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00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL
00:35 OUTREACH. 00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND WHAT A JOY THAT YOU 00:38 HAVE WELCOMED US WHETHER IT'S ON YOU IPAD, YOUR 00:42 IPHONE, YOUR TV IN YOUR LIVING ROOM OR YOUR 00:44 COMPUTER WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND MAYBE YOU 00:47 ARE WATCHING ON ONE OF THE BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS 00:50 THAT CARRY THIS PROGRAM. 00:52 AND MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE AT OUR WEBSITE 00:54 WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG AND WE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND 00:58 WE THANK THE BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS FOR RUNNING 01:01 OUR PROGRAM. 01:02 SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. 01:03 AND TODAY WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST AND IT'S 01:06 PASTOR KEN CRAWFORD. 01:07 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 01:08 THANK YOU. 01:09 NICE TO BE HERE. 01:11 WELL IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU AND YOU ARE A VERY 01:15 FAMILIAR FACE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:17 AND YOU ARE CHAIRMAN, CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD 01:20 OF DIRECTORS. 01:21 I AM, I AM. 01:23 AND ABOUT HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED 01:25 HERE KEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 01:26 I RETIRED MUST BE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO AND 01:32 IMMEDIATELY GOT INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 01:35 HAVE BEEN A FAN OF IT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS EVEN 01:37 BEFORE THAT. 01:39 SO IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO JUST SLIDE RIGHT INTO 01:43 RETIREMENT AND INTO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:46 WELL AND YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN TELEVISION 01:48 WORK. 01:49 YOU'VE BEEN A CONFERENCE PRESIDENT AND PASTOR. 01:51 AND WHY DON'T YOU GIVE OUR VIEWERS A LITTLE BIT OF 01:55 HISTORY OF YOUR BACKGROUND. 01:56 WELL THE MAJORITY OF MY VOCATION HAS BEEN 02:01 PASTORING. 02:02 AND I LOVE PASTORING. 02:07 BECAUSE WHY? 02:08 IT IS IN MY MIND PROBABLY THE HIGHEST CALLING THAT 02:14 ANYBODY CAN EVER HAVE. 02:15 TO SHEPHERD PEOPLE SPIRITUALLY IN MY MIND IS 02:19 THE GREATEST CHALLENGE AND PASTORING IS THE GREATEST 02:23 CHALLENGE. 02:24 I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THE 02:28 RESPONSIBILITIES AND HOW DIFFICULT, WHAT A BIG 02:31 CHALLENGE PASTORING IS. 02:34 MOST OF WHAT A CONGREGATION SEES, THEY 02:37 DON'T SEE WHAT A PASTOR REALLY DOES. 02:40 RIGHT, THERE'S A LOT OF BEHIND. 02:42 AND IT SHOULD BE THAT WAY. 02:44 YES. 02:45 IT SHOULD BE THAT WAY. 02:46 BUT PASTORING IS A, IT'S A WONDERFUL CALLING. 02:49 WELL AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN THAT 02:51 MISSION OF THAT HERE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:54 BUT YOU'VE ALSO HOSTED A TV SHOW UP IN ALASKA. 02:58 WHY DON'T YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 02:59 WELL I WAS IN ALASKA IN ADMINISTRATION FOR ABOUT 03:03 12 YEARS. 03:04 AND THE BURDEN FOR ALASKA IS THAT WE'VE GOT SUCH 03:07 VAST UNENTERED AREAS THERE. 03:10 THERE ARE 230 NATIVE VILLAGES AND WE WERE ONLY 03:14 OPERATING IN ABOUT 10 OR 12. 03:16 AND SO WE PUT TOGETHER THOSE VIDEOS TO KIND OF 03:18 GIVE PEOPLE AN IDEA OF WHAT ALASKA IS LIKE, OF 03:22 COURSE, BUT ALSO TO EXPOSE SOME OF THE NEEDS IN 03:27 ALASKA. 03:28 YES. 03:29 WELL I'VE ENJOYED SEEING YOUR VIDEO WORK. 03:31 AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF FLYING IN YOUR PLANE UP 03:36 IN ALASKA AND I'M A BIG FAN OF THE IDITAROD. 03:39 YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS. 03:40 BUT WHAT A JOY TO BE IN YOUR PLANE BECAUSE YOU ARE 03:43 A PILOT AS WELL AS I AM AND WHY DON'T YOU SHARE 03:46 WITH HOW YOU WOULD GET TO THESE VILLAGES. 03:49 WELL 80 PERCENT OF THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN 03:51 ALASKA ARE ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY WATER IN THE SUMMER OR 03:56 BY AIR. 03:57 AND SO IT'S REALLY PRETTY IMPERATIVE THERE TO BE 04:01 ABLE TO FLY. 04:03 IT GIVES YOU THE LIBERTY TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO A 04:06 LOT OF PLACES THAT YOU CAN'T AND OF COURSE IT'S 04:08 EXCITING. 04:09 YES, FLYING IS, FLYING IS AWESOME. 04:11 WELL BEING IN YOUR PLANE AND FLYING WAS ONE OF THE 04:14 BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE SO THANK YOU. 04:16 AND IT WAS VERY VERY SPECIAL. 04:19 SO WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU KEN TO FLY INTO THESE 04:22 VILLAGES AND TO MET WITH THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY 04:25 LIVE? 04:26 TELL US ABOUT THAT. 04:27 OH THE PEOPLE IN ALASKA ARE TRULY AMAZING. 04:28 IT'S CALLED THE LAND OF THE INDIVIDUALIST, AND 04:29 THAT'S TRUE. 04:30 I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THAT BEFORE. 04:30 I LIKE THAT. 04:31 YES. 04:32 IT'S TRUE. 04:33 BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS DIFFERENT. 04:33 EVERYBODY. 04:34 THEY SAY THE PEOPLE IN ALASKA EITHER ARE RUNNING 04:35 AWAY FROM SOMETHING OR RUNNING TO SOMETHING. 04:37 OH, OKAY, ALRIGHT. 04:39 AND I THINK THAT THAT'S TRUE. 04:43 PEOPLE IN ALASKA ARE A UNIQUE CULTURE. 04:52 AND I LOVE THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WHO THEY ARE. 04:55 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT , WHAT YOU SEE IS 04:59 WHAT YOU GET. 05:00 AND WHEN YOU GO INTO ALL THESE REMOTE AREAS. 05:03 WE HAD ABOUT 40 CHURCHES OR SO, STILL HAVE 40 05:06 CHURCHES, BUT WHEN YOU SHOW UP THERE THEY LOVE TO 05:08 SEE YOU. 05:09 AND ALL OF ALASKA WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE FOUR THOUSAND 05:11 MEMBERS IT BECOMES LIKE FAMILY. 05:12 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 05:13 AND IT WAS JUST, MY WIFE AND I BOTH REALLY CONSIDER 05:14 THAT ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR MINISTRY. 05:15 WELL AWESOME, AWESOME. 05:16 WELL AND NATIVE ALASKANS LIKE YOU SAID ARE VERY 05:17 SPECIAL PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE AND ALL OF THAT. 05:18 SO THE TV PROGRAM THAT YOU DID SO HOW MANY EPISODES 05:20 WAS IT? 05:20 WHERE WAS IT SHOWN? 05:21 WE DID ABOUT 16 OR 17. 05:32 AND WE HIGHLIGHTED DIFFERENT AREAS OF ALASKA 05:45 WHERE WE HAD A WORK GOING ON. 05:47 AND IT WAS, IT WAS TOUGH WORK BECAUSE MOST OF THE 05:53 TIME YOU WERE SHOOTING WHEN IT WAS 30 BELOW OR 40 05:56 BELOW AND YOUR LIPS DON'T WORK VERY WELL. 05:59 AND YOUR HANDS ARE COLD. 06:00 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:01 BUT IT WAS A JOY TO BE ABLE TO PUT THOSE 06:05 TOGETHER. 06:06 SO SIMILARLY UP IN ALASKA TO THE 10/40 WINDOW WHICH 06:10 IS WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH WHERE WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING, 06:13 YOU HAD PROBABLY NATIVE AND STILL DO NATIVE 06:17 ALASKANS WHO ARE IN THE VILLAGES SHARING JESUS 06:20 WITH THEIR PEOPLE IN THEIR VILLAGE CORRECT? 06:22 THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S TRUE. 06:23 AND THAT'S HOW IT IS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 06:26 THAT'S HOW IT IS. 06:27 BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH 06:29 WORKERS WHO LOVE JESUS AND THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, 06:32 THEY KNOW CULTURE AND THEY KNOW ALL OF THAT. 06:34 ONE OF MY INTERESTS IN GOSPEL OUTREACH, I MEAN I 06:38 HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST, NUMBER ONE TO THINK THAT 06:42 IT'S A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION AND THAT 06:45 EVERYBODY HERE DONATES THEIR TIME AND VOLUNTEERS. 06:48 IT'S INSPIRING. 06:49 WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO 06:52 ARE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTORS. 06:56 BUT THE OTHER THING IS THAT I'VE TRAVELED QUITE A 07:00 BIT OVER MY YEARS OF MINISTRY IN DIFFERENT 07:03 PARTS OF THE WORLD AND I HAVE SEEN THE NEEDS IN 07:08 THAT 10/40 WINDOW. 07:09 AND IT'S ALMOST BEYOND WHAT WE CAN COMPREHEND. 07:14 YES. 07:15 IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A DIVINE THING FOR GOD TO 07:17 STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING THERE. 07:19 YES. 07:21 BUT I ALSO FOUND THAT THE PEOPLE, I REMEMBER I WAS 07:24 UP IN THE PUNJAB DOING AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES ONE 07:27 TIME WHICH IS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF INDIA. 07:31 AND EVERYBODY IS SIKH UP THERE. 07:34 AND THEY GAVE US A LITTLE MEETING HALL BUT ONE OF 07:39 THE PROFESSORS FROM THE LOCAL UNIVERSITY BROUGHT 07:41 ALL OF HIS STUDENTS AND ATTENDED THE WHOLE SERIES 07:44 BECAUSE HE WANTED HIS STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND 07:45 WHAT CHRISTIANITY WAS. 07:46 INTERESTING. 07:47 AND THE SIKH POPULATION IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE 07:48 POPULATIONS THAT IS CLOSEST IN BELIEFS TO 07:49 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 07:50 THEY BELIEVE IN THE LITERAL SEVEN DAY 07:51 CREATION. 07:52 I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 07:53 THEY BELIEVE IN A LITERAL FLOOD. 07:54 THEY BELIEVE IN THE LITERAL SECOND COMING. 07:55 A LOT OF WHAT THE SIKHS BELIEVE IS VERY SIMILAR TO 07:57 US. 07:58 AND SO WHY IT'S DIFFICULT TO WORK THERE IT'S VERY 07:59 DIFFICULT TO GET INTO THEIR SOCIETY. 08:00 BUT ONCE YOU GET BY THE INITIAL BARRIERS THEY ARE 08:01 VERY OPEN TO DIALOG AND DISCUSSING AND TO 08:03 UNDERSTANDING. 08:04 BUT THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND THEM IS 08:05 THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND JESUS. 08:37 THE PIVOTAL PART. 08:38 THE PIVOTAL PART. 08:39 AND SO ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN THE 10/40 08:46 WINDOW IT'S A VERY SMALL GEOGRAPHIC AREA BUT THE 08:51 POPULATION IN THAT 10/40 WINDOW IT'S HUGE. 08:54 IT'S HUGE, HUGE, HUGE, HUGE. 08:57 WE HAVE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE SO WE THROW THIS TERM 08:59 AROUND, "10/40 WINDOW", AND I ALWAYS TRY AND MAKE 09:01 SURE THAT I'M EXPLAINING IF THERE MIGHT BE A VIEWER 09:04 FOR THE FIRST TIME IS HEARING THIS TERM. 09:06 IT'S FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 09:08 IT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM WEST AFRICA, SO THE 09:11 NORTHERN PART OF AFRICA, ALL OF THOSE COUNTRIES 09:13 THROUGH PAKISTAN, INDIA, NEPAL THROUGH CHINA, 09:16 THAILAND, VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, THE PHILIPPINES 09:19 AND IT JUST GOES. 09:20 IT'S A HUGE RECTANGLE. 09:22 AND THAT'S WHERE THE HEAVIEST DENSITY OF PEOPLE 09:26 LIVE. 09:27 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE WORLD POPULATION LIVE 09:29 IN THAT 10/40 WINDOW. 09:31 YES. 09:31 AND WE HAVE ALL AGE RANGES. 09:33 AND ALL THE MAJOR RELIGIONS STARTED THERE. 09:37 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 09:38 THAT'S RIGHT. 09:39 YES. 09:40 SO IT'S TECHNICALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD 09:42 FROM US BUT THAT'S WHERE OUR HEART IS HERE AT 09:45 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 09:46 BUT THE GREAT MASSES OF PEOPLE. 09:49 THE TIMES THAT I'VE BEEN TO INDIA I FOUND THAT THE 09:53 PEOPLE OF INDIA MAY NOT UNDERSTAND CHRISTIANITY 09:57 BUT THEY ARE DEEPLY SPIRITUAL PEOPLE. 10:00 OH VERY MUCH SO. 10:01 AND MANZOOR MASSEY WHO IS AN INDIAN MAN, WHEN HE 10:03 SITS RIGHT HERE HE SAYS THE EXACT SAME THING. 10:06 RIGHT, DEEPLY SPIRITUAL. 10:08 ABSOLUTELY. 10:09 SO THAT MAKES THEM OPEN TO UNDERSTANDING AND 10:14 STUDYING. 10:15 THEY ARE, THEY ARE REAL SEEKERS. 10:16 YES, LITERALLY. 10:17 AND THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES IN THAT PART OF THE 10:20 WORLD. 10:23 I WAS IN NORTHERN THAILAND ONE TIME. 10:24 RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF LAOS. 10:25 WHERE WE WERE MEETING WAS RIGHT ON THE MEKONG RIVER. 10:29 WHEN WE ARRIVED THERE THEY WOULDN'T ALLOW IS TO MEET 10:34 ANYWHERE. 10:36 REALLY. 10:37 THEY SAID THAT THIS IS A LARGELY MUSLIM AREA AND SO 10:41 YOU CANNOT MEET. 10:42 AND THEY KNEW YOU WERE CHRISTIAN? 10:44 AND THEY NEW WE WERE CHRISTIANS. 10:45 AND SO WE WENT TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE. 10:47 OH YOU DID. 10:48 AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE SAID YOU CAN MEET IN MY 10:51 BACK YARD. 10:52 OH (LAUGHTER) AND SO WE SET UP A BIG TENT IN HIS 10:54 BACK YARD. 10:55 AND OF COURSE EVERYBODY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS 10:58 HAPPENING AT HIS PLACE. 10:59 RIGHT. 11:00 AND WE FILLED THAT FOR TWO AND HALF WEEKS OR THREE 11:02 WEEKS. 11:03 PRAISE THE LORD. 11:05 PEOPLE CAME FROM ALL OVER. 11:06 IT WAS SO FASCINATING TO SEE THEM COME FROM THE 11:08 VILLAGES IN THESE LITTLE TWO-WHEELED TRACTORS WITH 11:11 A BIG WAGON ON THEM FULL OF PEOPLE. 11:13 YES, ONE MORE. 11:14 THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE. 11:16 YES. 11:17 AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THESE 11:19 PEOPLE. 11:19 THEY ARE SEEKERS. 11:21 WE DID ONE IN INDIA ONE TIME OUTSIDE OF NEW DELHI 11:26 AND WE STARTED OFF. 11:28 MY DAUGHTER CAME WITH US, SHE WAS IN COLLEGE, AND I 11:31 SAID IF YOU'LL DO THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAMING THEN 11:34 YOU CAN COME WITH US. 11:35 SO SHE SAID OKAY. 11:37 SO SHE CAME WITH ONE OF HER FRIENDS AND THEY 11:39 STARTED THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAM. 11:40 THE FIRST NIGHT THEY HAD I THINK 20 CHILDREN. 11:44 THE THIRD NIGHT THEY HAD 100. 11:47 BY THE FIFTH NIGHT THEY HAD 400. 11:49 I WAS GOING TO SAY THEY WERE AT A THOUSAND. 11:51 YES. 11:52 I MEAN IT JUST KEPT GROWING AND GROWING. 11:53 AND THEY LOVED YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WERE PRESENTING. 11:56 WELL WORD GETS OUT. 11:58 THESE PEOPLE ARE SEEKERS. 11:59 THEY ARE SEEKERS. 12:00 WELL KEN THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 12:01 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH 12:04 US AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU THAT IF YOU 12:06 ARE EXCITED WITH WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM PASTOR 12:08 KEN ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND HOW PEOPLE NEED TO 12:11 HEAR ABOUT JESUS WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET 12:13 INVOLVED. 12:14 THERE ARE MANY WAYS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT. 12:15 YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG AND WE 12:18 THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS. 12:20 YOU CAN DONATE THERE ON LINE. 12:22 YOU CAN ALSO WATCH PROGRAMS JUST LIKE THIS 12:24 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" ON OUR WEBSITE AND FIND 12:27 OUT MORE INFORMATION. 12:28 AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR FRIEND ON FACEBOOK 12:31 AND HAVE YOU FRIEND US. 12:33 SO PLEASE VISIT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE'RE DOING 12:35 SOMETHING NEW. 12:36 WE'RE DOING THESE, WE'RE CALLING THEM THE "GO 12:38 MINUTES" SO THE ACRONYM FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 12:41 "GO" AND WE'RE DOING SOME DEVOTIONALS AND YOU CAN 12:44 SEE THOSE ON OUR WEBSITE AND ON INSTAGRAM AND OUR 12:47 YOU TUBE CHANNEL. 12:48 SO JUST SEARCH FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE HAVE SOME 12:50 MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU. 12:53 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME. 12:56 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 12:59 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 13:01 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 13:05 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 13:07 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3 13:13 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE. 13:17 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 13:20 IN THE AREA FROM 10-40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 13:23 EQUATOR. 13:24 FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA, 13:29 TO JAPAN. 13:31 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 13:33 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE SPONSOR LOCAL 13:38 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. 13:42 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 13:44 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 13:47 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 13:49 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 13:55 WORKERS. 13:56 BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 13:57 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 14:02 GOD'S LOVE. 14:03 JOIN US. 14:05 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 14:10 DONATE. 14:11 PRAY. 14:13 ALL THOSE WAYS AND ANOTHER WAY IS YOU CAN TELL A 14:15 FRIEND SO THEY CAN GET INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL 14:18 OUTREACH. 14:19 BECAUSE THE MORE OF US WHO ARE SHARING JESUS THAT 14:21 MEANS THAT JESUS IS GOING TO BE COMING SOONER AND 14:24 MORE PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT THE SAVING GRACE OF 14:27 JESUS CHRIST AND THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE EMPOWERMENT 14:30 OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 14:31 SO THANK YOU FOR BEING A PARTNER WITH GOSPEL 14:33 OUTREACH. 14:34 SO I'M HERE WITH KEN CRAWFORD WHO IS THE 14:36 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR GOSPEL 14:39 OUTREACH. 14:40 AND WE'VE JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL SORTS OF 14:42 THINGS KEN. 14:42 IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASE TO TALK WITH YOU. 14:44 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE AREA OF INDIA WHICH IS 14:48 PART OF THE 10/40 WINDOW AND SOME OF THE OTHER 14:50 RELIGIONS THAT ARE IN THIS AREA. 14:52 AND IT'S INTERESTING FOR ME THAT I'VE LIVED IN A 14:55 BUDDHIST COUNTRY. 14:56 I HAVE BUDDHIST FRIENDS AND THESE RELIGIONS ARE A 15:01 PART OF THEIR CULTURE. 15:03 IT'S A PART OF THEIR LIFESTYLE, IT'S PART OF 15:05 THEIR FAMILY. 15:06 IT'S PART OF EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM RIGHT? 15:08 RIGHT. 15:09 AND IT'S INTERESTING FOR ME BECAUSE AS CHRISTIANS 15:12 WE HAVE ONE GOD AND ONE SON AND HOLY SPIRIT, THE 15:15 TRINITY. 15:16 AND SO ONE GOD HEAD. 15:17 BUT FOR A LOT OF THESE RELIGIONS THEY HAVE 15:20 LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF GODS. 15:22 THOUSANDS. 15:23 WITH HINDUISM MILLIONS. 15:25 SEE AND THAT JUST BOGGLES MY MIND. 15:28 YOU KNOW WHO DO YOU, WHO DO YOU KNOW TO PRAY TO. 15:30 SO THIS IS A WHOLE SHIFT IN THINKING THAT IT'S JUST 15:34 ONE GOD BECAUSE THEY THINK THE MORE GODS YOU HAVE THE 15:36 BETTER. 15:37 RIGHT, THAT'S TRUE. 15:38 THAT'S TRUE. 15:39 SO IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THIS WHOLE PROCESS YOU 15:42 KNOW TO COME ABOUT. 15:44 SO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:45 WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT GET YOU EXCITED ABOUT 15:47 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:48 WELL IN THE RESPONSE WHILE YOU WERE TAKING ABOUT 15:50 THAT, THE MIND SHIFT THAT TAKES PLACE FROM GOING 15:55 FROM THOSE MULTITUDE OF GODS TO MONOTHEISM WHICH 15:59 IS ONE GOD IS A HUGE LEAP FOR A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE. 16:03 BUT MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY OPEN 16:10 TO UNDERSTANDING. 16:12 THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE RING OF TRUTH THAT 16:16 PEOPLE RECOGNIZE. 16:17 I WAS JUST HERE NOT LONG AGO I WAS IN VIETNAM AND 16:18 WE WERE IN HO CHI MINH CITY AND I VISITED ONE OF 16:19 THE CHURCHES THERE. 16:20 IT WAS A FAIRLY LARGE CHURCH. 16:21 AND OF COURSE IN VIETNAM BEING A COMMUNIST COUNTRY 16:22 WHEN YOU ATTEND CHURCH OF COURSE THE PASTOR'S NOTES 16:23 HAVE TO BE CLEARED BY THE PARTY, CLEARED, CHECKED, 16:25 AND EVERYTHING HAS TO BE SCRIPTED AND THEN THEY 16:26 HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY 16:51 THAT ATTEND EVERY WEEK. 16:53 WELL THE WEEK THAT I ATTENDED THEY SHARED WITH 16:57 ME THAT THE SABBATH BEFORE THEY HAD A BAPTISM OF THE 17:00 TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNISTS AND SO THE 17:03 COMMUNIST PARTY HAD TO FIND TWO MORE TO SEND, HAD 17:06 TO SCRAMBLE. 17:08 NOW I SAID IN THE LAST INTERVIEW THAT WAS THE 17:10 BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THAT'S 17:12 THE OTHER BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD TODAY. 17:14 (LAUGHTER) AND SO I MEAN PEOPLE ARE OPEN. 17:17 YES. 17:18 THEY ARE MORE OPEN THAN WE THINK THEY ARE. 17:21 WE TALK ABOUT UNENTERED COUNTRIES AND WE TALK 17:24 ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF GETTING IN THERE. 17:27 BUT I DON'T THINK WE ALLOW FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT 17:31 WORKING ON PEOPLE'S HEARTS BEFORE HAND. 17:36 AND IT IS DIFFICULT FOR SOMEBODY WITH THE NORTH 17:41 AMERICAN MIND SET TO GO IN BECAUSE WE BRING SO MUCH 17:46 OF OUR CULTURE WITH US. 17:47 YES AND WE'RE THE SAME WAY. 17:49 RIGHT. 17:50 BUT THAT'S THE SECRET OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:53 BECAUSE TO HAVE AN INDIGENOUS WORKER WHO WAS 17:59 BORN AND RAISED IN THAT CULTURE AND WHO 18:01 UNDERSTANDS BUT WHO KNOWS JESUS. 18:03 YES. 18:04 I MEAN THEY HAVE THE LANGUAGE, THEY HAVE THE 18:07 TIES. 18:08 I MEAN THAT'S AN AMAZING THING ABOUT GOSPEL 18:12 OUTREACH. 18:13 YES AND FOR YOU AND FOR ME TO GO AND DO THAT, WE 18:15 COULD DO A SOCIAL FAUX PAS IN TRYING TO EXPLAIN 18:20 SOMETHING AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT BUT THEN 18:22 WITH THEM KNOWING ALL OF THIS. 18:24 I MEAN THEY'RE INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE IN THE MARKET 18:27 PLACE, WITH THEIR KIDS AT SCHOOL, THINGS LIKE THAT. 18:29 AND AGAIN MISSION STARTS AT HOME RIGHT KEN. 18:32 SO WE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHERE WE LIVE. 18:36 THIS ISN'T JUST SOMETHING NEW THAT JUST IN THE 10/40 18:38 WINDOW. 18:39 WE NEED TO BE DOING THE SAME THING WHERE WE LIVE. 18:42 TRUE, ABSOLUTELY TRUE. 18:43 AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE KIND OF FORGET THAT 18:45 BECAUSE WE THINK WELL IT HAS TO BE IN A DIFFERENT 18:47 COUNTRY FROM WHERE I LIVE. 18:48 NO, NO, NO. 18:49 IT STARTS WITH MY INTERACTION WITH THE 18:50 PERSON AT THE GROCERY STORE OR YOU KNOW THE 18:52 PERSON AT THE BANK OR THE POST OFFICE, MY NEXT DOOR 18:55 NEIGHBOR AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 18:57 BUT NO, I AGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE OPEN 18:59 ESPECIALLY TO THE HOPE. 19:01 AND FOR ME I WOULD BE RELIEVED YOU KNOW THAT I 19:06 HAVE JUST ONE GOD. 19:08 WELL I AM RELIEVED, I AM RELIEVED. 19:11 BUT YOU KNOW TO THINK ABOUT THAT YOU KNOW WHICH 19:13 GOD DO I PRAY TO OR YOU KNOW ALL OF THAT. 19:15 TO ME THAT IS JUST VERY CONFUSING. 19:17 YES. 19:18 THAT'S MYSELF. 19:18 BUT IT'S NOT FOR THEM. 19:20 I MEAN THAT'S A PART OF THEIR CULTURE. 19:22 YES, THAT'S THEIR LIFE. 19:24 BUT NO, ABSOLUTELY AND WE ARE HEARING FROM OUR 19:26 REGIONAL DIRECTORS THAT PEOPLE ARE OPEN. 19:29 WE NEED MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 19:31 AND WHAT OTHER THINGS CAN YOU SHARE WITH US. 19:35 WELL TO GO VISIT THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 19:39 AND TO SEE THEIR FOCUS THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR 19:44 OWN COMMUNITY IS REALLY QUITE INSPIRING. 19:47 OH ABSOLUTELY. 19:48 AND IN MY MIND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 19:54 IS A SUPPORT NETWORK. 19:56 I MEAN EVERYTHING WE DO IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THOSE 20:01 WORKERS THAT ARE OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINES 20:03 WORKING. 20:04 AND YOU KNOW A LOT OF OUR WORKERS, WE CAN'T TALK 20:07 ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE, WE CAN'T USE THEIR NAME, WE 20:10 CAN'T YOU KNOW. 20:11 BUT THEY ARE OUT THERE TAKING THEIR OWN LIFE IN 20:15 THEIR HANDS CARRYING THE GOSPEL WHILE WE SIT IN 20:19 NORTH AMERICA YOU KNOW AT EASE AND THEY ARE OUT 20:26 THERE DOING THE WORK. 20:27 YES. 20:28 AND THEY DON'T HAVE, AND I CONTINUE TO USE THIS 20:30 EXAMPLE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE IT, 20:33 THAT WE CAN GO TO WALMART AND WE CAN BUY A BIBLE. 20:36 A LOT OF THESE CLOSED COUNTRIES THEY CAN'T GO TO 20:38 THEIR LOCAL BOOK STORE AND BUY A BIBLE BECAUSE YOU 20:41 CAN'T HAVE A BIBLE. 20:42 RIGHT. 20:43 AND SO HERE WE ARE IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE AND I 20:44 CONTINUE TO SAY IT, THAT I AM SO BLESSED AND WHAT AM 20:49 I DOING WITH MY BLESSINGS. 20:50 YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THOSE 20:51 BLESSINGS. 20:52 THE FACT THAT I CAN SAY TO SOMEBODY, MAY GOD BLESS 20:56 YOU OR DO YOU KNOW THE LORD, YOU KNOW VERBALLY 20:59 SAY THAT WHERE IN A LOT OF COUNTRIES YOU KNOW YOU 21:02 CAN'T DO THAT. 21:03 RIGHT. 21:04 SO THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT IS 21:06 YOU AND I MIGHT NOT KNOW THE PERSON WHO IS LIVING 21:09 IN WEST AFRICA BUT THERE IS A MAN WHO IS YOUR AGE 21:12 AND THERE IS A WOMAN WHO IS MY AGE. 21:14 YOU KNOW BEFORE WE GET TO HEAVEN WE DON'T KNOW THEIR 21:16 NAMES BUT PRAY FOR THE PERSON WHO IS YOUR AGE, 21:19 PRAY FOR THE PERSON WHO IS MY AGE OR YOU KNOW YOUR 21:21 GRAND KIDS AGE, THINGS LIKE THAT AND GOD KNOWS 21:24 WHO THAT PERSON IS. 21:25 AND SO THAT'S WHERE I SAY LORD PLEASE BLESS THESE 21:28 PEOPLE. 21:29 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE FACING POLITICALLY, 21:31 SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY BUT GOD DOES. 21:33 THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IS REALLY 21:36 THREE FOLD. 21:38 NUMBER ONE IS PRAYER SUPPORT. 21:39 YES. 21:40 YOU KNOW TO UNDERSTAND THE NEED OF INTERCESSORY 21:44 PRAYER FOR THESE. 21:45 I READ HERE PROBABLY A YEAR AGO NOW THAT THERE 21:49 ARE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND 21:51 INTERDENOMINATIONAL PRAYER WARRIORS IN THE UNITED 21:55 STATES AND CANADA WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO PRAY 21:59 THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL WORK IN THESE AREAS THAT 22:03 ARE CLOSED TO CHRISTIANITY. 22:05 PRAISE THE LORD. 22:05 A HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND WARRIORS. 22:07 WONDERFUL. 22:08 THAT WE KNOW OF. 22:09 YES. 22:10 I JUST READ THAT IN AN INTERDENOMINATIONAL 22:12 MAGAZINE. 22:12 YES, THERE COULD BE MORE. 22:14 YES THERE COULD BE MORE. 22:15 BUT THOSE ONES ASSIGNED, DELEGATED TO PRAY. 22:18 THAT'S EXCITING. 22:19 AND SO WE NEED PRAYER SUPPORT AND YOU CAN'T 22:24 EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THE POWER OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER FOR 22:27 THESE WORKERS. 22:28 PREACH IT BROTHER, PREACH IT. 22:29 YES. 22:29 SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE. 22:30 NUMBER TWO WE NEED VOLUNTEERS. 22:34 IT'S AN AMAZING THING TO WALK INTO THIS OFFICE 22:37 COMPLEX AND SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE 22:40 WORKING HERE, VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME, RECEIVING 22:43 REPORTS FROM OVERSEAS, DOING TREASURY ITEMS. 22:49 IT'S ALL TRUE. 22:49 I MEAN IT'S AN INCREDIBLE THING. 22:51 SO WE NEED PEOPLE TO STUFF ENVELOPES. 22:54 WE NEED PEOPLE TO COME IN AND WORK AND HELP US. 22:58 WE NEED PEOPLE WHO CAN DO IT FROM HOME WHO CAN GET 23:00 ON THEIR COMPUTER AND HELP US EDIT STORIES. 23:03 SO THE SECOND THING IS VOLUNTEER. 23:07 AND THE THIRD THING IS OF COURSE, YOU KNOW IT, 23:11 FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 23:12 FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 23:13 THAT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE THING IS ABOUT. 23:17 YOU DON'T SEE MINISTRIES THAT I'VE EVER SEEN THAT 23:21 OPERATE WHERE OVER 90 SOME PERCENT OF THEIR DONATIONS 23:24 GO DIRECTLY TO THE FIELD BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS 23:27 VOLUNTEER. 23:28 WELL AND I DO TWO THINGS. 23:30 THAT'S HOW WE ARE AT THE BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND. 23:32 WE'RE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT ABSOLUTELY. 23:35 OH REALLY. 23:36 SO YES, TO HAVE THAT IS HUGE. 23:38 IT IS ABSOLUTELY HUGE. 23:39 AND PEOPLE LIKE TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW 23:42 WHERE THEIR MONEY IS GOING. 23:44 THOSE THREE THINGS THINGS IN MY MIND ARE PIVOTAL. 23:46 THEY ARE VERY PIVOTAL. 23:47 TO WHAT MAKES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK. 23:49 ABSOLUTELY. 23:50 SO AS LONG AS WE'RE COUNTING HERE KEN. 23:53 THERE'S A PSALM THAT YOU SAID IS VERY SPECIAL AND 23:57 IT'S PSALM 37. 24:00 AND YOU AND I ARE BOTH PILOTS AND WE ALSO BOTH 24:04 HAVE VERY SPECIAL HANDS. 24:06 WE DO. 24:07 (LAUGHTER) I'M BLESSED WITH SEVEN AND YOU'RE 24:10 BLESSED WITH, I'M BLESSED WITH THREE AND A HALF ON 24:13 THAT HAND AND FIVE ON THIS HAND. 24:16 SEE SO I DO THE HIGH SEVEN AND YOU DO YOURS. 24:19 I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GROW THOSE OUT FOR MANY YEARS. 24:21 YES. 24:22 WELL AND I JUST TALKED TO A MAN, BLESS HIS HEART, 24:24 TODAY AND HE SAID HE LOST A FINGER. 24:25 AND I SAID HEY, WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE IN OUR CLUB. 24:29 SO PSALM 37. 24:31 YOU SAID THAT THERE ARE SEVEN VERBS IN PSALM 37. 24:34 I'M DOING THE SEVEN HERE. 24:36 YOU'RE GOT TO DO SEVEN, I CAN'T DO SEVEN. 24:39 (LAUGHTER) BUT ANYWAY. 24:40 SEVEN VERBS. 24:42 A VERB IS AN ACTION. 24:44 IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO RIGHT. 24:47 SO IF YOU GO THROUGH PSALM 37 YOU'LL SEE SEVEN VERBS 24:52 THAT ARE IMPERATIVES FROM GOD. 24:55 OKAY GOOD. 24:56 AND IT STARTS OFF WITH THE VERY FIRST ONE THAT SAYS 25:00 FRET NOT. 25:01 FRET NOT. 25:02 NO, NO, NO. 25:06 HOW MANY PEOPLE SPEND THEIR LIVES WORRYING. 25:11 FRET NOT. 25:11 OKAY NEXT ONE. 25:13 AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH. 25:15 YES, FRET NOT, TRUST, TRUST THE SECOND ONE IS 25:19 TRUST. 25:20 COMMIT, REFRAIN. 25:20 AND THEN IT COMES DOWN TO. 25:23 I LIKE THE THE SIXTH ONE. 25:26 IT SAYS DWELL IN THE LAND. 25:29 AND THE SEVENTH ONE IS FEED ON HIS FAITHFULNESS. 25:33 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 25:34 DWELL IN THE LAND AND FEED ON HIS FAITHFULNESS. 25:36 BEAUTIFUL. 25:37 WE'RE HERE FOR A PURPOSE. 25:38 YES WE ARE. 25:39 WE ARE HERE FOR A BIG PURPOSE. 25:42 WE ARE NOT HAPPENSTANCE WE ARE HERE FOR A PURPOSE. 25:45 TO DWELL IN THE LAND AND FEED ON HIS FAITHFULNESS 25:48 IS THE FUNDAMENTAL ACTION FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN. 25:56 IF WE COULD LEARN TO DO THAT. 25:58 SO THE ENDING OF THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH TO ME ARE JUST 26:03 POWERFUL. 26:04 WELL AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS TO 26:08 READ IT IN YOUR REGULAR STUDY BIBLE TRANSLATION 26:12 AND THEN ALSO GO TO ANOTHER TRANSLATION. 26:15 BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED LATELY BY LOOKING 26:18 AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT TRANSLATIONS. 26:19 AND THEN WE CAN SEE THE SEVENTH. 26:20 YES. 26:21 VERY GOOD. 26:22 SO WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR YOUR 26:25 SERVICE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I GET EXCITED 26:29 WITH THE PASSION THAT YOU HAVE FOR JESUS AND FOR THE 26:35 WORK AND SO WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR RELATING ALL 26:38 OF THAT. 26:38 IT'S MY PRIVILEGE. 26:39 WELL THANK YOU. 26:40 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A 26:42 PART OF THE FAMILY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE 26:45 WE'RE PART OF THE FAMILY OF GOD AND I HOPE THAT YOU 26:47 HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TODAY. 26:48 I HOPE YOU'VE GOTTEN EXCITED AS WE'VE LISTENED 26:50 TO PASTOR KEN TALK HERE. 26:51 AND I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU VISIT PSALM 37. 26:55 YOU WILL BE BLESSED. 26:56 AND WE DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS 26:58 AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK 27:02 YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERISM AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 27:05 GET IN TOUCH WITH US AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW YOU 27:07 CAN JOIN AND BE A VOLUNTEER PLEASE DO GO 27:09 ONTO OUR WEBSITE, GIVE US A CALL AND WE WOULD LOOK 27:12 FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. 27:14 SO ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 27:15 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND |
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