I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and
welcome to 3ABN Today.
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We are so glad
that you're joining us
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and that you've
taken this time out
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to just hear a
wonderful testimony
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of how God works
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in miraculous ways in our lives.
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I believe you're going to
be highly encouraged today.
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And I do want to
take this opportunity
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on behalf of
3ABN to thank you all
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for your prayers and
your financial support
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of this ministry.
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You know, it is God's ministry
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but He has
entrusted it not just to us
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but to you because without you
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we could not do
what we're doing.
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And so it's such a privilege
to team together with you
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and we thank you from
the bottom of our hearts.
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Well, today we're
gonna be talking about
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one of my favorite topics
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and that is the
joy of surrender.
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Jesus said in Luke 9:23,
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He said, "If anyone
desires to come after Me,
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let him deny himself
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and take up his
cross daily and follow Me."
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Now some people think that
to take up your cross means,
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"Oh, we've all
got our cross to bear
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that we've got this
problem or that problem."
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But during Jesus
time when He said,
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"Take up your cross,"
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they knew exactly what happened
when someone picked up a cross.
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It meant they were
about to be put to death.
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And that sounds...
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I don't know what...
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It sounds audacious to
think that Jesus is saying,
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"Pick up your cross, be
ready to be put to death daily,"
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but the joy of Christianity,
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the joy of life is found
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when we learn day
by day to die to self
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and let Christ live through us,
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because only as we die to
self can God really work in us
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and that's where the joy begins.
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And when we use the word
surrender so many people think,
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"Oh, that sounds negative too,"
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but surrender is
simply yielding control.
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It's consenting to let
God do His very best in you.
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Well, let me
without further ado,
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introduce our special guest
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and we're so
excited to have him here.
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We have Gem
Castor with us today.
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And, Jim, you are with
the Filipino Youth for Christ.
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Yes.
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Thank you so much for
coming from, Ilioilio?
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Iloilo. Iloilo.
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Okay, I put something...
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In the Philippines.
We're excited that you here.
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Oh, praise God. Praise God.
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You know, I got to know
you because of Melody Mason
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and you're very active in
prayer ministry with Melody
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but today we're going to get
to hear your personal testimony
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of how God
arrested your attention,
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opened your eyes and turned
you from darkness to light
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and then how He has been working
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mighty miracles in
your life ever since.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, before we get you started
because once we get started,
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I don't want you to wait
for me to ask you questions,
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just get on a roll
and before we get started
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we know how much
you at home like music.
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So we want to
play a special song.
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We've got a great
team with us today,
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the Jim Brady Trio.
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And they're gonna be
doing one of my favorite songs,
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"The Love of God".
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Amen.
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The love of God is greater far
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Than tongue or
pen could ever tell
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It goes beyond the highest star
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And reaches to the lowest hell
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The guilty pair
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Bowed down with care
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God gave His Son to win
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His erring child He reconciled
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And pardoned from His sin
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Could we with ink the ocean fill
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And were the
skies of parchment made
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And every stalk on earth a quill
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And every man a scribe
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By trade
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To write
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The love of God above
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Would drain the ocean dry
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Nor could the
scroll contain the whole
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Though stretched from sky
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To sky
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O love of God
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How rich and pure
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How measureless and strong
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It shall forevermore endure
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The saints' and angels'
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Song
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It shall
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Forevermore endure
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The saints' and angels'
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Song
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How wonderful How marvelous
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This precious love
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Of God
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The precious love
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Of God
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Ooh, that gave us
chillbumps, didn't it, Gem?
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That was
beautiful. The Jim Brady Trio.
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Speaking and
singing of the love of God,
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and you know God
demonstrated His love for us
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by sending His Son to die for us
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while we were yet sinners.
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And I think He wants
someone who's watching today.
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You to know that you are worth
nothing less than the price
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that He paid for you
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with the precious
life blood of His Son,
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that's the
value God puts on you.
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Well, if you're
joining us just a little late,
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our special guest
today is Gem Castor.
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Now that's not
J-I-M, that's G-E-M.
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Yes.
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And where did your
mother come up with that name?
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This is quite funny
because it was accidental.
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They were expecting a girl.
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So they prepare the name Gemini.
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So when a boy came out,
they just got half of the name.
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Well, that's beautiful.
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It still sounded
like a girl's name.
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Not to me.
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Gem sounds like a boy's name
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and that just you were a
jewel in the crown of the Lord.
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Now, Gem, you are an advisor
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to the
Philippine Youth for Christ.
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You're actually a
missionary, I guess we would be
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what we call you
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but you're an advisor to
Philippine Youth for Christ,
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you're the prayer
coordinator as well.
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And you grew up in
a Christian family?
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A third generation
Seventh-day Adventist.
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And that doesn't
really mean a whole lot
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if you don't have a personal
relationship with the Lord,
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does it?
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No.
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So you grew up in a culture,
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you grew up in a
system of belief.
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When did it become real for you?
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Well, we were
doing Youth Congresses
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and I was the president
of the Youth Conference,
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but sadly, I was not
having an encounter with Jesus,
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I did not have a personal
relationship with Jesus.
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As one pastor says,
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it's like a
cerebral relationship,
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not a real
relationship until one time
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when we had this Youth Congress,
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this pastor who was our
speaker somehow gave an appeal.
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We have to make a choice
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whether to give all to
the Lord or nothing at all.
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So I was moving
forward with that appeal
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and I know that
what I have to give up
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is quite heavy for me.
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I was addicted to
DVD's before to movies,
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so I know that I have
to turn away from them.
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So when I moved
forward I was crying,
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I was crying
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because I don't know
what life after DVD is.
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But that is true. Yeah.
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A lot of people feel that way.
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And sometimes
when we attack them,
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we don't really realize
that that is their life.
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Yes. And that was my life.
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And I was afraid after
that what's gonna happen?
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But the Lord showed me
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that there's more
to life than this.
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Amen.
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And when that thing happened,
it's very inspiring to know
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that you are not just
walking in this path alone
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that other young people
are having the same issues.
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And when we came together,
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let go of all those
things that burden us
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and then that's when we see
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God doing things
that blows our mind.
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Amen.
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You know, I
think this is something
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when the Lord first
called me to ministry,
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one thing that He...
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I grew up in a very
dysfunctional environment.
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So I was very good at
having verbal camouflage,
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you know, somebody to ask,
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I mean, it could be
absolute insanity at home
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but if somebody asked me
how I was, well, I'm just fine.
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You know, everything's
hunky dory peachy keen
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but when God
called me to ministry,
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He told me, I
needed to be transparent
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to talk about my own faults,
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my own problems
because it gives glory to Him
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because He's the one who came in
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and brought me
out of those places.
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I think sometimes
people watch television
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and seek maybe
Christian personality think
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and they think, "Well,
they don't have any problems",
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we've all got the same problems.
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So how old were
you at this point?
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Here you are in church
leadership but you are a...
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Would you call
yourself a carnal Christian?
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Or you even converted at all?
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Let's put it this way.
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I was a hypocrite.
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Okay. Okay.
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That's the painful
word but that's reality.
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You are active in the church
but somehow you are thinking
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what is life out there.
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You are yearning
for a life out there.
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And that's what happens
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when you don't have a
personal walk with God.
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And I was already in my 30's
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during that time when the
Lord somehow spoke to my heart.
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Praise God.
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And it's never too late. No.
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And although they thought
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that you are, you're
doing everything fine.
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And they did not realize that
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it was like a blind
leading other blind man.
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Yes, yes.
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It takes that
personal encounter, you know.
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Think of...
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Well, I don't want
to take all the time.
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I can tell stories here for...
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Okay, so tell me
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when God really converted,
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gave you a new heart,
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what changes did
you start experiencing?
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Did you miss your DVDs?
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Or did God just overwhelm
you with this love and joy?
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Oh, like when I
let go of the DVDs,
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when I let go the movie.
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And this is one
thing that I realized,
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I did not have the
passion to read a Bible
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or to read a
Spirit of Prophecy before
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because my mind was
filled up with those things.
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And in a fog. And in a fog.
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And the moment I let
go, the moment I let go,
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my desire to read the Bible,
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to read a Spirit
of Prophecy came in.
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And I begin to see
it, it's very interesting.
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And it's more
than that sci-fi movies
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that I was watching before,
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the Lord opened my imagination,
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opened me understanding that
there's more to life than DVD.
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Amen.
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And all of a sudden,
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I was not being aware
that God is leading me
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to this path like 11 years
before I became a missionary,
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I was thinking
to be a missionary
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and I'm thinking to myself,
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I could be the biggest
blessing in the mission field.
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I know how to lead the
youth, I am good with this,
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I am good with that.
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This is obviously before
God got a hold of you, right?
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And the Lord said, "No!"
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The Lord stopped me
from being a missionary
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because I guess, I would
do more damage than good.
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Right.
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When we don't rely on
Him and then the Lord led me
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and the Lord is just so patient.
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The Lord led me little by little
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and then I saw my nothingness.
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And at the
point that I saw that,
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oh, I could not do this at all
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and the Lord
somehow blocked me out
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and now you're ready.
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Amen. Amen.
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That's His whole plan is for us
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to be totally
dependent upon Him.
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As was Jesus. Amen.
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It should all be Him
and none of us and all Him
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and the Lord just led
me into this faith journey.
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And by the way my walk with God,
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I was inspired by the
man named George Mueller.
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Yes.
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I did not ask anybody to let...
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Did not even let
anybody know about his need,
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only God and I
said, "Okay, Lord,
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if you want me
to be a missionary
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then I want to
live a life like that."
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I'll only depend on You,
not on anyone else except You.
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So every time we go to
the mission trips I pray.
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If it's Your will
then you have to provide.
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And the Lord provides.
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People will just
call me over the phone
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and they will ask,
"Are you going somewhere?"
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And I said, "Yes,
how did you know?"
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Because last night I was
asleep and the Lord woke me up
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and I could not go back to bed
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unless I resolved to give
you a call the next morning
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and ask you where you're going.
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Wow. And they
will buy my ticket.
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And that has been happening
not just once not just twice
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but it has been happening
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for the past six
months, six years
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and ten months of my life now.
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God is faithful.
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Yes, He is and
He is Jehovah Jireh,
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the Lord who provides.
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So what you're saying is
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you've been traveling the world,
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no salary, no
stipend from any ministry.
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And not letting your
requests be made known to man
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only to God.
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And He has been very faithful
to meet all of your needs.
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God is good.
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That you know that's
an exciting testimony.
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It is. It is an exciting life.
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Amen.
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Because when I
think about this before
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I'm thinking how
sustainable is this?
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Because most people will ask me,
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how are you gonna survive this?
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Yes.
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And then I begin to
realize, I could not,
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only God can make me survive.
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And it has been God
from the very beginning.
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And it will be
God all the way. Amen.
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So when He called
you to missionary,
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to become a
missionary, did you...
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You finally got to that
point where you realized,
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it's all of God, none
of you just as Jesus said,
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"I can do nothing
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except that the
Father does it through Me."
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I only speak what the
Father tells Me to speak,
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I only do what the
Father shows Me to do.
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So Christ laid
aside His own will,
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His own power if you will
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and was totally
dependent upon the Father
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and of course the Holy Spirit.
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And that's actually
the joy of surrenders
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when you get there, right?
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Amen.
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So, but here you finally
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got to that point of humility.
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I mean, if we're
trying to run our own life
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that's a sign of pride.
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It's that...
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Letting the same mind be in
you that was in Christ Jesus.
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That mind of humbleness,
humble reliance upon God.
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How soon, I mean,
when you got there did God
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just say to you one
day, "Okay, this is it."
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How did you know He was
calling you to be a missionary?
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Oh, it's a succession of events.
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Okay.
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And I guess the Lord
has placed it in our hearts
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the burden for souls.
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My burden was for
my fellow young people
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who are inside the
church who have not seen the joy
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of having this
close walk with God.
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Because I know, it
was not just me thinking
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that what's life out there?
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What is it, is it
more fun than this?
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Because we did not see
God as a joyful God before.
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I see God as a
very stern father,
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as a very stern parent.
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I did not picture
God as a God of joy,
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as a happy God.
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But then when you
begin to walk with Him,
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you will see that He's
not just a faithful God,
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He is a happy God.
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Amen.
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He is a joyful God, He is...
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I love it.
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He is the God who loves
to surprise His children.
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And surprised I was and
surprised I am still now.
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And the walk just went on
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and when you said a
while ago about planning,
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I was a planner.
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I sat my time
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and I'm even had like timeline
for my life at the age of 20,
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I'll be doing
this, at the age of 25,
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I'll be having this, 30,
I'll be earning this and that
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and then all it
did to me was stress,
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anxiety, weariness,
worry and despondency.
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And then when I walked
this missionary type of life,
00:20:27.99\00:20:31.39
all those plans just
flew out of the window.
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And I love this beautiful quote
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from Help in Daily
Living that says there,
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"Christ in His life on
earth did not plan for Himself."
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Amen. Did not plan for Himself.
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He let the Father plan for Him.
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And I like that
last line that says,
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"Let God plan for you."
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Amen.
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And somehow
this beautiful verse,
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it really coincides with this
beautiful verse in Psalms 32:8,
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which says, "I will..." what?
00:20:58.89\00:21:00.62
"Instruct you and teach you
in the way which thou shalt go,
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I will guide you with Mine eye."
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And I meditated on those words.
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And it says, God will
guide me with His eye.
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He didn't just...
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He did not just say, "I
will send you a tour guide."
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Right.
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He says, "I will
guide you with Mine eyes,"
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and I said to myself, if
God will be the one guiding me,
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I will never get lost.
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I'll never, the
journey will never be boring.
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And this is one
thing that we thought
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that giving your life to
the Lord would be boring.
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It's never boring.
It's very far from boring.
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Like every single
trip is an adventure,
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not knowing what
will happen in the place
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where you go, not knowing
where you lay your head on
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but the Lord is so faithful
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that you'll always
have your head on a pillow,
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on a bed.
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You know, as I'm sitting
here thinking two things.
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Number one, I want us
to back up just a moment.
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But before we back up,
00:22:01.58\00:22:03.62
because I want to
hear the progression
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of how God got your attention.
00:22:05.99\00:22:08.39
It was the word but obviously
prayer became important.
00:22:08.42\00:22:11.39
So we want to talk
about after He reached down
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and gave you a new
heart, converted your heart.
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How He then began
to do these things.
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But my thought
was not everybody's
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called to be a missionary
to go out into the world,
00:22:26.17\00:22:30.61
but life lived
day by day with God
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is equally as exciting
00:22:36.85\00:22:39.42
if you are a parent,
00:22:39.45\00:22:41.22
and working somewhere
and having five children,
00:22:41.26\00:22:43.76
it doesn't mean
that you have to have,
00:22:43.79\00:22:48.23
what somebody might think
00:22:48.26\00:22:49.60
of it's like a flashy lifestyle.
00:22:49.63\00:22:51.73
You know all this,
just being with God,
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He makes life exciting
day by day, does He not?
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He does.
00:22:58.07\00:22:59.41
And God has a plan
for each one of us.
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It says in Jeremiah 29:11,
00:23:01.68\00:23:05.08
"For I know the
plans that I have for you,"
00:23:05.11\00:23:07.72
but most of the
time we don't see it
00:23:07.75\00:23:09.28
because we have
our own plan set up.
00:23:09.32\00:23:11.95
And we will not know
what God's plan for us is
00:23:11.99\00:23:16.22
until we surrender.
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Absolutely. Absolutely.
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That verse, you know, He says,
00:23:20.73\00:23:22.40
"I know the
plans I have for you"
00:23:22.43\00:23:24.10
but it goes on and it says,
00:23:24.13\00:23:25.47
"Then you will come
and you will seek Me
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and you will find Me,
00:23:28.50\00:23:29.84
when you seek Me
with all your heart."
00:23:29.87\00:23:31.61
But you know what?
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Think about that, it isn't...
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I mean, it seems like
those should be in reverse order
00:23:35.18\00:23:37.85
as far as the scripture verses
00:23:37.88\00:23:39.65
but it's not until we recognize
00:23:39.68\00:23:42.28
that God has a
plan for our life,
00:23:42.32\00:23:45.05
that we really seek
Him with all of our heart.
00:23:45.09\00:23:48.12
So walk us back
just a step here,
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God get your attention.
00:23:51.16\00:23:53.80
And before you even know,
00:23:53.83\00:23:55.16
you're being
called this missionary,
00:23:55.20\00:23:56.73
you give up your DVDs,
00:23:56.77\00:23:58.43
you are in the word
and you're finding joy,
00:23:58.47\00:24:03.17
you're finding that God
is giving you understanding
00:24:03.20\00:24:07.18
that you didn't have before.
00:24:07.21\00:24:08.64
The words becoming alive
and active to you, right?
00:24:08.68\00:24:11.65
Yes.
00:24:11.68\00:24:13.01
Take us, kind of
how He progressed you,
00:24:13.05\00:24:15.28
because He started
the same way for me.
00:24:15.32\00:24:17.85
It was the word. Yeah.
00:24:17.89\00:24:19.99
So He brought me into the word
00:24:20.02\00:24:22.86
and when you find
something that is so precious,
00:24:22.89\00:24:26.80
you cannot keep it to yourself.
00:24:26.83\00:24:28.16
That's right.
00:24:28.20\00:24:29.53
So we gathered a young people
and the change was so amazing
00:24:29.56\00:24:34.97
because before
we were so excited
00:24:35.00\00:24:36.67
to talk about the
movies that just came out.
00:24:36.71\00:24:39.27
And right now we are so excited,
00:24:39.31\00:24:41.44
have you read about this
chapter in Desire of Ages?
00:24:41.48\00:24:44.71
Have you read about this chapter
00:24:44.75\00:24:46.35
in Patriarchs and Prophets?
00:24:46.38\00:24:48.28
And all the
while we thought that
00:24:48.32\00:24:49.65
those were the
most boring books,
00:24:49.68\00:24:52.15
reading the Desire of Ages
00:24:52.19\00:24:53.52
before gave me
the desire to sleep.
00:24:53.56\00:24:56.93
It was because God has...
00:24:56.96\00:24:59.13
had us changed our hearts.
00:24:59.16\00:25:01.40
God has changed our minds. Yes.
00:25:01.43\00:25:04.27
And this is one
amazing thing and from there,
00:25:04.30\00:25:09.07
the Lord
introduced me to prayer.
00:25:09.10\00:25:11.31
Spending time with Him
because for me before prayer
00:25:11.34\00:25:13.78
was not really one of my habits.
00:25:13.81\00:25:17.75
My prayer life before
was like five minutes total
00:25:17.78\00:25:20.28
for the whole day.
00:25:20.32\00:25:21.95
I am like...
00:25:21.98\00:25:23.79
You ran through your list
of who you should pray for?
00:25:23.82\00:25:26.32
What you needed to ask for
00:25:26.35\00:25:27.69
but you weren't trying to
get to know God personally.
00:25:27.72\00:25:29.82
I didn't even spend time praying
00:25:29.86\00:25:32.16
because I was thinking
that prayer was a waste of time.
00:25:32.19\00:25:36.00
I'm like an energizer bunny.
00:25:36.03\00:25:38.17
I go around and I need...
00:25:38.20\00:25:41.47
I need to accomplish things
by doing this, by doing that.
00:25:41.50\00:25:45.41
I did not spend
much time praying
00:25:45.44\00:25:47.88
until the Lord
somehow put a hold in my life.
00:25:47.91\00:25:51.78
And the Lord brought
me to the prayer room
00:25:51.81\00:25:54.88
and that's when
everything really
00:25:54.92\00:25:57.32
started to open up even more.
00:25:57.35\00:25:59.55
Okay, when you said,
00:25:59.59\00:26:00.92
He brought you
to the prayer room,
00:26:00.96\00:26:02.29
be specific in explaining that?
00:26:02.32\00:26:05.26
There was a conference,
00:26:05.29\00:26:06.63
there was a faith camp
back in the Philippines.
00:26:06.66\00:26:09.16
And one of my good
friend Melissa Miranda
00:26:09.20\00:26:13.03
also a friend of Melody,
00:26:13.07\00:26:14.70
one of our prayer teams
in the General Conference.
00:26:14.74\00:26:17.77
She was leading out
in this prayer room.
00:26:17.81\00:26:20.01
And she...
00:26:20.04\00:26:21.38
What is a prayer
room for somebody
00:26:21.41\00:26:22.74
that may be watching here
who's not even a Christian.
00:26:22.78\00:26:24.51
What is a prayer room?
00:26:24.55\00:26:25.88
That is the place
where those people
00:26:25.91\00:26:27.72
who have
burdens in their hearts,
00:26:27.75\00:26:29.08
who have
problems would just come
00:26:29.12\00:26:31.85
and then as a
prayer facilitator,
00:26:31.89\00:26:33.59
you ask them, what
can I pray for you?
00:26:33.62\00:26:36.19
And leaders and members
alike they just come there
00:26:36.22\00:26:40.20
and humble
themselves together before God.
00:26:40.23\00:26:43.37
And I heard
about this prayer room.
00:26:43.40\00:26:45.00
And when she asked
me to be leading out
00:26:45.03\00:26:48.30
me and my niece together.
00:26:48.34\00:26:50.51
I'm thinking, I don't
want to spend time in the room
00:26:50.54\00:26:54.41
sitting for an
hour, not doing anything,
00:26:54.44\00:26:58.01
I said, I'll go crazy.
00:26:58.05\00:27:00.88
I should be doing something.
00:27:00.92\00:27:02.58
But God knows what He's doing.
00:27:02.62\00:27:05.49
And during that time,
00:27:05.52\00:27:06.86
I had a lot of
resentment in my heart,
00:27:06.89\00:27:08.96
I had a lot of anger, I
had a lot of bitterness,
00:27:08.99\00:27:12.49
but the moment I knelt down,
00:27:12.53\00:27:14.80
after I prayed two short prayers
00:27:14.83\00:27:17.20
because the
prayer in the prayer room
00:27:17.23\00:27:18.83
is just like
one to two sentence.
00:27:18.87\00:27:20.94
After I pray those
two prayers of praise,
00:27:20.97\00:27:23.17
the Lord broke down that wall.
00:27:23.20\00:27:25.21
Really?
00:27:25.24\00:27:26.57
And the resentment
begin to crumble down,
00:27:26.61\00:27:30.01
the hatred begin
to be flushed out.
00:27:30.05\00:27:32.81
It was not done right away
00:27:32.85\00:27:35.02
but that was like
the turning point.
00:27:35.05\00:27:37.75
The moment I experience this,
00:27:37.79\00:27:39.52
it's like the
moment you read your Bible,
00:27:39.55\00:27:41.92
the moment you had
like this is something else.
00:27:41.96\00:27:46.26
When scripture
becomes like a Neon sign
00:27:46.29\00:27:48.96
that's flashing at
you and you're going wow.
00:27:49.00\00:27:50.80
Yeah.
00:27:50.83\00:27:52.17
And I could not
keep it to myself.
00:27:52.20\00:27:53.94
So I went around this camp
and I've been asking people
00:27:53.97\00:27:57.44
have you been
to the prayer room?
00:27:57.47\00:27:58.94
Have you been
to the prayer room?
00:27:58.97\00:28:00.38
You should go
visit the prayer room.
00:28:00.41\00:28:02.11
And somehow the Lord made me
gather like 40 people in there
00:28:02.14\00:28:06.92
and from that time on,
00:28:06.95\00:28:08.78
I've seen lives
that were changing
00:28:08.82\00:28:11.49
because of the
humility that we do before God.
00:28:11.52\00:28:16.09
But you know there has
to be something special
00:28:16.12\00:28:18.19
about that environment
00:28:18.23\00:28:19.56
because there's a lot of people
that get together at church
00:28:19.59\00:28:22.90
and maybe pray a few
sentences here and there.
00:28:22.93\00:28:26.33
What do you
think the difference is
00:28:26.37\00:28:28.34
about the prayer room?
00:28:28.37\00:28:29.70
Do you think it is
00:28:29.74\00:28:31.07
that the people
who have recognized
00:28:31.11\00:28:35.41
the power of
prayer have so prayed up
00:28:35.44\00:28:38.71
before they even
open a prayer room
00:28:38.75\00:28:40.72
that the true
presence of God is there?
00:28:40.75\00:28:43.59
I guess it's that one.
00:28:43.62\00:28:45.15
And another thing
in the prayer room is
00:28:45.19\00:28:47.26
you're not there to speak.
00:28:47.29\00:28:49.36
You're not there to sing.
00:28:49.39\00:28:51.19
You're just there to
humble yourself before God.
00:28:51.23\00:28:54.10
And that act
alone brings everything
00:28:54.13\00:28:59.17
into a different light.
00:28:59.20\00:29:00.57
The moment we humble
ourselves before God,
00:29:00.60\00:29:03.07
things begin to
change drastically.
00:29:03.10\00:29:06.44
And God has His
request for His people.
00:29:06.47\00:29:09.18
2 Chronicles 7:14.
00:29:09.21\00:29:12.11
"If my people which are
called by My name shall..."
00:29:12.15\00:29:14.25
what?
00:29:14.28\00:29:15.62
Humble.
00:29:15.65\00:29:16.99
That's the first
request that God did,
00:29:17.02\00:29:19.59
if My people humble
themselves and I'm thinking why?
00:29:19.62\00:29:23.32
Why was the
first request humble?
00:29:23.36\00:29:26.13
And not pray but then I
realize because we are not.
00:29:26.16\00:29:30.37
And when His people
begins to humble themselves
00:29:30.40\00:29:33.90
then that's when the
Holy Spirit can descend.
00:29:33.94\00:29:38.97
Okay, so now God's
got your attention.
00:29:39.01\00:29:41.18
He's...
00:29:41.21\00:29:42.54
You know, James, 1:21, says,
00:29:42.58\00:29:45.48
"That the word
00:29:45.51\00:29:46.85
when it's
implanted in your heart
00:29:46.88\00:29:48.22
has the power
to save your soul,"
00:29:48.25\00:29:49.58
this word
that's alive and active
00:29:49.62\00:29:52.15
and God now is
teaching you His word,
00:29:52.19\00:29:56.09
He has brought you
to an understanding
00:29:56.12\00:29:58.93
of what it means
to humble yourself
00:29:58.96\00:30:01.56
before the Lord.
00:30:01.60\00:30:02.93
To be depended upon Him,
to look to Him for His will.
00:30:02.96\00:30:05.87
Amen.
00:30:05.90\00:30:07.24
He's teaching you the joy
00:30:07.27\00:30:09.77
of coming into His
presence of knowing He is God.
00:30:09.80\00:30:14.78
Listening for His
still small voice.
00:30:14.81\00:30:17.25
Is this...
00:30:17.28\00:30:18.61
At what point now
do you become aware
00:30:18.65\00:30:21.25
He's calling you
to be a missionary?
00:30:21.28\00:30:23.79
Oh, during the time
that I was already in India.
00:30:23.82\00:30:28.39
I begin to realize.
00:30:28.42\00:30:29.76
Oh, maybe this is it.
00:30:29.79\00:30:32.26
How did you end up in India?
00:30:32.29\00:30:34.16
You jumped ahead on that one.
00:30:34.20\00:30:35.53
So fast because
when I was asked by
00:30:35.56\00:30:39.23
then Melissa to
join her in that,
00:30:39.27\00:30:41.40
in that prayer room,
00:30:41.44\00:30:43.64
I became part of the prayer team
00:30:43.67\00:30:45.61
that she set up
00:30:45.64\00:30:46.98
and we went to
the division meeting
00:30:47.01\00:30:48.88
to the year end
meeting of the division.
00:30:48.91\00:30:51.61
And all of a
sudden a few days later,
00:30:51.65\00:30:55.15
I flew to India.
00:30:55.18\00:30:57.15
And the Lord brought me to India
00:30:57.19\00:30:58.52
to pray with the leaders.
00:30:58.55\00:31:00.26
And the Lord is just
opening doors for me right now
00:31:00.29\00:31:02.92
and I was not prepared.
00:31:02.96\00:31:05.33
And this is one
thing that I am seeing,
00:31:05.36\00:31:07.66
it's not because
of our preparedness.
00:31:07.70\00:31:09.33
It's true.
00:31:09.36\00:31:10.70
When the Lord sees that
the time is right for us
00:31:10.73\00:31:14.80
all we had to do
is, yes, Lord, where to,
00:31:14.84\00:31:18.51
what do you want me to do?
00:31:18.54\00:31:19.87
Here I am Lord, it's in me.
00:31:19.91\00:31:21.24
Sometimes we're more
dangerous when we're prepared
00:31:21.28\00:31:23.91
because we would not be
able to ask help from Him.
00:31:23.95\00:31:26.31
That's true.
00:31:26.35\00:31:27.68
But when we know we're not,
00:31:27.72\00:31:29.18
but when we know
that it's all Him,
00:31:29.22\00:31:31.25
that's Him taking
over, that's when,
00:31:31.29\00:31:33.82
that's when He is the one
who is shining and not us.
00:31:33.86\00:31:37.59
And after India,
00:31:37.63\00:31:40.06
it was just like a
succession of invitations.
00:31:40.10\00:31:44.47
Go from one place to another,
00:31:44.50\00:31:46.17
travel from this
place to that place.
00:31:46.20\00:31:48.77
Where you well traveled before,
hadn't you been to this day?
00:31:48.80\00:31:51.57
No. No. No. No.
00:31:51.61\00:31:54.11
That is another testimony
00:31:54.14\00:31:55.54
but I'd like to focus
now on a lot of miracles
00:31:55.58\00:31:58.91
that happened after that.
00:31:58.95\00:32:00.75
Like after before that
I traveled only one time
00:32:00.78\00:32:05.25
and that is to
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
00:32:05.29\00:32:08.16
And that is like two
hours away from the Philippines.
00:32:08.19\00:32:11.29
And I traveled
00:32:11.33\00:32:12.66
because there is a promo
ticket that cost like $12.
00:32:12.69\00:32:16.56
That's the only amount of
the ticket that I can afford
00:32:16.60\00:32:19.77
and now brought me
out of the business.
00:32:19.80\00:32:23.97
I'm now salary
zero, stipend zero
00:32:24.01\00:32:28.38
but now the Lord is bringing
me from one place to another.
00:32:28.41\00:32:31.68
And I'm thinking,
this life is amazing, Lord,
00:32:31.71\00:32:34.65
depending on You,
00:32:34.68\00:32:36.02
surrendering
everything upon You.
00:32:36.05\00:32:39.25
It's amazing.
00:32:39.29\00:32:40.79
Now when was your first
time to the United States?
00:32:40.82\00:32:43.59
Oh, it was 2013. Okay.
00:32:43.63\00:32:46.63
And that is a testimony
in itself having that visa,
00:32:46.66\00:32:50.70
having that visa
is quite a miracle.
00:32:50.73\00:32:54.44
Like for us Filipino to apply
for US visa is, it's not easy.
00:32:54.47\00:32:59.97
For some it's
like winning a lottery,
00:33:00.01\00:33:02.04
for some people like me
who does not have any work,
00:33:02.08\00:33:05.05
it's like entering heaven.
00:33:05.08\00:33:06.92
So I'll jump
right into the interview
00:33:06.95\00:33:09.65
when the interviewer asked me,
"So how much is your salary?"
00:33:09.68\00:33:14.32
Because they always want to know
00:33:14.36\00:33:16.46
what's your income like?
00:33:16.49\00:33:18.36
And I told the visa...
00:33:18.39\00:33:20.36
The council.
00:33:20.40\00:33:22.13
"I'm sorry, sir but I don't...
00:33:22.16\00:33:23.77
I don't receive any salary."
00:33:23.80\00:33:25.13
And he said, "Why is that?"
00:33:25.17\00:33:26.77
I said, "I'm a
missionary volunteer,
00:33:26.80\00:33:28.87
so I don't get
paid for my work."
00:33:28.90\00:33:30.47
"Then how do you live?"
00:33:30.51\00:33:31.84
And I said, "I
live by faith, sir."
00:33:31.87\00:33:33.98
And then He looked at me strange
00:33:34.01\00:33:35.48
and He thought
that I was not serious.
00:33:35.51\00:33:37.98
He thought I was joking.
00:33:38.01\00:33:39.61
And he said, "I live by faith
00:33:39.65\00:33:41.08
but tell me how
do you really live?
00:33:41.12\00:33:42.62
How do you buy your food?
00:33:42.65\00:33:43.99
How do you buy your clothes?"
00:33:44.02\00:33:45.35
And I said, "The
Lord provides, sir."
00:33:45.39\00:33:47.19
And he was not
happy with my answer.
00:33:47.22\00:33:50.86
And he looked at my passport
00:33:50.89\00:33:52.23
and he said, "If you
are not paid for your work,
00:33:52.26\00:33:54.50
how come you travel so much."
00:33:54.53\00:33:56.53
And I said, "Sir,
I prayed to the Lord
00:33:56.56\00:33:57.97
and the Lord uses other
people to pay for my fare."
00:33:58.00\00:34:01.14
And then he was
getting frustrated.
00:34:01.17\00:34:03.67
And then he asked,
"And how about emergencies?
00:34:03.71\00:34:06.31
Do you encounter emergencies?"
00:34:06.34\00:34:07.71
And I said, "Yes, sir.
00:34:07.74\00:34:09.14
The Lord is faithful
that the Lord provides
00:34:09.18\00:34:10.98
the right amount of money
00:34:11.01\00:34:12.35
for the right
amount of emergencies."
00:34:12.38\00:34:14.32
And then he asked,
00:34:14.35\00:34:15.68
"Then you receive
money for emergencies then?"
00:34:15.72\00:34:17.82
I said, "Yes, sir,
the Lord is faithful."
00:34:17.85\00:34:19.85
And he just yelled.
00:34:19.89\00:34:21.66
He yelled at me and said,
"That you just lied to me."
00:34:21.69\00:34:24.66
And I said, "How come, sir?"
00:34:24.69\00:34:26.59
"Because a while
ago you're telling me
00:34:26.63\00:34:28.06
that you don't receive
00:34:28.10\00:34:29.43
any amount of
money for your work
00:34:29.46\00:34:31.23
and now you're telling me
00:34:31.27\00:34:32.60
that you receive
money for emergencies."
00:34:32.63\00:34:34.97
And before that
interview, I was so nervous
00:34:35.00\00:34:37.64
and I know for a fact that
if the Lord left me to myself
00:34:37.67\00:34:40.44
I would have just
passed out and died.
00:34:40.48\00:34:43.65
Seriously, Shelley.
00:34:43.68\00:34:45.11
But the Lord gave me
the answer even before,
00:34:45.15\00:34:48.65
even before he
finished the question
00:34:48.68\00:34:50.95
and the answer came like, sir,
00:34:50.99\00:34:53.29
a while ago you're
asking for a regular income
00:34:53.32\00:34:56.62
but emergencies are irregular.
00:34:56.66\00:34:59.26
That is a smart
answer, isn't it?
00:34:59.29\00:35:00.63
Yes. And I'm not that smart.
00:35:00.66\00:35:03.67
And even at the back of my mind
00:35:03.70\00:35:05.23
I had this expression like what?
00:35:05.27\00:35:08.87
What did he said?
00:35:08.90\00:35:10.24
And he was not...
00:35:10.27\00:35:12.24
He was getting confused now.
00:35:12.27\00:35:14.04
And then I told him,
00:35:14.08\00:35:15.41
"Sir, from the very beginning
I wanted, I wanted to tell you
00:35:15.44\00:35:18.88
that I don't
really earn anything.
00:35:18.91\00:35:21.28
I don't want to
give you a salary range
00:35:21.32\00:35:22.98
that I don't earn.
00:35:23.02\00:35:24.35
I don't want to
give you a bank account
00:35:24.39\00:35:25.72
that I don't have.
00:35:25.75\00:35:27.09
Sir, I don't have
any bank account."
00:35:27.12\00:35:29.19
And he looked at me and said,
00:35:29.22\00:35:30.99
"Then tell me how
should I fill in this question,
00:35:31.03\00:35:34.83
monthly income?"
00:35:34.86\00:35:36.40
And I said,
"Honestly sir, I don't know."
00:35:36.43\00:35:38.83
And then he said,
"Okay, monthly income,"
00:35:38.87\00:35:42.27
he typed in, not applicable.
00:35:42.30\00:35:46.71
How wonderful. How true.
00:35:46.74\00:35:49.41
Now see that
answer came to the Lord,
00:35:49.44\00:35:51.11
from the Lord because it
isn't applicable in your case.
00:35:51.15\00:35:54.88
No.
00:35:54.92\00:35:56.25
And even the answer that I gave
would not support my security.
00:35:56.28\00:36:01.82
I just admitted to him
00:36:01.86\00:36:03.22
that I am not
eligible to go to the US
00:36:03.26\00:36:05.53
because I'm not
earning anything.
00:36:05.56\00:36:07.63
Then I'll be a threat
00:36:07.66\00:36:09.00
but he just said
after a few more questions,
00:36:09.03\00:36:12.60
congratulations your
application has been approved.
00:36:12.63\00:36:15.00
Praise God.
00:36:15.04\00:36:16.37
And he gave me a
ten year multiple entry.
00:36:16.40\00:36:19.41
Now that was the
work of the Lord.
00:36:19.44\00:36:21.24
That's the Lord. That's all God.
00:36:21.28\00:36:23.78
God wants to
shine in everything.
00:36:23.81\00:36:26.38
He wants His signature in
every aspect of our lives.
00:36:26.41\00:36:30.69
He does not want
that we will shine
00:36:30.72\00:36:34.32
because we could
not take the glory,
00:36:34.36\00:36:36.19
He wants Him to shine.
00:36:36.22\00:36:38.83
And the more He gets the
glory, the more we get the joy.
00:36:38.86\00:36:41.46
Amen.
00:36:41.50\00:36:42.83
And I'd rather have
the joy than the glory.
00:36:42.86\00:36:45.67
I can't handle the glory.
00:36:45.70\00:36:47.14
He says, He will not
share His glory with another.
00:36:47.17\00:36:50.77
And you're right,
we can't handle this.
00:36:50.81\00:36:53.91
As a matter of
fact I think people
00:36:53.94\00:36:55.28
who falsely receive
glory that's due to God you see
00:36:55.31\00:37:00.02
that they often fall in hurry.
00:37:00.05\00:37:04.55
You know, their lives become...
00:37:04.59\00:37:06.92
Well, look at,
00:37:06.96\00:37:08.29
this is what Satan
tried to do is take glory.
00:37:08.32\00:37:10.49
And this is why He failed.
00:37:10.53\00:37:12.23
So tell us...
00:37:12.26\00:37:14.66
I'm gonna pretend like,
I'm the immigration agent.
00:37:14.70\00:37:19.43
Tell us some of these
stories of how God provides...
00:37:19.47\00:37:23.10
You've told us
how you get a ticket
00:37:23.14\00:37:25.27
but once you get somewhere,
00:37:25.31\00:37:27.21
how is He
providing for your housing
00:37:27.24\00:37:29.01
or your food or for emergencies?
00:37:29.04\00:37:31.88
It's amazing, Shelley,
because it's different.
00:37:31.91\00:37:35.42
Every story,
every trip is different.
00:37:35.45\00:37:38.42
I even have
like, I took a picture,
00:37:38.45\00:37:41.62
I took a selfie
of one bed one time
00:37:41.66\00:37:44.19
because I'm noticing
that in the two weeks
00:37:44.23\00:37:47.50
that I was traveling,
00:37:47.53\00:37:49.13
I was having like
eight beds already.
00:37:49.16\00:37:51.83
So I took a picture of
the bed, posted in Facebook
00:37:51.87\00:37:54.77
and people begin
to comment, what?
00:37:54.80\00:37:56.20
This the eighth bed already.
00:37:56.24\00:37:57.71
And then I begin to realize
that this could be a testimony.
00:37:57.74\00:38:02.01
So now I'm taking a selfie
of every bed that I sleep on
00:38:02.04\00:38:05.68
and I call that
album the bed blog.
00:38:05.71\00:38:09.32
It talks about the
faithfulness of God
00:38:09.35\00:38:12.55
that even though
we don't have a house,
00:38:12.59\00:38:15.16
the Lord could provide a
roof over our head and a pillow
00:38:15.19\00:38:18.76
under our head.
00:38:18.79\00:38:20.13
Amen.
00:38:20.16\00:38:21.50
And last year, it's amazing.
00:38:21.53\00:38:23.90
After a very grueling
trip, it was my birthday.
00:38:23.93\00:38:30.04
It was December.
00:38:30.07\00:38:31.51
And in the morning I
woke up and I said, "Lord,
00:38:31.54\00:38:34.94
what do You want
me to meditate on?"
00:38:34.98\00:38:37.05
And the Lord just brought this
beautiful song, an old song,
00:38:37.08\00:38:41.78
it's like, the
song goes like this.
00:38:41.82\00:38:45.09
"Count your
blessings name them one by one
00:38:45.12\00:38:47.99
and count your blessings
and see what God has done."
00:38:48.02\00:38:50.56
So I begin to write
down those blessings.
00:38:50.59\00:38:53.50
First I went to countries.
00:38:53.53\00:38:57.23
How many countries the
Lord bring me to in this,
00:38:57.27\00:39:00.94
in these 12 months.
00:39:00.97\00:39:02.30
The Lord brought me to
four different countries.
00:39:02.34\00:39:04.27
Forty four? Four, only four.
00:39:04.31\00:39:06.07
Oh, only four. I
thought you said 44.
00:39:06.11\00:39:08.84
Mercy. Four
countries in 12 months.
00:39:08.88\00:39:10.21
Scary, I'd die with jetlag.
00:39:10.25\00:39:13.75
Four different countries
00:39:13.78\00:39:15.62
and 22 different
states in the US.
00:39:15.65\00:39:18.99
That's amazing. And 67 beds.
00:39:19.02\00:39:23.96
And I began to realize
00:39:23.99\00:39:25.73
that's more beds
than weeks in a year.
00:39:25.76\00:39:28.20
We only have 52 weeks.
00:39:28.23\00:39:30.17
Yes. And I had like 67 beds.
00:39:30.20\00:39:34.27
And 65 airplane rides.
00:39:34.30\00:39:38.04
That's amazing. All made by God.
00:39:38.07\00:39:40.98
And this song is so true,
00:39:41.01\00:39:43.75
count your blessings
and see what God has done.
00:39:43.78\00:39:47.32
When I look back
on all those miracles
00:39:47.35\00:39:50.55
that would not happen,
00:39:50.59\00:39:52.09
that would not have
happened because of me.
00:39:52.12\00:39:55.92
I didn't play anything.
00:39:55.96\00:39:57.89
It's all God. It's all Him.
00:39:57.93\00:40:01.63
Sixty five airplane rides.
00:40:01.66\00:40:03.33
I could not even
afford one airplane ride
00:40:03.37\00:40:06.00
before without
salary, without anything.
00:40:06.03\00:40:09.57
It's all God doing everything.
00:40:09.60\00:40:13.07
It's just living in
the joy of surrender
00:40:13.11\00:40:15.24
and riding the wave of His will.
00:40:15.28\00:40:18.25
You know, that
is an amazing story.
00:40:18.28\00:40:21.32
So how...
00:40:21.35\00:40:26.25
Has your family,
00:40:26.29\00:40:27.66
how have people
who knew you before,
00:40:27.69\00:40:31.69
do you think they've recognized,
00:40:31.73\00:40:34.30
they have to recognize
the huge change in you.
00:40:34.33\00:40:37.53
Oh, it became so obvious.
00:40:37.57\00:40:41.44
I was a happy kid before
00:40:41.47\00:40:44.01
but not really
happy in the inside.
00:40:44.04\00:40:47.24
Now I'm joyful.
00:40:47.28\00:40:48.94
Yes. I'm overflowing.
00:40:48.98\00:40:51.21
I could say that
00:40:51.25\00:40:52.58
and it's funny
because sometimes...
00:40:52.61\00:40:54.02
It shows.
00:40:54.05\00:40:55.95
It's all because of God.
00:40:55.98\00:40:57.39
Sometimes people will ask
me, "Why do you smile too much?"
00:40:57.42\00:41:00.72
I said, "Because of Jesus."
00:41:00.76\00:41:03.06
And seeing His miracles
in my life every single day
00:41:03.09\00:41:09.03
and seeing people see that
00:41:09.06\00:41:12.43
and also would want
to yearn for that as well
00:41:12.47\00:41:17.07
gives you so much joy,
00:41:17.11\00:41:18.71
going around and I've
been to a lot of places
00:41:18.74\00:41:21.68
and they will see in my Facebook
00:41:21.71\00:41:23.85
that I've been to this
place to that national park
00:41:23.88\00:41:26.68
and they will ask me,
00:41:26.72\00:41:28.12
"Which one is the most,
00:41:28.15\00:41:29.98
it's like the
highlight of all these trips?"
00:41:30.02\00:41:32.75
And I tell them, "You know what?
00:41:32.79\00:41:34.62
It's not actually the views,
00:41:34.66\00:41:36.62
it's not actually
the national parks,
00:41:36.66\00:41:40.73
it's when you see people
respond to the appeal of God.
00:41:40.76\00:41:45.83
And when they give
their lives to the Lord,
00:41:45.87\00:41:48.30
that's the peak of every trip."
00:41:48.34\00:41:51.44
So you go to
these national parks
00:41:51.47\00:41:53.31
and just start
witnessing to people.
00:41:53.34\00:41:56.24
What are you doing
in the National parks?
00:41:56.28\00:41:58.01
I don't, I don't
witness in national parks.
00:41:58.05\00:42:00.65
Some of my friends will
bring me to national parks.
00:42:00.68\00:42:02.52
Okay, okay.
00:42:02.55\00:42:03.89
After I speak in their churches.
00:42:03.92\00:42:05.99
So I get invited now to
multiple places, countries.
00:42:06.02\00:42:11.56
And it's all God.
00:42:11.59\00:42:13.09
I didn't even present myself,
00:42:13.13\00:42:14.83
it's all God
leading in everything.
00:42:14.86\00:42:17.33
And even the invitation,
even the planning and all,
00:42:17.37\00:42:19.93
I said to the Lord,
00:42:19.97\00:42:21.50
"I want to make sure
that it's You who is leading.
00:42:21.54\00:42:24.17
So I will not tell people
00:42:24.21\00:42:26.37
that I can speak in
your church, I can do this,
00:42:26.41\00:42:29.11
I can lead out
in prayer session.
00:42:29.14\00:42:30.91
I will just wait on You.
00:42:30.95\00:42:32.71
When the invitation comes,
00:42:32.75\00:42:34.08
I will know for a fact
that invitation came from You."
00:42:34.12\00:42:36.32
You know, that's
exactly how God led me.
00:42:36.35\00:42:38.55
I mean, He told me
not to promote anything
00:42:38.59\00:42:41.96
and He just
opened door after door.
00:42:41.99\00:42:45.39
And you knew but you
know, let me ask you, did God...
00:42:45.43\00:42:50.60
Do you agree with me?
00:42:50.63\00:42:53.54
And I know Sister White
does, so you've got to say, yes.
00:42:53.57\00:42:57.41
But what was so life
changing for me first was,
00:42:57.44\00:43:03.41
when I started praying the word.
00:43:03.45\00:43:07.32
But then when the Lord taught me
00:43:07.35\00:43:09.72
as I was
pressing into His presence
00:43:09.75\00:43:12.02
to sit at His feet be
still and know that He is God.
00:43:12.05\00:43:14.99
Amen.
00:43:15.02\00:43:16.36
And then He taught me to
really follow the leading
00:43:16.39\00:43:20.33
of His still small voice.
00:43:20.36\00:43:21.70
You know, God never
just tells us everything
00:43:21.73\00:43:23.93
and a lot of
times He will tell us
00:43:23.97\00:43:25.30
one or two little sentences
00:43:25.33\00:43:27.57
and give us a
little bit of direction
00:43:27.60\00:43:30.47
and He'd often tell me,
00:43:30.51\00:43:31.84
look at up and I go to the word
00:43:31.87\00:43:33.61
and I find even
deeper meaning in that
00:43:33.64\00:43:35.38
but in your personal experience,
00:43:35.41\00:43:38.15
you've gone from watching God,
00:43:38.18\00:43:40.75
and learning to
listen for God's voice,
00:43:40.78\00:43:43.65
seeking Him for provision,
00:43:43.69\00:43:45.82
in a personal
one on one ministry
00:43:45.85\00:43:47.82
as you go around
the United States
00:43:47.86\00:43:50.23
but now you're
working with an organization
00:43:50.26\00:43:52.79
that's doing great things.
00:43:52.83\00:43:55.10
Tell us how God is leading?
00:43:55.13\00:43:58.00
How God has even maybe
used you to teach others?
00:43:58.03\00:44:01.47
That there's total dependency.
00:44:01.50\00:44:03.37
If you're in ministry
whatever you're doing.
00:44:03.41\00:44:05.64
Being totally dependent
upon God is the answer to joy.
00:44:05.67\00:44:08.64
Amen.
00:44:08.68\00:44:10.01
And I want to add to what
you just said a while ago,
00:44:10.05\00:44:14.32
like my understanding
about prayer before
00:44:14.35\00:44:16.55
it was like a genie in a bottle.
00:44:16.58\00:44:17.92
Yes.
00:44:17.95\00:44:19.29
Like asking, asking
the Lord what we need?
00:44:19.32\00:44:21.69
What we want?
00:44:21.72\00:44:23.06
But then the more I spend
time in the presence of God,
00:44:23.09\00:44:25.96
I begin to understand
00:44:25.99\00:44:27.50
that the real essence of
prayer is to know His will.
00:44:27.53\00:44:30.73
Amen.
00:44:30.77\00:44:32.10
And I like when you said it.
00:44:32.13\00:44:33.47
You just be still
and know that He is God.
00:44:33.50\00:44:36.67
And in our prayers
00:44:36.71\00:44:38.04
that's really
needed to just be still
00:44:38.07\00:44:41.41
and seek His will.
00:44:41.44\00:44:42.84
And now as you have
mentioned about the organization
00:44:42.88\00:44:46.41
about Filipinos for
Christ that I'm very passionate
00:44:46.45\00:44:49.15
and very excited about.
00:44:49.18\00:44:52.05
Shelley, we would like
to invite you to go there
00:44:52.09\00:44:54.66
and do witness,
00:44:54.69\00:44:56.62
this very
passionate young people,
00:44:56.66\00:44:58.99
doing everything for the Lord.
00:44:59.03\00:45:01.30
And one particular
time like last year.
00:45:01.33\00:45:05.33
I was planning to...
00:45:05.37\00:45:07.30
And the Lord somehow
open opportunity for me
00:45:07.34\00:45:09.50
to go to Canada
00:45:09.54\00:45:10.94
but there was no confirmation
with that invitation.
00:45:10.97\00:45:13.81
But the more I
spend time with the Lord,
00:45:13.84\00:45:16.21
the Lord's leading
was, go, I got my visa.
00:45:16.24\00:45:21.78
I got everything set up
but there's no confirmation.
00:45:21.82\00:45:25.92
The more I prayed the
Lord just convicted me to go.
00:45:25.95\00:45:29.26
So I said, "What do
You want me to do, Lord?
00:45:29.29\00:45:31.79
And the more I read,
spent time in His word,
00:45:31.83\00:45:34.26
the Lord spoke,
"Buy your own ticket."
00:45:34.30\00:45:37.00
And I'm thinking, my own ticket?
00:45:37.03\00:45:40.34
The ticket cost $1,100.
00:45:40.37\00:45:44.01
And for somebody who
does not earn anything.
00:45:44.04\00:45:46.57
And now remember,
I've been going around
00:45:46.61\00:45:49.18
and the Lord's
goodness through His people
00:45:49.21\00:45:52.35
and I received it.
00:45:52.38\00:45:53.72
And now I have a bank account.
00:45:53.75\00:45:55.18
So I put it in my bank account.
00:45:55.22\00:45:56.55
Now when I looked
at my bank account,
00:45:56.58\00:45:58.02
wow, I'm quite secured now.
00:45:58.05\00:46:00.32
And the Lord demanded
it, buy your own ticket.
00:46:00.36\00:46:03.69
And I'm thinking, Lord,
00:46:03.73\00:46:05.19
I, this money should be
used for the ministry, for PYC.
00:46:05.23\00:46:10.23
But then the Lord
somehow spoke to my heart,
00:46:10.27\00:46:12.27
that is not your
money, that's My money.
00:46:12.30\00:46:14.77
Yes.
00:46:14.80\00:46:16.14
So at first reluctantly
I bought my own ticket
00:46:16.17\00:46:20.34
and later on I found out
that they did not have funding
00:46:20.38\00:46:24.25
that's why they
did not responded
00:46:24.28\00:46:26.98
or did not confirm.
00:46:27.02\00:46:28.42
And when I
arrived there, Shelley,
00:46:28.45\00:46:30.15
God just did amazing things.
00:46:30.19\00:46:33.32
They didn't have a funding
00:46:33.36\00:46:34.76
but the contribution of
our brothers and sisters,
00:46:34.79\00:46:37.46
I did not even ask
remember I should not be asking,
00:46:37.49\00:46:40.43
I should not be letting
people know about my need.
00:46:40.46\00:46:43.63
Throughout those travel
00:46:43.67\00:46:45.00
the Lord multiplied
it more than ten times.
00:46:45.03\00:46:46.94
Wow.
00:46:46.97\00:46:48.30
We were able to do a conference.
00:46:48.34\00:46:50.54
And that year,
00:46:50.57\00:46:53.07
that year supposed to be
the most expensive conference
00:46:53.11\00:46:56.75
that we ever have yet.
00:46:56.78\00:46:59.08
But the Lord took care of
our venue, our Sabbath venue
00:46:59.11\00:47:03.65
which is an auditorium
of a Catholic University.
00:47:03.69\00:47:07.96
God is just so good.
00:47:07.99\00:47:09.46
And that's an
expensive event, $2,000.
00:47:09.49\00:47:12.76
We're able to pay
two speakers from Hawaii,
00:47:12.79\00:47:15.73
from China and
paid off a lot of stuff.
00:47:15.76\00:47:19.73
We were able to
sponsor nearly 40 young people
00:47:19.77\00:47:22.17
to attend because
they could not afford.
00:47:22.20\00:47:24.84
And God has been
doing a lot of miracles.
00:47:24.87\00:47:28.24
In the previous conferences
00:47:28.28\00:47:30.55
we will know that we
have paid off everything
00:47:30.58\00:47:33.01
after every
payment has been given
00:47:33.05\00:47:35.62
but that year even
before the conference started,
00:47:35.65\00:47:40.16
everything was paid off.
00:47:40.19\00:47:41.66
Glory to God.
00:47:41.69\00:47:43.36
And by the way, the
Lord somehow compelled me
00:47:43.39\00:47:47.60
not to do any
solicitation letter.
00:47:47.63\00:47:50.40
No solicitation
letter was sent out.
00:47:50.43\00:47:53.00
I did not talk to
people about our needs.
00:47:53.03\00:47:56.27
And the Lord showed us
00:47:56.30\00:47:57.97
that He is the real source
of blessings or provision.
00:47:58.01\00:48:02.91
And what He asked from
us is, what's in your hands?
00:48:02.94\00:48:07.48
Are you willing to give it?
00:48:07.52\00:48:09.15
And this is one thing
that made it difficult for me
00:48:09.18\00:48:12.49
because I'm
thinking, Lord, this...
00:48:12.52\00:48:16.46
The ticket is so expensive.
00:48:16.49\00:48:19.09
It will cost us a conference.
00:48:19.13\00:48:21.70
And I'm thinking as well,
00:48:21.73\00:48:23.06
sometimes the Lord
demands things from us
00:48:23.10\00:48:25.23
but we're thinking
00:48:25.27\00:48:26.67
but it will cost me my
retirement car, my house.
00:48:26.70\00:48:32.34
My house that I
want to purchase.
00:48:32.37\00:48:34.48
My vacation that I
have been saving up for.
00:48:34.51\00:48:37.61
But then the
Lord will remind us,
00:48:37.65\00:48:40.32
the Lord has been
constantly reminding us
00:48:40.35\00:48:41.98
that we should not
be living for ourselves.
00:48:42.02\00:48:44.55
We should be living
for the glory of His name.
00:48:44.59\00:48:46.96
And this is I guess the
reason why that a lot of us
00:48:46.99\00:48:49.99
have not experienced this joy
00:48:50.03\00:48:51.73
because we have not surrendered
what God is requiring us.
00:48:51.76\00:48:56.23
And it hit me, like I
don't want to stand before God
00:48:56.26\00:49:00.47
in the end and
the Lord will ask me,
00:49:00.50\00:49:03.24
why did you hold back from me?
00:49:03.27\00:49:05.51
Because you sat on
top of the blessings
00:49:05.54\00:49:09.58
that I've given you,
00:49:09.61\00:49:11.08
now the whole
village have not known Me.
00:49:11.11\00:49:15.32
And that I could not bear.
00:49:15.35\00:49:17.45
And, you know, I want
to say this or ask this.
00:49:17.49\00:49:20.79
Do you believe that, you know,
00:49:20.82\00:49:23.59
it's like when the rich
young ruler came to Jesus.
00:49:23.63\00:49:27.03
And he said,
what do I need to do?
00:49:27.06\00:49:28.93
And Jesus said,
00:49:28.96\00:49:30.30
go sell
everything and then come.
00:49:30.33\00:49:32.27
Well, He didn't
tell all of His disciples
00:49:32.30\00:49:34.17
that He knew that
one man needed that.
00:49:34.20\00:49:36.10
Don't you believe that
00:49:36.14\00:49:37.47
what God requires of each of us.
00:49:37.51\00:49:39.71
He requires something
00:49:39.74\00:49:41.08
but it's not
always the same thing
00:49:41.11\00:49:43.38
that He requires of each of us.
00:49:43.41\00:49:45.51
Amen. Okay.
00:49:45.55\00:49:46.88
That's why when we spend
time with God we will know.
00:49:46.92\00:49:49.48
Amen. What He
wants us to surrender.
00:49:49.52\00:49:52.45
And this is one amazing thing.
00:49:52.49\00:49:54.62
When we corporately bow down,
when we bend our knees together
00:49:54.66\00:49:59.93
and that's when His
will becomes clearer.
00:49:59.96\00:50:04.00
And I'd like to share some
photos of what just happened
00:50:04.03\00:50:08.40
in Philippines Youth for Christ.
00:50:08.44\00:50:09.77
Sure, please.
00:50:09.80\00:50:11.14
Yes, these are some
photos that happened at 4.00 am.
00:50:11.17\00:50:15.44
Four o'clock in the morning.
00:50:15.48\00:50:16.95
Now that is GYC.
00:50:16.98\00:50:18.68
GYC at 6 o'clock in the morning.
00:50:18.71\00:50:21.08
Glory to God.
00:50:21.12\00:50:23.08
All the while we thought
that people will not come.
00:50:23.12\00:50:26.69
That's your prayer
room? That's a prayer room.
00:50:26.72\00:50:28.79
That was in the
middle of the prayer session.
00:50:28.82\00:50:31.99
At the end of the prayer session
00:50:32.03\00:50:33.76
people just flock
to the prayer room
00:50:33.80\00:50:35.73
when I opened my eyes,
00:50:35.76\00:50:37.10
there were more than
400 people who were there.
00:50:37.13\00:50:39.23
And they could not be
contained in the prayer room,
00:50:39.27\00:50:41.60
people were
kneeling outside of the door.
00:50:41.64\00:50:44.61
And I could sense right now
00:50:44.64\00:50:45.97
that God is really
calling His people.
00:50:46.01\00:50:47.64
And this is Philippines.
00:50:47.68\00:50:49.34
Philippines at 4:00 am,
00:50:49.38\00:50:50.71
we started our
prayer session at 4:00 am.
00:50:50.75\00:50:53.11
And we started
with 200 young people
00:50:53.15\00:50:55.72
who were there and they
kept on growing and growing.
00:50:55.75\00:50:58.62
And we prayed for three hours.
00:50:58.65\00:51:00.89
And at the end of
our prayer session,
00:51:00.92\00:51:02.26
there were more
than 500 young people
00:51:02.29\00:51:04.03
who were there.
00:51:04.06\00:51:05.46
That's amazing.
00:51:05.49\00:51:06.83
And who could not be blessed
00:51:06.86\00:51:09.76
when you see this
corporate humility
00:51:09.80\00:51:14.24
coming from this young people.
00:51:14.27\00:51:16.14
And this is a video.
00:51:16.17\00:51:18.51
And when you get
young people up that early,
00:51:18.54\00:51:21.44
somebody is really that means
00:51:21.48\00:51:23.61
that they have connected
to the power of prayer.
00:51:23.65\00:51:26.45
It's the Holy
Spirit that's waking us up.
00:51:26.48\00:51:28.68
And I could see right now
00:51:28.72\00:51:30.09
that the Lord is
really intense right now
00:51:30.12\00:51:33.49
in waking up His
people because everywhere I go
00:51:33.52\00:51:35.92
and I lead out
some prayer session.
00:51:35.96\00:51:38.06
When we did, when we did a
number of revival weekends,
00:51:38.09\00:51:44.73
there's this hunger
that I have not seen before.
00:51:44.77\00:51:48.74
We are really coming
near to the end times.
00:51:48.77\00:51:52.81
Yes, we are.
00:51:52.84\00:51:54.18
And praise God that He
has chosen our generation.
00:51:54.21\00:51:56.98
Isn't it a
privilege to witness this?
00:51:57.01\00:52:00.68
And I'd like you to
see this, this short video.
00:52:00.72\00:52:03.92
Surely.
00:52:03.95\00:52:05.29
It's different when it's video
00:52:05.32\00:52:06.65
and it's different
when it's pictured.
00:52:06.69\00:52:08.46
A friend John would took this.
00:52:08.49\00:52:10.06
This is during
the prayer session.
00:52:10.09\00:52:13.16
This group of young people.
00:52:13.19\00:52:15.43
This is not even the end yet.
00:52:15.46\00:52:17.73
Amazing.
00:52:17.77\00:52:19.10
So corporate humility,
00:52:19.13\00:52:20.90
this is one thing that
the Lord is asking us to do.
00:52:20.94\00:52:25.57
That's beautiful.
00:52:25.61\00:52:27.94
Beautiful, beautiful to see
people's hearts being touched,
00:52:27.98\00:52:31.51
so that they're coming to prayer
00:52:31.55\00:52:33.72
to know the Lord
and to know His will.
00:52:33.75\00:52:36.35
Amen.
00:52:36.38\00:52:37.72
Now you do go and
speak at churches,
00:52:37.75\00:52:40.79
you do a variety of things.
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We want to put an
address up for people to,
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if you would like to
get in touch with Gem.
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Maybe to invite him
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or maybe God is
going to touch you
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on the shoulder and
say, you're one of those
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who's gonna pay for
his next airline ticket.
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This is how you can
get in touch with Gem.
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Philippine Youth for Christ
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is part of a
growing youth movement
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in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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that yearns to demonstrate
leadership, integrity, humility
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and Christ love
to those about them.
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If you would like
to learn more about PYC
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or would like to
support their ministry,
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please visit them
online at pycweb.net.
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That's pycweb.net.
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You may also call
them in the Philippines
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by dialing (092) 296-9950.
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That's (092) 296-9950.
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