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I thank God for
young people who sing
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with their
hearts and voices to the
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glory of Jesus. Amen.
Would you bow your heads
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with me as we open
God's word this afternoon?
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Father in heaven we thank you,
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that at this meeting
we can focus our hearts
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and minds on a sense of
mission for Jesus Christ
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and his kingdom.
Lord when you called us
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to be Christians, you've
called us to be Christian
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witnesses and so today
lift our vision inspire
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our hearts and
encourage us with what we can do
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to advance the kingdom of Jesus
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we pray in Christ name, amen.
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They came from
varying directions.
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Some of them came on trails,
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as they walked those
miles to the Galilee,
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others have came
in what from what
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dessert like
areas, climbing over rocks
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and making their
way through the sand,
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some of them came
along the sea of Galilee.
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Jesus had an
appointment with his disciples.
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Christ was about
to ready to go home.
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You know man steps off
a mountain and goes down,
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but God steps off a
mountain and goes up,
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because the law of
gravity cannot hold
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the creator down.
And so Jesus has set an
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appointment with his
disciples in the Galilee,
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there are about
500 of them that came,
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and the Bible records
that story of Christ's
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last meeting before
He ascended to heaven.
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Final words are
extremely important.
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As a pastor I have
often been called to the
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bedside of someone that's dying.
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And I've observed
the husband, the wife,
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the children maybe
it's the wife that's dying,
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and the husband and
children gathered around,
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they know she has
an hour, two hours,
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three hours to live,
they know this maybe her
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last day, the
doctors have said that the
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disease is fatal. And
that husband with his children
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are leaning over,
straining their ears,
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trying to hear the
last words of that wife,
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that wife, trying to
hear the last word of her
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husband, because
they know that final words
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are important. They
recognized that they may
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not hear their
husbands' speak to them again
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and they want to
catch the last significance,
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that last I love
you, that last honey be
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faithful to Jesus,
that last son never give up
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your faith, hang
in there with Jesus,
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that son is listening
to his father's last words,
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that wife is listening
to her husband's last words,
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Jesus' last words
were incredibly important.
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And in Matthew
chapter 28 verse 16
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and onward Jesus
said, the Bible says,
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"Then the eleven disciples
went away into Galilee,
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to the mountain
which Jesus had appointed
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for them. And when they saw him,
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they worshipped
him: but some doubted".
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The Bible says
that is Jesus appeared
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in their midst, they
were filled with excitement
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and anticipation
but some doubted.
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They doubted then
and they doubt now.
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They doubted there
and they doubt here.
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They doubted in
the first century,
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they doubt in the 21st century.
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Jesus had a mission
for them to take the world
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with the Gospel.
What was the world like
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in the first century?
It was secular and Godless.
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It was filled
with the philosophy of
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Socrates and Plato.
The world was filled with
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Roman military might, it
was filled with the sports
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and games and 80
or 100, 000 people
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would gather at
the Colosseum in Rome.
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So it was a sex
centered, morally twisted,
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spiritually dwarf generation.
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It was a generation
that was filled with
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excitement and sports.
We have a movie produced
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by Hollywood that was
a blockbuster bestseller
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that cost over a hundred
million dollars to produce
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called 'The
Gladiator'. They did not need to
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produce a movie in
ancient Rome called
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The Gladiator.
They had the real thing,
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of the gladiator's
participating in hand
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to hand combat in the Colosseum.
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You think Chicago
is tough to reach,
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try ancient Rome. It
is a philosophical mindset
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with the
philosophers arguing to get both
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Socrates and Plato.
Christianity is very small.
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The Roman games
dominate society,
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the Roman affluence in pleasure,
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how are you gonna
reach the world with
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500 Christians at the
time that are considered
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fanatics, that are
considered wild-eyed
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fanatics who have
no thinking ability,
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there were no
great men among them.
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They were fisherman
and a few tax collectors,
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considered the
offscouring of the earth.
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The Bible says
Jesus gathered them on the
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hillside of
Galilee but some doubted.
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You leave a convocation
like this you go back
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to your local
church, you go back on fire,
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you go back
saying God has a mission
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and a message for
Chicago. God is a mission
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and message for
America, God has a mission
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and message for
the world, the work of
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God in earth is gonna
be finished and some doubt.
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God does not bless
doubt, He blesses faith. Amen.
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Nothing ever great has
been accomplished by God,
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for God by people who
are filled with doubt.
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There is a statement
in a book called Prophets
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and Kings by Ellen
White, it's says this,
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obstacles will never
disappear before a halting
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and fearful spirit. So
if you believe that your
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church is not gonna
grow it's not gonna grow,
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if you say look
we've been 40, 50 members
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for the last 30
years, this is a tough place
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over here in
Broadview and LaGrange,
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we are so sorry we
just have a few old members,
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if that is your
attitude it becomes a
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self fulfilling
prophecy. But if you say our
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church is a place of
prayer we are concerned
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about that Brookfield-LaGrange
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community. We are
concerned about Burbank,
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we are concerned
about North Shore,
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we are concerned
about the Southside,
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we are concerned
for people that come to
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Jesus Christ. We
believe that it's contrary to
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God's will for our
church not to grow.
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It is His will that
all men and women be saved
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and come to the
knowledge of the truth.
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The church is not a
comfortable country club
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where we come to
hold one and other's hands
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and go eat lasagna and
bake beans in the potluck.
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Amen. That's not what
the church is all about.
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You know Pierre Berton
was an English skeptic,
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he didn't believe
that all in Christianity.
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He debunked the Bible
but he loved the church,
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because he said the
church is the best place
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to go on Sunday
morning after you got drunk
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on Saturday night,
it's the best place
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to go in town to
sleep. You don't have to pay,
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and he wrote a book
called, The Comfortable Pew,
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about all these
Christians who simply come to
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church Redeemed, How
I Love To Proclaim It,
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Redeemed, How I
Love To Proclaim It.
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I mean these people
wouldn't know a soul
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if they soul one.
And there's no passion
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in the soul, no
fire in the stomach,
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no burden for the lost.
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The Bible says in
Matthew chapter 28 verse 17,
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when they saw
Jesus, they worshipped him:
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but some
doubted, they doubted then
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and they doubt now.
They were complacent
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then and they
are complacent now,
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they were laid to see
then and they are laid
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to see now, they had
no fire in their belly
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then and many have
no fire and passion
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for souls now, but the
Bible says in verse 18,
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some doubted, next
three words, then Jesus came,
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some doubted then Jesus came.
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When Jesus comes he
dissolves the doubts.
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When Jesus comes
he puts a new sparkle
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in your eyes and a
new passion in your heart,
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when Jesus comes in your heart,
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mind and life are
redeemed by his grace,
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you have to tell the
story, the Bible says
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then Jesus came
and spoke to them.
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All authority, all
power has been given to be
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in heaven and
earth, go ye therefore.
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Jesus says all
power is given to me,
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go ye therefore when we step out
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to give out literature,
when we step out to give
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a Bible study. When
we organize a small group
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in our homes, when we
become the lay preacher
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for Jesus, we do
not go in our power
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we go in his. We do
not go in our strength
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we go in his we maybe
week but he is strong,
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we maybe
ignorant but he is wise,
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we maybe frail
but he is almighty,
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Jesus says all
power is given to me
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go ye therefore.
Jesus does not call those
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who are qualified.
He qualifies those whom
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he calls, amen.
Witnessing is not a
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spiritual gift that
God gives some Christians.
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Witnessing is a role
that God gives to every
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Christian, Jesus says follow me
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Matthew 4 verse 19
and I will make you
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fishers of men. If I
have no interest in fishing
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for people the reason is
because I'm not following
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him very closely,
because he says follow me
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and I will make
you fishers of men,
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so when you come to
Jesus his love breaks
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your heart, when you
come to Jesus he gives
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you a burden for lost people.
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Jesus says all
power is given to me,
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we witness not in
our power but in his.
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You see mission is
really God's work and before
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you ever begin
sharing your faith with
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somebody else, before
you ever begin passing out
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literature to another
person, the Holy Spirit is
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already working
in their life to draw
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them to Jesus. When
you begin getting involved
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in soul winning and
witnessing it radically
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transforms your
spiritual experience because
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it puts you in the
center of God's activity.
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God does not need you
to win some lost person,
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God can use angels
to do that, God can use
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Holy Spirit to do
that, but if you and I do not
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participate in winning
the lost we can not grow
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spiritually and
selfishness strangles out our
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spiritual life. So it's
not only that God uses us
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to win lost people,
it is that we, as we get
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involved in some
aspect of soul winning,
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as we use the
gifts that God has placed
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in our hearts.
We grow spiritually.
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There's many
people, they come to church
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and they are the same
today as they were five
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years ago, and they
keep coming to church
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every Sabbath
morning and they are hearing
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these big bang, where
they are getting this,
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the preacher is
getting up and preaching from
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the word of God, and
they are eating these
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spiritual banquets
every single Sabbath
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and they keep
getting fatter and fatter
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and fatter and
fatter spiritually until
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they have a coronary
heart attack spiritually
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and fall over dead
why? Because all they do is
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take in the
spiritual food, never exercised
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their faith so
their spiritual muscles
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grow flabby. If you are
not witnessing for Jesus,
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you are not growing
in Jesus. If you are not
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witnessing in Jesus,
if your church is not an
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active vibrant
Evangelistic church,
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it will turn inward
you will have all kind of
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church squabbles
and that church will
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die spiritually.
Witnessing churches are growing
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churches Jesus said
all power is given to me,
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somebody said
Pastor Mark I don't know
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what to say,
that's not your problem,
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that's God's,
dedicate your voice to God
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and the Holy Spirit
will prompt you what to say,
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somebody said I've never
had much training neither
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did the demoniac when
he found Christ and Jesus
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said you go out now
and share what you know,
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if you share the
little bit you know what
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you don't know
God will give to you.
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You can't share
what you don't know,
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you may only have
five loaves and two fishes
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but little in the
hands of Jesus is much,
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small in the
hands of Jesus is great,
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all they had was five
loaves and two fishes,
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you may feel like that,
we have such a small church.
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Look at Chicago,
some nine million people,
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and Jesus said use what
you have, when five loaves
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and two fishes are
given to Jesus he multiplies
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them and as he multiplies
them hungry multitudes
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are fed. When you
take your five loaves
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and two fishes
and give it to Jesus,
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the little talent you
have, Jesus multiplies
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that with his power
and he uses you powerfully
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at his kingdom.
Look he says all power
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is given to me, if
you have your Bible turn
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to Psalms 62 verse
11, Psalms 62 verse 11,
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"the essence of
being an effective witness
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for Jesus is to know
that the power of the living
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God is gonna work
through you as you get actively
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involved for
Jesus and his kingdom".
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Psalms 62 verse 11,
God has spoken once;
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twice I have heard this;
the power belongs to God.
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So as I go out witness
for Jesus the power belongs
00:18:24.15\00:18:28.78
to who. to Him.
Psalms 66 and verse 3,
00:18:28.79\00:18:33.59
how awesome are
your works through the
00:18:34.06\00:18:37.15
greatness of your
power your enemy shall submit
00:18:37.16\00:18:40.91
themselves to you
and all the earth shall
00:18:40.92\00:18:43.49
worship you. The
Bible says God's works
00:18:43.50\00:18:46.14
are awesome. The
Bible says through the
00:18:46.15\00:18:48.66
greatness of his
power, his enemies will submit
00:18:48.67\00:18:52.43
themselves to him.
Jesus said to his church go
00:18:52.44\00:18:56.01
ye therefore all
power is given to me.
00:18:56.02\00:18:58.37
When you step out in
faith witness for Jesus,
00:18:58.38\00:19:00.82
when you say I
can no longer maintain
00:19:01.16\00:19:03.68
the status quo. Our
church can no longer
00:19:03.69\00:19:07.55
maintain the
status quo, as a Christian
00:19:07.56\00:19:10.92
I can no longer simply
go out to work for 40 hours
00:19:10.93\00:19:15.56
a week, come home eat supper,
00:19:15.57\00:19:17.86
watch television go
to sleep, go out the
00:19:17.87\00:19:20.94
next day work for eight
hours, nine hours a day,
00:19:20.95\00:19:24.08
come home eat
supper, watch television read
00:19:24.09\00:19:26.33
a little bit of book,
fall to sleep on my knees,
00:19:26.34\00:19:28.62
when I am praying,
fall to sleep when I read
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my three and half
minute devotional today,
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I can no longer be
that kind of a Christian.
00:19:33.17\00:19:36.26
I can no longer
simply have this superficial
00:19:36.64\00:19:40.71
Christian life, that's
not the longing of my heart,
00:19:40.72\00:19:43.93
that's not the
longing of my mind;
00:19:43.94\00:19:45.98
I want to be
involved in the center
00:19:46.49\00:19:48.39
of God's activity I
want to seek God at work,
00:19:48.40\00:19:50.90
I want God to use
my voice, I want God
00:19:50.91\00:19:54.02
to use my witness, I
can no longer simply come
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to church on Sabbath
morning and think that
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is Christianity, I
want my heart broken with
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Jesus heart.
Galatians 6:2 says Bear ye one
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another's burdens,
the burden that Jesus has
00:20:06.74\00:20:09.47
is the burden for
lost world. We bear
00:20:09.48\00:20:12.15
His burden as we
pray for our neighbors,
00:20:12.16\00:20:14.76
as we pray for our
husband, doesn't know
00:20:14.77\00:20:16.78
Christ, as we pray
our son that doesn't
00:20:16.79\00:20:18.81
know Christ, as we
pray our daughter that
00:20:18.82\00:20:20.86
doesn't know
Christ. We bear his burden
00:20:20.87\00:20:23.11
as we walk the
streets of Chicago and pray
00:20:23.12\00:20:25.52
for that city. We bear
Jesus' burden as we pray
00:20:25.53\00:20:30.49
for our neighborhood.
We bear Jesus' burden
00:20:30.50\00:20:33.40
as we get actively
involved in some formal
00:20:33.41\00:20:36.14
witness Jesus says,
David says how awesome
00:20:36.15\00:20:40.02
are your works
through the greatness of
00:20:40.03\00:20:41.50
your power, your
enemies shall submit themselves
00:20:41.51\00:20:43.54
to you. Psalms 68
verse 35, O God you are more
00:20:43.55\00:20:48.38
awesome, Psalms 68
verse 35, you are more
00:20:48.39\00:20:52.00
awesome in your holy
places: the God of Israel
00:20:52.01\00:20:54.68
is he who giveth strength
and power to his people.
00:20:54.69\00:20:56.99
God you promised that
if I step out for you,
00:20:57.33\00:21:00.28
you are gonna me
strength and power.
00:21:00.63\00:21:02.95
I want to introduce
you to some people today
00:21:03.30\00:21:05.41
around the world. I
wanna take you with me
00:21:05.42\00:21:08.00
on a journey to
meet some people,
00:21:08.01\00:21:10.53
simple people, common
people, lay people like
00:21:10.93\00:21:14.26
you and lay people
that have developed a burden
00:21:14.27\00:21:20.48
for souls. And God is
using them powerfully come
00:21:20.49\00:21:24.87
with me to Brazil,
come with me down to the
00:21:24.88\00:21:31.11
country in South
America that has more
00:21:31.12\00:21:33.09
Seventh-Day Adventists
than any single country
00:21:33.10\00:21:35.72
in the world,
Brazil. 2.3 million people in
00:21:35.73\00:21:41.09
the South American division,
00:21:41.10\00:21:42.42
well over 1.5 million
of them live in the country
00:21:42.78\00:21:46.63
of Brazil. As I was
traveling through Brazil
00:21:46.95\00:21:49.73
one of the
conference president said to me
00:21:50.17\00:21:52.11
Pastor Mark I want
you to meet a man was
00:21:52.12\00:21:55.44
a passion for souls,
this man is sharing Jesus
00:21:55.45\00:21:58.30
every place he goes
and as the result of his
00:21:58.31\00:22:00.70
ministry 1200
people have come to Christ.
00:22:00.71\00:22:04.27
Well I expected to
see, a large Brazilian
00:22:04.28\00:22:07.02
man with the
strong booming voice,
00:22:07.03\00:22:08.74
and the conference
president introduced me
00:22:08.75\00:22:10.22
to this man and he was
a midget about this talk,
00:22:10.23\00:22:12.48
wake up looking up
at me and I noticed
00:22:13.17\00:22:14.77
he was straining his
neck so I got down on
00:22:14.78\00:22:16.99
my knees and I was
eyeball to eyeball with
00:22:17.00\00:22:19.81
the midget. And I
said to that midget,
00:22:19.82\00:22:22.06
I said sir, you must
be a powerful preacher,
00:22:22.07\00:22:25.66
you must hold the lot of lay
00:22:25.67\00:22:26.86
Evangelistic
meetings, I've been teaching
00:22:26.87\00:22:29.75
people to all the
lay Evangelistic meetings
00:22:29.76\00:22:31.48
and I thought
this is gonna be a good
00:22:31.49\00:22:32.65
illustration he
said Pastor Mark I never
00:22:32.66\00:22:35.97
held one lay
Evangelistic meeting in my life.
00:22:35.98\00:22:37.94
Well I got a pop my
balloon; I said I better
00:22:39.03\00:22:42.54
try another angle
here. So I said Mr. Midget
00:22:42.55\00:22:46.32
I didn't actually
say that but that's what
00:22:47.19\00:22:48.99
I thought, I said sir,
sir, you must give a lot
00:22:49.00\00:22:53.79
of Bible studies. He
looked at me with big
00:22:53.80\00:22:55.71
smile and said
Pastor Mark, I don't,
00:22:55.72\00:22:57.28
I never gave one
Bible study in my life.
00:22:57.29\00:22:58.75
Now, well as I gonna
go with that, because
00:23:00.96\00:23:03.17
I tell people the
importance of holding
00:23:03.28\00:23:04.28
lay Evangelistic
meetings, the whole importance
00:23:04.29\00:23:06.06
of getting Bible
studies, and the leading soul,
00:23:06.07\00:23:07.42
I never did what
I told them to do.
00:23:07.43\00:23:08.70
So I was getting
nervous, now you must give
00:23:09.69\00:23:11.07
out a lot of
literature, Pastor Mark I didn't
00:23:11.08\00:23:13.02
give out any literature.
I said you want 1200 souls,
00:23:13.03\00:23:17.58
you didn't hold a
lay Evangelistic meeting,
00:23:18.26\00:23:20.18
you didn't hold a
Bible study and you didn't
00:23:20.84\00:23:23.77
give out
literature, what did you do,
00:23:23.78\00:23:25.52
he said Pastor
Mark, I will tell you
00:23:25.86\00:23:28.47
it's very simple, do
you want me to tell you
00:23:28.48\00:23:30.89
the secret that midget told me?
00:23:30.90\00:23:32.17
You want to here,
yeah, are you ready to do it?
00:23:32.89\00:23:35.09
Now we've got to practice here.
00:23:35.10\00:23:36.68
The first thing he
said to do is smile,
00:23:37.18\00:23:39.04
now get ready
that's what you do now,
00:23:39.39\00:23:40.99
come on I am
teaching you what the midget
00:23:41.00\00:23:42.45
told me. You are
ready. Your first thing
00:23:42.46\00:23:44.85
to do is smile and
he said everyplace I go
00:23:44.86\00:23:49.78
I smile and I
develop relationships.
00:23:49.79\00:23:51.73
I make friends then
once I made the friends
00:23:52.19\00:23:55.76
I invite them to my house,
00:23:55.77\00:23:57.81
once they are there
I just do two things
00:23:58.26\00:24:00.52
this and this, are you ready?
00:24:01.00\00:24:04.41
We've got to
practice it; you are ready
00:24:04.78\00:24:06.23
to practice it? I
mean I know these are
00:24:06.24\00:24:07.89
Chicagoans, they
are kind of conservative
00:24:07.90\00:24:09.94
and it's hard to,
you know, you are ready,
00:24:10.20\00:24:11.72
you got to smile and
got to do all things at once
00:24:11.73\00:24:13.86
if you wanna win
1200 souls, you are ready?
00:24:13.87\00:24:15.69
Alright. Smile. Now
there's, come on get
00:24:16.03\00:24:19.37
your hand up, you
wanna win, come on,
00:24:19.38\00:24:21.52
I know you are
little conservative sort but
00:24:21.53\00:24:22.76
that's okay, like
this and like this.
00:24:22.77\00:24:25.21
Let's practice once
more; I think you almost
00:24:26.46\00:24:28.07
got it. Like this,
like this, like this.
00:24:28.08\00:24:32.32
I said what are
you talking about?
00:24:33.28\00:24:34.98
He said Pastor Mark
it's very simple I smile,
00:24:34.99\00:24:37.97
I invite them to my home,
00:24:38.62\00:24:39.98
this is the object
of turning on the video.
00:24:40.49\00:24:42.86
this is the power
button I push like this
00:24:43.00\00:24:44.71
and turn the power.
This way I put you a video
00:24:44.72\00:24:48.00
in and they've
watched your sermons,
00:24:48.01\00:24:50.90
you preach to
them, that's what the
00:24:51.25\00:24:53.18
conference president
wanted you to meet me,
00:24:53.19\00:24:55.71
you preach to them
and I baptized 1200,
00:24:56.26\00:24:58.68
because I always
have a house group going
00:24:58.69\00:25:00.26
to my home. All I do
is smile at everybody
00:25:00.27\00:25:03.41
I meet, invite them
to my house, give them
00:25:03.42\00:25:05.30
a little Brazilian
food you know, say or rice
00:25:05.31\00:25:07.91
you know, I give them
a little Brazilian beans
00:25:07.99\00:25:09.74
and rice, put the
video on, say let's watch
00:25:09.75\00:25:12.77
my friend Mark
Finley and that's simple.
00:25:12.78\00:25:15.42
I said man; I
could even do that one.
00:25:17.75\00:25:20.03
I mean that's not hard.
00:25:22.13\00:25:23.10
How many of you
think you could do that?
00:25:27.83\00:25:29.18
How many can do
that? I told you witnessing
00:25:29.19\00:25:32.12
was easy. What does it
take? It takes a heart,
00:25:32.13\00:25:36.91
you see, it takes a
heart, it takes a passion
00:25:36.92\00:25:40.18
for souls, it
takes a love for people,
00:25:40.19\00:25:42.67
here is the simple man
that all he did was smile,
00:25:43.26\00:25:48.50
develop relationships,
invite people to his
00:25:48.87\00:25:52.07
home for supper, he
would have three nights
00:25:52.08\00:25:57.04
a week, four nights a
week, different groups,
00:25:57.21\00:25:59.39
8 or 10 in this
group, 15 in this group and
00:25:59.40\00:26:02.93
they are coming to his
house, watching videos,
00:26:02.94\00:26:04.85
coming to Jesus,
coming to Church.
00:26:04.86\00:26:07.21
The midget taught me something,
00:26:08.37\00:26:09.66
this is what he taught
me, that you do not have
00:26:10.08\00:26:13.55
to have sophisticated
methods but the key
00:26:13.56\00:26:17.45
in soul winning is
getting on your knees
00:26:17.46\00:26:21.02
and saying God lead
somebody into my life,
00:26:21.03\00:26:25.80
you know that old
song, lord lay some soul
00:26:25.81\00:26:27.73
upon my heart and
love that soul through me
00:26:27.74\00:26:30.99
that may humbly do
my part to win that soul
00:26:31.95\00:26:35.96
for thee. In this
journey around the world
00:26:36.31\00:26:38.74
I am gonna introduce
you to different soul
00:26:39.39\00:26:41.51
winners who use
different methods,
00:26:41.52\00:26:43.58
but every single one
of them had a passion
00:26:45.32\00:26:48.59
for souls, the commonality among
00:26:48.60\00:26:52.05
them is not that
they have the same
00:26:52.06\00:26:54.85
spiritual gift, the
commonality among them
00:26:54.86\00:26:58.48
is not that they
use the same method,
00:26:58.49\00:27:01.44
the commonality
among them is that everyone
00:27:01.85\00:27:05.18
one of them had a
desire to win people for Jesus,
00:27:05.19\00:27:09.26
everyone of them.
Let's go from Brazil
00:27:09.74\00:27:12.89
to the Sudan. Not
long ago in the Sudan
00:27:13.55\00:27:17.14
continuing there was a terrible,
00:27:17.87\00:27:19.92
terrible civil war.
That civil war in the Sudan
00:27:19.93\00:27:24.37
drove many Sudanese
villages out of their
00:27:24.69\00:27:29.04
villages and it
drove them into Uganda.
00:27:29.05\00:27:32.53
Along the
Sudanese Ugandan border
00:27:33.16\00:27:36.30
they set up
multiple refugee camps.
00:27:36.31\00:27:39.84
You know the Bible,
in Second Chronicles,
00:27:41.36\00:27:45.62
Second Chronicles chapter
16 and verse 9 says this,
00:27:46.26\00:27:52.19
the eyes of the Lord
run to and fro through out
00:27:52.76\00:27:57.19
the whole earth to
shew himself strong on
00:27:57.20\00:28:00.91
behalf of those whose
heart is loyal toward Him.
00:28:00.92\00:28:03.43
The eyes of the Lord
are running and fro through
00:28:03.98\00:28:06.08
the whole earth,
they are looking,
00:28:06.09\00:28:07.06
here's an honest man,
here's an honest woman
00:28:07.07\00:28:09.69
and the spirit to God
begins working with them
00:28:09.70\00:28:13.01
to draw to himself men
and women that are honest
00:28:13.43\00:28:17.66
toward him. A young
man felt that his wife
00:28:17.67\00:28:22.69
was in jeopardy in
the civil war in Sudan,
00:28:22.70\00:28:25.52
so he fled his village
with many other refugees,
00:28:26.25\00:28:29.07
they've
traveled down dirt roads,
00:28:29.93\00:28:32.49
they've traveled
through the jungle and they came
00:28:32.50\00:28:34.96
to a refugee camp in Uganda.
00:28:35.69\00:28:38.59
In that refugee camp there was a
00:28:39.23\00:28:41.41
Seventh-Day
Adventist Pastor. He began to
00:28:41.42\00:28:46.07
study the Bible
in that refugee camp,
00:28:46.08\00:28:48.50
he held a little
Evangelistic meeting
00:28:49.11\00:28:51.00
in that refugee camp.
They were not a lot of
00:28:51.01\00:28:53.82
people that came
but a number did,
00:28:53.83\00:28:55.53
and among them was
this young Sudanese
00:28:56.07\00:28:58.59
man who was in
the camp for about
00:28:58.60\00:29:01.85
nine months.
During the time that the
00:29:01.86\00:29:04.80
Sudanese young
man was in the camp,
00:29:04.81\00:29:06.09
he studied the Bible
with the Adventist Pastor.
00:29:06.46\00:29:08.78
The civil war in
the Sudan succeeded,
00:29:09.39\00:29:13.97
so the refugee
decided to go back home
00:29:14.44\00:29:16.84
to his village in
the Sudan from Uganda.
00:29:16.94\00:29:20.12
Before he left since
he had studied with the
00:29:21.44\00:29:23.90
Adventist Pastor
and accepted Jesus,
00:29:23.91\00:29:25.74
accepted the
second coming of Christ,
00:29:25.75\00:29:27.30
accepted the Sabbath
he decided to be baptized,
00:29:27.31\00:29:29.92
and he was. As he
made his way back home
00:29:29.93\00:29:33.31
a 150 kilometers or
90 to 100 miles he came
00:29:33.32\00:29:37.50
back into his
village, that this young man
00:29:37.51\00:29:39.91
was thrilled, he said
Jesus Christ has given
00:29:39.92\00:29:44.24
me the message of
his love and truth I have
00:29:44.25\00:29:46.39
to share it. The
Ugandese pastor had given him
00:29:46.40\00:29:51.21
a Bible and he have
helped this young man
00:29:51.22\00:29:54.18
know how to mark his
Bible and he helped him
00:29:54.51\00:29:57.53
how to share God's word.
00:29:57.54\00:29:59.14
So this new
convert who'd only known
00:29:59.65\00:30:02.71
the Adventist
message for a year now,
00:30:02.72\00:30:05.91
less than a year, nine
months he began to share
00:30:05.92\00:30:08.99
from God's word. His message,
00:30:09.29\00:30:12.04
the God's message of
love and God's message
00:30:12.82\00:30:14.98
of truth, he gathered
around him quite a group
00:30:14.99\00:30:18.08
there in the village
that he lived in Sudan.
00:30:18.35\00:30:23.77
And as his lay
Evangelistic meetings
00:30:24.69\00:30:27.71
went on every
night, five nights a week,
00:30:27.72\00:30:32.85
this young man would
preach everything he knew,
00:30:33.19\00:30:36.05
he'd preached about
Jesus and preached about
00:30:36.40\00:30:38.40
the second coming
and preached about the
00:30:38.41\00:30:39.69
Sabbath, he is quite
a powerful lay preacher.
00:30:39.70\00:30:41.70
Seven young men in his
village made a decision
00:30:42.67\00:30:45.76
to be baptized, but
he said to them look
00:30:45.77\00:30:48.54
I am not an ordained
elder, I'm not a deacon,
00:30:48.55\00:30:51.64
I am just a new Christian.
00:30:51.65\00:30:53.06
And he said I can't baptize you,
00:30:54.29\00:30:56.02
but I will tell you
what about a 150 kilometers
00:30:56.35\00:31:00.19
from here, 100
miles there was a pastor
00:31:00.20\00:31:01.97
that baptized me. I
will walk there through
00:31:01.98\00:31:05.34
the jungles find
him and bring him back
00:31:05.35\00:31:08.54
and he will baptize
you. So this young man
00:31:08.55\00:31:12.08
had such a passion
for souls, that he walked
00:31:12.36\00:31:16.38
back to the refugee
camp about a 100 miles.
00:31:16.72\00:31:20.87
Found the old
pastor, he said Pastor
00:31:21.55\00:31:24.07
I've got seven converts
in my village I want you
00:31:24.35\00:31:27.06
to come baptize them,
it's not too far away,
00:31:27.07\00:31:29.60
it's only 100 miles,
let's go. And the pastor
00:31:29.61\00:31:33.31
was really nervous, he said look
00:31:33.32\00:31:35.17
I'm a little older; I
don't think I can make
00:31:35.18\00:31:36.79
the journey. God
will sustain you;
00:31:36.80\00:31:38.46
I don't think I can
do it. Really there is a
00:31:38.47\00:31:41.60
civil war going
on and I can't do it.
00:31:41.61\00:31:43.68
The young man now walked back
00:31:44.09\00:31:46.06
to his village
alone. As he got back to the
00:31:46.07\00:31:49.89
village he came into
the village and he said
00:31:49.90\00:31:51.50
Praise God, Praise
God, I found the pastor
00:31:51.79\00:31:55.75
let's go, let's walk back.
00:31:56.05\00:31:57.46
Now I want you
to calculate this in
00:32:03.12\00:32:05.01
your head, when
he came back from the
00:32:05.02\00:32:07.86
village nine months
before he walked 100 miles,
00:32:07.87\00:32:10.24
then he had to walk
back to the village to find
00:32:10.53\00:32:12.58
the pastor, that's a
100 miles, then he had
00:32:12.59\00:32:14.54
to walk to back get
the converts that's a
00:32:14.55\00:32:18.82
100 miles without the pastor,
00:32:18.83\00:32:19.96
then he has to
bring the converts back to
00:32:19.97\00:32:21.19
the village, he
must be really healthy.
00:32:21.20\00:32:23.94
This fellow had
walked 350, 400 miles by this
00:32:25.23\00:32:29.22
time in the story.
I asked when we heard
00:32:29.23\00:32:32.56
the story, this came
to the general conference
00:32:32.57\00:32:34.14
of the Seventh-Day
Adventists last year.
00:32:34.15\00:32:36.82
When I heard the
story I said I wanna know
00:32:37.30\00:32:39.59
how long was it
taking him to walk
00:32:39.60\00:32:42.05
this 100 miles, they
said it was averaging
00:32:42.06\00:32:44.42
maybe 15 miles a
day, so would take him
00:32:44.89\00:32:47.55
six days, seven
days, he would rest on
00:32:47.87\00:32:49.67
Sabbath so it was
about a week a little longer
00:32:49.68\00:32:51.87
maybe eight days.
But they said Pastor
00:32:51.88\00:32:54.37
here's the amazing
story. When the seven
00:32:54.77\00:32:58.30
converts were baptized in Uganda
00:32:58.31\00:33:02.33
in the village and
they left the village
00:33:02.34\00:33:04.98
to walk back to
Sudan after their baptism
00:33:04.99\00:33:09.15
it took them six
months to get back.
00:33:09.16\00:33:12.10
And I said why, the
war must have in fears
00:33:12.89\00:33:15.83
and they about no
pastor. Because now every
00:33:15.84\00:33:19.89
village they came
to on the way back
00:33:19.90\00:33:22.63
they stopped and
they preached it. Amen.
00:33:23.49\00:33:26.03
Today all along that
road from Uganda back
00:33:26.04\00:33:30.24
to Sudan we have
seven, eight, nine, ten,
00:33:30.25\00:33:33.16
Seventh-Day
Adventist churches. Amen.
00:33:33.17\00:33:36.76
Why? Why?
Because of the passion,
00:33:36.77\00:33:45.33
the passion for
souls. You say Pastor where
00:33:46.08\00:33:49.55
can I begin, where I can begin,
00:33:49.56\00:33:51.58
what can I do? The
first thing you can do
00:33:51.93\00:33:55.09
is to begin to pray
the dangerous prayer.
00:33:55.43\00:33:59.33
Also when it
begins on our knees,
00:33:59.84\00:34:02.44
on your knees
begin to pray, dear Lord
00:34:03.30\00:34:06.14
I wanna be a
soul-winner. I'm not sure what
00:34:06.63\00:34:09.40
you want me to do,
you may want me to give
00:34:09.41\00:34:11.84
out literature, you
may want me to be part
00:34:11.85\00:34:14.47
of core of lay bible
workers, you may want
00:34:14.48\00:34:17.14
me to have a video
small group in my home,
00:34:17.15\00:34:20.14
you may want me to
invite people to my home
00:34:20.51\00:34:22.47
to study the Bible
with. I don't know what
00:34:22.48\00:34:24.43
you want me to do
Lord, you may want me
00:34:24.44\00:34:26.32
to start a youth
ministry for kids or
00:34:26.33\00:34:28.39
children's ministry,
you may want me to be
00:34:28.40\00:34:30.38
a lay preacher. God has
a witnessing role for you.
00:34:30.39\00:34:36.47
God has
something special for you.
00:34:37.62\00:34:40.36
The first step is to get
on your knees and say God
00:34:40.96\00:34:43.42
use me in whatever
way you want. Amen.
00:34:44.28\00:34:48.53
Maybe God is calling
you to be a prayer warrior.
00:34:48.54\00:34:51.85
Recently we saw a
magnificent answer
00:34:52.51\00:34:56.89
to prayer. I would
like to go to the screen
00:34:56.90\00:34:59.08
here please; I want
to show you on the screen
00:34:59.09\00:35:03.43
a miraculous answer to prayer.
00:35:04.22\00:35:06.79
This story that I'm
gonna tell you now happened
00:35:07.38\00:35:10.41
just six weeks, seven weeks ago.
00:35:11.22\00:35:14.20
This is Nigeria, I was
preparing to a hold day
00:35:14.86\00:35:18.92
large Evangelistic
meeting in this stadium.
00:35:18.93\00:35:22.02
Seven to eight
thousand people came a night,
00:35:22.40\00:35:25.63
all around this
stadium is a village known for
00:35:26.05\00:35:30.47
its witchcraft. As
we came to the stadium
00:35:30.48\00:35:34.56
every night packed
with people to know God.
00:35:34.57\00:35:38.93
One night 6'o clock in
walked into the stadium,
00:35:39.77\00:35:42.99
something strange was
happening I've never seen
00:35:43.47\00:35:45.95
anything like it
before, dark clouds cam in over
00:35:45.96\00:35:49.46
the stadium at
6'o clock at night.
00:35:49.47\00:35:51.15
As I looked up the
wind began to blow,
00:35:51.16\00:35:53.54
and we had huge
screen, do you seen one
00:35:53.94\00:35:55.77
of the screens
there in the upper portion
00:35:55.78\00:35:59.37
of the picture right
here. These screens were
00:35:59.38\00:36:02.00
like 16 feet
height, 24 feet wide,
00:36:02.01\00:36:05.97
they were five of
them all over this stadium.
00:36:05.98\00:36:08.09
I stood and I saw
the dark clouds come in
00:36:08.86\00:36:11.44
it had been beautiful all day,
00:36:11.45\00:36:13.00
the wind begin to blow
it ripped the first screen
00:36:13.33\00:36:16.44
apart the second
screen apart the third screen
00:36:16.45\00:36:18.54
apart before my eyes five
screens have ripped apart.
00:36:18.55\00:36:20.92
Pretty soon it was
thundering and lightening,
00:36:21.35\00:36:23.83
the chairs were
blowing everywhere people
00:36:23.84\00:36:26.32
were running and
screaming underneath the stadium
00:36:26.33\00:36:29.00
trying to hide,
look at what happened,
00:36:29.01\00:36:30.89
these chairs were
blown right over the
00:36:31.25\00:36:33.23
stadium walls. Here
our auditorium our stadium
00:36:33.24\00:36:37.52
was absolutely
devastated. Look at the stadium,
00:36:37.53\00:36:41.77
devastated, the
platform devastated,
00:36:42.34\00:36:45.10
look here you see
left-hand side way
00:36:45.11\00:36:48.16
up on the left-hand
side this was the frame
00:36:48.17\00:36:50.04
of the screen,
here's another screen here,
00:36:50.05\00:36:51.98
here's another
screen turned apart,
00:36:52.30\00:36:53.70
platform turned
apart. We as the rains came,
00:36:53.71\00:36:58.22
as the winds came
that night that was I there
00:36:58.23\00:37:00.70
we get on our knees
and we said God hold
00:37:01.10\00:37:03.08
the winds back but
they weren't held back,
00:37:03.09\00:37:04.90
they came they
devastated everything.
00:37:04.91\00:37:07.04
Some people who are
involved in kinds of
00:37:08.35\00:37:13.00
witchcraft said
where is your God now?
00:37:13.01\00:37:14.77
Where is your God
now? Your God has no power;
00:37:15.41\00:37:18.11
your God can't keep
the winds and rains away.
00:37:18.41\00:37:21.25
Look at those
people praying in the mud,
00:37:21.66\00:37:23.63
look at them
kneeling down in the rain,
00:37:23.64\00:37:25.27
nothing is happening;
there is no power in God.
00:37:25.28\00:37:27.49
Chairs devastated,
auditorium devastated.
00:37:30.83\00:37:34.29
Here's one of our
screens, look at it devastated,
00:37:34.92\00:37:37.78
here's our platform,
the wind was so strong,
00:37:39.79\00:37:42.68
look at that bar
upper left the winds just
00:37:43.34\00:37:45.74
bent that bar right
down. Everything was
00:37:45.75\00:37:51.20
in turmoil. Our staff came out,
00:37:51.21\00:37:53.52
we looked at the
screens, we said,
00:37:53.53\00:37:55.05
what can we do?
How can we repair
00:37:55.06\00:37:57.50
these even for tomorrow night?
00:37:57.51\00:37:58.83
That night I said to
my staff, I have to talk
00:37:59.27\00:38:04.57
to this audience,
people are hallooed under
00:38:04.58\00:38:07.08
cement overhangs of the stadium,
00:38:07.09\00:38:10.34
people are trying
to get out of this fear
00:38:11.00\00:38:12.99
storm that came
through, I said I have to
00:38:13.00\00:38:15.55
speak to the people
they said Pastor Mark
00:38:15.56\00:38:17.23
every cable is under
three inches of water
00:38:17.70\00:38:20.37
you can't, you
can't speak to them not
00:38:20.38\00:38:22.60
possible. But they
said if you are willing
00:38:22.61\00:38:24.85
took them inside
the control room put
00:38:24.86\00:38:28.46
a headphone on; you
can talk to the people
00:38:28.47\00:38:32.56
because we'll
use the speakers that
00:38:32.57\00:38:34.09
are on the stadium.
I came in and I talked
00:38:34.10\00:38:36.73
to them about unanswered prayer.
00:38:36.74\00:38:38.14
I said you know there
are times that God doesn't
00:38:38.97\00:38:42.72
answer our prayers
and some of you are
00:38:42.73\00:38:44.42
wondering why
hasn't God answered?
00:38:44.43\00:38:45.86
Does it take more
faith to have your prayers
00:38:46.35\00:38:48.58
answered or does
it take more faith
00:38:48.59\00:38:50.48
to have your
prayers not answered.
00:38:50.49\00:38:52.24
And I said I know
God I've walked with
00:38:53.89\00:38:56.02
God for 40 years,
God's preparing to do
00:38:56.03\00:38:58.84
something great and
dramatic in this series.
00:38:58.85\00:39:00.72
And if the Lord allows
this storm to devastate
00:39:01.30\00:39:04.66
the stadium tonight,
it's because he wants
00:39:04.67\00:39:07.74
to make his power
and his grace even more
00:39:07.75\00:39:10.46
apparent. Because
it's rained tonight,
00:39:10.47\00:39:12.69
because we've had
an apparent defeat
00:39:13.04\00:39:14.95
tonight, it
doesn't mean that we have
00:39:14.96\00:39:16.90
defeated all. It
means that we believe by
00:39:16.91\00:39:19.42
faith that God is
gonna move powerfully
00:39:19.43\00:39:22.36
tomorrow night, he
is gonna move powerfully
00:39:22.37\00:39:24.20
the next night, he is
gonna manifest his hand
00:39:24.21\00:39:26.80
in this meeting. After
talking to the audience
00:39:26.81\00:39:29.98
we prayed and
that night I went home,
00:39:29.99\00:39:32.10
and as I knelt
down in my little room,
00:39:33.05\00:39:34.96
I said God I've
walked with you for 40 years,
00:39:36.38\00:39:39.11
I've seen you
worked miracles in Moscow,
00:39:39.69\00:39:41.72
in former Soviet
Union, I've seen you worked
00:39:42.24\00:39:44.79
miracles in India and Pakistan,
00:39:44.80\00:39:46.50
and in intern South America.
00:39:46.51\00:39:47.79
I've seen you
God worked miracles
00:39:48.38\00:39:50.20
through out Africa, through out
00:39:50.21\00:39:51.66
North America.
God you do not have to
00:39:51.67\00:39:54.30
keep the rain back
for me to believe in you.
00:39:54.31\00:39:56.95
You don't have to
give me a sign God because
00:39:57.72\00:39:59.76
I've had signs all my
live I've seen your power,
00:39:59.77\00:40:02.04
but God the people's
faith here is so fragile.
00:40:02.05\00:40:05.02
The people's faith
here is so, it so week
00:40:05.35\00:40:09.78
Lord and I know that many people
00:40:09.79\00:40:15.09
are practicing
witchcraft and satanic
00:40:15.10\00:40:19.23
occult-arts. Lord
manifest your hand and
00:40:19.24\00:40:23.41
tomorrow night
give us a clear night.
00:40:23.42\00:40:24.90
The next night I
went to the stadium
00:40:25.48\00:40:28.38
and as I went
to the stadium that
00:40:29.21\00:40:30.65
night 6'o clock I
want you to see what I saw,
00:40:30.66\00:40:33.36
this was the second
night the dark clouds
00:40:33.37\00:40:38.17
came over the
stadium, gentle rain
00:40:38.18\00:40:41.55
began to fall, I
saw a repeat of what
00:40:41.56\00:40:45.13
was happening
the night before as
00:40:45.14\00:40:47.15
one of our
screens was devastated,
00:40:47.16\00:40:48.98
we called our
prayer warriors, we got
00:40:49.51\00:40:52.33
on our knees and
we cried out to God
00:40:52.34\00:40:54.68
in the rain, and in
the mud, we said God
00:40:54.69\00:40:57.12
manifest your
hand. Now you are gonna
00:40:57.13\00:40:59.99
see a miracle. I
want you to see the center
00:41:00.00\00:41:02.46
of the picture,
do you see the center
00:41:02.47\00:41:04.18
of the picture, I
had people photographing
00:41:04.19\00:41:06.15
this as we
prayed as it happened.
00:41:06.16\00:41:07.84
You see the center
of the picture here
00:41:08.02\00:41:09.89
what is this, it's a
white cloud, this white
00:41:09.90\00:41:13.18
cloud came over the stadium it
00:41:13.19\00:41:15.65
poured in rain in
village around the
00:41:15.66\00:41:17.65
stadium, the wind
devastated all around
00:41:17.66\00:41:19.74
the stadium, this
white cloud got bigger
00:41:19.75\00:41:22.07
and bigger and
bigger in a matter of
00:41:22.08\00:41:23.80
ten minutes. And as it did here
00:41:23.81\00:41:26.86
look you see this
is, this is what I saw
00:41:26.87\00:41:29.00
on the stadium
but this white cloud
00:41:29.01\00:41:30.81
covered over the
stadium it protected
00:41:30.82\00:41:32.74
the stadium we did
not get a drop of rain,
00:41:32.75\00:41:34.73
amen. Not a drop of rain.
00:41:34.74\00:41:37.53
All around the
stadium it was pitched black,
00:41:41.51\00:41:44.54
but that white
cloud covered over that
00:41:44.55\00:41:47.71
stadium for two
hours and at the end
00:41:47.72\00:41:50.41
of my preaching it
moved and it rained.
00:41:50.42\00:41:52.39
God is a mighty
God. Amen. God is
00:41:52.40\00:41:59.32
a mighty God. God is
willing to do incredible
00:41:59.33\00:42:04.91
things in the city of Chicago.
00:42:04.92\00:42:07.00
God is willing to
do incredible things
00:42:07.62\00:42:09.89
in Chicagoland.
The God who answers
00:42:09.90\00:42:12.61
prayer in Africa, answers prayer
00:42:12.62\00:42:14.28
in Chicagoland,
amen. The God who answers
00:42:14.29\00:42:16.48
prayer in Brazil
has not forgotten about
00:42:16.49\00:42:18.53
Chicagoland. The
God who answers prayer
00:42:18.54\00:42:21.11
intern South America
has not forgotten about
00:42:21.12\00:42:23.37
as here. Amen.
There were three things
00:42:23.38\00:42:26.92
you can do to make
a major difference,
00:42:26.93\00:42:31.98
how many of you
want to, I wanna make
00:42:31.99\00:42:33.33
a difference for
Jesus, I just wanna make
00:42:33.34\00:42:34.99
a difference for
Jesus, there are three
00:42:35.00\00:42:36.33
things you can do.
Number one, first get
00:42:36.34\00:42:40.14
on your knees and
begin to pray, Jesus
00:42:40.15\00:42:41.87
whatever you want me to do I am
00:42:42.48\00:42:45.75
gonna do it.
Lord lead into my life
00:42:45.76\00:42:50.00
people that I can
share your love with.
00:42:50.01\00:42:53.49
All effective soul
winning begins on our
00:42:54.85\00:42:59.93
knees opening our
hearts for the blessing
00:42:59.94\00:43:04.63
and miracle of God in our life.
00:43:04.64\00:43:07.16
On our knees we
say I am willing Lord,
00:43:07.72\00:43:10.16
I'm willing to be your witness;
00:43:10.51\00:43:12.23
I'm willing to
do whatever you want
00:43:12.24\00:43:14.40
me to do. Step
number one is a personal
00:43:14.41\00:43:18.77
encounter with the
living Christ in prayer
00:43:18.78\00:43:22.21
in which we open
our hearts and submit
00:43:22.43\00:43:25.95
our lives to him
and tell him that we
00:43:25.96\00:43:29.14
will make ourselves available.
00:43:29.15\00:43:30.89
If you feel
weak tell him that he
00:43:31.20\00:43:32.96
already knows it, say
God I feel weak I need,
00:43:32.97\00:43:36.28
I need your
strength, God if you will
00:43:36.82\00:43:38.73
ignorant I don't
know what to say I need
00:43:38.74\00:43:40.62
your words. God my
life is gym packed,
00:43:40.63\00:43:44.18
I work fifty
hours a week I am a busy
00:43:44.19\00:43:47.15
professional God, I
work 60 hours a week
00:43:47.16\00:43:49.86
I'm a busy professional, Lord
00:43:49.87\00:43:51.15
I don't have
time, tell God that.
00:43:51.16\00:43:53.14
And then say God
you help me rearrange
00:43:53.15\00:43:55.25
my priorities.
The only way you can
00:43:55.26\00:43:58.19
have more time to
do something is to take
00:43:58.20\00:44:00.31
less time to do other things.
00:44:00.32\00:44:01.95
The only way you
could have more time
00:44:02.31\00:44:04.23
to do something is
to take less time to
00:44:04.24\00:44:05.95
do other things. God I
am willing to rearrange
00:44:05.96\00:44:10.33
my priorities for souls. On your
00:44:10.34\00:44:13.54
knees be honest
with God. Second step
00:44:13.55\00:44:18.07
as the Lord places
with in your heart,
00:44:19.77\00:44:23.46
the desire to participate in
00:44:23.77\00:44:27.15
witnessing do not
squelch that desire.
00:44:27.16\00:44:30.29
If the Lord is
leading you to get involved
00:44:30.68\00:44:32.53
in a literature
ministry get involved in it.
00:44:32.54\00:44:35.21
If the Lord is
leading you to get involved
00:44:35.58\00:44:36.97
in a Bible study
ministry, go to your
00:44:36.98\00:44:38.52
pastor, say Pastor I
really believe that God
00:44:38.53\00:44:42.01
is leading me to
get involved in a Bible
00:44:42.02\00:44:43.07
study ministry
help me pastor to get
00:44:43.08\00:44:45.29
involved in
that ministry. If the
00:44:45.30\00:44:46.92
Lord is leading
you to get involved in
00:44:46.93\00:44:49.19
a small group
ministry go to your pastor
00:44:49.20\00:44:51.23
and say Pastor I
believe the Holy Spirit
00:44:51.24\00:44:53.02
is pouring in my
heart I want to get involved
00:44:53.03\00:44:55.26
in a small
group ministry help me
00:44:55.27\00:44:56.60
to organize a
small group in my home.
00:44:56.61\00:44:58.71
Lord is putting
it on your heart to
00:44:58.72\00:45:01.26
get involved in lay
preaching, say to your
00:45:01.27\00:45:03.25
pastor, Pastor
where are opportunities
00:45:03.26\00:45:05.35
that I can get
materials DVD new beginnings,
00:45:05.36\00:45:07.86
DVD revelation of
hope, DVD truth for
00:45:07.87\00:45:11.74
the end time,
where can I, how can
00:45:11.75\00:45:15.44
I get some materials
Pastor? Once God puts
00:45:15.45\00:45:20.00
in your heart the
desire to be involved in
00:45:20.01\00:45:23.33
witnessing, make
a decision that you
00:45:23.34\00:45:27.61
are gonna do
whatever he puts in your
00:45:27.62\00:45:29.24
heart seek the
material, seek the training.
00:45:29.25\00:45:32.17
And then thirdly as
soon as you possibly can
00:45:32.18\00:45:37.74
implement what God
is told you to do you
00:45:37.75\00:45:42.14
start to pray,
you go to your pastor,
00:45:42.15\00:45:44.27
you get a few
materials, you get some basic
00:45:44.28\00:45:46.15
training, and then
you move, you move ahead.
00:45:46.16\00:45:48.81
If you wait until
you feel you are ready,
00:45:49.21\00:45:52.83
will wait till the
Lord comes. God will equip
00:45:54.94\00:45:59.46
you as you do. We
are launching this year
00:45:59.47\00:46:04.03
a major Evangelistic
initiative for Chicago,
00:46:04.04\00:46:09.30
what if? We had
a thousand people
00:46:10.32\00:46:13.70
radically praying for the city.
00:46:13.71\00:46:16.12
How many of you
today would like to commit
00:46:17.06\00:46:21.06
yourself to pray. I'm
not going to tell you a
00:46:21.07\00:46:25.33
length of time
only God can do that.
00:46:25.34\00:46:27.76
But to spend serious
prayer time for Chicago,
00:46:28.04\00:46:33.66
Chicagoland, will
you say Pastor Mark
00:46:33.67\00:46:35.78
we are going to,
I'm gonna begin to pray
00:46:36.37\00:46:38.92
that the Holy
Spirit will be poured out
00:46:38.93\00:46:41.29
on Chicagoland and
that God will awaken
00:46:41.30\00:46:45.24
spiritual desires
in the hearts and minds
00:46:45.25\00:46:48.12
of people. Pastor
Mark, I'm gonna begin
00:46:48.13\00:46:50.44
to pray that God
will touch my son,
00:46:50.45\00:46:53.75
my daughter, my
husband, my wife,
00:46:53.76\00:46:56.15
I'm gonna pray
that God will touch
00:46:57.12\00:46:58.45
my neighbors.
Pastor Mark I am going to,
00:46:58.46\00:47:01.33
I'm gonna develop a prayer list,
00:47:01.34\00:47:04.26
a prayer list of
names and begin to
00:47:04.27\00:47:07.64
pray for people
by name. If you are
00:47:07.65\00:47:09.62
willing to say I
wanna be a prayer warrior
00:47:09.63\00:47:11.09
for Jesus, I
wanna do some serious
00:47:11.10\00:47:13.37
time praying for
the lost of this city,
00:47:13.38\00:47:15.67
would you just raise your hand.
00:47:15.68\00:47:16.92
I want to pray,
you look God tell you
00:47:18.14\00:47:20.49
how much time that
is. There's something else
00:47:20.50\00:47:24.09
that God maybe
calling you to do.
00:47:24.10\00:47:25.59
Maybe God is
calling you to be involved
00:47:26.21\00:47:28.27
in Bible study
ministry. We are gonna have
00:47:28.28\00:47:30.85
training classes
starting this coming
00:47:30.86\00:47:33.58
September, my
wife and some of our
00:47:33.59\00:47:35.44
other Bible
instructors are gonna be here.
00:47:35.45\00:47:37.11
We are gonna have
large classes to train
00:47:37.45\00:47:39.05
people to be involved
in Bible study ministry.
00:47:39.06\00:47:41.73
Maybe that's a
ministry God is calling
00:47:41.74\00:47:43.69
you to be
involved, maybe He is calling
00:47:43.70\00:47:46.43
you to be involved
in small group ministry,
00:47:46.44\00:47:48.31
sharing DVDs
and cassettes, maybe
00:47:48.32\00:47:51.60
he is calling you to
be involved in a ministry
00:47:51.61\00:47:53.56
for former
Seventh-Day Adventists.
00:47:53.57\00:47:55.46
Are there any former
Adventists in Chicago
00:47:55.82\00:47:58.62
and every city in
the World that has
00:48:00.56\00:48:05.32
Adventists
presence, there are former
00:48:05.33\00:48:07.43
Adventists. Do
you feel that God is
00:48:07.44\00:48:11.07
leading you to
do something special
00:48:11.08\00:48:12.87
for him? Give a
Bible study be involved
00:48:12.88\00:48:16.11
in a small group, do you feel he
00:48:16.12\00:48:18.74
is leading you to
do something special
00:48:18.75\00:48:20.29
for him, this
year, maybe do some
00:48:20.30\00:48:23.42
lay preaching. How
many of you feel God
00:48:23.43\00:48:26.14
is stirring me,
God is stirring me,
00:48:26.15\00:48:29.00
I need to do
something for Jesus beyond
00:48:29.32\00:48:32.86
what I am doing, I
feel the Holy Spirit
00:48:32.87\00:48:35.17
moving in my
life, I'm not quite sure
00:48:35.18\00:48:37.45
what that is but I want to be
00:48:37.46\00:48:40.08
involved in some
area of witness for Jesus,
00:48:40.09\00:48:43.20
can I see your
hands? God is gonna move,
00:48:43.21\00:48:45.91
God is gonna move on this city,
00:48:45.92\00:48:47.67
what if we had a thousand people
00:48:48.00\00:48:49.34
radically praying,
what if there were two
00:48:49.35\00:48:52.64
or three hundred
lay Bible instructors
00:48:52.65\00:48:54.79
giving Bible
studies every week, what if
00:48:54.80\00:48:57.15
we had three, four,
five hundred small groups
00:48:57.16\00:48:59.70
in homes, people
are studying the Bible
00:48:59.71\00:49:01.85
watching the videos and DVDS.
00:49:01.86\00:49:04.86
What if we had a 100
lay preachers in Chicago
00:49:04.87\00:49:07.80
preaching, what if
every church was opened
00:49:07.81\00:49:11.10
for an Evangelistic
meeting, what if there
00:49:11.11\00:49:14.86
was a spiritual
revival that swept through
00:49:14.87\00:49:17.02
Adventist churches in
this city that lead us
00:49:17.03\00:49:19.86
to have a
passion for Jesus Christ
00:49:19.87\00:49:23.47
and souls? Could
Chicago be a model
00:49:23.48\00:49:27.07
for North America?
With all of its complexity
00:49:27.08\00:49:32.40
of financial
center, an academic center,
00:49:32.41\00:49:36.40
an intellectual
center, a medical center,
00:49:36.41\00:49:40.41
diversity of
cultures and peoples, could
00:49:40.87\00:49:44.76
Chicago be the spark
that lights the flame,
00:49:44.77\00:49:51.81
that opens the
hearts of men and women,
00:49:52.93\00:49:57.19
in the Adventist
fellowship and community
00:49:58.77\00:50:01.14
through out North
America to get actively
00:50:01.15\00:50:04.72
involved in service for Jesus.
00:50:04.73\00:50:07.52
Jesus is reaching
out right now through
00:50:08.26\00:50:13.87
you to Chicago.
Would you like to say
00:50:13.88\00:50:17.12
Lord I wanna make
a deeper commitment
00:50:17.13\00:50:19.70
that I have ever
made before. There is a
00:50:19.71\00:50:21.95
battle between
Christ and Satan going on,
00:50:21.96\00:50:24.24
there is a battle
between the forces
00:50:25.36\00:50:27.37
of good and the
forces of evil, it will
00:50:27.38\00:50:29.83
take no half hearted commitment
00:50:29.84\00:50:32.59
to win this battle.
A number of years ago
00:50:32.60\00:50:35.95
there was a
pastor's meeting in Boston,
00:50:36.74\00:50:40.23
Massachusetts. The
pastors there were not
00:50:40.24\00:50:43.46
at Seventh-Day
Adventist pastors they
00:50:43.47\00:50:45.30
were pastors from a variety of
00:50:45.31\00:50:46.55
denominations. They were meeting
00:50:46.56\00:50:48.37
together to pray
to study the Bible,
00:50:48.38\00:50:50.48
to talk about
reaching America for Christ.
00:50:50.49\00:50:52.86
A pastor here in
Chicago, one of the
00:50:53.70\00:50:57.50
pastors
Evangelical pastors in Chicago
00:50:57.51\00:50:59.85
got an American
airlines flight out
00:50:59.86\00:51:02.84
of O'Hare
Airport to fly to Boston.
00:51:02.85\00:51:06.09
As he was sitting
in the aisle seat,
00:51:06.39\00:51:10.16
he looked over at
the window seat and
00:51:11.57\00:51:15.47
as they took off
he saw the man sitting
00:51:15.48\00:51:17.94
at the window
bow his head to pray.
00:51:17.95\00:51:21.28
And the pastor
thought this is wonderful,
00:51:21.84\00:51:23.83
I have a Christian
seatmate. As they flew
00:51:23.84\00:51:30.29
the man prayed for a
while then he stopped.
00:51:30.30\00:51:32.84
The pastor
looked over and he said
00:51:33.24\00:51:35.07
I'm really
delighted to have a Christian
00:51:35.08\00:51:36.57
seatmate, he
didn't identified himself
00:51:36.58\00:51:38.30
a pastor,
certainly didn't say that
00:51:38.31\00:51:40.30
he was going to
the pastors meetings
00:51:40.31\00:51:41.71
in Boston. And the man looked up
00:51:41.72\00:51:43.89
and said what made you think
00:51:43.90\00:51:45.98
I'm a Christian.
And he said I saw you
00:51:45.99\00:51:48.88
praying. And the
man was rather cynical
00:51:48.89\00:51:51.37
and he said do you
think only Christians pray?
00:51:51.38\00:51:54.66
And the man said, I guess not.
00:51:57.24\00:52:00.02
And the pastor didn't
quite know what to say.
00:52:01.79\00:52:04.21
Do you think only
Christians pray and
00:52:04.22\00:52:05.80
the pastor gonna
fumbled for words
00:52:05.89\00:52:07.35
and he looked at me say well if
00:52:07.36\00:52:08.61
you not a
Christian, what are you?
00:52:08.62\00:52:10.04
And the man
looked at up and he said
00:52:10.88\00:52:12.17
I'm a Satanist. And
he said let me tell you
00:52:12.18\00:52:16.69
something, there
is a pastors meeting
00:52:16.70\00:52:19.17
in Boston and
the pastor said the
00:52:19.18\00:52:21.95
hair back of his
head just stood up,
00:52:21.96\00:52:23.86
he got all cold
chills, he said there
00:52:23.87\00:52:25.86
is a pastors meeting
in Boston and a group
00:52:25.87\00:52:28.47
of pastors are gonna
be gathering together.
00:52:28.48\00:52:30.67
I'm meeting a
group of Satanists there
00:52:31.94\00:52:34.19
and we are gonna
pray that pastors
00:52:34.20\00:52:36.73
families are broken
up that their marriages
00:52:36.74\00:52:38.72
end up in
divorce, we are gonna pray
00:52:38.73\00:52:41.13
that Satan
disrupts those meetings
00:52:41.14\00:52:43.55
and that their
children are lost.
00:52:43.56\00:52:44.67
We are serious about the prince
00:52:45.19\00:52:48.04
of darkness
dominating the world.
00:52:48.05\00:52:49.85
I was preaching in
Melbourne, Australia and
00:52:51.17\00:52:54.44
I told that
story at the end of my
00:52:54.45\00:52:58.10
presentation to a
group of Seventh-Day
00:52:58.11\00:53:00.29
Adventist
pastors, Greg Evans was
00:53:00.30\00:53:02.69
the Evangelistic coordinator in
00:53:02.70\00:53:03.84
Melbourne. He
stood up and he said
00:53:03.85\00:53:05.66
Mark I have to
say something. I said,
00:53:05.67\00:53:07.96
tell me about it.
He said my wife was
00:53:07.97\00:53:10.85
on train in
Melbourne, Australia a couple
00:53:10.86\00:53:13.67
of months back. As
she was on that train
00:53:13.68\00:53:16.10
she saw a woman sitting across
00:53:16.11\00:53:18.29
when her
praying. My wife said oh I
00:53:18.30\00:53:22.44
don't meet many
Christians in Melbourne,
00:53:22.65\00:53:24.04
Australia because
it's pretty secular you
00:53:24.05\00:53:25.78
must be a
Christian, the woman said
00:53:25.79\00:53:30.08
I'm not a
Christian at all but what you
00:53:30.09\00:53:31.46
need to know is
that every noon at
00:53:31.47\00:53:33.80
12'o clock
Christians, that Satanists
00:53:33.81\00:53:37.62
pray that the
evil forces will come
00:53:37.63\00:53:39.91
over Melbourne. I
told both of those stories
00:53:39.92\00:53:43.15
at a prayer
conference in South Africa.
00:53:43.16\00:53:44.56
We had representatives
from all over the
00:53:45.72\00:53:48.42
world there.
They were leaders in
00:53:48.43\00:53:51.24
the Seventh-Day Adventist church
00:53:51.25\00:53:52.27
from around the
world. A leader from Europe
00:53:52.28\00:53:54.49
came up after
and he kind of looked
00:53:54.50\00:53:55.88
a little white and he said Mark
00:53:55.89\00:53:57.37
we need to talk,
I said why? He said
00:53:57.38\00:53:58.60
I was in Spain
recently where one
00:53:58.61\00:54:01.36
of our church
elders told me a similar
00:54:01.37\00:54:05.39
story of
meeting somebody who was
00:54:05.40\00:54:07.78
intent on prayer
but he was a Satanist
00:54:07.79\00:54:11.63
praying for the
forces of darkness.
00:54:11.64\00:54:12.88
Now let me open
my heart for you.
00:54:13.33\00:54:14.70
We are in a battle
between good and evil,
00:54:15.86\00:54:17.53
we are coming into
the narrows, the narrows,
00:54:17.93\00:54:19.99
just before the coming of Jesus.
00:54:20.00\00:54:22.90
Those who were
involved in the occult and
00:54:23.72\00:54:26.85
Satanism
recognized. They are pouring
00:54:26.86\00:54:32.39
out their souls in
agony to their lord
00:54:32.40\00:54:37.06
Satan to cover
this world in darkness,
00:54:37.07\00:54:39.52
to keep the light of
the gospel from going.
00:54:39.53\00:54:42.32
Now here's my
question is for you.
00:54:42.65\00:54:44.42
Are the Satanists
more intent about winning
00:54:44.43\00:54:49.50
the world for
darkness? Then we are
00:54:49.51\00:54:52.81
about bringing
light to the work.
00:54:52.82\00:54:55.68
Are the Satanists
more intent about keeping
00:54:56.85\00:55:00.34
people in
darkness? While we at times
00:55:00.35\00:55:04.77
are in laid to see
in complacency, they
00:55:04.78\00:55:08.34
are fighting a
battle because they believe
00:55:08.35\00:55:11.39
that the destiny of
the world is at stake.
00:55:11.40\00:55:14.98
They believe that
Satan one day will rule
00:55:15.73\00:55:19.90
the world as prince
of the world. I thank
00:55:19.91\00:55:23.75
God that the power
of the living Christ
00:55:23.76\00:55:26.78
is greater than the
power of Satan. Amen.
00:55:26.79\00:55:28.98
I thank God for
the resurrected Lord.
00:55:29.37\00:55:32.25
And I thank God
that when Christians
00:55:32.26\00:55:36.91
step out to follow Jesus Christ
00:55:36.92\00:55:40.16
armed with prayer, filled with
00:55:40.17\00:55:43.59
the word of God as we step out
00:55:43.60\00:55:46.43
on the mission of
Jesus, as we entered
00:55:46.44\00:55:51.20
here in Chicago,
a year long journey
00:55:51.21\00:55:54.24
to take this city
for Christ, I thank God
00:55:54.25\00:55:57.12
that the words of
Jesus echo and re-echo down
00:55:57.13\00:56:00.73
the cars of time, I thank God
00:56:00.74\00:56:02.90
that the words of
Jesus speak to our
00:56:02.91\00:56:05.03
hearts this
afternoon I thank God that the
00:56:05.04\00:56:07.71
words of Jesus
lift us from our seats
00:56:07.72\00:56:10.06
send us into the
street to witness for Jesus.
00:56:10.07\00:56:13.17
Jesus said all
power is given to me,
00:56:13.18\00:56:17.11
go ye therefore,
would you like to say
00:56:17.12\00:56:21.25
Jesus I wanna be used of you,
00:56:21.26\00:56:23.42
would you stand right now if you
00:56:23.43\00:56:24.43
wanna say that Jesus
I wanna be used of you,
00:56:24.44\00:56:27.03
Jesus I wanna be used of you.
00:56:27.33\00:56:29.76
All power is given
to me Jesus said go
00:56:29.77\00:56:33.20
ye therefore, will
you go with the prayer
00:56:33.21\00:56:36.63
in your heart,
will you go committed on
00:56:36.64\00:56:40.61
your knees to
pray for souls, will
00:56:40.62\00:56:43.06
you go saying as
opportunities availed
00:56:43.07\00:56:46.05
himself I wanna be
involved for Jesus.
00:56:46.06\00:56:49.00
I wanna do
something for Jesus maybe
00:56:49.59\00:56:51.98
a youth ministry,
maybe giving out literature,
00:56:51.99\00:56:53.74
maybe a prayer
ministry, maybe a Bible
00:56:53.75\00:56:55.89
study ministry, maybe
a small group ministry,
00:56:55.90\00:56:57.97
maybe a lay
preacher, I wanna do something
00:56:57.98\00:57:00.06
for Jesus, I don't
want the status quo,
00:57:00.07\00:57:02.30
I don't want business as usual.
00:57:02.31\00:57:04.14
I don't wanna simply
maintain the experience
00:57:04.15\00:57:09.26
of God, I wanna grow in Christ.
00:57:09.27\00:57:11.01
I wanna have my
heart burned with love
00:57:12.44\00:57:14.95
for Jesus. I wanna
have passion in my soul,
00:57:14.96\00:57:17.77
I wanna leave
this place committed
00:57:19.01\00:57:20.49
to get on my knees and ask God
00:57:20.50\00:57:22.49
what you wanted me to do.
00:57:22.50\00:57:23.47
If I need a
little training I wanna
00:57:24.58\00:57:26.14
get that, if I am
not God let trained
00:57:26.15\00:57:27.87
and keep me back
wherever you puts in
00:57:27.88\00:57:29.36
my heart I'm
gonna do. I wanna take
00:57:29.37\00:57:32.77
advantage of
participating, touching,
00:57:32.78\00:57:35.26
Chicagoland for
Jesus. And that word
00:57:35.27\00:57:38.65
Chicago is an interesting word
00:57:38.66\00:57:40.16
Chicago, I like
that go, the go part.
00:57:40.53\00:57:45.07
Jesus said go ye
therefore, Chicago.
00:57:45.08\00:57:49.17
You go and you
grow, you don't go,
00:57:49.18\00:57:53.22
you don't grow. Will say Jesus
00:57:53.23\00:57:57.22
I'll go and grow
for Chicago, let's
00:57:57.23\00:57:59.87
say it together.
Jesus I'll go and grow
00:57:59.88\00:58:04.73
for Chicago, let's
pray. Father in heaven
00:58:06.04\00:58:09.62
I thank you for my
friends in Chicago,
00:58:09.63\00:58:12.33
Lord renter again to a year long
00:58:13.12\00:58:15.87
Evangelistic meeting for Jesus,
00:58:15.88\00:58:17.78
we wanna grow, and go grow
00:58:17.79\00:58:20.71
to reach Chicago for Jesus.
00:58:20.72\00:58:23.83