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<v Speaker 1>Yep, those are your kids. Those are your children. Some

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<v Speaker 1>of them knew the answers, some of them didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>So but by the end of this month they will

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<v Speaker 2>know that answer really well. Because right now, even as

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<v Speaker 2>we speak, they're doing lessons, being on missions and being

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<v Speaker 2>missionaries back there, and the different ones are gonna go.

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<v Speaker 1>Into each week.

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<v Speaker 2>And so we got good things going on both on

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<v Speaker 2>the Kingdom kid's side and on the Nitro side of things.

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<v Speaker 2>Also going on in the Nitro side. Give me that

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<v Speaker 2>little bottle. We're that bottle. It's right on the chair.

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<v Speaker 2>The nitrous side of things. They always do a little

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<v Speaker 2>fundraiser back there, and what they are doing is today

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<v Speaker 2>they're getting bottles from Carnet. Anybody know Carnet so Karenet

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<v Speaker 2>is a crisis pregnancy organization that helps women in difficult

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<v Speaker 2>situations to choose life. And so they're gonna take these

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<v Speaker 2>bottles today, parents, and so you're gonna get a bottle,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're gonna go around. They're gonna fill their bottle up,

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully not from you, per suddenly. Hopefully the goal is

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<v Speaker 2>that they can go to other people and articulate what

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<v Speaker 2>they're doing. And then on May twenty fifth the end

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<v Speaker 2>of missions a month, they're going to bring it back

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<v Speaker 2>and we will get a total for how many the

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<v Speaker 2>how much the kids raised, Damen.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's that.

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<v Speaker 2>And then also the youth are going on their missions

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<v Speaker 2>trip to Mexico and we're going to be sending them there.

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<v Speaker 2>You can help them by eating polled pork. Sorry, La, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>last week last year was Mexico. Sorry about that. But

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<v Speaker 2>you can help them by buying a pulled pork sandwich today.

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<v Speaker 2>So we all love missions, right, especially if it includes

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<v Speaker 2>a pulled pork sandwich. Okay, So that's kind of what's

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<v Speaker 2>going on. I hope to ignite your heart for missions.

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<v Speaker 2>If it's already burning, we're going to just fan those flames.

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<v Speaker 2>And I need you to know how effective New Horizon

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<v Speaker 2>is with missions. Many people, many people who are involved

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<v Speaker 2>in missions, many people who are on the mission field,

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<v Speaker 2>say that it is getting more and more difficult to

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<v Speaker 2>connect with churches in America. And I would love to

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<v Speaker 2>not make that the story of New Horizon.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen.

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<v Speaker 2>We want missions to be something that flows from here

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<v Speaker 2>all the time. And if you'll go to the next slide,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to see that. Over the last twelve

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<v Speaker 2>months because I run the missions month June to June.

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<v Speaker 2>The total missions given is ninety five thousand dollars plus.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you believe that?

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<v Speaker 2>So that is your giving, that is your generosity above

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<v Speaker 2>and beyond your ties, and it is just an amazing

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<v Speaker 2>thing what we have been able to do. This little

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<v Speaker 2>church here in Fife is changing lives around the world.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to see that the missions income, just general,

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<v Speaker 2>so this would be our pledge income is a whopping

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<v Speaker 2>fifty three thousand and forty four four hundred and forty

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<v Speaker 2>four one hundred. That's a monthly average of forty four

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<v Speaker 2>hundred a month. Our goal last year was forty five

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<v Speaker 2>and our pledges were about that and then the actual

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<v Speaker 2>amount that came in was very close. So I am so,

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<v Speaker 2>so so grateful that forty four hundred a month kept

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<v Speaker 2>missionaries functioning on the mission field. It paid for their gas,

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<v Speaker 2>it paid for their food, it paid for their housing

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<v Speaker 2>and that kind of thing so they can stay there.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, those kinds of things aren't real sexy. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not the thing that I could just throw out there

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<v Speaker 2>and say move your heart with. But I'm hoping that

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<v Speaker 2>I can move your heart towards pledging again. This coming year,

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<v Speaker 2>because it is so vital. If we don't have missions

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<v Speaker 2>missionaries on the field, if they have to come home

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<v Speaker 2>because they can't afford it, if they can't do it,

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<v Speaker 2>then we have lost the fight.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen.

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<v Speaker 2>And so you have kept missionaries afloat out there and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so proud of that. Projects Forty four thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 2>given in the last twelve months for projects go to

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<v Speaker 2>the next slide. So what you've did as far as projects,

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<v Speaker 2>A water project in Uganda, a vehicle, a car, an

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<v Speaker 2>actual big vehicle of a four wheel drive for Patty

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<v Speaker 2>and Spencer Jeffries Kids Camp scholarships we give into that

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<v Speaker 2>every year. Divine Hope Maternity Clinic we have purchased. We've

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<v Speaker 2>paid for fourteen sea sections in the last about three months.

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<v Speaker 1>They've had kind of a rash of them.

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<v Speaker 2>This is out in the bush, this is out in

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<v Speaker 2>the boondocks of Uganda.

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<v Speaker 1>We have our maternity clinic.

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<v Speaker 2>And when a lady comes in and she is in distress,

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<v Speaker 2>the options used to be death. It was an option

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<v Speaker 2>prayer and death. You know that was That's a rough

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<v Speaker 2>rough go, wouldn't you say. But he Justice has been

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<v Speaker 2>able to text me and I've been able to wire

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<v Speaker 2>him three hundred.

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<v Speaker 1>And thirty five dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all it costs to have a sea section in Uganda.

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<v Speaker 2>Three hundred and thirty five dollars saves the life of

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<v Speaker 2>that mother and that child. And yes, and it's more,

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<v Speaker 2>it's saved her other children from becoming orphans.

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<v Speaker 1>And so to me, that is a win, win, win,

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<v Speaker 1>win win all the.

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<v Speaker 2>Way around three hundred and thirty five dollars. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>know why I have three hundred and thirty five dollars

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<v Speaker 2>to give it a drop of a hat because you

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<v Speaker 2>are so generous and so faithful.

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<v Speaker 1>Praise God. Amen. What else? School fees?

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<v Speaker 2>We're putting five teen mothers in at that same clinic

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<v Speaker 2>through school to get them graduated out of high school.

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<v Speaker 2>Sean and Lindsay Mahawan were highly affected by that flood

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of months ago, if you remember news about

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<v Speaker 2>that in Chang Mai.

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<v Speaker 1>So we sent them money to help them dig out.

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<v Speaker 2>La fire relief and audio Bibles for the blind in Ethiopia.

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<v Speaker 2>Hailu and Seblee over here helped us make that connection,

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<v Speaker 2>and that was just a wonderful thing that you folks did.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's a little look back on just the last

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<v Speaker 1>twelve months. I think we're doing great. We're gonna keep

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<v Speaker 2>My little throat can't give out on me now, right, Okay, So,

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<v Speaker 2>did everybody get their Missions magazine? If you did not,

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<v Speaker 2>we have ushers ready to get you on. Raise your

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<v Speaker 2>hand and they'll get you on. If you did not

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<v Speaker 2>get a missions magazine, there's a few here and there.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>So we've been working really hard on this mission Missions Magazine,

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<v Speaker 2>And what it does is it gives you an update

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<v Speaker 2>of the last twelve months with our missionaries, gives you

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<v Speaker 2>new pictures and new stories, and maybe an introduction if

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<v Speaker 2>you don't know them already. So you want to take

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<v Speaker 2>some time to look through that. Also, you're gonna see

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<v Speaker 2>that stapled inside of it. The first page, you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>see a very cute little magnet. Take that magnet off,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know they're becoming collector's items. They're gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>worth money someday. I have a bunch of them, right,

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<v Speaker 2>So you're gonna want to take that off and put

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<v Speaker 2>on your refrigerator. Now, mine doesn't hold magnets anymore, so

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<v Speaker 2>I have to tape it on practice. You know, if

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to work on those stainless steel refrigerators, but

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<v Speaker 2>save those that they're meant to remind you to pray

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<v Speaker 2>for the missions, pray for the children around the world

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<v Speaker 2>and those that we are reaching. And then on that

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<v Speaker 2>same piece of paper at the very back, if you'll

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<v Speaker 2>flip to the back, you're going to see a little

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<v Speaker 2>card in there. That card is your pledge card. That's

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<v Speaker 2>a very important little item. And what I'm really hoping

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<v Speaker 2>is that we have one hundred percent participation across this body,

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<v Speaker 2>that we are all giving into missions, some of you

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<v Speaker 2>can give five ten twenty one hundred, two hundred dollars

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<v Speaker 2>a month above your ties and offerings into missions, and

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<v Speaker 2>that we can continue to be an incredibly supportive church.

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<v Speaker 1>So I want you to take that card. I want

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<v Speaker 1>you to take that card home. I want you to

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<v Speaker 1>pray over it.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to be asking the Lord what you

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<v Speaker 2>would have, what he would have you to do, and

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<v Speaker 2>how you could join with us. On the last Sunday

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<v Speaker 2>of the month, May twenty fifth, we're gonna have our

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<v Speaker 2>big International Sunday and that's the day we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>put in our cards. Now, listen, everybody, it always works

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<v Speaker 2>out that it's Memorial Day weekend. So we're not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>let Memorial Day weekend interrupt, right, So if you know

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to be gone, feel free to fill that

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<v Speaker 2>puppy out and put it in the offering bucket and

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<v Speaker 2>I'll get it, and we'll get you on the pledge

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<v Speaker 2>or the mission's pledger list, and we will be able

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<v Speaker 2>to budget out our next year.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen. So that card is a very important card. So

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<v Speaker 1>now I want.

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<v Speaker 2>To put a QR code up and there you go,

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<v Speaker 2>And I want to know where are you all from?

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<v Speaker 2>Cause you know most of us are not. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I consider myself pretty much American. I think I've got

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<v Speaker 2>Swedish blood and Germanish and blood and all that Germish.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you hear that Germish?

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<v Speaker 2>But some of you are kind of fresh from other countries,

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<v Speaker 2>are still kind of closer to your original culture. I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to queue our code it right now, get

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<v Speaker 2>your phones out. I want you to go up there

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<v Speaker 2>and take a picture of that, and then fill out

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<v Speaker 2>the quick little survey because next month or next week

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<v Speaker 2>I want to be able to say where you're from

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<v Speaker 2>kind of all the different nationalities that we have here

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<v Speaker 2>in our church body, amen, because we are diverse. We

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<v Speaker 2>are not homogeneous here. We are very, very diverse, and

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<v Speaker 2>I would love to see that. Would you do that

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<v Speaker 2>for me? So if you know how to do QR codes,

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<v Speaker 2>now is the moment. All right, you gotta do it

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<v Speaker 2>quick because I'm gonna go to another slide. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>plan that well, did I? Okay, So here we go.

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<v Speaker 2>The next slide tells us what our schedule is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be over the next couple of weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>So there you go. Perfect. So today is the kickoff.

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<v Speaker 2>Next week is Mother's Day on the eleventh, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna focus on some more local missions, so we're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>hear from care Net. I've got a guest coming from

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<v Speaker 2>care Net and some different local missions, so you don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to miss next week. It's going to be amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the next week after that, on the eighteenth,

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<v Speaker 2>we have a gentleman by the name of Cameron Ice

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<v Speaker 2>Icy Icy your I your I. I had to he's

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<v Speaker 2>friends with Michael Proctor, and I was like, how do

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<v Speaker 2>you say that last name?

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<v Speaker 1>Ah yr I your I.

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<v Speaker 2>So now every time you go up to him, say hello,

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<v Speaker 2>mister your I, you're gonna know him before he's here,

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<v Speaker 2>but he is a ex Muslim who's become a Christian,

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<v Speaker 2>a Muslim converted a Christian in Iran. He knows what's

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<v Speaker 2>going on in the Iranian church. He knows what's happening

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<v Speaker 2>over there. I cannot wait to hear his stories.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know about you, but I just love missionary stories.

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<v Speaker 1>I love them. I love them.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, And then the last Sunday is gonna be International Sunday.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's the Sunday that we lean.

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<v Speaker 2>Lineup tables all the way around the room, and if

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<v Speaker 2>you are from another country, I want you to step

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<v Speaker 2>right up and let us know that you might be

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<v Speaker 2>look at and kind of see, touch, feel, and if

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<v Speaker 2>we would love it. And it's one of everybody's favorite.

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you love International Sunday?

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<v Speaker 1>That's right. So the ushers are going to come right.

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<v Speaker 2>Now with a clipboard and they're going.

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<v Speaker 1>To pass that around and if.

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<v Speaker 2>You would be willing willing, willing, willing to be a

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<v Speaker 2>Those clipboards did they already go around? Oh well, there

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<v Speaker 2>Then also, did you see this piece of paper in

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<v Speaker 2>your Missions magazine? So this is our project. Every year

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<v Speaker 2>to just kind of pitch it to you right now

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<v Speaker 2>to let you know kind of what we're after. So

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<v Speaker 2>that Green Lush Land is a tract of land about

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<v Speaker 2>three acres in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the DRC,

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<v Speaker 2>and they have been in the news here lately because

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<v Speaker 2>of their incredible persecution and civil war, but persecution between

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<v Speaker 2>Isis and Christians. I don't know if you heard in

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<v Speaker 2>February where seventy Christians were beheaded in a church, how

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<v Speaker 2>many of you heard that news? Seventy And that was

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<v Speaker 2>not the only time things like that have been happening

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<v Speaker 2>in the DRC. It's been absolutely horrible. So the DRC

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<v Speaker 2>is just west of Uganda. They share a border, and

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<v Speaker 2>we do so much work in Uganda. So the health

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<v Speaker 2>and the political situation in the DRC affects Uganda and

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<v Speaker 1>So there's terrible displacement.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a lot of refugees, a lot of Christians are

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<v Speaker 2>fleeing out of fear and out of persecution and pressure,

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<v Speaker 2>and so WOMP World Outreach Ministries Foundation has sent a

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<v Speaker 2>of Goma, which is where the last, you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>latest kind of unrest has been. He's a young man

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<v Speaker 2>who's about ready to get married and they he started

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<v Speaker 2>a church. They have about two hundred at their church

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<v Speaker 2>right now, and those two hundred people are hosting hundreds

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<v Speaker 2>of refugees. They have no land, they have no real building,

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<v Speaker 2>they have nothing. The people actually are taking the refugees

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<v Speaker 2>into their own homes and feeding them, divide the little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of food that they have with the refugees. So

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<v Speaker 2>this young man's vision is to buy this three acres

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<v Speaker 2>that you're looking at right here. It's very fruitful it's

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<v Speaker 2>very lush, as you can tell. And what they want

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<v Speaker 2>to do is put up a temporary structure for the church.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, they're not nobody is building anything permanent because

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<v Speaker 2>these rebels come through and strip off even the metal

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<v Speaker 2>off the roofs, so it's going to be a thatch

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<v Speaker 2>roof that kind of thing. But their hope is that

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<v Speaker 2>then they would clear it and plant it for food,

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<v Speaker 2>for their sustenance and for their survival. They're going to

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<v Speaker 2>do they have plans for quite a few different agricultural projects,

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<v Speaker 2>a rabbit farm, different things, ways to produce food, and

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<v Speaker 2>they can't do that without land. So that three acres

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<v Speaker 2>cost twelve five hundred dollars. The temporary structure is another

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<v Speaker 2>two to three thousand.

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<v Speaker 1>So for around fifteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Thousand dollars, we can get this people, this church, a

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<v Speaker 2>base camp for them to care for these refugees, a

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<v Speaker 2>place for them to produce food, and to have a church.

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<v Speaker 2>Will you partner with me and let's make this happen.

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<v Speaker 1>I would you know.

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<v Speaker 2>These people are facing death daily to just be a church,

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<v Speaker 2>to just be a believer, and so this chunk of

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<v Speaker 2>land is going to be a game changer for this church.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm just I'm excited. I don't know about you,

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<v Speaker 2>but I am excited. So we're gonna take a big

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<v Speaker 2>offering for that on International Sunday. But once again, I

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<v Speaker 2>am never going to say no to anything that you

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<v Speaker 2>might want to give. And if you start feeling, okay, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>you're telling me to give give five hundred dollars to that,

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<v Speaker 1>ahead and do it.

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<v Speaker 2>If you go online, there's a drop down for missions project.

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<v Speaker 2>Go right on ahead and do it. If you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to miss out on a Memorial Day weekend, you can

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just I'm just taking care of us.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey for you to miss out, right, So let's plant

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<v Speaker 2>Let's have New Horizon plant a church in the DRC

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<v Speaker 2>behind enemy lines right smack dab in the middle of Isis.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we hear about it all the time and

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<v Speaker 2>we just are so sad. But now's an opportunity to

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<v Speaker 2>do something to counteract the terror and the evil. Amen

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<v Speaker 2>Praise the Lord. Okay, So today we have a wonderful

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<v Speaker 2>guest here from teen Challenge. Has anybody ever heard of

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<v Speaker 1>Good Well.

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<v Speaker 2>Teen Challenge is an amazing local mission that we support

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<v Speaker 2>here at New Horizon, and my hope is that as

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<v Speaker 2>goal for our monthly pledges is five thousand dollars. I

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<v Speaker 2>would love to do that and with that raising of

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<v Speaker 2>our monthly pledge, I will be able to double their

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<v Speaker 2>just so grateful to have you. So, Sierra, would you

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<v Speaker 2>just start off by introducing yourself and letting us know

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<v Speaker 3>Hi, my name is Sierra and I'm from the GRAM

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<v Speaker 3>Women's Campus and I came through the program two years ago.

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<v Speaker 3>I was actually core ordered to the program. I spent

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<v Speaker 3>five years of my life in prison, and God really

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<v Speaker 3>had to do a work in my heart. Yes, I

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<v Speaker 3>had an encounter with God that completely changed my life.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't even believe in God before I came here,

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<v Speaker 3>but He touched my heart in a way that nobody

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<v Speaker 3>can take from you. I cried out to God one

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<v Speaker 3>night when I was in a jail cell and I said, God,

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<v Speaker 3>if you're real, please send me somewhere that'll help me.

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<v Speaker 3>And a week later I was core ordered to Teen

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<v Speaker 3>Challenge and my life has never been the same.

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<v Speaker 1>Hallelujah.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so Sierra share with the body here. How did

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<v Speaker 2>you land? You know what happened prior to your incarceration?

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<v Speaker 1>What were you dealing with? What do you mean your addiction? Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>So the judia stop right right here.

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<v Speaker 3>So I was addicted to fetanyl and I have been

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<v Speaker 3>battling a thirteen year heroin addiction and I almost lost

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<v Speaker 3>my life to it a couple of years ago. I

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<v Speaker 3>tried to take my life, like I said three times,

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<v Speaker 3>but God had better plans for me. And I stand

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<v Speaker 3>on the verse Jeremiah twenty nine to eleven, for I

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<v Speaker 3>know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord

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<v Speaker 3>plans to prosper you, not to harm you, and to

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<v Speaker 3>give you hope in a future.

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<v Speaker 2>Amn. Hallelujah. Isn't that incredible?

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<v Speaker 1>This is what your missions money is supporting.

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<v Speaker 2>So tell us a little bit more about the Adult

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<v Speaker 2>and Teen Challenge homes.

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<v Speaker 3>So we have a group home over in Graham. We

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<v Speaker 3>house the women. We have twenty eight beds available and

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<v Speaker 3>we disciple them, we teach them about Jesus. We have

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<v Speaker 3>a vocational part of the program where it offsets the

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<v Speaker 3>cost of the program, so we have them work, we

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<v Speaker 3>teach them, you know, how to be productive members of society,

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<v Speaker 3>and we partner and do outreach with the Tacoma Mission,

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<v Speaker 3>So we go out and serve and we teach them

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<v Speaker 3>how to be the hands and feet of Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>Hallelujah. So the people in this body help team.

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<v Speaker 2>Challenge through our gifts, through our giving. So when you

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<v Speaker 2>give into missions, it goes there. You can also give

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<v Speaker 2>money directly to them if you go online. But what

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<v Speaker 2>are ways that this body can help from more of

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<v Speaker 2>a volunteer standpoint.

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<v Speaker 3>So we always need volunteers. Like I said, we are

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<v Speaker 3>a women's campus, so we need men to come out

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<v Speaker 3>and you know, fix things like we don't always know

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<v Speaker 1>So it would be nice.

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<v Speaker 3>To have some men and also just women that want

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<v Speaker 3>to volunteer, that want to lead a Bible study, that

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<v Speaker 3>want to pray with these women, speak life over them,

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<v Speaker 3>encourage them, and we would just love to partner with

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<v Speaker 3>you guys. And we're so grateful for this church you

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<v Speaker 3>guys have really supported us, and we love you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Sae men hallelujah. So God is good.

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<v Speaker 2>He's doing it even in Graham. Can you believe it.

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<v Speaker 2>He is changing lives, even in Graham. Would you put

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<v Speaker 2>your hands towards Sierra. And this is going to represent

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<v Speaker 2>adult and teen Challenge. Father God, I thank you right now,

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<v Speaker 2>right now, Lord God, all the women that are in

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<v Speaker 2>the program as it is. Right now, Lord God, I

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<v Speaker 2>pray that there is supernatural breaking of addiction, supernatural rewriting

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<v Speaker 2>of purpose and history.

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<v Speaker 1>God, I thank you right now for every woman.

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<v Speaker 2>That's on the streets even now they don't even know

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<v Speaker 2>about Teen Challenge, but they're coming. God, I thank you

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<v Speaker 2>right now that this program would have everything that it needs,

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<v Speaker 2>every dollar it needs, every set of hands that it needs.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord God, thank you that these workers, these ladies who

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<v Speaker 2>are on staff, would have more than enough, more wisdom,

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<v Speaker 2>Lord God, more strength, more ideas, Lord God, witty inventions,

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<v Speaker 2>Lord Jesus for these this whole staff in Jesus' name. Amen, Amen, hallelujah,

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Sierra.

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<v Speaker 2>So one thing she mentioned first service, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>this is a great idea. She said that when some

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<v Speaker 2>of the women graduate, they go into internships, an intern

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<v Speaker 2>for teen Challenge. And one way that we can help

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<v Speaker 2>with that is that if you have an extra room available,

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<v Speaker 2>they need housing so they can afford to go on

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<v Speaker 2>to that next step of interning in ministry there. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's another thing to kind of keep in mind as

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<v Speaker 2>an option.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I failed to introduce they have.

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<v Speaker 2>She brought three gals from the from teen Challenge.

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<v Speaker 1>They're wave at us.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so these girls are are doing their thing. They're

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<v Speaker 2>winning in Jesus' name. Jesus' name. We absolutely love it.

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<v Speaker 1>We love it. Okay. I got some stuff to give away.

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<v Speaker 1>We got merch. Who wants a shirt? Do I give

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<v Speaker 1>it away? I got two books? Who wants it? Who

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<v Speaker 1>wants it? I don't know. I don't know. They might

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<v Speaker 1>not want it.

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<v Speaker 2>I got some I got some books to give away.

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<v Speaker 2>A family treasure, A treasury of true stories from the

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<v Speaker 2>lives of Christian heroes, missionaries. Who wants this to read

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<v Speaker 2>to your kids? Do it quick, Craig, Come on up here.

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<v Speaker 2>Here is a great book for you to have with

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<v Speaker 2>your kids. A Window on the World Operation, World Prayer Resource.

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<v Speaker 2>Each page is a different nation and what's going on

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<v Speaker 2>in that nation and how you can support that nation.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you want this, but especially if you have children,

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<v Speaker 2>because I want you to read it at dinner. So

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<v Speaker 2>if you have kids, raise your hand. He gets to pick.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh boy, I'll give more out next week. Okay, I

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<v Speaker 2>want to get into the word. Thank you for being

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<v Speaker 2>patient during my introduction. That was the introduction. How many

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<v Speaker 2>of you love missions? Hallelujah, hallelujah?

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<v Speaker 1>Well.

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<v Speaker 2>William Carey, who lived in the seventeen hundreds, was a

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<v Speaker 2>missionary to India, and he is quoted as saying that

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<v Speaker 2>if you ever wonder what the will of God is,

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<v Speaker 2>how many of you have ever wondered what the will

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<v Speaker 2>of God is for your life?

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<v Speaker 1>Raise your hand. Well.

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<v Speaker 2>His instruction is to open the Bible and open the map,

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<v Speaker 2>because the will of God always will include some kind

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<v Speaker 2>of sharing the Gospel with somebody. If you came here

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<v Speaker 2>today to get closer to God, then I would say

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<v Speaker 2>to you that when you are close enough to hear

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<v Speaker 2>his heartbeat, you will hear it beating for souls, for nations,

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<v Speaker 2>and for missions. The heartbeat of God is the lost

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<v Speaker 2>and if we lose sight of that, we have lost

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<v Speaker 2>sight of where God is looking and if you want

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<v Speaker 2>God to see you, then you might want to be

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<v Speaker 2>right in the way of His sight, which would be

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<v Speaker 2>reaching the lost. Then he will see you.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen, I'm teasing with you. He always sees you.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm just saying, if there's any hint to keep

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<v Speaker 2>yourself in the sight of God, keep yourself close to

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<v Speaker 2>the lost. Wow, it's hard to do in America. We

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<v Speaker 2>got so much to do, We got so much to think,

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<v Speaker 2>so much to scroll through, so much to listen. But

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<v Speaker 2>I would say, people of God, even in the midst

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<v Speaker 2>of living our life here in America, which is a

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<v Speaker 2>good place to live and it's good stuff, never gets

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<v Speaker 2>your ear too far from the heart of God, never

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<v Speaker 2>gets yourself too far from the call and the draw

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<v Speaker 2>of the lost.

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<v Speaker 1>New Horizon yearns for revival.

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<v Speaker 2>But I will tell you, and we must know, that

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<v Speaker 2>revival is good. I desperately want it. How many of

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<v Speaker 2>you desperately want the presence of God, the signs and wonders,

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<v Speaker 2>the wonders of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I'm so hungry and thirsty for it.

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<v Speaker 2>But I will tell you that revival never stands alone.

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<v Speaker 1>It's always the product of something.

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<v Speaker 2>And revival never stands as an end to itself. It

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<v Speaker 2>is not something to experience and then walk away say, Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't that fabulous? No, revival, Revival is not only the

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<v Speaker 2>fruit of things, and we're gonna talk about that, but

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<v Speaker 2>it produces something. There is a divine pattern to revival,

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<v Speaker 2>and I want our church, as we seek after revival,

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<v Speaker 2>to understand it even a little bit better. And I

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<v Speaker 2>want to do that today. You know I mentioned fruit.

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<v Speaker 2>How many in this room love fruit? I love fruit.

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<v Speaker 2>What is your favorite fruit?

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<v Speaker 1>Mango?

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<v Speaker 2>They call me mango Mimi at the house. I'm Mim

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<v Speaker 2>for Grandma, and I love mangoes. And it's mango season. Listen, look, people,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't want just any mango. You want the honey mango.

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<v Speaker 2>And I had to watch a bunch of videos to

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<v Speaker 2>figure out how in the world you're supposed to cut

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<v Speaker 2>a mango with that huge pesky seed in the middle.

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<v Speaker 2>Why did God take up so much space mango for a.

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<v Speaker 1>Seed that's hard? You can't eat it. It's not quite

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<v Speaker 1>as juicy as the flesh.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, how about that watermelon?

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<v Speaker 1>It's fabulous.

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<v Speaker 2>Best thing that they ever came up with was seedless watermelon.

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<v Speaker 2>It ain't right, people, it ain't natural.

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<v Speaker 1>I opened a papaya the other day.

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<v Speaker 2>There were thousands of seeds in the middle of that thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever counted how many seeds are in a papaya?

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<v Speaker 1>No, me, neither.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a lot, way too many, way too many.

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<v Speaker 2>If you ask me, I love fruit. It's juicy, it's sweet,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's fun. But every fruit carries seeds. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>God ordained concept. Fruit is not just for my enjoyment.

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<v Speaker 2>It is meant for reproduction. It's meant to reproduce. Revive

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<v Speaker 2>is the fruit of something, and it carries inside of

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<v Speaker 2>it the.

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<v Speaker 1>Seeds to reproduce.

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<v Speaker 2>And if alls we're seeking is the revival, the sweet

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<v Speaker 2>and the juicy of it. And don't get me wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>it is sweet and it is juicy.

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<v Speaker 1>But if we aren't willing.

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<v Speaker 2>To embrace the seeds that come with it, we might

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<v Speaker 2>not be entrusted with it.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's look at the divine pattern for revival. I

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<v Speaker 1>want you to open your.

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<v Speaker 2>Bibles to Acts Acts chapter one. Be careful what you

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<v Speaker 2>ask for when you ask for revival. In my former

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<v Speaker 2>book Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to

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<v Speaker 2>do and teach until the day he was taken up

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<v Speaker 2>to heaven after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to

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<v Speaker 2>the apostles he had chosen after his So he showed

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<v Speaker 2>himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs.

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<v Speaker 1>That he was alive.

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<v Speaker 2>He appeared to them over a period of forty days

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<v Speaker 2>and spoke about the Kingdom of God. On one occasion,

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<v Speaker 2>while he was eating with them, he gave them this command,

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<v Speaker 2>do not leave Jerusalem, but wait. Everybody say wait? Who

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<v Speaker 2>loves to wait? I hate to wait.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just throwing it out there.

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<v Speaker 2>But that was This was like one of his last commands,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was a command.

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<v Speaker 1>People. Did you see the word command. It's not a suggestion.

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<v Speaker 2>We gotta wait, we.

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<v Speaker 1>Gotta what.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait for the gift my father promised, which you have

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<v Speaker 2>heard me speak about, for John the baptist. For John

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<v Speaker 2>baptized with water, but in the few days, in a

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<v Speaker 2>few days, you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>So when they met together, they asked him, Lord, are

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<v Speaker 2>you going to at this time restore the kingdom of Israel?

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<v Speaker 2>He said to them, it is not for you to

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<v Speaker 2>know the times or dates the Father has selected by

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<v Speaker 2>his own authority. But you will receive power when the

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<v Speaker 2>Holy spirit comes on you, and you will become what.

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<v Speaker 2>So the power comes for what. Yeah, in Jerusalem, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'll Judea and Samaria and the ends of the earth

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<v Speaker 2>after this. After he said this, he was taken up

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<v Speaker 2>before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from

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<v Speaker 2>their sight. So Jesus commands them to wait. And as

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I hate to wait. How many in this

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<v Speaker 2>room love to wait? It's crickets out there. I'm glad

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<v Speaker 2>to see I'm not alone. When I have to wait,

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<v Speaker 2>I do not become my best self. In fact, I

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<v Speaker 2>become pretty much my worst self. I get annoyed, I

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<v Speaker 2>get antsy. Everybody around me starts bugging me. Don't make

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<v Speaker 2>me wait. When we're gonna make a do a product,

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<v Speaker 2>Dwayne says, Wait. I'm like, I'm not gonna wait. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get out there, ham wait. I hate to wait.

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<v Speaker 2>But these disciples were told to go into Jerusalem, and

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<v Speaker 2>they probably thought it that and it was gonna be and.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, go in and heal everybody, and some grace gonna.

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<v Speaker 2>Have they said, He said wait, So they went to

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<v Speaker 2>Jerusalem and they waited. They didn't know how long they

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<v Speaker 2>were gonna wait. And listen to me, people. These guys

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<v Speaker 2>had been through it one day three years prior. They

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<v Speaker 2>had been outlining their own business, fishing and bringing in,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, a catch for their own house.

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<v Speaker 1>And this man walks by and says, come follow me,

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<v Speaker 1>and they.

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<v Speaker 2>Were inextrip inextricably drawn to him, and they dropped their

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<v Speaker 2>nets and followed him. They had no idea why they

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<v Speaker 2>were following him necessarily, but their life was changed forever.

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<v Speaker 2>They were being drug all over Israel, are all over

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<v Speaker 2>that whole area, and by this man who is like

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<v Speaker 2>opening the eyes of the blind and what in the

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<v Speaker 2>world and saying crazy things and breaking Sabbath and doing

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<v Speaker 2>all sorts of things.

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<v Speaker 1>And they're like, oh, yeah, I'm with him, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>And they're beginning to fall in love with him, and

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<v Speaker 2>they're beginning their eyes were beginning to be open to

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<v Speaker 2>what was happening. And then the man dies on across

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<v Speaker 2>all their hopes were dashed. These guys have been through it.

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<v Speaker 2>They went home.

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<v Speaker 1>Not knowing what in the world, and then a dead

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<v Speaker 1>man appears to them, just walks through the wall. Who

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<v Speaker 1>was that? And their hopes are are lit up again.

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<v Speaker 1>And then they're chatting with him.

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<v Speaker 2>They're just having a chat with a dead guy in

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<v Speaker 2>front of them, and he says, go to Jerusalem and wait,

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<v Speaker 2>and then he starts going up. These guys have been

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<v Speaker 2>through it, Now what again?

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<v Speaker 1>He leaves them again. So they go to Jerusalem and

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<v Speaker 1>they wait.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't know how long they're gonna wait. They find

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<v Speaker 2>the upper room. Wherever the upper room is, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>But they go to Jerusalem and they wait. What would

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<v Speaker 2>you do if you had to be in a room

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<v Speaker 2>for days on end with people and wait for what.

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<v Speaker 1>The promise?

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<v Speaker 2>They could have been there for their whole lifetime. They

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<v Speaker 2>didn't know, but they waited during their weight What was happening.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you what was happening. They were getting prepared.

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<v Speaker 2>They're learning how to love each other. They're learning how

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<v Speaker 2>to get along. They're learning how to to not hate

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<v Speaker 2>each other. They're learning how to.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait. How many of you are learning how to wait?

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<v Speaker 2>Right now?

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<v Speaker 1>Now, listen, I got a promise for you.

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<v Speaker 2>God's word is filled with promises, but I can't promise

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<v Speaker 2>you when the waiting will be done. But your job

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<v Speaker 2>right now is to wait, because he's preparing you for revival.

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<v Speaker 1>He's preparing this body for revival.

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<v Speaker 4>Are you willing to come and Terry, are you willing

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<v Speaker 4>to come and wait with me? Are you willing to

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<v Speaker 4>unify with me when I'm not my best self? Are

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<v Speaker 4>you willing to come and be with me when you're

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<v Speaker 4>not your best self and don't feel like it?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you willing to wait with me? So then let's

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<v Speaker 2>flip over to chapter two, and I better hurry up.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the story of my life. When the day of

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<v Speaker 2>Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>they were all together in one place. They were They

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<v Speaker 2>were all with one accord, in one place, one accord,

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<v Speaker 2>and in one place. They were where they needed to be.

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<v Speaker 2>They showed up. They didn't run. James didn't run away

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<v Speaker 2>when Peter was annoying him.

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<v Speaker 1>They didn't get offended.

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<v Speaker 2>They were together in the same place, in one accord.

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<v Speaker 2>That means that their hearts were aligned, their minds were aligned.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything was aligned. They were in one accord. They were

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<v Speaker 2>now prepared for what was about to hit them. Now

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<v Speaker 2>this is a word for us.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to get hit. Therefore, I better be in

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<v Speaker 1>one accord with you. We better be.

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<v Speaker 2>Found in the right place at the right time. We

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<v Speaker 2>better be.

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00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:51.119
<v Speaker 1>Found with each other.

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00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:54.679
<v Speaker 2>We better be found loving one another. We better be

642
00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:59.400
<v Speaker 2>found not offended. We better be found not criticizing. We

643
00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:02.920
<v Speaker 2>better be found doing what we're supposed to be doing.

644
00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:15.119
<v Speaker 2>Every Sunday is our time to be together. Suddenly the

645
00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:17.400
<v Speaker 2>sound of the blowing of the violent wind came, and

646
00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:20.760
<v Speaker 2>the heaven filled the whole house, and where they were sitting,

647
00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:22.440
<v Speaker 2>go ahead, the next one.

648
00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:23.440
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna use this one.

649
00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:26.800
<v Speaker 2>And there appeared unto them cloven tongues at like as fire,

650
00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.639
<v Speaker 2>and it sat.

651
00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:29.880
<v Speaker 1>Upon each of them, talk about revival.

652
00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:32.440
<v Speaker 2>And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, who

653
00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:35.599
<v Speaker 2>began speaking with other tongues as the spirit gave them utterance.

654
00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:39.760
<v Speaker 2>And there were dwelling in Jerusalem, the Jews, devout men,

655
00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:44.199
<v Speaker 2>men of every nation under heaven. And now when this

656
00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:47.280
<v Speaker 2>was noised abroad, the multitude came together. They all came

657
00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:51.000
<v Speaker 2>running in and were confounded because every man heard them

658
00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:54.280
<v Speaker 2>speaking in their own language. Did you hear what they said?

659
00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:59.639
<v Speaker 2>Every nation of an under heaven was there, and every

660
00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:01.000
<v Speaker 2>nation heard.

661
00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:12.679
<v Speaker 1>His own language. Go down to verse eleven, heard them

662
00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:16.119
<v Speaker 1>speaking in our tongue. The wonderful works of God.

663
00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:28.159
<v Speaker 2>Revival produced missions, the saving of souls, the spreading of

664
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<v Speaker 2>the word of God.

665
00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:30.480
<v Speaker 1>Are you ready for that?

666
00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:33.760
<v Speaker 2>Because if you get your little revival that you're wanting,

667
00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:38.880
<v Speaker 2>that juicy, wonderful, wonderful presence of God, you will be

668
00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:43.679
<v Speaker 2>then uh impregnated with the seed of God to spread

669
00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:48.559
<v Speaker 2>the Word of God. Missions will happen inside of every

670
00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:51.480
<v Speaker 2>single one of us in the midst of revival.

671
00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:59.239
<v Speaker 1>See, this is the divine pattern. This is the divine pattern.

672
00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:05.920
<v Speaker 2>The divine pattern is still happening today, and he wants.

673
00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:08.639
<v Speaker 1>To do it again and again and again and again.

674
00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:10.400
<v Speaker 1>This is his heart.

675
00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:14.320
<v Speaker 2>There are many other stories of revivals that follow the

676
00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:17.559
<v Speaker 2>divine pattern. I want to fast forward to China today.

677
00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:18.159
<v Speaker 1>Can I do that?

678
00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:21.159
<v Speaker 2>Cause you might be thinking, yeah, that's great for two

679
00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:25.039
<v Speaker 2>thousand years ago, that you have no idea what life

680
00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:26.760
<v Speaker 2>is like in twenty twenty five. Can I tell you

681
00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:31.000
<v Speaker 2>what life is like in twenty twenty five. In reality,

682
00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:35.760
<v Speaker 2>there's a place called China. Anybody hear about China and

683
00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:40.039
<v Speaker 2>the news. So we know China and the political front,

684
00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:42.119
<v Speaker 2>and we hear about it all the time from the

685
00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:44.599
<v Speaker 2>political front. But I am here to tell you that

686
00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:47.519
<v Speaker 2>God's ways are higher than man's ways, and his thoughts

687
00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:50.480
<v Speaker 2>are higher than man's thoughts, and his plans are higher

688
00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:54.159
<v Speaker 2>than any plans of any government. And I would say

689
00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:56.519
<v Speaker 2>to you that there's a grander scheme to be known

690
00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:59.960
<v Speaker 2>than what we hear about on TV and on fog

691
00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:02.599
<v Speaker 2>news and everything else that we listened to. So let

692
00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:05.199
<v Speaker 2>me just open your eyes to what is going on. Okay,

693
00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:08.559
<v Speaker 2>divine pattern of revival. Let me just tell you so

694
00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:12.159
<v Speaker 2>a little quick reminder. In nineteen forty nine, China fell

695
00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:15.960
<v Speaker 2>to the Communists and Mao raised up as a dictator,

696
00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:19.239
<v Speaker 2>and he killed up to one hundred and forty eight

697
00:39:19.360 --> 00:39:25.000
<v Speaker 2>million people during his reign of terror. It was a

698
00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:28.760
<v Speaker 2>horrible time and the things it was either direct killing

699
00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:32.800
<v Speaker 2>by him through his agencies or the way he set

700
00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:35.920
<v Speaker 2>things up. The famines that came because of the economic

701
00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:37.639
<v Speaker 2>distress killed another huge pile.

702
00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:39.719
<v Speaker 1>So there's they're estimating.

703
00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:42.599
<v Speaker 2>There's estimates, really wide estimates, but the high end estimate

704
00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:44.920
<v Speaker 2>is one hundred and forty eight million people dead.

705
00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:48.440
<v Speaker 1>Before this happened.

706
00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:52.320
<v Speaker 2>So in the early, you know, thirties and forties, of

707
00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:56.239
<v Speaker 2>the nineteen hundreds, there was three million estimated three million Christians,

708
00:39:56.280 --> 00:40:01.719
<v Speaker 2>everybody say three million. That cracked down of Maos was

709
00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:05.199
<v Speaker 2>a political crackdown, but it was also a religious crackdown,

710
00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:09.360
<v Speaker 2>and the vast majority of those three million Christians were

711
00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:15.519
<v Speaker 2>wiped out gone. What was left went underground. How many

712
00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:19.679
<v Speaker 2>of you heard about the underground church of China. Those

713
00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:26.760
<v Speaker 2>Christians were enduring some of the greatest suffering they could imagine,

714
00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:29.920
<v Speaker 2>But who knows? And how many of you know that

715
00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:35.639
<v Speaker 2>great suffering is a great unifier. And that church went underground,

716
00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:38.079
<v Speaker 2>and they had nobody else but each other, and they

717
00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:40.440
<v Speaker 2>had to be ever so careful and ever so trusting,

718
00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:42.800
<v Speaker 2>and they began to pray, and they began to pray,

719
00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:45.280
<v Speaker 2>and they began to meet together, and they began to pray.

720
00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:48.159
<v Speaker 2>And I'm sure they annoyed each other sometimes too, And

721
00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:49.679
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure there was a lot of fear in those

722
00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:52.039
<v Speaker 2>little prayer circles at times, and I'm sure that it

723
00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:54.840
<v Speaker 2>was a stress, and I'm sure it was difficult. And

724
00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:57.840
<v Speaker 2>a lot of writings will tell us about how the

725
00:40:57.920 --> 00:41:00.719
<v Speaker 2>people in these underground churches used to give of their

726
00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:03.639
<v Speaker 2>own things to the others when they were in need,

727
00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:06.800
<v Speaker 2>and that church began to grow.

728
00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:10.679
<v Speaker 1>That church began to grow.

729
00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:15.960
<v Speaker 2>We don't have a whole lot of understanding, because you know,

730
00:41:16.360 --> 00:41:21.800
<v Speaker 2>China's kind of closed, but they tell us that in

731
00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:24.280
<v Speaker 2>nineteen eighty eight, So that from nineteen forty nine to

732
00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:26.480
<v Speaker 2>nineteen eighty eight they did a lot of waiting and praying,

733
00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:31.320
<v Speaker 2>a lot of surviving. But in nineteen eighty eight, something

734
00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:36.039
<v Speaker 2>happened across the entire nation, in every single little tiny

735
00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:41.440
<v Speaker 2>home church hiding underground. They call it the first Great Infilling.

736
00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:47.760
<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit fell in the year nineteen eighty eight. Now,

737
00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:50.800
<v Speaker 2>those people had never been to Holy Spirit conferences, they

738
00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:55.320
<v Speaker 2>hadn't been to classes, active prophetic autovation classes, they'd never

739
00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:58.480
<v Speaker 2>done any of that. But suddenly the Holy Spirit fell.

740
00:41:58.519 --> 00:42:04.960
<v Speaker 2>They were baptizing the Holy spe signs, wonders, visions, interpretations.

741
00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:08.159
<v Speaker 1>The thing got lit on fire.

742
00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:13.360
<v Speaker 2>Then again in twenty ten, they call it the second

743
00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:19.800
<v Speaker 2>Great Infilling. In twenty ten, fire swept the underground church

744
00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:23.400
<v Speaker 2>in China, and it swept it to such an extent

745
00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:27.880
<v Speaker 2>that their witness became so strong that in a nation

746
00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:32.519
<v Speaker 2>where you risk losing everything, including the breath in your lungs,

747
00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:34.440
<v Speaker 2>Christianity began to grow.

748
00:42:34.679 --> 00:42:36.280
<v Speaker 1>And would you believe people of God?

749
00:42:36.280 --> 00:42:40.519
<v Speaker 2>Would you believe that today in twenty twenty five, there

750
00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:45.159
<v Speaker 2>are one hundred and thirty million Christians. Would you believe

751
00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:47.400
<v Speaker 2>me if I were to tell you that that is

752
00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:51.199
<v Speaker 2>more Christian. One hundred and thirty million is more than

753
00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:59.960
<v Speaker 2>the Communist Party membership. There are more Christians in China

754
00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:04.760
<v Speaker 2>than there are in the Communist Party. And they want

755
00:43:04.800 --> 00:43:08.719
<v Speaker 2>you to think that that Communist Party is all that

756
00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:11.320
<v Speaker 2>in a bagga chips. I am telling you what Holy

757
00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:13.800
<v Speaker 2>Spirit is on the inside of that machine work in

758
00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:17.519
<v Speaker 2>its way out. They are on such a high growth

759
00:43:17.559 --> 00:43:21.039
<v Speaker 2>curve that it is projected by twenty thirty that they

760
00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:25.239
<v Speaker 2>will have two hundred and forty seven million Christians. It

761
00:43:25.280 --> 00:43:28.960
<v Speaker 2>will be the largest group of Christians in a nation

762
00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:33.840
<v Speaker 2>in the whole world. China and Iran have the fastest

763
00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:38.760
<v Speaker 2>growing church right now under such great dress. Let me

764
00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:46.079
<v Speaker 2>just tell you people, God's got another whole storyline.

765
00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:50.719
<v Speaker 1>Do not lose heart. So here's the other part about it.

766
00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:55.639
<v Speaker 2>In all their prayer meetings, God kept shifting their prayers

767
00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:56.400
<v Speaker 2>for themselves.

768
00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:59.440
<v Speaker 1>God protect me, God, I need food.

769
00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:03.159
<v Speaker 2>God help me, help my brother, you know, to help us,

770
00:44:03.199 --> 00:44:07.400
<v Speaker 2>help us, help us, shifted it to souls. And if

771
00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:09.880
<v Speaker 2>I had been able to, I would have played a

772
00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:13.639
<v Speaker 2>video right now. But I watched a video of an

773
00:44:13.719 --> 00:44:17.639
<v Speaker 2>underground church worshiping and the songs they were singing, were

774
00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:24.920
<v Speaker 2>for you, for souls around the world, Send us, they said,

775
00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:29.760
<v Speaker 2>send us, They were singing, send us, send us. These

776
00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:36.440
<v Speaker 2>are some of the most pure, tough ombres in the

777
00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:41.760
<v Speaker 2>kingdom because they put up with such persecution. So guess

778
00:44:41.760 --> 00:44:46.960
<v Speaker 2>what they started a missions movement, sending missionaries. The Chinese

779
00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:49.960
<v Speaker 2>are sending missionaries. Do you know that they are on

780
00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:54.320
<v Speaker 2>track to fulfill their goal of sending twenty thousand missionaries

781
00:44:54.599 --> 00:44:59.679
<v Speaker 2>in the next five years. It is an automatic outflow

782
00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:01.159
<v Speaker 2>of revival.

783
00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:05.440
<v Speaker 1>The cool thing is is right below China.

784
00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:07.519
<v Speaker 2>You go north, you're gonna go to the Antarctica or

785
00:45:07.559 --> 00:45:10.360
<v Speaker 2>whatever it is up there North Pole. If you go south,

786
00:45:10.360 --> 00:45:12.760
<v Speaker 2>you're gonna run into the ten forty window.

787
00:45:13.079 --> 00:45:18.840
<v Speaker 1>Isis Muslim, Buddhist, all of it.

788
00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:25.119
<v Speaker 2>Those Chinese Christians are being unleashed into the ten forty

789
00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:29.440
<v Speaker 2>window like never before, places that the West don't ever

790
00:45:29.559 --> 00:45:33.440
<v Speaker 2>want to set foot in because they're scared because it's hard,

791
00:45:33.800 --> 00:45:36.880
<v Speaker 2>because it's you know, it's very, very challenging. But the

792
00:45:36.960 --> 00:45:44.960
<v Speaker 2>Chinese are like, what's that. I got this, We got this,

793
00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:51.599
<v Speaker 2>we got holy spirit. There's a divine pattern to revival

794
00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:59.320
<v Speaker 2>and church. We're gonna get us a revival it's gonna

795
00:45:59.360 --> 00:46:02.199
<v Speaker 2>be sweet, it's going to be juicy. It's going to

796
00:46:02.280 --> 00:46:05.519
<v Speaker 2>be gorgeous and glorious, and we will feel it, and

797
00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:10.320
<v Speaker 2>well we'll hear it. But it will be because you

798
00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:12.559
<v Speaker 2>and I and every person.

799
00:46:14.360 --> 00:46:21.800
<v Speaker 1>Has forged a unity. No more criticizing, no more division.

800
00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:29.199
<v Speaker 2>There's no time for it. No more hate, no more judging,

801
00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:35.400
<v Speaker 2>no more there's no time for it. And let me

802
00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:38.559
<v Speaker 2>just tell you, New Horizon's going to be ready to go,

803
00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:43.320
<v Speaker 2>because when that revival hits, it's going to be about souls.

804
00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:49.960
<v Speaker 2>It's going to be about souls. Let's all stand. Thank

805
00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:52.920
<v Speaker 2>you for listening to me, Thank you for hearing my heart.

806
00:46:53.559 --> 00:46:56.360
<v Speaker 2>This divine pattern is at work even now he is

807
00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:59.119
<v Speaker 2>on the precipice. Oh that the church would gather in

808
00:46:59.199 --> 00:47:04.320
<v Speaker 2>one accord, run an offence, and criticize and isolate. Oh

809
00:47:04.360 --> 00:47:08.119
<v Speaker 2>that revival would overtake us with wind, fire and signs

810
00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:10.079
<v Speaker 2>and wonders, weeping and rejoicing.

811
00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:13.159
<v Speaker 1>Oh that revival would turn.

812
00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:16.599
<v Speaker 2>Our hearts to souls, the lost, and the bondage that

813
00:47:16.639 --> 00:47:18.800
<v Speaker 2>they will operate in away.

814
00:47:18.840 --> 00:47:20.440
<v Speaker 1>Can I, oh, Father, from.

815
00:47:20.239 --> 00:47:26.360
<v Speaker 2>Distraction, self absorption and entertainment, Father God, rise up New

816
00:47:26.400 --> 00:47:30.599
<v Speaker 2>Horizon as a missions church. And rise up, oh Christian,

817
00:47:30.760 --> 00:47:36.280
<v Speaker 2>for you are a missionary. You are a missionary. You

818
00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:39.400
<v Speaker 2>carry the seeds of the Kingdom inside of you.

819
00:47:39.960 --> 00:47:44.079
<v Speaker 1>Hallelujah. We are unified, but more Lord.

820
00:47:46.119 --> 00:47:52.039
<v Speaker 2>We are in revival, but more Lord, and we are

821
00:47:52.159 --> 00:47:53.599
<v Speaker 2>a missionizing church.

822
00:47:55.280 --> 00:47:56.920
<v Speaker 1>More Lord God.

823
00:47:56.920 --> 00:47:59.639
<v Speaker 2>I pray that even in this room, there will be

824
00:47:59.679 --> 00:48:04.519
<v Speaker 2>those even now, hearing the call, feeling the tug to

825
00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:10.320
<v Speaker 2>not only uh witness in your Jerusalem.

826
00:48:09.559 --> 00:48:11.519
<v Speaker 1>But maybe to go.

827
00:48:12.960 --> 00:48:16.400
<v Speaker 2>Father, God, raise your hand right now with me and

828
00:48:16.559 --> 00:48:24.239
<v Speaker 2>just total surrender, Holy Spirit. Come, Oh Jesus, May we

829
00:48:24.280 --> 00:48:27.239
<v Speaker 2>not live for ourselves. May we not live for ourselves

830
00:48:27.360 --> 00:48:31.400
<v Speaker 2>or God? I pray right now, I can't even go

831
00:48:31.480 --> 00:48:37.320
<v Speaker 2>into prayer without praying for our community, praying for the addicted,

832
00:48:37.400 --> 00:48:39.639
<v Speaker 2>praying for those homeless communities to be emptied.

833
00:48:39.800 --> 00:48:40.280
<v Speaker 1>I can't.

834
00:48:40.760 --> 00:48:43.199
<v Speaker 2>I can't even hardly pray for myself. I want to

835
00:48:43.239 --> 00:48:47.079
<v Speaker 2>pray for myself. I have needs for Heaven's sake, I

836
00:48:47.119 --> 00:48:50.559
<v Speaker 2>have dreams and desires, but I can't even hardly. And

837
00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:53.559
<v Speaker 2>this is not necessarily putting it up against praying for

838
00:48:53.599 --> 00:48:55.480
<v Speaker 2>those things, since that's those are good things. But I

839
00:48:55.519 --> 00:48:58.519
<v Speaker 2>can't hardly pray for them because I have to hurry

840
00:48:58.639 --> 00:49:01.679
<v Speaker 2>up and pray for the loss. I have to hurry

841
00:49:01.760 --> 00:49:05.440
<v Speaker 2>up and pray, Holy Spirit, God right now around us.

842
00:49:05.519 --> 00:49:07.920
<v Speaker 1>Lord God, I pray right now that we would have

843
00:49:08.039 --> 00:49:10.239
<v Speaker 1>the words to share, that.

844
00:49:10.320 --> 00:49:13.599
<v Speaker 2>We would have the witness to bear, Lord God, that

845
00:49:13.679 --> 00:49:15.920
<v Speaker 2>we would have the courage to speak.

846
00:49:16.079 --> 00:49:17.519
<v Speaker 1>Oh, Father, God.

847
00:49:17.320 --> 00:49:22.320
<v Speaker 2>In Jesus' name, anoint us. We are missionaries, every one

848
00:49:22.360 --> 00:49:31.320
<v Speaker 2>of us. Hallelujah, Holy Spirit, Thank you, Praise you Jesus.