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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everyone, Welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible teaching.

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<v Speaker 2>Ministry of Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>And today we're continuing with this powerful series called the

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus Model. In this series, Rick will walk you step

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<v Speaker 1>by step through the process of true biblical discipleship.

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<v Speaker 2>Rick's giving you practical tools.

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<v Speaker 1>To grow spiritually, experience God's peace, live with greater purpose,

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<v Speaker 1>and become more like Jesus in every area of your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's get right into part one of a message called

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<v Speaker 1>Succeeding in your Mission.

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<v Speaker 3>God did not create you just to live for yourself.

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<v Speaker 3>He wants you to care about the hurting people in

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<v Speaker 3>your life. He wants you to make a difference with

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<v Speaker 3>your life. He puts you on this planet to make

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<v Speaker 3>a contribution. You were planned for God's pleasure. You were

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<v Speaker 3>formed for God's family. You were created to be like Christ.

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<v Speaker 3>You were shaped to serve God, and you were made

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<v Speaker 3>for a mission. So like to Blues, brothers, we're.

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<v Speaker 2>On a mission for God.

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<v Speaker 3>Now. Jesus before the Cross was talking to the Father

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<v Speaker 3>in prayer, and he says this, in the same way

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<v Speaker 3>that you gave me a mission in the world, I

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<v Speaker 3>give them a mission in the world. One of the

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<v Speaker 3>greatest tragedies in life is for you to go through

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<v Speaker 3>your whole life and never fulfill your life mission. And

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<v Speaker 3>you stand before God one day and he says, well,

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<v Speaker 3>did you fulfill the mission? I put you on earth

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<v Speaker 3>for it? And go, oh, Lord, I didn't even know

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<v Speaker 3>you had a mission for me. And he's gonna go,

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<v Speaker 3>uh oh, wrong answer. You don't want to be embarrassed.

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<v Speaker 3>At that moment, Jesus said, as God gave me a

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<v Speaker 3>mission in the world, I give you a mission in

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<v Speaker 3>the world. And after the Resurrection he gets more specific

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<v Speaker 3>and he says this here on the screen Acts one

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<v Speaker 3>to eight. You will be my witnesses, not my attorneys,

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<v Speaker 3>my witnesses in Jerusale. That's your own hometown in Judea.

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<v Speaker 3>That's like Orange County in Samaria. That's the cross culture

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<v Speaker 3>in our own area, and to the ends of the earth.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's personal, it's local, and it's global. Now Here

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<v Speaker 3>at Saddleback Church, we take this very seriously, and that's

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<v Speaker 3>why about five years ago or six years ago, we

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<v Speaker 3>launched a thing called the Peace Plan to basically do

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<v Speaker 3>what God has called us to do in our personal lives,

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<v Speaker 3>in our local situation in the national and actually globally

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<v Speaker 3>because God has said go to all nations. And now

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<v Speaker 3>in the last four or five years, we've had over

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<v Speaker 3>eight thousand of members of Saddleback Church who've gone overseas,

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<v Speaker 3>paid their own way to go to some country overseas

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<v Speaker 3>and go on mission for Jesus Christ. In fact, if

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<v Speaker 3>you have gone overseas on a global peace mission, I

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<v Speaker 3>want you to just stand up so we can applaud

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<v Speaker 3>you and express our gratitude for you. Presentatives of our church,

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<v Speaker 3>thank you. Now, not only do we send out people globally,

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<v Speaker 3>but we do it locally, and even thousands of more

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<v Speaker 3>have done it here locally in southern California. What does

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<v Speaker 3>it mean to be on mission with God? And how

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<v Speaker 3>do I succeed in the mission that God has given me? Well, Fortunately,

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus gave us a model, and in Luke chapter ten

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<v Speaker 3>he gives us an example where he sends out his

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<v Speaker 3>peace teams.

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<v Speaker 2>And in Luke's.

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<v Speaker 3>Chapter ten, he sent out thirty one teams of two

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<v Speaker 3>people each into different cities. It was local peace, its

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<v Speaker 3>all in walking distance there in the nation of Israel.

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<v Speaker 3>And before he sent them out, he gave them nine instructions.

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<v Speaker 3>Those instructions still work today. They're things that you need

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<v Speaker 3>to do that I need to do in my personal life,

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<v Speaker 3>whether I'm trying to reach my family for the Lord,

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<v Speaker 3>or reach my best friends for the Lord, or relatives

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<v Speaker 3>co workers for the Lord, whether I'm doing something in

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<v Speaker 3>local peace here in Orange County or LA or in

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<v Speaker 3>southern California, or whether I'm going on a global peace

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<v Speaker 3>trip this weekend. I want us to look at jesus

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<v Speaker 3>instructions to his team, These nine principles for succeeding at

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<v Speaker 3>your life mission. They are the basis for our peace teams.

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<v Speaker 3>When we send out teams, this is what we want

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<v Speaker 3>them to do, whether it's local or global. And as

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<v Speaker 3>I said, these principles will work anywhere. They'll work in

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<v Speaker 3>your office, they'll work at school, they'll work in your

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<v Speaker 3>personal life. How do you succeed in your mission? Let's

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<v Speaker 3>get right into it. Number one. The first principle that

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus gave to his peace teams as he was sending

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<v Speaker 3>them out in Luke chapter ten is the principle of cooperation.

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<v Speaker 3>And the principal of cooperation is this, get a partner.

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<v Speaker 3>Get a partner. God never intends for you to do

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<v Speaker 3>your life mission by yourself. In fact, you can't fulfill

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<v Speaker 3>it by yourself because it's all about relationships, learning to

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<v Speaker 3>love God and learning to love your neighbors yourself. God says,

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<v Speaker 3>I want you to do this in tandem with other people.

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<v Speaker 3>And in Luke ten, verse one, it says the Lord

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<v Speaker 3>appointed seventy two others, that's beside the twelve disciples, and

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<v Speaker 3>send them out two by two ahead of him to

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<v Speaker 3>every town and place he was about to go. He said,

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<v Speaker 3>just well, grab a friend, get a coworker. God never

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<v Speaker 3>meant for you to fulfill your life mission by yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>Why. Two reasons.

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<v Speaker 3>One, you're much more effective when you go with another person.

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<v Speaker 3>You're much more effected when you team up. The Bible

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<v Speaker 3>says this two are better than one because they get

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<v Speaker 3>more done by working together. You can encourage each other,

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<v Speaker 3>you can pray for each other when one's tired and

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<v Speaker 3>discourage the other one lifts the other person up. There's

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<v Speaker 3>so many benefits to working together. And that's why when

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<v Speaker 3>we send these teams out. We never send out individuals. Never,

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<v Speaker 3>we only send them out in groups. Why it's biblical.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus said, we're to cooperate with each other. Not only

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<v Speaker 3>that you'd be more confident, You're more assured, You're more

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<v Speaker 3>bold when somebody is there with you. And so you

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<v Speaker 3>have somebody else to back you up and support you,

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<v Speaker 3>to share ideas with and be creative and to tell

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<v Speaker 3>your story to. Now. I don't know if you've ever

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<v Speaker 3>thought about having a partner for your life mission, but

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<v Speaker 3>you need one. And it could be your spouse, it

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<v Speaker 3>could be a friend, it could be somebody in your

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<v Speaker 3>small group. But you need to have a partner. Here's

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<v Speaker 3>a little secret. It can be anybody. Sometimes God sovereignly

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<v Speaker 3>puts the most unusual partners together. I'll never forget. When

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<v Speaker 3>I was twenty years old, I went and attended a

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<v Speaker 3>major Christian event in Soul, Korea, and there were one

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<v Speaker 3>million Christians at this event. It was a huge, huge event,

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<v Speaker 3>and I remember they asked for volunteers. Would anybody like

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<v Speaker 3>to go share their faith in the city of Soul.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought, why not?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know a single Korean word, why not? And

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<v Speaker 3>so I volunteered. And they said, well, now it's biblical

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<v Speaker 3>to pair you up with people, and so they gave

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<v Speaker 3>me a partner. Now, I was a six foot two,

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<v Speaker 3>long hair I mean, really long hair, skinny American. And

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<v Speaker 3>my partner was a four foot two Filipino Catholic nun

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<v Speaker 3>in full black garb. It's like, you know, the hippie

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<v Speaker 3>and the saint kind of a thing, you know. And

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<v Speaker 3>so she doesn't speak a word of English. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>speak any Tagallo, and neither of us speak Korean. This

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<v Speaker 3>is going to be an interesting witnessing assignment. So they

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<v Speaker 3>gave us this little book called the Four Spiritual Laws.

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<v Speaker 3>You've heard of this booklet, and it was in dual language.

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<v Speaker 3>On one side it was in Korean, and on one

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<v Speaker 3>side it was in English, so you could read the

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<v Speaker 3>English side and show where the Korean was. So we're

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<v Speaker 3>going out. We're downtown Soul, Korea, this huge city, and

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<v Speaker 3>this nun and I walk into this business and into

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<v Speaker 3>this department store, and I'm looking around for somebody to

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<v Speaker 3>just talk to. And I found a young girl in

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<v Speaker 3>her twenties who happened to be quite good looking. So

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<v Speaker 3>I always noticed them when I was single. And I

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<v Speaker 3>got and she was in the jewid department. I walked

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<v Speaker 3>over to it. Now I don't know any Korean at all,

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<v Speaker 3>and I hold up this little track and it says,

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<v Speaker 3>do you know the four spiritual laws? And it's got

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<v Speaker 3>it in Korean. So I run my finger along the

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<v Speaker 3>line of the Korean, hoping that that's what that said.

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<v Speaker 3>And I look at and I go. She goes, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>so she doesn't know the force virtual laws. So I

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<v Speaker 3>open it up and I say, look, I'll read this side.

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<v Speaker 2>You read this side. So I read this and.

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<v Speaker 3>Read that, and I get the bottle page. I wait

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<v Speaker 3>a little bit and I look up and I go,

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<v Speaker 3>she goes. So I turned the page. Okay, I do

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<v Speaker 3>the second page, law number two, God loves you and

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<v Speaker 3>has a wonderful plan for your life. Okay, I finish

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<v Speaker 3>that page. I nod, She nods. So I flipped the

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<v Speaker 3>page again. This little track. Now I haven't said a

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<v Speaker 3>word to her, because I don't know any Korean. My

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<v Speaker 3>wonderful accompliced none is praying for me at this moment,

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<v Speaker 3>standing right there looking up. Okay. I get to the

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<v Speaker 3>next page, and there's these two little pictures on which

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<v Speaker 3>one represents a life without Christ and what one represents

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<v Speaker 3>a life with Jesus. And there's a line in the

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<v Speaker 3>English that's which one represents your life. So I look

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<v Speaker 3>over here on this page. I thought, that's got to

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<v Speaker 3>be the same line. So I run my finger along it,

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<v Speaker 3>and she points to of the non Christian and so

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<v Speaker 3>then I say, on the next line, of which one

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<v Speaker 3>would you like to represent your life? And I run

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<v Speaker 3>my finger along the Korean and she points to the

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<v Speaker 3>one that has Jesus. This is working, okay, this is

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<v Speaker 3>really working. Okay. So I turned the page and it

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<v Speaker 3>says you can pray this prayer. So I point over

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<v Speaker 3>to the koreanside that point, and I go like this,

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<v Speaker 3>So I bow my head and I read the prayer

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<v Speaker 3>and I read this. She reads that prayer and I

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<v Speaker 3>and I look up and tears are coming down her eyes,

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<v Speaker 2>Go, yep, she got it.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay. Now I led that girl to Christ. She's going

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<v Speaker 3>to be in heaven and I never said a word

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<v Speaker 3>to her. And who is my partner on that mission?

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<v Speaker 2>A Filipino nun.

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<v Speaker 3>Anybody can be your partner and you if you are

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<v Speaker 3>willing to be used by God, God will use you

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<v Speaker 3>to change people's life. You just have to be willing.

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<v Speaker 3>Now that's the first principle cooperation. Get a partner. You

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<v Speaker 3>might write down a name of somebody who might You

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<v Speaker 3>might think, could this person be a partner with me

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<v Speaker 3>in my mission in life? And you could write a

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<v Speaker 3>name down. Now, number two, the second principle is a

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<v Speaker 3>principle of expectation, and that is when you go on

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<v Speaker 3>your mission for God, you depend on God. You don't

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<v Speaker 3>depend on your talent, You don't depend on your own creativity,

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<v Speaker 3>you don't depend on money, you don't depend on connections.

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<v Speaker 3>You depend on God. Now, it's interesting that the very

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<v Speaker 3>first thing Jesus says to his peace teams that he's

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<v Speaker 3>sending out, he says in verse four, don't take a purse.

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<v Speaker 3>What does he mean by that? He actually says it

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<v Speaker 3>three times in three different passages of scripture, where he says,

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<v Speaker 3>don't take along any gold or silver or copper in

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<v Speaker 3>Matthew ten, and take no money in your pockets in

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<v Speaker 3>tell you what he's not saying. He's not saying leave

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<v Speaker 3>your credit card at home. That's not what he's saying

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<v Speaker 3>when you go on a peace trip or a peace

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<v Speaker 2>For two reasons.

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<v Speaker 3>First, depending on money makes me less dependent upon God.

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<v Speaker 3>Depending on money keeps me from depending on God. The

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<v Speaker 3>Bible tells us that the poor the poor are rich

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<v Speaker 3>in faith. And the fact is, as I've traveled around

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<v Speaker 3>the world, I found that the poor have a lot

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<v Speaker 3>more faith than the rich people do. Why because as

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<v Speaker 3>a rich person, you don't depend on God very much.

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<v Speaker 3>When you need something, you don't pray about it, you

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<v Speaker 3>just go out and buy it. You don't have to

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<v Speaker 3>depend on God because you can put it on your

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<v Speaker 3>credit card. But when you're poor and you have nothing,

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<v Speaker 3>you have to depend on God. And that's why the

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<v Speaker 3>poor are rich in faith. They have more faith than

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<v Speaker 3>the rich do. And God says here, he says, I

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<v Speaker 3>want you to depend on me. I want you to

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<v Speaker 3>trust me to provide on your journey. I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 3>don't take any money. He's just saying, don't think that

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<v Speaker 3>this is going to bail you out of all your issues.

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<v Speaker 3>But there's a deeper issue here, and that is this

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<v Speaker 3>money often harms ministry. I need to explain this to

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<v Speaker 3>you because as we send out people all over southern

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<v Speaker 3>send people all around the world to serve those who

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<v Speaker 3>are suffering. When you see somebody who's hurting, you see

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<v Speaker 3>somebody whos suffering, you see the poor, you naturally you

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<v Speaker 3>want to give to them. You want to be generous,

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<v Speaker 3>and that's a good thing. But the truth is, and

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<v Speaker 3>every parent knows this, if you've got a kid, there's

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<v Speaker 3>a right way and a wrong way to give money,

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<v Speaker 3>you know what I'm talking about. You can give money

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<v Speaker 3>to someone in a way that will ruin them, or

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<v Speaker 3>you can give away somebody money in a way that

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<v Speaker 3>will empower them. You can give money in a way

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<v Speaker 3>that will make them dependent upon you with strings attached,

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<v Speaker 3>or you can give it in a way that actually.

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<v Speaker 2>Treats them with dignity.

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<v Speaker 3>And this is very important for you to understand because

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<v Speaker 3>Americans violate this principle all around the world, meaning to

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<v Speaker 3>do well, thinking that they're helping people when they give,

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<v Speaker 3>but that's not it. You cannot give people out of poverty.

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<v Speaker 3>In the last fifty years, Americans have put billions and

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<v Speaker 3>billions and trillions of dollars into Africa, trillions of dollars

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<v Speaker 3>in foreign aid and Africa. The standard living in Africa

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<v Speaker 3>is actually worse than it was fifty years ago. It's

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<v Speaker 3>worse because you cannot subsidize people out of poverty, can't

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<v Speaker 3>even do it in America. There's only one way out

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<v Speaker 3>of poverty, jobs, job creation. You've got to help people

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<v Speaker 3>create wealth, not wealth redistribution, but wealth creation. And that's

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<v Speaker 3>where some of you entrepreneurs and business leaders need to

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<v Speaker 3>come into play, in using your gifts on mission for

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<v Speaker 3>God and learning how to create job creation. When you

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<v Speaker 3>give money to somebody in the wrong way, in the

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<v Speaker 3>wrong time, it can create jealousy in a village, it

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<v Speaker 3>can split a church. It can create dependency, It can

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<v Speaker 3>rob dignity of people, it makes them dependent, it makes

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<v Speaker 3>something all the great Americans have come to be our savior.

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<v Speaker 3>And all of these things can actually harm. And that's

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<v Speaker 3>why the Bible, the very first thing Jesus says when

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<v Speaker 3>he starts to send out his peace to you, says,

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<v Speaker 3>don't take money. Don't throw money at the problem. He said,

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<v Speaker 3>you need to understand this that you're going to It

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<v Speaker 3>can be as simple as giving street kids candy. I

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<v Speaker 3>have seen this all around the world, that well meaning

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<v Speaker 3>people take candy and then they give it to orphans.

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<v Speaker 3>Or give it to street kids and then get back

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<v Speaker 3>on the bus thinking they've done a good thing because

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<v Speaker 3>and the candies.

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<v Speaker 2>Taken away from them.

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<v Speaker 3>When you give candy to a kid in a country,

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<v Speaker 3>you can guarantee it's going to be stolen from him

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<v Speaker 3>immediately and the kid you're guaranteeing, the kid's going to

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<v Speaker 3>get a black eye, get beaten up. And what you

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<v Speaker 3>think you're actually doing is good, you're actually harming the child.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a way that giving hurts. Or when a peace

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<v Speaker 3>team or any team would go into a village or

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<v Speaker 3>something and at the end they want to they see

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<v Speaker 3>a poor pastor and they want to take up an

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<v Speaker 3>offering to help that pastor. And maybe they've taken up

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<v Speaker 3>an offering US two hundred and fifty three hundred dollars

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<v Speaker 3>and they're really excited to give that. They don't realize

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<v Speaker 3>that in that economy that's equal to a year's wage,

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<v Speaker 3>like in Rwanda, where an income is sixty eight cents

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<v Speaker 3>a day, given somebody three hundred bucks, it'd be like

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<v Speaker 3>giving you eighty grand. It throws everything out of whack

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<v Speaker 3>and everything out of proportion. And that's why the Bible

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<v Speaker 3>tells us, you know, it says, don't take a purse,

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<v Speaker 3>don't take a long gold or silver, a copper, don't

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<v Speaker 3>take any money in your pockets. Why we tell our

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<v Speaker 3>peace teams when you go overseas, don't take a bunch

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<v Speaker 3>of American stuff, and don't go giving out money to people,

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<v Speaker 3>and don't come back and do a bunch of fundraisers,

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<v Speaker 3>because that's the old way of doing missions and it

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't work. He says, depend on God, and he says,

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