¤ >> WELCOME BACK TO 3ABN "TODAY
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LIVE," I HOPE YOU
DIDN'T MISS THAT FIRST HOUR.
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AND IF -- BUT IF YOU ARE JUST
JOINING US FOR THE SECOND HOUR,
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WE HAVE SOME MORE POWERFUL
STATEMENTS ON EVANGELISM,
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STORIES TO
SHARE, AND ALL OF THAT.
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RYAN, I THINK WE
SHOULD REINTRODUCE OUR GUESTS.
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>> YEAH, WE HAVE
SPECIAL GUESTS HERE.
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PASTOR WES PEPPER, DETECTOR
OF EVANGELISM OF THE MICHIGAN
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CONFERENCE, AND TO HIS RIGHT WE
HAVE PASTOR ROYCE SNYMAN, AND OF
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COURSE HE IS HE MINISTERIAL
DIRECTOR OF THE MICHIGAN
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CONFERENCE, AND NEXT TO HIM
IS PASTOR DARRYL BENTLEY, THE
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PASTOR OF THE METROPOLITAN
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN. >>
BEFORE WE WENT TO BREAK,
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GUYS, I TOLD YOU I WAS
GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
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THIS QUESTION IS GOING
TO GO TO EACH ONE OF YOU.
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WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
EVANGELISM, AND HOW WE SHOULD BE
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DOING SOMETHING A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
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HOW HOUR MESSAGES
SHOULD BE MORE CHRIST FOCUSED.
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HOW DO YOU PREPARE YOUR SERMONS?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
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FOR ME PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW,
I ALWAYS WANT GO -- FIRST TO SEE
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WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, AND, YOU
KNOW, I WILL -- I WILL SEARCH
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THE BIBLE ON THE SUBJECT THAT
I'M PREACHING ON, AND THEN, YOU
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KNOW, I WANT TO SEE,
WELL, WHAT DOES JESUS SAY?
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AND SO I SEARCH THE BIBLE BEFORE
I SEARCH ANYTHING ELSE, AND THEN
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I GO TO OTHER RESOURCES.
BUT IT'S AN INTERESTING CONCEPT
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HOW WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING
YOUR EVANGELIST SERMONS FOR THE
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SERIES JESUS ON PROPHECY,
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
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THAT, BUT I TRIED TO DO AN
EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH WHENEVER I'M
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PREACHING ON ANY PARTICULAR
SUBJECT, AND IT'S AMAZING FOR
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ME -- YOU KNOW, NO MATTER
HOW MANY TIMES I PREACH AN
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EVANGELISTIC SERIES, NO
MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I PREACH A
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CERTAIN TOPIC, EVERY TIME I
PREACH IT, I LEARN SOMETHING
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NEW. SO SOMETIMES
GREATEST REVELATION
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IS NOT ALWAYS IN THE
STUDIES, BUT IN THE PRESENTING.
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AND I THINK THAT'S A
POWERFUL KEY FOR WITNESSING.
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SOME PEOPLE SAY I CAN'T WITNESS,
OR SHARE CHRIST, BECAUSE I FEEL
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LIKE I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH, OR I
CAN'T GIVE A BIBLE STUDY BECAUSE
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OF THAT, BUT GOD REVEALS
POWERFUL TRUTH WHEN WE'RE
-SHARING AS MUCH AS WHEN WE'RE
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PREPARING. >>
WHAT ABOUT YOU PASTOR?
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>> USING THE SAME TOOLS
THAT PASTOR PEPPERS SPOKE OF.
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I WOULD ADD ONE MORE, BEING ABLE
TO SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE
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SAID IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
ON THE SAME SUBJECT, IN THE SAME
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APPROACH. I
REFERRED TO PRESCOTT EARIER.
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THAT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL
TO ME IN BEING ABLE TO THINK
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DIFFERENTLY THAN THE WAY I
HAVE BEEN THINKING FOR SO LONG.
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AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT
SOMEBODY ELSE HAS DONE IN THEIR
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THINKING PROCESS ALONG WITH
THE SAME TOOLS, THAT PERSONAL
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CONNECTION WITH TH LORD,
PRAYER, THE STUDY OF THE WORD,
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ALL OF THOSE ARE VERY HELPFUL,
BUT THAT IS ONE THING I WOULD
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ADD. >> I GUESS
WHEN I THINK ABOUT
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SERMON PREPARATION, SOMETHING
THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR ME IS
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MAKING SURE THAT WE FOLLOW GOOD
PRINCIPALS OF ACTS OF JESUS.
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OF COURSE LETTING
THE TEXT SPEAK TO US.
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YOU READ INTO THE TEXT. WE
DON'T NEED [ INAUDIBLE ] OF
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JESUS. BUT JUST
DOING GOOD BIBLICAL
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ACTS OF JESUS.
LETTING THE TEXT DO THE
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SPEAKING. AND
WHILE PERFORMING THAT
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BIBLICAL ACT OF JESUS,
FOLLOWING A BIBLICAL HARMNUDIC.
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RIGHT? I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT I'M
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FOLLOWING THAT? IT'S
NICE TO HAVE GOOD STORIES,
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BUT IF I'M JUST SPEWING MY IDEAS
ON PEOPLE, WHAT HAVE I REALLY
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GIVEN THEM? NO MEAT.
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NO SUBSTANCE. IT'S
THE WORD OF GOD THAT IS
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LIVING AN ACT -- OR
LIVING AND POWERFUL.
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IT'S THE WORD OF GOD THAT
HAS THE ABILITY TO TRANSFORM MY
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LIFE, NOT JUST MY WORDS. SO
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO MAKE
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SURE THAT I'M REALLY MILKING,
FOR LACK OF A BETER WORD, JUST
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GETTING AS MUCH OUT
OF THE TEXT AS I CAN.
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>> I THINK ONE OF THE PERVADING
THINGS IN OUR WORLD TODAY WHEN
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IT COMES TO BIBLE STUDY IS THAT
THE CULTURE IS PLAYING A HUGE
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WAY -- OR HUGE PIECE IN A LOT OF
CHURCHES, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE'S
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IDEA ON HOW WE
ACTUALLY INTERPRET THE BIBLE.
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>> THAT'S TRUE. >> SO WE WANT TO
BE CAREFUL THAT-WE'RE NOT
LETTING OUR CURRENT
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CULTURE GIVE US A PARTICULAR
LENS IN WHICH WE'RE SEEING THE
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BIBLE THROUGH, BUT THAT THE
PRINCIPLES OF THE BIBLE SPEAK TO
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EVERY GENERATION,
TO EVERY TIME PERIOD.
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SOMETIMES I THINK PEOPLE THINK
GOD MUST BE SURPRISED BY WHAT IS
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GOING ON IN THE
WORLD. NOTHING SURPRISES GOD.
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HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WOULD
BE HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD TODAY.
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AND THOSE SAME PRINCIPLES APPLY
NOW JUST LIKE THEY DID THEN.
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AND OUR WORLD CHURCH HAS PUT
OUT A DOCUMENT CALLED METHODS OF
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BIBLE STUDY. AND
IT'S A WONDERFUL TOOL FOR
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ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO
STUDY THE BIBLE MORE DEEPLY, AND
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INTERPRETING SCRIPTURE AND
UNDERSTANDING HOW CULTURE PLAYS
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A ROLE INTO UNDERSTANDING
SCRIPTURE, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND
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THAT TO SOME OF OUR
VIEWERS HERE TONIGHT.
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>> AMEN. >> THERE
IS NOTHING NEW UNDER
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THE SUN. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
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[ LAUGHTER ] >>
HOW DO I TELL YOU WHAT
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EVERYBODY HAS ALREADY HEARD
IN A WAY THAT CONNECTS AND IS
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INTERESTING AND
ENGAGING AND TRANSFORMATIVE.
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>> WE WANT THE TEXTS TO SPEAK
TO US, AND WHEN THE TEXT REVEALS
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THE TRUTH THERE, THEN THAT TRUTH
NEEDS TO IMPACT THE CULTURE,
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RATHER THAN US LETTING
THE CULTURE IMPACT THE TRUTH.
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>> I'M SO GLAD YOU SAID THAT.
BECAUSE IT IS VERY FLIP FLOPPED.
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>> ABSOLUTELY. WE
DON'T NEED TO PUT OUR OWN
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IDEAS INTO IT, OR
OUR OWN TWIST ON IT.
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IT WILL SPEAK FOR
ITSELF. IT'S VERY CLEAR.
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AND ELLEN WHITE SAYS STOP
PUTTING YOUR OWN IDEAS TO IT,
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JUST LET IT SAY WHAT IT SAYS.
>> A SIMPLE THUS SAITH THE LORD.
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>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
CULTURE IS IMPORTANT, SO WHAT
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ROLE DOES CULTURE PLAY?
CULTURE REALLY JUST TELL US THE
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LENS TO WHICH PEOPLE
IN THEIR DAY SAW THINGS.
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THE REASON JESUS USED
AGRICULTURAL EXAMPLES IS BECAUSE
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THAT'S WHAT THEY RELATED TO.
IT DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE TO BE A
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FARMER. PRAISE GOD FOR ME.
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BECAUSE I CAN KILL
SILK PLANTS. [ LAUGHTER ]
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>> AND CULTURE TO ME, PLAYS INTO
IT IN LETTING ME KNOW HOW I CAN
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RELATE TO MY PEOPLE. IN
THE DETROIT AREA, OF COURSE
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WE'RE THE BIG THREE AUTO MAKERS
DOWN THERE, SO I CAN THAT IN,
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RELATE TO ENGINEERS, I'M
RELATING TO MY CULTURE, WITHOUT
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ALLOWING CULTURE TO MANDATE
OR DICTATE BIBLICAL TEXT.
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>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
BEFORE WE GO DEEPER, WE'RE
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GOING TO BE BLESSED BY
ANTHER SONG FROM PAM LISTER.
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AND IT'S ENTITLED
"HE GREW THE TREE."
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¤ >> AMEN.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAM.
THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL
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SONG. SO LET'S JUST ADDRESS THE
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QUESTION OF THE
HOUR. JESUS ON PROPHECY.
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WHAT IS IT? WHEN IS IT?
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LET'S JUSTEN PACK THIS
INCREDIBLE EVANGELISTIC
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OPPORTUNITY THAT'S
COMING UP. >> ABSOLUTELY.
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WELL, AS WE MENTIONED IN
THE FIRST HOUR, WE HAVE THE
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EVANGELISM CYCLE, THOSE
FIVE PHASES, AND WE THAT FOURTH
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PHASE, WHICH IS THE HARVESTING.
SO JESUS ON PROPHECY IS REALLY A
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HARVESTING EFFORT IN OUR
CONFERENCE, IN THE MICHIGAN
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CONFERENCE. SO
IT IS GOING TO BE A
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CONFERENCE WIDE
EVANGELISTIC SERIES.
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IT STARTS SEPTEMBER
23RDRD. AND THE WEBSITE IS
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JESUSONPROPHECY.COM, OR DOT-ORG.
THE WEBSITE SHOULD BE UP VERY
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SOON. SO A LOT OF
OUR CHURCHES ALAYS
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DO EVANGELISTIC
SERIES, THEY AR WONDERFUL.
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BUT WE REALIZED THE IMPORTANCE
OF, AND THE EXCITEMENT OF A
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CONFERENCE-WIDE SERIES, WHERE,
YOU KNOW, CHURCHES CAN JOIN
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TOGETHER, AND IT JUST REALLY
GETS THEM ON FIRE, BECAUSE THEY
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CAN SEE THE SAME THING HAPPENING
HERE IS HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE
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STATE. WE HAVE HAD
A NUMBER OF CHURCHES
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OUT OF OUR CONFERENCE ASK TO
JOIN, SO WE HAVE SOME CHURCHES
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IN COLORADO AND OREGON AND OTHER
PLACES -- WISCONSIN -- THAT ARE
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GOING TO BE JOINING IN, AND A
NUMBER OF OTHER PLACES, SO WE'RE
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NOT HOLDING BACK FROM KEEPING IT
IN MICHIGAN, IF OTHERS WANT TO
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BE INVOLVED,
WE'RE GLAD FOR THAT.
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SO WE HAVE A WEBSITE THAT WILL
BE UP AS I MENTIONED, BUT ON
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THAT WEBSITE, PEOPLE CAN TYPE IN
THEIR ADDRESS, OR THEIR ZIP CODE
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AND FIND A SITE
THAT IS CLOSEST TO THEM.
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SO ALL OF THE SITES WILL BE UP
LOADED AND THEY CAN PREREGISTER
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AS A GUEST FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL GIFT DVD
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WE'LL BE GIVING THEM AS WELL.
SO ONCE AGAIN, SEPTEMBER 23RD,
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AND IT WILL BE YOUR TYPICAL
EVANGELISTIC SERIES, BUT WITH
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THIS SPECIFIC SPIN ON IT. SO
WE'RE NOT DOING ANY DIFFERENT
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TOPICS, BUT PUTTING THAT
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH EMPHASIS
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ON IT. AND WHY
DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT
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SOME OF THE ADVERTISING
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.
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>> OH, YES. >> THAT
IS THE VALUE OF WORKING
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TOGETHER, BEING ABLE TO BRING
THAT SYNERGY IN, TOGETHER WITH
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THAT FINANCIAL BENEFIT OF
ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER.
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PASTOR BENTLEY, YOU DOWN IN YOUR
CHURCH, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO PUT
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BILLBOARDS FOR YOUR
MEETINGS ALL OVER THE STAE --
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>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
BUT WE CAN WHEN WE ALL WORK
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TOGETHER. AND BILL
BOARDS ONE OF THOSE
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WAYS THAT WE'RE
GOING TO DO THAT.
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WE'RE ALSO USING GLOW TRACKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO
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MENTION THAT NOW OR NOT
-- >> WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.
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>> OKAY.-WE'LL COME BACK.
WE'RE USING THOSE KINDS OF TOOLS
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TO BE ABLE TO GET THE WORD
OUT, AND, YOU KNOW, MAILINGS, OF
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COURSE ARE A CENTRAL PART OF
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING,
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AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT THAT AS WELL, SO THOSE ARE
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SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE
GOING TO BE GETTING THE WORD
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OUT. BUT MOST IMPORTANT, WORD OF
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MOUTH. INVITING OUR FRIENDS.
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>> ABSOLUTELY. >> ONE
OF THE EXCITING THINGS
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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE-WIDE
ADVERTISING IS WE HAVE BILL
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BOARDS, INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA,
RADIO, NEWSPAPER, OF COURSE THE
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MAILING OF HAND BILLS AND
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
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BUT WHAT IS SO EXCITING IS THAT
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
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TRAVEL ALL OVER THE STATE.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT GO UP NORTH
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FOR VACATION, AND THEY
START TO SEE THESE BILLBOARDS.
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AND THEY'LL LOOK UP AND SEE
ONE, AND THEN HALFWAY ACROSS THE
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STATE THEY SEE ANOTHER ONE.
AND THEY THINK WOW, WHY WOULD
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THERE BE ANOTHER
ONE THIS FAR AWAY.
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AND THEN MAYBE THEY HEAR AN
AD ON THE RADIO OR SEE IT ON
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FACEBOOK, AND THEY SAY, I KEEP
SEEING THIS, WHAT IS THIS ALL
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ABOUT. REPETITION
DEEPENS IMPRESSION.
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>> OH, YEAH. >> AND
THEN AS IT GETS CLOSER TO
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THE SERIES, THEY ARE GOING
TO GET THAT HANDBILL IN THE MAIL
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AND THEY ARE GOING TO
SAY, MAN, I KNOW THIS.
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OF COURSE IF THEY GO TO
THE WEBSITE, THEY'LL GET THAT
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INFORMATION AS WELL. SO
REALLY, WE WANT TO BLAST THEM
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WITH ALL OF THIS
ADVERTISING -- THESE DIFFERENT
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AVENUES OF ADVERTISING, BECAUSE
IF PEOPLE SEE IT ONCE, THEY GET
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BOMB BARRED WITH SO MUCH TODAY,
THEY SEE IT ONCE, AND THE NEXT
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SECOND IT IS OUT OF THEIR
MIND AND THEY FORGET ABOUT IT.
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BUT WITH MULTIPLE
AVENUES, THEY WILL REMEMBER IT.
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>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, ALL OF
THE FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING THIS
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SHOW, WHERE I WAS TRAINED,
WE CALLED IT A MULTIPLE POINT
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SYSTEM. AND IT'S
AMAZING HOW INCREDIBLY
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POWERFUL THIS METHOD IS,
BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE
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MENTALITY -- OH, I'LL JUST GIVE
THEM A HANDBILL, OR JUST MAYBE A
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VERBAL, ONETIME INVITATION,
AND I HAVE DONE MY PART.
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WE WERE IN SACRAMENTO DOING A
SERIES, AND MY CLASS, WENT OUT,
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AND WE DID WORD OF MOUTH,
DOOR KNOCKING, HANDBILLS, AND
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SOMETIMES MANY OF THESE
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY RECEIVED
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SOMETIMES TWO, THREE INVITATIONS
BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THAT FOURTH
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ONE, OR MAYBE THEY RECEIVED ONE,
BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THE SECOND
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INVITATION THAT THEY TOOK IT
SERIOUS, AND THEY SAID, MAYBE
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THIS IS A SIGN. SOME
PEOPLE ARE SUPERSTITIOUS
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LIKE THAT, THAT THIS MUST BE A
SIGN THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO GO TO
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THIS. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU IN YOUR
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EFFORTS. IT DOES WORK.
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>> AND WORD OF MOUTH
COMPONENT -- I USED TO WORK AT A
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RESTAURANT THAT HAD
BEEN AROUND SINCE 1945.
00:18:35.14\00:18:37.98
THEY DIDN'T DO TELEVISION ADS.
THERE HAS BEEN PRESIDENTS THAT
00:18:37.98\00:18:41.38
HAVE ATTENDED THERE, ACTORS,
ACTRESSES, ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE.
00:18:41.38\00:18:46.15
IT'S A STAPLE SINCE
1945. WORD OF MOUTH.
00:18:46.15\00:18:51.59
WE'RE QUICK TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT
A MOVIE THAT WE SAW, OR SOME
00:18:51.59\00:18:55.23
KIND OF FOOD -- I TELL PEOPLE
ABOUT FOOD I HAVE HAD ALL THE
00:18:55.23\00:19:00.37
TIME. >> YOU
WERE TELLING US BEFORE
00:19:00.37\00:19:02.04
THE PROGRAM -- >>
SEE, YOU JUST CONFIRMED IT.
00:19:02.04\00:19:05.51
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
WORD OF MOUTH IS POWERFUL.
00:19:05.51\00:19:08.44
>> IT IS. AND WE
HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS
00:19:08.44\00:19:10.41
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING
HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY
00:19:10.41\00:19:15.25
ESSENTIAL THAT PEOPLE FEEL
A PART OF SHARING THAT -- THAT
00:19:15.25\00:19:18.15
PEOPLE GET OUT THERE.
BECAUSE THE VERY BEST PEOPLE
00:19:18.15\00:19:21.59
THAT COME TO OUR MEETINGS ARE
THOSE THAT OTHERS HAVE INVITED,
00:19:21.59\00:19:25.33
SO THAT'S VERY CRUCIAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC
00:19:25.33\00:19:28.46
ADVERTISING DOES STILL WORK, AND
SOME PEOPLE SAY, YEAH, BUT WE
00:19:28.46\00:19:33.94
MAILED OUT 10,000 HANDBILLS,
AND WE ONLY GET ABOUT 10, OR 12
00:19:33.94\00:19:39.51
PEOPLE, AND THE REALITY IS,
FOR EVERY THOUSAND HANDBILLS YOU
00:19:39.51\00:19:45.48
MAIL, YOU WILL GET ONE TO TWO
PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S TRUE IN ALL
00:19:45.48\00:19:49.05
PHASES OF MARKETING.
AND IT'S STILL PROVEN ON THE
00:19:49.05\00:19:52.45
PUBLIC SIDE OF EVANGELISM, THOSE
HANDBILLS ARE STILL THE NUMBER
00:19:52.45\00:19:56.46
ONE THING THAT BRINGS
PEOPLE TO THE MEETINGS.
00:19:56.46\00:19:59.49
AND I REMEMBER A STORY
ONCE ABOUT A GUY THAT CAME TO MY
00:19:59.49\00:20:03.47
MEETINGS, AND HE TOLD ME THAT
HE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE POST
00:20:03.47\00:20:06.94
OFFICE AND HE GOT HIS MAIL AND
HE WAS HEADING OUT THE DOOR AND
00:20:06.94\00:20:10.64
HE HAD THIS PIECE OF PAPER STUCK
TO HIS FOOT, AND HE KEPT SHAKING
00:20:10.64\00:20:16.11
HIS FOOT AND IT
WOULDN'T COME OFF.
00:20:16.11\00:20:18.28
AND FINALLY HE REACHED OUT AND
RIPPED THAT THING OFF, AND HE
00:20:18.28\00:20:22.68
LOOKED AT IT, AND IT WAS
A HANDBILL TO THE MEETING.
00:20:22.68\00:20:26.39
AND HE BECAME
INTERESTED AND HE WENT.
00:20:26.39\00:20:28.86
ANOTHER STORY IN UKRAINE, THERE
WAS A GIRL THAT WAS WALKING
00:20:28.86\00:20:32.19
ALONG THE STREET, AND WE
HAD BILLBOARDS THERE AS WELL.
00:20:32.19\00:20:35.60
AND SHE WAS VERY DISCOURAGED.
SHE WAS ONLY ABOUT 14, 15 YEARS
00:20:35.60\00:20:40.04
OLE. VERY
DISCOURAGED AND SAD ABOUT
00:20:40.04\00:20:43.04
OUR LIFE. SHE WAS
QUESTIONING IF GOD EVEN
00:20:43.04\00:20:45.94
REALLY CARED ABOUT HER, AND SHE
SAID GOD, IF YOU CARE ABOUT ME
00:20:45.94\00:20:49.61
AND IFYOU LOVE ME, IF YOU HAVE
A PLAN FOR MY LIFE, I NEED YOU
00:20:49.61\00:20:53.48
TO SHOW ME A REALLY BIG SIGN
AND AS SOON AS SHE PRAYED THAT
00:20:53.48\00:20:59.85
PRAYER, SHE LOOKED UP AND
RIGHT THERE IS THE BILLBOARD.
00:20:59.85\00:21:03.06
AND SHE SAID, GOD IF THIS
IS MEANT FOR ME, I NEED ANOTHER
00:21:03.06\00:21:06.70
SIGN, AND SHE LOOKED OVER
IN THE TRASH CAN AND SHE SAW RO
00:21:06.70\00:21:12.93
RORO ROYED -- WADDED UP, AND SHE
00:21:12.93\00:21:20.24
PULLED IT OUT AND IT
WAS ONE OF THE HANDBILLS.
00:21:20.24\00:21:23.38
SO THESE THINGS STILL WORK.
MANY PEOPLE THINK THEY DON'T
00:21:23.38\00:21:26.28
WORK, AND IT'S JUST A MARKETING
AVENUE THAT -- IT DOESN'T MATTER
00:21:26.28\00:21:30.79
IF IT'S A CONCERT OR WHATEVER IT
IS, THE MARKETING IS THE SAME,
00:21:30.79\00:21:35.32
BUT IT STILL DOES BRING PEOPLE.
>> I WOULD EVEN GO FAR AS TO SAY
00:21:35.32\00:21:38.79
IT SAVES LIVES. THE
FIRST EVANGELISTIC SERIES
00:21:38.79\00:21:41.90
THAT I DID, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH
SOUTHERN ANDREWS OR DIFFERENT
00:21:41.90\00:21:45.93
PLACES, YOU'LL DO A
FIELD SCHOOL OF EVANGELISM.
00:21:45.93\00:21:48.54
I WAS IN CAMDEN, SOUTH DAKOTA,
AND THERE WAS A LADY WHO HAD
00:21:48.54\00:21:53.44
BEEN INVOLVED IN A MOTORCYCLE
ACCIDENT, LOST ONE OF HER LEGS,
00:21:53.44\00:21:58.35
AND JUST DEALING WITH
THAT SITUATION, BROUGHT ON
00:21:58.35\00:22:02.72
DEPRESSION, AND
DEPRESSION ELIMINATES HOPE.
00:22:02.72\00:22:04.69
SHE STARTED FEELING DESPAIR,
AND SHE WAS AT THE POINT OF
00:22:04.69\00:22:10.03
CONTEMPLATING TAKING HER LIFE,
AND SHE WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW
00:22:10.03\00:22:15.26
SHE SHOULD TAKE HER LIFE,
AND THE HANDBILL FOR THAT SERIES
00:22:15.26\00:22:19.37
CAME. AND SHE
SAID, I'M GOING TO GIVE
00:22:19.37\00:22:21.87
GOD ONE MORE CHANCE AND SEE IF
LIFE HAS SOME VALUE, IF LIFE IS
00:22:21.87\00:22:26.27
REALLY WORTH LIVING, SHE CAME TO
THE SERIES, AND BY GOD'S GRACE,
00:22:26.27\00:22:31.71
WE WERE ABLE TO BAPTIZE HER,
AND SHE BECAME A MEMBER OF THAT
00:22:31.71\00:22:35.45
CHURCH. I DON'T
KNOW IF SHE IS STILL
00:22:35.45\00:22:37.29
THERE. I HAVE
MOVED ON, BUT IF THAT
00:22:37.29\00:22:39.39
HANDBILL SAVED A LIFE,
HANDBILLS ARE IMPORTANT.
00:22:39.39\00:22:42.46
>> THAT'S RIGHT. I
REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
00:22:42.46\00:22:45.36
GUYS SPEAKING ON THAT.
I'M HEARING MORE AND MORE
00:22:45.36\00:22:48.63
PASTORS AND CONFERENCE OFFICIALS
THAT ARE CONTEMPLATING THE IDEAS
00:22:48.63\00:22:53.30
OF TRYING TO SAVE MONEY, SAYING
MAYBE HANDBILLS ARE A LITTLE
00:22:53.30\00:22:58.37
OUTDATES, MAYBE THEY ARE NOT
REALLY WORTH THE PRICE, BUT I
00:22:58.37\00:23:01.18
HAVE TO ECHO WHAT YOU ARE
SAYING, THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY
00:23:01.18\00:23:05.58
PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TO MY
EVANGELISTIC SERIES OVER THE
00:23:05.58\00:23:09.38
YEARS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, AND
ON NIGHT ONE, I WOULD ALWAYS ASK
00:23:09.38\00:23:13.82
FOR A RAISE OF HANDS HOW MANY OF
YOU ARE HEAR TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU
00:23:13.82\00:23:18.16
RECEIVED ONE OF
THESE IN THE MAIL?
00:23:18.16\00:23:23.03
NEARLY 90% OF THE PEOPLE IN
THE ROOM WOULD RAISE THEIR HAND.
00:23:23.03\00:23:26.80
SO I JUST PRAISE GOD FOR THE
RESOURCES AND THE PAYABILITY TO
00:23:26.80\00:23:30.27
MAIL OUT HOSE THINGS. AND
TALKING ABOUT THE TRASH CAN
00:23:30.27\00:23:34.11
THING, I HAVE HEARD SO MANY
STORIES OF EVEN HOMELESS PEOPLE,
00:23:34.11\00:23:39.28
PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN HAVE A
MAILING ADDRESS, WHO PULL THAT
00:23:39.28\00:23:43.28
OUT OF THE TRASH CAN AND THEY
SHOWED UP, AND THEIR LIFE HAS
00:23:43.28\00:23:49.39
CHANGED. >> I THINK THAT REALLY
SPEAKS TO-pHOW BAD GOD WANTS TO
00:23:49.39\00:23:55.86
GET AHOLD OF US AND SAVE OUR
LIVES. >> YOU KNOW, I -- I THINK
00:23:55.86\00:23:59.40
THAT WE ALL WANT TO SAVE MONEY.
WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE
00:23:59.40\00:24:03.37
OF PERSONAL
INVITATION. WE ALL GET THAT.
00:24:03.37\00:24:06.68
>> SURE. >> BUT
WHEN WE REMEMBER THE
00:24:06.68\00:24:09.28
CYCLE, THE GROWTH CYCLE, AND
THIS IS ONE PIECE OF THAT CYCLE,
00:24:09.28\00:24:13.65
THE OTHER PIECES ARE PART OF IT,
AND WE DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH
00:24:13.65\00:24:19.85
ANY PART THAT
BRINGS ABOUT A RESULT.
00:24:19.85\00:24:21.99
>> SURE. >> AND THIS IS AN -- AN
00:24:21.99\00:24:25.76
EFFECTIVE AND IMPORTANT PART OF
GETTING PEOPLE TO COME TO THAT
00:24:25.76\00:24:29.46
HARVEST PHASE. YES, IF
YOU ARE DOING ALL OF THE
00:24:29.46\00:24:32.17
OTHER PIECES, THERE WILL BE
PEOPLE THAT WILL COME BECAUSE OF
00:24:32.17\00:24:35.47
EACH ONE OF THOSE PARTS OF THE
PROCESS, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE
00:24:35.47\00:24:39.21
YOU WILL NOT MEET -- YOU SAID,
DEB WOULD NEVER HAVE COME --
00:24:39.21\00:24:43.28
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. >>
-- SHE NEVER WOULD HAVE COME
00:24:43.28\00:24:47.12
IF SHE HADN'T GOTTEN ALL OF
THOSE BROCHURES IN THE MAIL, AND
00:24:47.12\00:24:51.32
WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT TO GO.
WE STARTED GOING DOWN THAT ROAD
00:24:51.32\00:24:55.66
IN MICHIGAN A FEW YEARS AGO, AND
SAYING WE'RE GOING TO CUT BACK
00:24:55.66\00:25:00.30
ON BROCHURES AND PUT OUR
EMPHASIS ON BIBLE WORKERS.
00:25:00.30\00:25:04.50
AND IT DIDN'T BRING
ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECTED.
00:25:04.50\00:25:07.37
WE STILL FIND THE VALE IN THAT
BROCHURE ALONG WITH THE REST OF
00:25:07.37\00:25:10.77
THE CYCLE. >> AMEN.
00:25:10.77\00:25:12.64
>> I THINK IT'S WORTH SAYING
TOO, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
00:25:12.64\00:25:16.58
PUBLIC EVANGELISM, AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF IT, BUT WE'RE NOT
00:25:16.58\00:25:20.38
SAYING IT IS IMPORTANT
TO DO THAT ABOVE THE OTHER.
00:25:20.38\00:25:23.95
IT'S IMPORTANT TO
DO THAT WITH THE OTHER.
00:25:23.95\00:25:27.29
AND WHEN WE DO THE FULL CYCLE,
WE HAVE THE PERSONAL EVANGELISM,
00:25:27.29\00:25:31.49
THE PERSONAL INVITATION, THE
PUBLIC EVANGELISM, THE PUBLIC
00:25:31.49\00:25:35.60
ADVERTISING, WE'RE GOING THROUGH
THAT CYCLE, THAT'S WHERE THE
00:25:35.60\00:25:38.97
REAL POWER IS. SOME
PEOPLE SAY, WE DON'T NEED,
00:25:38.97\00:25:42.57
YOU KNOW, HANDBILLS WHEN
WE HAVE-RELATIONSHIPS. I WOULD
00:25:42.57\00:25:49.04
AGREE WE NEED RELATIONSHIPS.
WE NEED TO ESTABLISH THOSE AND
00:25:49.04\00:25:51.31
BUILD THOS, BUT YOU ARE ONLY
GOING TO GET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF
00:25:51.31\00:25:54.85
PEOPLE AND A CERTAIN TYPE
OF PEOPLE FROM EACH PIECE.
00:25:54.85\00:25:58.02
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED ALL OF THE
PIECES, BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO
00:25:58.02\00:26:01.79
GET THE WIDEST
VARIETY OF PEOPLE.
00:26:01.79\00:26:03.89
AND OF COURSE WHEN WE MAIL A
HANDBILL AND SOMEONE COMES INTO
00:26:03.89\00:26:07.23
THE CHURCH FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME AND THEY KNOW NO ONE THERE,
00:26:07.23\00:26:12.67
THAT'S THE TIME TO START
BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND
00:26:12.67\00:26:15.80
REACH OUT TO THAT PERSON
FROM THE VERY FIRST NIGHT.
00:26:15.80\00:26:18.44
AND IF WE DO THAT, WE'RE
GOING TO USE ALL OF THOSE PIECS.
00:26:18.44\00:26:22.08
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO
MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
00:26:22.08\00:26:26.38
>> WAS ONE LAST THING
I WANT TO THROW IN THERE.
00:26:26.38\00:26:31.49
AS A WORLD CHURCH, THERE
IS A PUSH FOR TOTAL MEMBER
00:26:31.49\00:26:36.96
INVOLVEMENT. THAT'S THE IDEAL.
00:26:36.96\00:26:38.83
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.
BUT THE REALITY IS NOT EVERYBODY
00:26:38.83\00:26:42.70
WILL. RIGHT?
00:26:42.70\00:26:43.73
AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT
AVENUE OF REACHING INTO A HOME
00:26:43.73\00:26:47.54
AND EXTENDING AN
INVITATION -- LET'S JUST SAY OUT
00:26:47.54\00:26:52.07
OF A CHURCH OF 200, I HAVE
50 THAT AREN'T INVITING ANYBODY.
00:26:52.07\00:26:59.25
WELL, THE HANDBILL HELP
MAKE UP FOR THAT LACK OF MEMBER
00:26:59.25\00:27:03.28
INVOLVEMENT. AND IT
ALL WORKS TOGETHER TO
00:27:03.28\00:27:05.39
MAKE A COHESIVE PLAN, AND
TO ELIMINATE THE HANDBILL, I'M
00:27:05.39\00:27:09.72
CUTTING MYSELF OFF
FROM THAT AVENUE OF REACH.
00:27:09.72\00:27:11.86
>> AND I JUST WANT TO SAY IN
A GENERAL PERSPECTIVE HERE, I
00:27:11.86\00:27:15.26
REMEMBER -- I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE
AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING BEFORE
00:27:15.26\00:27:18.57
GOING INTO A SERIES, AND I WOULD
REMIND THE CHURCH THAT, YOU
00:27:18.57\00:27:23.41
KNOW, I'M HER FIRST TO CONVERT
THESE PEOPLE TO JESUS CHRIST,
00:27:23.41\00:27:27.71
NOT TO BECOME A
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST.
00:27:27.71\00:27:30.05
OF COURSE WE WANT THEM TO
BECOME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST.
00:27:30.05\00:27:32.71
BUT OUR FIRST AND -- AND OUR
FIRST -- AND MOST IMPORTANT TASK
00:27:32.71\00:27:37.59
IS TO BRING THM AND INTRODUCE
THEM TO JESUS, BECAUSE, YOU
00:27:37.59\00:27:41.02
KNOW, THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING, AND I APPRECIATE
00:27:41.02\00:27:44.16
EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE SAID,
BECAUSE ALL THAT WE'RE TALKING
00:27:44.16\00:27:47.23
ABOUT HERE IS ALL ABOUT CHRIST.
IT'S JESUS ON PROPHECY, IT'S
00:27:47.23\00:27:51.50
CHRIST CENTERED, CHRIST FOCUSED,
AND HOW CAN WE HAVE GOOD VITAL
00:27:51.50\00:27:57.57
CHURCH MEMBERS THAT ARE WALKING
IN THE FAITH OF CHRIST, IF WE
00:27:57.57\00:28:01.81
HAVEN'T FIRST INTRODUCED THEM TO
JESUS CHRIST, AND CONVERTED THEM
00:28:01.81\00:28:05.01
TO CHRIST. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:28:05.01\00:28:07.52
WE WANT TO SEE
THEM RECEIVE CHRIST.
00:28:07.52\00:28:09.38
AND CHRIST ALONE HAS THE
POWER TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES.
00:28:09.38\00:28:12.82
>> AMEN. >> CHRIST
ALONE PAID THE PENALTY
00:28:12.82\00:28:17.49
FOR THEIR SIN. SO
WHEN THEY ARE INTRODUCED TO
00:28:17.49\00:28:20.96
THE SAVIOR, HE MAKES THAT
TRANSFORMATION IN THEIR LIFE,
00:28:20.96\00:28:24.23
AND THEN THEY ARE READY TO
SAY, LORD, I WILL FOLLOW YOU
00:28:24.23\00:28:31.04
ANYWHERE. SO WE
WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT
00:28:31.04\00:28:33.61
TRANSFORMING POWER THAT
ONLY THE GOSPEL CAN BRING.
00:28:33.61\00:28:36.11
>> UH-HUH. >> BUT
ONCE THEY HAVE THAT
00:28:36.11\00:28:39.45
TRANSFORMATION, THEN THEY ARE
GOING TO SAY, WELL, NOW WHAT?
00:28:39.45\00:28:43.89
THEN WE HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL
TRUTHS THAT ARE REVEALED IN
00:28:43.89\00:28:47.06
SCRIPTURE, AND WHEN A BEGINNING
TO STUDY THE BIBLE -- IF A
00:28:47.06\00:28:50.79
PERSON STUDIES THE BIBLE
SINCERELY AND HONESTLY, THEY
00:28:50.79\00:28:56.03
WILL FIND THEMSELVES IN THE
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
00:28:56.03\00:28:58.77
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
THEY WILL FIND THE CHURCH
00:28:58.77\00:29:02.54
THAT TEACHES THOSE TRUTHS,
AND THEY WILL BE DRAWN TO THE
00:29:02.54\00:29:08.04
ADVENTIST CHURCH, ESPECIALLY
IF THEY STUDY AND UNDERSTAND THE
00:29:08.04\00:29:12.21
BOOK OF
REVELATION. >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:29:12.21\00:29:15.62
>> AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO
BRING OUT IN JESUS ON PROPHECY.
00:29:15.62\00:29:20.56
WE DON'T WANT TO JUST JUMP TO
THE PROPHECIES WITHOUT REVEALING
00:29:20.56\00:29:26.83
CHRIST. BUT ONCE
THE SCRIPTURES HAVE
00:29:26.83\00:29:31.73
REVEALED CHRIST, THEN WE
WANT THEM TO SEE THOSE BEAUTIFUL
00:29:31.73\00:29:37.04
TRUTHS. SO WE HAVE
DONE A LOT OF THINGS
00:29:37.04\00:29:40.81
IN PREPARATION
FOR JESUS ON PROPHECY.
00:29:40.81\00:29:42.84
THERE ARE THINGS
WE'LL BE DOING NOW.
00:29:42.84\00:29:45.38
IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE'RE HAVING
THIS GREAT EVENT ON SEPTEMBER
00:29:45.38\00:29:49.75
23RD, BUT OUR
CHURCHES ARE PREPARING.
00:29:49.75\00:29:52.15
THEY ARE GOING
THROUGH REVIVAL STUDIES.
00:29:52.15\00:29:55.22
THEY ARE GIVING BIBL STUDIES.
THEY ARE SHARING LITERATURE,
00:29:55.22\00:29:59.33
GLOW TRACKS AND
OTHER BOOKS AND THINGS.
00:29:59.33\00:30:02.33
AND THEY ARE PREPARING
THAT SOIL FOR THAT HARVEST.
00:30:02.33\00:30:05.30
THEY ARE PLANTING THE SEED.
THEY ARE CULTIVATING, AND THEN
00:30:05.30\00:30:13.27
WE'LL BE READY TO
HAVE THAT HARVEST.
00:30:13.27\00:30:16.81
>> WHAT ARE SOME
OF THE SERMON TITLES?
00:30:16.81\00:30:20.02
>> YEAH, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE OF
PASTORS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER
00:30:20.02\00:30:25.59
THAT THE LORD HAS
PRAYERFULLY PUT TOGETHER.
00:30:25.59\00:30:29.59
AND WE HAVE HAD SOME
PRETTY LIVELY DISCUSSIONS.
00:30:29.59\00:30:33.26
[ LAUGHTER ] >> WE
SPENT SEVERAL MEETINGS
00:30:33.26\00:30:34.93
TALKING ABOUT WHAT TOPICS WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE, AND THEN WHAT ARE
00:30:34.93\00:30:41.57
THE TITLES GOING TO BE?
AND WE CAME UP WITH SOME VERY
00:30:41.57\00:30:47.41
INTERESTING ONES. BUT
THE EMPHASIS IS JESUS ON.
00:30:47.41\00:30:51.21
FOR INSTANCE, THE SABBATH TOPIC,
WHICH IS ABOUT NIGHT 12 OR 13 IN
00:30:51.21\00:30:55.92
OUR SERIES. JESUS
ON RELIGIOUS TRADITION.
00:30:55.92\00:30:59.82
>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD
-MESSAGE. >> WHAT ABOUT JESUS ON
00:30:59.82\00:31:04.99
-- YOU KNOW, YOU
KNOW, CHRISTIAN STANDARDS.
00:31:04.99\00:31:10.93
JESUS ON COUNTER CULTURE LIVING.
SOME OF THE OTHER ONES ELDER?
00:31:10.93\00:31:16.14
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT
REVELATION, IN RELATIONSHIP TO
00:31:16.14\00:31:23.75
SANCTIFICATION AND THAT
WHOLE PROCESS, AND FINDING IN
00:31:23.75\00:31:28.12
REVELATION THE OVERCOMERS
THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT
00:31:28.12\00:31:32.65
SANCTIFICATION
PROCESS. WHAT WAS THE TITLE?
00:31:32.65\00:31:34.69
>> YEAH, IT'S CALLED
JESUS ON LIVING ABOVE HYPOCRISY.
00:31:34.69\00:31:40.10
>> OH, NICE. >>
WHICH I THINK IS POWERFUL.
00:31:40.10\00:31:44.13
BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE
ISSUE IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY.
00:31:44.13\00:31:48.60
HYPOCRISY, AND THOSE SAYING
ONE THING, AND DOING ANOTHER.
00:31:48.60\00:31:51.44
WELL, WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE
REALIZE THAT THE BIBLE CAN GIVE
00:31:51.44\00:31:55.34
THEM THE POWER TO
LIVE ABOVE THAT HYPOCRISY.
00:31:55.34\00:32:00.65
>> WE HAD ONE OR TWO
MORE, CAN YOU THINK --
00:32:00.65\00:32:04.62
>> THERE ARE SOME I CAN
TELL YOU THAT WE REJECTED.
00:32:04.62\00:32:10.23
[ LAUGHTER ] >> I'M
NOT GOING TO MUDDY THE
00:32:10.23\00:32:15.13
WATERS WITH WHAT WE REJECTED.
BUT WHEN HE CAME INTO THIS, IT
00:32:15.13\00:32:25.34
WAS SUCH A SWEET SPIRIT.
NOBODY CAME TO THE TABLE WITH A
00:32:25.34\00:32:28.61
SPIRIT OF ARROGANCE, OR, YOU
KNOW, I NEE TO BE PRESSING THIS
00:32:28.61\00:32:31.71
OR THAT, AND I HAVE REALLY
APPRECIATED WORKING WITH PASTOR
00:32:31.71\00:32:36.65
WES, BECAUSE EVEN AS OUR
DIRECTOR FOR EVANGELISM, HE SAYS
00:32:36.65\00:32:41.16
I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
I'M NOT HEAR JUST TO DICTATE OR
00:32:41.16\00:32:48.23
MANDATE, WHAT ARE YOUR
IDEAS? AND EVEN AS THE SERMON
00:32:48.23\00:32:53.60
MANUSCRIPTS HAVE BEEN
WRITTEN -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
00:32:53.60\00:32:56.14
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT
PROCESS, BUT IT'S FUN, SCARY --
00:32:56.14\00:33:01.48
[ LAUGHTER ] .
00:33:01.48\00:33:02.31
>> YOU KNOW, AND
NERVE-RACKING A LITTLE BIT.
00:33:02.31\00:33:04.55
BECAUSE WE DIVIDED UP THE TOPICS
AND THEN WE BRING THE MANUSCRIPT
00:33:04.55\00:33:08.72
BACK AND EVERYBODY READS THROUGH
IT, AND BASICALLY SAYS, MAYBE
00:33:08.72\00:33:12.59
THIS, MAYBE THIS, AND WE MAKE
SUGGESTIONS AND EDITS, AND IT
00:33:12.59\00:33:17.29
HAS JUST BEEN --
I LOVE THE SPIRIT.
00:33:17.29\00:33:19.36
WHEN WE COME TOGETHER,
IT'S A SPIRITUAL FEAST.
00:33:19.36\00:33:22.20
IT'S A LOT OF
WORK. IT'S A LOT OF TIME.
00:33:22.20\00:33:25.10
BUT IT'S ALSO A SPIRITUAL FEAST,
BECAUSE WE ARE JUST UPLIFTING
00:33:25.10\00:33:29.30
EACH OTHER, AND WE HAVE THAT
OPEN SPIRIT WHEN IT COMES TO
00:33:29.30\00:33:32.94
CRITICAL, YOU KNOW, CHANGES
THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE.
00:33:32.94\00:33:35.81
>> I'M GOING TO MISS ALL OF
THESE GUYS WHEN WE GET DONE WITH
00:33:35.81\00:33:40.18
THIS, BECAUSE I NEED THEM TO
HELP ME WITH MY SERMONS IN THE
00:33:40.18\00:33:45.45
FUTURE. >> WE
HAVE GIVEN THEM THE
00:33:45.45\00:33:48.92
FREEDOM TO SPEAK
OPENLY AND FREELY.
00:33:48.92\00:33:51.03
AND THERE HAS BEEN TIMES THAT
SOME OF THE GUYS SAY, THEY WANT
00:33:51.03\00:33:55.30
TO SAY THIS, AND I
SAY THERE'S NO WAY.
00:33:55.30\00:33:58.73
AND THEN HAVE BEEN TIMES I HAVE
SAID THINGS, AND THE REST OF THE
00:33:58.73\00:34:03.17
COMMITTEE SAYS NO WAY. I
CHAIR THE COMMITTEE, BUT I
00:34:03.17\00:34:06.64
VIEW IT AS A TEAM EFFORT
AND THE LORD AS OUR CAPTAIN.
00:34:06.64\00:34:11.98
SO EVERY SERMON HAS THIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH EMPHASIS.
00:34:11.98\00:34:16.85
>> PRAISE GOD. >> YOU
LOOK AT THE LIST OF OUR
00:34:16.85\00:34:19.99
TOPICS, AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE
TRADITIONAL EVANGELISTIC TOPICS,
00:34:19.99\00:34:25.33
BUT JUST A SMALL EXAMPLE OF SOME
OF THE SERMONS -- THAT EVERY
00:34:25.33\00:34:30.60
SERMON ON EVERY TOPIC HAS A
GOSPEL STORY THAT IS CONNECTED
00:34:30.60\00:34:33.87
TO THE TOPIC. EVERY
PROPHECY HAS A GOSPEL
00:34:33.87\00:34:38.07
PIECE THAT'S
WITH IT. >> NARRATIVE.
00:34:38.07\00:34:40.04
>> OR A NARRATIVE. >> AMEN.
00:34:40.04\00:34:43.28
>> SO WE ARE CONNECTING PEOPLE
CONTINUALLY WITH CHRIST, AND
00:34:43.28\00:34:46.82
WHEN WE REVEAL THE SABBATH,
YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT DID JESUS DO
00:34:46.82\00:34:50.52
WITH THE SABBATH? THAT
SOUNDS CLICHE, BUT REALLY,
00:34:50.52\00:34:54.52
WE'RE TAKING THAT
EMPHASIS -- AND WE'RE NOT
00:34:54.52\00:34:59.29
INVENTING ANYTHING NEW, BUT
I THINK IT WILL BE UNIQUE AND A
00:34:59.29\00:35:04.17
FRESH REVELATION OF
CHRIST IN EVERY MESSAGE.
00:35:04.17\00:35:06.87
>> ABSOLUTELY. I'M
HEARING ALL OF THIS, AND I'M
00:35:06.87\00:35:09.97
THINKING TO MYSELF, IF I'M
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW,
00:35:09.97\00:35:12.61
AND I'M FROM A DIFFRENT STATE
THAN MICHIGAN, YOU KNOW -- TALK
00:35:12.61\00:35:18.58
ABOUT THAT. CAN --
RE OTHER CONFERENCES OR
00:35:18.58\00:35:21.15
OTHER STATES OTHER THAN
THE STATE OF MICHIGAN OR THE
00:35:21.15\00:35:23.89
CONFERENCE OF
MICHIGAN, CAN THEY GET INVOLVED?
00:35:23.89\00:35:26.39
HOW DO THEY GET INVOLVED?
MAYBE TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
00:35:26.39\00:35:31.33
>> SURE, ABSOLUTELY ALIKE I SAID
BEFORE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO KEEP
00:35:31.33\00:35:37.20
IT IN MICHIGAN.
THERE ARE OTHER CHURCHES IN
00:35:37.20\00:35:41.27
OTHER CONFERENCES THAT HAVE
DECIDED THEY WANT TO BE WITH US.
00:35:41.27\00:35:45.24
FOR CHURCHES THAT WANT
TO PARTICIPATE OR WANT MORE
00:35:45.24\00:35:48.88
INFORMATION, THEY CAN GO TO
REGISTER.JESUSONPROPHECY.COM.
00:35:48.88\00:35:59.95
>> AND THAT'S NOT TO BE CONFUSED
WITH THE GUESTS REGISTERING.
00:35:59.95\00:36:03.19
THIS IS FOR
CHURCHES REGISTERING.
00:36:03.19\00:36:10.90
>> SURE. >> SO
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
00:36:10.90\00:36:12.93
THE PROCESS FOR THAT.
WHEN A CHURCH REGISTERS, THEY
00:36:12.93\00:36:16.64
ARE GOING TO GET -- WHEN THE
WEBSITE IS UP, WHICH IT SHOULD
00:36:16.64\00:36:20.28
BE UP VERY SOON, THEY WILL GET
AN EMAIL WITH A LINK TO LOG IN
00:36:20.28\00:36:25.71
TO CREATE USER
NAME AND PASS WORD.
00:36:25.71\00:36:28.12
ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THEY WILL BE
ABLE TO GET ON THE WEBSITE AND
00:36:28.12\00:36:31.29
SEE ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT
WE'LL HAVE AVAILABLE THERE, SO
00:36:31.29\00:36:34.59
ONCE WE FINISH THE SERMONS
AND THE POWERPOINTS, THE SERMONS
00:36:34.59\00:36:39.83
WILL BE THERE. WE
HAVE A SPEAKER AND
00:36:39.83\00:36:42.60
COORDINATOR HANDBOOK THAT KIND
OF GIVES THE CHURCH STEP BY STEP
00:36:42.60\00:36:47.04
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO GET READY
FOR THE SERIES AND SOME THINGS
00:36:47.04\00:36:50.71
THEY CAN DO. WE'LL
HAVE DETAILED INSTRUCTION
00:36:50.71\00:36:54.08
ON EVERY SEGMENT OF THE MEETING,
SUCH AS THE GREETERS AND THE
00:36:54.08\00:36:59.21
REGISTRATION.
WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THOSE
00:36:59.21\00:37:01.12
DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'LL HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY
00:37:01.12\00:37:03.28
CAN ORDER RESOURCES. SO
WE HAVE A B IN OF RESOURCES.
00:37:03.28\00:37:06.76
WE HAVE A GLOW
TRACK THAT WE'RE USING.
00:37:06.76\00:37:11.03
JESUS ON PROPHECY GLOW TRACK,
WHICH TELLS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
00:37:11.03\00:37:12.89
THE SERIES, AND THEY CAN GIVE
THESE TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND
00:37:12.89\00:37:17.93
STRANGERS AND WHAT NOT, AND
IT GUIDES PEOPLE TO THE WEBSITE,
00:37:17.93\00:37:20.90
WHERE THEY CAN GO TO THE
WEBSITE AND THEN PREREGISTER.
00:37:20.90\00:37:24.01
WE ALSO HAVE A PERSONAL
INVITATION CARD THAT ON THE BACK
00:37:24.01\00:37:27.14
HAS A LITTLE PARAGRAPH THAT
TELLS THEM ABOUT MEETINGS, BUT
00:37:27.14\00:37:30.85
IT ALSO SAYS,
HI, MY NAME IS BLANK.
00:37:30.85\00:37:34.88
WELL, THE MEMBER CAN WRITE THEIR
NAME IN THERE AND THEIR PHONE
00:37:34.88\00:37:38.82
NUMBER IF THEY WOULD LIKE, AND
THEY CAN PERSONALLY INVITE THEM.
00:37:38.82\00:37:42.26
AND IT SAYS PLEASE COME
AND BE MY PERSONAL GUEST.
00:37:42.26\00:37:45.99
SO WE HAVE THE GLOW TRACKS,
THAT YOU CAN LEAVE, WE HAVE THE
00:37:45.99\00:37:52.77
PERSONAL INVITATION CARD THAT
CAN BE MORE OF A CONVERSATION
00:37:52.77\00:37:57.14
PIECE THAT YOU CAN
HAVE WITH THE PERSON.
00:37:57.14\00:37:59.04
SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RESOURCES
CHURCHES CAN ORDER AND OBTAIN.
00:37:59.04\00:38:04.85
WE HAVE
DOWNLOADABLE STUFF ON THERE.
00:38:04.85\00:38:07.45
>> SO YOU GUYS COVERED
EVERY -- THERE'S NOTHING THAT
00:38:07.45\00:38:11.42
HASN'T BEEN COVERED. >> AMEN.
00:38:11.42\00:38:13.39
>> IN THE SYSTEM, AND I
THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT,
00:38:13.39\00:38:16.29
BECAUSE IT'S -- IT'S
VERY WELL ORGANIZED --
00:38:16.29\00:38:19.19
>> RIGHT. >> --
AND IT'S -- WE'LL BE
00:38:19.19\00:38:21.93
PRAYING FOR THOSE
MEETINGS FOR SURE.
00:38:21.93\00:38:23.77
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SOLICIT
YOUR PRAYERS FOR THOSE MEETINGS
00:38:23.77\00:38:27.64
AS WELL. EXPECT
THE LORD TO MOVE IN A
00:38:27.64\00:38:31.24
MIGHTY MIGHTY WAY. >>
THERE IS A PRAYER FEES AS
00:38:31.24\00:38:35.74
WELL, HAVING TO DO WITH PRAYING
AND FASTING ONCE A MONTH.
00:38:35.74\00:38:38.71
>> SURE. WE HAVE A
VERY IMPORTANT PRAYER
00:38:38.71\00:38:41.88
COMPONENT. AND
SO OFTEN I HAVE DONE
00:38:41.88\00:38:43.95
MEETINGS -- I'LL
TELL YOU REAL QUICK.
00:38:43.95\00:38:46.32
ONE OF MY EARLY DAYS OF
EVANGELISM, THERE'S A LOT OF
00:38:46.32\00:38:49.76
PREPARATION THAT GOES INTO A
MEETING MONTHS AND MONTHS AHEAD
00:38:49.76\00:38:53.40
OF TIME. AND WE STARTED ON THIS
00:38:53.40\00:38:56.40
ALMOST -- OVER A
YEAR AHEAD OF TIME.
00:38:56.40\00:38:59.33
BUT ONE OF MY VERY FIRST SERIES,
THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK TO GET
00:38:59.33\00:39:05.57
DONE, I WAS STRIVING TO GET IT
DONE, AND I'LL CONFESS, THAT I
00:39:05.57\00:39:10.71
NEGLECTED TO PRAY
AS MUCH AS I SHOULD.
00:39:10.71\00:39:12.41
AND I THOUGHT, THE
LORD KNOWS MY HEART.
00:39:12.41\00:39:16.05
HE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
SO THE OPENING NIGHT, WE HAD A
00:39:16.05\00:39:19.02
NUMBER OF GUESTS, BUT AT THE
END OF THE SERIES, WE HAD NO ONE
00:39:19.02\00:39:23.19
THAT GAVE THEIR LIFE TO THE LORD
OR JOINED THE CHURCH, AND I WAS
00:39:23.19\00:39:28.03
SO DISAPPOINTED. AND
THE LORD POINTED ME BACK TO
00:39:28.03\00:39:31.57
THE FACT THAT,
HEY, YOU DID NOT PRAY.
00:39:31.57\00:39:34.64
YOU DIDN'T REALLY ASK THE
CHURCH AS YOU OUGHT TO PRAY.
00:39:34.64\00:39:37.57
SO FOR THIS SERIES, WE WANT
TO HAVE THAT PRAYER COMPONENT
00:39:37.57\00:39:42.24
EMPHASIZED. SO WE
STARTED IN JANUARY
00:39:42.24\00:39:43.91
ALREADY, BUT THE 23RD OF EVERY
MONTH IN OUR CONFERENCE, 23RD
00:39:43.91\00:39:48.32
BECAUSE IT STARTS
ON SEPTEMBER 23RD --
00:39:48.32\00:39:50.62
>> RIGHT. >> UH-HUH.
00:39:50.62\00:39:52.19
>> -- THE 23RD DAY OF EVERY
MONTH IS A DAY OF PRAYER AND
00:39:52.19\00:39:57.06
FASTING IN OUR CONFERENCE.
SO WE'RE ASKING THE CHURCHES TO
00:39:57.06\00:40:00.50
PUT A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PRAYER
AND ON FASTING, HOWEVER THEY
00:40:00.50\00:40:04.33
CHOOSE TO DO THAT
PERSONALLY, IT'S UP TO THEM.
00:40:04.33\00:40:08.54
BUT TO FAST FROM SOMETHING.
FOOD, OR FACEBOOK OR WHATEVER.
00:40:08.54\00:40:12.61
BUT WE'RE FASTING FROM
SOMETHING, AND USING THAT EXTRA
00:40:12.61\00:40:15.44
TIME FOR PRAYER. SO WE
ALSO HAVE DEVELOPED THIS
00:40:15.44\00:40:19.31
PRAYER CARD THAT ON ONE SIDE OF
THE CARD, IT HAS A UNITED CHURCH
00:40:19.31\00:40:22.62
PLAN THAT GIVES THE CHURCHES AN
OPTION -- OPTIONS FOR A PRAYER
00:40:22.62\00:40:27.82
PLAN IN THEIR LOCAL CHURCH.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT'S A
00:40:27.82\00:40:31.53
PERSONAL PRAYER PLAN, AND SO
WE'VE PUT FIVE BLANK LINES HERE
00:40:31.53\00:40:35.60
WHERE PEOPE CAN WRITE IN THE
NAME OF PEOPLE -- SEVERAL NAMES
00:40:35.60\00:40:40.40
OF PEOPLE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE
TO INVITE TO THE EVANGELISTIC
00:40:40.40\00:40:44.14
SERIES, AND THEN PRAYING
FOR THOSE PEOPLE EVERY DAY FOR
00:40:44.14\00:40:47.94
MONTHS, AND THA WILL KIND OF
GO-pALONG WITH -- WHICH WE'LL
TAL ABOUT IN A MOMENT -- OUR
00:40:47.94\00:40:56.15
MULTI-POINT INVITATION PLAN.
SO THIS PRAYER PLAN, WE PUT THAT
00:40:56.15\00:40:59.69
SPECIAL EMPHASIS, BECAUSE WE
DON'T WANT THESE MEETINGS GOING
00:40:59.69\00:41:04.16
ON WITHOUT LOTS OF
PRAYER AHEAD OF TIME AND DURING.
00:41:04.16\00:41:08.53
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT BEING
DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE NOBODY
00:41:08.53\00:41:12.60
JOINED THE CHURCH AT THAT
PARTICULAR TIME, BUT, YOU KNOW,
00:41:12.60\00:41:15.77
IN GOD'S WORD, HE SAYS MY WORD
WILL NOT RETURN VOID, SO WHO
00:41:15.77\00:41:21.18
KNOWS WHAT
HAPPENED AFTER THEY LEFT.
00:41:21.18\00:41:24.01
THE SEED HAD BEEN PLANTED
AND MAYBE DECIDED AFTER BEING AT
00:41:24.01\00:41:26.95
THAT MEETING, YOU KNOW WHAT,
I NEED A CHANGE IN MY LIFE.
00:41:26.95\00:41:30.82
I NEED TO ACCEPT CHRIST.
AND MAYBE THEY NEED AFTER THAT.
00:41:30.82\00:41:34.39
>> ABSOLUTELY. AND I
HAVE SEEN THAT HAPPEN MANY
00:41:34.39\00:41:37.86
TIMES. SO WE HAVE
A NUMBER OF RALLIES
00:41:37.86\00:41:40.26
THAT WE'RE DOING
FOR THE CHURCHES.
00:41:40.26\00:41:43.13
WE HAVE TRAININGS
THAT ARE TAKING PLACE.
00:41:43.13\00:41:46.27
WE HAVE THE PRAYER
FOCUS, AND THE WEBSITE WITH THE
00:41:46.27\00:41:51.17
PREREGISTRATION, EVEN --
THE CHURCHES CAN TRACK THE
00:41:51.17\00:41:54.11
ATTENDANCE OF THEIR
MEETINGS RIGHT ON THE WEBSITE.
00:41:54.11\00:41:56.68
>> WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU
TRAIN THEM -- WHEN YOU DO THE
00:41:56.68\00:42:00.25
TRAINING, WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL?
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ASPECTS
00:42:00.25\00:42:03.05
THAT YOU FOCUS ON WHEN YOU ARE
TRAINING SOMEONE FOR SOMETHING
00:42:03.05\00:42:06.19
LIKE THIS? >> SURE.
00:42:06.19\00:42:07.69
SURE. WE GIVE
THEM THE CALENDAR FROM
00:42:07.69\00:42:10.46
THE EARLY DAYS OF
PREPARATION FOR THE SERIES.
00:42:10.46\00:42:13.50
I TALKED ABOUT SOME OF
THE COMPONENTS OF DURING THE
00:42:13.50\00:42:16.90
MEETING, HOW TO HAVE
GREETERS AND REGISTRATION.
00:42:16.90\00:42:19.30
WE TALK ABOUT THE WEBSITE
AND HOW THE USERS CAN USE THE
00:42:19.30\00:42:22.47
WEBSITE. WE ALSO
DO SPEAKER TRAINING.
00:42:22.47\00:42:24.24
>> OH, WOW. >> THOSE
WHO ARE LAY PREACHERS
00:42:24.24\00:42:27.78
CAN COME AND THEY KIND OF
PRACTICE THEIR SERMONS AND LEARN
00:42:27.78\00:42:30.95
HOW TO EDIT THE SERMONS.
THE SERMONS THAT WE'RE PUTTING
00:42:30.95\00:42:34.72
TOGETHER ARE GOING
TO BE FULLY EDITABLE.
00:42:34.72\00:42:37.59
BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO PREACH IN
00:42:37.59\00:42:40.62
THEIR OWN ARMOR. THE
LORD MAY IMPRESS THEM OF
00:42:40.62\00:42:45.69
OTHER THINGS. THERE
ARE 25 SERMONS IN THE
00:42:45.69\00:42:49.46
SERIES, SO -- YOU KNOW, THEY
WILL HAVE THE POWER POINTS, THE
00:42:49.46\00:42:54.20
MANUSCRIPT, THEY WILL HAVE THE
NOTES ON -- ON THE SLIDE THAT
00:42:54.20\00:42:57.64
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO READ.
WE HAVE NEW GRAPHICS THAT WE'RE
00:42:57.64\00:43:01.94
USING, SOME PRETTY
AWESOME GRAPHICS, SO SOME OF THE
00:43:01.94\00:43:05.95
EVANGELISTIC SERIES I HAVE
SEEN -- YOU KNOW, THE SLIDES ARE
00:43:05.95\00:43:08.95
LIKE FROM THE 60S,
YOU KNOW, PICTURES.
00:43:08.95\00:43:12.29
SO WE'RE GETTING
RID OF ALL OF THAT.
00:43:12.29\00:43:15.02
[ LAUGHTER ] >> WE
HAVE HAD SOME NEW ARTWORK
00:43:15.02\00:43:17.79
DONE. SO I'M PRETTY EXCITED.
00:43:17.79\00:43:19.86
>> PRAISE THE LORD. >> WE
STRIVE FOR PRETTY THOROUGH
00:43:19.86\00:43:24.37
TRAINING. THIS IS
THE THIRD TIME OUR
00:43:24.37\00:43:26.67
CONFERENCE HAS BEEN THROUGH A
CONFERENCE-WIDE SERIES, SO THEY
00:43:26.67\00:43:30.41
ARE KIND OF USED TO THE ROUTINE
NOW, BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS NEW
00:43:30.41\00:43:34.08
PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING INVOLVED.
SO WE WANT TO GIVE THEM WHAT
00:43:34.08\00:43:37.48
THEY NEED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL. >> I LOVE THE UNITY.
00:43:37.48\00:43:41.18
>> YES, IT IS AWESOME.
PASTOR MAYBE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT
00:43:41.18\00:43:44.95
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
YOUR CHURCHES ARE EXCITED ABOUT.
00:43:44.95\00:43:48.56
>> YEAH, WHAT I APPRECIATE BEING
A PASTOR IN THIS FIELD, IS THIS
00:43:48.56\00:43:52.93
IS SOMETHING THAT IS STRONGLY
ENCOURAGED, BUT IT IS NOT
00:43:52.93\00:43:58.57
DICTATED. THERE IS
NOBODY BREATHING DOWN
00:43:58.57\00:44:00.94
YOUR NECK SHAKING YOUR FINGER AT
YOU, YOU WILL DO THIS, YOU WILL
00:44:00.94\00:44:04.71
GET IN LINE. YOU
KNOW, THERE'S NO DIRECTIVE
00:44:04.71\00:44:07.21
THAT IS ISSUED. IT'S
ENCOURAGEMENT, RIGHT?
00:44:07.21\00:44:11.58
AND AS WE STUDY TOGTHER AND
PRAY TOGETHER, WHY AS A PASTOR
00:44:11.58\00:44:15.38
WOULD I NOT WANT
TO DO EVANGELISM?
00:44:15.38\00:44:19.75
IF I'M FEELING THAT CALL TO
WIN SOULS, I'M GOING TO WANT TO
00:44:19.75\00:44:24.09
PARTICIPATE. SO FOR
A PASTOR IN THE FIELD,
00:44:24.09\00:44:26.29
OUR GUYS APPRECIATE THAT NOBODY
IS PRESSURING YOU TO DO THIS,
00:44:26.29\00:44:30.10
AND I LOVE WORKING IN THE METRO
DETROIT AREA, BECAUSE WE HAVE
00:44:30.10\00:44:33.40
THE BLESSING OF PROXIMITY. A
LOT OF PASTORS ARE KIND OF OFF
00:44:33.40\00:44:38.31
TO THEIR OWN SELF
JUST BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY.
00:44:38.31\00:44:41.31
WE HAVE THE BLESSING OF
PROXIMITY, AND WE LOVE DOING
00:44:41.31\00:44:45.25
THINGS TOGETHER. SO
HAVING OUR CONFERENCE BUY
00:44:45.25\00:44:48.25
INTO THAT SPIRIT OF COOPERATION,
SHARED EVANGELISM DOLLARS,
00:44:48.25\00:44:52.19
SHARED ADVERTISING DOLLARS, THAT
RELIEVES A LOT OF BURDEN OFF OF
00:44:52.19\00:44:57.89
SOMETHING AS ELDER POINTED OUT
EARLIER -- I COULD NOT DO AT A
00:44:57.89\00:45:04.00
LOCAL CHURCH LEVEL.
SO I'M JUST SCREAMING AND
00:45:04.00\00:45:06.40
SHOUTING, LET'S DO IT.
LET'S GET BEHIND THIS, AND TO ME
00:45:06.40\00:45:12.94
IT WOULD BE FOOLISH NOT TO AVAIL
MYSELF OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT
00:45:12.94\00:45:17.01
HAS BEEN AFFORDED TO ME.
>> PASTOR TALKED ABOUT HIS
00:45:17.01\00:45:23.99
PERSPECTIVE, BUT FROM A
CONFERENCE LEVEL, WHAT WE LOVE
00:45:23.99\00:45:26.62
IS THAT WE HAVE A CONFERENCE
FULL OF CHURCHES THAT INVOLVE
00:45:26.62\00:45:30.43
EVANGELISM, AND THAT WANT TO
BE A PART, AND THEY ARE EXCITED.
00:45:30.43\00:45:35.00
CURRENTLY WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER
130 SITES THAT ARE PREPARING TO
00:45:35.00\00:45:40.20
PARTICIPATE IN
JESUS ON PROPHECY.
00:45:40.20\00:45:41.97
>> WOW. >> SO
THAT'S THOUSANDS OF CHURCH
00:45:41.97\00:45:44.67
MEMBERS THAT ARE GETTING ACTIVE
AND INVOLVED IN THEIR CHURCHES
00:45:44.67\00:45:47.68
AND THEIR COMMUNITIES IN
PREPARATION FOR THE SERIES, SO
00:45:47.68\00:45:52.01
THAT'S WHERE IT
GETS REALLY EXCITING.
00:45:52.01\00:45:54.05
AND THE TESTIMONIES -- I MEAN,
WHEN WE DID UNLOCK REVELATION,
00:45:54.05\00:46:00.12
WE HAD MORE LAY
INVOLVEMENT THAN EVER BEFORE.
00:46:00.12\00:46:02.99
AND JUST TO SEE THE TESTIMONY
OF THE MEMBERS, THEY HAD RENEWAL
00:46:02.99\00:46:08.03
AND REVIVAL IN THEIR OWN LIFE.
THE MESSAGE IS SO POWERFUL, AND
00:46:08.03\00:46:13.54
EVERY TIME IT IS
PREACHED -- SOMETIMES THERE ARE
00:46:13.54\00:46:15.80
PEOPLE THAT COME MR
MRIEN -- COMPLAIN, WELL, HOW
00:46:15.80\00:46:23.48
COME WE DON'T DO SOMETHING
NEW? AND I SAID IT'S FOR THE
00:46:23.48\00:46:27.58
COMMUNITY. BUT IF
YOU EVER REACH THE POINT
00:46:27.58\00:46:29.62
WHERE YOU ARE TIRED OF HEARING
IT, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO START
00:46:29.62\00:46:34.96
PREACHING IT. I SAY
YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE
00:46:34.96\00:46:38.26
NEXT SPEAKER FOR THIS SITE.
WHEN YOU PREACH IT, IT GIVES A
00:46:38.26\00:46:45.57
WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF
PASSION AND EXCITEMENT.
00:46:45.57\00:46:47.97
>> AMEN. I WANT
TO GO A LITTLE DEEPER
00:46:47.97\00:46:50.87
INTO THE PREWORK PROCESS.
SO PREWORK IS OBVIOUSLY VITALLY
00:46:50.87\00:46:57.11
IMPORTANT BEFORE YOU
GET TO THAT REAPING EVENT.
00:46:57.11\00:46:59.35
SO WHAT DO YOU ENCOURAGE AS
FAR AS THE DIFFERENT METHODS OR
00:46:59.35\00:47:04.75
APPROACH TO PRE-WORK IN
PREPARING FOR THAT EVANGELISTIC
00:47:04.75\00:47:09.96
SERIES? >> SURE.
00:47:09.96\00:47:10.63
IT ALL GOES BACK TO THAT
CYCLE.-PREPARING THE SOIL, THAT
VERY FIRST PHASE, WHERE WE TRY
00:47:10.63\00:47:18.23
TO DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY-BASED
EVENTS,-COMPASSION PROJECTS, AND
HELTH PROGRAMS, AND WE DO -- YOU
00:47:18.23\00:47:25.41
KNOW, FEEDING THE HOMELESS, AND
WE DO -- YOU KNOW, GOING OUT ON
00:47:25.41\00:47:29.34
THE STREETS, AND, YOU KNOW,
ONE OF THE PROJECTS OUR YOUTH
00:47:29.34\00:47:31.48
DEPARTMENT IS DOING IN MICHIGAN
IS THEY ARE DOING A WONDERFUL
00:47:31.48\00:47:34.88
THING IN DETROIT -- WHY
DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT THAT.
00:47:34.88\00:47:37.72
>> WELL, AS SOON AS YOU STARTED
HEADING DOWN THAT WAY, I STARTED
00:47:37.72\00:47:41.62
GETTING EXCITED. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:47:41.62\00:47:43.83
>> OUR NEW YOUTH DIRECTOR, CHAD
BERNARD, HE JUST VISITED WITH
00:47:43.83\00:47:48.20
OUR DETROIT AREA PASTORS FOR
MICHIGAN CONFERENCE THIS PAST
00:47:48.20\00:47:51.83
MONDAY, AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR
AN EVENT THE END OF JULY, WHERE
00:47:51.83\00:47:55.97
WE'RE GOING TO HOLD A STATEWIDE
YOUTH EVENT WHERE THE YOUTH ARE
00:47:55.97\00:48:00.71
INVITED TO COME, BUT WHAT MAKES
THIS DIFFERENCE THAN JUST A RAW,
00:48:00.71\00:48:05.81
RAW, RALLY, AND GO HOME FOR
NOTHING, IS THE YOUNG PEOPLE
00:48:05.81\00:48:09.38
THAT COME WILL HAVE TO REGISTER
AND PAY A REGISTRATION FEE, THAT
00:48:09.38\00:48:15.29
WILL BE USED TO GO INTO THE
COMMUNITY -- WE HAVEN'T DECIDED
00:48:15.29\00:48:19.36
THE COMMUNITY YET, BUT WE'RE
GOING TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY
00:48:19.36\00:48:28.37
LEADERS AND SAY HELP US IDENTIFY
BETWEEN FIVE AND TEN FAMILIES
00:48:28.37\00:48:33.58
THAT NEED SOMETHING DONE
TO THEIR HOME THAT WE CAN HELP
00:48:33.58\00:48:37.25
WITH? SOMETHING
THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE
00:48:37.25\00:48:40.15
A HOME SAFER, OR
BEAUTIFIED OR FIX SOMETHING UP.
00:48:40.15\00:48:44.02
AND THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL
BE DIVIDED INTO THOSE TEAMS WITH
00:48:44.02\00:48:48.56
EXPERIENCED FOREMANS, AND THE
MONEY THAT THEY REGISTERED THAT
00:48:48.56\00:48:52.66
MONEY IS PUT TO WORK TO
REFURBISHING THIS PERSON'S HOME.
00:48:52.66\00:48:57.47
AND WE'RE TRYING TO
TARGET COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
00:48:57.47\00:49:01.80
NOT CHURCH
MEMBERS. IT'S GET INTO THE
00:49:01.80\00:49:04.57
COMMUNITY -- IT'S PUTTING LEGS
ON THE GOSPEL -- AND THANK YOU
00:49:04.57\00:49:07.84
FOR HANDING THAT
ONE TO ME. I'M EXCITED.
00:49:07.84\00:49:10.65
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT
HAPPEN. >> THAT IS HUGE.
00:49:10.65\00:49:13.35
>> THIS IS ALL PART OF
THAT PREPARING THE SOIL.
00:49:13.35\00:49:18.85
AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.
BUT ONE OF THE TRAPS THAT OUR
00:49:18.85\00:49:23.32
CHURCHES ARE FALLING INTO NOW,
IS THAT ONLY HONE IN ON THAT
00:49:23.32\00:49:26.76
PHASE OF THE CYCLE. MANY
CHURCHES YEARS AGO -- MAYBE
00:49:26.76\00:49:31.23
THE '70S, '80S, '90S,
WE DID A LOT OF HARVESTING.
00:49:31.23\00:49:38.07
AND THAT'S GREAT, BUT WE WEREN'T
FOCUSING IN ON THE OTHER PHASES.
00:49:38.07\00:49:43.48
NOW WE HAVE CHURCHES THAT ARE
FOCUSING IN ON THAT PREPARING
00:49:43.48\00:49:47.88
THE SOIL PHASE. DOING
COMPASSION PROJECTS AND
00:49:47.88\00:49:52.39
THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, WHICH
ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THEN THEY ARE
00:49:52.39\00:49:56.46
NOT OFTEN MOVING TOWARDS THAT
HARVEST, OFFERING THOSE PEOPLE
00:49:56.46\00:50:01.16
BIBLE STUDIES WHEN THEIR HEARTS
ARE SOFTENED AND THE CULTIVATING
00:50:01.16\00:50:06.10
OR THE TRUTH PLANTING WHERE
WE'RE SHARING GLOW TRACKS AND
00:50:06.10\00:50:10.01
LITERATURE, SO THEY SOFTEN
THE HEART, THEY GET EXCITED, BUT
00:50:10.01\00:50:18.01
THEY ARE NOT MOVED INTO
THE NEXT SPIRITUAL PHASE.
00:50:18.01\00:50:20.92
SO ALL OF THOSE PIECES HAVE BEEN
GOING ON, AND ONE OF THE THINGS
00:50:20.92\00:50:26.02
THAT WE DID IN ONE OF MY
CHURCHES IS WE CALLED IT ADULTS,
00:50:26.02\00:50:30.03
WHERE WE ARE TARGETING
YOUNG ADULTS AND TEACHING THEM
00:50:30.03\00:50:35.16
PRACTICAL ELEMENTS OF LIVING.
FINANCE, RELATIONSHIPS, RESUME
00:50:35.16\00:50:39.53
BUILDING, AND ALL OF
THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
00:50:39.53\00:50:41.54
SO WE HAVE A THREE-DAY LITTLE
SEMINAR AT THE LIBRARY, AND WE
00:50:41.54\00:50:47.84
TARGETED IN OUR
MAILING YOUNG ADULTS.
00:50:47.84\00:50:51.15
AND IT WAS A REALLY COOL FLYER.
AND WE DID A FAILING OF 5,000
00:50:51.15\00:50:58.95
CARDS, AND WE HAD ALMOST 30
YOUNG MILLENNIALS AT THAT EVENT.
00:50:58.95\00:51:04.53
AND WE HAD FIVE TOPICS EACH DAY,
AND WE WOULD THEN INVITE THEM TO
00:51:04.53\00:51:09.16
STAY BEHIND AND TALK TO US, AND
THE LIBRARY HAD TO KICK US OUT,
00:51:09.16\00:51:15.30
BECAUSE THEY WERE STAYING
THERE SO LONG, THEY WERE SO
00:51:15.30\00:51:18.64
INTERESTED. SO
MEETING THOSE NEEDS.
00:51:18.64\00:51:21.24
CHRIST METHOD ALONE, WHERE HE
-MINGLED, SYMPATHIZED, AND THEN
WHEN THE TIME CAME WHEN HE SAID
00:51:21.24\00:51:29.12
COME FOLLOW ME. AND
SO WE DON'T JUST WANT TO
00:51:29.12\00:51:33.72
BUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS, WE
WANT TO INVITE THEM INTO THAT
00:51:33.72\00:51:39.86
SPIRITUAL ASPECT OF BIBLE STUDY,
LITERATURE, AND THOSE PUBLIC
00:51:39.86\00:51:43.80
MEETINGS, WHERE THEY CAN MAKE
THE DECISION TO FOLLOW JESUS.
00:51:43.80\00:51:46.27
>> I LOVE THAT. I LOVE
THE THAT YOU ARE MEETING
00:51:46.27\00:51:49.94
PEOPLE'S NEEDS.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU WILL SEE
00:51:49.94\00:51:53.01
CASES WHERE SOMEBODY IS COLD,
AND THEY DON'T HAVE A COAT, AND
00:51:53.01\00:51:56.78
SOMEBODY SAYS TO THEM,
I'LL PRAY FOR YOU BROTHER.
00:51:56.78\00:52:00.18
I HAVE SEVERAL COATS IN THE CL
00:52:00.18\00:52:04.19
CLOSET, I'LL PRAY FOR YOU.
PRAYER WITHOUT ACTION -- YOU
00:52:04.19\00:52:07.39
HAVE TO PRAY AND
CONTACT ON -- ON THAT.
00:52:07.39\00:52:09.99
SO I LOVE THAT YOU -- YOU
ARE MEETING PEOPLE'S NEEDS.
00:52:09.99\00:52:14.40
IT'S PRACTICAL
CHRISTIANITY. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:52:14.40\00:52:16.77
>> IT GOES BACK TO MATTHEW 25,
WHERE CHRIST SAID IF YOU HAVE
00:52:16.77\00:52:23.00
DONE IT TO THE LEAST OF THESE
MY BROTHER, YOU HAVE DONE IT FOR
00:52:23.00\00:52:28.21
HIM. SO YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.
00:52:28.21\00:52:30.25
>> SO THERE'S MULTIPLE
ELEMENTS TO THAT PREWORK.
00:52:30.25\00:52:35.02
IF WE WERE JUST GOING TO SAY ON
SEPTEMBER 23RD, WE'RE GOING TO
00:52:35.02\00:52:39.65
HAVE THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS,
WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE IMPACT.
00:52:39.65\00:52:46.43
>> SO REALISTICALLY, HOW MANY
MONTHS IN ADVANCE, SOMEONE WHO
00:52:46.43\00:52:50.77
REALLY WANTED TO DO IT RIGHT,
WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME THAT YOU
00:52:50.77\00:52:55.00
LOOK FOR FROM BEGINNING TO
END AS FAR AS THIS PARTICULAR
00:52:55.00\00:52:58.77
PROCESS? >> SURE.
00:52:58.77\00:53:00.08
WELL, WE REALLY STARTED PUTTING
A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON IT IN
00:53:00.08\00:53:05.58
JANUARY, BUT IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
CHURCHES CAN STILL BE INVOLVED
00:53:05.58\00:53:09.65
AND PARTICIPATE, AND REALLY,
EVEN IF A CHURCH JUST HEARD
00:53:09.65\00:53:12.59
ABOUT IT IN AUGUST, AND THEY
SAID, OH, MAN, WE DIDN'T KNOW
00:53:12.59\00:53:16.62
ABOUT THIS, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO
BE INVOLVED, THEY WILL STILL SEE
00:53:16.62\00:53:20.26
A BLESSING. >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:53:20.26\00:53:22.70
>> THE EARLIER YOU PREPARE FOR
IT, THE GREATER THE BLESSING,
00:53:22.70\00:53:27.40
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS NEVER
TOO EARLY OR TOO LATE TO REALLY
00:53:27.40\00:53:30.77
START, BECAUSE
THAT CYCLE IS A CYCLE.
00:53:30.77\00:53:33.11
IT'S NOT AN EVENT.
>> IT'S A WAY OF LIFE.
00:53:33.11\00:53:36.68
>> IT'S A WAY OF
LIFE. IT NEVER ENDS.
00:53:36.68\00:53:39.38
IT JUST CONTINUES TO
SICKLE AROUND AND REPEAT ITSELF.
00:53:39.38\00:53:43.25
SO ANY CHURCH -- THEY WOULDN'T
BE LEFT OUT IF THEY WERE
00:53:43.25\00:53:46.72
STARTING NOW OR
ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE.
00:53:46.72\00:53:49.09
>> AMEN. AMEN.
00:53:49.09\00:53:50.86
I KNOW WE'RE USING A REPEAT
AND ENLARGE METHOD FOR THIS
00:53:50.86\00:53:57.67
INTERVIEW. WE
BRIEFLY MENTIONED THE
00:53:57.67\00:54:00.67
SEVEN-POINT INVITATIONAL SYSTEM
THAT YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT,
00:54:00.67\00:54:03.81
COULD YOU GIVE MORE DETAIL ON
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS FAR
00:54:03.81\00:54:07.48
AS INVITING PEOPLE ON
A MULTIPLE POINT SCALE
00:54:07.48\00:54:11.58
>> SURE IT'S A SPECIFIC ATTACK
RIGHT TOWARDS -- ABOUT SIX WEEKS
00:54:11.58\00:54:16.25
OUT FROM THE MEETINGS.
AND THE MEMBERS WILL HAVE A
00:54:16.25\00:54:19.19
CARD, AND THEY BEGIN TO --
THE FIRST INVITATION IS THEY JUT
00:54:19.19\00:54:23.86
MENTION THE
MEETINGS TO THE PERSON.
00:54:23.86\00:54:26.16
HEY, THERE ARE SOME MEETINGS
COMING UP THAT I THINK YOU WOULD
00:54:26.16\00:54:30.93
BE INTERESTED IN. AND
THEN MAYBE THEY GIVE THEM A
00:54:30.93\00:54:36.27
GLOW TRACK. AND
THEN AN INVITATION CARD.
00:54:36.27\00:54:39.17
SO IT'S A STEP BY STEP PROCESS,
WHERE EACH TIME THEY ARE
00:54:39.17\00:54:45.18
INVITED, THEY EXPAND THAT.
ULTIMATELY THEY GIVE THEM THE
00:54:45.18\00:54:48.78
HANDBILL AND THEY INVITE THEM
TO PREREGISTER FOR THE MEETINGS,
00:54:48.78\00:54:52.82
AND BY THAT TIME THE MEMBER
IS WELL FAMILIAR WITH IT, AND IT
00:54:52.82\00:54:56.52
JUST INCREASES THE CHANCE
THAT THAT PERSON WILL ATTEND.
00:54:56.52\00:54:59.29
WE DON'T WANT TO BE OBNOXIOUS
AND ANNOYING, BUT WE WANT THEM
00:54:59.29\00:55:05.60
TO BE INVOLVED.
ANOTHER THING IS A CELL PHONE
00:55:05.60\00:55:09.07
TEXTING PLAN, WHERE PEOPLE CAN
TEXT THE MULTIMEDIA GRAPHICS AND
00:55:09.07\00:55:14.74
ALL OF THAT. SO
THEY WILL HAVE THAT
00:55:14.74\00:55:16.88
OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. >>
PASTOR BENTLEY DID YOU WANT
00:55:16.88\00:55:20.12
TO SAY SOMETHING? >> I
WAS THINKING BACK ON THE
00:55:20.12\00:55:24.02
TIMING TO PREPARE THE MEETINGS,
OBVIOUS THE MORE TIME THE
00:55:24.02\00:55:30.99
BETTER, BUT MY VERY FIRST
MEETING, WHEN I GOT THERE, THEY
00:55:30.99\00:55:34.83
TOLD ME, WE WERE PLANNING
TO DO MEETINGS IN THREE WEEKS.
00:55:34.83\00:55:38.53
AND OF COURSE MY HEART SANK, AND
I'M THINKING I'M FRESH OUT OF
00:55:38.53\00:55:43.54
SOUTHERN, MY FIRST ASSINMENT,
HOW AM I GOING TO DO THIS?
00:55:43.54\00:55:46.71
SO I STARTED MAKING PHONE CALLS
TO THE TEAM IN PLACE AT THAT
00:55:46.71\00:55:50.55
TIME, THIS IS WHAT THE
CHURCH IS TELLING ME, HELP.
00:55:50.55\00:55:57.22
AND THEY GAVE ME PHONE NUMBERS
AND THE LORD BLESSED AND THE
00:55:57.22\00:56:03.79
MEETING WENT ON, AND WE
WERE BLESSED WITH EIGHT SOULS.
00:56:03.79\00:56:07.66
SO YES, MORE TIME IS
BETTER, BUT DO SOMETHING.
00:56:07.66\00:56:11.23
COMMIT YOURSELF TO THIS
WORK, AND GOD WILL BLESS YOU.
00:56:11.23\00:56:14.74
>> AMEN. >> WE
DON'T WANT TO JUST DO
00:56:14.74\00:56:18.51
MEETINGS, BUT WE
WANT TO DO FOLLOW-UP.
00:56:18.51\00:56:21.68
>> VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
THERE IS ALWAYS A PHASE 2.
00:56:21.68\00:56:24.71
THE PEOPLE THA COME, THEY MAY
NOT BE READY TO MAKE A DECISION.
00:56:24.71\00:56:28.05
WE HAE TO HAVE A PLAN TO FOLLOW
THAT UP, AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
00:56:28.05\00:56:32.72
PART OF THE PROCESS AS
WELL. BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT
00:56:32.72\00:56:35.99
ANOTHER TIME. >>
YEAH, I WISH WE HAD MORE
00:56:35.99\00:56:39.46
TIME, BECAUSE THERE IS
DEFINITELY MORE I WOULD LIKE TO
00:56:39.46\00:56:43.00
COVER WITH YOU GUYS. I
LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, AND
00:56:43.00\00:56:47.34
GETTING THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
RYAN IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE
00:56:47.34\00:56:50.57
WORKING WITH YOU AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH PASTER
00:56:50.57\00:56:59.81
PEPPERS AND PAST
SNYMAN. AND PASTOR BENTLEY.
00:56:59.81\00:57:06.52
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
GOD BLESS YOU, UNTIL NEXT TIME.
00:57:06.52\00:57:14.20