WEBVTT 00:00:01.129 --> 00:00:03.649 You are listening to a message from First Baptist 00:00:03.649 --> 00:00:06.410 Church, Wichita Falls. For more information about 00:00:06.410 --> 00:00:08.910 First Baptist, click the link in the show notes 00:00:08.910 --> 00:00:15.509 or go to FBCWF .org. Thank you so very, very 00:00:15.509 --> 00:00:18.690 much for allowing me to be here with you today. 00:00:18.870 --> 00:00:21.089 Thank Pastor Bob. I thank him from the bottom 00:00:21.089 --> 00:00:23.570 of my heart for allowing me to come and share 00:00:23.570 --> 00:00:26.730 some words with you today from God's holy word. 00:00:27.369 --> 00:00:31.030 This summer marks my 38th summer here at First 00:00:31.030 --> 00:00:33.469 Baptist Church, and I'm so blessed to be here. 00:00:33.469 --> 00:00:39.030 No, no. I should be applauding you. My mom keeps 00:00:39.030 --> 00:00:40.770 telling me you're going to catch on to me any 00:00:40.770 --> 00:00:46.429 day now. Speaking of my mom, I took her to visit 00:00:46.429 --> 00:00:49.869 four different retirement homes. She doesn't 00:00:49.869 --> 00:00:51.369 like to call them retirement homes. I forget 00:00:51.369 --> 00:00:55.179 what she calls them. in your golden years home 00:00:55.179 --> 00:00:57.539 something of that nature and I took her to see 00:00:57.539 --> 00:01:00.179 four different homes in the last week or so and 00:01:00.179 --> 00:01:04.680 my mom at 92 years old is moving to Wichita Falls 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:08.879 so I'm really really excited about that. Do you 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:13.079 realize what kind of blessed people you are to 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:16.219 have that kind of worship? in a city of this 00:01:16.219 --> 00:01:19.579 size. I hope you really do. I don't normally 00:01:19.579 --> 00:01:22.359 get to sit in here. I'm always upstairs in the 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:24.359 control room where I thank God there are a lot 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:27.019 of other people up there today as well. But I 00:01:27.019 --> 00:01:29.640 normally hear it through speakers. To be out 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:32.500 here and to hear that choir and to hear that 00:01:32.500 --> 00:01:35.819 incredible orchestra. My son plays in the orchestra, 00:01:35.939 --> 00:01:39.060 by the way. to hear all that, the organ, the 00:01:39.060 --> 00:01:42.280 piano and everything. You are blessed and highly 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:45.799 favored and I hope you realize that because not 00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:49.319 everyone in this community experiences that kind 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:52.340 of worship. I want to say a special hello to 00:01:52.340 --> 00:01:54.739 those of you who are watching by television today. 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:58.219 Taking my mom on that tour, I met a lot of folks 00:01:58.219 --> 00:02:01.859 who do watch these services on television. time 00:02:01.859 --> 00:02:04.519 after time people would stop us and my mom would 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:06.719 they would say I know you and my mom would say 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:10.099 I've never been here before and then they would 00:02:10.099 --> 00:02:15.289 say not you him But they watch the station and 00:02:15.289 --> 00:02:17.849 they watch the worship services and the Sunday 00:02:17.849 --> 00:02:20.889 school class that we have the word of truth So 00:02:20.889 --> 00:02:23.710 you're a big part of that as well. So thank you 00:02:23.710 --> 00:02:26.129 to all of you who are watching the programs today 00:02:26.129 --> 00:02:29.349 from home I know we have a lot of amazing weather 00:02:29.349 --> 00:02:31.569 and God is so good to us to provide the weather 00:02:31.569 --> 00:02:34.629 for us So thank you. I want to say hello to the 00:02:34.629 --> 00:02:37.330 West campus and to the church at Shepherd And 00:02:37.330 --> 00:02:39.650 we're just glad that all of you are with us today 00:02:41.979 --> 00:02:46.400 Before the Vietnam War in the nation of Vietnam 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:50.680 There was a man and his family who were committed 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:53.580 to sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with 00:02:53.580 --> 00:02:58.259 others They began to go from small actually villages 00:02:58.259 --> 00:03:01.699 in the outlying areas Beyond Hanoi beyond other 00:03:01.699 --> 00:03:05.599 of the somewhat built up cities to smaller rural 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:09.900 areas Their heart was to share Jesus Christ with 00:03:09.900 --> 00:03:12.939 people who didn't know and had never experienced 00:03:12.939 --> 00:03:17.259 His grace and His love and His salvation. They 00:03:17.259 --> 00:03:20.879 appeared one day at a small village, and the 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:24.379 village elder met them. And he said, you cannot 00:03:24.379 --> 00:03:27.719 speak to the people here unless first you accept 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:33.020 our hospitality. He handed to the father a kind 00:03:33.020 --> 00:03:36.240 of a crude plate, and on it was a piece of meat. 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:39.240 And to the little boy, it was only the dad and 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:41.599 the little boy that went out that day, he handed 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:45.300 a smaller portion of meat the 10 year old little 00:03:45.300 --> 00:03:48.259 boy looked at the meat that he had been handed 00:03:48.259 --> 00:03:52.639 to his horror to his disgust he found that on 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:56.039 that piece of meat something was wriggling something 00:03:56.039 --> 00:04:00.500 was crawling something did not appear I see several 00:04:00.500 --> 00:04:05.580 people yes that was his reaction as well but 00:04:05.580 --> 00:04:10.870 he looked on with amazing passion Love and admiration 00:04:10.870 --> 00:04:15.229 as his father began to consume The piece that 00:04:15.229 --> 00:04:18.750 he'd been given which likewise was infested as 00:04:18.750 --> 00:04:23.069 well the little boy closed his eyes and took 00:04:23.069 --> 00:04:26.730 his first bite and As well consumed the piece 00:04:26.730 --> 00:04:31.149 that he had been given The elder said you may 00:04:31.149 --> 00:04:34.709 address our people with whatever message it was 00:04:34.709 --> 00:04:39.579 that you brought His father shed Christ with 00:04:39.579 --> 00:04:42.899 that group of people and it changed the course 00:04:42.899 --> 00:04:46.839 of history For those who received Jesus as their 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:50.939 Savior time continued on in the nation of Vietnam 00:04:50.939 --> 00:04:55.759 and as you well know a war between essentially 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:59.060 the north and the south Our nation was involved 00:04:59.060 --> 00:05:02.660 in some of my friends some of my most admired 00:05:02.660 --> 00:05:07.399 people in my life participated as fighting service 00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:11.740 people for our nation in that war. Eventually, 00:05:12.660 --> 00:05:15.060 the war came to a conclusion and it was the Communist 00:05:15.060 --> 00:05:20.160 Party who won. That family had to flee, they 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:23.500 had to leave Vietnam because at that point the 00:05:23.500 --> 00:05:25.639 outward propagation of the gospel was not as 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:29.399 welcomed, not as accepted, and became a little 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:31.839 more dangerous. And so they came with so many 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:34.180 who immigrated here to the United States to these 00:05:34.180 --> 00:05:38.100 shores. And ironically enough, God began to give 00:05:38.100 --> 00:05:40.459 them another ministry. He began to give them 00:05:40.459 --> 00:05:44.040 a ministry to those who had been displaced. And 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:48.660 He found very many, many people from Asian nations, 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:51.560 specifically even from Vietnam, who came to the 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:56.899 U .S. and they became His new congregation. They 00:05:56.899 --> 00:06:00.689 became His new mission field. And over the years 00:06:00.689 --> 00:06:03.670 that family had a tremendous impact, not only 00:06:03.670 --> 00:06:06.290 then in the nation from which they had come, 00:06:06.949 --> 00:06:10.230 but from the United States as well. And even 00:06:10.230 --> 00:06:13.550 to this day the third generation of that family 00:06:13.550 --> 00:06:18.730 is serving now as a medical missionary overseas. 00:06:20.029 --> 00:06:24.009 God is so very, very good. God is so very, very 00:06:24.009 --> 00:06:27.949 great. God is so very, very awesome. But it is 00:06:27.949 --> 00:06:32.800 our job. To be making him known in the world 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:36.759 in which we live It is our task. It is the thing 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:40.439 that he has given to us to do We are to be making 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:43.019 him known. I invite you if you have your Bible's 00:06:43.019 --> 00:06:46.620 eternal with me to Psalms chapter 67 It's a little 00:06:46.620 --> 00:06:50.180 bitty short song, and if you read any Bible commentaries, 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:53.379 you'll find that most commentaries, most theologians, 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:55.899 most biblical scholars believe that it was written 00:06:55.899 --> 00:06:58.339 probably to honor something like the Feast of 00:06:58.339 --> 00:07:01.980 the Tabernacles, or to honor some other feast 00:07:01.980 --> 00:07:06.139 in the traditions of the church. Because they 00:07:06.139 --> 00:07:08.279 were celebrating, they were saying, thank you, 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:13.060 God, for the harvest. Meeting with verse one, 00:07:13.139 --> 00:07:16.810 God be gracious to us. and bless us, and cause 00:07:16.810 --> 00:07:20.230 His face to shine upon us. That your way may 00:07:20.230 --> 00:07:22.990 be known on the earth, your salvation among all 00:07:22.990 --> 00:07:26.029 nations. Let the people praise you, O God. Let 00:07:26.029 --> 00:07:28.829 all the peoples praise you. Let the nations be 00:07:28.829 --> 00:07:31.569 glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the 00:07:31.569 --> 00:07:34.550 peoples with uprightness and guide the nations 00:07:34.550 --> 00:07:38.129 on the earth. Let the people praise you, O God. 00:07:38.769 --> 00:07:41.649 Let all the peoples praise you. The earth has 00:07:41.649 --> 00:07:45.189 yielded its produce. God, our God. God blesses 00:07:45.189 --> 00:07:48.949 us. God blesses us that all the ends of the earth 00:07:48.949 --> 00:07:53.230 may fear Him. May God bless the reading of His 00:07:53.230 --> 00:07:54.889 word. Would you bow with me please for a word 00:07:54.889 --> 00:07:58.670 of prayer? Heavenly Father, as we look at this 00:07:58.670 --> 00:08:01.069 small passage, help us to have big hearts. As 00:08:01.069 --> 00:08:03.490 we look at this small passage, help us to have 00:08:03.490 --> 00:08:07.449 big passions. As we look at this small passage, 00:08:08.649 --> 00:08:12.759 help us to go big and live large for You. In 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:17.019 Jesus name I pray these things amen In my prayer. 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:19.620 I mentioned the words go big I'm so excited for 00:08:19.620 --> 00:08:23.079 that Sunday Because that Sunday basically heralds 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:26.779 for us it harkens us back to another year of 00:08:26.779 --> 00:08:29.079 church year You know when the school year starts 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:31.639 we kind of start here, too But by the way in 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:35.039 case you have any misgivings or misunderstandings 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:39.259 We don't stop during the summer Indian as I'm 00:08:39.259 --> 00:08:42.659 speaking to you now Members of our staff as well 00:08:42.659 --> 00:08:45.580 as volunteers members of our congregation are 00:08:45.580 --> 00:08:48.960 serving God in the nation of Africa Throughout 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:50.740 this summer. We've had a number of different 00:08:50.740 --> 00:08:53.340 mission trips into Oklahoma here in the heart 00:08:53.340 --> 00:08:57.759 of Texas And we continue to do so but I get excited 00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:00.240 when I think about that Sunday because it does 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:04.399 say to us Let's get things going again right 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:09.360 here at our church as we looked at that passage 00:09:09.669 --> 00:09:12.450 You noticed, I hope some of you have recognized 00:09:12.450 --> 00:09:15.950 that verse one that says, God be gracious to 00:09:15.950 --> 00:09:19.190 us and bless us and cause His face to shine upon 00:09:19.190 --> 00:09:21.509 us. That's actually a blessing that you find 00:09:21.509 --> 00:09:25.710 originally in Numbers, but it's often used in 00:09:25.710 --> 00:09:28.909 more liturgical churches as a way of saying to 00:09:28.909 --> 00:09:31.049 the congregation from the pastor or the leader, 00:09:31.870 --> 00:09:35.629 I hope God blesses you this week. He certainly 00:09:35.629 --> 00:09:38.940 is blessing me. point of personal privilege, 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:42.539 if I may, I continue to believe that God is healing 00:09:42.539 --> 00:09:45.500 me right now. I had another treatment this week 00:09:45.500 --> 00:09:47.940 and I continue to believe that through everything 00:09:47.940 --> 00:09:50.820 that God is allowing me to go through, God is 00:09:50.820 --> 00:09:52.600 ministering to me. And you know what's so great 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:54.700 about God among the many things that are so great 00:09:54.700 --> 00:09:58.279 about Him? He's so faithful. Can I get an amen 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:02.159 from anybody in here? Is He so faithful to us? 00:10:02.659 --> 00:10:04.960 Does He love us so unconditionally? Does He love 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:08.289 us so passionately? Does he love us so carey? 00:10:10.769 --> 00:10:16.809 But on the other hand He did say There will be 00:10:16.809 --> 00:10:19.750 consequences if we don't trust him if we do not 00:10:19.750 --> 00:10:24.269 accept him as our Lord and Savior There are consequences. 00:10:24.730 --> 00:10:27.490 Do you realize maybe you don't let me share this 00:10:27.490 --> 00:10:31.549 with you a recent poll by the Pew Research Center 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:36.559 indicated that 38 % of Christians do not believe 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:42.820 in a literal hell 38 % which means at least a 00:10:42.820 --> 00:10:46.179 third of believers don't really feel like there's 00:10:46.179 --> 00:10:49.840 any impetus at all any need to share the good 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:52.399 news of Jesus with others because in all sincerity 00:10:52.399 --> 00:11:00.019 there isn't a lasting torment place of utter 00:11:00.019 --> 00:11:04.779 sadness Desolation You hear those people who 00:11:04.779 --> 00:11:06.820 joke they'll say oh, I don't mind going to hell 00:11:06.820 --> 00:11:08.299 all my friends are going there We'll have a one 00:11:08.299 --> 00:11:13.759 big party. No No, I Gave you some outline notes 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:16.019 and one of the first ones for you to fill out 00:11:16.019 --> 00:11:19.519 I want to fill it out for you I want you to understand 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:21.840 this body of Christ if you don't already you 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:25.580 need to know this and I hope we can always accept 00:11:25.580 --> 00:11:33.179 this as fact There is a heaven There is a hell 00:11:33.179 --> 00:11:40.700 and without Jesus people go to hell Without Jesus 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:45.740 people suffer in their present and for all Eternity, 00:11:45.899 --> 00:11:48.740 let me read that for you again. There is a heaven 00:11:48.740 --> 00:11:52.000 and there is a hell Listen to me. It doesn't 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:53.919 matter if you don't believe it. You didn't make 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:58.460 the rules God did without Jesus people are gonna 00:11:58.460 --> 00:12:02.330 go to hell And let me describe hell for you without 00:12:02.330 --> 00:12:05.309 Jesus people are gonna suffer right now in their 00:12:05.309 --> 00:12:08.629 present they do Ask anybody who's going through 00:12:08.629 --> 00:12:12.570 addiction They suffer in their present and they 00:12:12.570 --> 00:12:16.769 will suffer for all eternity There is a reason 00:12:16.769 --> 00:12:19.250 why our church engages in missions There is a 00:12:19.250 --> 00:12:22.029 reason why we're part of what we call the cooperative 00:12:22.029 --> 00:12:24.690 program the International Mission Board the North 00:12:24.690 --> 00:12:28.179 American Mission Board and many others Because 00:12:28.179 --> 00:12:32.080 people do go to hell if they don't know Jesus 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:34.480 Christ Can I get a witness from anybody in the 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:37.240 body of Christ? Now if you don't believe that 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:41.500 come see me later Because Jesus you may not know 00:12:41.500 --> 00:12:44.860 this but it's true Jesus spoke more about hell 00:12:44.860 --> 00:12:50.500 Then he spoke about heaven He spoke more about 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:54.039 the place of eternal torment the place of separation 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:58.259 from God the place where it's described as Wailing 00:12:58.259 --> 00:13:01.240 and weeping and gnashing of teeth He spoke more 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:03.860 about hell than he did about heaven because he 00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:06.779 knows not new past tense He knows present tense 00:13:06.779 --> 00:13:09.639 there is a heaven and there is a hell and he 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:13.240 wanted he said I desire that all would be saved 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:18.600 He didn't want anyone to go there. I Have several 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:20.919 important points I want to make from this small 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:23.299 passage of scripture The first one I want to 00:13:23.299 --> 00:13:27.120 talk about is the goal. There is a goal that 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:31.159 the psalmist writes to us about. If I could read 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:35.639 verse two again, it says that your way may be 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:39.700 known on the earth, your salvation among all 00:13:39.700 --> 00:13:44.080 the nations. The first goal I believe is that 00:13:44.080 --> 00:13:49.259 we're to make Him, His way, and His saving power 00:13:49.259 --> 00:13:53.220 known everywhere. We're to make Him, God, His 00:13:53.220 --> 00:13:55.419 way. Jesus said, I'm the way, the truth, and 00:13:55.419 --> 00:13:57.419 the life. No man comes to the Father except man. 00:13:57.639 --> 00:14:01.740 We're to make him, his way, and his saving power 00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:05.360 known to all of the nations. By the way, it doesn't 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:08.799 matter if we like the way they look, if we like 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:12.179 the way they act, if we appreciate their style 00:14:12.179 --> 00:14:15.159 of music, or we appreciate their culture. It 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:18.940 doesn't matter. I'm never going to win anyone 00:14:18.940 --> 00:14:21.899 to Christ by telling them how awful they are 00:14:21.899 --> 00:14:26.980 in their music taste. Okay? I do not like rap 00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:30.580 music. I do not like rap music. Let me just put 00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:33.879 this out there. And I'm not a big fan of goth 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:36.759 or death metal or screamo either. And some of 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:39.080 you are saying, what is he talking about? I'm 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:42.299 not a big fan, okay? When you get into my pickup, 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:44.580 if you hit button number one, if it's not already 00:14:44.580 --> 00:14:49.120 hit, it's KMOC, okay? I'm listening to 89 .5. 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:53.259 I'm not a big fan of rap. But people without 00:14:53.259 --> 00:14:57.700 Jesus? who are listening to whoever are still 00:14:57.700 --> 00:14:59.960 going to go to hell and they should be of a concern 00:14:59.960 --> 00:15:03.559 to me can I get a witness in here just because 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:05.919 their pants are saggy and I'd like to see them 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:12.500 pulled up they still need Jesus because without 00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:16.299 Jesus they go to hell yes or no come on amen 00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:23.259 you know I like old movies and I'm a big fan 00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:27.200 of old movie stars but sometimes I literally 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:29.779 find myself sitting there watching some big star 00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:33.960 from the past who never gave a hint of a Christian 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:41.879 testimony and I ask myself do I cause more eternal 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:48.179 sorrow in my finding joy in their motion picture 00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:51.519 presentation while they spend their eternity 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:56.519 in hell. Listen to me. Hell is separation from 00:15:56.519 --> 00:16:01.419 God. Hell never stops. Anybody in here ever had 00:16:01.419 --> 00:16:03.100 a toothache? Raise your hand if you've ever had 00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:07.419 a toothache. I'm telling you right now. I praise 00:16:07.419 --> 00:16:09.960 God for my dentist. He knows how to get into 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:13.029 this mouth and take care of stuff. But eventually 00:16:13.029 --> 00:16:14.590 you say to yourself, they're going to do something 00:16:14.590 --> 00:16:16.470 to numb the pain, and they're going to pull that 00:16:16.470 --> 00:16:17.629 tooth, and they're going to do something, they're 00:16:17.629 --> 00:16:19.269 going to fill that tooth, they're going to do 00:16:19.269 --> 00:16:21.370 something that's going to stop the pain. In hell, 00:16:21.570 --> 00:16:29.710 the pain never stops. Jesus said it like this 00:16:29.710 --> 00:16:35.889 in Matthew 28. This was the command. Go, therefore, 00:16:36.090 --> 00:16:38.950 and make disciples of all nations, baptizing 00:16:38.950 --> 00:16:40.950 in the name of the Father and the Son and the 00:16:40.950 --> 00:16:47.850 Holy Spirit. Go He didn't say stay he didn't 00:16:47.850 --> 00:16:51.210 say figure out a way to get yourself behind the 00:16:51.210 --> 00:16:54.649 walls of your castle or whatever it is No, look 00:16:54.649 --> 00:17:01.850 at the first two words go therefore I Used to 00:17:01.850 --> 00:17:04.089 love to listen still do love to listen to a gentleman 00:17:04.089 --> 00:17:07.769 named Keith Green Keith perished in a plane crash 00:17:07.769 --> 00:17:10.089 many many years ago long before I came to this 00:17:10.089 --> 00:17:13.569 church I had the great privilege of, for a brief 00:17:13.569 --> 00:17:16.109 period of time, traveling with His ministry and 00:17:16.109 --> 00:17:20.309 seeing Him deliver the Word of God. One of the 00:17:20.309 --> 00:17:22.509 last songs that Keith recorded before his death 00:17:22.509 --> 00:17:25.930 was a song that said, Jesus commands us to go. 00:17:25.970 --> 00:17:31.650 It should be the exception if we stay. He wants 00:17:31.650 --> 00:17:38.329 us to go. Years ago, in China, there was a medical 00:17:38.329 --> 00:17:42.390 missionary. He devoted his life along with the 00:17:42.390 --> 00:17:46.509 lives of his wife and family to the service of 00:17:46.509 --> 00:17:50.130 others He served in a nation at that time that 00:17:50.130 --> 00:17:53.349 had not yet turned to the communism of today 00:17:53.349 --> 00:17:56.910 so there was still to some degree of Freedom 00:17:56.910 --> 00:17:59.269 for he and his fellow missionaries to share the 00:17:59.269 --> 00:18:01.650 good news of Jesus and they did it in a practical 00:18:01.650 --> 00:18:08.210 way by ministering to needs His daughter was 00:18:08.210 --> 00:18:12.720 named Ruth And as she watched her father, Dr. 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:16.799 Nelson Bell, minister to others, she became inspired 00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:21.500 by his example. Eventually, she was to leave 00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:24.019 China after going to missionary school for the 00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:26.440 missionary kids in China. She moved to the United 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:29.660 States and she enrolled in Wheaton College. Do 00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:33.400 you know where this story is going? Yeah. Eventually 00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:37.599 she met a young guy named William, who by his 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:43.660 friends was known as Billy. and Ruth Bell Graham 00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:49.140 influenced generations to come because God used 00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:53.420 her missionary father to impact her life and 00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:56.460 to influence others. Your International Mission 00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:58.460 Board which has Southern Baptists you help to 00:18:58.460 --> 00:19:00.559 support is right now doing a thing, I want to 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:03.240 make sure I get this note right, called Mission 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:05.420 3000 where they're trying to reach unreached 00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:08.380 people groups. In the world, do you realize right 00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:12.539 now you can go to Walmart and buy a Bible? If 00:19:12.539 --> 00:19:14.119 you're sitting there waiting for your prescription 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:17.119 to be filled at CVS Pharmacy, right next to you 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:20.019 is favorite saints of Jesus on a little rack. 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:21.799 Have you seen it that spins around and you can 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:24.859 look at different books on that rack? But there 00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:26.700 are some places in the world right now where 00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:29.079 they do not have the Word of God in their own 00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:34.619 language. So how do they, the Word of God say, 00:19:34.829 --> 00:19:39.210 Says, how do they understand unless first they 00:19:39.210 --> 00:19:41.869 hear? How are they going to grasp it if somebody 00:19:41.869 --> 00:19:45.329 doesn't share that with them? This is a mission 00:19:45.329 --> 00:19:48.309 -minded church. This is a church that believes 00:19:48.309 --> 00:19:53.230 in missions. Here's the thing. The Word of God 00:19:53.230 --> 00:19:56.549 says that we need to be making His way and His 00:19:56.549 --> 00:20:00.950 truth known throughout the world. Here's how 00:20:00.950 --> 00:20:03.269 your church does some of this. I just talked 00:20:03.269 --> 00:20:06.259 to you about Larry and others who are over there 00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:08.880 in Africa right now, but then I mentioned other 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:12.480 things but for instance Mission Aviation Fellowship 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:15.359 How many of you know Dave and Jill Holmes? They 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:17.240 serve with Mission Aviation Fellowship right 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:19.660 now in Mozambique their pictures about to come 00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:23.859 up on the screen. They're an amazing couple and 00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:26.599 oh I forgot it's okay. The screens are messed 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:28.900 up right now So I'm just gonna carry on but Dave 00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:32.319 and Jill Holmes serve in in Mozambique Africa. 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:35.019 Let me tell you something If you run out of milk 00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:37.440 today, you just drive over to the store, right? 00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:40.680 You need some shampoo? I was with Dave and Jill 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:44.380 a few years ago in Mozambique, and I don't have 00:20:44.380 --> 00:20:47.259 enough hair to shampoo that much anyway, but 00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:49.539 I'd forgotten my shampoo. I said, can't we just 00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:51.720 run over to the market or something? And they 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:54.980 both looked at me like, are you crazy? I couldn't 00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:58.579 even find mane and tail, the horse shampoo that 00:20:58.579 --> 00:21:03.039 they sell. There was nothing in Africa. Dave 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:06.460 and Jill served there in Africa. We have people 00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:08.500 who are sent out from this church who serve with 00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:10.720 the Wycliffe Bible translators. They're helping 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:13.619 to translate the word of God into other languages. 00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:16.920 Megan and Chris Weaver right now are serving 00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:20.160 in Papua New Guinea, and every time you give 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:23.099 to the impact offering, you're helping. There 00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:25.740 they are right there. Thank you, Jeff. There 00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:28.579 they are. There they are in Papua New Guinea. 00:21:28.750 --> 00:21:31.470 And by the way, that's a feast for them up there, 00:21:31.690 --> 00:21:35.869 okay? The goat is eaten out of the same table, 00:21:35.970 --> 00:21:43.309 okay? Body of Christ, he wants us to be willing. 00:21:44.450 --> 00:21:48.509 He wants us to be willing. This year, Mark Mackey 00:21:48.509 --> 00:21:51.009 are... campus pastor at Church at Shepherd and 00:21:51.009 --> 00:21:53.589 his wife, his wonderful wife, they went to Canada 00:21:53.589 --> 00:21:56.690 to do some leg work for us because our pastor 00:21:56.690 --> 00:21:58.789 and Jerry Roll, our executive pastor, want us 00:21:58.789 --> 00:22:02.519 to have a footprint in Canada. We've helped to 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:04.940 plant churches in Utah and I'm telling you right 00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:08.079 now the Church of the Valley Mrs. Justin Bindel 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:10.960 very very much, but they're still growing and 00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:14.140 they're still doing amazing things as well as 00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:17.299 Redemption Church up in Ogden, Utah again an 00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:21.200 amazing church and God is doing wonderful things 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:25.940 through them you Helped make that happen You're 00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:29.619 giving your prayers your faithfulness to God 00:22:30.009 --> 00:22:34.029 It's helping other people in a very unreached 00:22:34.029 --> 00:22:35.970 state by the way If you want to go to a state 00:22:35.970 --> 00:22:39.069 where people don't know Jesus drive to Utah or 00:22:39.069 --> 00:22:42.329 fly to Utah, okay They know about a huge Jesus 00:22:42.329 --> 00:22:45.369 statue and they know about a Jesus that was apparently 00:22:45.369 --> 00:22:47.329 according to one of their first prophets either 00:22:47.329 --> 00:22:51.809 Smith or Young the half -brother of Satan What? 00:22:53.210 --> 00:22:55.069 If you want to go to a place where they need 00:22:55.069 --> 00:22:58.009 the real Jesus, that's where you're going right 00:22:58.009 --> 00:23:01.759 now Because you helped plant the church in the 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:04.839 valley. Pastor Bob and Mary Ann and wonderful 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:09.519 Callie were just with Bobby Wood who really started 00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:14.559 Redemption Church up in Ogden. You see, not every 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:18.740 one of you is called to go to every location. 00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:24.019 But you're going. You're going as a church. There's 00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:26.900 a second point I want us to look at here. Oh, 00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:29.599 let me mention one more thing since they've left 00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:31.700 me, but I know they're still in the building. 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:36.759 There's David. We have musicians who have gone 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:39.980 all over the world as well. In fact, you have 00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:43.240 a coming trip, right David, to Europe and they'll 00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:45.920 be singing and they'll be praising God in a number 00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:47.420 of different nations. And by the way, if you 00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:50.819 don't think people need encouragement, go to 00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:52.980 a continent where they have a war going on right 00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:55.640 now. Come on come on nod your head if you're 00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:58.819 hearing anything I'm saying You don't think people 00:23:58.819 --> 00:24:01.220 need encouragement go to a continent where they're 00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:06.259 having a war going on We have relationships in 00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:10.279 Europe with wonderful institutions Including 00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:13.880 a manual university, which is amazing. It's the 00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:17.480 largest sending University on the continent of 00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:20.400 Europe and your pastor goes there regularly and 00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:23.029 teaches those little preacher guys how to rightly 00:24:23.029 --> 00:24:27.609 divide the word of truth Asia as well Larry Maldon's 00:24:27.609 --> 00:24:29.690 already got friends in Japan but there's a second 00:24:29.690 --> 00:24:32.890 point I want to make and that's the result okay 00:24:32.890 --> 00:24:37.450 we know what the goal is but what's the result 00:24:37.450 --> 00:24:40.769 that we hope to achieve I want to read again 00:24:40.769 --> 00:24:45.250 verses 2 through 5 Psalm 67 verse 2, that your 00:24:45.250 --> 00:24:47.289 way may be known on the earth, your salvation 00:24:47.289 --> 00:24:50.230 among all the nations, let the peoples praise 00:24:50.230 --> 00:24:52.670 you, oh God. Let all the peoples praise you. 00:24:52.869 --> 00:24:55.529 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for 00:24:55.529 --> 00:24:58.289 you will judge the peoples with uprightness and 00:24:58.289 --> 00:25:01.009 guide the nations on the earth. Let the people 00:25:01.009 --> 00:25:04.650 praise you, oh God. Let all the people praise 00:25:04.650 --> 00:25:09.970 you. You can't praise God if you don't know Him. 00:25:10.529 --> 00:25:14.279 And you won't celebrate Him If you haven't experienced 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:16.559 his salvation, can I get a witness from anybody 00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:20.900 out here? You see, we have the joy of the Lord. 00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:23.180 I hope you have the joy of the Lord, because 00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:27.519 I do. And if you don't, come see me. We have 00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:30.619 the joy of the Lord and it's our strength because 00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:34.299 we know in whom we have believed and we are persuaded 00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:36.700 that he is able to keep that which we have committed, 00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:40.359 how's the rest of it go? Unto him against that 00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:43.519 day. You know why the old songs are great because 00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:47.619 they're theologically sound John said I know 00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:50.920 in whom I have believed and I am persuaded that 00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:57.740 he is able This passage in psalm 67 says we want 00:25:57.740 --> 00:26:03.460 the people to praise God in Luke chapter 4 verses 00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:07.660 18 and 19 Jesus puts it this way The Spirit of 00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:09.960 the Lord is upon me because he's anointed me 00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:13.339 to preach the good news to the poor. He sent 00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:16.279 me to proclaim to the captives, release rather 00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:18.740 to the captives, and recovery of sight to the 00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:21.680 blind, to those, I'm gonna set free those who 00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:24.299 are oppressed, to proclaim the favorable year 00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:29.079 of the Lord. Do you see those words up on the 00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:30.579 screen just now as you're reading God's word? 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:32.799 Because not everybody has your copy of the scripture 00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:36.059 open. You know why I keep looking down front? 00:26:36.829 --> 00:26:41.569 because you're involved in another area of missions. 00:26:43.289 --> 00:26:46.769 You right now are sending what you're hearing 00:26:46.769 --> 00:26:49.329 in this room, it's going out over the world wide 00:26:49.329 --> 00:26:52.829 web, thanks to all those technicians upstairs 00:26:52.829 --> 00:26:56.910 and in the IT department at this church. It's 00:26:56.910 --> 00:26:59.069 available even for Dave and Jill that I referenced 00:26:59.069 --> 00:27:03.210 earlier. Regularly they watch the services from 00:27:03.210 --> 00:27:07.440 this church in Africa. And we have service men 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:10.519 and service women who were stationed at Shepherd 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:14.380 who miss being a part of this body and they tune 00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:17.660 in on their laptops or on their phones or on 00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:20.779 their Kindles or whatever and they're watching 00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:24.319 the services. I mentioned to you earlier that 00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:26.299 I went to several nursing homes with my mom here 00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:29.099 in town. I couldn't get in and out of most of 00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:31.460 them, in fact all of them, without people telling 00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:34.579 me they watch. Right now there are three Cameron 00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:36.500 people that you can see and there are dozens 00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:39.259 more people all over this building, technicians 00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:42.420 in the AV department. You're being a missionary 00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:47.339 by spreading the good news of Jesus because that's 00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:50.880 what missions really is. But Jesus said I've 00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:54.160 come to set captives free and there are a lot 00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:57.779 of captives. In our community. Yeah right here 00:27:57.779 --> 00:28:00.380 in Wichita. You don't have to go where Larry 00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:04.500 and Randy and the team are right now To see people 00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:08.779 who need Jesus who are in captivity The school 00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:10.319 year is about to start I told you how excited 00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:13.740 I am about go big Sunday Because that also heralds 00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:15.859 the beginning of school where you're seated right 00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:18.740 now in our congregation this Thursday We'll have 00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:21.420 a rehearsal on this Friday Jeff. Am I wrong, 00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:23.200 but every seat in the building will be filled 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:27.460 right? Yeah Every seat, there's a great group 00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:29.640 of you here today and I praise God for you. Thank 00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:33.880 you for being here. But every pew in this room 00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:37.480 will be filled this Friday with teachers and 00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:42.519 support staff from the WFISD. But at Scotland 00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:46.880 Park Elementary School, this fall means the resumption 00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:50.519 of the Good News Club. which literally teaches 00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:53.920 young boys and young girls about Jesus Christ 00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:57.299 right there on the campus. And our own Amber 00:28:57.299 --> 00:29:00.599 Bindle led it all last year. And our church has 00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:02.420 committed once again this year to give the funds 00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:05.279 necessary to help sponsor the backpacks and the 00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:07.420 school supplies for those children at Scotland 00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:12.700 Park. You're a mission church. And your mission 00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:16.059 field doesn't have to be, it can be, but it doesn't 00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:18.930 have to be across the ocean. the good news club 00:29:18.930 --> 00:29:22.569 that you sponsor, the faith mission right around 00:29:22.569 --> 00:29:25.490 the corner from here, interfaith ministry not 00:29:25.490 --> 00:29:28.829 too far from here, southern grit advocacy that 00:29:28.829 --> 00:29:32.109 helps to combat, to thwart, to stomp, to stop, 00:29:33.170 --> 00:29:35.650 and to educate about human trafficking, you're 00:29:35.650 --> 00:29:39.609 helping that incredible endeavor. The pregnancy 00:29:39.609 --> 00:29:42.450 help center, they just had their walk for life, 00:29:42.890 --> 00:29:47.200 you helped with that endeavor. We have an amazing 00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:50.000 prison and jail ministry right now in this room. 00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:53.099 I can see Clint Titsworth There may be some others 00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:56.579 who are involved in prison ministry last week 00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:59.200 I got to go into the prison at all red. I love 00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:01.440 going to all red I love being out there and playing 00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:03.420 my guitar and there were some services and I 00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:05.579 would tell you right now Some of the most fervent 00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:10.910 Christians, I know are guys in white Because 00:30:10.910 --> 00:30:13.490 here right now you're singing and they got the 00:30:13.490 --> 00:30:15.349 words for you up on the screen and the wonderful 00:30:15.349 --> 00:30:18.190 quiet orchestra Leading you in worship and at 00:30:18.190 --> 00:30:21.490 the prison they got the prison band And I'm gonna 00:30:21.490 --> 00:30:24.410 tell you right now that drummer is so good when 00:30:24.410 --> 00:30:27.150 he sweats the sweat beads fall off of him in 00:30:27.150 --> 00:30:31.369 rhythm Mm -hmm the yes it does and the bass player. 00:30:31.369 --> 00:30:33.369 He sounds like he should have been playing with 00:30:33.369 --> 00:30:38.750 Stevie Wonder It's an incredible band But their 00:30:38.750 --> 00:30:41.470 worship is so fervent and so passionate why? 00:30:42.509 --> 00:30:45.650 Because they want Jesus with all their hearts 00:30:45.650 --> 00:30:50.890 and when they sing I Surrender all they mean 00:30:50.890 --> 00:30:58.089 it They mean it You also help with recovery ministry 00:30:58.089 --> 00:31:01.549 here in Wichita Falls and you may not know this 00:31:01.549 --> 00:31:04.549 But last year there was a big event called sober 00:31:04.549 --> 00:31:08.579 fest did any of you hear about it? your church 00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:11.779 helped to sponsor it. Amen. I should be hearing 00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:15.140 amen from somebody in this room right now. Because 00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:17.420 one of the greatest mission fields in the entire 00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:19.799 world right now actually doesn't require you 00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:22.980 to go anywhere but right over here on broad or 00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:28.920 holiday. Because addiction and alcoholism are 00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:31.859 two of the worst diseases facing this entire 00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:38.470 world and people are dying every day. and we 00:31:38.470 --> 00:31:41.529 want to see people in recovery and we want to 00:31:41.529 --> 00:31:45.569 see people get their lives right with Jesus so 00:31:45.569 --> 00:31:47.170 their children don't have to grow up without 00:31:47.170 --> 00:31:49.289 mom and dad so their children don't have to grow 00:31:49.289 --> 00:31:50.809 up wondering where their next meal is going to 00:31:50.809 --> 00:31:53.250 come from or they sure hope school starts again 00:31:53.250 --> 00:31:55.509 so they can eat the free breakfast and lunch 00:31:55.509 --> 00:32:00.089 because mom and dad are in recovery and they're 00:32:00.089 --> 00:32:05.589 walking the right walk the right path I want 00:32:05.589 --> 00:32:08.400 to read Psalm 67 one more time. I want to go 00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:13.000 back to verse 4. You will judge the peoples with 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:17.720 righteousness and guide the nations. There is 00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:20.859 going to be a time for judgment. And if you don't 00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:23.039 believe it again, come see me. We'll talk about 00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:27.279 this. But there will be a day when every knee 00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:29.319 will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus 00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:33.599 Christ is Lord. And if people aren't ready, They 00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:35.599 will spend eternity in hell, but there's one 00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:37.720 more goal. There's one more thing. I hope to 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:42.059 accomplish That's the harvest. That's the harvest 00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:48.279 On the Friday of this past week my grandson one 00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:52.200 of my grandsons My great. I love this kid. He's 00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:54.210 such a great Do any of you have grandchildren? 00:32:54.410 --> 00:32:56.609 I'm just telling you right now, by the end of 00:32:56.609 --> 00:32:59.170 October, I should have five living in Wichita 00:32:59.170 --> 00:33:01.329 Falls. You're not gonna be able to get me out 00:33:01.329 --> 00:33:04.509 of here with a blast, okay? I'm staying here 00:33:04.509 --> 00:33:07.670 till the rapture. Unless Jesus tells me different, 00:33:08.049 --> 00:33:10.109 I'm gonna have five grandchildren living in Wichita 00:33:10.109 --> 00:33:13.329 Falls. My mother, my mother -in -law, my son, 00:33:13.710 --> 00:33:16.069 my youngest daughter, their respective spouses 00:33:16.069 --> 00:33:18.630 all living here, but my grandson David called 00:33:18.630 --> 00:33:21.369 me and he said, Pops, Pops, there is smoke coming 00:33:21.369 --> 00:33:24.369 out from underneath our sink. There was smoke. 00:33:25.250 --> 00:33:27.690 Smart kid. He thought to call his grandfather. 00:33:32.009 --> 00:33:34.829 Perhaps you should call 911. My wife, my wife 00:33:34.829 --> 00:33:37.490 is the smart one in the house. She called 911. 00:33:38.089 --> 00:33:41.109 And the fire trucks beat me there. Of course, 00:33:41.210 --> 00:33:43.009 I got to be careful, you know. I got a reputation. 00:33:43.650 --> 00:33:46.450 Don't want to be caught speeding. Didn't have 00:33:46.450 --> 00:33:47.930 to run any red lights getting here, by the way, 00:33:48.069 --> 00:33:49.529 today. None of the lights are working downtown. 00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:55.339 So I get over to to my son and my wonderful daughter 00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:57.539 -in -law my brand new grandbaby was born on July 00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:59.819 the third and my older he didn't use the phone 00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:02.980 the other grandson did I Get over there and sure 00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:04.400 enough there's smoke coming out from underneath 00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:06.940 what wasn't anymore But the city was testing 00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:08.800 their sewer lines And I guess there's a small 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:11.139 crack in their pee trap or something Rick and 00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:13.780 so the a little bit of smoke came out But you 00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:17.380 know what? That same morning my older daughter 00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:20.389 who just moved to Ohio call me. She's a dad Water 00:34:20.389 --> 00:34:23.829 was coming down from the ceiling in the new house. 00:34:24.329 --> 00:34:29.489 We just bought it. We closed on Monday. Turned 00:34:29.489 --> 00:34:31.510 out they'd hired a plumber who was not exactly 00:34:31.510 --> 00:34:37.030 fully on his game just yet. And one of his staff 00:34:37.030 --> 00:34:41.250 had neglected to stop water in one pipe. I tell 00:34:41.250 --> 00:34:42.989 you both those stories. I tell you those are 00:34:42.989 --> 00:34:47.030 first world problems. There's a third world. 00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:51.639 And their issue is, do I have enough to eat today? 00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:54.940 Will my child survive this illness? Will the 00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:57.599 medical needs that we have from somebody like 00:34:57.599 --> 00:35:01.400 Mercy Ships or someone like Dave and Jill flying 00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:05.039 a doctor to them in a helicopter, those are the 00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:07.199 third world problems that we really don't experience 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:10.119 here, that they experienced, by the way, in the 00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:13.099 hill country. I didn't know how our pictures 00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:16.300 were working, so I didn't mention this, but over 00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:19.219 the last month, Since the Fourth of July and 00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:21.179 the flooding in the Hill Country area of Texas, 00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:25.579 you've literally sent, as a church, thousands 00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:28.019 of dollars to that area to help. And right now, 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:30.099 we're trying to get a team together. If you'd 00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:31.920 like to go on any one of those trips, just give 00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:35.940 me a call. But there is a picture of people that 00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:38.079 they call Texans on mission. And by the way, 00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:41.860 you, with your prayers and your funding, are 00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:46.409 helping them do what they do right now. The need 00:35:46.409 --> 00:35:48.730 is not as bad in the hill country now because 00:35:48.730 --> 00:35:51.130 now what they're going to need is rebuilding. 00:35:53.369 --> 00:35:58.789 But even if you can't go, you can pray. I have 00:35:58.789 --> 00:36:01.869 a quote that my friend Terry has gotten prepared 00:36:01.869 --> 00:36:04.289 for you and a friend upstairs is going to put 00:36:04.289 --> 00:36:06.150 it in for you, but I want you to see this quote. 00:36:06.510 --> 00:36:09.090 This is from a wonderful biblical scholar, R 00:36:09.090 --> 00:36:12.630 .A. Torrey. He wrote this, the man or woman at 00:36:12.630 --> 00:36:17.429 home who prays often has as much to do with the 00:36:17.429 --> 00:36:19.550 effectiveness of the missionary on the field 00:36:19.550 --> 00:36:22.710 and consequently with the results of his or her 00:36:22.710 --> 00:36:25.750 labors as does the missionary." Let me read that 00:36:25.750 --> 00:36:28.969 quote for you again. The man or the woman at 00:36:28.969 --> 00:36:34.409 home who prays often has as much to do with the 00:36:34.409 --> 00:36:36.190 effectiveness of the missionary on the field 00:36:36.190 --> 00:36:40.050 and consequently with the results of his or her 00:36:40.050 --> 00:36:44.610 labors as the missionary. Are you understanding 00:36:44.610 --> 00:36:47.030 this at all? Nod your head if you're understanding 00:36:47.030 --> 00:36:51.789 that. What that means is, Thurman, when you pray, 00:36:53.110 --> 00:36:56.110 you're as effective as the missionary on the 00:36:56.110 --> 00:37:01.269 field. When you pray, when you lift up our International 00:37:01.269 --> 00:37:03.949 Mission Board missionaries, when you lift up 00:37:03.949 --> 00:37:06.730 our college students and our high school students 00:37:06.730 --> 00:37:08.809 and our middle school students going on missions, 00:37:09.010 --> 00:37:11.539 when you lift up things like our family missionary 00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:16.719 trip to Medill. When you pray, often, not by 00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:20.619 the way, sporadically, his quote was often, when 00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:23.239 you pray, you have as much effectiveness as that 00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:40.469 missionary on the field. We'll see you next week.