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Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver
Episode: Stewarding the Harvest
Publishing Date: 2025-11-09T02:04:44-08:00
Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca
Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/stewarding-the-harvest/

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We are talking about stewardship, and today we talk about stewarding the harvest.

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The scripture we take is Matthew 9, 35-38.

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Matthew 9, 35-38.

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Matthew 9, 35-38.

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Matthew 9, 35-38.

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Here it goes.

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Jesus went through all the towns and villages, preaching in their synagogues, preaching the

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good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.

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When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless,

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like sheep without a shepherd.

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Then He said to His disciples, The harvest is plentiful, but the workers a few.

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Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest feed.

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One more time.

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Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the

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good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.

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When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless,

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like sheep without a shepherd.

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Then He said to His disciples, The harvest is plentiful, but the workers a few.

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Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest feed.

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So guys, sometimes one of the names that God is called is the Lord of the harvest.

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And so the actual sense of the word, if you were to read it in the original language and

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hear what it means, it would be Master of the Yield.

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Master of the Yield, Y-I-E-L-D.

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Master of the Yield, as in what's produced?

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What's the product?

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What is the yield?

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He's the Master of the Yield.

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He decides what will come forth when you plant something.

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And so when we call Him Lord of the harvest and Master of the Yield, what does it mean?

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It means that He is the one who controls.

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He's the one who controls the times and the seasons of the harvest.

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He's the one who controls the times and seasons of the harvest.

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He's the person who determines when a crop should come up, when a crop should not, how

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much of it should come.

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He controls it, and He controls it all over the earth.

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So if you go to Jeremiah chapter 5 verse 24, again, there's a scripture that backs that

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up.

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There's more than that, but I'm just giving you one.

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Jeremiah 5, 24.

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It says there, they do not say in their hearts, it's a negative comment, but it still brings

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out the truth.

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They do not say in their hearts, let us fear the Lord our God who gives the rain in the

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season, the autumn rain and the spring rain, and keeps for us the weeks appointed for the

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harvest.

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The intent being, listen, I'm the one who determines when things happen.

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I'm the one who decides the kind of yield that should happen.

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I'm the Master of that.

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I'm absolute Lord over what will come forth as a harvest.

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So there are four different harvests mentioned in the Bible.

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Four different harvests mentioned in the Bible.

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The first one is the harvest of souls of men and women into heaven, for the lack of a better

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word for now, or I would rather say into an eternity with God.

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That would be my preferred way of saying it.

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The harvest of souls into heaven.

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The second one, and this you find in John chapter 4, 21 to 24 and thereabouts, you find

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the harvest of souls into heaven.

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The second one is the harvest of wrath, where those that oppose the gospel from reaching

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the poor in spirit, will be at one point, will be in a situation where they will face

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God and it talks about that in Revelation 14 where it says, and now God says to an angel,

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take the sickle and harvest.

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Once you harvest, throw what you have gathered into the winepress, where it will be trodden

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by foot and this is the wrath of God, not so much against sinners, but those that prevent

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the gospel from being heard by people.

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They actively work against the gospel being preached.

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Defiant, but not as defiant, preventing.

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And we'll see scriptural evidence for that.

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The third harvest is the harvest of plenty, the harvest of plenty, as in God has the ability

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to begin to cause anything you touch to yield so tremendously that then God had to begin

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to say to people, listen, when your orchards begin to grow, when your trees begin to bear

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fruit, don't go and take every last fruit.

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It's a principle called gleaning, where the intent is, don't pluck every fruit of the

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tree, leave some, leave some for who?

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Leave some for the immigrant, the alien, the stranger, the guy who's walking by and is

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hungry to pluck and eat.

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Leave and once that's done, don't go shake the tree again, leave some for the birds.

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And so how does gleaning work in our lives?

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Go check your cupboard, go check your grandmother's cupboard that you have inherited.

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Give stuff away, you're never going to use that china.

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And those jackets, I assure you, never fit, I've given all my clothes to Don.

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So glean it away, gleaning is this principle where you take what is good and you give it away.

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This sentimental attachment to stuff, they won't even bury you with it because it's expensive

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nowadays, the plot I mean.

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So gleaning is an Old Testament principle that must be used even today.

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And the fourth one is the harvest of first fruits, harvest of first fruits, where whenever

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something was, whenever the ground yielded something or whenever one prospered, one took

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the first portion of it and gave it to God and this is in Leviticus 23.

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And so these are the different harvests that the Bible talks about, the harvest of first

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fruits and each of them ties in with what God wants to do on the earth.

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And we'll talk about that.

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How does it apply to people, the harvest of first fruits?

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If I were to take 12 to 20 year olds, then I would call Jasmine a harvester of first

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fruits.

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Here is someone who's 15 or 16 who now wants to live a life that others can imitate and

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follow so she becomes a first fruit.

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Or if I were to look at the guys who are here who came in long ago, then guys like Derek,

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guys like Gillian, guys like May, these are guys who came, Don, these are guys who came

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long ago that are now first fruits, they lead.

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First fruits is when something that you produce is now beginning to produce.

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That's the idea of first fruits.

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And the first always belongs to God.

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So even when you receive an increase at work, take a portion of it and send it to somebody

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that you think will be blessed or declare before God, Father, these are my first fruits.

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What are first fruits?

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Basically you're saying to God that this is the first portion.

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It makes sense to keep this because I don't know if the locust will strike tomorrow.

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I don't know if it'll rain tomorrow.

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I don't know whether blight will strike my field tomorrow.

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But here's what God, I trust you.

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So I take this first portion.

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Logic would dictate that keep it because you don't know what may happen tomorrow.

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But trust dictates that I give it.

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And in giving it, God's response, and these are all scriptures that I'm quoting, God's

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response is you trusted me with the first, now I will bless the rest.

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This is not tights.

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And God would do this for Israel again and again and again.

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It's such a brilliant financial principle that if you practice it, blessed are you.

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The first belongs to God anyways, that's what he said.

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And then he makes another statement saying if the first is holy, then the rest is holy.

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Beautifully.

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So these are the four different types of harvests.

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So what are we to ask God for?

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What are we asking God for?

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What did Jesus say we should ask God for?

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What are we asking God for?

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Here's what we are asking God for at this stage in our lives.

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We are saying, oh God, could you raise and send compassionate shepherds

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who can proclaim the gospel of the kingdom.

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And if it is the gospel of the kingdom, then if it is the good news of the kingdom, then

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it must also be accompanied by healing the sick, the afflicted, the harassed, and the helpless.

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So very often we say, oh, just ask the Lord to send laborers into the fields.

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It's not laborers.

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Look at the context of Mark 9, 35 to 38.

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What's the context?

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Jesus saw the people.

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He realized that they were helpless.

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He realized they were harassed.

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He realized they were sick.

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He realized they were afflicted.

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And he looked at them and he felt like they were sheep without a shepherd.

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And then he says to his disciples, I want you to pray this.

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I want you to pray that laborers be sent into the fields.

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For what?

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To do what is very obvious.

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There are tons of people, but there are not enough laborers.

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What kind of laborers should we be?

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We should be laborers who have the heart of a shepherd, a compassionate shepherd who can

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proclaim the gospel of the kingdom, heal the sick, the afflicted, the harassed, and the

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helpless.

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How do we do that?

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By going out.

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These are the kind of laborers we want.

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Laborers are not evangelists.

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Laborers are not missionary workers.

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Laborers are not someone who goes and proclaims the gospel.

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Laborers are compassionate shepherds who can proclaim the gospel of the kingdom with

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healing the sick, with taking care of the afflicted, with setting the harassed and

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the helpless free.

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It so ties in with Acts chapter 10, verse 38, where it says, God anointed the deacons

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of Nazareth with the spirit and with power so that he could go around doing good and

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setting those that were harassed by the devil free.

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Same principle.

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So when we talk about laborers, we're not talking about, oh, let's go and give someone

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a tract or let's go evangelize.

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That still needs guts, but this is a whole different way of functioning.

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Any questions on that before we go on?

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Who are these guys?

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All of us.

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All of us.

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There is no distinct group called shepherds in this church.

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A shepherd is someone who takes care of sheep.

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A shepherd is someone who brings strays home.

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A shepherd is someone who brings the lost home.

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A shepherd is someone who feeds.

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A shepherd is one who goes looking.

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Guys, there's a difference between strays and the lost.

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There are strays that can get lost and then there are lost sheep.

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And then there are ones that just love straying.

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Don't waste your time after that.

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They'll keep straying.

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It's like little Bo Peep has lost a sheep and doesn't know where to find them.

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They keep going.

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They keep going.

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You've got to keep singing the song every day.

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It's not worth it.

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Let there be a distinction between the strays who get lost and the lost.

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Go after both of them.

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But if it is strays who just want to stray every day, then unless it's Saskatchewan,

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don't even bother because at least there you can see them for three days.

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At least that's what Evan told me.

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He used to live in Saskatchewan, right?

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Yeah.

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Any questions?

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Any questions?

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Okay.

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So what are we asking God for?

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We are asking that he send laborers.

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What kind of laborers?

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These laborers will have to be compassionate shepherds who can proclaim the gospel of the

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kingdom.

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And the moment you say gospel of the kingdom, it cannot be just words.

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It has to be deeds.

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And it is healing the sick, the afflicted, taking care of the harassed and the helpless.

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How do we do that?

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I'm not qualified for that.

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You can never be qualified for this because the only one who's qualified for it is the

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Christ in you.

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So you can only try it out.

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You keep trying it out.

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You keep trying it out.

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And you see it working.

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Every time it works, you get thrilled.

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I remember going to the sprinting franchise once and there was a man called Andy there

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and he had a headache.

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And it was a severe headache.

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And so he asks me, hey, Jacob, do you have any aspirin?

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I just happened to read Acts chapter three that day, just before I went to pick up some

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printing stuff.

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And he asked me for aspirin and I go into New King James Old English and I say to him,

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Andy, aspirin and anacin I have none.

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I'm thinking why are you talking so funny?

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And then I go into, but what I have I give you.

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I can pray for you in the name of Jesus Christ for your headache.

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And he says, okay.

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So I go around the counter, I put my hand on him and I pray.

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And then I walk back and think I've done my job.

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And the guy is shaking his head saying, it's gone.

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It's gone.

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And I'm saying, no.

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I couldn't believe that something could go that quickly.

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So I'm shaking my head saying, nah, nah.

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He's saying, Jacob, it's gone.

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I'm thinking to myself, why would he, I mean, why would he flatter me?

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I'm not like his biggest businessman.

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And then I realized it's actually gone.

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The point being sometimes guys, the second part of it, who can, healing the sick, the

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afflicted, the harassed and the helpless only comes by trying it.

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There's no other way around it.

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So try it.

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Trying it is so difficult because you feel scared.

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What if you fail?

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If you fail, you get egg on your face.

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Wipe it, try it again.

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Any questions?

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There's no other way around it guys.

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So this week, quick question, raising of hands only.

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This week, how many tried praying for someone who was sick, afflicted, harassed or helpless?

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Crazy.

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Vivek is saying, Vidisha, why are you raising your hand?

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She did pray for someone.

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Let it be.

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That's pretty good, man.

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You saw the hands around you, right?

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So this isn't abnormal.

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This is good.

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Cool.

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So here's the thing that I want to say now.

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While I was praying for Acts 29, I heard God saying, can you read Psalm 107, 35 to

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38?

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Because I want to release it on the church.

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And I felt him saying that it is the outline of our story in Richmond.

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He'll flesh it out.

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We'll work with him to flesh it out.

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But Psalm 107, 35 to 38, I'll read it from the NIV first and then from the New Living

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Translation.

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Psalm 107, 35 to 38.

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He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs.

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There he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.

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They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest.

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He blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds

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diminish.

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Reading from the NLT, Psalm 107, 35 to 38.

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He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water, and there he lets

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the hungry dwell, and they establish a city to live in.

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They sow fields and plant vineyards and get a fruitful yield.

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By his blessing, they multiply greatly, and he does not let their livestock diminish.

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May God bring to pass this word in our midst.

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Where he's saying, hey, I asked you to move into a city.

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I'll turn the city from a desert into a fresh pool, a fresh spring.

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People that are hungry will come.

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They'll come, and you will build the city with the hungry.

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You will feed them.

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Along with that, whatever you sow, you'll find a huge harvest coming in, a bumper crop.

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That's how some versions, if you read, I think, I don't know if it's a message, but it says

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a bumper crop will come in, and then it says, I'll increase you, I'll multiply you.

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So when I was sensing that this is what God wants to do with us, I wrote this down, and

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I thought I'd better read it to you, because we've been faithful, guys.

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We've been obedient and faithful, and there are rewards for obedience and faithfulness.

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We've been.

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This is the only turn that keeps increasing when we move.

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Something is wrong with you.

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But we've been faithful and we've been obedient, and God is now going to bless.

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It's only so long that he waits till faithfulness is complete, and then it just breaks forth.

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Psalm 107, 35-38 becomes kind of the outline that he's going to flesh out.

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That's just the outline.

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And there's an urgency to what God is doing.

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There's an urgency to what God is doing.

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It's not a sweet buy and buy three years from now.

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There's an urgency to what God is doing.

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Go to Mark, Chapter 4, Verse 26-29.

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Mark, Chapter 4, 26-29.

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Mark, Chapter 4, 26-29.

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Mark, Chapter 4, 26-29.

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This is Jesus speaking, and he says,

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This is what the kingdom of God looks like.

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A man scatters seed on the ground.

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We've done that, man.

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Night and day, whether he sleeps or get up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

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All by itself, the soil produces grain.

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First the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.

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Verse 29.

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As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it because the harvest has come.

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Our entry into Richmond is not to plow and plant, but to harvest.

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Hear me again.

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Hear me very clearly, eh?

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Because these are words that are not coming for us just to write down as notes,

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but to hear the voice of God saying,

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Our entry into Richmond was not to plow, not to seed, not to plant.

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It is to harvest.

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For years, people have been working in this city quietly, loudly.

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For years, the Spirit of God has been moving upon this city.

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For years, God has gathered people from different nations of the world and brought them to this city.

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For years, He's built a city that is small enough for this church to take.

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And now He's saying,

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There's an urgency of harvest.

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Yes, while you're harvesting, I'll send out sowers again to sow,

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but I sent you here to harvest.

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It's a different mindset.

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Go expecting easy work.

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It's not the plowing, it's the weeding.

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It's not the plowing, it's not the weeding, it's the gathering.

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And while we're doing that, we still sow.

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Amos 9.13 puts it this way,

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A time will come when the harvester will be overtaken by the sower,

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and the sower will be overtaken by the harvester,

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because the thing will just stretch one into the other.

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Any questions?

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If you go to John 4.35,

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famous scripture, John 4.35,

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he's just spoken to the woman at the well,

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and his disciples come by and they see he's sitting there

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and talking to this woman,

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but the woman's already gone back.

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She's gone back and she's told people in the village,

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and now the disciples come and they're wondering

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what he's eaten and drunk.

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They don't know that he just spoke to this woman.

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The woman's gone back.

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Verse 30, she's talking to the people in the village,

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and then as they're saying,

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So Jesus, what did you eat?

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He says, My food is to do the will of the Father.

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And then he makes this amazing statement.

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He says, Lift up your eyes and look.

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Why? Because in the distance,

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he can already see the woman bringing the people of the village to him.

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The sowing has already been done.

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He's saying to his disciples, Guys, I've done the sowing already,

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but they're coming.

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Can you see it?

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And so my question to you is this,

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can you see it?

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Can you see them coming?

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One of the things we have to begin to see

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before we even know it physically,

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you have to begin to see in your spirit,

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the ones that are coming.

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When I was reading this, I was weeping because I could see,

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I could see people coming.

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I could see Buddhists coming.

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I could see Hindus coming.

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I could see Catholics coming.

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I could see atheists coming.

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I could see people from different religions who believe

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and do not believe coming, and they're coming.

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All it takes is one woman, one man.

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That's all it takes, guys.

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An entire island called Paphos was changed

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because a man called Publius, don't name your children that,

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God healed.

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One man.

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It's always one miracle away from an entire nation

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or an entire city breaking into a different space.

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But God has to use people who are not very interested

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in the jazziness of the miracle, but the showiness of Christ.

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And that we are slowly becoming.

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There's an urgency of the harvest.

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The hour has come and is now.

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The hour has come and is now.

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So lift up your eyes.

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Can you see them coming?

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John 4.30, Jesus saw at a distance the woman had gone

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and gathered the people and they were coming.

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The disciples didn't know it.

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And so he says, hey, guys, just turn around.

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Look, can you see them coming?

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The harvest is already coming.

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Go to Isaiah 60, verse four and five.

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Isaiah 60, verse four and five.

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There's another beautiful verse.

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Isaiah 60, verse four and five.

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Learn the scripture.

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Every time this happens, rejoice in these scriptures.

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Rejoice in the faithfulness of God.

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Starting today.

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Because if you're writing the hour has come and is now,

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it means like now.

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Isaiah 60, verse four and five.

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Lift up your eyes and look about you.

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All assemble and come to you, your sons from afar,

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your daughters are carried on the arm.

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Then you will look and be radiant.

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Your heart will throb and swell with joy.

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The wealth on the seas will be brought to you.

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The riches of the nations will come.

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Let me read that again.

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Lift up your eyes and look about you.

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Can you close your eyes and lift up your eyes and look?

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Can you close your eyes and lift up your eyes and look as I read?

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Lift up your eyes and look about you.

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They all assemble and they're coming to you.

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Sons come from afar, daughters being carried on the arm.

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Then you will look and be radiant.

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Your heart will throb and swell with joy.

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The wealth on the seas will be brought to you.

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The riches of the nations will come.

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What is the wealth of the seas and the riches of nations

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except the souls of men and women?

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Everything else is secondary.

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So can you see it?

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You see pictures of war zones, right?

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Be it Gaza, be it Ukraine.

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You see pictures of war zones, people with carts, mules, donkeys,

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putting their stuff, carrying them,

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children being dragged along, some being carried.

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That's the picture, guys.

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What's he looking for?

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He's looking for prayer.

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What kind of prayer?

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Ernest's prayer.

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What's the concept of prayer?

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What's the concept of prayer?

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What kind of prayer?

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What kind of prayer?

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Ernest's prayer.

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What's the content?

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Can you ask me to raise and send from amongst you,

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all of you, compassionate shepherds,

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that I will make bold to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom

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in this city so that you can heal the sick, the afflicted,

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the harassed and the helpless.

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I'll enable you.

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Each time one of these come,

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it's like me recovering one of my children.

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Because if we talk about revival, guys,

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then if revival is the experience of the church,

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evangelism must be the expression.

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If revival is the experience of the church,

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then evangelism must be the expression.

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We talk about Hebrides 2.0,

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as in what happened in Hebrides in 1949 and 50

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will happen again amongst the young.

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Well then, here's the story.

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In Hebrides 1.0, as in the first time it happened in the 49 and the 50s,

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30% of the island got saved.

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The presence of God was felt by all.

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30% of the island got saved.

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Doesn't matter.

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The percentage is not what I'm trying to highlight here.

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I'm trying to say that if revival is real,

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evangelism must be real and the results must be real.

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Because the presence of God must lead to people

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either responding or rejecting,

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but not staying neutral.

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The curse of our times is the neutrality of our lives.

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And the presence of God shifts that.

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It leaves you no option.

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You can reject or you can receive.

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You cannot stay neutral.

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And that must be something you carry, eh?

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I won't allow my son, my daughter,

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I won't allow myself to be neutral about anything.

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Neutrality, there's another word for neutrality.

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It's called lukewarmness.

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And you know what happens to lukewarmness.

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And here's the other thing.

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You can be passionate in your individual life about Christ,

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but who are you spiritual with?

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You cannot be spiritual unless it's with people.

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The fruit of the spirit and our spirituality

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is only tested out in conflict and context.

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Anybody who says,

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I'm having a passionate relationship with God,

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I'm spiritual,

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if the rest of us don't see it,

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worked out in real life,

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one should question it.

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Here are some things Jesus now has put into this mix,

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which we cannot avoid.

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Jesus has willed,

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Jesus has willed

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that his miraculous work,

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his miraculous work of harvesting

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that he's appointing us to,

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of harvesting,

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must be preceded

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by earnest prayer.

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He has willed it,

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as in he has decided it,

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and there ain't nothing you can do about it.

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When you read the scriptures from Luke chapter 10,

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same scriptures,

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Luke chapter 10,

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verse one and two,

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Luke 10,

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verse one and two.

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After this, the Lord appointed 72 others

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and sent them out two by two ahead of him

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to every town and place where he was about to go.

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He told them,

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the harvest is plentiful,

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but the workers are few.

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Ask the Lord of the harvest,

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therefore, to send out workers into the harvest field.

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In the NIV, the word earnest is missing.

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In most other versions,

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like ESV and all you'll find,

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earnestly pray,

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earnestly pray.

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And so there's,

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God has decided,

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Jesus has decided

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that his miraculous work of harvesting

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must be preceded by earnest prayer.

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And so,

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the sign

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that God is going to,

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the sign that God is going to bring

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in the harvest

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at Acts 29

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will be

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a movement of prayer

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among us

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as a people.

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So, there's a direct correlation here.

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If this doesn't happen,

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if this needs to happen,

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this needs to happen.

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You can't do one without the other.

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Therefore,

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before God will do this work,

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before God does this work,

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he'll pour out.

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He will pour out.

00:34:12.520 --> 00:34:13.520
This is a crazy thing.

00:34:13.520 --> 00:34:15.520
He will pour out.

00:34:16.520 --> 00:34:17.520
He will pour out.

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He'll pour out what?

00:34:20.520 --> 00:34:21.520
A spirit of

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compassion

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and supplication,

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as in earnest crying, pleading

00:34:33.520 --> 00:34:34.520
upon us

00:34:36.520 --> 00:34:37.520
so we can

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earnestly plead.

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Any questions?

00:34:47.520 --> 00:34:48.520
Any questions?

00:34:48.520 --> 00:34:49.520
Any

00:34:50.520 --> 00:34:52.520
any struggle understanding?

00:35:06.520 --> 00:35:07.520
Say it out loud.

00:35:18.520 --> 00:35:19.520
Thank you.

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Thank you.

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And so,

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here's what

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I ask of you.

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First,

00:35:35.520 --> 00:35:36.520
I urge you,

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urge everyone here

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to fast

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for one meal a week.

00:35:47.520 --> 00:35:48.520
Just one meal a week.

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Let's stop there.

00:35:49.520 --> 00:35:50.520
One meal a week.

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Not one meal a day.

00:35:51.520 --> 00:35:52.520
One meal a week.

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And

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pray

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for

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30 minutes.

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About what?

00:36:04.520 --> 00:36:05.520
About

00:36:05.520 --> 00:36:06.520
your own heart.

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What are the terms?

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Terms are compassion,

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seeing the need

00:36:18.520 --> 00:36:19.520
in the city,

00:36:19.520 --> 00:36:20.520
seeing the need of people,

00:36:21.520 --> 00:36:22.520
seeing the harassed, the afflicted,

00:36:25.520 --> 00:36:26.520
seeking boldness

00:36:27.520 --> 00:36:28.520
so you can speak,

00:36:28.520 --> 00:36:29.520
you can proclaim,

00:36:29.520 --> 00:36:30.520
you can lay hands,

00:36:30.520 --> 00:36:31.520
you can heal,

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and giving you a passion

00:36:33.520 --> 00:36:34.520
that does not wane

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from Sunday to Monday.

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This is the first thing.

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Everyone here

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and guys who are

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not here

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to fast one meal a week.

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Pick a meal that you don't usually skip.

00:36:54.520 --> 00:36:55.520
Yeah?

00:36:55.520 --> 00:36:56.520
It's very difficult, guys.

00:36:56.520 --> 00:36:59.520
I can skip breakfast and lunch without any problem.

00:36:59.520 --> 00:37:00.520
Ask me to skip dinner

00:37:00.520 --> 00:37:02.520
and I'll start coming up with excuses.

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So, first,

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everyone here

00:37:10.520 --> 00:37:12.520
to fast for one meal a week

00:37:12.520 --> 00:37:13.520
and pray for 30 minutes

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about your heart,

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about your heart.

00:37:17.520 --> 00:37:19.520
That's what we're asking for now.

00:37:22.520 --> 00:37:24.520
And what are we seeking from my heart?

00:37:24.520 --> 00:37:26.520
Oh God, please give me compassion.

00:37:27.520 --> 00:37:29.520
He wants compassionate shepherds.

00:37:29.520 --> 00:37:30.520
Otherwise, this won't work.

00:37:31.520 --> 00:37:32.520
Oh Jerusalem, oh Jerusalem,

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oh Richmond, oh Richmond.

00:37:36.520 --> 00:37:37.520
Next one, seeing the need.

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My eyes are usually blind

00:37:39.520 --> 00:37:41.520
unless sometimes I'm preaching like this

00:37:41.520 --> 00:37:42.520
or coming across scriptures

00:37:42.520 --> 00:37:43.520
where you see people

00:37:43.520 --> 00:37:46.520
coming with children on their waists.

00:37:47.520 --> 00:37:48.520
Coming.

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Can you see that the field is already ripe?

00:37:50.520 --> 00:37:52.520
Remember, we are harvesters.

00:37:52.520 --> 00:37:54.520
The sowing is something we'll continue doing,

00:37:54.520 --> 00:37:57.520
but the immediate urgent demand

00:37:57.520 --> 00:37:58.520
placed on this church

00:37:58.520 --> 00:38:00.520
by the Father in heaven

00:38:00.520 --> 00:38:01.520
is come harvest.

00:38:04.520 --> 00:38:06.520
Many have done the work for years on end.

00:38:06.520 --> 00:38:08.520
It doesn't matter where you live.

00:38:10.520 --> 00:38:11.520
What you do in Richmond

00:38:11.520 --> 00:38:13.520
will affect White Rock and Surrey

00:38:13.520 --> 00:38:15.520
and Burnaby and every other place you live.

00:38:20.520 --> 00:38:21.520
When the Gadites and the Danites

00:38:21.520 --> 00:38:23.520
go up to Moses and say,

00:38:23.520 --> 00:38:26.520
listen, we would like to stay in this area

00:38:26.520 --> 00:38:28.520
and not cross over to the promised land,

00:38:28.520 --> 00:38:30.520
they'd have screwed up their own destiny.

00:38:30.520 --> 00:38:32.520
Moses had to rebuke them, saying,

00:38:32.520 --> 00:38:35.520
fools, haven't you learned from your ancestors?

00:38:38.520 --> 00:38:40.520
You partake in what is the demand

00:38:40.520 --> 00:38:43.520
placed by God on a people in a place,

00:38:43.520 --> 00:38:44.520
and when you do that,

00:38:44.520 --> 00:38:47.520
wherever you are also begins to prosper.

00:38:54.520 --> 00:38:55.520
Boldness.

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So difficult sometimes.

00:38:57.520 --> 00:38:59.520
For some of us, it's a little easier.

00:38:59.520 --> 00:39:01.520
For some of us, difficult.

00:39:01.520 --> 00:39:02.520
And passion.

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That it does not change from week to week.

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Can you commit to this?

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Guys, don't be like

00:39:09.520 --> 00:39:13.520
1 Kings 18.38, eh?

00:39:13.520 --> 00:39:15.520
Elijah went and said,

00:39:15.520 --> 00:39:16.520
will you choose this or will you not?

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And everybody was silent.

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Today, I cannot allow that.

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So I'm asking you,

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are you able to commit to this?

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Yeah.

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We need to speak what we are committing to

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so that the Lord hears it.

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And it's absolutely worth it, right?

00:39:31.520 --> 00:39:32.520
So that's the first one.

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The second one.

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The second one is that

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in your churches, in quest,

00:39:38.520 --> 00:39:39.520
in pursuit,

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in revival, in all the churches,

00:39:42.520 --> 00:39:46.520
can you take a solid 15 minutes

00:39:46.520 --> 00:39:48.520
and not skimp around it,

00:39:48.520 --> 00:39:52.520
a solid 15 minutes to pray for Richmond again?

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And when you pray,

00:39:54.520 --> 00:39:56.520
the leaders will have to figure out,

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okay, today what do we pray for Richmond?

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I come.

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I put your heart to it.

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Why?

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Why?

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Why am I asking this?

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Because your Savior and Lord

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and the head of this church,

00:40:06.520 --> 00:40:07.520
Christ said,

00:40:07.520 --> 00:40:09.520
can you earnestly pray

00:40:09.520 --> 00:40:11.520
that the Lord of the harvest,

00:40:11.520 --> 00:40:12.520
the master of the yield,

00:40:13.520 --> 00:40:14.520
send harvesters?

00:40:16.520 --> 00:40:17.520
Who?

00:40:17.520 --> 00:40:18.520
Us?

00:40:18.520 --> 00:40:19.520
What do we need?

00:40:19.520 --> 00:40:20.520
A lot.

00:40:21.520 --> 00:40:22.520
In here.

00:40:33.520 --> 00:40:35.520
I've never seen a third this excited about fasting.

00:40:35.520 --> 00:40:36.520
It's overwhelming.

00:40:37.520 --> 00:40:38.520
Third.

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Third.

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We'll find time today.

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And we'll pick a Thursday later this month.

00:41:01.520 --> 00:41:03.520
And we'll have a holy,

00:41:03.520 --> 00:41:06.520
Old Testament word convocation

00:41:06.520 --> 00:41:08.520
where we earnestly pray,

00:41:08.520 --> 00:41:10.520
oh God, what you have promised,

00:41:10.520 --> 00:41:11.520
we're ready for.

00:41:17.520 --> 00:41:18.520
You know,

00:41:18.520 --> 00:41:22.520
there was a guy called Jeremiah Lanphier.

00:41:23.520 --> 00:41:25.520
He was a businessman in New York in 1857.

00:41:25.520 --> 00:41:29.520
He felt the same thing that we need to pray in.

00:41:29.520 --> 00:41:34.520
So he sent around notices all around New York,

00:41:34.520 --> 00:41:36.520
between 12 and 1.

00:41:36.520 --> 00:41:37.520
It doesn't matter whether you take 5 minutes,

00:41:37.520 --> 00:41:38.520
10 minutes, 15 minutes,

00:41:38.520 --> 00:41:39.520
come and join for prayer.

00:41:39.520 --> 00:41:41.520
First day,

00:41:41.520 --> 00:41:43.520
no one turned up till the 40th minute

00:41:43.520 --> 00:41:44.520
and then there were six people.

00:41:44.520 --> 00:41:46.520
In a few weeks, there were 40 people.

00:41:47.520 --> 00:41:49.520
By the end of the year,

00:41:49.520 --> 00:41:52.520
there were 10,000 businessmen in New York.

00:41:52.520 --> 00:41:54.520
This was during the Great Depression,

00:41:54.520 --> 00:41:57.520
the panic that had come around.

00:41:57.520 --> 00:42:01.520
There were 10,000 businessmen every day,

00:42:01.520 --> 00:42:03.520
every lunch hour that would gather.

00:42:03.520 --> 00:42:06.520
And they say about a million souls

00:42:06.520 --> 00:42:08.520
were converted in two years

00:42:08.520 --> 00:42:10.520
and joined the kingdom of God.

00:42:11.520 --> 00:42:14.520
These are businessmen in the busiest city in the world.

00:42:16.520 --> 00:42:19.520
I was quite surprised that even today,

00:42:19.520 --> 00:42:22.520
there's a Fulton Street Mission in New York

00:42:22.520 --> 00:42:25.520
that is a result of that.

00:42:27.520 --> 00:42:29.520
I love this next scripture.

00:42:29.520 --> 00:42:31.520
It's from Psalm 126.

00:42:31.520 --> 00:42:35.520
I pray God that it will be your experience.

00:42:35.520 --> 00:42:37.520
When you were listening to Jasmine telling a story,

00:42:37.520 --> 00:42:39.520
did it move you?

00:42:41.520 --> 00:42:42.520
She thought she was moved.

00:42:42.520 --> 00:42:44.520
She didn't know that we were the ones that were moved

00:42:44.520 --> 00:42:46.520
by what God has done.

00:42:49.520 --> 00:42:51.520
I didn't even remember that

00:42:51.520 --> 00:42:53.520
words were said to her in prayer.

00:42:53.520 --> 00:42:57.520
We do not know what a person is going through.

00:42:57.520 --> 00:42:59.520
But when you read Psalm 126,

00:42:59.520 --> 00:43:03.520
I pray God that every person sitting here experiences it.

00:43:03.520 --> 00:43:05.520
It says in Psalm 127,

00:43:05.520 --> 00:43:08.520
Hey, when you go out, go with weeping.

00:43:08.520 --> 00:43:11.520
But as you go weeping, carry seed.

00:43:11.520 --> 00:43:13.520
Weep for those that you meet.

00:43:13.520 --> 00:43:15.520
Weep as in lament for,

00:43:15.520 --> 00:43:19.520
Oh, I so wish you could experience what I just talked about.

00:43:19.520 --> 00:43:21.520
Go out weeping.

00:43:21.520 --> 00:43:23.520
But here's what will happen if you go out weeping,

00:43:23.520 --> 00:43:24.520
carrying seed.

00:43:24.520 --> 00:43:27.520
You will come back with armloads of sheaves,

00:43:27.520 --> 00:43:29.520
dancing and rejoicing.

00:43:29.520 --> 00:43:31.520
May you experience that.

00:43:31.520 --> 00:43:34.520
May you bring people and they'll stand here and they'll say,

00:43:34.520 --> 00:43:37.520
and then, and then, instead of, but.

00:43:43.520 --> 00:43:50.520
Psalm 124, sorry, Psalm 126, verse 5 and 6.

00:43:50.520 --> 00:43:52.520
Let's go out weeping, carrying seeds to sow

00:43:52.520 --> 00:43:54.520
and return with joyful laughter,

00:43:54.520 --> 00:43:56.520
carrying sheaves of souls.

00:43:56.520 --> 00:43:58.520
It's a divine guarantee.

00:43:58.520 --> 00:44:00.520
Here's what caught me about the scripture.

00:44:00.520 --> 00:44:02.520
When you read it, God is saying,

00:44:02.520 --> 00:44:04.520
You go out with weeping, carrying seed,

00:44:04.520 --> 00:44:06.520
and here's what I'll do for you.

00:44:06.520 --> 00:44:08.520
I'll guarantee a joyful return with sheaves.

00:44:08.520 --> 00:44:10.520
It's a divine guarantee.

00:44:10.520 --> 00:44:14.520
It's not perhaps if you go out, perhaps you'll come back.

00:44:14.520 --> 00:44:16.520
No, it's guaranteed.

00:44:20.520 --> 00:44:22.520
That is nuts, man.

00:44:23.520 --> 00:44:25.520
Same thing with Luke 17.

00:44:25.520 --> 00:44:28.520
Now you know what was happening in Luke 17.

00:44:28.520 --> 00:44:30.520
In Luke 17, the disciples come back.

00:44:30.520 --> 00:44:32.520
They had been sent out two by two.

00:44:32.520 --> 00:44:34.520
And now they're coming back and they say,

00:44:34.520 --> 00:44:36.520
Jesus, we cast out demons.

00:44:36.520 --> 00:44:39.520
Jesus, we heal the sick and Jesus rejoices.

00:44:39.520 --> 00:44:41.520
And then after rejoicing he says,

00:44:41.520 --> 00:44:43.520
it's been misinterpreted,

00:44:43.520 --> 00:44:45.520
but what Jesus is actually saying is,

00:44:45.520 --> 00:44:47.520
I'm so glad you cast out demons.

00:44:47.520 --> 00:44:49.520
I'm so glad you healed people.

00:44:49.520 --> 00:44:51.520
But I also want you to know that the thing

00:44:51.520 --> 00:44:53.520
that you should rejoice over even more

00:44:53.520 --> 00:44:55.520
is the fact that many you preach to

00:44:55.520 --> 00:44:57.520
have their names written in the book of life.

00:44:57.520 --> 00:45:01.520
He's not saying downplay the sickness that was healed.

00:45:01.520 --> 00:45:03.520
He's saying, listen, you healed them.

00:45:03.520 --> 00:45:05.520
Yes, you set them free,

00:45:05.520 --> 00:45:07.520
but here's what you did, Dilna.

00:45:07.520 --> 00:45:09.520
When you spoke, he got saved,

00:45:09.520 --> 00:45:11.520
and his name is written in the book of life.

00:45:11.520 --> 00:45:13.520
Therefore, Dilna, rejoice.

00:45:13.520 --> 00:45:15.520
It is very natural for this.

00:45:15.520 --> 00:45:17.520
He's the Lord of the harvest.

00:45:17.520 --> 00:45:19.520
We are the Lord of the harvest.

00:45:19.520 --> 00:45:21.520
We are laborers who are going with him

00:45:21.520 --> 00:45:25.520
and picking what he wants us to pick.

00:45:25.520 --> 00:45:29.520
And the time is now.

00:45:29.520 --> 00:45:31.520
Why? Because the fields are white with harvest.

00:45:39.520 --> 00:45:41.520
Every time someone gets saved,

00:45:41.520 --> 00:45:45.520
we can enter into the courts of heaven,

00:45:45.520 --> 00:45:47.520
because every time the Gospel of the Kingdom

00:45:47.520 --> 00:45:49.520
brings a harvest of one soul,

00:45:49.520 --> 00:45:51.520
you should read what Luke 15,

00:45:51.520 --> 00:45:53.520
verse 7 and 10 say.

00:45:53.520 --> 00:45:55.520
Let me read it from the passion translation.

00:45:55.520 --> 00:45:57.520
Luke 15, verse 7 and 10.

00:45:57.520 --> 00:46:01.520
Luke 15, verse 7 and 10.

00:46:01.520 --> 00:46:05.520
Reading from the passion translation.

00:46:05.520 --> 00:46:07.520
Jesus continued, in the same way,

00:46:07.520 --> 00:46:09.520
this is Jesus speaking,

00:46:09.520 --> 00:46:11.520
not a preacher's story.

00:46:11.520 --> 00:46:13.520
Jesus continued, in the same way,

00:46:13.520 --> 00:46:15.520
there will be a glorious celebration in heaven

00:46:15.520 --> 00:46:19.520
over the rescue of one lost sinner who repents,

00:46:19.520 --> 00:46:21.520
comes back home and returns to the fold,

00:46:21.520 --> 00:46:23.520
more so than all the righteous people

00:46:23.520 --> 00:46:25.520
who never strayed away.

00:46:25.520 --> 00:46:27.520
Verse 10. That's the way God responds.

00:46:27.520 --> 00:46:29.520
Every time one lost sinner repents and turns to him,

00:46:29.520 --> 00:46:31.520
he says to all his angels,

00:46:31.520 --> 00:46:33.520
let's have a joyous celebration

00:46:33.520 --> 00:46:35.520
for that one who was lost.

00:46:35.520 --> 00:46:37.520
And I have found.

00:46:37.520 --> 00:46:39.520
It's an actual happening.

00:46:39.520 --> 00:46:41.520
When I got saved,

00:46:41.520 --> 00:46:43.520
that's what happened.

00:46:43.520 --> 00:46:45.520
God the Father turned around to the angels,

00:46:45.520 --> 00:46:47.520
Jesus turned around to the angels,

00:46:47.520 --> 00:46:49.520
and he said, finally.

00:46:49.520 --> 00:46:51.520
And then there was joyous celebration.

00:46:51.520 --> 00:46:55.520
This happens again and again and again and again.

00:46:55.520 --> 00:46:57.520
And when you are involved in it,

00:46:57.520 --> 00:46:59.520
there's a personal stake of thoughts,

00:46:59.520 --> 00:47:03.520
and you can celebrate in the courts of heaven with God.

00:47:11.520 --> 00:47:15.520
Angels aid harvests.

00:47:15.520 --> 00:47:19.520
In Matthew 13.39,

00:47:19.520 --> 00:47:22.520
the angels are the reapers of the harvest,

00:47:22.520 --> 00:47:26.520
but their reaping is preceded by human messengers,

00:47:26.520 --> 00:47:27.520
like you and I.

00:47:27.520 --> 00:47:31.520
Angels participate in the reaping of the harvest.

00:47:31.520 --> 00:47:33.520
And when a church begins to harvest,

00:47:33.520 --> 00:47:37.520
angels are the ones who reap the harvest.

00:47:37.520 --> 00:47:40.520
Angels participate in the reaping of the harvest.

00:47:40.520 --> 00:47:42.520
And when a church begins to harvest,

00:47:42.520 --> 00:47:44.520
you will find that the church is protected

00:47:44.520 --> 00:47:47.520
and the church is delivered.

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Hebrews 1.14 says that,

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on these angels, ministers of fire

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are appointed to those that will inherit salvation.

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In Acts chapter 12,

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you find that Peter, who was preaching,

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was put in prison.

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And what happened?

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In verse 11, it says, an angel came.

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I don't know whether the angel kicked him

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or struck him or I don't know how,

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but Peter woke up from a deep sleep in prison.

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And in Acts chapter 12, verse 11,

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the angel takes him through different doors

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that were barred,

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till he ends up in the house of a group of believers praying.

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You will find, and I will find,

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that as we begin to enter into this today,

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that there will be angelic protection and deliverance

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for this church, for your life, for your families,

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for your children, for your situations,

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for different things in your life

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that you may or may not ever see,

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but it will begin to happen for you

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because angels assist in the reaping of the harvest.

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And is it normal for God to say,

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okay, harvest this city, harvest this place?

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Yes.

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Harvest are often specific to places.

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In Amos chapter 4, verse 7,

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God says, I will send rain on this city.

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I might choose not to send rain on this city.

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I might want something to happen in this city,

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not in this city.

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When it came to Paul, he said, I know you're a Hebrew,

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I know you're a scholar, but I'm sending you to the Gentiles.

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And this happens to be the place appointed for us.

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We started praying for this city in May.

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And then, see that man sitting there?

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Chris, Christopher.

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Some of you haven't met him.

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He's the chaplain of Trinity Western.

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And now he gave us an in-in-to Trinity Western too.

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Everybody from Trinity Western suddenly sat up straight.

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You should come more often.

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Harvest requires the use of your gifts,

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your dreams, your time.

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God will use it.

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God will use it.

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It says so in 1 Peter 4, 7 to 11.

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Listen, look at the times.

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Use your time well.

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Use every opportunity well.

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If you speak, speak well.

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If you give, give well.

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If you serve, serve well.

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God will use it.

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You know this church, PMC, Peace Mennonite Church?

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It has only maybe 50 people,

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and many of them are much older.

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But here's the crazy thing.

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Betty and a few others came here on Tuesday night last week.

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And they found 140 people from the neighborhood

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gathering in that room to eat dinner.

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140 of them.

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This church is taking what it can do best

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with a limited number of people.

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And sometimes churches like this will be found

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more faithful than us.

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What has been appointed to them is what they must do.

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And what has been appointed to us is what we must do.

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And that's how your faithfulness will be measured.

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140 people.

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And Betty was saying how people were serving.

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And one of the ways we can help them is to sit and talk,

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because you guys talk, except when I'm preaching.

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You guys talk.

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I love messages like this,

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because they are the proceeding word.

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There are blessings in the harvest, guys.

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There are blessings in the harvest.

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John 4, verse 36.

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John 4, verse 36.

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Thank God it's God who's in charge of this.

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And no man can bless you. He can.

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John 4, 36. Very strange.

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Let's start at 34.

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My food, said Jesus, is to do the will of him

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who sent me and to finish his work.

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Do not say, four months more, and then the harvest.

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I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields.

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They are ripe for harvest.

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And look at verse 36.

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Even now the reaper draws his wages.

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Even now he harvests the crops for eternal life,

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so that the sower and reaper may be glad together.

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You, when you commit to something like this,

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you get paid before you work.

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Verse 36 is basically saying that those who harvest

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receive payment, but receiving payment

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proceeds gathering a crop,

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which could imply that the harvester is paid in advance.

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Present before God your deep needs,

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not your surface needs, your deep needs,

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because God blesses reapers before they even

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put their hand to the sickle.

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And what's one of the blessings that comes with harvesting?

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Another soul that is reaped.

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I mean, the reward is in the person that comes to Christ.

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Leave alone everything else.

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And there are other things.

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But I want you to know, and God wants you to know,

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that this business is a business of rewards.

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He is a profitable God who rewards you and blesses you.

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The crop itself is a reward,

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but the Lord blesses a church that becomes

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fissures of men with seven baskets full,

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which is provision for more good works.

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God blesses a church that becomes fissures of men

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with seven baskets full of fish and bread

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that you take home,

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and you can use it for whatever you want.

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May some of you be able to believe it

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and whisper a small amen deep in the bowels of your stomach.

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2 Corinthians 9, 10, another reward.

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God will supply you the seed to sow and the bread to eat,

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and it will increase your harvest of righteousness.

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2 Corinthians 9, verse 10.

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God will supply you more seed, more people, more seed to sow.

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God will supply you with bread

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so that there is bread to eat and seed to sow,

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and he will increase your righteousness,

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as in your right living, your right relationship,

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the very nature of God.

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Given to who?

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Given to those that begin to engage in this.

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This is not what motivates you,

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but I just want you to know there is a byproduct.

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If this was motivation, I would have put it right in the beginning.

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Will the nets hold, guys?

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That's the question.

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Will the nets hold?

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As we now enter this phase today,

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will the nets hold?

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You have two stories in the Bible.

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One is in Luke 5, verse 6.

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Peter had been fishing all day,

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and Jesus comes and says,

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throw it on the other side,

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and he says, but I've fished all day.

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And Jesus says, just do it,

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and he does it, and he gets a whole lot of fish,

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where the boat begins to almost sink,

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and they try to haul it, but the nets tear.

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And then there's another story in John 21.

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In John 21, verse 1 to 11, you find a similar story.

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Now, Jesus is on the beach,

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and he looks, and he says, hey, boys, do you have any fish?

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And they say, we've fished all night.

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And he says, cast your net on the other side,

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and he does, and they catch 153 fish.

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People have been trying to figure out what the 153 is

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for the last 253 years, but it hasn't worked.

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That's not the point.

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The point is the 153 fish have been caught,

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but this time the nets don't tear.

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In one case, the nets tear.

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In the other case, the nets don't tear.

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The question is not why the nets didn't tear or tore.

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It's beyond us to speculate.

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But here's the thing.

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If the net tears, you lose fish.

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If the net tears, you lose fish.

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And so my question is, will our nets hold?

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Will our nets hold?

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Three weeks ago, I was sitting here.

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We were worshipping, and I suddenly opened my eyes,

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and I looked around, and the church that day was very full.

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There were flags.

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There were people shouting, dancing.

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It looked very full, and it scared me.

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And I looked at it, and I quickly looked away,

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and there were two reasons I was scared.

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The first reason was I thought, how are we going to handle it

00:56:49.520 --> 00:56:52.520
if another 15 people come?

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Not in terms of space.

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How are we going to handle raising 15 more?

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We do not have the ability.

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It requires time.

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How are we going to do it?

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And the second reason I turned away is,

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when I saw the increase, I got scared that we'll take pride,

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or I'll take pride, in the sudden growth.

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Those were the two reasons I turned away.

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Let me go to the first reason.

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Will the nets hold?

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If 153 fish come, do we have the ability to?

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Not accommodate them, not engage them in worship.

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Do we have the ability to raise them,

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like many of you have been raised?

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I think yes, if all of us step up.

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And I think no, if we don't step up.

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That scares me a little.

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I don't want to dilute what Acts 29 has become

00:57:56.520 --> 00:57:59.520
when more people come in.

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People always said to me, five years ago, 15 years ago,

00:58:05.520 --> 00:58:08.520
they would say to me, this works now.

00:58:08.520 --> 00:58:12.520
But let us, once you get to 20, once you get to 40,

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once you get to 60, once you get to 80,

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you won't be able to scale this.

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I was always told that.

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Thus far, we've been able to scale it.

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But if another 20 came, would we be able to still pay attention?

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There was a dream that someone in this church had on November 6.

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I want to read it out to you.

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I was told that the church had a church in the north

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on November 6.

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I want to read it out to you.

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Jacob was putting on a roast goose dinner for Acts 29.

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Roast goose is usually served for either Michael Mass,

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which is when a church is on the angelic host,

00:59:05.520 --> 00:59:09.520
or for Christmas, that's when a roast goose is laid on the table.

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So Jacob was putting on a roast goose dinner for Acts 29.

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It's a feast with an entire roast goose for every table.

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I go in and Kirtiana is sitting there and some others.

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Gillian comes in, she looks dismayed that the room is still mostly empty.

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But it's past the event time.

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I walk around and see many empty tables.

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I'm trying to set up chairs.

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I notice people are missing, leaders are missing.

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I sense, and this person is interpreting the dream,

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I sense that maybe Jacob is Jesus in this dream.

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The second interpretation, or the second point was,

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people are caught up with different things and are delayed or missing the dinner.

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Third, people didn't realize this was such an important event.

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It's worth considering, right?

01:00:05.520 --> 01:00:10.520
So I want to say, maybe consider our ways, yeah?

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And commit to something that God is placing,

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and what kind of demand on this dream was sent to me three days ago,

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and the person had no idea what I was preaching about.

01:00:29.520 --> 01:00:32.520
So it was a soulful experience.

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So it was a sobering thought.

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Let us disprove this dream.

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Dreams are sometimes sent as a warning so that we can correct course.

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Yeah? Disprove it, guys.

01:00:46.520 --> 01:00:49.520
History is made up of moments like this.

01:00:56.520 --> 01:01:01.520
To the leaders, I'll read from 1 Corinthians 3, 4 to 10.

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1 Corinthians 3, 4 to 10.

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Let me read that to you.

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1 Corinthians 3, 4 to 10.

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Something that we should avoid at all costs.

01:01:13.520 --> 01:01:16.520
1 Corinthians 3, 4 to 10, I'm addressing the leaders here.

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When you divide yourselves up in groups,

01:01:18.520 --> 01:01:20.520
a Paul group, an Apollo's group,

01:01:20.520 --> 01:01:23.520
you're acting like people without the Spirit's influence.

01:01:23.520 --> 01:01:25.520
Who is Apollo's really? Who is Paul?

01:01:25.520 --> 01:01:28.520
Aren't we both just servants to whom you believed our message?

01:01:28.520 --> 01:01:31.520
Aren't each of us doing the ministry the Lord has assigned to us?

01:01:31.520 --> 01:01:33.520
I was the one who planted the church.

01:01:33.520 --> 01:01:37.520
Apollo's came and cared for it, but it was God who caused it to grow.

01:01:37.520 --> 01:01:40.520
This means that the one who plants is not anybody special,

01:01:40.520 --> 01:01:41.520
nor the one who waters,

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for God is the one who brings supernatural growth.

01:01:44.520 --> 01:01:47.520
Now, the one who plants and the one who waters are equally important

01:01:47.520 --> 01:01:50.520
and on the same team, but each will be rewarded for his own work.

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We are co-workers with God, and you are God's cultivated garden,

01:01:54.520 --> 01:01:56.520
the house he is building.

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God has given me a unique gift as a skilled master builder

01:01:59.520 --> 01:02:01.520
who lays a good foundation.

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Afterwards, another craftsman comes and builds on it.

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So builders beware.

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Let every builder do his work carefully according to God's standard.

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Beautiful.

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That's how the leaders in this church must be.

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One of the things I want to do,

01:02:14.520 --> 01:02:20.520
and I've asked Revive because they come to Richmond every Sunday afternoon,

01:02:20.520 --> 01:02:24.520
one of the things I want us to do as a church is

01:02:24.520 --> 01:02:31.520
can we get a plot and start gardening in Richmond?

01:02:31.520 --> 01:02:33.520
I'm not sure where it's going,

01:02:33.520 --> 01:02:37.520
but the reason I'm saying it to you is so that when we see where it will go,

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we'll be quite surprised at what God did.

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Here's the second thing.

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Can we get a van?

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Paint it, have tears hand-print on it,

01:02:51.520 --> 01:02:55.520
have other stuff on it.

01:02:55.520 --> 01:02:58.520
Can we get a van and in that van,

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have it parked in certain places in Richmond where people get used to you,

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where you give away some of the finest leather jackets you have to anyone who wants it,

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where Isaiah 58 begins to happen.

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What does Isaiah 58 say, 6 to 8 or thereabouts?

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That, listen, I'll make you repairers of the breach.

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A harvest is incomplete if the breach is not repaired.

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We'll end up being in the same situation Jericho was

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when they went up to Elisha and they said to Elisha,

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the city is pleasant and it's well situated,

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but the water is poisonous and the land is barren.

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To be able to restore the streets that we dwell in,

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to be repairers of the breach,

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why a van? Don't know.

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But they'll know that, oh, these are those guys.

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Oh, these are the guys that you can stop by at this spot every Thursday

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and you will have clothes or you will have soap or you will have hot chocolate or whatever.

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Or you will have Colorado jerseys being given away for free.

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The point being, and so I asked Revive to start thinking about it

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and so they met today to pray for it,

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but I just wanted to be out there because I'm saying to you

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that this is going to lead somewhere.

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This thing is real, guys.

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Oh my God. At least don't corrupt the kids.

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A garden. Yeah.

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Don't ask me.

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Hey, Joey. Joey. Joey.

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Hey, Joey. How are you? You're good?

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Joey, this is not a good jersey, yeah?

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I'll give you a really good jersey. Yeah?

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There we go. That's an understanding.

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Joey, coconuts go!

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We'll talk about the harvest of the wicked another time,

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but this does bring opposition.

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It brought opposition in Acts chapter 13

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where there was a man who went and tried to cause Sergius Paulus,

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the governor of an island, to turn against the gospel.

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He was removed.

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There was Herod who killed James and John.

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He was sitting on a throne and speaking big,

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and he died on the spot eaten by worms.

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There was Alexander the corpus smith.

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There was Demetrius in Ephesus.

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We'll talk about that next time.

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But don't get weary, huh?

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Don't get weary. Don't withdraw.

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But more than that, don't stay on the sidelines.

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I beg you.

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Don't get weary. Don't withdraw.

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But more than that, please don't stay on the sidelines.

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I'm so scared of you staying on the sidelines.

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You stay on the sidelines for these reasons.

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Laziness, disgruntled, not happy with what you've been given to do,

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or just plain spiritual dullness.

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These are the four reasons for staying on the sidelines.

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Let me repeat it again.

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Laziness, disgruntled.

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There's not one I want to do.

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Trust me, I've done all three.

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I've been lazy. I've been disgruntled.

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And I've been spiritually sluggish where I don't grasp it.

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And I began to serve in 1993 a teen challenge.

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The director realized that here is a guy who thinks he's entitled to preach.

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So you know what he did?

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For six months, he had me cleaning the toilets and serving soup.

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At the end of the six months, in the first two months, were terrible.

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It was like Tuni.

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I was a great international conference speaker who was returning home.

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And he was not allowing me to preach.

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I came out of a drug background.

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Surely my experience will help people on the street.

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No, you will help people on the street by cleaning the toilet and by serving soup.

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After six months, when he finally came and said to me,

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Jacob, would you want to preach?

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It was like, really? Me? Oh my God.

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It was like a privilege, man. It was like, I was scared to preach.

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These are the three reasons people sit on the sideline.

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They do not get it because they're spiritually dull.

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They are disgruntled because they aren't being given what is most convenient

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and what they really like doing because they think they're good at it.

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I thought I was.

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Third, they are lazy.

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Laziness is sometimes excused as, I don't have time.

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Or what if I gave you a million dollars?

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Don't get weary. Don't withdraw. Don't stay on the sidelines.

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Let's stop there and pray.

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How are we going to do this, guys? We're going to pray that...

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We've got to figure out what we're going to pray.

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Sheldon, if you have to go, go. And may the Canucks win.

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Every time they score a goal, look at Aaron.

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We'll start today what you'll be praying for.

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We'll start today what you'll be praying during the week.

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It's 6.17 now. We'll stop at 6.27.

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It's open. And when I say pray, you may start quietly,

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but I hope you pray loudly as you are moved to pray loudly.

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Yeah.

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Let's go, guys.

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Jesus, I was saying that you would give us this if we asked you honestly in prayer.

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So that's what we are doing here. You said, ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers.

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Ask him earnestly to send out laborers because the harvest is ready.

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The fields are white. We need to collect it in Richmond.

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So you're asking us to ask you in prayer earnestly. That's what we're trying to do.

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And if we do that, you will make us compassionate shepherds

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who have the ability to go out and proclaim the gospel of the kingdom and demonstrate the works of the kingdom.

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You'll help us to become people that weep and carry seed, but come back joyfully.

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Mourning turns to dancing. So could you please help us, Lord?

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That's what I asked for. Can you teach us how to pray?

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We're pretty bad at this, Lord.

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I'm sorry that we are still bad at it.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Father, could you give me an encounter between today and leaving for Indonesia tomorrow where I'll be given an opportunity to weep and carry seed to soul and heart?

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Even if I chicken out, I want an opportunity.

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Oh God, be my part of heart. Be the part of heart.

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My opportunity has produced more than I could have.

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But I want to know how to expect this everything.

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How about we make a strong nest?

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You make a nest and really know us, Lord Father, when people at St. Luke's Castle, Jesus, and the soft-settled Lord Father, may find us together in love.

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That when we move our hands, Lord Father, we will be a strong nest that will not be torn.

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They shall know us by how we walk in the world and how we talk.

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Keep going, just be not done.

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You want me to call your name up?

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Okay, let's start with that.

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Father, write me a scene and pray that love will be back.

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I do, Lord.

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Yes.

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Have love in your hand.

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Lord, I want to ask that you bring a path for us and wait for us on you.

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Father, Lord, I rise up and ask that you make a way for everyone of us.

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Create a path that shows that you are God in our lives.

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I know Pastor Jacob has spoken about harvest, right?

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I'm not going to lie, I'm literally right in front of you and do not even know where to begin from.

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And I know some people are there too.

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So Lord, I just want to ask you to lead.

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Lead us.

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We're going to follow your direction.

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In Jesus' number prayer. Amen.

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Anyone else?

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Father, I just want to thank you for the harvest.

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I want to thank you for the harvest.

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There's plenty of harvest, Father.

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Make us a people that are all workers.

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Every single one here today or away, make us all your workers, Father.

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Strengthen our hands but soften our hearts, Father.

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So we carry you everywhere we go and we reap.

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We reap where we're told to reap.

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We reap when we don't see it but we swing that sickle, Father.

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Because one hand we swing, the other hand we scatter seed.

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Father, we want to do the work that you've always done and you're inviting us to do it.

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I don't do it by my strength because I have no strength.

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I don't do it by my might because I have no might.

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So I do it by the power of the Holy Spirit that resides in me, in all of us.

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All of us as a people, all of us as your body.

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So as a body, Father, we want to go out.

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We want to go out and harvest your people.

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We want to go save the lost, Father.

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We want to save your children.

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We want to save your children all from the nations that you sent to us.

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You prepared for us, Father.

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The nations that you sent and you prepared for us to bring them into your kingdom.

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Father, we've got people coming in, 140 of them.

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They come to that kitchen right there.

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How many feet, Father, to this home, to your family?

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They're so close, Father.

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They're so close.

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We want to welcome your children back to their home, to your family,

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because they're the children of your family that you've ordained and you've predestined to be your children.

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Let us come welcome them back, Father.

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I want to speak out over our church, Father, that we may be your hands and feet.

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We may be the beautiful feet that walk out and bring your message of hope, Father.

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The people want more, Father, and we want to give them more from your mouth, from your heaven down to earth.

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And that's why we're here.

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That's why I give up.

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Every Sunday I come here.

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Every Sunday, not so I could feed myself, but to feed the people out there,

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to feed the people of Richmond, Father, not just food, because they need food.

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They need resources.

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They need friendship.

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They need family, but they need you, Jesus Christ.

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Let us feed them with good food, food from heaven.

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And let that come to pass quick because of the urgency, because you've loved,

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because you've done it since the beginning of time.

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Let us walk with you, Jesus.

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Let us walk with you.

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Father, let him who has ears hear what the Spirit of our Lord is doing.

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Let him who has eyes see what the Spirit of our Lord is doing.

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So, Father, like Phineas had the zeal to stop the plague,

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we call out a boldness into people here tonight.

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The zeal of our Lord made consumers, oh God, for the city.

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Made consumers for the city, Abba.

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And the second thing is, Father, I pray for the young, Abba.

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I pray for the lost, those that are depressed,

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those that don't even know their left hand from their right hand.

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We see them, oh God.

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We see them because you see them, Abba.

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You see them, Abba.

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You see them in the schools, Abba.

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You see them in the droves, Abba.

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We call them forefathers because the harvest is now.

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The harvest is now, Father.

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So let that word ring in our hearts.

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Let it ring in our hearts that we won't be comfortable, Father.

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We will have to do something about it.

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We will have to respond, Abba.

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Why?

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Because the harvest is now.

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Let the Spirit of the Lord, Father, cry out, Abba.

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We cry out, Abba.

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We cry out, Abba.

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If we have never cried before, we'll cry out tonight.

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Because you love the city, Abba.

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Because the God of his heaven said he so loved the world that he came.

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He came, Father.

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He came, Father.

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He just to give.

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He just to give, Abba.

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He just to give our time.

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He just to give our resources.

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He just to give up our dreams.

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He just to give, Abba.

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Because you are God who gives.

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Thank you, Father, for what's happening right now in our midst.

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Thank you for what's happening right now in our midst.

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I thank you, Holy Spirit.

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I thank you for this very moment right now across this room, Lord, in hearts.

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I thank you for what's happening in our midst.

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I thank you for the urgency, for the compassion, for the passion, for the understanding that is spreading across this room.

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I thank you, Holy Spirit.

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I honor you, Holy Spirit.

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You keep saying the word supernatural harvest, supernatural harvest, more than we expected, more than we thought.

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It's that kind of a harvest, oh God.

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We raise our hands, arm us with the sickle that we need to hold, oh God, to bring in the sheaves with joy.

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If we thought worship was good now, we will come with sheaves of joy.

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We will celebrate before you, give you our first fruits and say, oh God, you've been faithful.

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We bless you, Father.

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We bless you, Father.

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We're not done, guys.

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Feel free to take it up.

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Take it up and pray.