00:47:47.53\00:47:50.13
And today, he is the
Seventh-day Adventist,
00:47:50.17\00:47:53.23
he is in the church.
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He married that nun.
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And even from Rome,
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she received a letter to say,
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"You don't know
what you're doing.
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This is terrible."
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And she says, "Well,
I know what I'm doing."
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So he has been baptized,
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both are involved in the church.
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And they were 75 at that time.
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So that means that
anybody can change.
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And more than that we
have another pictures,
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a girl that I met
many years before.
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And when she learned
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that her father was a
Seventh-day Adventist,
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she became interested.
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She's baptized.
She's in the church also.
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So this is all with you kind
of sharing in heart to heart...
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That's right.
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To bring others into the church.
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I've been an
evangelist for 18 years,
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knocking at the door.
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So I really enjoyed it.
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Jean-Guy and Pastor Grey,
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thank you so much
for sharing with us.
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And thank you.
Thank you, Debbie.
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Thank you.
00:48:47.42\00:48:48.76
A mother in North Africa
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Struggles day by day
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Her children labor in the field
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They seldom
laugh they seldom play
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A father's heart is heavy
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And his hands are soiled
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The burden that he carries
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Is not the lack of bread
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He wishes for his
family something more
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Someone needs to tell them,
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Someone needs to share
00:49:58.66\00:50:02.56
Show them life eternal
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And Jesus' loving care
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Someone needs to sacrifice
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And let the children know
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Someone needs to tell them
00:50:18.21\00:50:24.02
Someone needs to go
00:50:24.05\00:50:28.36
There's a man in Georgia
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His pushing 80 years
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His friends down
at the coffee shop
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Don't see his
pain or lonely tears
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He has his children somewhere
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So he lingers by the phone
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He's afraid of dying
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But his more afraid of life
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Who will tell
him he is not alone?
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Someone needs to tell them
00:51:22.41\00:51:26.11
Someone needs to share
00:51:26.15\00:51:29.82
Show them life eternal
00:51:29.85\00:51:33.05
And Jesus' loving care
00:51:33.09\00:51:37.23
Someone needs to sacrifice
00:51:37.26\00:51:40.90
And let the children know
00:51:40.93\00:51:44.90
Someone needs to tell them
00:51:44.93\00:51:50.47
Someone needs to go
00:51:50.51\00:51:55.04
When Jesus rose victorious
00:51:59.41\00:52:03.12
He spoke His battle plan
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Go down every nation,
00:52:06.79\00:52:10.13
Every woman, every man
00:52:10.16\00:52:13.93
The great commission challenge
00:52:13.96\00:52:17.27
Teach the old and the young
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To the friends at
hand to the foreign land
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Every nation, every tongue
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Someone needs to tell them
00:52:34.42\00:52:38.22
Someone needs to share
00:52:38.25\00:52:41.76
Show them life eternal
00:52:41.79\00:52:44.93
And Jesus' loving care
00:52:44.96\00:52:49.06
Someone needs to sacrifice
00:52:49.10\00:52:52.77
And let the children know
00:52:52.80\00:52:57.54
Someone needs to tell them
00:52:57.57\00:53:03.45
Someone needs to go
00:53:03.48\00:53:09.35
Someone needs to tell them
00:53:09.38\00:53:16.09
Someone needs to go
00:53:16.12\00:53:23.33
Amen.
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