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 Dear Lord, this morning we thank you for your presence.

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 We thank you for this wonderful day that you have given us.

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 We thank you for this chance that we have to study your word together,

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 together in a place without any fear.

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 And we pray especially for all of our brothers and sisters around the world

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 who do not have that privilege.

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 We pray for every group of people that gathers today

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 to worship you, to honor you, to hear from your word, to praise you.

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 And we pray that your Holy Spirit be with everyone.

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 And those persons that hear for the first time from you,

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 that they might be drawn towards you

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 and may accept you as their Lord and Savior.

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 And those that do know you already,

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 that they might be built up in their faith.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 My name is Martin.

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 I am from Paraguay.

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 My wife Betty is there.

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 We are married 30 years.

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 Actually, that will be tomorrow.

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 We have three sons.

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 The oldest is 26.

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 The second 22.

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 The third is 14.

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 And except for 10 years that we lived in different parts of the world,

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 we lived all our life in Paraguay.

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 Our parents were born in Paraguay, at least mine.

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 And our grandparents were immigrants,

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 Soviet Union refugees,

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 that for some weird reason spoke German.

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 So, English is obviously not my first language,

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 not even my second.

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 So, please forgive my spelling mistakes and pronunciation and so forth.

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 This month we are talking about prayer.

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 And last Sunday we had a wonderful explanation on how to pray.

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 So, I thought I can't add anything to that.

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 So, how are we supposed to pray?

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 So, I was decided to focus more on what does God do in answer to our prayers.

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 So, I don't know if the truth is correct there.

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 How does God answer to our prayers?

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 Or how does God answer our prayers?

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 Whatever.

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 But I see from Psalm and from many other parts that people who pray to God expect an answer.

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 So, in Psalm 17 it says,

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 I call on you, my God, for you will answer me.

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 Turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.

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 When I was much younger,

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 we were taught at church that God has three ways to answer us.

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 He says, sometimes he says yes,

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 which is what all of us want to hear.

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 Sometimes he says no.

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 And sometimes he says wait.

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 So, I thought, well, that's good.

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 And when I tried to teach that to my sons,

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 once they were smart enough to debate me,

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 they said, well, that covers all the bases.

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 So, you can, with that answer,

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 you can always use something of that.

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 Whenever you pray and you don't get what you want,

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 okay, God said no or God said wait or whatever.

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 So, it wasn't very helpful for them.

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 But I think God hears all our prayers.

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 I think he answers.

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 I found seven ways how God answers in the Bible.

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 There might be others, of course,

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 but I want to share these ones with you.

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 First, and that's what most people would like to hear,

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 God speaks directly sometimes.

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 And I think all these parts that we have in the Bible

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 are still, should work, or are working today.

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 I know people who have heard God's word directly.

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 And one of these nice conversations that I find in the Bible,

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 of course, we have to be very selective.

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 We can't go over everything,

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 is between Jonah and God.

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 And it says there, it's in Jonah 4,

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 but to Jonah, this seemed very wrong,

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 and he became angry.

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 He prayed to the Lord.

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 So, let's use the word, he prayed to the Lord.

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 Isn't this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home?

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 That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish.

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 I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God,

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 slow to anger and abounding in love,

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 a God who relents from sending calamity.

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 Now, Lord, take away my life,

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 for it is better for me to die than to live.

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 But the Lord replied.

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 So, he speaks directly to Jonah.

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 Is it right for you to be angry?

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 And then the conversation goes on.

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 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind,

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 and the sun blazed on Jonah's head so that he grew faint.

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 He wanted to die and said,

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 it will be better for me to die than to live.

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 But God said to Jonah,

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 is it right for you to be angry about the plant?

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 It is, he said.

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 And I'm so angry, I wish I were dead.

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 But the Lord said,

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 you have been concerned about this plant.

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 Though you did not tend it or make it grow,

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 it sprang up overnight and died overnight,

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 and so on.

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 We know that conversation.

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 So, there is a,

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 we wish for this to happen.

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 So that we pray and God speaks to us directly.

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 At the end of our class,

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 we will have some minutes that you can share the ways that God has spoken to you.

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 I know there are some people who have heard God's voice.

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 In my case, it happened only once.

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 And where you hear a voice,

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 and you know it's God,

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 but you don't know where it comes from.

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 But it is clear,

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 and sometimes,

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 in my case,

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 it was not as long as this.

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 It was just one sentence.

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 So, that is one way.

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 Okay, here.

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 Okay, there it goes.

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 I'm not a good expert either on PowerPoint,

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 so I had to do it myself.

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 Before that, when my sons,

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 the oldest were with me,

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 they helped me always with that.

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 God speaks through the Bible.

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 That is, I think,

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 what we are most familiar with.

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 You know, we have some concern,

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 and so we open the Bible,

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 and look if the Bible tells anything to us.

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 And that's what the disciples did.

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 After Jesus went to heaven,

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 and they were together,

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 and there were 11 of them,

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 and then Peter says,

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 so it's up and says,

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 okay, we have to do something here.

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 And then he quotes two scriptures,

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 two verses from scripture,

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 that today,

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 theologians will be having

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 a little problem,

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 maybe saying,

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 okay, this does not directly speak

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 to the problem that they are having there.

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 But he says,

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 may his place be deserted.

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 For St. Peter,

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 it is written in the book of Psalms,

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 may his place be deserted,

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 let there be no one to dwell in it.

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 That was one thing.

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 And may another take his place

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 for leadership.

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 So,

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 he says,

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 therefore,

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 it is necessary to choose

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 one of the men

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 who have been with us

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 the whole time

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 the Lord Jesus

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 was living among us.

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 So,

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 I don't know

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 if you are

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 one of those persons

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 who says,

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 okay, Lord,

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 I need your direction.

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 You close your eyes,

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 you open the Bible,

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 you put your finger

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 on some verse

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 and say,

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 that must be the answer.

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 And,

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 sometimes it works,

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 but most often,

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 not quite.

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 There's one lady

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 in our church

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 who bought a house

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 according to that one,

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 because she didn't know

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 if she should move

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 closer to a church or not,

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 but one day,

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 she opened the Bible

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 and read one of the Psalms,

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 let us go to Jerusalem

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 to the house of the Lord.

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 And she says,

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 okay,

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 that was the answer.

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 So,

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 okay.

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 I wouldn't,

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 probably not buy a house

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 according to one of those verses,

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 but she did.

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 It worked for her.

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 This one,

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 I think,

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 we would be most

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 uncomfortable with.

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 God speaks

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 through casting lots.

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 I mean,

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 the same verse,

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 portion that we were

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 just reading,

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 continues after that.

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 When the disciples

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 had decided,

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 according to some

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 Old Testament scriptures,

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 that they needed

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 a replacement,

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 that there couldn't

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 just be 11 of them,

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 and then they chose,

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 according to my opinion,

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 the wrong guy,

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 because there it is,

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 oh no,

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 here it is,

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 yeah.

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 They had one Joseph

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 called Barzavos,

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 also known as justice.

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 So,

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 that was a person,

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 in my opinion,

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 it sounds like a just person,

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 when you go into Greek.

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 He has,

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 he has,

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 we say in Spanish,

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 a curriculum,

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 he has,

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 he has built something up,

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 and Matthias.

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 We don't know anything

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 about Matthias.

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 But he got chosen.

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 And after that,

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 he never appears

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 again

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 in the whole Bible.

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 So,

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 we don't know

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 if he did anything.

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 We would think,

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 well,

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 Paul,

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 for instance,

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 would fit much better

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 with the apostles,

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 or maybe

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 Barnabas,

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 or some of the guys

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 who are really good,

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 you know,

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 who did lots of things.

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 But,

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 it was Matthias,

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 according to this.

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 So,

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 you just cast lots.

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 I know

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 two churches,

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 one church

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 and one seminary,

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 who chose

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 their leaders like that.

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 When the board

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 was divided,

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 deadlocked,

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 okay,

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 they cast lots.

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 In the case

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 of the seminary,

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 in the case

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 of the church,

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 it was the whole

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 procedure from

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 the beginning.

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 Everyone knew

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 at the end,

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 there will be

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 two candidates

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 and God

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 will decide

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 through lots

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 who will be

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 our senior pastor.

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 And according

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 to the members,

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 God chose wisely.

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 You know,

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 I tell you

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 because it's

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 in the Bible.

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 I'm not suggesting

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 anything.

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 This was actually

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 in Acts chapter 1.

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 God speaks

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 through dreams.

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 And

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 what strikes me

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 most is that

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 God so often

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 speaks to people

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 in dreams

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 who are officially

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 not His people.

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 Or who officially

00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:02.919
 don't acknowledge

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 Him as the only

00:11:04.299 --> 00:11:05.620
 God in heaven.

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 God

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 So we have

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 a list

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 from Abimelech,

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 for instance,

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 who through

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 some lie

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 on Abraham's

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 side

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 or of his

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 wife's side

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 got together

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 with Sarah

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 and then God

00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:19.500
 had to intervene

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 because before

00:11:20.580 --> 00:11:21.360
 something happened

00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:21.799
 bad,

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 so He spoke

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 to him in a dream

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 and He said,

00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:25.259
 that woman

00:11:25.259 --> 00:11:25.799
 that you have

00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:26.840
 there belongs

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 to another man

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 and you should

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 not have anything

00:11:29.379 --> 00:11:30.100
 to do with her.

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 So that's the way

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 He spoke to them.

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 Laban or Laban,

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 I don't know how

00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:36.120
 you say it in English,

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 he was the uncle

00:11:37.019 --> 00:11:38.100
 of Jacob.

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 He worshipped

00:11:39.980 --> 00:11:40.659
 other gods

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 and God speaks

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 to him in a dream.

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 We know,

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 of course,

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 the story of the

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 copier and the

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 baker in the

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 jail who met

00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:48.879
 Joseph.

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 The pharaoh

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 himself had a dream.

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 God spoke to him.

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 A Midianite

00:11:54.460 --> 00:11:54.899
 soldier

00:11:54.899 --> 00:11:55.899
 had a dream

00:11:55.899 --> 00:11:57.159
 where he dreamt

00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:58.079
 about Gideon.

00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:00.199
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:12:00.199 --> 00:12:02.199
 had several dreams,

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 bad ones

00:12:03.220 --> 00:12:04.039
 that made

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 scared him very much.

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 The Magi

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 were people

00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:09.340
 who had a job

00:12:09.340 --> 00:12:10.100
 that was not

00:12:10.100 --> 00:12:10.980
 allowed in Israel.

00:12:12.439 --> 00:12:13.579
 Observing stars

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 and reading stars

00:12:15.199 --> 00:12:17.039
 and interpreting

00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:17.919
 stuff from that.

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 In the Bible,

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 the autonomy,

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 God says

00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:22.500
 people like that

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 should be cast

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 out of Israel,

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 should be killed.

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 But then he reveals

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 himself to them

00:12:29.319 --> 00:12:30.179
 in a star,

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 first one,

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 but once they are

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 in Bethlehem

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 or wherever they

00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:35.600
 went to find Jesus,

00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:37.340
 that night he speaks

00:12:37.340 --> 00:12:38.220
 to them in a dream.

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 Not through stars

00:12:40.299 --> 00:12:40.740
 or anything,

00:12:40.860 --> 00:12:41.639
 he speaks in a dream

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 to them.

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 And even the wife

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 of Pilate

00:12:44.059 --> 00:12:44.779
 had a dream,

00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:46.439
 seems not a pleasant

00:12:46.439 --> 00:12:46.759
 one,

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 because she says

00:12:48.299 --> 00:12:49.019
 her husband,

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 let him go,

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 don't have anything

00:12:50.899 --> 00:12:51.600
 to do with him.

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 But of course

00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:53.539
 God speaks to his

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 people,

00:12:53.899 --> 00:12:54.319
 also,

00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:55.100
 Jacob,

00:12:55.319 --> 00:12:55.600
 Joseph,

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 Solomon,

00:12:57.120 --> 00:12:57.559
 Daniel,

00:12:58.779 --> 00:12:59.120
 Joseph,

00:12:59.600 --> 00:12:59.980
 the husband

00:12:59.980 --> 00:13:00.559
 of Mary.

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 It always is

00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:03.559
 interesting to me

00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:05.199
 that God speaks

00:13:05.199 --> 00:13:06.819
 once to Mary,

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 but three times

00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:09.419
 to Joseph.

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 I can understand

00:13:11.959 --> 00:13:12.319
 that.

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 If he would ask

00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:14.600
 me to marry

00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:15.980
 my girlfriend

00:13:15.980 --> 00:13:16.620
 who is pregnant

00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:17.720
 from the Holy Spirit,

00:13:18.860 --> 00:13:19.179
 I mean,

00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:19.899
 he would have to

00:13:19.899 --> 00:13:20.819
 talk a lot to me

00:13:20.819 --> 00:13:22.579
 to convince me

00:13:22.580 --> 00:13:23.500
 about that one.

00:13:24.280 --> 00:13:25.639
 But we must be

00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:26.340
 aware also

00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:27.040
 that not all

00:13:27.040 --> 00:13:27.720
 dreams are from

00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:27.980
 God.

00:13:29.560 --> 00:13:31.460
 And we were

00:13:31.460 --> 00:13:32.200
 together at a

00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:33.180
 seminary in

00:13:33.180 --> 00:13:34.000
 Europe with my

00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:34.580
 wife a couple

00:13:34.580 --> 00:13:35.160
 years ago,

00:13:35.280 --> 00:13:35.780
 where every

00:13:35.780 --> 00:13:37.160
 day in the

00:13:37.160 --> 00:13:37.620
 morning,

00:13:38.660 --> 00:13:39.920
 people were

00:13:39.920 --> 00:13:40.680
 invited to share

00:13:40.680 --> 00:13:41.300
 their dreams.

00:13:42.340 --> 00:13:43.440
 And the staff

00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:45.259
 interpreted the

00:13:45.259 --> 00:13:46.540
 dreams for us.

00:13:46.539 --> 00:13:48.179
 and some

00:13:48.179 --> 00:13:49.719
 of us

00:13:49.719 --> 00:13:50.240
 participants

00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:51.240
 also wanted

00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:52.379
 to chip in

00:13:52.379 --> 00:13:52.919
 and say,

00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:53.779
 I think it

00:13:53.779 --> 00:13:54.319
 means that,

00:13:54.539 --> 00:13:55.179
 but we were

00:13:55.179 --> 00:13:55.659
 not allowed

00:13:55.659 --> 00:13:56.179
 to interpret,

00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:57.000
 only staff

00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:57.259
 could.

00:13:58.120 --> 00:13:58.500
 So,

00:13:58.699 --> 00:13:59.599
 that was

00:13:59.599 --> 00:14:00.039
 rather an

00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:00.740
 interesting

00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:01.480
 experience,

00:14:01.620 --> 00:14:02.439
 because we

00:14:02.439 --> 00:14:03.019
 all dream a

00:14:03.019 --> 00:14:03.240
 lot,

00:14:04.059 --> 00:14:04.799
 and most of

00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:05.219
 us don't

00:14:05.219 --> 00:14:05.939
 think much

00:14:05.939 --> 00:14:06.419
 about it.

00:14:06.500 --> 00:14:06.819
 We think,

00:14:06.939 --> 00:14:07.159
 okay,

00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:07.919
 psychology

00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:09.099
 says it's

00:14:09.099 --> 00:14:09.439
 what you

00:14:09.439 --> 00:14:10.099
 lived through

00:14:10.099 --> 00:14:11.120
 the last

00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:11.639
 days or

00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:12.039
 hours or

00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:12.480
 whatever is

00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:12.740
 on your

00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:13.039
 mind,

00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:13.919
 that's what

00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:14.099
 you're

00:14:14.099 --> 00:14:14.439
 dreaming.

00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:17.040
 but maybe

00:14:17.040 --> 00:14:19.360
 there might

00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:19.960
 be more

00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:20.580
 to it as

00:14:20.580 --> 00:14:21.120
 we think.

00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:23.340
 Jeremiah

00:14:23.340 --> 00:14:23.920
 says,

00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:24.820
 Indeed,

00:14:25.020 --> 00:14:25.620
 I am against

00:14:25.620 --> 00:14:26.060
 those who

00:14:26.060 --> 00:14:26.480
 prophesy

00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:27.340
 false dreams,

00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:27.960
 declares the

00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:28.120
 Lord.

00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:28.600
 They tell

00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:29.120
 them and

00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:30.260
 lead my

00:14:30.260 --> 00:14:31.040
 people astray

00:14:31.040 --> 00:14:31.440
 with their

00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:32.420
 reckless lies,

00:14:32.800 --> 00:14:33.520
 and yet I

00:14:33.520 --> 00:14:34.400
 did not send

00:14:34.400 --> 00:14:34.980
 or appoint

00:14:34.980 --> 00:14:35.240
 them.

00:14:35.780 --> 00:14:36.120
 They do

00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:36.780
 not benefit

00:14:36.780 --> 00:14:37.820
 these people

00:14:37.820 --> 00:14:38.580
 in the least,

00:14:38.700 --> 00:14:39.260
 declares the

00:14:39.260 --> 00:14:39.520
 Lord.

00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:40.300
 So,

00:14:40.860 --> 00:14:42.600
 those people

00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:43.200
 who just tell

00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:43.860
 their dreams

00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:44.399
 and always

00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:44.639
 say,

00:14:44.800 --> 00:14:45.180
 I dreamt

00:14:45.180 --> 00:14:45.820
 something about

00:14:45.820 --> 00:14:46.360
 you and

00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:46.940
 so on.

00:14:48.180 --> 00:14:48.940
 Even God

00:14:48.940 --> 00:14:49.740
 himself says,

00:14:50.259 --> 00:14:50.779
 be a little

00:14:50.779 --> 00:14:51.600
 careful with

00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:51.840
 that.

00:14:52.139 --> 00:14:52.460
 But,

00:14:52.700 --> 00:14:53.080
 there's a

00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:54.480
 promise from

00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:55.200
 Joel 2,

00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:56.480
 and we know

00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:57.039
 that promise

00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:58.139
 got fulfilled,

00:14:58.560 --> 00:14:59.180
 and afterward,

00:14:59.419 --> 00:14:59.919
 I will pour

00:14:59.919 --> 00:15:00.600
 out my spirit

00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:01.399
 on all people.

00:15:01.899 --> 00:15:02.580
 Your sons and

00:15:02.580 --> 00:15:03.120
 daughters will

00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:03.620
 prophesy.

00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:05.080
 Your old men

00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:05.620
 will dream

00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:06.259
 dreams.

00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:07.259
 So,

00:15:07.379 --> 00:15:08.720
 I think I'm

00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:09.300
 almost in that

00:15:09.300 --> 00:15:10.139
 category already,

00:15:10.300 --> 00:15:10.500
 you know,

00:15:10.580 --> 00:15:12.300
 of the dreaming

00:15:12.300 --> 00:15:12.680
 dreams.

00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:13.519
 Your young men

00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:13.979
 will see

00:15:13.979 --> 00:15:14.539
 visions.

00:15:15.979 --> 00:15:16.299
 And,

00:15:16.459 --> 00:15:17.339
 Peter says,

00:15:17.859 --> 00:15:18.739
 once the

00:15:18.739 --> 00:15:19.500
 Holy Spirit

00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:20.599
 falls on the

00:15:20.599 --> 00:15:21.139
 disciples,

00:15:22.239 --> 00:15:24.079
 and they

00:15:24.079 --> 00:15:24.419
 all are

00:15:24.419 --> 00:15:25.559
 speaking the

00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:25.979
 gospel,

00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:27.219
 and everybody

00:15:27.219 --> 00:15:27.879
 who is there

00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:28.659
 can understand,

00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:29.439
 Peter says,

00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:30.259
 this is the

00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:30.620
 fulfillment.

00:15:31.359 --> 00:15:32.099
 This is what

00:15:32.099 --> 00:15:32.879
 Joel spoke

00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.199
 about.

00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:34.259
 So,

00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:34.939
 according to

00:15:34.939 --> 00:15:35.179
 him,

00:15:35.319 --> 00:15:35.899
 that happened

00:15:35.899 --> 00:15:37.219
 in Pentecost

00:15:37.219 --> 00:15:37.659
 already.

00:15:37.659 --> 00:15:40.379
 God speaks

00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:40.939
 also to

00:15:40.939 --> 00:15:41.459
 visions.

00:15:41.939 --> 00:15:42.519
 Visions and

00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:43.339
 dreams are

00:15:43.339 --> 00:15:44.480
 not the

00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:44.860
 same.

00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:45.299
 They are

00:15:45.299 --> 00:15:46.339
 often paired

00:15:46.339 --> 00:15:46.779
 in the

00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:47.100
 Bible,

00:15:47.699 --> 00:15:48.079
 so they

00:15:48.079 --> 00:15:48.980
 appear together

00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:51.579
 in many

00:15:51.579 --> 00:15:51.980
 verses,

00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:53.679
 but vision

00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:54.480
 is something

00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:55.500
 that a

00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:56.339
 person sees,

00:15:56.860 --> 00:15:57.419
 and it can

00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:58.079
 be in broad

00:15:58.079 --> 00:15:58.480
 daylight.

00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.620
 It's not a

00:15:59.620 --> 00:16:00.339
 dream while

00:16:00.339 --> 00:16:00.539
 you are

00:16:00.539 --> 00:16:00.899
 sleeping.

00:16:00.899 --> 00:16:04.120
 and I

00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:04.779
 know people

00:16:04.779 --> 00:16:05.199
 who have

00:16:05.199 --> 00:16:06.079
 seen visions.

00:16:08.199 --> 00:16:08.860
 To me,

00:16:08.939 --> 00:16:09.279
 it happened

00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:10.240
 twice that I

00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:10.860
 know that I

00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.939
 suddenly see a

00:16:11.939 --> 00:16:13.299
 picture in

00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:14.000
 front of me,

00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:14.559
 and then it

00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:15.799
 disappears again,

00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:18.179
 and you

00:16:18.179 --> 00:16:18.860
 know exactly

00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:19.439
 what it is,

00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:19.899
 or you know

00:16:19.899 --> 00:16:21.360
 most often

00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:21.919
 what it's

00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:22.459
 supposed to

00:16:22.459 --> 00:16:22.620
 be.

00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:23.559
 So I

00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:24.000
 just took

00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.679
 one from

00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:25.059
 Isaiah,

00:16:25.199 --> 00:16:25.799
 first verse

00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:26.360
 of the

00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:27.259
 whole prophet,

00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:27.860
 the vision

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.759
 concerning Judah

00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:29.379
 and Jerusalem,

00:16:30.199 --> 00:16:30.799
 that Isaiah

00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:32.039
 son of Amos

00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:32.620
 saw during

00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:33.679
 reigns of

00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:34.139
 all these

00:16:34.139 --> 00:16:34.639
 kings.

00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:35.620
 So of

00:16:35.620 --> 00:16:35.759
 course,

00:16:35.839 --> 00:16:36.079
 then it

00:16:36.079 --> 00:16:36.439
 goes on

00:16:36.439 --> 00:16:37.559
 66 chapters.

00:16:38.299 --> 00:16:38.979
 That's a

00:16:38.979 --> 00:16:39.479
 very long

00:16:39.479 --> 00:16:39.959
 vision,

00:16:40.439 --> 00:16:40.899
 I should

00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:41.240
 say a

00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:42.000
 long list

00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:42.579
 of visions

00:16:42.579 --> 00:16:43.579
 that he

00:16:43.579 --> 00:16:44.599
 saw there.

00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:47.979
 God

00:16:47.979 --> 00:16:48.539
 speaks to

00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:50.099
 open and

00:16:50.099 --> 00:16:51.059
 also to

00:16:51.059 --> 00:16:52.159
 closed doors.

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 Some call

00:16:54.579 --> 00:16:55.139
 this the

00:16:55.139 --> 00:16:56.779
 situations or

00:16:56.779 --> 00:16:57.659
 the opportunities

00:16:57.659 --> 00:16:58.819
 and so on.

00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.019
 So,

00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:02.699
 from Paul,

00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:03.740
 we know,

00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:04.960
 and I

00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:05.359
 like to

00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:05.779
 ask my

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.319
 students,

00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:07.940
 how did

00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:09.240
 Paul know

00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:09.639
 where he

00:17:09.639 --> 00:17:10.200
 was going

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:11.519
 while he

00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:11.940
 was led

00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:12.259
 by the

00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:13.000
 Holy Spirit?

00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:15.379
 When they

00:17:15.379 --> 00:17:15.680
 did their

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.259
 first missions

00:17:16.259 --> 00:17:16.559
 trip,

00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:17.139
 because it's

00:17:17.139 --> 00:17:17.539
 interesting,

00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:18.220
 they start,

00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.240
 they don't

00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:20.200
 go just

00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:20.559
 like,

00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:21.900
 okay,

00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:23.299
 now we

00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:23.639
 are sent

00:17:23.639 --> 00:17:23.980
 out by

00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:24.460
 our church,

00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.299
 let's go

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:25.740
 down to

00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.099
 the port,

00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:26.539
 take the

00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:27.059
 first ship,

00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:28.279
 and go

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:28.619
 where it

00:17:28.619 --> 00:17:28.920
 goes.

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 Actually,

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:30.800
 they go

00:17:30.800 --> 00:17:31.759
 first to

00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.200
 the people

00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:32.820
 of where

00:17:32.820 --> 00:17:33.300
 Barnabas

00:17:33.300 --> 00:17:33.880
 came from.

00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:34.620
 He came

00:17:34.620 --> 00:17:35.120
 from that

00:17:35.120 --> 00:17:35.660
 island,

00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:39.320
 Cyprus,

00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:40.019
 in English,

00:17:40.140 --> 00:17:40.300
 yeah.

00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:41.259
 That's where

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:41.600
 he came

00:17:41.600 --> 00:17:41.820
 from,

00:17:41.900 --> 00:17:42.180
 so they

00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:42.700
 went first

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.160
 to visit

00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:43.820
 his people.

00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:45.259
 But,

00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:47.660
 normally,

00:17:47.820 --> 00:17:48.300
 good students

00:17:48.300 --> 00:17:48.779
 say,

00:17:49.140 --> 00:17:49.759
 Holy Spirit.

00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:50.880
 So I

00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:51.060
 say,

00:17:51.140 --> 00:17:51.320
 well,

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:52.720
 look at

00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:52.960
 this,

00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:53.519
 Paul and

00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.160
 his companions

00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:54.600
 traveled

00:17:54.600 --> 00:17:55.120
 throughout the

00:17:55.120 --> 00:17:55.580
 region of

00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:57.699
 Phyrgia and

00:17:57.699 --> 00:17:58.359
 Galatia,

00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:58.960
 having been

00:17:58.960 --> 00:17:59.819
 kept by the

00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:00.299
 Holy Spirit

00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:01.259
 from preaching

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.819
 the word in

00:18:01.819 --> 00:18:02.240
 the province

00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:02.799
 of Asia.

00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:04.419
 So they

00:18:04.419 --> 00:18:04.899
 wanted to

00:18:04.899 --> 00:18:05.299
 preach in

00:18:05.299 --> 00:18:05.599
 Asia,

00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:06.980
 but the

00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:07.399
 Spirit did

00:18:07.399 --> 00:18:07.879
 not allow

00:18:07.879 --> 00:18:08.139
 it.

00:18:09.139 --> 00:18:09.740
 When they

00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.099
 came to

00:18:10.099 --> 00:18:10.439
 the border

00:18:10.439 --> 00:18:11.079
 of Mesia,

00:18:11.139 --> 00:18:11.500
 they tried

00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:11.859
 to enter

00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:12.519
 Bithynia,

00:18:12.619 --> 00:18:12.899
 but the

00:18:12.899 --> 00:18:13.319
 Spirit of

00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:13.899
 Jesus would

00:18:13.899 --> 00:18:14.339
 not allow

00:18:14.339 --> 00:18:14.720
 them to.

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:15.679
 So,

00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:16.799
 again,

00:18:16.939 --> 00:18:17.339
 they closed

00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:17.639
 the door

00:18:17.639 --> 00:18:17.939
 there.

00:18:19.199 --> 00:18:19.939
 But then,

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.339
 in other

00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:20.859
 parts,

00:18:21.139 --> 00:18:22.279
 in 1st

00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:22.899
 Thessalonians,

00:18:22.900 --> 00:18:23.820
 Paul says,

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.440
 I wanted

00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:25.019
 to go to

00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.240
 you,

00:18:25.340 --> 00:18:25.940
 but Satan

00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:26.460
 did not

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.019
 allow me.

00:18:28.120 --> 00:18:28.720
 So I'm

00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:29.400
 amazed how

00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:30.400
 Paul could

00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:30.800
 tell the

00:18:30.800 --> 00:18:31.320
 difference.

00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:32.759
 When is

00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:33.220
 the Holy

00:18:33.220 --> 00:18:33.759
 Spirit

00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:35.440
 closing a

00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:35.660
 door,

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.560
 and when

00:18:36.560 --> 00:18:36.900
 it is

00:18:36.900 --> 00:18:37.240
 Satan?

00:18:38.180 --> 00:18:38.960
 I only

00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.320
 know when

00:18:39.320 --> 00:18:39.580
 the door

00:18:39.580 --> 00:18:40.100
 is closed.

00:18:41.860 --> 00:18:42.060
 And,

00:18:42.140 --> 00:18:43.700
 well,

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.560
 probably the

00:18:44.560 --> 00:18:45.480
 difference

00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:46.019
 isn't

00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:47.880
 that much

00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:48.380
 important,

00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:48.920
 because if

00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:49.160
 the door

00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:49.759
 is closed,

00:18:49.820 --> 00:18:50.259
 it's closed.

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.759
 But Paul

00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.359
 had this

00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:54.740
 capacity of

00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:55.539
 discerning

00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:56.420
 who had

00:18:56.420 --> 00:18:56.920
 closed the

00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:57.180
 doors.

00:18:58.359 --> 00:18:58.740
 So,

00:18:59.000 --> 00:18:59.559
 in this

00:18:59.559 --> 00:18:59.859
 case,

00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:01.160
 two doors

00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:01.779
 got closed

00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:02.299
 to Paul,

00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:03.839
 and it

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:04.779
 was after

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.220
 that that

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:06.019
 he had

00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:06.940
 this vision

00:19:06.940 --> 00:19:07.640
 at night

00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:08.359
 from this

00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:08.839
 guy from

00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:09.400
 Macedonia

00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:09.720
 who were

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.359
 calling him

00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:11.059
 come and

00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:11.500
 help us

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:11.720
 there.

00:19:12.379 --> 00:19:12.740
 So,

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.440
 through these

00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.359
 closed doors

00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:15.000
 where he

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.460
 could not

00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:15.960
 go in,

00:19:16.619 --> 00:19:17.359
 he understood

00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:17.859
 that he

00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:18.400
 had to go

00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:19.339
 somewhere else.

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:21.759
 and,

00:19:21.879 --> 00:19:23.439
 when we

00:19:23.439 --> 00:19:24.879
 wanted to

00:19:24.879 --> 00:19:25.179
 go to

00:19:25.179 --> 00:19:25.579
 the United

00:19:25.579 --> 00:19:26.179
 States to

00:19:26.179 --> 00:19:26.740
 study many

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.379
 years ago,

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.779
 it was

00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.279
 very easy

00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:29.679
 for God

00:19:29.679 --> 00:19:30.099
 to close

00:19:30.099 --> 00:19:30.500
 doors.

00:19:31.659 --> 00:19:32.419
 Because I

00:19:32.419 --> 00:19:32.819
 told him,

00:19:32.899 --> 00:19:33.039
 you know,

00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.459
 we are so

00:19:33.459 --> 00:19:34.099
 dependent on

00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:34.359
 you,

00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:35.099
 not just

00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:35.819
 because of

00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:36.240
 finances,

00:19:36.379 --> 00:19:36.879
 because of

00:19:36.879 --> 00:19:37.199
 visa.

00:19:39.399 --> 00:19:39.879
 There

00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:40.720
 isn't

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.419
 anything you

00:19:41.419 --> 00:19:41.980
 can do

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:42.559
 as

00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:44.199
 Paraguayan

00:19:44.199 --> 00:19:44.939
 to get a

00:19:44.939 --> 00:19:45.539
 U.S.

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:45.879
 American

00:19:45.879 --> 00:19:46.240
 visa.

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:47.039
 You

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.400
 depend

00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:48.059
 completely

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:49.299
 on

00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:50.099
 God

00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:50.299
 in

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:50.599
 first

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:51.059
 place

00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:51.859
 and

00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:52.039
 on

00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.180
 the

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:52.339
 mood

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:52.500
 of

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:52.640
 the

00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:52.940
 person

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:53.160
 in

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.380
 front

00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:53.539
 of

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:53.680
 you

00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:53.880
 who

00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:55.000
 does

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.120
 the

00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:55.440
 interview

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:55.720
 with

00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:55.859
 you

00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:56.039
 at

00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:56.140
 the

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:56.500
 embassy

00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:56.799
 and

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.200
 so on.

00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:57.960
 So,

00:19:59.420 --> 00:19:59.839
 we said,

00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:00.299
 if you

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:01.099
 get us

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.819
 through that,

00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:02.700
 we understand

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.019
 when the

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.319
 door is

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:03.700
 open,

00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.400
 we can

00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:04.859
 go in.

00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.539
 If not,

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.839
 we go to

00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:07.339
 some other

00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:07.759
 place.

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:10.460
 And,

00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:11.339
 the

00:20:11.339 --> 00:20:11.700
 seventh

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:13.359
 way of

00:20:13.359 --> 00:20:13.700
 speaking,

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.299
 God speaks

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:14.759
 through other

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.299
 persons.

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:17.359
 In the

00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:17.579
 Bible,

00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:17.880
 he did

00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:18.400
 that often

00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:18.599
 to

00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:19.160
 prophets.

00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.160
 But,

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:21.079
 it doesn't

00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:21.660
 need always

00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.079
 to be a

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:22.359
 prophet.

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:23.819
 And,

00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.259
 I will

00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:24.620
 speak to

00:20:24.620 --> 00:20:24.980
 that

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:26.740
 in a

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.299
 personal

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:29.120
 short

00:20:29.120 --> 00:20:29.579
 testimony.

00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:30.599
 I'm

00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:31.579
 trying to

00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:31.900
 refrain

00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:32.299
 myself

00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.640
 to give

00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:33.180
 an example

00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:33.720
 to each

00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:34.200
 of those.

00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:35.059
 So,

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.299
 I will

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:35.640
 just give

00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:36.079
 one here.

00:20:37.579 --> 00:20:38.059
 In

00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.279
 Acts

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:38.640
 21,

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.019
 we have

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:39.240
 this

00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:39.720
 interesting

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.900
 experience.

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.259
 After

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:41.620
 we had

00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:42.019
 been there

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.339
 a number

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:42.819
 of days,

00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:43.319
 a prophet

00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:43.660
 named

00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:44.259
 Agabus

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:44.880
 came down

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.099
 from

00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:45.519
 Judea,

00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:45.900
 coming

00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.180
 over

00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:46.400
 to

00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:46.620
 us,

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:46.920
 he took

00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:47.299
 Paul's

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:47.640
 belt,

00:20:48.080 --> 00:20:48.480
 tied his

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.019
 own hands

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.480
 and feet

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:49.860
 with it,

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.240
 and said,

00:20:50.320 --> 00:20:50.600
 the Holy

00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:51.240
 Spirit says,

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.200
 in this

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.440
 way,

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:52.920
 the Jewish

00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:53.480
 leaders in

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.200
 Jerusalem will

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.720
 bin the

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.259
 owner of

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.779
 this belt,

00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:56.660
 and will

00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:57.320
 hand him

00:20:57.320 --> 00:20:57.860
 over to

00:20:57.860 --> 00:20:58.560
 the Gentiles.

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.460
 So,

00:20:59.519 --> 00:20:59.779
 that was

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.600
 very specific.

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.920
 But,

00:21:03.080 --> 00:21:03.360
 the problem

00:21:03.360 --> 00:21:03.580
 is,

00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:03.900
 when we

00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.460
 think that

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.519
 Paul said,

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.019
 okay,

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.519
 then I'm

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:06.980
 not going

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.620
 to Jerusalem,

00:21:09.080 --> 00:21:09.340
 he said,

00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:09.600
 well,

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.940
 thank you for

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.519
 the information.

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.120
 I knew that

00:21:12.120 --> 00:21:12.580
 all along,

00:21:13.620 --> 00:21:13.980
 the Holy

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.560
 Spirit told

00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:15.419
 me in

00:21:15.419 --> 00:21:15.980
 every part

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.579
 that that

00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:17.019
 will happen,

00:21:17.139 --> 00:21:18.059
 so I

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.399
 will just

00:21:18.399 --> 00:21:18.879
 keep going.

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.399
 Even though

00:21:20.399 --> 00:21:20.859
 his whole

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.480
 entourage,

00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:22.200
 his whole

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:23.460
 team told

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:23.859
 him not

00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.399
 to go to

00:21:24.399 --> 00:21:24.839
 Jerusalem,

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:26.720
 Paul didn't

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.279
 take this

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:27.919
 as an

00:21:27.919 --> 00:21:28.599
 advice from

00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:29.000
 God for

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.579
 not going

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:29.819
 there.

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.339
 For him,

00:21:30.399 --> 00:21:30.879
 it was just

00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:31.419
 a piece of

00:21:31.419 --> 00:21:31.980
 information,

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:32.720
 you know,

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.039
 okay,

00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:34.039
 or confirmation.

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.059
 Okay,

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:35.759
 we know what

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.240
 will happen

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.519
 there.

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:38.559
 So,

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:41.019
 often,

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:42.859
 I'm

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.480
 teaching at

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.119
 a seminary

00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:44.480
 for,

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:45.940
 this would

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:46.440
 be if I

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:46.759
 was at

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.339
 a seminary,

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.139
 I started

00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:48.819
 teaching 27

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.619
 years ago,

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:52.440
 we married

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.160
 very young,

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:53.599
 so,

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:55.879
 these days,

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.480
 most people

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:56.900
 would not

00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:57.460
 get married

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:59.139
 during college

00:21:59.139 --> 00:21:59.480
 years,

00:21:59.559 --> 00:21:59.920
 I think,

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.859
 but at

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.279
 that time,

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:01.579
 we were

00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:01.980
 thinking,

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.259
 being poor

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.839
 alone and

00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.339
 being poor

00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:04.799
 together,

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.599
 what's the

00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:06.019
 difference?

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.279
 So,

00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:06.839
 let's just

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.500
 being poor

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.220
 together and

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.759
 have fun

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.660
 while we

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.420
 are being

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:11.160
 poor and

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.960
 whatever.

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:13.420
 So,

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:15.139
 what I want

00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:15.440
 to say,

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:15.900
 my two

00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:16.460
 oldest sons

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:16.960
 are older

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.359
 than me

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:17.720
 at this

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.139
 point,

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:18.740
 when I

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.240
 got married

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:19.720
 and they

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.119
 are still

00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:20.500
 single,

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.160
 I'm fine

00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:21.660
 with that.

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:23.180
 Just get

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.660
 your bases

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.400
 down and

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.779
 so on.

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.119
 Yeah,

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.379
 very,

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:30.619
 very,

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.299
 yeah,

00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:32.019
 I'm the

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.339
 student,

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:32.819
 so I

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.079
 had the

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:33.680
 privilege for

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.519
 over 20

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:34.940
 years,

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:35.759
 always having

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.460
 young students

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.019
 in classes

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.660
 who always

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.039
 want to

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.299
 know,

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.920
 how does

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.359
 God speak

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:39.720
 to me?

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.480
 So,

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:40.819
 I tell

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.200
 them these

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:41.819
 seven things

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.720
 and often

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.079
 I,

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:45.160
 we end up

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.440
 at the

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:45.740
 seventh.

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.160
 I say,

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:46.839
 just go to

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.440
 some people

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:48.359
 that you

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:48.839
 consider

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.799
 mature,

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:50.799
 spiritual

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.319
 Christians

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:52.500
 and ask

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:52.920
 them for

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.319
 advice.

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.640
 And God

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.180
 speaks through

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.420
 them.

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:59.060
 in the

00:22:59.060 --> 00:22:59.960
 year 2011,

00:23:00.840 --> 00:23:01.539
 I was

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:01.940
 taking my

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.160
 first

00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:02.800
 sabbatical

00:23:02.800 --> 00:23:03.720
 in Paraguay

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.039
 it is

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.820
 very unusual

00:23:04.820 --> 00:23:05.300
 to take

00:23:05.300 --> 00:23:06.140
 a sabbatical

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.660
 so that

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.080
 means you

00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:08.080
 don't get

00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:08.440
 paid.

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.340
 You have

00:23:09.340 --> 00:23:09.700
 to find

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.060
 your own

00:23:10.060 --> 00:23:10.480
 way to

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.100
 live during

00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:11.420
 that

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:12.019
 sabbatical.

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.039
 In my

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.320
 case,

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:13.660
 it even

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.539
 meant I

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:14.840
 had to

00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:15.400
 step down

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.779
 from the

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.380
 position I

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:16.920
 was director

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.240
 of a

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.720
 seminary

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.960
 because they

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.200
 said,

00:23:19.340 --> 00:23:19.440
 well,

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:19.820
 we don't

00:23:19.820 --> 00:23:20.019
 have

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.740
 sabbaticals,

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:20.960
 if you

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.340
 want to

00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:21.759
 take a

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.140
 year off,

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.460
 you have

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:22.960
 to step

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.300
 down.

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:25.059
 I did

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.639
 that because

00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:26.460
 I was so

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.059
 convinced that

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.599
 God wanted

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:27.940
 me to

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.379
 take a

00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:28.940
 sabbatical.

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.299
 So during

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.859
 that year,

00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:32.799
 we had to

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.440
 decide what

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.220
 we will do

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.799
 next year.

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.559
 In Paraguay,

00:23:36.659 --> 00:23:37.440
 the appointments

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.480
 all run

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.240
 from January

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:40.259
 to December.

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:40.599
 I mean,

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:41.440
 everything starts

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.339
 with January,

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.139
 not like here

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:45.500
 because right

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:45.919
 now we have

00:23:45.919 --> 00:23:46.500
 summer there.

00:23:46.919 --> 00:23:47.940
 So it's

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.720
 all just

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:48.960
 the way

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.559
 around it,

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.659
 like here.

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:52.039
 School year

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.599
 starts in

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:52.980
 February,

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.039
 ends in

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.779
 end of

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.180
 November

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.619
 and so

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:55.819
 on.

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.460
 So I

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:57.940
 got three

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.500
 proposals,

00:23:58.899 --> 00:23:59.960
 three offers,

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.799
 job offers,

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.359
 very good

00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:01.720
 ones,

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:02.980
 and people

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.500
 wanted me

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:03.839
 by the

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.220
 end of

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.079
 June to

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.700
 tell them

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:07.099
 which one

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.460
 I will

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:07.859
 have so

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.180
 that they

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.759
 had another

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.379
 six months

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:10.200
 to look

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.639
 for some

00:24:10.639 --> 00:24:11.220
 other person.

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:11.980
 So I

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.299
 was very

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.680
 thankful

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.659
 that the

00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:14.139
 Lord didn't

00:24:14.139 --> 00:24:14.819
 abandon me

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.180
 and say,

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.460
 okay,

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.000
 there's

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.099
 enough work

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:17.519
 to do.

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.819
 But I

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.440
 didn't feel

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:21.079
 very good

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:22.200
 with any

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.799
 of these

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.340
 offers.

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:23.660
 They were

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:23.960
 good,

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:25.220
 but not

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.259
 exactly what

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.920
 I was

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.559
 thinking would

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.600
 fit me

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.120
 and my

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.819
 concerns and

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.140
 so on.

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.380
 So I

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.259
 was invited

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.559
 to

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:34.319
 Colombia,

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:34.840
 Bogota,

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.340
 Colombia,

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.460
 for a

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:36.980
 big

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:38.380
 revival

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:38.860
 meeting.

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:40.819
 There's a

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.340
 church that

00:24:41.340 --> 00:24:42.259
 they claim

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.700
 that sits

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.799
 25,000.

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.580
 It's a

00:24:45.580 --> 00:24:46.460
 bunch of

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.200
 factories that

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.940
 they bucked

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.640
 together and

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:49.299
 threw out the

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:49.900
 walls and

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.180
 made.

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.880
 It's called

00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.259
 the city

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.720
 of God

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.380
 because even

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:54.100
 the aisles

00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:54.820
 are numbered

00:24:54.820 --> 00:24:56.160
 and have

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.700
 names so

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:56.960
 that you

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.340
 don't get

00:24:57.340 --> 00:24:57.920
 lost once

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.320
 you go to

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:58.720
 the bathroom

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.000
 and you

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.340
 find your

00:24:59.340 --> 00:25:00.019
 way back

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.360
 again.

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:00.740
 It's a

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.519
 huge place.

00:25:02.560 --> 00:25:03.220
 I didn't

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.000
 count if

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.240
 there were

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.320
 25,000 in

00:25:05.320 --> 00:25:05.660
 it, but

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.340
 I believe

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:06.519
 it.

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:07.960
 So

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:09.100
 preachers

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:09.720
 were very

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.759
 charismatic

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:12.100
 and had

00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:12.460
 this

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.980
 Pentecostal

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.700
 touch that

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.620
 I don't

00:25:15.620 --> 00:25:16.080
 like very

00:25:16.080 --> 00:25:16.580
 much during

00:25:16.580 --> 00:25:17.160
 preaching when

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.519
 they always

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:17.759
 say,

00:25:18.080 --> 00:25:18.400
 tell your

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:18.640
 neighbor,

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.100
 God is

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.480
 great.

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.980
 Tell your

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.259
 neighbor,

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.460
 God made

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.240
 you beautiful

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:24.820
 and tell

00:25:24.820 --> 00:25:25.200
 your neighbor

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.759
 this and

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.120
 tell the

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:26.680
 person next

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.019
 to you

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.480
 that and

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:27.799
 tell the

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.140
 person,

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:28.860
 I don't

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.220
 know what

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.680
 else.

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.799
 So I

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.100
 usually

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:31.799
 participate

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.340
 once or

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:32.860
 twice in

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.140
 that.

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:35.000
 I think

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.180
 it's

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.580
 ridiculous

00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:36.100
 because the

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.620
 person heard

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.180
 what the

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.640
 preacher was

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.340
 saying and

00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:38.680
 I think

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.039
 the preacher

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.440
 is just

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.100
 using that

00:25:40.100 --> 00:25:41.120
 to think

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.480
 what he

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:41.779
 will say

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.200
 next.

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:46.400
 So usually

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.900
 I tell

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.380
 the person,

00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:47.880
 God is

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.299
 great,

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:48.920
 you are

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.420
 great,

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.080
 and after

00:25:50.080 --> 00:25:50.420
 that,

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:50.920
 after I

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.279
 have done

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.779
 it once

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.279
 or twice

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.680
 or three

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.600
 times max

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.259
 that I

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.500
 just,

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:57.140
 I mean,

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.519
 you heard

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:57.860
 what he

00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.160
 said.

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.960
 But one

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.300
 of these

00:26:01.300 --> 00:26:03.360
 occasions,

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.000
 I had

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.500
 prayed before

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:04.960
 the trip,

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.500
 it was at

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.779
 the end

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.240
 of June,

00:26:06.340 --> 00:26:06.740
 I prayed

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.220
 to God,

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.519
 please show

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.720
 me on

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.259
 this trip

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.960
 which one

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.340
 of these

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:12.100
 offers I

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.539
 have to

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.039
 accept,

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.660
 which one

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.680
 would be

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.019
 the one

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.519
 that you

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.160
 want me

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:17.320
 to take

00:26:17.320 --> 00:26:17.560
 on.

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.640
 So suddenly

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.180
 the preacher

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.800
 says again,

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.200
 tell the

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.680
 person next

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.080
 to you,

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.920
 I show

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:24.680
 them my

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.400
 thumb up

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.140
 to my

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.380
 neighbor,

00:26:26.540 --> 00:26:27.019
 and he

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.519
 turns to

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:27.860
 me and

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.240
 says,

00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:30.120
 God says,

00:26:30.300 --> 00:26:31.220
 don't move

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.440
 until I

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.840
 tell you

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.100
 so.

00:26:36.540 --> 00:26:37.160
 I don't

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:37.420
 know if

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:37.740
 that makes

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.180
 sense to

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.420
 you,

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.120
 but that's

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:40.220
 what I

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.620
 heard God

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:40.960
 saying.

00:26:42.340 --> 00:26:43.080
 He didn't

00:26:43.080 --> 00:26:43.500
 know me,

00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:45.060
 I didn't

00:26:45.060 --> 00:26:45.540
 know him,

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:47.400
 it was

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:47.759
 not what

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.420
 the preacher

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:48.960
 had said,

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.200
 of course

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.540
 not.

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.140
 So,

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:56.259
 he didn't

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.580
 know if

00:26:56.580 --> 00:26:56.880
 it made

00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:57.340
 sense to

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:57.500
 me,

00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:57.940
 I didn't

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.240
 tell him

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.540
 that it

00:26:58.540 --> 00:26:58.840
 made a

00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:59.160
 lot of

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.580
 sense to

00:26:59.580 --> 00:26:59.740
 me,

00:26:59.820 --> 00:27:00.100
 but it

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:00.540
 scared me

00:27:00.540 --> 00:27:00.940
 also a

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.080
 little.

00:27:02.040 --> 00:27:02.640
 I came

00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.160
 back home

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:04.279
 and I

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.740
 called all

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.080
 the three

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:06.580
 places and

00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:07.019
 told him I

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.340
 would not

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:07.779
 take it,

00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:09.740
 which is

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.100
 very

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:12.519
 not

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:15.259
 responsible

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.099
 for a

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.519
 person who

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:16.819
 has a

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.160
 family.

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.420
 So,

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.420
 you are

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.400
 six months

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:22.059
 short of

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.460
 your

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:24.759
 sabbatical,

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.259
 you don't

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:26.039
 have anything,

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.859
 July passed,

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.579
 all of it,

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.259
 half of

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:31.240
 August passed,

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.839
 and nothing,

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.720
 and then I

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.119
 was in,

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:37.000
 we have in

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.420
 Paraguay,

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.960
 we have every

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.319
 year a

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:38.720
 national

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.420
 marathon of

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.500
 prayer,

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.140
 where the

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.799
 whole country,

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.099
 well,

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.759
 all the

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.339
 Christians in the

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.720
 country are

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.240
 invited to

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.619
 pray for

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.500
 24 hours,

00:27:47.199 --> 00:27:47.579
 and in

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:47.819
 that

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.379
 gathering,

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.659
 the

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:51.240
 president of

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.459
 the

00:27:51.459 --> 00:27:51.859
 Pastors

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.459
 Association

00:27:52.459 --> 00:27:52.699
 of

00:27:52.699 --> 00:27:53.279
 Paraguay

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.159
 invited me

00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:54.500
 for a

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.819
 meeting

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.220
 together

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.480
 with

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.759
 another

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.139
 guy

00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:56.339
 who

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.579
 runs

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.459
 a

00:27:57.459 --> 00:27:58.220
 foundation,

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:58.899
 a

00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.279
 ministry,

00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:00.559
 and they

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.139
 told me,

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.439
 you know,

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:01.939
 we have so

00:28:01.939 --> 00:28:02.539
 many pastors

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.259
 in Paraguay

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.740
 who have

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.459
 never had a

00:28:05.459 --> 00:28:05.939
 chance to

00:28:05.939 --> 00:28:06.319
 go to a

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.959
 Bible school,

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.519
 and we

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:08.939
 need to do

00:28:08.939 --> 00:28:09.599
 something with

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:09.759
 them.

00:28:10.659 --> 00:28:11.059
 They

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.439
 didn't tell

00:28:11.439 --> 00:28:11.799
 me anything

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.099
 new,

00:28:12.199 --> 00:28:12.459
 I had

00:28:12.459 --> 00:28:13.039
 done a

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:14.179
 survey,

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:14.779
 for a

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.119
 U.S.

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.519
 American

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.279
 university,

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.059
 so I

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.459
 knew the

00:28:17.459 --> 00:28:17.919
 percentage,

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:18.879
 I knew

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.720
 that 90%

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.379
 of pastors

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:21.159
 in Paraguay

00:28:21.159 --> 00:28:22.379
 never had

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:23.240
 any formal

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.720
 theological

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.179
 training.

00:28:25.459 --> 00:28:26.199
 So they

00:28:26.199 --> 00:28:26.639
 are standing

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:27.279
 every Sunday

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.799
 before a

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.139
 church,

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:30.319
 not knowing

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:31.399
 what they

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:31.839
 are doing,

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.500
 basically,

00:28:32.679 --> 00:28:33.119
 or not

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:34.019
 knowing what

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.359
 they should

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:34.639
 do.

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.579
 A church

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.199
 like this,

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.299
 that has

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.839
 at least

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.699
 three

00:28:39.699 --> 00:28:41.159
 well-educated

00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:42.599
 pastors

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:44.079
 would be

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.779
 a huge

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.439
 luxury

00:28:45.439 --> 00:28:46.659
 in Paraguay.

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.399
 It would

00:28:48.399 --> 00:28:49.459
 almost be

00:28:49.459 --> 00:28:50.779
 admirable

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.240
 to have

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.519
 that.

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.399
 You should

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:53.119
 split those

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.759
 pastors and

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.099
 send them

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.740
 somewhere else.

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:56.299
 But I

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.659
 know the

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.359
 situation is

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:57.679
 different.

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.119
 So during

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.459
 the next

00:28:59.459 --> 00:28:59.779
 month,

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:00.179
 the Lord

00:29:00.179 --> 00:29:00.799
 gave me

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.679
 a vision

00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:03.179
 for what

00:29:03.179 --> 00:29:03.740
 we call

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:05.480
 the Aquila

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.860
 and Priscilla

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.360
 Institute.

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.860
 And you

00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:08.420
 might ask,

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:08.720
 is there

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.279
 anything wrong

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:09.799
 with formal

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.240
 theological

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.779
 training?

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.299
 I don't

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.680
 think there

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.059
 is anything

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.579
 wrong with

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:13.819
 it,

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.460
 but we

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.700
 know,

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.400
 at least

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.019
 in Paraguay,

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:18.039
 it's elitist,

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.980
 only a few,

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.500
 very few

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.019
 people can

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.500
 go there.

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.240
 It's

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.720
 expensive,

00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:23.460
 it's

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.099
 geographically

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.420
 bound,

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.880
 you have to

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.120
 go to

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.480
 the capital

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.480
 city to

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.000
 go to

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.240
 that

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.819
 seminary,

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.220
 you are

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.860
 there confined

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.220
 for a

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.620
 couple of

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:29.940
 years,

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.940
 and it

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.599
 often doesn't

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.039
 produce the

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.420
 kind of

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:32.880
 leaders we

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.279
 wish for.

00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:33.579
 At least

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:33.980
 that's what

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.440
 always the

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.019
 churches tell

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.279
 us,

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.720
 saying,

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.079
 you know,

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.900
 we had a

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.519
 pastor that

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.200
 went there

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.880
 and it's

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.279
 not quite

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.599
 what we

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.079
 were thinking

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.559
 and so

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:41.799
 on.

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.559
 So is

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:43.819
 there a

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.140
 need for

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.299
 an

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.779
 alternative?

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.400
 When you

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:47.140
 have 90%

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:48.440
 of churches

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.960
 that don't

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.319
 have a

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:49.640
 pastor,

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.220
 there is

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.519
 a need

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:50.920
 for it.

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.400
 In

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.279
 2016,

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.720
 there was

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.120
 a congress

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.759
 in Thailand

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.360
 that I was

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:55.779
 able to

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.400
 attend where

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.819
 it says

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.140
 that the

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.420
 number

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:58.079
 worldwide

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.620
 is at

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.799
 85%.

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:01.400
 So

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.839
 Paraguay

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.099
 is a

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:02.279
 little

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.740
 worse

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:04.019
 than the

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:05.240
 average

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.519
 in the

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:05.779
 world.

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.660
 The

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:06.900
 United

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.220
 States

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.559
 is a

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:07.779
 lot

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.180
 better

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:09.299
 than the

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.880
 rest of

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.220
 the world

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:11.120
 because most

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:11.420
 of the

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:11.700
 churches

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.039
 have

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.420
 pastors

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.299
 who went

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.339
 to seminary.

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.039
 So

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:18.680
 since most

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.299
 pastors don't

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.720
 have academic

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.559
 preparation to

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.500
 go to an

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.240
 institution of

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.900
 higher education,

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.359
 it means they

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:24.839
 never finished

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.339
 high school.

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.539
 We even have

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.140
 pastors who

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:28.039
 can't read

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:29.839
 or write

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:31.039
 and you ask

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.359
 yourself,

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:31.880
 so how do

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.279
 they preach?

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.319
 preach.

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.759
 I

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.139
 discovered

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.519
 they preach

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.059
 by memory.

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.680
 They have

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.440
 some 50

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.059
 or 100

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.759
 or 150

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:40.059
 verses in

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.619
 their mind

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:40.940
 that they

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.579
 heard and

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.559
 that's their

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.299
 whole repertoire

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.059
 what they

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.460
 are preaching

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.819
 by.

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.099
 And so

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:46.579
 you don't

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:47.039
 have to

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.480
 wonder if

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.200
 the sermons

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.879
 are repeating

00:30:48.879 --> 00:30:49.500
 themselves

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.519
 regularly.

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:54.019
 They don't

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.319
 have the

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.339
 finances to

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:55.799
 pay for

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.599
 this excellent

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.200
 but highly

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.660
 elitist

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.379
 kind of

00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:59.099
 education.

00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:00.559
 the possibility

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.279
 to relocate

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.799
 their families

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.319
 to one of

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.639
 the bigger

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:03.480
 urban centers

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.059
 leaving their

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:05.059
 church unattending

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.480
 during the

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:05.839
 absence,

00:31:05.959 --> 00:31:06.279
 they don't

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.799
 have that.

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:09.299
 And on

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.659
 the other

00:31:09.659 --> 00:31:09.959
 hand,

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.959
 82% of

00:31:10.959 --> 00:31:11.559
 pastors in

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:11.959
 Paraguay

00:31:11.959 --> 00:31:13.419
 cannot live

00:31:13.419 --> 00:31:13.819
 with what

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.259
 the church

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.779
 pays them.

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.379
 So they

00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:15.740
 have to

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.919
 have jobs

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:17.740
 besides

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.959
 the church.

00:31:20.179 --> 00:31:21.219
 So that

00:31:21.219 --> 00:31:21.659
 is when we

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:22.179
 founded the

00:31:22.179 --> 00:31:22.980
 Aquila and

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.279
 Priscilla

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.939
 Institute.

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.639
 According to

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.379
 Acts 18,

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.059
 I like that

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.579
 so much,

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:28.480
 there came

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:28.980
 this guy

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.640
 Apollos who

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:29.980
 was a

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.480
 very good

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:30.920
 speaker,

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:32.779
 but he

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.420
 had limited

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.880
 knowledge.

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.539
 And instead

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.339
 of exposing

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.920
 him before

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.299
 the whole

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.680
 church,

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.680
 laughing about

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.319
 him or

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.860
 discussing

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.559
 him and

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:40.900
 saying,

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:41.700
 you know,

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.240
 this guy

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:44.240
 is a good

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.880
 speaker but

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:46.360
 he doesn't

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.740
 have any

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.140
 knowledge,

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.660
 you shouldn't

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:48.120
 listen to

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:48.360
 him.

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.319
 It says

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.839
 that Aquila

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.319
 and Priscilla

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.759
 took him

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:52.059
 beside and

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.860
 explained him

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:54.680
 the way and

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.319
 everything that

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.799
 had happened

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.400
 so far.

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.299
 And with

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.759
 that new

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.140
 knowledge,

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.500
 she got

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:59.040
 sent out

00:31:59.040 --> 00:31:59.480
 to Corinth

00:31:59.480 --> 00:31:59.960
 and he

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.280
 had a

00:32:00.280 --> 00:32:00.440
 very

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.000
 successful

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.800
 ministry

00:32:01.800 --> 00:32:02.140
 there,

00:32:02.520 --> 00:32:02.820
 so that

00:32:02.820 --> 00:32:03.200
 even the

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.600
 church in

00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:03.900
 Corinth

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:04.380
 later on

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.660
 became

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.080
 known that

00:32:05.080 --> 00:32:05.680
 someone said

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.000
 they were

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.840
 followers of

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:07.520
 Apollos and

00:32:07.520 --> 00:32:08.200
 some of

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:09.020
 Paul and

00:32:09.020 --> 00:32:09.480
 so on.

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:09.800
 You know,

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.360
 I mean,

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.740
 he had

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.200
 almost the

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.680
 same impact

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.160
 as Paul

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.400
 there.

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.360
 But I

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:14.900
 like what

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:15.360
 Aquila and

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:15.960
 Priscilla did

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:17.240
 and we

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.620
 have them

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.180
 together in

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.560
 the Institute

00:32:18.560 --> 00:32:19.240
 because we

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:20.000
 always want,

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.680
 if a pastor

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.340
 gets training,

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.240
 that his

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:23.520
 wife comes

00:32:23.520 --> 00:32:24.120
 with him

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.960
 and gets

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.380
 the same

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:25.740
 training.

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.319
 Or if

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.099
 the woman

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:27.579
 comes,

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.240
 then her

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.460
 husband

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.819
 comes

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.220
 also.

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.440
 So we

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:30.720
 have a

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.000
 vision,

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.440
 mission,

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.160
 whatever you

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.579
 need for

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.160
 these things.

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.539
 We would

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.339
 like that

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:37.420
 every pastor

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.019
 in Paraguay

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.620
 could have,

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:40.259
 could get the

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.259
 tools that he

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:42.980
 needs to

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:44.359
 lead a

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:44.599
 church.

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:47.240
 And that's

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.660
 our vision,

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.779
 that every

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.220
 church in

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.720
 Paraguay could

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.279
 have at least

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:51.059
 one person

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:52.120
 equipped for

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.900
 that task

00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.539
 to do.

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.680
 So we

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.319
 offer a

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:55.960
 program of

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.819
 15 modular

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:58.099
 courses that

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.940
 each one of

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.379
 those has

00:32:59.379 --> 00:33:01.399
 16 hours and

00:33:01.399 --> 00:33:02.000
 is being

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:03.240
 taught during

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.839
 two months.

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:05.279
 Normally we

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.279
 gather pastors

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.240
 of one place

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.680
 on one

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.619
 weekend and

00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:10.159
 give them

00:33:10.159 --> 00:33:10.819
 eight hours

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.480
 of classes.

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:13.220
 Next one,

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:14.119
 same weekend,

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:15.480
 so if it's

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.779
 the third

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.319
 weekend, it

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.980
 will always be

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.319
 the third

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.879
 weekend so

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.180
 that they

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.960
 get into

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.319
 a rhythm.

00:33:20.139 --> 00:33:20.460
 They get

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:20.839
 the next

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.500
 eight hours

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.000
 and then they

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.059
 complete one

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.440
 course.

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.539
 How did

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:24.819
 we come

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.119
 up with

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:25.299
 these

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.639
 courses?

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.059
 Well, I

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.740
 ran a

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.359
 survey among

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:28.019
 pastors and

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.519
 they gave

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:30.240
 me actually

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:31.099
 over 70

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:32.259
 teams, but

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.839
 we got them

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.299
 down to

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.879
 15.

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.480
 And so we

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.919
 are teaching

00:33:35.919 --> 00:33:37.079
 things that

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.679
 are not in

00:33:37.679 --> 00:33:38.480
 any seminary,

00:33:39.159 --> 00:33:39.599
 for instance,

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.139
 the pastor

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.720
 and the law.

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:42.339
 Many pastors

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.779
 don't know

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.419
 anything about

00:33:43.419 --> 00:33:44.099
 the laws in

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.980
 our country,

00:33:45.179 --> 00:33:46.200
 so they can

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.799
 get in trouble

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.319
 because they

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.879
 know many

00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:48.519
 secrets of

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.019
 their members.

00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.579
 And if

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.200
 they don't

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:52.519
 report certain

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:52.980
 things,

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.379
 to the

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:53.799
 authorities,

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:55.379
 then they

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:56.079
 can end up

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:57.119
 in jail as

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.339
 well.

00:33:58.399 --> 00:33:59.220
 For instance,

00:33:59.639 --> 00:34:01.619
 so I

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:01.960
 show you

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.539
 some pictures

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.119
 that on the

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:03.740
 left is our

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.419
 biggest prison

00:34:04.419 --> 00:34:05.059
 in Paraguay,

00:34:05.179 --> 00:34:05.839
 has 4,000

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.279
 inmates.

00:34:06.899 --> 00:34:07.339
 We have a

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:07.919
 church there,

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.360
 we have

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.139
 classes there,

00:34:09.799 --> 00:34:10.460
 sometimes we

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.779
 have them

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.480
 under a tree,

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.559
 some because

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.239
 it's too hot

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:13.820
 in the church.

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.199
 There are

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.659
 some places

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.420
 where we can

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.139
 only go with

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.699
 the airplane

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.340
 because there

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:19.219
 are no roads.

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:19.940
 Of course,

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.460
 we don't have

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.179
 an airplane and

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.779
 we can't pay

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.340
 an airplane,

00:34:22.580 --> 00:34:23.060
 so we have

00:34:23.060 --> 00:34:23.960
 to ask

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:25.160
 businesses or

00:34:25.160 --> 00:34:26.160
 big cattle

00:34:26.160 --> 00:34:26.760
 ranchers if

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.320
 they can

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:30.880
 give us for

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.900
 free a ride.

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:34.000
 And it's

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.440
 not always

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:35.180
 easy because

00:34:35.180 --> 00:34:35.980
 in that part

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.640
 of the country

00:34:36.640 --> 00:34:37.100
 where we have

00:34:37.100 --> 00:34:37.460
 to go,

00:34:37.600 --> 00:34:38.260
 there are

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:38.640
 lots of

00:34:38.640 --> 00:34:39.280
 other airplanes

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:40.000
 that transport

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.340
 all our

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:40.640
 stuff,

00:34:41.220 --> 00:34:42.220
 especially at

00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:42.480
 night.

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:44.200
 So no one

00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:44.700
 wants to be

00:34:44.700 --> 00:34:45.120
 in the wrong

00:34:45.120 --> 00:34:45.480
 list.

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.719
 they don't

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.139
 want to be

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.579
 in the list

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:47.920
 of the

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.340
 government

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.199
 or the

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:49.760
 Paraguayan

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.519
 DEA,

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.179
 they don't

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.619
 want to be

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:52.420
 in the list

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.699
 of some

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:53.980
 of the

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.380
 competing

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:55.039
 drug bosses

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.360
 there.

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:56.500
 So you

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:56.860
 have to

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.639
 figure out

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.360
 stuff like

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:58.699
 that.

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.659
 Sometimes you

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.099
 have nicer

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.760
 classrooms,

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.699
 as I said,

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.280
 sometimes you

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:03.659
 do it

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.280
 outside.

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.519
 After

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.059
 three years,

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:07.539
 those that

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.300
 participate

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:10.840
 and stick

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.320
 to it

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:11.940
 for three

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.340
 years,

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:13.539
 at least

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.100
 12 of

00:35:14.100 --> 00:35:14.680
 those 15

00:35:14.680 --> 00:35:15.039
 courses,

00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:15.600
 they get

00:35:15.600 --> 00:35:16.460
 a graduation.

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:18.300
 And to

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:18.800
 pretend to

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.240
 be humble,

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:20.539
 I only

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:20.980
 put a

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.660
 picture of

00:35:21.660 --> 00:35:22.660
 the smallest

00:35:22.660 --> 00:35:23.240
 graduation

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:23.640
 that we

00:35:23.640 --> 00:35:23.860
 had,

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:24.660
 with three

00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:25.160
 persons.

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:28.019
 But of

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.220
 course,

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.559
 it's much

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.019
 nicer if

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.400
 you have a

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.800
 graduation

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.620
 with 26

00:35:31.620 --> 00:35:32.240
 people,

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:32.800
 and so that

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.280
 means that

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:33.920
 they all,

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:34.380
 because

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:34.960
 perseverance

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.559
 is not

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:36.340
 a virtue

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.980
 in Paraguay.

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.220
 It's very

00:35:38.220 --> 00:35:38.680
 hard to

00:35:38.680 --> 00:35:40.700
 continue for

00:35:40.700 --> 00:35:41.059
 more than

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.559
 one year

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.320
 in any

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.760
 program.

00:35:44.120 --> 00:35:44.640
 Where are

00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:45.019
 we now?

00:35:45.160 --> 00:35:45.500
 At the

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.019
 Akila and

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.240
 Priscilla

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:46.760
 Institute.

00:35:47.080 --> 00:35:47.539
 Until last

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:47.780
 year,

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.100
 we had

00:35:48.100 --> 00:35:48.539
 established

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.960
 33

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.360
 training

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.980
 centers.

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.019
 That means

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.539
 where pastors

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.220
 gather once

00:35:52.220 --> 00:35:52.700
 a month.

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:53.820
 In less

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.240
 than seven

00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:54.539
 years,

00:35:54.600 --> 00:35:55.019
 it will be

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.620
 seven years

00:35:55.620 --> 00:35:55.960
 now,

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.580
 in May,

00:35:57.140 --> 00:35:57.740
 we have

00:35:57.740 --> 00:35:59.480
 trained

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:02.200
 almost 1,200

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:03.600
 church

00:36:03.600 --> 00:36:04.220
 workers,

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:04.720
 I call

00:36:04.720 --> 00:36:04.860
 them,

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.360
 because not

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.640
 all of

00:36:05.640 --> 00:36:05.940
 them are

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.360
 pastors,

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.260
 church

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.700
 leaders.

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.240
 The only

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:10.080
 requirement

00:36:10.080 --> 00:36:11.240
 that we

00:36:11.240 --> 00:36:11.539
 have is

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:11.900
 that they

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.280
 work

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:12.560
 at the

00:36:12.560 --> 00:36:12.800
 church,

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.160
 that they

00:36:13.160 --> 00:36:14.060
 have a

00:36:14.060 --> 00:36:14.360
 ministry

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:14.900
 in church.

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:15.780
 We don't

00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:16.120
 want to

00:36:16.120 --> 00:36:16.480
 have any

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:16.840
 tourists

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.160
 there.

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:18.180
 Only people

00:36:18.180 --> 00:36:18.860
 that really

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.640
 are working

00:36:19.640 --> 00:36:20.180
 at church,

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:22.060
 including their

00:36:22.060 --> 00:36:22.480
 spouses,

00:36:22.640 --> 00:36:22.900
 have been

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.620
 trained at

00:36:23.620 --> 00:36:24.240
 the Akila

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:24.720
 and Priscilla

00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:26.019
 Institute.

00:36:27.620 --> 00:36:30.140
 And we

00:36:30.140 --> 00:36:30.640
 all know

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:31.220
 this verse

00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:32.120
 in 2 Timothy,

00:36:32.540 --> 00:36:34.080
 two things

00:36:34.080 --> 00:36:34.340
 you have

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.740
 heard me

00:36:34.740 --> 00:36:35.040
 say in

00:36:35.040 --> 00:36:35.380
 the presence

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:35.760
 of many

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.160
 witnesses

00:36:36.160 --> 00:36:36.620
 and trust

00:36:36.620 --> 00:36:37.040
 reliable

00:36:37.040 --> 00:36:37.480
 people.

00:36:38.080 --> 00:36:38.560
 That's what

00:36:38.560 --> 00:36:39.160
 we try to

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:39.500
 do with

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.099
 where do

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.400
 we get

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.579
 our

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:40.860
 teachers

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.179
 from.

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.460
 We have

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:41.840
 47

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.460
 teachers

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:42.920
 at this

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.519
 point

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.320
 and most

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.780
 of them

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:45.760
 were my

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.360
 students

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:46.699
 at the

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:47.139
 seminary.

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.400
 So once

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:48.679
 they get

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:49.119
 graduated,

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:49.719
 I invite

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:50.059
 them to

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.360
 become

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:50.760
 teachers

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:51.380
 themselves,

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.840
 two pastors

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.460
 and other

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:53.900
 people who

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:54.559
 never had

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.019
 the chance

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.440
 that they

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.260
 had to

00:36:56.260 --> 00:36:56.719
 go to

00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:57.019
 an

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:58.079
 accredited

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.539
 Bible

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:58.880
 school.

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.619
 So we

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.119
 will skip

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.559
 this.

00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:04.519
 Just to

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.059
 show you

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:06.619
 there's

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:06.739
 an

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:07.139
 economical

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.659
 reason

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:08.440
 for doing

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.900
 this as

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.139
 well.

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.219
 This is

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:10.579
 what I

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.059
 try to

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.579
 show our

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:11.820
 church

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.199
 leaders.

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.380
 The

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:14.659
 yearly

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:15.779
 cost of

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:16.119
 college

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.679
 education

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:16.900
 in

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.400
 Paraguay

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.400
 is

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:19.219
 $5,000.

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.279
 So if

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:21.960
 you consider

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.340
 that for

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.779
 your kids,

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.139
 you know,

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:23.400
 if you

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:23.739
 want to

00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:24.239
 save big,

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:24.639
 you can

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.000
 send your

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.420
 kids to

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:25.900
 Paraguay.

00:37:26.259 --> 00:37:26.500
 This

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:26.860
 includes

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.480
 room and

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:27.920
 board and

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.320
 everything.

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.119
 $5,000.

00:37:31.279 --> 00:37:31.759
 But

00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:33.179
 training a

00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:33.719
 pastor who

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:34.079
 is already

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.340
 in the

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:34.599
 field,

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.460
 it takes

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.159
 only $400

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:37.500
 for a

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.940
 whole year.

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.839
 So the

00:37:39.839 --> 00:37:40.880
 total cost

00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:42.099
 of producing

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.860
 an

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:44.460
 official

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:45.599
 pastor is

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.380
 $20,000

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:48.039
 compared to

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:49.159
 $1,200

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:50.940
 for one

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.380
 that is

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.940
 already there

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.279
 at the

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:52.739
 church and

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.059
 we know

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.319
 that will

00:37:53.319 --> 00:37:53.599
 be a

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:54.299
 pastor because

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:55.319
 unfortunately

00:37:55.319 --> 00:37:55.900
 we also

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.339
 know that

00:37:56.339 --> 00:37:56.779
 from all

00:37:56.779 --> 00:37:57.299
 the graduates

00:37:57.299 --> 00:37:58.440
 of our

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:58.920
 school of

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.259
 theology,

00:37:59.619 --> 00:37:59.960
 which at

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.360
 this point

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:00.839
 is part

00:38:00.839 --> 00:38:01.199
 of the

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:01.539
 evangelical

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.299
 university,

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.159
 so it

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.860
 has at

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.119
 least

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:05.359
 college

00:38:05.359 --> 00:38:05.759
 level

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.380
 degree,

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:08.019
 only four

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.739
 from our

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:09.579
 graduates go

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:10.359
 into full

00:38:10.359 --> 00:38:10.980
 time ministry,

00:38:11.259 --> 00:38:12.960
 so in

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.279
 the other

00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:13.699
 case,

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.400
 in Akila and

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:14.679
 Priscilla,

00:38:14.839 --> 00:38:15.099
 we know

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.779
 everyone is

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.460
 already working

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.000
 there,

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:18.019
 so down

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.480
 there it's

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:19.579
 just 100%,

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:20.619
 6% is the

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:22.059
 cost of the

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.460
 Akila and

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:23.139
 Priscilla Institute

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:24.000
 from the

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.579
 other ones.

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:29.059
 thank you.

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.239
 We have

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:31.920
 seven minutes

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:33.179
 for questions

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:34.619
 and sorry

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:35.199
 Greg asked

00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:35.739
 me to leave

00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:36.380
 ten minutes

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:38.940
 but we

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.360
 have seven

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:40.199
 minutes for

00:38:40.199 --> 00:38:41.059
 that you can

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:42.279
 share something

00:38:42.279 --> 00:38:43.299
 how God

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:43.900
 spoke to

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:45.559
 you or

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.059
 that if you

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.559
 have any

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.599
 questions about

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.679
 our ministry,

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:49.380
 what we are

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:49.900
 doing, I'm

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:50.460
 still teaching

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:50.779
 at the

00:38:50.779 --> 00:38:51.779
 seminary, I

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:52.420
 never left

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:52.940
 it, I

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:54.159
 think that

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:54.720
 God allowed

00:38:54.720 --> 00:38:55.240
 me to get

00:38:55.240 --> 00:38:55.880
 an education

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:56.639
 so that I

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.260
 can prepare

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:57.880
 other people

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:59.220
 and so my

00:38:59.220 --> 00:39:00.079
 life is like

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.639
 this, during

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:01.280
 the week I'm

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:02.139
 doing high

00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:03.180
 theology, at

00:39:03.180 --> 00:39:03.480
 least in

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:03.840
 Paraguayan

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:05.000
 context and

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.320
 for the

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:05.920
 weekend we

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.420
 shift two

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:07.119
 gears down

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:08.000
 because in

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.480
 Paraguay we

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:09.340
 drive shift,

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.579
 stick shift,

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:10.980
 you know,

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:13.079
 we shift

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:14.320
 down, so

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:14.880
 then we go

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.760
 grassroots level

00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:16.780
 with the

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:17.539
 people and

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.159
 it's very,

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:20.039
 I thank God

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.860
 for giving me

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:22.039
 that opportunity,

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:22.980
 it's just

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:25.599
 great, especially

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:26.360
 if you, after

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:27.179
 eight hours of

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:27.699
 teaching you

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.219
 want to go

00:39:28.219 --> 00:39:29.259
 home and

00:39:29.259 --> 00:39:29.679
 the pastor

00:39:29.679 --> 00:39:30.500
 says wait,

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:30.820
 wait, wait,

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:31.320
 I still have

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:31.800
 a question,

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:33.400
 you know, and

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:33.960
 at the

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.779
 seminary once

00:39:34.779 --> 00:39:35.340
 it comes at

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:35.920
 12 in the

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.639
 morning when

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:37.360
 it's lunch

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:37.860
 time, you

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.279
 know, everybody

00:39:38.279 --> 00:39:38.759
 is packing

00:39:38.759 --> 00:39:39.699
 up and you

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:40.380
 try to teach

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:41.779
 something but

00:39:41.779 --> 00:39:42.460
 no one is

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.099
 listening because

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:43.639
 they are hungry,

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.039
 you know,

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:45.559
 hungry for

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:46.119
 other stuff,

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:46.739
 so.

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:50.239
 Any comments?

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:50.840
 How does God

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:51.599
 speak to you

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:52.039
 when you

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:52.360
 pray?

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:53.139
 So are you

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:54.219
 employed by

00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:55.219
 the seminary

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:55.980
 to do this

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.440
 project?

00:39:57.239 --> 00:39:58.420
 No, the

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:59.779
 seminary employs

00:39:59.779 --> 00:40:00.599
 me to teach

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:00.920
 at the

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.779
 seminary, I

00:40:01.779 --> 00:40:02.279
 am employed

00:40:02.279 --> 00:40:02.900
 by this

00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:04.000
 independent

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:05.559
 ministry, which

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:06.360
 in Spanish is

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:06.960
 called Jesus

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:08.000
 Responde al

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.599
 Mundo de Hoy,

00:40:08.779 --> 00:40:09.679
 Jesus Answers

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.119
 the World

00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:10.500
 Today.

00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:12.039
 It is an

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.480
 independent

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.339
 ministry that

00:40:13.339 --> 00:40:14.380
 owns the

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:14.940
 Aquila and

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.199
 Priscilla

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:15.839
 Institute.

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:16.619
 And is

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:17.380
 that run

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:18.119
 by a board

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:18.860
 of pastors

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:19.420
 or just

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:19.920
 by you?

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.720
 No, it's

00:40:20.720 --> 00:40:21.579
 a board

00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:22.099
 of pastors

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:23.420
 is for

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:24.820
 the foundation,

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.260
 for the

00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:25.639
 ministry.

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:25.960
 Yeah.

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:28.579
 The school

00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:29.760
 is pretty

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:32.280
 much, I'm

00:40:32.280 --> 00:40:32.820
 the director

00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:34.039
 and so no

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:35.639
 one, problem

00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:36.659
 is I'm on the

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:37.380
 whole organization,

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.740
 I'm the only

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:39.240
 guy with a

00:40:39.240 --> 00:40:40.059
 PhD, so no

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:41.659
 one wants to

00:40:41.659 --> 00:40:42.420
 tell me how

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:43.000
 to do it.

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:44.360
 They're all

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:45.480
 too respectful.

00:40:47.640 --> 00:40:48.420
 I will need

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:49.079
 some people

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:50.019
 who would

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.820
 say, Martin,

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:51.260
 we need to

00:40:51.260 --> 00:40:51.960
 do it that

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.559
 way or so.

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:54.660
 And how

00:40:54.660 --> 00:40:54.880
 many are

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.440
 So until

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.120
 now I depend

00:40:56.120 --> 00:40:56.680
 on the

00:40:56.680 --> 00:40:57.160
 Holy Spirit

00:40:57.160 --> 00:40:57.519
 and my

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:57.900
 wife.

00:40:58.579 --> 00:40:59.120
 How many

00:40:59.120 --> 00:40:59.519
 are on

00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:00.000
 your board?

00:41:01.240 --> 00:41:02.579
 Six people.

00:41:03.220 --> 00:41:03.579
 And do

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:04.019
 they come

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:04.720
 from different

00:41:04.720 --> 00:41:05.720
 denominations?

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:06.800
 Yeah.

00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:07.099
 Yeah.

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:08.740
 That is the

00:41:08.740 --> 00:41:09.340
 thing, the

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:10.019
 ministry is

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:11.099
 interdenominational

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:11.860
 while the

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.500
 Bible school

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.460
 belongs only to

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:14.260
 one denomination.

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:17.039
 So that's, I

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.699
 think that's why

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:18.159
 we have so

00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:18.679
 many open

00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:19.019
 doors.

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:20.980
 Among our

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:22.079
 students, they

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:23.260
 are from all

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:24.300
 over, they're

00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:25.699
 Pentecostals to

00:41:25.699 --> 00:41:26.639
 Catholics.

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:29.159
 So how do

00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:29.980
 you deal with

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:31.059
 interminational

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:32.139
 theological

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:32.880
 differences?

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:34.000
 We don't.

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.780
 Now we

00:41:37.780 --> 00:41:39.440
 are, mostly

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:39.960
 it's just

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.940
 practical stuff,

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.699
 how to preach,

00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:42.720
 how to interpret

00:41:42.720 --> 00:41:43.300
 the Bible,

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:44.340
 I mean, of

00:41:44.340 --> 00:41:45.139
 course, you

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:45.940
 know, how

00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:46.760
 you interpret

00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:47.260
 the Bible

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:48.699
 feeds into

00:41:48.699 --> 00:41:49.420
 what you

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:50.159
 believe later

00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:50.699
 on, yeah?

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:52.480
 But how to

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:53.300
 handle finances

00:41:53.300 --> 00:41:54.840
 at the church,

00:41:55.220 --> 00:41:55.599
 your own

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:56.940
 finances, how

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:57.360
 to have your

00:41:57.360 --> 00:41:58.659
 family, a

00:41:58.659 --> 00:41:59.460
 Christian family,

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:00.420
 pastoral

00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:01.840
 family, pastoral

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:03.720
 counseling, and

00:42:03.720 --> 00:42:04.559
 many of these

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:05.220
 things.

00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:06.340
 Yeah.

00:42:06.340 --> 00:42:06.440
 Yeah.

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.420
 Yeah.

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:10.680
 I stepped

00:42:10.680 --> 00:42:11.280
 out for a

00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:11.760
 moment, and I

00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:12.000
 think I

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:12.599
 missed at least

00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:13.079
 one of the

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.619
 ways God

00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:14.440
 answers prayer,

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:15.720
 but one of

00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:17.340
 yours, while

00:42:17.340 --> 00:42:18.800
 praying, a

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:20.240
 strong impression.

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:23.139
 Can you

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:23.599
 repeat that?

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:24.180
 One?

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:26.480
 One way I

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:27.559
 believe God

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:28.340
 speaks to me.

00:42:28.420 --> 00:42:28.619
 Yeah.

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:30.279
 is that while

00:42:30.279 --> 00:42:31.219
 I'm praying,

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:33.000
 not hearing a

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:33.599
 voice, not

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.719
 seeing a vision,

00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:35.920
 but having a

00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:37.179
 strong impression

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:38.460
 that's almost

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:39.799
 like somebody

00:42:39.799 --> 00:42:40.500
 speaking to

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:42.420
 you.

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:45.200
 I used to

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:46.460
 pray a lot,

00:42:46.800 --> 00:42:48.180
 Lord, show

00:42:48.180 --> 00:42:48.639
 me what to

00:42:48.639 --> 00:42:49.680
 do, and

00:42:49.680 --> 00:42:50.039
 then hurry

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:50.539
 off and do

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:51.139
 something else,

00:42:51.380 --> 00:42:52.180
 and not think

00:42:52.180 --> 00:42:53.159
 about it again.

00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:53.680
 Yeah.

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:55.980
 Of late, I

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:56.880
 feel like

00:42:56.880 --> 00:43:00.159
 God, if I

00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:01.420
 listen for a

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:03.599
 while, that

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:05.420
 sometimes it

00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:06.460
 gives me a

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:07.519
 strong impression

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:08.800
 which, for

00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:09.760
 me, seems

00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:10.900
 like a clear

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:11.500
 message.

00:43:11.599 --> 00:43:11.760
 Yeah.

00:43:12.420 --> 00:43:13.300
 from the

00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:14.960
 Lord, including

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:17.260
 a while ago,

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:18.220
 Matt, do you

00:43:18.220 --> 00:43:18.940
 really love the

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.519
 person you're

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:20.200
 praying about

00:43:20.200 --> 00:43:21.240
 right now?

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:23.220
 Or do you

00:43:23.220 --> 00:43:23.720
 just want to

00:43:23.720 --> 00:43:24.400
 go away and

00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:24.980
 go to hell?

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:27.619
 And so

00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:28.099
 God changed

00:43:28.099 --> 00:43:28.760
 my heart, and

00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:29.460
 he just called

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:30.039
 me through

00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:30.400
 the Sunday

00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:30.960
 school class.

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:31.280
 He's coming

00:43:31.280 --> 00:43:31.740
 to the church

00:43:31.740 --> 00:43:32.099
 this morning.

00:43:33.320 --> 00:43:33.980
 Thank you,

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:34.220
 Lord.

00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:34.980
 Amen.

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:35.680
 Yeah,

00:43:35.880 --> 00:43:37.039
 I would

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:37.920
 describe it as

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:39.099
 a thought that

00:43:39.099 --> 00:43:39.700
 I know doesn't

00:43:39.700 --> 00:43:40.180
 hold me.

00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:40.820
 Okay.

00:43:41.220 --> 00:43:41.400
 Yeah.

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:42.740
 So, it

00:43:42.740 --> 00:43:43.619
 may even be

00:43:43.619 --> 00:43:44.820
 an interruption

00:43:44.820 --> 00:43:47.639
 or an

00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:48.240
 antithetical

00:43:48.240 --> 00:43:48.660
 thought.

00:43:48.820 --> 00:43:49.300
 So, a

00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:50.500
 friend who

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:50.980
 was praying

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.380
 that God

00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:51.940
 would change

00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:52.360
 her husband,

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:53.940
 and God

00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:55.720
 said, he's

00:43:55.720 --> 00:43:55.980
 not the

00:43:55.980 --> 00:43:56.280
 problem.

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:58.139
 You know,

00:43:58.240 --> 00:43:58.940
 so this was

00:43:58.940 --> 00:43:59.880
 an interruption

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:01.139
 in her thoughts

00:44:01.139 --> 00:44:01.460
 because she

00:44:01.460 --> 00:44:02.059
 was grinding

00:44:02.059 --> 00:44:02.480
 her eyes

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:04.420
 was false.

00:44:04.420 --> 00:44:06.099
 and God

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:06.880
 said, he's

00:44:06.880 --> 00:44:07.159
 not the

00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:07.440
 problem.

00:44:08.240 --> 00:44:09.139
 So, I

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:09.860
 think sometimes

00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:10.300
 when God

00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:10.900
 speaks to

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:11.559
 us, it's

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:12.099
 in that

00:44:12.099 --> 00:44:12.780
 different

00:44:12.780 --> 00:44:13.200
 thought, a

00:44:13.200 --> 00:44:13.599
 thought that

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:15.139
 obviously isn't

00:44:15.139 --> 00:44:15.680
 coming from

00:44:15.680 --> 00:44:16.880
 us, and

00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:17.619
 it's consistent

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:18.500
 with Scripture,

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:19.380
 so you know

00:44:19.380 --> 00:44:19.760
 it's God.

00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:20.639
 Yeah, yeah.

00:44:21.200 --> 00:44:21.639
 And it's

00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:22.760
 short and to

00:44:22.760 --> 00:44:23.159
 the point,

00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:23.740
 isn't it?

00:44:23.840 --> 00:44:24.159
 Yeah, yeah.

00:44:24.840 --> 00:44:25.039
 Yeah.

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:26.680
 You know,

00:44:26.760 --> 00:44:27.700
 James said that

00:44:27.700 --> 00:44:28.159
 the wisdom

00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:29.099
 from above is

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:30.800
 peaceful, and

00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:31.760
 it's gentle, and

00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:32.539
 it's easy to be

00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:33.460
 entreated or

00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:35.000
 applied, and

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:35.599
 it's sown in

00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:36.400
 peace by those

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:36.820
 who make

00:44:36.820 --> 00:44:37.300
 peace.

00:44:38.139 --> 00:44:39.099
 And so, when

00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:39.960
 God speaks to

00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:40.779
 us normally, it

00:44:40.779 --> 00:44:43.099
 makes sense, and

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:44.800
 it has a

00:44:44.800 --> 00:44:45.800
 peacefulness about

00:44:45.800 --> 00:44:46.980
 it, you know.

00:44:47.739 --> 00:44:48.420
 And yeah, if

00:44:48.420 --> 00:44:49.000
 the Lord asks

00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:49.360
 you, do you

00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:49.960
 really love this

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.460
 person you're

00:44:50.460 --> 00:44:51.019
 praying for?

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:52.159
 That's definitely

00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:52.619
 God.

00:44:53.259 --> 00:44:53.659
 Right.

00:44:55.019 --> 00:44:55.360
 Right.

00:44:59.539 --> 00:45:00.019
 Okay.

00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:01.500
 Someone else?

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:03.719
 Doesn't the

00:45:03.719 --> 00:45:04.380
 fact that you're

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:04.920
 praying for

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:06.480
 somebody necessarily

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:07.179
 mean you have

00:45:07.179 --> 00:45:07.760
 some love for

00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:07.900
 them?

00:45:10.300 --> 00:45:11.079
 Not always

00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:11.840
 very much.

00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:12.800
 Yeah.

00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:13.639
 Yeah.

00:45:13.840 --> 00:45:15.059
 Sometimes praying

00:45:15.059 --> 00:45:16.179
 almost out of

00:45:16.179 --> 00:45:17.699
 guilt, okay, now

00:45:17.699 --> 00:45:18.900
 I've done it, I

00:45:18.900 --> 00:45:19.460
 don't have to do

00:45:19.460 --> 00:45:19.860
 anymore.

00:45:20.860 --> 00:45:21.739
 You may have to

00:45:21.739 --> 00:45:23.119
 be really sinful

00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:24.019
 to be like that,

00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:24.860
 but you're

00:45:24.860 --> 00:45:25.019
 right.

00:45:25.380 --> 00:45:26.400
 Or worse, we

00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:27.119
 have neighbors who

00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:28.119
 always have very

00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:29.280
 loud music, especially

00:45:29.280 --> 00:45:29.980
 on the weekends.

00:45:29.980 --> 00:45:31.460
 I have prayed a

00:45:31.460 --> 00:45:32.199
 lot for them, but

00:45:32.199 --> 00:45:33.079
 not out of love.

00:45:36.260 --> 00:45:36.579
 Yeah.

00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:39.940
 Well, we have to

00:45:39.940 --> 00:45:41.240
 get up to the

00:45:41.240 --> 00:45:41.840
 main...

00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:42.519
 Yeah.

00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:42.579
 Yeah.

00:45:43.199 --> 00:45:43.840
 Because I think

00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:44.820
 this might really

00:45:44.820 --> 00:45:45.400
 be helpful.

00:45:46.099 --> 00:45:47.000
 One day I was

00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:47.940
 praying to, and

00:45:47.940 --> 00:45:48.800
 the Lord said to

00:45:48.800 --> 00:45:49.539
 me, the person

00:45:49.539 --> 00:45:50.420
 that you see when

00:45:50.420 --> 00:45:51.380
 you're praying is

00:45:51.380 --> 00:45:51.699
 you.

00:45:53.219 --> 00:45:53.960
 And I said,

00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:54.280
 what do you

00:45:54.280 --> 00:45:54.500
 mean?

00:45:54.559 --> 00:45:55.219
 He says, well,

00:45:55.300 --> 00:45:56.000
 when you're happy,

00:45:56.099 --> 00:45:56.900
 you see me as

00:45:56.900 --> 00:45:58.240
 being happy with

00:45:58.240 --> 00:45:58.480
 you.

00:45:58.940 --> 00:45:59.559
 And when you're

00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:00.460
 upset, you see

00:46:00.460 --> 00:46:01.039
 me as being

00:46:01.039 --> 00:46:01.960
 upset with you.

00:46:02.760 --> 00:46:03.260
 You're really

00:46:03.260 --> 00:46:03.840
 just seeing

00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:04.400
 yourself.

00:46:05.840 --> 00:46:06.660
 And I went,

00:46:07.180 --> 00:46:09.860
 wow, that's

00:46:09.860 --> 00:46:10.180
 true.

00:46:11.300 --> 00:46:12.240
 Because Scripture

00:46:12.240 --> 00:46:13.420
 is what describes

00:46:13.420 --> 00:46:14.300
 how God feels

00:46:14.300 --> 00:46:15.000
 about us.

00:46:16.579 --> 00:46:17.660
 And it's not

00:46:17.660 --> 00:46:18.840
 that harsh person

00:46:18.840 --> 00:46:19.440
 that we tend

00:46:19.440 --> 00:46:19.720
 to be.

00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:20.559
 That's my phone.

00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:21.119
 Oh.

00:46:22.320 --> 00:46:23.039
 Like mine.

00:46:23.820 --> 00:46:24.220
 Take it,

00:46:24.220 --> 00:46:24.820
 my phone went.

00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:26.019
 Anyway, yeah,

00:46:26.160 --> 00:46:27.660
 hopefully that's

00:46:27.660 --> 00:46:28.000
 helpful.

00:46:29.640 --> 00:46:30.280
 Well, thank you,

00:46:30.340 --> 00:46:30.480
 Martin.

00:46:32.220 --> 00:46:32.800
 Martin and his

00:46:32.800 --> 00:46:33.660
 family are staying

00:46:33.660 --> 00:46:34.220
 at the Overseas

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 Ministry Study

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 Center this year,

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 so they'll be

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 here until June,

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 is that right?

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 And it may be

00:46:38.780 --> 00:46:39.140
 beginning of June.

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 So I encourage

00:46:40.260 --> 00:46:40.640
 you to get to

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 know them,

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 spend time with

00:46:42.220 --> 00:46:42.559
 them over the

00:46:42.559 --> 00:46:43.019
 next few months

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 if you have an

00:46:43.400 --> 00:46:44.039
 opportunity to do

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 that.

00:46:44.720 --> 00:46:45.320
 Let's close in

00:46:45.320 --> 00:46:45.480
 prayer.

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 Father, thank you

00:46:47.660 --> 00:46:49.420
 for the ways that

00:46:49.420 --> 00:46:50.420
 you hear and answer

00:46:50.420 --> 00:46:51.280
 our prayers, Lord.

00:46:51.340 --> 00:46:51.880
 Thank you for the

00:46:51.880 --> 00:46:52.620
 ways that you guide

00:46:52.620 --> 00:46:53.500
 us and lead us in

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:54.000
 the ways that we

00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:54.480
 should go.

00:46:54.820 --> 00:46:55.860
 Lord, we pray

00:46:55.860 --> 00:46:56.800
 this morning that

00:46:56.800 --> 00:46:57.360
 we would fix our

00:46:57.360 --> 00:46:57.980
 eyes on Jesus,

00:46:58.120 --> 00:46:58.680
 the author and

00:46:58.680 --> 00:46:59.280
 finisher of our

00:46:59.280 --> 00:47:00.660
 faith, and that

00:47:00.660 --> 00:47:01.480
 we'd be encouraged

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 to run the race

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 that you have set

00:47:03.300 --> 00:47:04.220
 before us with

00:47:04.220 --> 00:47:05.160
 perseverance and

00:47:05.160 --> 00:47:05.620
 endurance.

00:47:06.420 --> 00:47:08.059
 We pray for the

00:47:08.059 --> 00:47:09.240
 Aquila and Priscilla

00:47:09.240 --> 00:47:09.640
 Institute.

00:47:10.620 --> 00:47:11.500
 We pray, Lord,

00:47:11.580 --> 00:47:12.059
 that you would

00:47:12.059 --> 00:47:13.180
 continue to

00:47:13.180 --> 00:47:14.440
 strengthen the

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:15.320
 pastors and church

00:47:15.320 --> 00:47:16.280
 leaders and their

00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:17.880
 spouses and families

00:47:17.880 --> 00:47:18.539
 in Paraguay.

00:47:19.140 --> 00:47:19.920
 Lord, that your

00:47:19.920 --> 00:47:21.059
 church would be

00:47:21.059 --> 00:47:23.840
 founded upon the

00:47:23.840 --> 00:47:24.880
 solid rock of

00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:25.940
 faith in Jesus

00:47:25.940 --> 00:47:26.680
 Christ and the

00:47:26.680 --> 00:47:27.940
 word of God, and

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 that it would be

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 empowered by your

00:47:29.280 --> 00:47:30.539
 Holy Spirit and

00:47:30.539 --> 00:47:31.160
 directed in the

00:47:31.160 --> 00:47:31.880
 ways of righteousness

00:47:31.880 --> 00:47:32.780
 and truth and

00:47:32.780 --> 00:47:33.120
 peace.

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 Lord, we pray that

00:47:34.539 --> 00:47:35.120
 you would strengthen

00:47:35.120 --> 00:47:36.880
 and guide Martin and

00:47:36.880 --> 00:47:40.240
 Betty, and we pray

00:47:40.240 --> 00:47:41.180
 for their time here

00:47:41.180 --> 00:47:43.800
 in Connecticut, in the

00:47:43.800 --> 00:47:44.660
 United States, that it

00:47:44.660 --> 00:47:45.940
 would be refreshing to

00:47:45.940 --> 00:47:47.180
 them, and that you

00:47:47.180 --> 00:47:47.960
 would give them wisdom

00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:50.140
 for the next steps that

00:47:50.140 --> 00:47:50.820
 are ahead of them when

00:47:50.820 --> 00:47:51.240
 they return.

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 We pray these things in

00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:53.220
 Jesus' name, amen.

00:47:53.220 --> 00:47:53.320
 Amen.