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 Good morning. How's everybody doing? Good. Give a pat on the back and the people beside you. Wake them up a little bit. Say hello. Say hello to your neighbor. Get to know them. All right. Very good. We've been going through a three part mini series on missions sort of we had Joe and the team come up and share about their trips to the Philippines and about what Hope International has been doing.

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 Last week we had David come share about ICC and today we're going to talk about more of what God's plan is to scatter to gather and to scatter. God's plan is to gather and to scatter and John Piper said this mission exists because worship doesn't mission exists because worship doesn't. What does that mean? Mission exists because worship doesn't.

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 It's because people around the world can't gather like this on a Sunday. There are people in Hong Kong even that don't know about Jesus don't know about God and they don't know that they can worship God.

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 There are people in this world in remote villages in big cities that don't know about God and that is why mission exists. Mission is to go out and proclaim who God is and what his plan is.

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 We're going to read together Matthew chapter 9. Let's stand together for the word of God.

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 We're going to read together.

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 Let's read together. One, two, three.

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 Jesus went through all the towns.

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 Thank you.

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 You may be seated.

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 So this passage in Matthew 9 is about Jesus.

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 He's on the road.

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 He's doing ministry.

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 And where is he doing ministry?

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 He's doing ministry in remote towns and villages.

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 The first thing we see is the first thing.

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 The first part of God's plan is we see God's ministry through Jesus Christ.

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 What is his method?

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 His method is that he went out.

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 The first verb here is that Jesus went.

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 Okay.

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 He just didn't stay in the four seasons at Jerusalem and say, hey, come visit me when you're free.

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 He didn't, you know, go into a big stadium and be like, come here and you'll come and see me.

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 No, Jesus went.

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 Jesus went out.

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 He took initiative.

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 Just like Gabe read in Matthew chapter 28.

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 It says, therefore, go and make disciples of all nations.

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 The first verb is go.

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 Jesus went.

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 And where did he go?

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 His mission field was everywhere.

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 He went to small towns and he went to villages.

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 Jesus, every place needs the gospel.

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 Everyone needs the gospel.

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 One of the funniest things I've heard since being in Hong Kong here from Hong Kong Islanders.

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 Who lives on the Hong Kong Island?

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 Yeah.

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 I had a conversation and some people were like, oh, I don't go to Kowloon.

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 Like, yeah, that's that's not my place.

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 You know, I don't go there.

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 Have any of you met people like this?

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 I mean, Kowloon's not that bad.

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 Actually, there's some really beautiful places.

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 I mean, we can almost see lions rock from here.

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 It's a beautiful hike.

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 Like you can ask Pastor James about his recent trip to the slums in the Dominican.

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 There are a lot worse places in the world than to be in Kowloon in Hong Kong.

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 And one of the great things that we're doing in the gathering here is that we're doing prison ministry.

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 People need the Lord everywhere.

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 Amen.

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 Especially in the prisons.

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 And we've been doing a prison ministry.

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 They do a worship session with the prisoners and they worship together.

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 They share the gospel.

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 They encourage the people in the prisons.

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 They do prison ministry.

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 And so Jesus method was he went.

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 His mission field was everywhere.

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 His main work was what?

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 His main work was to teach in the synagogues.

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 Preach and heal.

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 Teaching, preaching, and healing.

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 Jesus respected the worship places of that time.

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 The synagogues.

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 They were Jewish.

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 They were Jewish.

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 And so they went to the Jewish synagogue on a regular basis to worship.

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 And Jesus would teach there.

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 Teaching is informing people of knowledge so that they can grow.

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 Preaching is trying to influence people to emphasize that there is a God that loves them.

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 You're trying to convince them that God loves them.

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 That is what preaching is.

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 And so Jesus was not just teaching in the religious places of that time.

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 He was preaching.

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 He was telling people the kingdom of heaven is near.

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 He was urging people the message that God loves them and for them to come near to him.

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 And he spent time with the people in healing and connecting with them.

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 So his main work was teaching, preaching, healing.

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 And his message was that the kingdom of heaven was near.

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 Joe and the team went to the Philippines to connect with some of the schools and the teachers and the staff of Hope International.

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 Instead of going to Singapore F1, you know, on the same weekend, they chose to go to Manila.

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 They chose to go to that place to share the love of Jesus.

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 To encourage the workers that are already there.

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 To be praying for the people.

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 To be praying for the students and the little children on the streets.

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 That are struggling to survive.

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 Struggling to survive.

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 The explorers in the last couple of years, we've been going to a school in Wangjokhang area.

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 It's called Tan Ba Sa.

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 And we, two years ago or before COVID, we taught English to 50 students from Tan Ba Sa every week.

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 This is me teaching on Joseph.

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 The story of Joseph.

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 A lot of these students are from mainland China.

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 They've never heard about Jesus before.

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 And they're not very good academically.

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 So we want to help to teach them.

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 Agnes was there.

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 Winnie was there.

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 Some of these deacons that were devoted to helping teaching students.

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 Not only about English, but also preaching to them about the love of Jesus Christ.

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 So the question I ask today, the first question I ask is, where would Jesus go if he was in Hong Kong today?

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 Where would Jesus go if he was in Hong Kong today?

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 Yeah, he would spend some time in Admiralty and some of the biggest churches in Hong Kong.

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 But I think he would spend time in some of the poorest, most needy places in Hong Kong.

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 Jesus spent time with the prostitutes.

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 He ate with the sinners and the tax collectors.

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 Where would Jesus go if he was in Hong Kong today?

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 He would go to the poor and the needy.

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 Those who are desperate.

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 So the first thing we see is God's ministry.

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 Let's continue to read verse 36 again.

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 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd.

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 You can imagine Jesus is going from town and town, village and village.

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 And he's starting to heal people.

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 And so when you hear of, wow, there's Jesus, there's this potential Messiah.

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 We got to see him.

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 We got to bring our friends who are sick, who are needy.

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 We got to bring Sarah who has a knee problem.

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 We got to bring James who's still recovering from Achilles.

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 Let's bring him.

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 Bring these people to go and see Jesus.

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 And when Jesus is there, he sees the crowd.

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 Imagine multitudes of people.

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 Some stats believe that there were around 3 million people in the world at that time when Jesus was alive.

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 In Israel, we don't know exactly how many people, but he saw the multitudes.

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 He saw the crowd.

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 And he had compassion upon them.

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 This word compassion.

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 It's being moved in your innermost being.

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 Have you been moved in your innermost being?

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 Moved inwardly.

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 This gut feeling.

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 Emotional feeling of love, compassion.

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 Love, care for people who are in need.

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 Last week, David came and he shared about how he went to China.

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 And he saw children being abandoned.

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 Because of their disability, mental disability, disability.

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 And he had compassion upon them.

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 He was like, God, what can I do?

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 He saw children being abandoned.

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 He looked down and he held the baby in his arms.

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 And he said, I want to do something for these people, for these children.

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 And they're celebrating 30 years of compassion.

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 30 plus years of compassion.

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 Of helping children that are in need and are abandoned.

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 Jesus had compassion on them.

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 Because they were sheep without a shepherd.

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 Anybody have any sheep that they own?

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 Yeah?

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 Anybody in the new territories have a farm?

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 Hank, maybe?

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 No?

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 No sheep yet?

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 Just some dogs.

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 I remember I was in, I don't know, New Zealand or Iceland.

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 I don't know.

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 One of these countries.

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 And I saw a sheep farm.

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 And I was like, whoa, that's cool.

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 You know, Jesus always talks about sheep.

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 Let's go visit some sheep.

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 And so I went to the sheep.

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 And as I approached the fence, guess what happened to the sheep?

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 They scattered.

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 They were just running away.

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 They were like, who is this?

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 Random stranger.

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 Sheep usually are very docile.

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 Timid.

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 They're easily influenced.

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 They're lacking protection.

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 They lack protection.

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 They're easily prey for those who are after them.

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 They need a shepherd.

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 They need somebody to lead them.

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 Jesus says, these people are like sheep without a shepherd.

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 Israel has been taken over time and time again.

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 The Assyrians came in.

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 The Babylonians exiled them.

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 The Persians came in.

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 And then the Romans are governing over them.

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 Time and time again, these people have been like sheep without a shepherd.

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 Some of the translations use these words.

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 NIV uses harassed and helpless.

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 King James uses fainted and scattered abroad.

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 Distressed and downcast.

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 Troubled and abandoned.

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 Imagine people going through the same harassment over and over again.

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 Assyrians, Babylonians, Romans, always being governed, never being free.

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 They feel helpless, hopeless.

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 This word is downcast, thrown down.

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 People, they felt thrown down, hopeless.

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 Do we know people like that?

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 Are they our friends, our family?

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 People that are going through the same cycle in Hong Kong?

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 Struggling to find hope.

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 Struggling to find hope.

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 True purpose.

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 True meaning.

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 We had Restore yesterday.

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 And we were talking about a lot of people that are struggling through depression.

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 Through depression.

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 Through suicide.

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 Through mental illnesses.

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 I work with students.

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 I work with students.

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 I work with students.

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 And they go through a lot of different struggles.

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 Whether it be relationships.

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 Friendships.

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 Friendships.

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 Struggling in school.

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 The pressures of school.

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 To meet the expectations of their parents.

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 Of society.

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 Who are the hopeless.

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 And the helpless.

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 That are around us.

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 Who are the people that Jesus would have compassion on today?

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 Who would Jesus have compassion on today?

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 So we see three things.

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 God's ministry.

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 God's compassion.

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 And lastly, we see God's vision.

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 God's vision.

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 Let's read verse 37.

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 Let's read it together one more time.

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 Ready?

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 One, two, three.

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 Then he said to his disciples.

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 Jesus saw these people.

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 The multitudes.

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 The crowds.

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 Some of them needed healing.

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 Some of them were broken.

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 And what did he see?

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 He saw the harvest.

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 What is the harvest?

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 The harvest is yielding the crop.

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 For farmers, the harvest is the time to make money.

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 Right?

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 This is where you reap all your corn or your wheat or your apples and you sell it and you can get money.

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 You can get something from it.

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 It's your first fruits.

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 It's like your first paycheck.

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 And yet Jesus saw the harvest.

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 And yet Jesus saw the harvest.

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 He saw the people.

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 They weren't the cream of the crop.

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 But he saw the harvest.

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 I'm living with a friend in Kowloon or the New Territories.

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 And one day I saw there was a fruit.

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 It was red.

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 And I was like, what is that?

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 It was a dragon fruit.

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 It was a dragon fruit.

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 I was like, no way.

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 In Hong Kong they can grow dragon fruit?

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 I was like, oh my.

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 We're so like used to buying things from the grocery store.

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 And so I saw this dragon fruit.

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 And I was like, can we eat it?

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 You know, is it edible?

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 And my friend's like, yeah, go eat it.

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 And I cut it open.

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 And I ate it.

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 And I was like, wow.

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 It's so amazing.

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 Like I didn't pay for it.

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 I felt like, wow, God, you just gave me a dragon fruit.

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 I feel so special.

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 This is what Adam must have felt like, right?

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 It's like every day.

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 He didn't do anything.

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 And he was like, wow, I just got a star dragon fruit.

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 And it tasted so good.

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 And I was like, wow, the harvest would be so amazing, right?

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 You don't do anything.

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 God shines on it.

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 You know, God waters it.

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 And then it just grows.

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 And then there's dragon fruit.

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 And I get to enjoy it.

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 You know, the Garden of Eden, Eden must have been so amazing.

00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:02.900
 So amazing.

00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:09.019
 Jesus looked at the broken people, the crowds.

00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:11.360
 And yet he saw the harvest.

00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:14.200
 He saw the harvest.

00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:15.320
 Why is that?

00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:18.240
 Why did he see the harvest?

00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:30.900
 When we go play basketball, you know, in Victoria Park or Southern, the first thing we see when we look, right, Pastor James, when we look, is we look at the competition.

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:32.660
 We're like, who's good?

00:18:34.120 --> 00:18:35.080
 Who's not good?

00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:37.820
 You know, is Bronny James there?

00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:38.840
 Oh, we're not playing there.

00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:41.240
 You know, you don't know who Bronny James is.

00:18:41.300 --> 00:18:41.620
 It's okay.

00:18:44.560 --> 00:18:45.259
 Wrong crowd.

00:18:45.380 --> 00:18:45.560
 Sorry.

00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:47.080
 You're supposed to laugh.

00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:52.699
 But if you see really good players, you scout, right?

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.220
 You scout.

00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:55.059
 Whoa, those guys are really good.

00:18:55.139 --> 00:18:56.099
 Let's go play there.

00:18:56.659 --> 00:18:57.839
 It'll be good competition.

00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:00.799
 It'll be good competition.

00:19:01.199 --> 00:19:02.199
 Let's go play there.

00:19:06.199 --> 00:19:09.000
 But Jesus wasn't with the cream of the crop.

00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:14.099
 He wasn't with the people who was most knowledgeable, who was most gifted.

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:22.079
 He's with towns and villages, normal people, people that were being brought to him for healing.

00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:26.619
 And he said, the harvest is plentiful.

00:19:28.619 --> 00:19:31.839
 Jesus saw the potential in them.

00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:34.720
 The need in them.

00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:40.059
 They needed to be spiritually harvested.

00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:43.059
 They needed to be spiritually harvested.

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:53.819
 Jesus understood that these people were hopeless and he was hope.

00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:58.160
 Jesus saw these people.

00:19:58.360 --> 00:19:59.920
 They needed, they were restless.

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:03.720
 And he was peace.

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:09.039
 Jesus saw that they needed salvation.

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:13.940
 It didn't come from doing and trying to fulfill the law.

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:17.480
 It came truly through him.

00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:22.680
 And that is why he said the harvest is plentiful.

00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:25.319
 There's lots of people that need to be harvested.

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:29.120
 Lots of people that don't know about Jesus.

00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:31.079
 That need true peace.

00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:34.239
 True hope.

00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:36.319
 True salvation.

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:42.619
 And Jesus also talks about the harvest in another parable.

00:20:42.619 --> 00:20:44.619
 That one day on earth.

00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:47.439
 That one day on earth.

00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:48.819
 The harvest.

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.959
 Of the good.

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:54.279
 Of the godly people will grow with the harvest.

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:56.419
 Of the worldly people.

00:20:57.000 --> 00:21:00.119
 And one day at the end of the harvest.

00:21:00.659 --> 00:21:02.159
 The angels will come.

00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:03.380
 And the wheat.

00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:07.460
 And the wheat.

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:09.920
 Of the world will be burned.

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:12.540
 And the wheat of God.

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:14.820
 Will go to heaven.

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:18.899
 Jesus not only sees.

00:21:18.899 --> 00:21:20.720
 Their current need.

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:22.460
 Jesus sees.

00:21:22.679 --> 00:21:24.079
 Their eternal need.

00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:26.740
 One day.

00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:28.339
 The final harvest.

00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:29.639
 The final judgment.

00:21:29.939 --> 00:21:30.539
 Will come.

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:33.399
 And we need laborers.

00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:34.339
 To collect.

00:21:34.659 --> 00:21:35.500
 The harvest.

00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:38.460
 What happens when you.

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.720
 Don't collect the harvest.

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.139
 What happens.

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:45.880
 What happens when you don't collect the harvest.

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:50.380
 The food.

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:51.380
 Will rot.

00:21:51.540 --> 00:21:51.980
 The fruit.

00:21:52.060 --> 00:21:52.660
 Will rot.

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.200
 The fruit.

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:54.840
 Will rot.

00:21:57.360 --> 00:21:58.640
 And Jesus saying.

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.520
 The harvest.

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.340
 Is now.

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:02.140
 We need.

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:03.140
 Laborers.

00:22:03.780 --> 00:22:04.759
 We need.

00:22:05.540 --> 00:22:06.100
 Laborers.

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:08.120
 We've been talking about Cambodia.

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:11.080
 Anybody been to Cambodia?

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.000
 Even.

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.740
 Even in Cambodia.

00:22:15.540 --> 00:22:16.920
 If you were wearing.

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:18.440
 Who's wearing glasses today?

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:20.640
 If you were wearing glasses.

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:22.080
 During the genocide.

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 You would be executed.

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:28.460
 Because they wanted to eliminate.

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:30.140
 Any threat.

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:32.000
 Of intelligence.

00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:33.480
 You wearing glasses.

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:35.540
 Was a sign that you had some sort of money.

00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:36.780
 You could afford.

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:37.400
 Anybody.

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.780
 You just took off your glasses.

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:40.900
 JP.

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.560
 Just like.

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:43.120
 I'm Superman.

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:43.320
 Superman.

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:48.540
 If you wore glasses.

00:22:48.540 --> 00:22:50.580
 It was a sign that you had some sort of money.

00:22:50.860 --> 00:22:52.200
 Or you had some sort of.

00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:53.560
 Sign of education.

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:55.520
 And you were a threat.

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:58.300
 To that organization.

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 It's so sad.

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.779
 It's so sad.

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.759
 And yet.

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.440
 We've been going.

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.460
 To Cambodia.

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.839
 For three years now.

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.700
 We go to the schools.

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.119
 We don't know the language.

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.200
 But we have an interpreter.

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:16.220
 We go to some of the schools.

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:17.700
 And we share Bible stories.

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:19.399
 We share about Jesus.

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:19.560
 Jesus.

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:22.880
 And we ask some of the students.

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:25.820
 Do you want to ask Jesus.

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:27.220
 To be your friend.

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:29.380
 Jesus loves you.

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:31.120
 Jesus wants to connect with you.

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.540
 Jesus loves you so much.

00:23:32.800 --> 00:23:33.900
 He died for you.

00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:35.740
 Would you like to be.

00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:37.040
 A friend.

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.340
 Of Jesus.

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:38.819
 Jesus.

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:41.220
 And as we went from school.

00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.319
 To school.

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.699
 We had.

00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:45.059
 We saw students.

00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:47.099
 Raise their hand.

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.519
 Some.

00:23:48.159 --> 00:23:48.439
 10.

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:49.579
 12.

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.799
 16.

00:23:51.959 --> 00:23:52.720
 Year olds.

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.399
 Students.

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.679
 Raise their hand.

00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:56.439
 And pray the prayer.

00:23:57.179 --> 00:23:58.199
 To ask Jesus.

00:23:59.019 --> 00:24:00.559
 Into their life.

00:24:02.659 --> 00:24:03.939
 For a nation.

00:24:04.199 --> 00:24:05.599
 That has cut off.

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.799
 A generation.

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.839
 Of teachers.

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:10.399
 And educated people.

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:12.099
 These people.

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.539
 Are hungry.

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:16.379
 Desperate.

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:19.079
 For true hope.

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:21.059
 True salvation.

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.700
 We saw hundreds of students.

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.559
 Come to know Jesus.

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.919
 We saw hundreds of students.

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:27.099
 Come to the church.

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.079
 And ask.

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.460
 Jesus.

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.680
 To be.

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.220
 Their friend.

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.500
 Do we.

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.799
 See the harvest.

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:40.099
 Do we see the harvest.

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:42.440
 Do we see the needs.

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.740
 Of the people.

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.099
 Around us.

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.159
 Jesus said.

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.119
 That the problem.

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:50.599
 Is the harvest is great.

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:51.919
 And he gives us.

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.680
 Two solutions.

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:54.440
 The first solution.

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.039
 Is this.

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.559
 Pray earnestly.

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:58.599
 To the Lord of the harvest.

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.220
 What does it mean?

00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:00.079
 Pray earnestly.

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:02.439
 Pray earnestly.

00:25:02.439 --> 00:25:03.339
 Has anybody tried.

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:04.099
 Praying earnestly.

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:04.480
 Before?

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:07.199
 Maybe you're praying.

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.740
 Earnestly.

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.639
 For that new.

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.339
 Boyfriend.

00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:10.079
 Or that girlfriend.

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.980
 Or that wife.

00:25:12.199 --> 00:25:13.599
 For that new job.

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.359
 Right?

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.399
 You pray earnestly.

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:15.919
 I re.

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.779
 God really.

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.319
 Please.

00:25:17.439 --> 00:25:17.859
 Give me.

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:19.019
 That interview.

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:20.019
 That new job.

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:22.079
 What is praying earnestly?

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.679
 Pray earnestly.

00:25:23.679 --> 00:25:24.879
 Praying earnestly.

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:28.159
 Is surrendering.

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.980
 To the Lord.

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:30.299
 In desperation.

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.000
 And saying.

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.759
 God.

00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:35.159
 We believe in you.

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.879
 Help us.

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.579
 In this.

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.699
 The first thing.

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.759
 He calls us to do.

00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:42.879
 Is to pray.

00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:43.899
 Earnestly.

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.859
 Are we earnestly.

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.460
 Praying.

00:25:46.679 --> 00:25:47.679
 For the harvest.

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:49.240
 The people around us.

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:53.579
 Are we praying.

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.460
 For our family.

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.620
 Our brothers.

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.259
 Our sisters.

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.859
 Our aunts.

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.420
 Our uncles.

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.940
 Our parents.

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.819
 Who have not.

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.440
 Understood.

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.620
 The true.

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:08.660
 Hope.

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.839
 Of Jesus Christ.

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.940
 Are we earnestly.

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.460
 Praying.

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.599
 For some of the.

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.759
 Coworkers.

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.839
 That we work with.

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.740
 The students.

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.579
 That we are.

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.880
 Going to school with.

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:24.079
 Are we praying.

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:24.839
 Earnestly.

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.940
 And another thing.

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.960
 It points out here.

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.700
 Is that.

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.380
 We are praying.

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:33.819
 To who.

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.740
 We are praying.

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.480
 To the Lord.

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.259
 Of the harvest.

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.319
 The Lord.

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:38.980
 Of the harvest.

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.900
 Who's in control.

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:43.259
 Who is sovereign.

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.539
 It's not us.

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.460
 Jesus.

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.660
 Jesus invites us.

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:50.000
 To be a part.

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:51.000
 Of his ministry.

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.600
 His ministry.

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.039
 His plan.

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.000
 It's amazing.

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.940
 Because ultimately.

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.900
 The work.

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.000
 Is the Lord's.

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.480
 Apart.

00:27:00.840 --> 00:27:01.200
 From him.

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.759
 We can do nothing.

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.059
 Apart.

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.680
 From Jesus.

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.680
 We can do nothing.

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:07.019
 He is the Lord.

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.680
 Of the harvest.

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.340
 We need to.

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.279
 Surrender.

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.500
 To the Lord.

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.700
 Of the harvest.

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:14.340
 The first.

00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:14.940
 Solution.

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.680
 Is to pray.

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.720
 Pray.

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.480
 Earnestly.

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.900
 Trusting that God.

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.440
 Is in control.

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.279
 He is the Lord.

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.900
 Of the harvest.

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:22.039
 That he will.

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:23.340
 Move in his time.

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.319
 And in his way.

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.660
 The second thing is.

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:27.019
 To go.

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.740
 As laborers.

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.799
 To go.

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.860
 As laborers.

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.580
 Just like Gabe.

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.360
 Said this morning.

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.600
 We.

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.900
 Need to go.

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:38.019
 Make disciples.

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.840
 Of all nations.

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.480
 Just like.

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.799
 He went to Cambodia.

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.200
 To do.

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.900
 To help.

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.400
 Build up.

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.279
 The ministry.

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:45.819
 There.

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.579
 And we see.

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.059
 In chapter.

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.000
 10.

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.200
 The next chapter.

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.620
 Actually.

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.299
 Jesus.

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.819
 After saying this.

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.539
 To the disciples.

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.539
 That the harvest.

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.200
 Is plentiful.

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:56.339
 We need to go.

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:58.319
 And pray.

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.960
 To the Lord.

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.779
 For the harvest.

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:01.079
 In chapter 10.

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.880
 He says this.

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.880
 He called the 12.

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.620
 12 disciples.

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.000
 To him.

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.779
 And gave them.

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.220
 Authority.

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.039
 To drive out.

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.059
 Impure spirits.

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:08.400
 And heal every disease.

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:09.680
 These.

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.680
 12.

00:28:11.340 --> 00:28:12.420
 Were given the instructions.

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.040
 Go.

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.360
 Rather to the lost.

00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.220
 Sheep of Israel.

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.420
 And as you go.

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.759
 Proclaim the message.

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:19.280
 The kingdom of heaven.

00:28:19.280 --> 00:28:20.060
 Has come near.

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:24.960
 Just.

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.920
 Immediately.

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.540
 After.

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:29.240
 He talks about the harvest.

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.060
 He.

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.140
 Sends out.

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:32.060
 The 12.

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:32.880
 Disciples.

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.820
 He sends out.

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.740
 The 12.

00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:36.300
 Disciples.

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:42.100
 Where is God calling us.

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.560
 To go.

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.580
 Where is God calling us.

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.560
 To go.

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:48.100
 Who is God.

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.120
 Calling us.

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.720
 To pray to.

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.560
 Who is God's.

00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:53.480
 Calling us.

00:28:53.800 --> 00:28:54.400
 To pray to.

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.920
 This was God's plan.

00:28:59.040 --> 00:28:59.840
 He went.

00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:01.660
 To the villages.

00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:03.280
 To the towns.

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.519
 He felt.

00:29:04.820 --> 00:29:05.480
 Compassion.

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:07.140
 He felt.

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.880
 Compassion.

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:10.200
 He understood.

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:12.059
 Their situation.

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.039
 They were hopeless.

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.460
 Like sheep.

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.240
 Without a shepherd.

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:17.000
 He saw.

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.620
 The harvest.

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.259
 He saw.

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:18.900
 Their potential.

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.539
 He saw.

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.120
 Their need.

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:22.099
 And he prayed.

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.180
 For them.

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.960
 He prayed.

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.200
 For them.

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.019
 God's.

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.700
 Calling us.

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.019
 Today.

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.500
 Are we.

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.240
 Willing to go.

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.700
 Are we.

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.339
 Willing to go.

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:36.579
 Maybe God.

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.240
 Has called you.

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.079
 He's laid.

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.679
 In your heart.

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.439
 For specific.

00:29:40.439 --> 00:29:41.119
 People group.

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.339
 To go.

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.099
 And share.

00:29:43.179 --> 00:29:43.559
 The gospel.

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:43.879
 With.

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.679
 Or maybe.

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.500
 God is calling.

00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:47.159
 You today.

00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:48.659
 Is it your.

00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:49.179
 Co-workers.

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:49.980
 Is it your.

00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:50.559
 Students.

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.799
 Is it your.

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.279
 Family.

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.339
 God.

00:29:55.459 --> 00:29:55.959
 Is calling.

00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:56.299
 You.

00:29:56.939 --> 00:29:57.500
 To go.

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.259
 And share.

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.500
 The good news.

00:30:00.659 --> 00:30:01.039
 Of Jesus.

00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:01.480
 To them.

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:02.959
 Show them.

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.779
 The love of God.

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:08.259
 Do we.

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:09.039
 Feel.

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.439
 Compassion.

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.159
 Upon the people.

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.819
 Around us.

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.879
 Do we feel.

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.519
 Compassion.

00:30:14.959 --> 00:30:15.480
 Do we.

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:16.319
 See their need.

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:17.899
 Do we.

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.599
 See their need.

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.119
 And are we.

00:30:20.199 --> 00:30:20.539
 Willing.

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:22.019
 To pray.

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.099
 As.

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.519
 As we.

00:30:24.679 --> 00:30:25.000
 Finish.

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.619
 I just want to.

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.000
 I want us.

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.980
 To reflect on.

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.679
 The last slide.

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:29.959
 There.

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.299
 Where.

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.779
 Where is our.

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.400
 Mission field.

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.960
 Where has God.

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.779
 Called us.

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:38.279
 Who are the people.

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.660
 In our lives.

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:42.140
 That God has placed.

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.279
 That need.

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.240
 Jesus Christ.

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.319
 Are we.

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:47.840
 Willing.

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:49.899
 First of all.

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.559
 To start.

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.359
 Praying for them.

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.659
 Are we.

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.319
 Willing to start.

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:53.939
 Praying for them.

00:30:54.179 --> 00:30:54.579
 Earnestly.

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.439
 Not like.

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:55.799
 Oh yeah.

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.839
 I'm about to sleep.

00:30:57.679 --> 00:30:58.119
 Yeah.

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.740
 Pray for.

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.459
 My brother.

00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.019
 And then.

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.959
 You snooze off.

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.279
 No.

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.939
 Pray earnestly.

00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:03.539
 God.

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:04.559
 We pray for.

00:31:04.679 --> 00:31:05.079
 My brother.

00:31:06.439 --> 00:31:07.379
 These are the things.

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:08.259
 He's struggling with.

00:31:08.439 --> 00:31:08.679
 This.

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.819
 He needs.

00:31:09.939 --> 00:31:10.419
 Jesus Christ.

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.740
 Are we.

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:12.000
 Willing to pray.

00:31:12.179 --> 00:31:12.899
 Earnestly for.

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:15.580
 The people.

00:31:15.820 --> 00:31:16.300
 Around us.

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:17.120
 That God has placed.

00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:18.800
 Are we willing.

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.600
 Are we willing.

00:31:21.780 --> 00:31:22.140
 To pray.

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:24.360
 And secondly.

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.480
 Are we willing.

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.380
 To share.

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.019
 To go.

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:29.160
 Just as Jesus did.

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:29.920
 Teaching.

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.580
 Preaching.

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.820
 Are we willing.

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.340
 To share.

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.380
 What Jesus has done.

00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:34.740
 In.

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.500
 And through us.

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.100
 In and.

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.280
 Through our lives.

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:43.059
 During my time.

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.740
 In Hong Kong.

00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:44.680
 One of the.

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.539
 One of the places.

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.259
 That I feel.

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.220
 God has actually.

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.899
 Called me to.

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:51.139
 Is to the basketball courts.

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:53.399
 And through the basketball courts.

00:31:53.399 --> 00:31:54.980
 I've seen many students.

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:56.299
 Actually come to know Jesus.

00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:56.859
 And then actually.

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.639
 Many young adults.

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:58.500
 Come to know Jesus.

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.839
 And sometimes.

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.440
 I'm not even.

00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:02.339
 Looking to.

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:04.039
 To meet anybody.

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.420
 Sometimes.

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.420
 I'm really just there.

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.200
 To play basketball.

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.139
 And.

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.259
 And I meet some people.

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:10.379
 And we become friends.

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:12.339
 And I invite them to church.

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.500
 And.

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:16.180
 And sometimes.

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.519
 They come to know Jesus.

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.619
 And that's because.

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.680
 I'm willing.

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:24.399
 To be used by the Lord.

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:26.519
 To go and share.

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.779
 What Jesus has done.

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:30.180
 I'm willing.

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.779
 To try.

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.500
 And say.

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.099
 Hey.

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:34.440
 I go to church.

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:37.200
 Do you want to check it out sometime?

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.460
 And sometimes.

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.660
 And sometimes.

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:39.519
 They check it out.

00:32:40.080 --> 00:32:40.819
 And sometimes.

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.960
 They don't just check it out.

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.960
 They stay.

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.360
 And I've shared.

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.200
 Many stories.

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.519
 Of students.

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:48.920
 That have come to know Jesus.

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.220
 Where is.

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:51.480
 Your mission field?

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:54.059
 Are you willing to pray?

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.880
 And are you willing.

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.559
 To share.

00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:00.839
 Let's take a moment.

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:00.919
 Let's take a moment.

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:02.599
 As the band comes up.

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:04.059
 To just reflect.

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:06.339
 Maybe just take this time right now.

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:08.119
 To pray earnestly.

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.779
 Who are the.

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:10.759
 Let's just say two or three people.

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:12.679
 That God has placed in your heart.

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.759
 That are desperate.

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:18.519
 For everything in the world.

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:20.039
 And the one thing.

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.799
 That they need.

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.920
 Is Jesus.

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:26.859
 Who are the two or three people.

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:28.680
 That God has placed in your heart.

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.339
 Right now.

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.240
 Let's bow down our heads.

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:32.619
 Let's pray earnestly.

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:33.139
 For them.

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.940
 Let's beg.

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:35.059
 For the Lord.

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.779
 To be working.

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.819
 In his way.

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.639
 And in his time.

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:39.440
 In that person's life.

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.579
 Let's take some time.

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.680
 To pray.

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:48.680
 Jesus.

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:01.340
 You are the Lord of the harvest.

00:34:07.840 --> 00:34:09.700
 You are the one in control of everything.

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:12.940
 And you draw us close to you.

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:18.119
 So would you give us your courage.

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:20.519
 Would you give us your love.

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:30.139
 As the lyrics of the song go.

00:34:30.819 --> 00:34:31.819
 Would you break our hearts.

00:34:31.879 --> 00:34:32.639
 For what breaks yours.

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:35.159
 Would you allow us to see.

00:34:35.299 --> 00:34:35.759
 As you see.

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:43.340
 Holy Spirit.

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.100
 Would you guide us.

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:48.280
 To those in need.

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:50.780
 To those who are harassed and helpless.

00:34:51.140 --> 00:34:52.220
 Sheep without a shepherd.

00:34:57.620 --> 00:34:58.280
 Lead us Lord.

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.540
 We follow.

00:34:59.540 --> 00:35:04.600
 Thank you.

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:12.079
 In your name we pray.

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.119
 Amen.

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:15.139
 Please take a seat.

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:17.259
 Thank you worship team.

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:17.940
 Thank you Johnny.

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:25.539
 This ends our mini series on mission.

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:27.039
 But the truth is.

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:29.579
 We will keep coming back to this.

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.820
 You know there's a huge danger.

00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:32.780
 Of calling a church the gathering.

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:35.079
 The danger is.

00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:37.019
 You end up thinking that this is all there is.

00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:39.079
 And that you get so comfortable.

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.400
 Being here.

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:42.200
 There's a prayer that I've always had.

00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:43.240
 A vision I've always had.

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:45.360
 Is that this church would be a family.

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:46.840
 Really expecting guests.

00:35:47.620 --> 00:35:48.820
 That we would be a family.

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:50.720
 We would love spending time together.

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:52.539
 But we would never lose sight of the fact.

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:54.079
 That we're also expecting guests.

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:55.780
 We're inviting guests.

00:35:56.220 --> 00:35:57.740
 And one thing I'll tell you about Joe.

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.980
 About Johnny.

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:00.720
 They may go to the Philippines.

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:02.440
 They may go to Cambodia.

00:36:02.660 --> 00:36:04.000
 Or everywhere in the world.

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.780
 That Johnny goes to.

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:08.460
 But they're doing this work here.

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:09.960
 In Hong Kong.

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:11.679
 In Admiralty.

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.300
 In Wanchai.

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:15.300
 It doesn't stop for them.

00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:19.619
 And that's the heart that I want us to remember.

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:22.280
 That you don't turn your mission on.

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:24.699
 You don't turn your Jesus on.

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:26.019
 To go do something.

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:29.639
 The prayer is that that's just always in us.

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:32.079
 The reflection that I have is.

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:33.059
 Well why don't we?

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:35.619
 We've gone through three weeks of talking about mission.

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.880
 And you know this.

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.880
 And I know this.

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:39.519
 That we should do this.

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:41.119
 The question is.

00:36:41.299 --> 00:36:42.019
 Why don't you?

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.819
 Why don't we?

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:47.679
 And if I was just to kind of sum up these three weeks.

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.679
 All in one go.

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:50.859
 I would say it's because.

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:52.139
 Most of the time.

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:54.880
 We're not really filled with compassion for people.

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:56.779
 We're more obsessed with our own comfort.

00:36:57.839 --> 00:36:58.639
 Not really.

00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.619
 Is it?

00:37:00.259 --> 00:37:02.920
 That we're not filled with compassion for those outside.

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:04.500
 We look at the world outside.

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:06.179
 And we kind of laugh and snigger.

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.159
 But we don't really.

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:08.940
 We're not really moved to the heart.

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:10.719
 With compassion as Christ was.

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:12.760
 And I think the reason why.

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:14.219
 Is because we are just so comfortable.

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:16.159
 We are just so comfortable.

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:19.119
 Johnny mentioned that I've just come back from the Dominican.

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:21.300
 And man.

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:22.760
 It was tough.

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.659
 Just FYI.

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:27.139
 I'm someone who doesn't even like going camping or glamping.

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:29.400
 I need everything to be comfortable.

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:32.039
 And so sharing a room.

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:35.239
 Sleeping on the floor with five guys and cockroaches crawling around.

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 With no running water.

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 That led to food poisoning for about five days.

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 Was not comfortable.

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 And I was asking.

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.460
 Lord why?

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:45.659
 Why?

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 Where are you Lord?

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 Because I've been so.

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 Gone so comfortable with my comfort.

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 And then the Lord reminded me.

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 What you're going through now.

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 Descending from the comforts and the heights of Hong Kong Island.

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 Down to the slums of Dominican Republic.

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 That's still nothing compared to the journey that I took.

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 As Prince of Heaven.

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 Coming down and taking the form of a man.

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 Subject to the discomforts that you all face.

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 To identify with you.

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 To save you.

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 I think we don't do mission because we forget that.

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 We forget that the Prince of Heaven sacrificed his life to come down for us.

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 You see.

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 Because if you remember that.

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 If you remember the journey that Christ took.

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 From heaven.

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 Down to earth.

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 And he did it for you.

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 And he did it for me.

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 I think that fills you with compassion.

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 For other people.

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 I think that inspires us.

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 Compels us to do as he did.

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 That is the gospel.

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 And started us off with Philippians 2.

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 Which is that passage.

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 Who though Christ though was in the form of God.

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 Didn't count equality with God a thing to be grasped.

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 But emptied himself.

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 Taking the form of his servant.

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 Being born in the likeness of man.

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 And he humbled himself by becoming obedient.

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 To the point of death.

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 Even death on the cross.

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 Can I ask you to carry that message of the cross?

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 What he did.

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 That discomfort that he subjected himself to.

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 And don't then just guilt trip yourself into doing mission.

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 Be filled with joy.

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 Man, Jesus did that for me.

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 People need to know about it.

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 People need to know about it.

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 Can we be that family expecting guests?

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 Can we be that family inviting guests?

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 And Johnny led us in this prayer.

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 Just who are the two, three people?

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 That's all it takes.

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 Can you do that?

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 The whole point is being uncomfortable.

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 Uncomfortable.

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 So the next time we're faced with an option.

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 When we're talking to that colleague that we really hate.

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 Or to that family member that just really annoys us.

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 Can we go, you know.

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 Today, I'm going to go out of my way.

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 I'm going to be uncomfortable.

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 And share the good news with you.

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 Because that's what Christ did for me.

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 Can we do that?

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 Can I get a nod from you?

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 If that's something that you resonate with.

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 And we'll figure out how we can fit more people in here.

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 And that's a different problem that we'll sort out another time.

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 But for now.

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 That's the heart that we carry.

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 Can I invite you just to open up your hands.

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 And as I finish with a final prayer.

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 Thank you.

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 So Lord, as we leave this gathering here.

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 We pray that we would carry that spirit.

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 That the early apostles did.

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 Where they scattered.

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 But not out of fear.

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 But out of this deep desire.

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 To share the good news.

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 Because there is hope.

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 That those outside who fear death.

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 Don't need to fear anymore.

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 So be with every single person here as we leave.

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 Let us not compartmentalize our faith.

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 Let us not compartmentalize just our gathering.

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 But may we truly.

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 Truly embody your spirit.

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 That you came.

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 And you came and preached to every town.

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 Every person.

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 This message of repentance.

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 This message of hope.

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 Thank you Lord.

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 In your name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 So this does end our time in.

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 Missions for now.

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 But next week we'll carry on with 1 Thessalonians.

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 I think we're on chapter 4.

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 So look forward to seeing you there.

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 And have a good week scattering.

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 See you next time.

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