Amen, we're
going to sing now the
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church has one foundation.
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When we walk with the
Lord in the light of His Word
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What a glory He
sheds on our way!
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While we do His good
will, He abides with us still
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And with all who
will trust and obey
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Trust and obey, for
there's no other way
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To be happy with
Jesus, but to trust and obey
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Trust and obey, for
there's no other way
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To be happy with Jesus,
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Jesus, but to trust and obey.
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Good morning and happy Sabbath,
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as we trust the God
of our salvation and obey
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Him in love as He
has invited us to come
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before Him in
worship on this wonderful
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Sabbath morning. I
would like to welcome
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you to the ASI convention as it
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celebrates it 60th anniversary,
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we have been sent
greetings from the
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President of our World
Church Elder Jan Paulsen
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and I share in the
sentiments that he has sent.
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And so I would like to
offer that greeting for
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you, Elder Paulsen
writes: I greet you with the
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words of the psalmist,
better is one day in your
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courts Lord then a
thousand elsewhere,
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I would rather be a
doorkeeper in the house
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my God then dwell in
the tents of the wicked,
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for the Lord God
is a son and shield.
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It is in the close
association that we are
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invited to engage in the mission
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of telling the world.
It is a partnership which
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involves all
believers of all cultures,
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laity, youth and
others, I value highly the ASI
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commitment to
mission and to work closely
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with the rest of the
church in serving God.
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I commend you
for your commitment,
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yours and obedience to
Christ Elder Jan Paulsen,
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might we be blessed today as we
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lift up the name of Jesus.
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Please stand with me as we sing
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"O worship the
King" our opening song.
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I just like to
remind everyone as we are
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gathered here before
the Lord and His holy
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angels, that we request
that you do not applaud,
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that if you are
blessed by the music or the
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message that you
please say amen, amen.
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Please bow your
heads with me as we pray.
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Our dear gracious
kind heavenly Father,
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we thank you so much
for bringing us together
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on this your holy Sabbath day.
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We thank you dear
Lord for the blessings
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of this past week and
the wonderful messages
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that we have been
blessed as well as the
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testimonies that we
have heard throughout
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the past few days.
We pray that as we enter
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into your holy worship
hour that our hearts will
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be pierced and our
minds refreshed through your
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Holy Spirit. That the
message that is received
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will be taken from
this place and used in many
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ways to spread the
gospel of your soon coming.
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Pray that you will
anoint our speaker this
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morning with your
Holy Spirit and that his
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message will reflect
the glory of Your goodness
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and mercy to
each one of us. Amen.
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We thank You and
praise You and ask this
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all in Jesus
Holy name amen, amen.
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Don't let your
heart be troubled.
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If you believe in
God, believe, why not
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believe also in Me, also in Me.
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Why don't you set your
troubled hearts at ease
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If you are trusting God,
then put all of your trust
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also in Me, also in Me.
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For in my Father's
house are many mansions.
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Many mansions
and I am going there
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To prepare,
prepare a place for you
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So don't let your
hearts be troubled,
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I am coming back again
to receive you unto myself
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That where I am you maybe also,
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for in my father's
house are any mansions.
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Many mansions
and I am going there
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To prepare,
prepare a place for you
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So don't let your
hearts be troubled,
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I am coming back again
to receive you unto myself
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That where I am you maybe also,
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you maybe also. Amen.
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We've come to that
special part of our
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worship service, for
we worship through giving,
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I know we have
worship this morning
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by study as we have
listened to the Sabbath
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school lesson.
We've worshiped through
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music, hasn't the
music been wonderful? Amen.
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We're gonna be
worship through the spoken
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word here in a
little while as our worship
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service continues but
now it is time for us to
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worship through
giving. If you look in your
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programs, if you've
had opportunity to look in
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your programs, the 60th
anniversary issue program.
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You will note in
there that there are 40
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different projects
from around the world that
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your ASI organization,
your ASI leadership has
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chosen to feature for
our offering this year,
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that means the
dollars that you put in to the
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offering this morning
are gonna go and touch
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ministries in number
of 40 around the world.
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Now this morning we
have chosen to bring
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four of those ministries
before you, to let them
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tell you their story of
what they're going to be
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doing with the
offering that is given to them,
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what they are gonna
be doing to glorify and
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promote God's work.
You know, 60 years is a
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longtime for an
organization to be
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around and ASI is
proud that we have
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made 60 years but
you know in reality
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wouldn't we all
really rather be some place
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else like the kingdom of heaven.
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But I wanna tell you
that while we're still
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here God gives us the
privilege of giving to
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His cause and helping
to empower this gospel
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that goes around the
world and I want you to
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just say as you listen
to this individuals as they
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share what they're
gonna be doing with
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their offering that
you give today to forward
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God's work. I want
you to keep in mind some,
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a couple of
special points, number one
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that's since 1993,
14 conventions ago.
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We have take in
this offering multiple
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millions of dollars
for God's cause, and I want
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to say thank you to
every single one of you
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that have given
because you have empowered
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the gospel of
Jesus Christ to go out in
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powerful ways around
this world that will only
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be measured in
the kingdom of heaven.
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Now, I want to
introduce to you the
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first of the four
groups that will be coming out
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Claus Nybo,
Claus is from Sweden,
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Lifestyle
Television in Sweden and Claus,
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please share what God
has laid on your heart.
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Thank you Dan for
giving us the time to
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share, you know ASI
has meant the world to
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us in the years
that we have been here.
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It is through the
inspiration of faith,
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sacrifice and
commitment that we've
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seen here that we
have dared to venture out
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into the mission
that we have done.
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But the Lord called us
to in starting a TV station,
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I wanna bring
you to an area of the
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world as Dan
mentioned in Sweden,
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an area that often
is known as being ahead
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in technological development,
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in the standard of
living and other innovations.
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But did you know
that the UN also accounts
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Sweden as the most
secular country in the
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world, an area
where less then 2 percent
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attends church.
And it's in this area
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that we were called to
serve God in a capacity
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of a TV station, I
wanna share a little clip with
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you about what has
happened over the last
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year and half at Lifestyle TV.
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Amen. Praise the
Lord for what he has done,
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I am humbled when
I see the way that
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he provides every
single month for the needs
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of this ministry,
in an area that is less
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than 1500 square feet
this whole ministry operates
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with studios, with
offices, master control,
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student living
quarters and everything else.
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And today we are at
the point where we need
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to expand and are
dreaming of the time
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when we could have a
real studio where we can
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produce more
programs. So, often as we walk
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the fields we wonder
when will the Lord open
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that door, and we
were excited this winter
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when we heard from
ASI that they had accepted
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to take us as part of
their offering for this
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morning to help
lay the foundation of a
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new studio. The results
that we are hearing from
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people around in
Scandinavia that are
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walking into
churches is amazing,
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just the other day
here at ASI one of your
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members came up
to me from Norway
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and said I was just in
a church three weeks ago
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in Norway and there was
a lady that was in church
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because of Lifestyle
TV. She had never heard
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of Adventists
before, this is happening all
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the time and we
wanna see more of it
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and we wanna do more
program, programming.
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And we thank you ASI
for all of your support
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and inspiration that
you have been to us in
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reaching out to Scandinavia.
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Thank you. Amen.
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Good morning ASI
family and happy Sabbath.
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Good morning. Dr.
Fleck, I understand that
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gospel outreach
does outreach work
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in 46 different
countries and it works hand
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in hand with the
global mission of the
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Seventh-day
Adventist church. Yes Jeremy,
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we're privileged and
it's a thrill to be part of
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finishing God's work,
you know we're told that,
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that nobody is going
anywhere until the gospel
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is going everywhere.
And in China there are
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1.3 billion people they
need to hear about Jesus.
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Now, I have been
hearing about this exciting
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new project could
you tell us about it?
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Oh! It's very exciting
just in the last two months,
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we have now had the
opportunity to talk about
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what we're doing
right now and that is that
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we're gonna be
putting because of the project
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of ASI today. We're
gonna be able to put
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Desire of Ages,
we're gonna be able to put
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Christ Object Lessons
and some of these incredible
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books into the hands
of the Chinese people,
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this is awesome.
Well, Dr. Fleck is this,
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is this, the Desire
of Ages lesson Chinese,
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that's it Kimberly is
it. This very book one
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of my favorite books
is gonna be able to go
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into all the China,
into all the libraries,
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into the
university libraries in China
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this is awesome. So,
are you telling us that
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these books are going
to be in public libraries?
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Yes, there gonna be in
the university libraries
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and in some many of
the public libraries,
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it's incredible.
Amen. Eleven Chinese,
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where the students
gonna be able to find them,
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like why are they in
libraries and book stores?
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Well see Kimberley in
China believe it or not
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a lot of people don't
know this but a lot of
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the young people in high
school and in universities
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and colleges they
have to read the Bible.
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Okay, it's obligatory,
but study does literature
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not as a religion
book and many of them
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just like me I didn't
do very well in literature
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in college. And so
they have hard time
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understanding the
Bible, but with these,
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with these books
right next to the Bible
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in the libraries
they're going to be able
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to understand the
Bible and not only as a book
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but also maybe we
hope they can learned
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to have a meaning in
their life and the personal
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relationship with
Jesus. Amen, so are you
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telling us this
morning that there gonna be
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books stowed in
China and other countries?
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See, this is
another incredible miracle
00:26:37.03\00:26:38.83
and that is just
in the last six weeks
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we have found out
that is now possible
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after 50 years to have
colporteurs again in China.
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Wow, amen. And this
is incredible you know
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this is how our work
spread all over the world
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and so for the first
time they have given us
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permission that if
these men and women,
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literature, evangelist
if their license to me
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they after pay a
fee, a peddlers fee
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to the government. But
now they're able to sale
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these books in door-to-door
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in the streets and
even in the public book
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stores in China but
only the books that are
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approve by The
Three-Self Patriotic Movement
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in the Chinese
Christian Commission which
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their government
regulate forces for,
00:27:18.12\00:27:20.81
for religion and this
book over 30 years ago
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and Christ Object
Lesson they have been approve
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by The Three-Self
and so they will be
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the first one that
will saw this is incredible.
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Amen. So, Jeremy
what do you think about
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this awesome ASI
project that is living
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to be reached? Wow,
I'm so excited about
00:27:36.97\00:27:40.79
this project that is
going on here at ASI,
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if I was young person
in China studying the Bible
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as a literature I
would love to have a book,
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a lesser light to
lead me and guide me
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to the greater
light, to help me understand
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this greater light.
So, I'm so excited about
00:27:54.15\00:27:56.80
this project. Amen. I
just wanna thank everyone
00:27:56.81\00:28:00.08
for this incredible
support for gospel outreach,
00:28:00.09\00:28:03.10
ASI has been tremendous support
00:28:03.11\00:28:05.05
and each one of you
will have a part when these
00:28:05.54\00:28:07.59
books going to these libraries,
00:28:07.60\00:28:09.31
when there going to the
book stores either home,
00:28:09.32\00:28:10.84
each one of you will
be going with those books,
00:28:11.28\00:28:13.42
thank you so much. Amen.
00:28:13.43\00:28:15.71
Good morning. Good morning.
00:28:23.15\00:28:24.89
I'm Justin
McNeilus and this is my
00:28:24.90\00:28:26.92
friend and boss,
Israel Ramos and we wanna
00:28:27.34\00:28:30.05
tell you just a
little bit about GYC
00:28:30.06\00:28:31.94
and I just asked
Israel maybe just to tell us
00:28:32.40\00:28:34.32
a little bit
about what it is in case
00:28:34.33\00:28:35.76
you're not aware of
it. Justin, GYC is a place
00:28:35.77\00:28:39.97
where young people
can seat at the feet of
00:28:40.50\00:28:43.32
some of our churches
most capable ministers,
00:28:43.33\00:28:46.86
health
professionals and businessmen.
00:28:47.24\00:28:49.74
Imagine with me
the opportunity that a
00:28:50.21\00:28:52.33
young person has
who maybe is not able
00:28:52.34\00:28:54.79
to attend a public
college or university
00:28:54.80\00:28:57.28
or a high school.
They don't know much about
00:28:57.29\00:28:59.76
the Bible, they
don't know much how
00:28:59.77\00:29:01.26
they can connect
with the Seventh-day
00:29:01.27\00:29:02.46
Adventist church
and here you allow them
00:29:02.47\00:29:04.83
the opportunity to
seat at the feat of some
00:29:04.84\00:29:07.04
of the most capable
church leaders in the
00:29:07.05\00:29:09.47
world today. They're godly,
00:29:09.48\00:29:11.49
they're successful in
their areas of ministry
00:29:11.97\00:29:14.51
and leadership and
they're able to train
00:29:14.52\00:29:16.79
our young people
to follow Jesus Christ
00:29:16.80\00:29:19.32
that is what GYC is?
Amen. And I think very
00:29:19.33\00:29:22.50
early on in GYC
we decided we wanted
00:29:22.51\00:29:24.80
to be more than just
an organization where
00:29:24.81\00:29:26.88
people come and listen,
but rather an organization
00:29:26.89\00:29:29.86
where they give
back a little bit.
00:29:29.87\00:29:31.22
So, we decided in
Sacramento we would
00:29:31.61\00:29:33.86
send young people
out, we sent out 1200 young
00:29:33.87\00:29:37.20
people into the
streets of Sacramento.
00:29:37.21\00:29:39.34
We decided we do
more in Chattanooga,
00:29:39.76\00:29:42.26
we sent out 8, excuse
me, one thousand eight
00:29:42.27\00:29:45.34
hundred and fifty
young people into the
00:29:45.35\00:29:48.00
cities of
Chattanooga, amen. Amen.
00:29:48.01\00:29:50.27
But than that was
not enough so we went
00:29:50.28\00:29:51.33
to Baltimore, in
Baltimore we filled up
00:29:51.34\00:29:53.66
28 full size buses
and that wasn't enough
00:29:53.67\00:29:57.76
there was 1200
people who went out on the
00:29:57.77\00:30:00.27
streets into the
middle, excuse me the downtown
00:30:00.28\00:30:03.14
Baltimore and ask
people if they wanted
00:30:03.15\00:30:05.64
Bible studies. But
it seems to me Israel,
00:30:05.65\00:30:09.87
that these ASI people
they are more than just
00:30:09.88\00:30:11.68
what happen in
the past aren't they?
00:30:11.69\00:30:13.31
Yeah, they would
rather know what we're gonna
00:30:13.32\00:30:15.38
do in the future. And
if we focus on the past,
00:30:15.39\00:30:17.54
we will never give
a stage again Justin,
00:30:17.55\00:30:19.26
we need to talk about
the future. Imagine with me,
00:30:19.27\00:30:22.41
we have about 3000
at least people here at
00:30:22.42\00:30:25.98
ASI look around, look
around and if you imagine
00:30:25.99\00:30:29.51
with me 80 percent
of the people here,
00:30:29.52\00:30:32.10
imagine 80 percent of
the people here getting up
00:30:32.66\00:30:35.00
after the church
service, going outside
00:30:35.41\00:30:38.16
where about 20 to 30 buses,
00:30:38.17\00:30:40.24
school buses will
be waiting for them.
00:30:40.25\00:30:41.85
And going out in
Minnesota knocking
00:30:41.86\00:30:44.52
on doors, now GYC
is held in the winter
00:30:44.53\00:30:46.91
that's the only
time where young people
00:30:46.92\00:30:48.24
have time to do
evangelism during their
00:30:48.25\00:30:50.50
Christmas break. Where
in Minnesota it's 20 below
00:30:50.51\00:30:54.88
zero people have to
go, the North face company
00:30:54.89\00:31:00.86
is gonna make a lot of money.
00:31:00.87\00:31:01.88
People are going out
there with their jackets
00:31:02.28\00:31:04.06
because it's
dangerous out there, they have
00:31:04.07\00:31:06.04
to be excited
because if they're not
00:31:06.05\00:31:07.58
they're gonna freeze to death.
00:31:07.59\00:31:08.61
And they're knocking
on doors; they're knocking
00:31:08.97\00:31:11.44
on doors because they
want to share the gospel
00:31:11.45\00:31:14.02
with Minnesota. Amen.
But we're not just gonna
00:31:14.35\00:31:17.11
stop there because of what ASI
00:31:17.12\00:31:19.24
is doing for GYC,
we're gonna have an
00:31:19.25\00:31:21.69
evangelistic series
following up Minneapolis.
00:31:21.70\00:31:24.84
Now, our slogan at GYC
is higher than the highest,
00:31:24.85\00:31:28.30
so we don't think
just because we're in
00:31:28.69\00:31:30.15
Minnesota and just
because it's freezing
00:31:30.16\00:31:31.95
that we're knock
and do some evangelism,
00:31:31.96\00:31:33.81
amen. Amen. So,
we're gonna send out people
00:31:33.82\00:31:36.05
probably 30 plus
buses, we're gonna go
00:31:36.06\00:31:38.48
into the heart of Minneapolis
00:31:38.49\00:31:40.17
and we're gonna
ask for Bible studies.
00:31:40.18\00:31:42.07
And after that
we're working with the
00:31:42.44\00:31:43.85
Minnesota conference,
we're gonna have some
00:31:43.86\00:31:45.92
evangelistic meetings
led out by young people,
00:31:45.93\00:31:48.65
preach by young
people and it's gonna be put
00:31:48.66\00:31:51.19
on by young people, amen. Amen.
00:31:51.20\00:31:53.20
And it's because
what ASI is doing that
00:31:53.21\00:31:55.28
this is a possibility for GYC.
00:31:55.29\00:31:58.16
Justin, we don't have
to imagine because what
00:31:59.69\00:32:01.55
ASI is gonna
contribute will help this to be
00:32:01.56\00:32:04.59
a reality for young
people, but it's not
00:32:04.60\00:32:06.75
gonna stop dear friends,
00:32:06.76\00:32:07.97
it's not gonna stop
there. Someone is gonna
00:32:07.98\00:32:10.59
come to GYC, he or
she is gonna knock on
00:32:10.60\00:32:13.80
some doors, that
person is gonna go back
00:32:13.81\00:32:16.23
to their local
church, where there are not
00:32:16.24\00:32:18.62
other young people
that have the support
00:32:18.63\00:32:20.52
that they will find at
GYC. That person is gonna
00:32:20.53\00:32:23.46
understand that
outside of doing ministry
00:32:23.47\00:32:26.11
for Jesus they're
gonna die, so that young
00:32:26.12\00:32:28.90
person is gonna go
and in his or in her
00:32:28.91\00:32:31.77
local church, in
his or in her country.
00:32:31.78\00:32:33.75
They're gonna want
to do something for
00:32:34.15\00:32:36.27
Jesus; it's not gonna
stop there, the impact,
00:32:36.28\00:32:39.63
the impact that
ASI will have on a GYC
00:32:39.92\00:32:42.83
young person will be
an impact that will last
00:32:42.84\00:32:45.85
throughout eternity.
Israel before you wrap this up,
00:32:45.86\00:32:49.20
I just wanna give
them a special invitation.
00:32:49.21\00:32:51.50
And I just wanna beyond
us with you for a second,
00:32:52.00\00:32:54.41
I've grown up in
the church, went to a
00:32:54.42\00:32:56.73
Seventh-day
Adventist school and church
00:32:56.74\00:32:58.67
is all my life. But
the most exciting powerful
00:32:58.68\00:33:02.65
time I saw a God work was at GYC
00:33:02.66\00:33:05.33
and I would invite
ASI members to come up
00:33:05.79\00:33:08.53
and on our
Sabbath afternoon activity
00:33:09.19\00:33:11.17
I want you to come up
and sit behind a stage.
00:33:11.59\00:33:13.87
Because when you
come and you see 2000 plus
00:33:14.46\00:33:18.74
young people stand
up at the same time,
00:33:18.75\00:33:21.33
get all on the buses,
go into the community.
00:33:21.69\00:33:24.77
You know that
God is working, amen,
00:33:24.78\00:33:26.80
it's a sea of young
people that go out into
00:33:26.81\00:33:30.20
a city and I invite
you to come to that.
00:33:30.21\00:33:32.18
Israel thank them
again, thank you ASI for
00:33:32.61\00:33:35.33
making this
possibility for us. Amen. Amen.
00:33:35.34\00:33:38.67
I'd like to introduce
you to Pastor Paul Ratsara,
00:33:42.59\00:33:44.88
President of the
Southern African-Indian
00:33:44.89\00:33:47.16
Ocean Division of
Seventh-day Adventist
00:33:47.17\00:33:48.81
and Reginald Sibanda
from the villages of Africa.
00:33:49.15\00:33:52.18
Pastor Ratsara, the
Southern African-Indian
00:33:52.73\00:33:56.05
Ocean Division is
partnering with ASI
00:33:56.06\00:33:58.50
in a unique project
what's the origin of
00:33:58.51\00:34:01.32
that project?
Thank you very much;
00:34:01.33\00:34:03.90
the fact is that
we want to go home
00:34:05.25\00:34:07.26
as soon as possible.
Amen. And I was working
00:34:07.27\00:34:12.36
in Bible studies and
the spirit of prophecy
00:34:12.37\00:34:14.88
just to find the
key to finish God's work
00:34:15.20\00:34:19.42
not in the next generation,
00:34:19.43\00:34:21.01
but in this generation.
And the Lord answered prayer
00:34:21.02\00:34:25.44
and He showed the
key to finish God's work
00:34:25.45\00:34:31.01
right in this
generation. And the fact is that
00:34:31.02\00:34:34.55
we need to have the
repeat of the book of Acts,
00:34:34.56\00:34:38.76
what we read in the
book of Act should be not
00:34:39.51\00:34:42.46
only to be read, but to live by.
00:34:42.47\00:34:44.42
And also the end
time prophecies about us
00:34:44.43\00:34:48.52
to be fulfilled in our lifetime,
00:34:48.88\00:34:51.92
so one component of
that key is what we call
00:34:51.93\00:34:55.90
fishers of men based on Matthew
00:34:56.74\00:35:00.25
chapter 4 verse 19: "Follow me,
00:35:00.34\00:35:03.15
and I will make
you fishers of men."
00:35:03.55\00:35:05.62
And in
Christians Service page 9:
00:35:05.63\00:35:08.39
Every true disciple
is born into the kingdom
00:35:09.06\00:35:12.61
as a missionary. So
this program is to train
00:35:13.59\00:35:16.80
and equip lay
people for service.
00:35:16.81\00:35:19.67
You piloted it in a
very difficult area in
00:35:20.47\00:35:24.28
Zimbabwe, how many
members did we have
00:35:24.29\00:35:26.99
in that area when
you began this lay
00:35:27.00\00:35:28.76
training program? And
actually the idea is that
00:35:28.77\00:35:32.05
every new member
once they are baptized
00:35:32.57\00:35:35.99
or even before being
baptized we'll involve
00:35:36.00\00:35:39.63
them intentionally to
win souls. So, we started it
00:35:39.64\00:35:44.84
with a pilot project in Zimbabwe
00:35:44.85\00:35:47.62
what they call district,
Mwenezi district, one of
00:35:47.97\00:35:50.83
the hardest
territory, with 273 members.
00:35:50.86\00:35:55.58
Pastor, you come
from the villages
00:35:55.85\00:35:58.40
you are district is
the Mwenezi district with
00:35:58.85\00:36:01.50
273 members four
years ago, how many members
00:36:01.51\00:36:05.29
do you have
today? Thank you pastor,
00:36:05.30\00:36:08.40
today we have 21,348 members.
00:36:08.41\00:36:13.60
You have grown from
273 members in four years
00:36:13.61\00:36:17.34
to 21,000, how many
churches did you pastor
00:36:17.35\00:36:21.03
when you went to the district?
00:36:21.04\00:36:22.03
We had ten
churches. How many do you
00:36:22.78\00:36:25.73
have today? One hundred
and seventy two churches.
00:36:25.74\00:36:28.76
You are the
conference president?
00:36:28.77\00:36:30.09
No, I'm the district pastor.
00:36:30.77\00:36:32.56
You pastor a hundred
and seventy two churches,
00:36:32.85\00:36:35.18
how many associate
pastors do you have?
00:36:36.37\00:36:38.08
I have one associate pastor.
00:36:38.09\00:36:40.43
And are you
training some lay people?
00:36:40.44\00:36:42.94
Yes, we train, this
year we managed to train
00:36:43.92\00:36:47.25
one thousand and
fifty lay people to
00:36:47.26\00:36:49.57
conduct meetings.
A thousand and fifty
00:36:49.58\00:36:52.12
lay people to conduct
the evangelistic meetings
00:36:52.13\00:36:54.50
in your district and
they're your lay pastors.
00:36:54.51\00:36:56.57
Now, Pastor what is
the, what principles
00:36:57.78\00:37:01.64
do you operate on to
take a church district
00:37:01.65\00:37:04.32
from two hundred
and seventy three
00:37:04.33\00:37:05.73
to twenty one thousand?
00:37:06.15\00:37:07.89
We use the
concept of faith, prayer,
00:37:09.06\00:37:13.49
training the lay
people and hard work.
00:37:13.93\00:37:16.38
Prayer, tell me about
your personal prayer life?
00:37:16.99\00:37:20.91
I pray for up to 4
hours a day, I wake up at 2 am
00:37:23.08\00:37:28.59
and I pray up to 6 am.
You're spending 4 hours
00:37:28.60\00:37:32.51
a day in prayer, now
that would be difficult
00:37:32.52\00:37:35.12
for many of us do
you have a prayer list?
00:37:35.13\00:37:37.28
Yes, I have
prayer list that I update
00:37:38.15\00:37:41.14
every morning.
And how many projects
00:37:41.15\00:37:43.70
on your prayer list?
Sometimes I have up to
00:37:43.71\00:37:46.92
800 prayer
requests, sometimes it comes
00:37:46.93\00:37:49.80
down to 60,
sometimes to nothing.
00:37:49.81\00:37:52.07
Why does it come from 800 to 60?
00:37:52.49\00:37:54.38
Because the Lord would
give answer the prayers
00:37:55.72\00:37:57.92
and I will delete from the list.
00:37:57.93\00:37:59.59
The Lord answers
the prayers, amen,
00:38:00.00\00:38:02.10
you told me about an experience.
00:38:02.57\00:38:04.55
Now folk, this is a
miracle, Reginald and
00:38:05.03\00:38:08.26
groups were
traveling on rough roads,
00:38:08.27\00:38:11.11
they were traveling
into a village to hold an
00:38:11.50\00:38:13.78
evangelistic meeting.
They have to bring food
00:38:13.79\00:38:16.66
into that village
because they were gonna be
00:38:16.67\00:38:18.72
there for a long time,
they were going to hold
00:38:18.73\00:38:22.02
the evangelistic
meetings for 3 or 4 weeks.
00:38:22.03\00:38:24.30
They needed gas
or petrol to go and
00:38:24.60\00:38:26.77
they had 200 liters
of petrol on the back
00:38:26.78\00:38:28.70
of the truck with
the food, what happened?
00:38:28.71\00:38:30.23
The drum was damaged
with all the petrol leak
00:38:31.70\00:38:35.50
into the food, so
all the food was spoiled.
00:38:35.51\00:38:38.34
Was the food saturated with gas?
00:38:38.69\00:38:40.61
Yes, the food was
saturated with gas
00:38:41.06\00:38:43.67
and when we got to
the places where we were
00:38:43.68\00:38:46.31
to distribute the
food, we discovered that
00:38:46.32\00:38:48.91
all the food with
gas. Did you see it with
00:38:48.92\00:38:51.93
your eyes? Yes, we
could see, we could smell it,
00:38:51.94\00:38:55.55
the drum was
emptied. Two hundred liters
00:38:55.56\00:38:58.24
across the food,
yes, what did you do?
00:38:58.25\00:39:00.51
We discovered that
we have nothing to do
00:39:01.22\00:39:04.46
so we prayed and we
give out the food to the
00:39:04.47\00:39:07.34
lay people who were preaching.
00:39:07.35\00:39:08.71
And two hours of
prayers the people
00:39:09.35\00:39:12.11
never had that
the food with gas,
00:39:12.12\00:39:14.53
there was no smell in the food,
00:39:14.86\00:39:16.44
all the preachers ate the food.
00:39:16.88\00:39:18.78
And there was no smell
of gas in the food at all,
00:39:19.23\00:39:21.20
not at all, God
worked a miracle,
00:39:21.60\00:39:24.00
another answer of
prayer of what God is doing,
00:39:24.01\00:39:26.62
the Holy Spirit
being poured out like
00:39:26.63\00:39:28.21
in the days of Acts.
A police officer reacted
00:39:28.22\00:39:31.88
negatively
against the meetings and
00:39:31.89\00:39:33.75
he was gonna arrest
Reginald what happened?
00:39:33.85\00:39:35.64
What happened was
that the police officer,
00:39:36.71\00:39:38.65
actually their
police in-charge said
00:39:38.66\00:39:41.27
not in this area, you
cannot visit homes here.
00:39:41.28\00:39:44.54
So, I'm going to
arrest your pastor,
00:39:44.79\00:39:46.89
you cannot do
this. So, the lay people
00:39:46.90\00:39:50.50
and the pastors, they prayed
00:39:50.51\00:39:52.83
and when they prayed
after two days a big truck,
00:39:53.27\00:39:56.95
a police truck came
in front of the house
00:39:56.96\00:40:00.19
of the police officer
who stopped the lay people
00:40:00.20\00:40:02.92
to preach and with the letter,
00:40:02.93\00:40:04.89
he said, look
you are transferred.
00:40:04.90\00:40:06.78
You need to pack and
today you need to go,
00:40:06.79\00:40:10.92
so you had to
leave and a new man came
00:40:11.37\00:40:15.59
and the
population in that area said,
00:40:16.07\00:40:19.97
look we would like to
give you a piece of advice.
00:40:19.98\00:40:23.00
Don't ever mess up
with the Adventist?
00:40:23.42\00:40:25.84
If you mess up with them,
00:40:26.17\00:40:27.53
you will be transferred
also? Little did they know
00:40:27.92\00:40:32.37
that this new
police officer in-charge is
00:40:33.05\00:40:36.36
an Adventist? Amen. You
trained a thousand fifty
00:40:36.37\00:40:41.27
lay preachers, are
they conducting evangelistic
00:40:41.73\00:40:44.60
meetings right now?
Yes, they are conducting
00:40:44.61\00:40:47.25
the Bible studies
with people right now.
00:40:47.26\00:40:49.64
And how many do you
anticipate will be baptized
00:40:49.65\00:40:52.29
in your district
from this ASI initiative,
00:40:52.30\00:40:55.01
the ASI has founded this.
00:40:55.02\00:40:56.21
We hope, by the
grace of God to baptize
00:40:56.73\00:40:59.42
over 15000
people. Fifteen thousand,
00:40:59.43\00:41:02.86
so from 273 to over
to thirty five thousand
00:41:02.87\00:41:07.22
members in your
district. Pastor Paul,
00:41:07.23\00:41:10.34
I know that some
people are thinking that
00:41:11.13\00:41:13.32
these people are being
baptized quite quickly,
00:41:13.33\00:41:15.37
quite rapidly that
we baptize just a lot
00:41:15.38\00:41:19.02
and they have
superficial experiences
00:41:19.03\00:41:21.38
is that true? No,
not in that district,
00:41:21.39\00:41:24.15
since this is pilot
project to make sure that we,
00:41:24.16\00:41:27.94
we have not only
the quantity but the
00:41:27.95\00:41:30.60
quality meaning we
have to teach them the
00:41:30.61\00:41:34.38
Bible doctrine and
about 90 percent of them.
00:41:34.39\00:41:38.16
They are faithful
stewards and they are winning
00:41:38.62\00:41:41.91
souls not only they are present,
00:41:41.92\00:41:43.87
but they are there
to share the good news.
00:41:43.88\00:41:46.72
Now, after evangelistic
meeting like this in a
00:41:46.73\00:41:49.89
hundred and seventy two
churches where you train
00:41:49.90\00:41:52.10
these lay people. You
must need a lot of pastors
00:41:52.11\00:41:56.09
to command, now are you
looking for more pastors
00:41:56.10\00:41:58.72
to come into your district.
00:41:58.73\00:41:59.70
No, we are not
looking for more pastors,
00:42:00.24\00:42:03.07
because we are
training the lay people to look
00:42:03.08\00:42:06.08
after the members and
also. You are not looking
00:42:06.09\00:42:08.10
for more pastors,
no, not more people from
00:42:08.11\00:42:10.36
North America to hold
the evangelistic meeting
00:42:10.37\00:42:11.95
in your district. No,
you don't want me to come.
00:42:11.96\00:42:14.09
No, we don't want you to come.
00:42:14.10\00:42:15.64
Thank you very much,
you wanna train the lay
00:42:16.50\00:42:19.92
people there. Now, but
I let you know to baptize
00:42:19.93\00:42:24.24
these thousand of
people it must take you,
00:42:24.25\00:42:26.89
how long does it
take you to baptize,
00:42:26.90\00:42:28.45
what's the longest
period you've ever baptized?
00:42:28.46\00:42:30.46
Each one time after
conducting the meetings,
00:42:31.40\00:42:34.33
we baptized continuously
for 14 days, 14 days
00:42:34.34\00:42:38.62
continually, yes,
when did you baptized
00:42:38.63\00:42:41.41
during those
fourteen days. We're baptized
00:42:41.42\00:42:43.61
in some places it
was in the morning,
00:42:43.62\00:42:45.80
some places it
was in the afternoon
00:42:45.81\00:42:48.10
and in the evening.
How did you get from
00:42:48.11\00:42:49.48
place to place?
Sometimes we'd walk
00:42:49.49\00:42:52.34
from place to place to baptize.
00:42:52.35\00:42:54.19
How far you walk sometimes,
00:42:54.20\00:42:55.28
so further should walk?
I walked for 45 kilometers.
00:42:55.29\00:42:59.47
That's about 25 miles
between place to place
00:42:59.83\00:43:02.34
to place to baptize, to baptize,
00:43:02.35\00:43:04.09
to baptize for fourteen days.
00:43:04.10\00:43:05.50
Pastor, what is your
vision for your entire
00:43:05.92\00:43:10.33
division how can that
ASI help specifically,
00:43:10.34\00:43:13.87
what are your
needs? Thank you very much,
00:43:13.88\00:43:16.96
the idea is that,
this is pilot project
00:43:16.97\00:43:19.47
and we would like this
to be adopted throughout
00:43:19.83\00:43:23.14
entire territory
of the division SID
00:43:23.54\00:43:26.42
twenty three countries,
8 unions, 38 conferences
00:43:26.43\00:43:30.27
and fields. So, we
need to duplicate this into
00:43:30.28\00:43:35.34
the different districts,
we need picture rolls,
00:43:35.35\00:43:38.73
fifty thousand picture rolls.
00:43:39.07\00:43:42.15
What will happen with
fifty thousand picture
00:43:42.16\00:43:43.93
rolls in your
district? We've just one picture
00:43:43.94\00:43:47.80
roll, many people
will watch and will study
00:43:47.81\00:43:52.85
the word of God.
What else do you need?
00:43:52.86\00:43:55.16
We need DVDs ten thousand DVDs,
00:43:55.64\00:43:58.53
DVD players, DVD
players we need Bibles,
00:43:58.54\00:44:02.98
we need Bible
lessons. How many members
00:44:02.99\00:44:06.03
in your division?
Almost 2.2 million now,
00:44:06.04\00:44:09.68
how many lay people
can be equip to train
00:44:09.69\00:44:11.61
in your division.
Actually our goal is to train
00:44:11.62\00:44:15.52
up to 85 percent of the
lay people to win souls.
00:44:15.79\00:44:19.94
Amen. And God will
move. Now Pastor Reginald,
00:44:20.31\00:44:24.03
I want you to make
an appeal to this group
00:44:24.04\00:44:27.69
to help you in
Africa. I've told you before
00:44:28.42\00:44:32.00
that you remember,
you remember one of the
00:44:32.01\00:44:35.33
prayer request
that's Pastor Reginald,
00:44:35.34\00:44:38.64
Pastor Reginald, what
are your prayer requests,
00:44:38.65\00:44:41.56
you were praying, what
were you praying about,
00:44:41.57\00:44:43.71
you're gonna hold a
hundred and seventy six
00:44:43.72\00:44:45.60
big evangelistic
meetings, a thousand small ones,
00:44:45.61\00:44:47.87
there was a need what
were you praying about?
00:44:47.88\00:44:49.29
We were praying in
April that the Lord
00:44:50.05\00:44:52.76
will provide us with
the funds to be able to
00:44:52.77\00:44:55.70
conduct these
meetings. And as you prayed
00:44:55.71\00:44:58.44
what were you impressed to do?
00:44:58.45\00:44:59.48
As I prayed I met
Pastor Mark Finley
00:45:00.75\00:45:03.66
and I told him
about the meetings
00:45:03.67\00:45:06.38
and the requests
and the Lord blessed us,
00:45:06.39\00:45:09.09
he got the funds for
us. You know where I got
00:45:09.10\00:45:11.38
those funds? From ASI.
Amen, I got a call from the
00:45:11.39\00:45:16.37
villages of Africa
this man found a telephone
00:45:16.38\00:45:19.79
some place and he
called me and said Pastor Mark,
00:45:19.80\00:45:22.90
I am in the villages
we want to hold these
00:45:22.91\00:45:25.80
massive
evangelistic meeting, we need
00:45:25.81\00:45:27.90
some funds. And I
called ASI and ASI said,
00:45:27.91\00:45:31.68
we have some extra
funding we have found
00:45:32.04\00:45:34.37
and right now
you are funding over
00:45:34.77\00:45:37.41
one thousand fifty
lay evangelistic meetings
00:45:37.42\00:45:41.43
that will accommodate
this fall and a hundred
00:45:41.44\00:45:43.75
and seventy six
meetings in Africa.
00:45:43.76\00:45:45.62
If you want to go you can watch,
00:45:45.63\00:45:47.64
but the lay people
of Africa will preach,
00:45:48.10\00:45:51.59
in one sentence
make an appeal Brother
00:45:51.60\00:45:54.62
Reginald to this group.
I like to make an appeal
00:45:54.63\00:45:59.67
to ASI and to
everyone who is here today,
00:45:59.68\00:46:03.06
that this gospel will be
preached to every nation,
00:46:03.84\00:46:08.07
and tongue, and
kindred and people then shall
00:46:08.08\00:46:11.09
the end come. Amen.
So, I like to appeal that
00:46:11.10\00:46:14.06
all of us need to
unite and work together
00:46:14.07\00:46:18.03
to spread this
gospel and tell everyone
00:46:18.04\00:46:21.19
and tell them
now Jesus will come
00:46:21.20\00:46:23.32
in this generation.
The book of Acts being
00:46:23.33\00:46:25.77
repeated in
Africa amen, amen, amen.
00:46:25.78\00:46:28.96
Great Controversy,
page 612, Ellen White writes
00:46:35.66\00:46:39.59
there that the work of
God is not to be finished
00:46:39.60\00:46:42.16
with less manifestation
of the spirit of God
00:46:42.17\00:46:43.97
than in begin in
apostolic times. Amen.
00:46:43.98\00:46:46.09
You have just heard
testimony with that spirit
00:46:46.10\00:46:48.84
of God is moving on
that continent of Africa
00:46:48.85\00:46:51.38
in a very powerful
way. And He is moving all
00:46:51.39\00:46:52.83
around the world
wouldn't you agree? Amen.
00:46:52.84\00:46:55.43
I want to just draw
your attention to several
00:46:56.11\00:46:57.88
things and first of
all I want you to know as
00:46:57.89\00:47:00.53
we come to appeal
with this offering.
00:47:00.54\00:47:01.89
I want you to
begin silently praying
00:47:02.67\00:47:04.75
while I'm talking
about what you're gonna
00:47:04.76\00:47:06.32
write down on this envelop,
00:47:06.33\00:47:08.32
what you're gonna
write on the check that
00:47:08.33\00:47:09.98
you are getting ready
to insert in this envelop.
00:47:09.99\00:47:12.18
By the way this
envelop should have been
00:47:12.19\00:47:13.38
on your seat, if
you do not have one
00:47:13.39\00:47:15.23
of these
envelops, I want you to,
00:47:15.24\00:47:17.40
to raise your
hand, we want to get this
00:47:17.80\00:47:19.20
envelop into your
hands. There are some people
00:47:19.21\00:47:20.98
that do not have
envelops, so we've got
00:47:20.99\00:47:22.48
someone around that
has some extra envelops
00:47:22.49\00:47:23.97
please pass those
there. We'll have our
00:47:23.98\00:47:26.38
offering people
coming up in a just moment
00:47:26.39\00:47:28.76
but you need an
envelop, if you don't
00:47:28.77\00:47:30.02
have one, turn to
someone that might have
00:47:30.03\00:47:32.14
one close to you. I
just want to point out
00:47:32.15\00:47:36.51
a couple of things
while you're praying silently
00:47:36.52\00:47:38.69
Lord what would you
have me to write down
00:47:38.70\00:47:40.18
on this envelop,
what would you have me
00:47:40.19\00:47:41.52
to put on that check
write by dollar sign.
00:47:41.53\00:47:44.41
I just want to point
out, you know this book
00:47:45.81\00:47:48.41
over here that you
saw Kimberly pickup right
00:47:48.42\00:47:51.45
here the, the book in Chinese,
00:47:51.46\00:47:54.73
the Desire of Ages.
You know that for $12,
00:47:54.74\00:47:58.15
you will be able to
put a set of those books
00:47:59.36\00:48:02.62
into the hands of
a colporteur into a
00:48:02.63\00:48:04.58
public library, you
for, $240 can put 20 sets
00:48:04.59\00:48:10.47
of those out there in China,
00:48:10.48\00:48:11.94
I want you to note
that $240. You heard
00:48:12.57\00:48:15.18
them talk about
DVDs for $75 you can
00:48:15.19\00:48:18.47
put up DVD player and
a full DVD with all our
00:48:18.48\00:48:21.87
sermon notes into the
hands of a lay pastor.
00:48:21.88\00:48:23.49
Just 10 of
those, 10 of those DVDs
00:48:24.11\00:48:26.89
and empower ten lay
pastors that's $750.
00:48:26.90\00:48:29.92
You heard them talk
about picture rolls,
00:48:30.66\00:48:32.16
you heard Pastor Reginald
talk about picture rolls,
00:48:32.17\00:48:34.07
20 bucks, $20 will
put a picture roll and
00:48:35.68\00:48:39.33
the full set of
sermon materials in the hands
00:48:39.34\00:48:41.21
of the lay evangelists.
You can empower fifty
00:48:41.22\00:48:44.63
lay evangelist with
picture roll and materials
00:48:45.10\00:48:47.81
to go out in evangelize
and they have meetings
00:48:47.82\00:48:50.29
as many as three
times a week when you put
00:48:50.30\00:48:51.76
this in their hands. As
many as a hundred people
00:48:51.77\00:48:53.84
come into each site,
every one of those if you do
00:48:53.85\00:48:58.07
fifty of them
that's a thousand bucks,
00:48:58.08\00:48:59.61
I just want you to
note for nineteen hundred
00:48:59.62\00:49:02.27
and ninety dollars,
ten dollars less than
00:49:02.28\00:49:04.20
two thousand
dollars. You could put those
00:49:04.21\00:49:06.68
multiples and
empower just those.
00:49:06.69\00:49:08.12
I just want you to
think about how you can
00:49:08.67\00:49:10.65
make a difference
with your checkbook
00:49:10.66\00:49:12.11
this morning. Now
I just want to tell
00:49:12.12\00:49:15.06
you a little story. In
the great world war that
00:49:15.07\00:49:20.13
took place last
century on the continent
00:49:20.14\00:49:22.66
of Europe the
major powers were bombing
00:49:22.67\00:49:25.75
each other, trying to
knock out there industrial
00:49:25.76\00:49:27.72
capability to fight the
war. This story took place
00:49:27.73\00:49:31.26
in the city of
London, little girl maybe
00:49:31.27\00:49:34.31
3, 4 years old their
family would have to run
00:49:34.32\00:49:36.87
down into the
bomb shelter every now
00:49:36.88\00:49:38.18
you could hear the
tremendous explosions
00:49:38.19\00:49:39.92
all around then one
night down the bomb shelter
00:49:39.93\00:49:41.84
the lights went
off and it was totally
00:49:42.63\00:49:45.52
and completely
dark in that place.
00:49:45.53\00:49:47.62
And this little
voice, so this little girl
00:49:48.57\00:49:50.23
cried out
somebody like the dark,
00:49:50.24\00:49:52.10
somebody like the
dark, would you agree
00:49:52.93\00:49:55.85
with me that our
world is a dark place today?
00:49:55.86\00:49:57.46
You have the opportunity
ASI members, lay people
00:49:58.65\00:50:01.02
all around have
the opportunity to
00:50:01.03\00:50:02.43
light the dark, you
have the ability with your
00:50:02.44\00:50:05.35
offering this morning
to empower the lighting
00:50:05.36\00:50:07.56
of our entire world
with people who are willing
00:50:07.57\00:50:09.91
to go to do it. I wanna
ask you in your offering
00:50:09.92\00:50:11.78
this morning to
consider what you do with your
00:50:11.79\00:50:13.30
own life and I want
you to consider what
00:50:13.31\00:50:14.53
you're gonna do as
you put something on this
00:50:14.54\00:50:16.41
envelop. Now, I want
you to just a few words,
00:50:16.42\00:50:19.29
kneel where you
are with me as we pray,
00:50:20.09\00:50:21.77
as the offering
is about to be taken,
00:50:22.19\00:50:23.37
I want you to kneel
with me if you would.
00:50:23.38\00:50:24.87
We're gonna ask God to bless
00:50:24.88\00:50:26.50
this offering in
a very special way.
00:50:26.51\00:50:28.39
God in heaven, you
have told us through your
00:50:32.47\00:50:37.68
servant that the work
on this world to bring
00:50:37.69\00:50:41.85
the gospel to
everyone, so that you can come
00:50:41.86\00:50:44.35
again will not be
finished with less of a
00:50:44.36\00:50:46.73
manifestation of
your power and your spirit
00:50:46.74\00:50:48.53
than it began
with your apostles.
00:50:48.54\00:50:50.10
And Lord we pray that
as we see the evidences
00:50:51.30\00:50:54.38
of that beginning to
happen around our world,
00:50:54.39\00:50:56.17
that Lord you will
help us all, to recommit our
00:50:56.18\00:50:58.32
lives again today to
light this world for you
00:50:58.33\00:51:01.90
with our lives,
with our checkbooks,
00:51:02.39\00:51:04.61
with our influence
with everything we've got,
00:51:04.62\00:51:06.67
bless everyone
hear as they decide
00:51:06.68\00:51:08.69
what they're
gonna give this morning
00:51:08.70\00:51:09.91
I pray in Jesus name, amen.
00:51:09.92\00:51:12.02
There is a candle in every soul
00:51:24.76\00:51:31.47
Some brightly
burning, some dark and cold
00:51:31.91\00:51:39.08
There is a Spirit
who brings the fire.
00:51:39.09\00:51:45.69
Well, you heard
the tremendous appeals
00:51:46.30\00:51:48.22
and you've heard the testimonies
00:51:48.63\00:51:50.36
of what is
happening around the world
00:51:50.37\00:51:53.15
incredible story as
I've talked to Pastor Paul,
00:51:53.16\00:51:55.56
I have interviewed
him. Incredible stories
00:51:55.57\00:51:57.83
of what God is
doing to lead and guide
00:51:57.84\00:52:00.16
and direct and today
this is your opportunity,
00:52:00.17\00:52:02.83
so we're praying
that you will give as the
00:52:03.30\00:52:05.09
Holy Spirit
impresses you to help projects
00:52:05.10\00:52:07.36
around the world,
to help hasten the soon
00:52:07.37\00:52:10.00
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:52:10.01\00:52:12.20
You can write to the
address that's on your
00:52:12.21\00:52:14.30
screen and the
address is ASI Ministries,
00:52:14.31\00:52:17.43
2501 Old Columbia
Pike, Silver Spring,
00:52:17.44\00:52:20.49
MD, 20904. And so
we just ask you as the
00:52:20.50\00:52:26.54
Holy Spirit
impressing to help and so Lord
00:52:26.55\00:52:30.13
in fact say a
prayer, Lord, what would
00:52:30.14\00:52:31.86
you have me to do
to help this great
00:52:31.87\00:52:34.37
cause getting the
gospel literally unto all
00:52:34.38\00:52:37.80
the world. God
is blessing 3ABN and
00:52:37.81\00:52:40.22
I was thankful to
be partnering with ASI
00:52:40.23\00:52:42.85
and showing these
programs around the world
00:52:43.17\00:52:45.71
and those of you at
home while you're watching,
00:52:46.26\00:52:48.14
just let ASI no write
to them and say we watch
00:52:48.15\00:52:51.12
the ASI programs on
3ABN and we wanna do
00:52:51.46\00:52:54.47
our part to join
with you to get the gospel
00:52:54.48\00:52:57.22
into all the world,
thank you and God bless you.
00:52:57.23\00:52:59.78
So carry your
candle, run to the darkness
00:52:59.79\00:53:04.86
Seek out the
lonely, the tired and worn
00:53:04.87\00:53:11.69
And hold out your
candle for all to see it
00:53:11.70\00:53:18.51
Take your candle,
and go light your world
00:53:18.52\00:53:25.47
Take your candle,
and go light your world
00:53:25.62\00:53:33.94
'Cause we are a family
whose hearts are amazing
00:53:33.95\00:53:40.87
So lets raise our
candles and light up the sky
00:53:41.33\00:53:47.74
Praying to our
Father, in the name of Jesus
00:53:47.75\00:53:54.51
Make us a beacon
in the darkest times
00:53:54.52\00:54:01.04
Carry your candle,
run to the darkness
00:54:01.41\00:54:08.37
Seek out the
helpless, deceived and poor
00:54:08.38\00:54:14.92
Hold out your
candle for all to see it
00:54:14.93\00:54:21.47
Take your candle,
and go light your world
00:54:21.48\00:54:28.73
Take your candle,
and go light your world
00:54:28.90\00:54:40.82
Go light your world.
00:54:47.49\00:54:55.22