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00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:35 OUTREACH. 00:35 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER. 00:36 THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT DREAMS. 00:39 THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT DIRECTION AND THAT GOD 00:41 WILL MAKE THE PATHS STRAIGHT AND HERE AT 00:44 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ARE 00:46 EXCITED TO THINK ABOUT DREAMS AND WHERE GOD HAS 00:49 NEW DIRECTIONS FOR US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:51 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT HERE TODAY WITH BRENT 00:53 SCULLY, THE PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 00:55 MANZOOR MASSEY. 00:56 WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU. 00:58 DREAMS AND DIRECTIONS AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES-MANZOOR 01:02 THOSE ARE ALL DOWN YOUR ALLEY, RIGHT? 01:05 YES, THEY ARE. 01:07 AND WE ARE GOING TO BE SHARING WITH OUR VIEWERS 01:09 SOME VIDEO THAT YOU BOTH OF YOU TOOK AND WHERE WAS 01:12 IT? 01:13 THE PLACE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND WE ARE 01:16 ACTUALLY ON THE BEACH, IN INDIA, IN INDIA WHICH IS 01:20 UNHEARD OF BECAUSE OUR WORKERS WILL NEVER THINK 01:23 OF GOING TO THE BEACH ON SABBATH AND THAT'S WHERE 01:26 WE WERE. 01:27 WE TOOK OUR LEADERSHIP THERE AND WE WERE DOING 01:30 INSTRUCTIONS ON THE BEACH. 01:32 IT REALLY FELT GOOD. 01:34 WE FELT WE WERE JUST IN THE DAYS OF JESUS. 01:38 FANTASTIC. 01:39 FANTASTIC. 01:40 WELL, BRENT WE'VE GOT SOME VIDEO TO SHARE WITH OUR 01:41 VIEWERS. 01:42 YES. 01:43 TODAY IS REALLY A HISTORIC MOMENT HERE. 01:45 WE ARE ON THE BEACH AND THIS REALLY IS VERY, VERY 01:50 SPECIAL MOMENT IN MY MIND BECAUSE ITS REMINDING ME 01:54 JESUS WALKING WITH HIS DISCIPLES AND SHARING HIS 01:58 BIG DREAM IN JOHN 17 TELLING THEM AND PRAYING 02:02 TO THE FATHER AND SAYING, FATHER, MAY THESE PEOPLE 02:07 BECOME ONE JUST LIKE YOU AND I ARE ONE AND NOT ONLY 02:11 THEM, I DON'T PRAY JUST FOR THEM, I PRAY FOR 02:14 EVERYBODY WHO WILL BELIEVE THROUGH THEM. 02:17 AND YOU SEE I'VE BEEN SO FORTUNATE THAT I WAS 02:20 INTRODUCED TO JESUS. 02:21 THAT IS THE BEST NEWS MY FATHER EVER RECEIVED AND 02:25 THE BEST LEGACY HE EVER LEFT FOR US. 02:28 SO, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND I WANT TO THANK GOSPEL 02:32 OUTREACH AND YOU, THE PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL 02:35 OUTREACH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT 02:38 LEADER AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. 02:40 THANK YOU, MANZOOR. 02:41 AND I CAN SENSE AND I CAN FEEL YOUR PASSION FOR YOUR 02:44 PEOPLE. 02:45 I CAN FEEL YOUR HEART IT IS JUST-IT'S A BIG HEART, 02:48 MANZOOR AND WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH. 02:50 WE APPRECIATE YOU AS WELL. 02:52 AND MANZOOR YOU ARE IN INDIA RIGHT NOW. 02:55 WE ARE IN THE EAST CENTRAL INDIA UNION CONFERENCE 02:58 BUILDINGS. 02:59 I WOULD SAY AREA, COMPOUND I WOULD SAY COMPOUND. 03:00 SOUTHEAST ANDHRA SECTION COMPOUND IN EAST CENTRAL 03:07 INDIA UNION. 03:08 OK. 03:09 IN ANDHRA PRADESH. 03:10 EXCELLENT. 03:11 INDIA. 03:12 SO, YOU AND I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE 03:13 NOW. 03:15 YOU AND I HAVE WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR HOW LONG NOW? 03:17 FOREVER, REALLY. 03:18 FOREVER? 03:19 LET'S SAY MAYBE AROUND FIVE YEARS? 03:20 YES, BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN YEARS. 03:24 YOU GOT US EXCITED ABOUT COMING TO THE FIRST TIME 03:28 TO INDIA ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND YOU ARE -WHAT IS 03:30 YOUR POSITION AT GOSPEL OUTREACH? 03:31 WELL, I'M THE GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTOR FOR 03:32 REGION 12. 03:33 REGION 12 IS ANDHRA PRADESH AND THIS IS THE 03:34 SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA. 03:35 THE POPULATION IS ABOUT 80 MILLION PEOPLE. 03:36 AND 70 PERCENT OF ALL THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS IN 03:38 SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION THEY LIVE IN THIS ONE 03:39 UNION. 03:40 SEVENTY PERCENT. 03:40 YES. 03:41 WOW, THAT'S GOOD. 03:42 SO, THIS IS A STRONG, THIS IS A STRONG PRESENCE. 03:44 THIS IS THE LARGEST UNION IN TERMS OF NUMBERS IN 03:47 SOUTHERN ASIA. 03:48 WE ARE 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE ADVENTISTS IN 03:50 SOUTHERN ASIA AND MORE THAN 800,000 OF THEM LIVE 03:52 IN THIS ONE UNION. 03:53 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THE DIRECTOR? 03:55 I'VE BEEN DIRECTOR AH; I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW MAYBE 03:58 APPROXIMATELY AH EIGHT YEARS. 04:02 EIGHT YEARS? 04:03 YES. 04:04 WHAT GOT YOU INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 04:11 HOW DID YOU, HOW DID YOU BECOME INVOLVED AS A 04:16 DIRECTOR WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 04:21 WELL, MY HEART AND MY PASSION IS IN BUILDING THE 04:32 KINGDOM OF GOD. 04:35 THAT'S BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE AH EVER SINCE I KNOW 04:39 THE LORD AND I HAD A GREAT MENTOR, MY FATHER WHO WAS 04:43 A FARMER ANDHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE VERY WELL 04:48 EXCEPT ONLY IN URDU AND BUT HE WAS WORKING AS A 04:53 LAYMAN AND RAISED 13 CHURCHES AND SO, I GREW UP 04:57 IN THIS WHOLE IDEA THAT WE ARE NOT OUR OWN. 05:01 WE ARE ON LOAN. 05:03 AND SO, SINCE 1974-75 I HAVE BEEN COMING TO INDIA 05:09 TO GIVE BACK TO MY CHURCH BECAUSE EVERYTHING I AM 05:13 AND EVERY BLESSING GOD HAS GIVEN ME IT IS BECAUSE OF 05:16 MY CHURCH AND BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE 05:20 CONTRIBUTED TO MY LIFE. 05:21 AMEN. 05:22 THEIR PRAYERS, THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT AND THAT'S 05:24 KIND OF BEEN THE MOTIVATION FORCE. 05:25 SO I USED TO BE COMING BY MYSELF WITH MY OWN FRIENDS 05:30 AND THEN PASTOR JAMES CAMPBELL INTRODUCED ME TO 05:33 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 05:35 HE SAID, I'D LIKE TO ATTEND A MEETING AND LO 05:37 AND BEHOLD LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY 05:41 INTRODUCING ME TO SEE IF I WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL 05:45 REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR ANDHRA PRADESH. 05:47 NOW YOU GREW UP HERE, DIDN'T YOU? 05:49 I GREW UP HERE. 05:50 WHERE IS YOUR HOMELAND, YOUR HOME COUNTRY? 05:52 THIS IS MY HOME COUNTRY AND I LOVE IT. 05:54 AND YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR THESE PEOPLE. 05:56 I HAVE A PASSION AND WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING WITH 05:59 OUR WORKERS HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE LAUNCHED A VERY 06:02 SPECIAL MOVEMENT AND I WAS DESCRIBING TO THEM WHAT 06:05 PASSION IS ALL ABOUT. 06:06 PASSION IS SOMETHING YOU CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT. 06:09 OK. 06:10 IT'S LIKE A DROWNING PERSON YEARNING FOR A 06:14 BREATH OF FRESH AIR. 06:15 THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF PASSION AND I MUST TELL 06:19 YOU I WOULD BE FISH WITHOUT WATER IF I WAS NOT 06:23 FOCUSED. 06:24 WELL, YOU KNOW I WAS WORKING WITH THE 06:25 GOVERNMENT AND WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH THE 06:28 GOVERNMENT AH, YOU COULD DO AH LOT OF STUFF BUT YOU 06:30 COULD NOT TALK ABOUT GOD BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE 06:34 ALLERGIC TO GOD AND RELIGION AND ALL OF THAT 06:35 BUT YOU KNOW, GOD GAVE ME WISDOM TO CREATE 06:38 SPIRITUALLY BASED PROGRAMS. 06:40 EVERYTHING I DID I DESIGNED IT BECAUSE OF 06:45 SPIRITUAL VALUES BUT I COULD NOT TALK ABOUT GOD 06:49 AND RELIGION OPENLY AND PEOPLE WHEN I WOULD DO THE 06:53 TRAINING-MY TRAINING WAS ENTITLED - I HAD A BIG 06:57 TRAINING PROGRAM FOR LIFE COACHING KIND OF THING AND 07:01 IT USED TO BE CALLED "FROM PIECES TO PEACE" AND HOW 07:04 PEOPLE ARE FALLING APART AND HOW THEY CAN REALLY 07:07 FIND MEANING FOR THEIR LIFE. 07:09 AT THE END OF EACH OF THESE SESSIONS PEOPLE WILL 07:12 COME TO ME AND SAY, BY ANY CHANCE ARE YOU FROM LOMA 07:15 LINDA? 07:16 AND YOU KNOW THEY ASSOCIATE LOMA LINDA WITH 07:18 BEING SPIRITUALLY STRONG AND A CHRISTIAN 07:20 ORGANIZATION AND I WOULD BE BEAMING AND SAY, YES, 07:23 I'M FROM LOMA LINDA. 07:24 AND THEY WOULD SAY, BY ANY CHANCE ARE YOU A 07:28 CHRISTIAN? 07:28 I SAID, ABSOLUTELY. 07:29 SO, WHEN PEOPLE WILL ASK YOU OF COURSE YOU KNOW, 07:33 THEN YOU GET THE LIBERTY TO EXPLAIN TO THEM 07:36 WHATEVER THEY WOULD NEED TO KNOW. 07:38 AND SO, I'VE DEVELOPED THIS SPECIAL GIFT GOD HAD 07:41 GIVEN ME AND THE PRIVILEGE REALLY SO THAT'S HOW I GOT 07:44 INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 07:46 NOW, YOU ARE ALSO AN AUTHOR. 07:48 YOU HAVE WRITTEN BOOKS ON THIS AND IN FACT DON'T YOU 07:51 GO OUT AND YOU STRATEGIZE WITH COMPANIES AND YOU 07:53 GIVE THEM ADVICE AND DO SEMINARS ON HOW TO MAKE 07:58 THEIR BUSINESS BETTER. 07:59 WELL BRENT, I FEEL SO HONORED AND PRIVILEGED 08:02 BECAUSE I HAVE GIVEN APPROXIMATELY 11,000 MORE 08:06 THAN 11,000 LEADERSHIP SEMINARS FOR CORPORATIONS 08:10 AND MY PASSION IS TO BRING OUT THE BEST IN EVERYBODY. 08:13 AND IF PEOPLE COULD BE LITTLE BIT BETTER WELL 08:17 THEN, I FEEL VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 08:20 AND SO, YES, I'VE WRITTEN TWO BOOKS ON THIS 08:23 PARTICULAR AREA IT'S CALLED MIND REALIGNMENT 08:26 FOR EXCELLENCE, NAKED SECRETS FOR BUILDING A 08:29 BETTER YOU. 08:31 THE OTHER BOOKS ARE NOT ABOUT LEADERSHIP BUT I'VE 08:33 WRITTEN ONE AND THE BOOK IS CALLED LETTERS TO 08:35 MISTY . 08:36 THAT IS LETTERS TO MY DAUGHTER AND THAT BOOK IS 08:37 400 PAGE BOOK AND IN THAT ONE I AM TRANSFERRING WHAT 08:41 I HAVE BEEN TAUGHT BY MY FATHER AND MANY OTHER 08:45 MENTORS I'VE HAD ALONG THE LIFE. 08:51 AND I'M TRANSFERRING THAT TO MY DAUGHTER. 08:53 IT HAS CHAPTERS ABOUT 27 CHAPTERS ON WOMEN OF FAITH 08:58 AND ABOUT MEN OF COURAGE. 09:00 AH, THERE ARE ABOUT 30 CHAPTERS ABOUT "THIS I 09:03 BELIEVE". 09:04 NOW SO I JUST I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS DONE 09:07 FOR ME AND MY FAITH AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT 09:11 DOESN'T DIE WHEN I KICK THE BUCKET. 09:13 SO, I'M TRANSFERRING IT TO MY FAMILY AND MY CHILDREN. 09:16 YOU KNOW, MANZOOR AS I'VE KNOWN YOU AND TALKED TO 09:20 YOU-YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF PASSION AND LOVE 09:23 FOR THIS COUNTRY. 09:24 YOU PUT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY INTO STRATEGIZING 09:27 AND PLANNING ON HOW TO HELP YOUR PEOPLE. 09:31 WHERE DOES THAT PASSION COME FROM? 09:34 WELL, AGAIN YOU KNOW WHEN I WAS 20 YEARS OLD MY 09:37 FATHER ASKED ME TO RESIGN FROM MY AH PAID POSITION 09:42 AND HE SAID YOU CAN'T BE TALKING ABOUT JESUS AND 09:45 BEING CHARGING PEOPLE-BE ON A PAYROLL AND SO I 09:48 SOUGHT JOB OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH AND BUT THE MISSION 09:52 REMAINED THE SAME. 09:54 WE ALL HAVE THE SAME MISSION. 09:56 THAT IS TO BUILD THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND I 09:58 CONTINUOUSLY REPEAT I AM NOT MY OWN, I'M ON LOAN TO 10:03 BUILD THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 10:06 THAT IS THE MOTIVATION. 10:07 WHEN YOU SPEND TIME WITH JESUS YOU CAN'T HELP BUT 10:12 BE SO EXCITED THE BEST GOOD NEWS GOT TO GO TO 10:15 SOMEBODY ELSE. 10:16 RIGHT. 10:17 YOU KNOW, AS YOU JUST SHARED WITH ME A LITTLE 10:19 BIT AGO ABOUT WRITING THE BOOK ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER 10:22 YOU'VE WRITTEN 400 PAGES ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER. 10:24 YES, YES. 10:26 WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN? 10:30 YOU KNOW MY CHILDREN ARE JUST SOFT SPOKEN,UH THEY 10:34 ARE NOT AS UH EXCITED TO SPEAK BEFORE PUBLIC AS I 10:39 AM AND I FACETIOUSLY SAY THAT AH THEY HAVE GIVEN ME 10:46 THAT ROLE AND THEY ENJOY ME DOING WHAT I DO BUT 10:50 SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THEM IS THAT THEY ARE BOTH 10:55 VERY SERVICE ORIENTED AND SO IS MY WIFE AND THEY 10:58 INSPIRE ME IN BEING OTHER ORIENTED. 11:02 WHATEVER THEY DO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY ELSE 11:05 IS GETTING THE BEST DEAL AND I AM THE RECIPIENT OF 11:09 MUCH OF THEIR LOVE AND AFFECTION AND WHENEVER 11:13 THERE IS A SPECIAL EVENT, I TELL YOU, THEY JUST 11:16 SPOIL ME AND THAT TEACHES ME THAT WE NEED TO BE 11:20 OTHER DIRECTED. 11:21 YES. 11:22 WE NEED TO BE DOING THINGS THAT WILL BUILD OTHER 11:24 PEOPLE. 11:26 YOU KNOW, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR SOME TIME AND YOU KNOW 11:29 I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS BOOK BECAUSE AS 11:31 WE KNOWN YOU OVER THE YEARS, YOU'VE TOLD US THAT 11:34 YOU'VE BEEN WRITING THIS BOOK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN 11:36 AND HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU AND UH, TELL ME JUST A 11:40 LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHEN DID YOU WRITE THIS BOOK? 11:42 YOU'RE A BUSY GUY, I MEAN YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS 11:44 TO DO. 11:45 WELL, YOU KNOW I'M ALSO A VERY STRONG BELIEVER IN 11:50 BEING HEALTHY BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHEN I WAS 11:52 WRITING THIS BOOK, I WAS NOT FOLLOWING MY OWN 11:55 ADVICE. 11:56 I WROTE THIS BOOK PRIMARILY BETWEEN 10 P.M. 11:58 AND 2 A.M. 12:01 AND I WROTE THAT FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. 12:03 IT TOOK ME ONE WHOLE YEAR TO WRITE THESE 400 PAGES 12:08 AND IT'S WRITTEN FOR THE BUSY AH YOUNG ADULTS 12:15 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I COULD NOT HAVE MY DAUGHTER 12:17 SITTING WITH ME FOR A HALF HOUR OR ONE HOUR SO THIS 12:22 WAS MY WAY TO CONNECT WITH HER AND MY WAY TO LET HER 12:25 KNOW THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO 12:28 THE FATHER AND TO THE FAMILY. 12:30 THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS TAUGHT US AS A 12:34 FAMILY AND SO; UH IT WAS LIKE I'M FEELING 12:38 CONNECTION WITH HER. 12:39 YES. 12:40 AND SO, GOD REALLY INSPIRED ME. 12:42 I WOULD JUST GET ON THE COMPUTER AND START TYPING. 12:47 YOU KNOW I CAN SEE HOW, I CAN SEE HOW YOUR PASSION, 12:51 DESIRE TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE IS STRONG AND I CAN 12:55 SEE UM HOW YOUR ENERGY AND EFFORTS IN WORK IS REALLY 12:59 A PART OF YOUR LIFE HERE IN INDIA. 13:01 YOU SPEND A LOT OF YOUR OWN RESOURCES AND TIME TO 13:04 COME HERE. 13:05 UM, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU SEE IN THE GOSPEL 13:10 -HOW THE GOSPEL WORKERS WORKING IN THE COMMUNITIES 13:12 HAVE REALLY BENEFITTED AND HELPED SPREAD THE GOSPEL 13:15 IN THE REGIONS IN THE SECTIONS THAT YOU ARE A 13:18 PART OF. 13:19 YOU KNOW, MY DREAM SINCE I WAS 20 YEARS OLD HAS BEEN 13:22 THAT MY CHURCH IN SOUTHERN ASIA SHOULD BE SELF 13:25 SUPPORTING. 13:26 IT SHOULD NOT BE DEPENDING ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE OR 13:30 SUPPORT FROM OTHER PEOPLE AND OF COURSE, AS YOU ARE 13:34 GROWING AH AT CERTAIN STAGE OF YOUR LIFE YOU 13:38 DON'T HAVE THE INFLUENCE YOU HAVE, THE CREDIBILITY, 13:41 YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE CONNECTED TO YOU AS MUCH 13:44 AS A CERTAIN STAGE OF YOUR LIFE. 13:47 I FEEL THAT THIS IS THE STAGE OF MY LIFE WHICH IS 13:49 THE BEST STAGE IN MY LIFE. 13:51 I'M HAVING THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE RIGHT NOW AND I 13:55 HAVE LOTS OF GRACIOUS PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH IN 13:58 OUR SOUTHERN ASIA AND THEY ARE MY FRIENDS AND THEY 14:03 ARE LEADERS. 14:04 I RESPECT THEM AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SUPPORT 14:08 THEM. 14:09 MY ROLE HERE IS SIMPLY TO BE THE WIND BENEATH THE 14:12 WINGS OF MY PEOPLE. 14:13 AND SO, I'M THEIR SERVANT AND SO I HAVE THAT 14:16 ATTITUDE AND WHEN I AM WORKING WITH THE 14:18 LEADERSHIP HERE, THEY ARE VERY EXCITED. 14:21 WE HAVE LAUNCHED A MOVEMENT TO BE SELF 14:23 SUPPORTING AND WE ARE GIVING THIS UNION ONLY 14:26 FOUR YEARS TO BECOME SELF SUPPORTING AND EVERY YEAR 14:30 THEY ARE REDUCING THEIR DEPENDENCE ON GOSPEL 14:34 OUTREACH FOR EXAMPLE. 14:35 LAST YEAR THEY DID A 10 PERCENT. 14:37 THIS COMING YEAR BY JUNE 30 THEY WILL BE REDUCING 14:39 BY 20 PERCENT SO BY 2021 THEY WILL NOT BE 14:45 SUPPORTING THEY WILL ASSUME TOTAL SUPPORT FOR 14:48 ALL THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEY HAVE. 14:50 SO, HOW MANY GOSPEL WORKERS ARE IN YOUR 14:52 SECTION? 14:53 WE HAVE 377 WORKERS RIGHT NOW. 14:55 377. 14:56 YES BUT THEY WILL BE 20 PERCENT OF THEM THEIR 14:58 STIPEND WILL BE ASSUMED BY THE UNION, BY THE SECTIONS 15:02 HERE. 15:03 WE CALL THEM SECTIONS. 15:03 IN U.S. 15:04 WE CALL THEM CONFERENCES AND SO THIS CONFERENCE 15:07 HERE, THIS UNION I SHOULD SAY HAS TEN DIFFERENT 15:10 SECTIONS IN MY REGION AND THEY ARE ALL DETERMINED TO 15:18 BECOME SELF SUPPORTING BY THE END OF 2021. 15:23 AND SO, THEY ARE EMBRACING IT AND I'M SO ENCOURAGED 15:27 BECAUSE THEY ARE SO YOUNG. 15:29 MOST OF OUR WORKERS ARE VERY YOUNG AND THEY 15:32 ACTUALLY BELIEVE YOU WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING. 15:34 TODAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MIND OF JESUS 15:38 AND THE MIND OF JESUS I ASKED THEM IF YOU LOOKED 15:40 THROUGH THE WINDOW AND YOU COULD SEE THE MIND OF 15:42 JESUS WHAT DO YOU SEE IN IT? 15:44 ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SEE IS POSSIBILITY THINKERS. 15:47 WE ARE POSSIBILITY THINKERS AND THE GREATEST 15:51 INJUSTICE WE COULD DO TO OURSELVES IS TO DELIVER 15:55 LESS THAN WE ARE CAPABLE OF. 15:58 MY PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF DELIVERING MUCH MORE THAN 16:02 THEY HAVE BEEN DELIVERING AND THEY ARE MAKING A 16:04 DETERMINATION THAT BY 2021 THEY WANT TO TAKE OVER THE 16:09 RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL THE CURRENT GOSPEL OUTREACH 16:12 WORKERS. 16:13 THEY COULD BE MOVED INTO NEW TERRITORIES, NEW 16:15 VILLAGES. 16:16 ANOTHER VERY SPECIAL PLAN THAT IS IN PLACE NOW IS 16:21 THAT ALL THE ELDERS -WE'LL BE TRAINING ELDERS IN 16:24 EVERY CHURCH AND THE ELDERS WITH THE HELP OF 16:27 WOMEN AND YOUTH THEY WILL CARE FOR THE EXISTING 16:31 CHURCHES AND ALL PAID WORKERS REGULAR AS WELL AS 16:36 GOSPEL OUTREACH WILL BE MOVING INTO NEW 16:38 TERRITORIES. 16:39 THEY WILL BE GOING INTO UNENTERED VILLAGES AND I 16:42 TELL YOU, THAT WARMS MY HEART BECAUSE THAT IS 16:45 EXACTLY WHAT MY FATHER TAUGHT ME. 16:47 OK. 16:48 GET INTO THE TERRITORIES THAT-AND YOU SHOULD NOT BE 16:51 PAID FOR IT AND I THINK EVERY BELIEVER MUST BECOME 16:56 A DISCIPLE. 16:57 UNTIL WE BECOME DISCIPLES, WE ARE REALLY NOT TASTING 17:02 THE MISSION THAT GOD HAS SENT US HERE FOR. 17:05 THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 17:06 NOW MANZOOR, WE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK BUT AND 17:10 AFTER THE BREAK I'M GOING TO ASK YOU WHAT YOU ARE 17:12 DOING HERE ON THIS AT THIS COMPOUND AT THIS TIME, 17:15 THIS WEEKEND UM AND YOU CAN SHARE WITH US WHEN WE 17:19 DO THAT. 17:20 YOU ASSIST IN TRAINING HOW MANY TRAININGS A YEAR WITH 17:24 YOUR GOSPEL WORKERS? 17:26 WELL, I GENERALLY COME ONCE AND THIS YEAR I'M 17:31 COMING TWICE AND UM AFTER I MY WORK WITH THE ROTARY 17:38 FINISHES I'M WORKING AS A GOVERNOR THIS YEAR BUT 17:42 THAT WILL BE OVER JUNE 30. 17:44 AFTER THAT, I'M INTENDING TO SPENDING HERE LOT MORE 17:46 TIME EVERY YEAR AND WORK WITH MY PEOPLE. 17:50 BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN INDIA. 17:52 ISN'T IT GREAT TO HEAR FROM BRENT AND MANZOOR IN 17:54 INDIA? 17:55 AND WE HAVE MORE TO SHARE WITH YOU. 17:57 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 17:59 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 18:01 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 18:03 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 18:06 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 18:10 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT 18:13 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUTJESUS' 18:16 LOVE. 18:17 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 18:19 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 18:22 EQUATOR FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, 18:24 CHINA TO JAPAN. 18:25 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 18:26 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WE SPONSOR LOCAL 18:29 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 18:32 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 18:35 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 18:37 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 18:39 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 18:43 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 18:45 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 18:50 GOD'S LOVE. 18:51 JOIN US. 18:52 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 18:55 DONATE. 18:55 PRAY. 18:56 I'M BACK WITH DR. MANZOOR MASSEY AND BEFORE THE 18:59 BREAK I ASKED DR. MASSEY TO EXPLAIN WHAT HE IS 19:03 DOING HERE THIS WEEKEND AND WHAT IT IS HE DOES. 19:08 DR. MASSEY IS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTORS 19:11 FOR THE DISTRICT 12 SECTION 12 AND DR. MASSEY 19:15 WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY AND BEFORE THE 19:18 BREAK I ASKED YOU TO DESCRIBE HOW MANY, HOW 19:21 MANY TRAININGS YOU DO A YEAR AND WHAT IT IS YOU 19:24 ARE DOING HERE THIS WEEKEND FOR THE TRAINING. 19:27 WELL, THIS WEEKEND THIS WEEK, I SHOULD SAY IS A 19:32 VERY SPECIAL WEEK. 19:33 WE ARE DOING LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND THE UNION 19:37 OFFICERS WHICH IS THE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY AND 19:39 THE TREASURER AND THEN THE CONFERENCE THREE OFFICERS 19:44 ARE HERE FROM EACH OF THE TEN SECTIONS. 19:47 AND ALONG WITH THAT WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH 19:50 COORDINATORS AND OTHER LEADERS THAT ARE 19:53 SUPPORTING EACH OF THE SECTIONS. 19:55 AND WE ARE GOING TO LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND 19:57 OUR MAJOR FOCUS IS THE MOVEMENT WE ARE LAUNCHED 20:02 HERE IT IS CALLED "SELF RELIANCE". 20:05 THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A STRATEGIC PLAN AND A ROAD 20:10 MAP FOR HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE ACCOMPLISHING THIS 20:15 AND I AM ABSOLUTELY ENTHRALLED-VERY EXCITED 20:20 THAT THIS YOUNG WORKFORCE HAS TAKEN ON THIS AS A 20:25 REAL MISSION LIKE THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS. 20:27 SO, WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS, YOU ARE GETTING A 20:30 LOT OF GOOD REACTION TO YOUNG PEOPLE. 20:31 YOU KNOW YOU WORK WITH THE OLDER GENERATION BUT YOU 20:32 ARE SENSING THAT THE YOUNGER GENERATION IS A 20:34 LOT MORE OPEN TO MOVING FORWARD AND LIKE YOU HAVE 20:35 THIS PLAN CALLED "ON YOUR FEET FOR JESUS" YES, AND 20:36 YOU KNOW LIKE I'VE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED UM 20:38 A YOUNGER GENERATIONAL CHURCH WHERE THEY ARE JUST 20:51 ON FIRE FOR THE LORD. 20:52 THEY ARE READY TO MOVE. 20:52 THEY ARE READY TO GO. 20:54 THEY ARE READY TO HELP. 20:55 THEY ARE READY AND SO I REALLY RESONATE WITH YOUR 20:59 SENSE OF WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND FEELING 21:01 THAT ENERGY. 21:02 SO, YOU ARE WORKING WITH SOME TOP LEADERSHIP OF 21:03 THIS CHURCH IN THIS UNION, THIS DISTRICT. 21:10 THAT'S RIGHT WE HAVE ACTUALLY REVIEWED THIS 21:13 MOVEMENT, I CALL IT, I CALL IT EARTH SHAKING, 21:17 HISTORY MAKING, MIND BOGGLING INITIATIVE THAT 21:19 WE HAVE LAUNCHED. 21:20 WE IN SOUTHERN ASIA HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 118 YEARS 21:24 AND LOT OF GOOD HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BUT IT IS 21:28 TIME FOR US TO THINK ABOUT THE NEXT STEP AND THAT IS 21:32 SELF RELIANCE. 21:33 AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER 80 PERCENT OF ALL-70 21:37 PERCENT OF ALL SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS IN SOUTHERN 21:39 ASIA LIVE IN THIS VERY UNION AND WHILE WE HAVE 21:43 DISCUSSED THIS PLAN WITH THE GENERAL CONFERENCE 21:46 REPRESENTATIVES ALSO WITH SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION 21:49 LEADERS AND ALL OF THE UNIONS IN SOUTHERN ASIA. 21:52 THEY HAVE ALL REVIEWED THE PLANS AND THIS UNION HAS 21:56 BEEN SELECTED AS A PILOT PROJECT AND I AM 22:00 ABSOLUTELY AMAZED THE VERY FIRST TIME WE DISCUSSED IT 22:04 THERE WAS 100 PERCENT CONCURRENCE. 22:06 THEY WANT TO BE ABOARD ON THIS WHOLE IDEA. 22:09 AND SO, WE HAVE THE UNION LEADERSHIP, THE 22:12 EXPERIENCED MEMBERS AS WELL AS ALL THE YOUNG 22:15 PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS 22:18 THROUGHOUT THESE SECTIONS. 22:20 RIGHT. 22:20 THEY ARE ALL ABOARD. 22:21 100 PERCENT. 22:23 SO, AS WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE, AND HEAR 22:25 YOU DESCRIBE THE NEED FOR SELF RELIANCE WHY ARE YOU 22:29 USING THAT TERMINOLOGY BECAUSE FOR OUR VIEWERS 22:32 -THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND MAYBE THE CULTURE. 22:35 WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE CULTURE A LITTLE BIT AND 22:38 HOW, HOW SELF RELIANCE FITS INTO THIS CULTURE 22:40 BECAUSE WORKING WITH GOSPEL WORKERS YOU KNOW, 22:41 HOW DOES THAT ALL FIT INTO THE PICTURE WITH OUR 22:43 GOSPEL WORKERS? 22:45 YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY THE CHURCH IN SOUTHERN ASIA 22:50 HAS BEEN DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND ALL 22:55 ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER AREAS AND WHILE THAT IS 22:59 VERY ESSENTIAL AND HAS BEEN VERY VALUABLE TO 23:03 BUILD AND TO EXPAND OUR WORK, THE EXISTING WORK 23:07 DOES REQUIRE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PART 23:11 OF THE FAITH FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND THEY 23:13 ARE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS THEY NEED TO 23:15 START THINKING ABOUT STANDING ON THEIR OWN FEET 23:18 AND THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE DONOR BASE AH 23:23 SOONER OR LATER IS GOING TO DRY UP AND WE HAVE ALSO 23:27 MORE THAN THAT, WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE POPULATION IN 23:31 NEARLY 40-50 COUNTRIES WHICH WE CALL 10/40 23:35 WINDOW. 23:36 WE HAVE 97 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW 23:42 JESUS AND SO FOR US TO FREE AH SOME RESOURCES IN 23:48 ONE LOCATION THAT WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE OTHER 23:51 LOCATION. 23:52 AND THAT IS THE IMPETUS FOR US SO THAT WE COULD DO 23:57 THIS SELF RELIANCE MOVEMENT. 23:59 THIS IS REALLY THE MODEL OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 24:02 MODEL. 24:05 PAUL WENT AROUND HE RAISED THE CHURCHES AND AS HE WAS 24:08 BUILDING THE CHURCHES HE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEW 24:11 TERRITORIES. 24:12 AND WE ARE ASKING OURMEMBERS HERE OUR 24:15 LEADERSHIP, THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE THE ELDERS 24:18 TRAINED AND WITH THE HELP OF WOMEN AND YOUTH AND 24:21 ELDERS THEY WILL CARE FOR THE EXISTING CHURCHES AND 24:25 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THE OTHER PAID 24:27 WORKERS NEED TO MOVE INTO NEW TERRITORIES-UNENTERED 24:29 VILLAGES. 24:31 INDIA HAS 600.000 VILLAGES. 24:37 WE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE, CHILDREN OF GOD WHO REALLY 24:40 DON'T KNOW HIM YET AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED 24:43 CONTINUED SUPPORT AND PRAYER OF ALL OUR GOSPEL 24:46 OUTREACH LISTENERS BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE NEED TO 24:51 MOVE OUR WORKERS FORWARD IN THE FRONTLINE. 24:54 THAT DOESN'T EXACTLY SOUND LIKE A DIRECTORS REPETOIRE 24:59 OF RESPONSIBILITIES. 25:02 HOW HAS THE UNIONS AND THE LEADERSHIP ADOPTED-HOW ARE 25:06 THEY RECEPTIVE OF THIS VISION THAT YOU HAVE? 25:11 YOU KNOW, I DON'T WORK HERE JUST BECAUSE I AM 25:14 GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTOR. 25:16 THEY ALL KNOW THAT AND THEY RESPECT THAT ROLE BUT 25:20 AH, THAT IS JUST A PART OF MY ROLE. 25:25 I WORK HERE BECAUSE I AM PART OF MY CHURCH HERE. 25:27 I AM ACTUALLY PART OF MY CHURCH EVERYWHERE EVEN 25:29 WHERE I LIVE BUT I'M PART OF MY CHURCH HERE. 25:30 WHEN I SEE THAT MY CHURCH NEEDS TO GROW SO THIS IS 25:32 THE NEXT PHASE OF GROWTH IN ANY MOVEMENT. 25:36 OUR MOVEMENT HAS DONE WELL. 25:40 WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF INROADS AND NOW WE CAN 25:47 BUILD ON WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY OUR 25:50 LEADERS AND BY MANY OF OUR DONORS OVER THE YEARS. 25:52 WE NEED TO MOVE TO THE NEXT STAGE. 25:54 SO, THEY ARE RECEPTIVE? 25:56 VERY RECEPTIVE. 25:58 VERY SUPPORTIVE AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A ROADMAP. 26:02 LAST NIGHT WE DISCUSSED HERE AH THE STRATEGIC 26:07 ACTION PLAN WHICH ACTUALLY HAS MEASURABLE GOALS, 26:11 OBJECTIVES, PLAN OF ACTION, TIMELINE AND 26:14 EVALUATION. 26:16 THEY ARE ALL 100 PERCENT ABOARD AND I'M THRILLED 26:18 WITH THAT. 26:19 YOU KNOW ON THE GOSPEL OUTREACH SIDE, THE GOSPEL 26:21 WORKERS MANZOOR, WHERE DO YOU SEE GOD WORKING WITH 26:25 THE GOSPEL WORKERS? 26:26 WHERE DO YOU SEE THE HOLY SPIRIT BEING POURED OUT 26:30 AND KIND OF WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE VILLAGES 26:33 AND TOWNS AND NEW FRONTIERS? 26:35 YOU KNOW, I AM ACTUALLY VERY DELIGHTED BRENT, THAT 26:39 YOU AND DESMOND WHO IS A REALLY A PRAYER WARRIOR 26:43 CAME ON THIS VISIT BECAUSE YOU TOUCHED UPON PART OF 26:49 THE COMPONENT WHICH WAS TO PREPARE PEOPLE TO LISTEN 26:54 AND TO SURRENDER TO THE WORKING OF THE HOLY 26:57 SPIRIT. 26:58 BECAUSE WITHOUT THE PART OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ALL OUR 27:02 EFFORTS ARE REALLY AH FRUITLESS. 27:05 WE WILL NOT HAVE THE RESULTS AND SO YOU 27:08 CONNECTED OUR LEADERSHIP TO THAT ASPECT WHICH IS SO 27:12 ESSENTIAL TO BUILD OUR OWN SPIRITUAL VALUES AND OUR 27:17 SPIRITUAL ENTHUSIASM AND AS OUR SPIRITUAL HEALTH IS 27:20 STRONGER EVERYBODY WE TOUCH AND EVERYTHING WE 27:23 TOUCH IS GOING TO RISE TO A NEW LEVEL. 27:27 I BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IS GOING TO 27:30 AH SEND SHOCKWAVES AND FOR THE GOOD IN ALL OF OUR 27:35 CHURCHES BECAUSE OUR LEADERS ARE GOING TO NOW 27:39 GO AND SHARE THE SAME IDEA AND SAME PASSION SO THAT 27:43 THEY CAN HAVE OUR CHURCHES TRAINED, OUR ELDERS 27:47 TRAINED OUR WOMEN, OUR YOUTH. 27:49 SEVENTY PERCENT OF OUR CHURCHES ARE FILLED WITH 27:51 WOMEN AND YOUTH. 27:52 AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF "ADVENTURES IN 27:54 MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:55 WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRAY. 28:00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 28:15 PLEASE VISIT US ON LINE GOAIM.ORG AND MAY THE LORD |
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