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 Can y'all hear me?

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 I'll never forget one time I was preaching up in Rocky Mount

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 and the auditorium held 1,700 people

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 and as I got up behind the pulpit, Jeff, my mic went out.

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 You can laugh, yeah, it was funny.

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 For y'all, it was funny.

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 But by the time I finished that sermon, I could not talk.

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 That's how loud I had to speak.

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 Just want to make sure you can hear me.

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 If you can hear me, wave your hands.

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 Okay, praise the Lord.

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 It was our joy to serve the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and it was the humor of God, I believe God has a sense of humor,

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 that he would call an American pastor after 27 years of ministry

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 to go to Asia and to work with, I think,

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 the finest missionaries in the whole world.

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 Jonathan and Kelly, where are y'all?

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 Y'all are here somewhere, aren't you?

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 Serving with them.

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 They were our FPO cluster leaders in Richmond, Virginia.

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 Little did I know that we would fall in love with these families

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 that we served with and they become your family overseas.

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 The Lord allowed us the privilege.

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 Let me just say this.

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 We did not know what we were doing.

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 We were being trained by the greatest missionaries, I think, in the world.

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 I was an American pastor.

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 I had American context and it was so different over in India.

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 And the Lord put us on.

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 Our church adopted an unreached, unengaged people group

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 called the Mahar Koli, the Koli people.

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 And all we knew was that they lived along the coast of Mumbai.

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 They were fishermen, we thought, at that time.

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 And we went.

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 Barbara and I went.

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 Barbara was just coming off of having her kidney removed from kidney cancer.

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 Four months after her kidney was removed,

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 we were on the ground in India as missionaries.

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 And so life was moving fast for us.

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 And again, I'm not trying to sound humble.

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 I'm telling you the truth.

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 It was just really, you know, I mean, God gives you an assignment.

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 Go reach a people that no one's reaching.

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 And so, you know, just go do it.

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 And we really had to pray and trust God a lot

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 and rely on our leadership

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 and rely on the Holy Spirit and the Word of God to lead us.

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 And the Lord, because of the victories that we saw,

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 we saw our people group removed from the UUPG list,

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 which was the greatest sense of victory that I had in my service to the Lord.

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 They were removed from the Unreached Unengaged People Group.

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 I remember being in Delhi,

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 Jonathan talking to Joey Gordy at the transit house.

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 And I said, Joey, I'm looking for our people group on the list,

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 and they're not there.

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 I mean, is there a mistake?

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 Where's our people?

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 And he said, oh, you haven't heard.

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 They're engaged.

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 I said, oh, tell me who.

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 I want to know who these people are that have engaged them

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 because I want to partner.

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 I mean, I want to learn from them.

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 He said, it's you.

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 And so I said, it's me and Barb.

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 And we had started doing ministry among the Maharkoli,

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 who are rice farmers in the mountains of Tane District

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 in northeastern Maharashtra.

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 And there's so many stories that I could tell you.

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 When I was here last year,

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 I had the joy of being in that Sunday school class,

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 and I got to share some of the stories of how I almost got beat,

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 beat, almost had my legs broken

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 by a village leader who was very upset with us sharing the gospel.

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 I could tell you how the very first converts from that tribal group

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 came to know the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 I could tell you about how the Lord led us to partner

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 with an Indian church planning ministry.

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 I could tell you about how my daughter got sick,

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 and we had to come home, and my head was spinning.

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 And I didn't know what in the world the Lord was doing

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 because there was fruit, and there was success on the field.

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 And now here we are back in the States with our very sick daughter.

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 I just did not know what in the world God was up to.

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 And the Lord led us to resign,

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 which was the hardest thing I've done in a long time,

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 to resign a work that we loved,

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 to leave a team that we loved,

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 the Mumbai IMB team there in Mumbai, India.

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 And now to see my national partner

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 doing such a great job in the field,

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 the guy that we discipled, that we raised up,

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 is now the face of the ministry.

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 And I've talked to the couple that replaced us,

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 and they're working in that same ministry, seeing fruit.

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 Just got a Facebook message

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 that they had done an evangelism,

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 an event among this Unreached People group,

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 and they had people that came to Christ,

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 and now they're planning discipleship and church planning.

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 So I could tell you all those things,

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 but I don't have time.

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 So I've got to share with you

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 what the Lord burdened my heart about,

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 about coming to this missions conference,

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 what message the Lord put on my heart,

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 and it's to the church corporately.

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 First of all, I want to say to you

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 that the Lord is a passionate God.

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 God has a passion for the world.

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 In John 3, verse 16,

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 we see the passion of God in this verse

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 that we all know so well.

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 In fact, I don't even think you need to look

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 in your Bible at John 3, 16,

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 because you probably have it memorized.

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 Many of the children here could probably quote John 3, 16.

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 But in John 3, 16,

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 we begin to see the passion of God

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 for this lost world,

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 where John writes,

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 for God so loved the world

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 that he gave his only gotten son.

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 You see, it doesn't say for God loved the world,

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 but that he so loved the world.

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 And that little word so speaks of the passion of God

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 and the willingness and the extent of God,

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 how far God was willing to go

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 to show his love to this lost and dying world

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 that he gave his only begotten son,

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 that whoever believes in him shall not perish,

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 but have everlasting life.

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 And I want us to connect this morning

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 with the passion of the God that we claim to worship.

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 The heavenly father that we love,

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 that we know in our heart,

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 I want us to connect and to touch his heart

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 for this lost world.

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 Maybe your heart's like mine,

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 and we need to have our hearts stirred this morning.

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 Will you quote John 3, 16 with me out loud

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 if you feel comfortable doing that?

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 For God so loved the world

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 that he gave his only begotten son,

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 that whoever believes in him

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 should not perish,

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 but have everlasting life.

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 You see, God is a passionate God.

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 His heart is for the world.

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 Look what 2 Peter 3, verse 9 says,

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 that the Lord's not slack concerning his promises,

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 some men count slackness,

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 but is long-suffering toward us,

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 not willing that any should perish,

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 but that all should come to repentance.

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 Do you see your father's heart?

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 That he's patient with this world.

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 The only reason Jesus Christ

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 has not returned to this world

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 is because of God's love and suffering

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 for the lost of this world.

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 He wants all men everywhere to repent.

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 He's not willing that any should perish,

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 but that they should repent.

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 Look what Mark 16 says.

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 Jesus said to his followers,

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 to his disciples,

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 go into all the world and preach the gospel.

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 The King James says to every creature,

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 a better translation is to all people.

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 Jesus was saying,

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 go and preach the gospel to all people.

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 Who is he speaking to?

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 He's speaking to followers,

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 those like us that believe in him

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 as Lord and Savior.

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 This command is to us,

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 to go into the world,

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 to take the gospel to all people.

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 You see, the passion of God

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 reveals the plan of God.

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 And the plan of God

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 is for the world to hear

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 the gospel of his son and be saved.

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 Look what Acts 1.8 says.

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 But you shall receive power

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 when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.

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 And you shall be witnesses to me

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 in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria

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 and to the ends of the earth.

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 Notice the geographical nature of God's plan.

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 We understand his passion

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 that he so loves this world.

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 But look at the geographical nature

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 of his strategy, his plan.

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 He said that we would be witnesses

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 in our own Jerusalem.

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 Jerusalem is where they lived.

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 It's where the disciples were living.

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 It's their own hometown.

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 It's their pickings, South Carolina.

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 It's the upstate of South Carolina.

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 That's what this literally means

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 is that we would be witnesses

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 in our own locality.

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 But he didn't end there.

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 The geographic strategy continues.

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 He said that you would be witnesses

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 into the region in which you live

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 and the nation in which you live

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 in Judea and Samaria.

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 And then you would be witnesses

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 to the ends of the earth.

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 Now, the problem with most churches

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 that I have seen

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 is that we tend to focus

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 only on local missions,

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 which is great.

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 We should be a witness to Pickens.

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 We should be a witness to Easley

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 and to the upstate of South Carolina.

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 But it doesn't end there.

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 The command of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 is to take the gospel

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 to the ends of the earth,

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 to those who've never heard his name.

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 You see, if you look at these verses,

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 you begin to see a pattern

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 where Jesus, in his last words,

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 before he leaves the world,

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 before he leaves his disciples,

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 before he ascends up in the clouds to heaven,

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 he gives his followers this mandate

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 to go to the nations,

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 to make disciples.

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 And here in Acts 1-8,

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 to do work in your own locality,

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 your own Jerusalem,

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 your own community, your city,

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 and then to go into your region,

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 your nation,

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 and to the uttermost parts of the earth.

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 So we see God's passion

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 reveals God's plan.

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 And God's plan is not just local.

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 God's plan is global.

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 Look what Matthew 28, 19-20 says.

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 Jesus speaking to his disciples,

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 he says,

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 Go, therefore,

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 and make disciples of all the nations.

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 Now when we hear the word nations,

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 the English word nations,

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 of course the Bible was written,

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 the New Testament was written in Greek,

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 the Old Testament in Hebrew,

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 little parts of Aramaic here and there.

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 But in the New Testament,

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 when we hear the word nations,

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 the Greek word here is ethne, ethnos.

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 And it speaks more clearly of people groups.

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 When we hear nations,

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 we think of geopolitical boundaries of land,

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 like China is a nation,

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 geopolitical boundary of land.

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 Canada,

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 the United States of America.

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 You can picture the shape in your mind of the map.

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 But when Jesus uses this word that was translated nations in the English,

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 he's speaking more clearly of people groups.

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 Now people groups are groups of people on the earth

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 that have a common language,

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 a common culture,

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 a common religion.

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 The UN estimates that there are nearly 16,000 people groups on the earth today.

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 And so when Jesus tells his followers to take the gospel to these ethne,

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 to these people groups,

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 what he's literally saying is,

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 take my gospel to the families of the earth.

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 Now for those of you that are Bible students,

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 you probably remember that term families from an Old Testament reference

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 where God told Abraham that through his seed,

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 the Messiah,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 all the families of the earth would be blessed.

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 You see,

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 God sees the earth,

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 not as geopolitical nations.

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 God sees the earth as groups of families of people.

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 And hence you have the term people group.

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 Now according to the best missions research that is done,

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 the IMB,

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 by the way,

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 every time you give your Lottie Moon offering at Christmas time,

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 you support the greatest missions agency on the face of the earth,

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 the International Mission Board.

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 And according to the best research that the IMB has produced

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 and Joshua Project has produced and Finish the Task has produced,

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 we understand that of the people groups of the earth,

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 there are 6,000 people groups that are unreached people groups,

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 which means they have little to no access to the gospel.

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 There's no churches that they can go to.

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 There's no Bibles they can buy at Walmart.

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 They hope they don't have Walmart,

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 by the way,

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 but there's no Bibles they can buy.

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 They're very limited in access to the gospel.

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 I had a guy tell me this.

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 He said,

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 why are you going to India,

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 Jack?

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 There's lost people right here.

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 And he was 100% correct.

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 And I said,

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 well,

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 let me tell you why God has burdened my heart for the Koli people in India.

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 It's because they're lost,

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 just like there's lost people right here.

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 But the people who are unreached have no access or limited access at all to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 You see,

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 a lost person here can turn on a TV and hear the gospel,

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 can turn on a radio and hear the gospel,

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 can go buy a Bible at Walmart,

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 can walk down on the corner,

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 almost a church on almost every corner,

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 and be invited into a church to hear the gospel.

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 There's access.

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 And the reason that most people,

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 not all,

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 but the reason that most people in our locality,

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 in this culture is not Christian,

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 is because they choose not to go,

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 or not to listen,

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 not to hear,

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 not to respond to the message of Christ.

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 But people who've never heard,

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 people who are unreached with the gospel,

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 have no access.

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 And if you're unreached and unengaged,

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 that means no one's going to tell them.

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 No one's going to tell the 3,500 UUPG peoples of the earth.

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 There's nobody that we know of,

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 no missions agency,

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 nobody from the IMB,

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 nobody from any missions agency,

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 no churches,

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 no pastors,

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 going to tell the unreached,

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 unengaged peoples of the earth.

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 Well, that's a problem.

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 That's a problem.

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 There's only one thing worse than being lost.

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 It's being lost and having nobody care that you're lost.

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 Could you imagine if you had a child that became lost on a camping trip?

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 Raise your hand if you have a child,

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 if you're a mother or a father,

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 raise your hand.

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 I mean, most of us.

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 Could you imagine you go camping,

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 and one of your little ones wanders off?

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 Now, what would be your state of mind, I wonder?

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 What would you be thinking?

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 How would you react?

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 Would you go about his life as usual,

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 business as usual?

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 Hey, let's start the fire.

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 Let's have some s'mores.

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 Would you do that?

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 No, you would be frantically searching and calling out for your lost child's name.

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 In fact, you would be enlisting as many people,

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 friends and strangers,

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 who are willing to help you look for your lost child.

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 You see, these unreached people groups of the world,

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 these unreached, unengaged people groups of the world,

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 are like they're lost,

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 and many people are not even aware that they even exist,

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 and some don't even care.

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 They just want to go through life as usual.

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 But our Father's heart longs for the lost.

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 He longs for His children to be found,

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 and He is speaking to us, His church, His children.

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 Find my lost children.

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 Find those who are lost and bring them home.

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 Who else would God speak to?

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 Who else would Jesus command and mandate to do this task?

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 Us, His children, His family, His followers.

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 So the Lord Jesus Christ has called us,

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 and God, Jesus has commanded us,

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 He's mandated us,

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 and He's called us to go and find those who are lost.

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 Now look at this next verse on the screen,

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 because I want you to see that God's plan is a global plan,

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 and I want you to see that God's heart is not just for people in the West or white people.

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 God's heart and His plan is for all people.

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 In Revelation chapter 7, verse 9,

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 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude,

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 which no one could number,

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 of all nations, tribes, peoples, and languages, or tongues,

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 standing before the throne and before the Lamb.

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 We see this picture in heaven at the end of time,

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 of people from every language,

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 every nation,

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 every tribe,

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 and every people group,

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 before the throne of God,

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 giving worship to the Lamb of God.

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 This is the heart of God.

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 This is God's global plan of redemption.

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 Now, with all of that in mind,

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 what is our response?

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 We must respond.

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 We cannot take this information in

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 and just go on as business as usual

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 unless you just don't really care about who's lost,

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 unless you don't really care about the heart of your Father.

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 God's passion mandates that we respond.

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 Those of us that are Christ followers,

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 we must respond to this burden.

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 Taking the gospel to those who have never heard

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 is the priority of all believers

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 in every gospel preaching church.

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 Now, what does that mean practically?

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 Well, three things.

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 First of all,

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 his passion and his plan

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 has to be our first priority.

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 His passion,

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 for God so loved the world,

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 his plan,

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 go and make disciples of the ethnosis,

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 of the nations,

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 must become our priority.

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 We must realize the fact

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 that we have 6,000 unreached people groups,

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 3,500 unreached, unengaged people groups

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 is a problem.

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 And this is not a problem for the IMB

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 or for missions agencies.

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 This problem belongs to the local church.

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 You see, the IMB is a great entity.

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 It's a great institution,

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 an agency

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 for helping local churches

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 engage in reaching the unreached.

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 But the burden of the Great Commission

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 doesn't belong to the IMB.

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 It belongs to the church.

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 And the IMB was raised up by God

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 to help facilitate the local church

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 to own the burden for the lost.

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 Not just here locally or regionally,

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 but to own the burden internationally

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 to take the gospel to those who've never heard.

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 Now, how can we make this priority

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 our priority?

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 Well, number one,

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 let's look at what we can do.

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 First of all,

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 every people group here

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 should be what is on our heart as a church.

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 We want to be used by God.

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 We may not be able to reach all people groups,

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 but we can reach one.

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 We can pray for one.

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 And possibly we can go

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 and assist in helping to reach one.

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 There's something that we can do.

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 We may not be able to do everything,

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 but only God knows that we can do something.

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 Amen, church,

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 to reach those who've never heard.

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 You've heard the story of the man walking on the beach.

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 And he walks off,

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 walks up on a bunch of,

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 I think the story says starfish

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 that have washed up on the beach during a storm.

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 And he starts throwing the starfish

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 back into the ocean.

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 And a little boy walks up

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 and says,

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 it won't do any good.

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 You can't throw them all back in.

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 There were thousands that had washed up.

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 And the fellow said,

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 well, I may not be able to do them all,

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 but this one is going to be saved.

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 And he threw it back in.

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 We may not be able to reach every people group,

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 which I know you won't,

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 but we can do something.

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 We can interact with the agency of God

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 and the burden of God

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 and the urgency of God

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 in reaching those who are unreached.

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 So first of all,

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 every people group here.

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 Secondly,

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 every believer shares.

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 This is part of the solution

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 to this problem.

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 Part of the solution

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 is that believers have stopped sharing,

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 especially locally in the West,

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 in the United States.

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 Very few people are sharing

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 their faith with others.

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 That's why we've seen a decline

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 in Southern Baptist life

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 of baptisms and church membership.

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 And we've seen declines across the board

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 because we've stopped sharing.

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 We've lost the vision

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 and the passion of God for the lost.

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 Listen,

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 God loves a lost man in Pickens

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 just as much as he loves a lost man in India.

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 God doesn't love the Indian people

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 more than he loves a person

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 that lives right on your street

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 or your neighborhood.

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 God expects us as believers

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 to share,

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 to share our testimony,

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 to share what God has done

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 in our lives.

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 I want to share with you a verse

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 in Acts chapter 19, verse 10,

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 which really helps us to understand

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 how powerful this is

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 if every believer would begin to share

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 and every disciple would begin

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 to make disciples.

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 I want you to see what happened

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 in Acts chapter 19, verse 10.

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 It says,

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 And this continued for two years.

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 What continued?

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 Paul's teaching in Ephesus.

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 Continued for two years

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 at the school of Tyrannus.

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 And look what happened.

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 So that all who dwelt in Asia,

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 now Asia in this context

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 is Asia Minor.

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 It's not like Asia, China, Asia,

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 or Thailand.

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 This is Asia Minor,

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 which would be modern day Turkey.

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 But still,

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 let this sink in.

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 In two years,

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 every person in Asia Minor

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 heard the word of the Lord,

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 both Jew and Greeks,

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 or Gentiles.

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 Gentiles.

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 Now, how in the world

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 did the Apostle Paul

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 teach the young disciples

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 there at Ephesus

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 and in other places

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 to do this in two years?

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 They didn't have roads.

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 They didn't have computers.

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 They didn't have airplanes

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 or buses

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 or printing presses

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 or Bibles.

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 They didn't have money.

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 How in the world

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 could Paul lead

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 the early church

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 to do such a feat,

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 to reach such a large group

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 of people

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 in two years?

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 Let me tell you how.

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 Every person shared

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 who was a believer in Jesus.

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 Every disciple of Jesus

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 discipled someone else.

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 That's how the gospel

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 is meant to go forward

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 in our lives

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 and in our churches.

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 Every person must share.

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 Every disciple must multiply.

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 So what do I share?

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 First of all,

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 you share your story.

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 When you talk to someone

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 who lives on your street

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 or that you go to work with

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 or a family member

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 who doesn't know Christ,

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 you want to share your story.

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 Remember,

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 the gospel is always

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 best presented

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 on two legs.

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 Two legs we carry

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 the gospel.

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 On one leg,

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 we call it our story,

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 which is our personal

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 interaction with Christ.

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 How I came to know Christ,

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:04.640
 my life before Christ,

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.579
 how I met Christ,

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.660
 my life after Christ.

00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:08.140
 We share a testimony

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 about Jesus Christ.

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 Or maybe God

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:11.000
 has brought a healing

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.600
 in your life

00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:12.880
 or God has done

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.660
 something for you

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.360
 that you can brag

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.819
 on God about.

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.779
 That's your testimony.

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:17.480
 You share something personal

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.720
 about your relationship

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.200
 with God

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:20.059
 through Jesus Christ.

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.819
 Secondly,

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.180
 you tell your story,

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.599
 you tell God's story,

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:25.799
 which is the gospel message

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:27.200
 that Christ died

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.960
 for our sins

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:29.039
 and he was buried

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 and on the third day

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.980
 he rose again.

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 So with two legs,

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:34.359
 we carry the gospel message.

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 Every believer shares.

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:39.920
 Every disciple multiplies

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:41.740
 or makes another disciple.

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 That's what God

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:44.079
 has called us to do.

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 That's how the task

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 will be completed.

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 I want to show you

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 the power of this

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 in scripture.

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 Look at the power

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 of personal testimony.

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 Mark chapter 5

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 verses 18 through 20.

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 And when he got

00:24:56.919 --> 00:24:57.379
 into the boat,

00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:58.579
 speaking of Jesus Christ,

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 Jesus got into the boat,

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 then this man

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 who had been demon possessed,

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:04.199
 who Jesus took

00:25:04.199 --> 00:25:04.919
 the demons out of,

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.779
 he cast them out,

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:07.240
 he begged Jesus

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 that he might be with him.

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 Jesus, let me go with you.

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 I want to follow you.

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 I want to go with you.

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 But look what Jesus said.

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 However, Jesus did not

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 permit him.

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 Jesus, I want to follow you.

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 Jesus said, wait a minute.

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 I've got something

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 for you to do.

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 But he said to him,

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 go home to your friends

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 and tell them

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 what great things

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 the Lord has done for you

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 and how he has had

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 compassion on you.

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 Verse 20.

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 And he departed.

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 This man departed

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 and began to proclaim

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 in Decapolis

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 all that Jesus had done

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 for him

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 and all the people marveled.

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 You see, Jesus said,

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 go back and tell your family,

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 your friends,

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 what God has done for you.

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 That was his testimony

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 and how he shared the gospel

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 that 10 cities,

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:53.099
 Decapolis, 10 cities

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:54.399
 heard the gospel

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:55.079
 of Jesus Christ

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 because of this one

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 formerly demon possessed man.

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 The power of your

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.440
 personal testimony.

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 Listen, believers.

00:26:02.659 --> 00:26:03.299
 Listen, Christians.

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.899
 Open your mouth

00:26:04.899 --> 00:26:06.419
 and tell people

00:26:06.419 --> 00:26:07.879
 about what you know

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.819
 about God.

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:11.899
 brag on God.

00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:14.159
 Right before we went to India,

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.500
 Barbara had kidney cancer

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:18.119
 and it was an awful situation

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.639
 for us.

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 I mean, we,

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:22.819
 man, we're on the threshold

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 of going to India

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 and my wife

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 is hit by a Chevrolet Silverado

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 right in her driver's door,

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 45 miles an hour.

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 And they airlift her

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 to Pitt Memorial Hospital

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:36.579
 in Greenville, North Carolina

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 and she's got internal injuries

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 and I walk into the room

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 and I'm thinking,

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.599
 you know,

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 she's busted up inside

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 and the doctors say cancer.

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 And I went,

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.480
 what?

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:49.099
 She had a car wreck

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 and you found

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 seven centimeter tumor

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.899
 in her right kidney.

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.539
 Well, I'll just be honest with you.

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.339
 I wish I could sound

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:55.819
 real spiritual

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.099
 and say,

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:57.259
 well, we trusted God.

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.980
 We were going to India.

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 India was out.

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:01.659
 It was my wife's life

00:27:01.659 --> 00:27:02.579
 and I wasn't even thinking

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.279
 about the Coley.

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.920
 I wasn't thinking

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:05.139
 about UUPGs.

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.319
 I was thinking

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:07.940
 about my wife dying.

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 Are you with me, church?

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.899
 God delivered Barbara

00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:14.519
 of cancer.

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.500
 If we would have went

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:15.859
 to India

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:17.019
 before the car accident,

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.799
 she would have become

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:20.099
 terminal on the field.

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:21.000
 It goes to your bone

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.559
 and your lung,

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.519
 that kind of cancer.

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.920
 And my wife

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:25.039
 would have died in India.

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:27.519
 But because God allowed

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.119
 that truck

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:29.099
 to hit that car,

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:29.960
 have you ever heard

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.660
 of Romans 8, 28?

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:31.740
 I think that's still

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.379
 in the Bible, right?

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:33.300
 For all things

00:27:33.300 --> 00:27:34.240
 work together for good?

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:36.380
 Because the Lord allowed

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:37.380
 something that we saw

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:38.000
 as bad,

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:39.620
 but He meant it for good.

00:27:39.780 --> 00:27:41.460
 It saved my wife's life.

00:27:41.540 --> 00:27:42.160
 And guess what?

00:27:42.300 --> 00:27:43.120
 Four months after

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:45.060
 her kidney was removed,

00:27:45.280 --> 00:27:46.760
 four months later,

00:27:46.800 --> 00:27:47.900
 we might be crazy for this.

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.300
 You might think,

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:48.960
 you're crazy.

00:27:49.040 --> 00:27:49.880
 And we probably are.

00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:51.100
 We hit the ground

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.540
 in Mumbai

00:27:51.540 --> 00:27:53.660
 to take the gospel

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.920
 to this unreached people group.

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:57.120
 So I'm just telling you

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:59.720
 that the power

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.900
 of what God has done.

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.920
 Now my wife is able

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.660
 to share with people

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:04.600
 how God saved her life

00:28:04.600 --> 00:28:06.060
 through this tragedy

00:28:06.060 --> 00:28:07.060
 of a car accident.

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:08.560
 It's a testimony

00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:09.880
 she can share naturally.

00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:10.700
 By the way,

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.680
 when you share your testimony,

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:13.180
 don't share a canned,

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.140
 memorized.

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.900
 That sounds so phony.

00:28:16.540 --> 00:28:17.960
 Share something fresh.

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:20.400
 Share what God's done for you.

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:22.420
 Share how God saved you.

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.880
 And then couple it

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:25.519
 with the gospel.

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:28.440
 And see what the Lord does.

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.440
 Look at another example.

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.559
 John chapter 4.

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:33.139
 The power of personal testimony

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:34.519
 in the woman at the well.

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:35.920
 Verse 39.

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.879
 And many of the Samaritans

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.400
 of that city

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:38.900
 believed in Jesus,

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.139
 believed in him,

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:41.400
 because of the word

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:42.339
 of the woman

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.519
 who testified.

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:45.420
 He told me all

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:47.180
 that I ever did.

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.639
 You see,

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:49.519
 many people in her village

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:51.339
 believed in Jesus

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:53.400
 because of her testimony.

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.940
 Now was she a big famous person?

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.340
 No.

00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.880
 She was actually considered

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.720
 a shameful woman.

00:28:57.820 --> 00:28:59.000
 She would go to the water well

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.059
 in the heat of the day

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:01.440
 to not be able to face,

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.180
 to not have to face

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.740
 the other women

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.380
 and their looks.

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.539
 Because she is on

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:05.519
 her fifth husband.

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:09.200
 But look who God used

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.840
 in that village

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.660
 to bring that village

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.240
 to Christ.

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.660
 He used this woman

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:14.120
 who would go to the well

00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:14.940
 at noontime

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:16.680
 to be the agent

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:18.539
 to carry the gospel

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.940
 and the message of Christ

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:21.059
 back to her village.

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.920
 And it says here

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.880
 that many of them believed.

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:24.180
 You don't have to be a preacher

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:25.420
 to tell your testimony.

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.360
 You don't have to have

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:27.259
 Bible college.

00:29:27.560 --> 00:29:28.420
 You don't have to have

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.299
 a seminary degree.

00:29:29.560 --> 00:29:30.100
 You don't have to be

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.920
 a natural speaker.

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:32.279
 Just open your mouth

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.720
 and watch God work

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:36.640
 through your testimony.

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.200
 My priority.

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:42.060
 My priority is to share.

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:44.200
 To share my story

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:47.039
 and to share God's story.

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:49.299
 So just to recap,

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.779
 our priority.

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.139
 Number one,

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.099
 every person hears.

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.639
 Number two,

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:54.339
 every believer shares.

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.700
 And number three,

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:58.180
 every disciple multiplies.

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.259
 Or to say that more practically,

00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.559
 every disciple makes

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.539
 another disciple.

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.779
 And then you teach

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.319
 that disciple

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.480
 to make another disciple.

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.639
 And then exponentially,

00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:09.019
 we can reach Pickens.

00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:10.319
 We can reach South Carolina.

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:11.460
 We can reach the world

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:13.559
 if disciples would follow

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:15.980
 these three simple axioms.

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:17.460
 every person hears.

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.299
 Every believer shares.

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:22.460
 And every disciple multiplies.

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.339
 So the Lord Jesus Christ

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.519
 gave us the command

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:27.440
 to go and make disciples

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:28.720
 of all the nations.

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.579
 To baptize them

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:31.120
 in the name of the Father,

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:32.079
 the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.440
 And to teach them

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.519
 to observe the things

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:36.160
 that He has commanded.

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.839
 Jesus said.

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:41.259
 Now as we go to do this,

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:44.980
 as we lead someone to Christ,

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:46.259
 how do we disciple them?

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:47.039
 What do we do?

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.940
 Do we go buy a book

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.500
 at Lifeway?

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:50.839
 I would advise not to do that.

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:53.279
 Because anything that you can do

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:55.200
 that's just rigid,

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:58.559
 just invest your life

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.680
 in the life of that person.

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.680
 Spend time with them.

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.539
 Come to church with them.

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.519
 I've got an acronym

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:04.599
 that helped me in discipling.

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.759
 In fact, I'm discipling a man

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.299
 right now.

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.319
 And this acronym

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:08.240
 is very helpful.

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:09.720
 And it came from a ministry

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.620
 called Verge

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.279
 on the internet.

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.500
 But that's where I got this.

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:15.000
 And it's the BLESS acronym.

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:17.299
 And if you're working with someone,

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:18.380
 trying to disciple them,

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.640
 just use this acronym

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.220
 in your life.

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.740
 First of all,

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.960
 begin your time with prayer.

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.519
 When you meet with them,

00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:23.180
 begin with prayer.

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:25.099
 Secondly, L in BLESS.

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.559
 Listen.

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:27.440
 Listen to them for opportunities.

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:30.319
 Ways that you can minister

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:31.500
 to their needs.

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:32.140
 In doing that,

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:33.299
 you can show Christ

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:34.079
 to their life.

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.240
 Third, E.

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:36.079
 Eat with them.

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.980
 I like that point.

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.819
 I like to eat.

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.740
 You eat with them.

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.839
 Spend time with them.

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:41.059
 Don't just meet them

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.899
 at church.

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.779
 Have them at your house.

00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:47.759
 Bring someone to your home.

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.399
 Eat a meal with them.

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:52.240
 Get to know them.

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.139
 S.

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.559
 Serve with them.

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:56.599
 Find ways to serve.

00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:57.379
 Now, this is a person

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:58.179
 you're discipling.

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.919
 Find something to do.

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:01.960
 Here at First Baptist,

00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:04.259
 other opportunities,

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:06.519
 look for something to do.

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.279
 Share.

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.019
 The last S.

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:09.700
 Share your story

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.920
 and God's story,

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:12.500
 which means teach them

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.980
 how to share their testimony.

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:16.000
 Let them see you do it.

00:32:16.840 --> 00:32:17.940
 And in doing that,

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:19.259
 you make a disciple,

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:20.940
 someone who can follow

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.759
 your example.

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:24.940
 You've multiplied your faith

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:26.940
 in someone else.

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.920
 His passion

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:31.200
 and his plan

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:34.059
 must be our priority.

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:37.519
 Jesus' last words

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:39.519
 on the earth

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:41.159
 to his church

00:32:41.159 --> 00:32:43.480
 to go and make disciples,

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:45.339
 to be witnesses

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.000
 in Jerusalem,

00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.460
 Judea,

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:46.879
 Samaria,

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.899
 and to the ends of the earth.

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:49.619
 His last words

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:52.079
 must be our first priority

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:53.039
 as a church.

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:55.759
 We must give.

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.859
 We must continue to give.

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:59.480
 I know First Baptist gives.

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.099
 And many of you give

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:02.259
 sacrificially to missions.

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:03.960
 Continue to give.

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:05.519
 But we can't stop there.

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:07.339
 We've got to own

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:08.359
 this responsibility.

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.400
 We must go.

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.519
 I heard Jeff talking about

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:14.099
 going with Carpenters for Christ,

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.720
 going and doing

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.579
 these mission trips.

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:15.980
 Go.

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.940
 Continue to go

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:18.240
 on trips

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.359
 and short-term trips.

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.619
 We must send

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:22.180
 people from our congregation

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:24.539
 who are called to God,

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:25.940
 called by God

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:27.119
 to go to the mission field.

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:28.299
 We must continue to send

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.960
 and we must pray

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.039
 and continue to pray.

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:32.960
 But it doesn't stop

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.779
 with going,

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.359
 giving,

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.019
 sending,

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.819
 and praying.

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.539
 We who are followers

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.500
 of Jesus Christ,

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:39.899
 His church

00:33:39.899 --> 00:33:40.659
 must own

00:33:40.659 --> 00:33:41.500
 the responsibility

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.920
 of the burden

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.599
 of our Father

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:44.740
 for the nations,

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:46.460
 for reaching

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.259
 the unreached

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:48.180
 and unengaged

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:49.420
 of our world.

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:50.940
 And we do this

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:52.059
 by making it a priority

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:53.579
 in three specific areas.

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.399
 And I end the message

00:33:54.399 --> 00:33:54.960
 with this.

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.680
 First of all,

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.019
 church,

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.680
 I'm speaking to you

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.139
 corporately.

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:59.900
 We must be aware

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.920
 of the need

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:02.120
 and aware

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:03.259
 of our Father's burden

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.980
 for the nations.

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:05.940
 That's part of what

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:07.000
 this message is about,

00:34:07.300 --> 00:34:08.160
 is awareness.

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.220
 Letting you know,

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.320
 giving you some information,

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.579
 letting you think

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.480
 and ponder and pray,

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:12.900
 hopefully,

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.260
 about the need

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:15.220
 in our Father's heart

00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:15.800
 for the lost

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.539
 and for the nations.

00:34:17.220 --> 00:34:17.579
 Secondly,

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:20.140
 we must seek out

00:34:20.140 --> 00:34:20.900
 opportunities

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:23.320
 to further educate

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:23.780
 ourselves

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:25.360
 in the overall need

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.340
 and what we can do

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:28.880
 to be a part

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.680
 of the solution

00:34:29.680 --> 00:34:31.820
 to see the nations

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:33.099
 come to Christ.

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.599
 Number three,

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.360
 we must move

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.039
 to action.

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.800
 We must

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:40.620
 become personally

00:34:40.620 --> 00:34:41.360
 involved

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:42.400
 and it's funny

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:43.240
 to speak to a church

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.660
 corporately

00:34:43.660 --> 00:34:44.200
 and say you've got

00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:45.039
 to be personally involved,

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:46.019
 but the church

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.900
 is a body

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:48.240
 of Christ

00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:49.160
 and the church

00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:50.000
 must have

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:51.120
 a single heart

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:53.220
 about what God's

00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:53.900
 heart is for,

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.740
 which is the nations.

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:55.679
 become

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:58.239
 personally involved

00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:59.779
 as a church

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:02.179
 in a call

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:02.819
 to action

00:35:02.819 --> 00:35:04.859
 to adopting

00:35:04.859 --> 00:35:05.639
 an unreached

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.279
 people group.

00:35:06.399 --> 00:35:06.519
 You say,

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:06.679
 well,

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:07.259
 where do we begin?

00:35:07.879 --> 00:35:08.479
 First of all,

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.119
 be made aware

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:10.119
 of who the unreached

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.959
 people groups are.

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.359
 What can we do?

00:35:12.879 --> 00:35:14.079
 The IMB offers

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.839
 an intensive,

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:16.019
 a mission summit

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:17.419
 that they're willing

00:35:17.419 --> 00:35:18.039
 to come

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:19.559
 and send a team

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.619
 to help educate

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.819
 further on how

00:35:21.819 --> 00:35:23.359
 churches can engage

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:24.860
 the unengaged.

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:26.980
 Churches have to

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.400
 invite them.

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:27.940
 They won't force

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.340
 their way,

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.400
 but that's a way

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.519
 that we can become

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:32.039
 more personally

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:33.380
 involved as a church

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:33.980
 in adopting

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:35.360
 this unreached

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:36.180
 people group.

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:36.360
 Now,

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.500
 let me say this to you.

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.900
 I'm either right

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:40.680
 and I'm on

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:41.780
 bullseye

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:43.019
 with the word

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.480
 of God

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.099
 and the heart

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.539
 of God,

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.019
 our Father,

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:46.720
 or I'm just a crazy man

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:47.860
 who's completely

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:48.360
 missed it.

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:50.300
 I believe

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.840
 with all my heart

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.220
 I'm right.

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:52.280
 God has grabbed

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:52.940
 my heart

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.700
 for the unreached.

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.920
 I'll never be the same.

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.920
 Jeff said I'd served

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.720
 as an American pastor

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.599
 for 27 years

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.660
 and I did

00:35:59.660 --> 00:36:00.240
 and I thought

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.860
 I really had

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.820
 a good grasp of missions

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:03.180
 and I did

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:05.200
 in a conceptual way,

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:06.360
 but when I went

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.760
 to India

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:08.019
 to live in India

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.660
 and to work

00:36:08.660 --> 00:36:09.160
 among a people

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:09.880
 that no one

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.720
 had ever worked

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:11.559
 among,

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.500
 it really,

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:15.240
 God's passion

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.920
 for the nations

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:17.559
 became my passion.

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.480
 I began to have

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.860
 my Father's heart

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:21.019
 for those who had

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.779
 never heard

00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:22.480
 the gospel

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.360
 of Jesus Christ.

00:36:24.259 --> 00:36:25.360
 So I just want

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:26.739
 to submit to you.

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:28.460
 I hope I'm not

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:29.380
 out of order

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.259
 in doing so.

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.380
 I'm just delivering

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:31.860
 the burden

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.539
 that God put

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:33.219
 in my heart

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:33.900
 to give to you

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.360
 this morning

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:36.880
 that we become aware

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.559
 and we look for

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.320
 further ways

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:39.199
 to educate ourselves

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.799
 in relation

00:36:39.799 --> 00:36:40.679
 to the burden,

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.159
 the need,

00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:42.099
 and then we have

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:43.119
 a call to action

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:44.360
 which could lead

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:45.000
 to the adoption

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.619
 of an unreached

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:46.219
 people group

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:47.419
 and how that

00:36:47.419 --> 00:36:48.079
 fleshes out

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.599
 and how that

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:50.659
 works out

00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:51.480
 is between

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.219
 your church

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.739
 and God

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.919
 and the IMB

00:36:53.919 --> 00:36:54.539
 is more than

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.399
 willing to be

00:36:55.399 --> 00:36:56.219
 helpful to come

00:36:56.219 --> 00:36:56.699
 and assist

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.419
 and to facilitate

00:36:57.419 --> 00:36:59.039
 but we,

00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.539
 the church,

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.259
 have to own.

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:01.779
 We can't just

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:02.500
 pay the IMB

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.599
 to do our work.

00:37:04.459 --> 00:37:05.579
 We want to

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.439
 be a part,

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.759
 personally involved

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.759
 in the work

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:09.480
 of Jesus Christ

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.099
 and the passion

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.559
 of God

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:12.799
 for the nations.

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.980
 Let's bow our heads

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.960
 and close our eyes.

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.760
 Dear God,

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:19.599
 thank you for the

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:20.219
 opportunity

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:22.179
 to come here,

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.539
 Lord,

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:26.000
 and to expound

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:27.599
 on your heart

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:28.719
 for those

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.619
 who are lost.

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:32.320
 Help us to remember,

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:32.659
 Lord,

00:37:32.740 --> 00:37:33.579
 that it's not just

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:34.719
 about overseas.

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.159
 Lord,

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:36.179
 we should be

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:37.900
 sharing here.

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:40.199
 We should be

00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:41.199
 sharing our testimony

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:42.340
 here with people

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:43.320
 that we work with,

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:44.260
 that we see

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:44.980
 at the restaurant.

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:45.740
 People maybe

00:37:45.740 --> 00:37:46.360
 we live on the

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:47.039
 same street

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.940
 or we go to

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.860
 a ball game with.

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.120
 Lord,

00:37:50.160 --> 00:37:50.640
 it's not just

00:37:50.640 --> 00:37:51.120
 about doing

00:37:51.120 --> 00:37:51.800
 missions overseas.

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:52.519
 It's about doing

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.120
 it here in our

00:37:53.120 --> 00:37:53.640
 Jerusalem,

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.660
 doing it in our

00:37:54.660 --> 00:37:55.420
 region and nation

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:55.960
 and doing it,

00:37:56.080 --> 00:37:56.360
 of course,

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:56.900
 to the ends

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.380
 of the earth.

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:58.600
 But Lord,

00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:59.680
 help us in doing

00:37:59.680 --> 00:37:59.980
 missions.

00:38:00.100 --> 00:38:00.720
 Help us not

00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:01.360
 to forget

00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:02.780
 the ones

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:03.240
 who've never

00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:03.720
 heard,

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.059
 Lord.

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:06.280
 Help us never

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:07.600
 to abandon,

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:08.539
 Lord,

00:38:08.580 --> 00:38:08.980
 those who've

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.820
 never had a chance

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.539
 to respond.

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:12.360
 Lord,

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.300
 who's going

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:13.800
 to take up

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.320
 that burden?

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.539
 Who's going

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:16.199
 to take up,

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:17.840
 Lord,

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:19.079
 that responsibility?

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.159
 It's got to be

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.539
 us,

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:20.820
 Father,

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.460
 your people.

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.920
 Would you

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:24.199
 re-familiarate

00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:25.119
 our hearts

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:26.800
 with your heart,

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:27.139
 God?

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.519
 Would you

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:28.139
 re-familiar

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:28.679
 our hearts

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.119
 with yours?

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.480
 Would you

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:30.639
 pour into

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:31.239
 us,

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:31.960
 Lord,

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:33.019
 your passion

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.880
 for the nations,

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:34.300
 God?

00:38:35.259 --> 00:38:36.039
 Especially for

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.699
 those who are

00:38:36.699 --> 00:38:37.340
 unreached

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:38.199
 and unengaged,

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:38.599
 God.

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:39.719
 Surely,

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.019
 Lord,

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.459
 we can't

00:38:40.459 --> 00:38:40.959
 do everything,

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.339
 but we

00:38:41.339 --> 00:38:41.699
 can do

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:42.299
 something,

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:42.719
 Father.

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:43.739
 So,

00:38:43.819 --> 00:38:43.939
 Lord,

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.659
 lead this

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.859
 precious church,

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:46.359
 this precious

00:38:46.359 --> 00:38:47.019
 pastor and

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.319
 staff.

00:38:47.799 --> 00:38:48.439
 Lead them,

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:48.739
 Lord,

00:38:48.819 --> 00:38:49.879
 as to what

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:50.159
 you would

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.639
 want them

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.059
 to do

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.859
 and continue

00:38:51.859 --> 00:38:52.419
 to do

00:38:52.419 --> 00:38:53.159
 as they

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:54.019
 do missions

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.379
 well.

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:54.859
 Lord,

00:38:54.939 --> 00:38:55.619
 continue to

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.259
 do the

00:38:56.259 --> 00:38:56.579
 things that

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:56.959
 they're doing

00:38:56.959 --> 00:38:57.659
 well already,

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:57.939
 Lord.

00:38:58.419 --> 00:38:58.659
 God,

00:38:58.699 --> 00:38:59.279
 I just pray

00:38:59.279 --> 00:39:00.000
 your blessings

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:01.059
 on First

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:02.279
 Baptist Church

00:39:02.279 --> 00:39:03.139
 Pickens,

00:39:03.259 --> 00:39:03.459
 Lord.

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.619
 Put this

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:05.419
 message deep

00:39:05.419 --> 00:39:06.139
 in our soul.

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:06.980
 Don't let

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.519
 us easily

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:08.059
 forget it,

00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:08.339
 Father.

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:09.740
 In Jesus'

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:10.980
 name I

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.340
 pray.

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.440
 Amen.