1 00:00:30,139 --> 00:00:30,491 Them. 2 00:00:30,491 --> 00:00:34,868 He loved them with only the type of love that God could have 3 00:00:34,996 --> 00:00:35,764 for them. 4 00:00:35,884 --> 00:00:36,964 He was moved. 5 00:00:37,084 --> 00:00:40,036 He recognized their spiritual and their physical needs, and he 6 00:00:40,060 --> 00:00:41,348 responded accordingly. 7 00:00:41,516 --> 00:00:44,972 Whether it was through teaching, whether Jesus was preaching, 8 00:00:45,068 --> 00:00:48,276 whether it was in synagogues or in the fields, whether it was 9 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:50,828 in the highways or the hedges, he was healing. 10 00:00:50,876 --> 00:00:56,154 And he was also sending others to serve after discipling them closely. 11 00:00:56,324 --> 00:00:59,614 And so if we, God's people here at Heritage Baptist Church, 12 00:00:59,654 --> 00:01:03,262 if we are going to follow in his footsteps and reach a dying world 13 00:01:03,318 --> 00:01:06,974 for Christ, then we have to embrace the example that has been 14 00:01:07,014 --> 00:01:08,194 set before us. 15 00:01:08,614 --> 00:01:11,686 Jesus ministry was marked by three steps here, according to this, 16 00:01:11,710 --> 00:01:12,550 at least, I see. 17 00:01:12,622 --> 00:01:16,942 And again, that is care, Pray and go. 18 00:01:17,038 --> 00:01:18,350 So let's look at these things here. 19 00:01:18,382 --> 00:01:19,414 The first thing is care. 20 00:01:19,494 --> 00:01:23,208 Jesus wanted others to care. 21 00:01:23,336 --> 00:01:25,520 He wanted his disciples to care. 22 00:01:25,632 --> 00:01:30,056 In verse number 36, I'll read it again, it says, when he saw the 23 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:34,884 multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them. 24 00:01:35,224 --> 00:01:36,432 He was moved. 25 00:01:36,568 --> 00:01:38,644 Jesus saw their condition. 26 00:01:38,944 --> 00:01:42,844 He didn't see just what everyone else saw. 27 00:01:43,184 --> 00:01:44,280 Not everyone that saw. 28 00:01:44,312 --> 00:01:47,804 The people that Jesus saw was moved with compassion. 29 00:01:48,324 --> 00:01:52,212 What was different about the way Jesus looked at them as opposed 30 00:01:52,268 --> 00:01:53,584 to everyone else? 31 00:01:54,364 --> 00:01:58,024 In fact, many times Jesus would look at those that really, 32 00:01:58,364 --> 00:02:00,900 in most other people's eyes, would have seemed like they were 33 00:02:00,932 --> 00:02:01,876 doing just fine. 34 00:02:01,980 --> 00:02:05,004 People that didn't need a physician, people that didn't need 35 00:02:05,044 --> 00:02:08,812 any more religion, people that seemed like things were going well 36 00:02:08,868 --> 00:02:09,664 for them. 37 00:02:10,164 --> 00:02:14,356 When Jesus saw them, he peered into their hearts like no other set 38 00:02:14,380 --> 00:02:15,642 of eyes could do. 39 00:02:15,788 --> 00:02:20,474 And he saw a lost soul that needed a Savior. 40 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:22,006 It's really simple. 41 00:02:22,070 --> 00:02:26,958 Tonight we need to remember that as we go about our day, we are 42 00:02:27,006 --> 00:02:30,794 surrounded by people that are, quite frankly, just lost. 43 00:02:31,574 --> 00:02:33,958 They don't know Jesus. 44 00:02:34,126 --> 00:02:36,954 They don't know who we know. 45 00:02:37,734 --> 00:02:44,924 And he has chosen you and me to help them find the way. 46 00:02:45,384 --> 00:02:48,168 Brother King mentioned and preached on the way. 47 00:02:48,256 --> 00:02:49,896 The truth and the life. 48 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:54,664 This morning, it is our responsibility as the church of Jesus 49 00:02:54,704 --> 00:02:59,152 Christ to point people in the right direction, because otherwise 50 00:02:59,248 --> 00:03:03,864 they will remain lost and they will die in their sins. 51 00:03:03,984 --> 00:03:07,786 And so caring, praying and going goes a long way. 52 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:09,574 Jesus cared for them. 53 00:03:09,734 --> 00:03:14,230 He saw that the people were as sheep, having no shepherd. 54 00:03:14,422 --> 00:03:17,154 That's a pretty pathetic sight to think about that. 55 00:03:17,534 --> 00:03:20,062 People that thought that they were doing right and thought that 56 00:03:20,078 --> 00:03:22,310 they were in the right place and thought that everything was okay 57 00:03:22,342 --> 00:03:23,954 and had everyone else fooled. 58 00:03:24,374 --> 00:03:27,934 But in their hearts they would have understood that there was something 59 00:03:28,014 --> 00:03:28,874 lacking. 60 00:03:29,654 --> 00:03:33,622 Think about you before you were saved and remember how you knew 61 00:03:33,678 --> 00:03:36,430 something was not right between you and God. 62 00:03:36,622 --> 00:03:41,622 You knew that something was not right for you and eternity, and 63 00:03:41,638 --> 00:03:43,958 you knew that there was an action that needed to take place, 64 00:03:44,006 --> 00:03:45,702 but you didn't understand what. 65 00:03:45,798 --> 00:03:50,174 And so maybe you tried all the things, but then someone cared enough 66 00:03:50,214 --> 00:03:54,606 at some point to share with you a true and accurate representation 67 00:03:54,670 --> 00:03:58,502 of the very simple doctrine of the Gospel of Christ. 68 00:03:58,678 --> 00:04:02,274 And you responded and you were saved. 69 00:04:03,004 --> 00:04:04,612 That is what God would have us to do. 70 00:04:04,668 --> 00:04:06,540 And that always starts with caring. 71 00:04:06,692 --> 00:04:12,156 When he saw them with sheep having no shepherd, he recognized 72 00:04:12,220 --> 00:04:16,900 that everyone was going to do what they thought was right in their 73 00:04:16,932 --> 00:04:17,700 own eyes. 74 00:04:17,852 --> 00:04:19,924 These were people that were harassed. 75 00:04:20,044 --> 00:04:22,220 These were people that needed help. 76 00:04:22,252 --> 00:04:23,580 And so they were helpless. 77 00:04:23,732 --> 00:04:26,172 They were wandering without direction. 78 00:04:26,348 --> 00:04:31,280 And when he saw these type of people, his heart was affected. 79 00:04:31,472 --> 00:04:37,184 When he looked on those people in the busyness of his day, maybe 80 00:04:37,304 --> 00:04:42,344 discipling those that were close to him, he never got so introspective 81 00:04:42,384 --> 00:04:45,704 with those that were directly around him, where he was not able 82 00:04:45,744 --> 00:04:48,776 to look up and see the needs of lost souls. 83 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:53,164 And his eye affected his heart and he was moved with compassion. 84 00:04:54,514 --> 00:04:58,826 And his heart broke for their spiritual and their physical suffering. 85 00:04:59,010 --> 00:05:00,242 So he saw their condition. 86 00:05:00,298 --> 00:05:04,494 But also he we see when we look at his compassion. 87 00:05:04,834 --> 00:05:07,626 His compassion was followed with action. 88 00:05:07,810 --> 00:05:11,954 Jesus compassion was not just a feeling. 89 00:05:12,114 --> 00:05:13,618 It went beyond a feeling. 90 00:05:13,666 --> 00:05:15,854 It moved him to action. 91 00:05:16,394 --> 00:05:17,538 He healed the sick. 92 00:05:17,586 --> 00:05:20,968 If you'll turn with me just a couple pages in Matthew 14, look 93 00:05:20,976 --> 00:05:23,844 at Matthew 14 and we'll look at verse 14. 94 00:05:24,264 --> 00:05:26,924 And I want you just to see what takes place here. 95 00:05:29,064 --> 00:05:33,264 Here you'll see that it caused him to heal sick in verse 14. 96 00:05:33,384 --> 00:05:34,720 Well, let's look at verse 13. 97 00:05:34,872 --> 00:05:39,792 And when Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert 98 00:05:39,848 --> 00:05:40,512 place apart. 99 00:05:40,568 --> 00:05:44,024 And when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot 100 00:05:44,064 --> 00:05:44,832 of the cities. 101 00:05:44,968 --> 00:05:48,320 And Jesus went forth and saw a great multitude. 102 00:05:48,352 --> 00:05:48,996 You see, he. 103 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:53,784 He sees them and was moved with compassion toward them. 104 00:05:54,084 --> 00:05:57,184 And he healed their sick. 105 00:05:57,684 --> 00:06:01,388 His compassion was more than just, wow, I see someone that's in 106 00:06:01,436 --> 00:06:02,244 great need. 107 00:06:02,364 --> 00:06:07,612 But it stirred his heart and then it stirred him to action. 108 00:06:07,668 --> 00:06:09,740 It says, and he healed their sick. 109 00:06:09,852 --> 00:06:12,052 If you would now look at chapter 15. 110 00:06:12,228 --> 00:06:14,624 And let's see verse number 32. 111 00:06:16,124 --> 00:06:22,460 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him and said, I have 112 00:06:22,532 --> 00:06:27,228 compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now 113 00:06:27,316 --> 00:06:30,308 three days and have nothing to eat. 114 00:06:30,476 --> 00:06:35,984 And I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way 115 00:06:36,724 --> 00:06:38,908 moved with compassion. 116 00:06:39,076 --> 00:06:43,140 Do you see Christ as He looks at others and as he looks at other 117 00:06:43,212 --> 00:06:47,172 people, as he looks at his creation that have physical needs 118 00:06:47,228 --> 00:06:51,652 and emotional needs and spiritual needs and relational needs. 119 00:06:51,828 --> 00:06:53,464 He is moved. 120 00:06:56,164 --> 00:07:00,304 Are we still moved or are we just busy? 121 00:07:00,964 --> 00:07:08,504 I'm always complaining about all the traffic, and I truly am, 122 00:07:08,924 --> 00:07:18,284 to my core, greatly moved with indignation that nothing seemingly 123 00:07:18,324 --> 00:07:19,464 is being done. 124 00:07:21,644 --> 00:07:26,104 And I know that I'm not saying anything that everyone in here experiences. 125 00:07:27,404 --> 00:07:31,492 And yet many times I'll drive through and I think about the neighborhood 126 00:07:31,548 --> 00:07:37,414 just that I live in, with well over 8,000 homes minutes from here. 127 00:07:39,034 --> 00:07:42,174 And I think that's a lot of people. 128 00:07:43,354 --> 00:07:45,414 That's a big harvest field. 129 00:07:46,394 --> 00:07:48,974 Who's reaching them with the gospel? 130 00:07:50,674 --> 00:07:56,290 I have to check myself occasionally, frequently, all the 131 00:07:56,322 --> 00:07:56,894 time. 132 00:07:57,594 --> 00:08:01,596 When I find myself complaining about all the people around me, think 133 00:08:01,620 --> 00:08:04,944 of how Christless that thought process is. 134 00:08:06,124 --> 00:08:09,804 And then when the Lord, by his Spirit redirects you and lets you 135 00:08:09,844 --> 00:08:14,104 see people, how much they need Christ. 136 00:08:15,484 --> 00:08:20,172 And it moves me and it stirs something up within me. 137 00:08:20,308 --> 00:08:23,804 And then God helps me to begin to care about people instead of be 138 00:08:23,844 --> 00:08:25,304 annoyed by people. 139 00:08:25,964 --> 00:08:27,036 Think about how. 140 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:29,064 And I've thought about this a lot recently, too. 141 00:08:29,444 --> 00:08:33,516 If it moves me with so much indignation to be living in this 142 00:08:33,540 --> 00:08:36,716 area and it's so packed and there's too many people and the traffic's 143 00:08:36,740 --> 00:08:42,892 too crazy, can you imagine how people that don't know Christ are 144 00:08:42,948 --> 00:08:46,876 handling that, are dealing with that when they get home, when 145 00:08:46,900 --> 00:08:50,764 they go to work, when they're on their way to and from, how much 146 00:08:50,844 --> 00:08:54,268 they are affected by that and how it drives them to anger. 147 00:08:54,316 --> 00:08:58,374 And most likely they're frustrated all the time. 148 00:08:58,794 --> 00:09:01,586 These are people that don't have great purpose. 149 00:09:01,690 --> 00:09:04,026 They just want to get to work and get things done and get their 150 00:09:04,050 --> 00:09:05,650 children to school and do this and do that. 151 00:09:05,682 --> 00:09:09,450 And on the way there, and now for me, even on the way home, I'm 152 00:09:09,482 --> 00:09:10,774 sitting in a line. 153 00:09:13,074 --> 00:09:15,210 Jesus would see people like this. 154 00:09:15,402 --> 00:09:20,294 He would see multitudes, and he'd be moved with compassion. 155 00:09:20,884 --> 00:09:21,876 I would encourage you. 156 00:09:21,900 --> 00:09:24,132 And I'm trying to preach to myself. 157 00:09:24,308 --> 00:09:28,908 The next time I see a long line that I'm sitting in, may God 158 00:09:28,956 --> 00:09:33,404 move me to compassion for the people that are there, instead of 159 00:09:33,444 --> 00:09:36,424 indignation for the people that are there. 160 00:09:36,964 --> 00:09:39,004 And so this is something the Lord can help us with. 161 00:09:39,044 --> 00:09:44,172 When he saw the multitudes that moved him to Christ, to a godly 162 00:09:44,228 --> 00:09:44,756 love. 163 00:09:44,900 --> 00:09:48,436 So he fed the hungry, he healed the sick, he preached the 164 00:09:48,460 --> 00:09:49,508 kingdom of God. 165 00:09:49,636 --> 00:09:53,604 And true compassion meets both the spiritual and the physical needs 166 00:09:53,724 --> 00:09:54,584 of others. 167 00:09:54,924 --> 00:10:00,820 If we focus only on spiritual needs and we ignore people's physical 168 00:10:00,892 --> 00:10:05,264 needs, we lack a Level of compassion. 169 00:10:05,964 --> 00:10:08,904 We don't see them in the areas where they're suffering. 170 00:10:10,524 --> 00:10:16,974 This is one man's opinion, but I feel and sense in some of the groups 171 00:10:17,014 --> 00:10:21,806 that maybe have come before us in other churches, and maybe even 172 00:10:21,870 --> 00:10:26,542 churches that 20, 30 years ago would have been in circles like our 173 00:10:26,598 --> 00:10:31,526 churches are, I believe that maybe because of multiple reasons 174 00:10:31,550 --> 00:10:36,414 and reactions to other bad doctrine, lifestyle, evangelism, 175 00:10:36,454 --> 00:10:44,296 and other different types of things, that we started to lose a 176 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:49,404 heart for meeting physical needs that people have. 177 00:10:50,464 --> 00:10:55,544 And we focused so much on what other churches were neglecting, the 178 00:10:55,584 --> 00:10:59,804 preaching of the gospel in their, if you will, missions work, 179 00:11:00,544 --> 00:11:05,226 that we turned hard right because of that. 180 00:11:05,370 --> 00:11:08,482 And we stopped helping people with the physical needs that they 181 00:11:08,498 --> 00:11:11,614 have and said, well, bless God, all they need is Jesus. 182 00:11:12,434 --> 00:11:15,970 Well, I would say this to you, friend, if all they need is Jesus, 183 00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:20,854 and you are right, Jesus met physical needs. 184 00:11:21,434 --> 00:11:22,974 Jesus helped them. 185 00:11:23,314 --> 00:11:26,934 He wasn't careless about the plight that they lived in. 186 00:11:27,314 --> 00:11:31,954 When he saw that they were in hunger, it moved him to action. 187 00:11:32,254 --> 00:11:37,118 When he saw people that needed help, physical help, he would help 188 00:11:37,166 --> 00:11:37,754 them. 189 00:11:38,094 --> 00:11:42,606 He didn't always help all their needs, but as he followed the 190 00:11:42,630 --> 00:11:45,942 will of the Father, the Father brought him to those that he needed 191 00:11:45,958 --> 00:11:47,470 to meet physical needs for. 192 00:11:47,582 --> 00:11:51,390 And God used those opportunities to bring about great 193 00:11:51,502 --> 00:11:55,150 spiritual victory for the glory of God the Father. 194 00:11:55,342 --> 00:12:02,446 If we meet physical needs, but we neglect the gospel, we fail also 195 00:12:02,550 --> 00:12:04,514 to show true compassion. 196 00:12:04,934 --> 00:12:08,542 If our heart is always moved with compassion. 197 00:12:08,678 --> 00:12:12,782 When we see people and the videos and the music and the presentation 198 00:12:12,838 --> 00:12:15,662 of people that are suffering physically and all we want to do 199 00:12:15,678 --> 00:12:20,270 is just help them fix that, I would ask you, does it go beyond 200 00:12:20,342 --> 00:12:20,954 that? 201 00:12:23,944 --> 00:12:28,528 Are we also willing to do the hard work of the gospel and maybe 202 00:12:28,576 --> 00:12:32,520 even the simple work of the gospel, and share the story of the 203 00:12:32,552 --> 00:12:35,624 death, the burial, the resurrection, the life, and the ascension 204 00:12:35,664 --> 00:12:36,804 of Jesus Christ? 205 00:12:37,144 --> 00:12:40,608 Are we willing to do it again? 206 00:12:40,656 --> 00:12:44,484 We fail to show true compassion when we neglect either. 207 00:12:45,384 --> 00:12:51,300 A person that's drowning doesn't just need directions, they 208 00:12:51,332 --> 00:12:52,384 need help. 209 00:12:53,564 --> 00:13:00,868 And sometimes I feel as though we can very easily fall into a trap 210 00:13:00,996 --> 00:13:05,836 of being very confident that we know truth and we're on and we're 211 00:13:05,900 --> 00:13:07,984 standing on firm doctrine. 212 00:13:08,644 --> 00:13:14,580 But what good is that firm foundation if we're not using it 213 00:13:14,612 --> 00:13:19,164 to bring other people out of sin, out of the dregs of society, 214 00:13:19,244 --> 00:13:22,412 out of the dregs of the water, they're drowning in the sin and pull 215 00:13:22,468 --> 00:13:24,264 them up on that same foundation. 216 00:13:24,964 --> 00:13:28,372 We can preach and preach and preach the gospel, but if we are 217 00:13:28,428 --> 00:13:31,980 not willing to reach them where they're living. 218 00:13:32,132 --> 00:13:37,348 Then we fail, and we do not act the way that Christ acted towards 219 00:13:37,396 --> 00:13:37,984 others. 220 00:13:40,844 --> 00:13:44,912 It reminds me of Justin one day when we were swimming when we 221 00:13:44,928 --> 00:13:46,024 were in Virginia. 222 00:13:46,184 --> 00:13:49,448 And it still, like, moves me when I think about the story, even 223 00:13:49,496 --> 00:13:53,800 it was so sad and so pathetic, you know, of course, all of our children 224 00:13:53,872 --> 00:13:55,680 learned to swim at some point. 225 00:13:55,832 --> 00:13:59,840 But I'll never forget when Justin hopped into the pool and he 226 00:13:59,872 --> 00:14:01,888 forgot his arm floaties. 227 00:14:02,056 --> 00:14:04,376 He wasn't thinking, he just jumped in. 228 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:05,968 In fact, Ellie did this too, I believe. 229 00:14:06,016 --> 00:14:08,782 I think it was Ellie, but no, it was Brianna. 230 00:14:08,928 --> 00:14:11,186 But Justin did it at one point. 231 00:14:11,290 --> 00:14:15,906 And I'll never forget the sound of desperation in Justin's 232 00:14:15,930 --> 00:14:16,138 voice. 233 00:14:16,186 --> 00:14:17,626 He was in the shallow end. 234 00:14:17,650 --> 00:14:19,454 He was still drowning, essentially. 235 00:14:19,754 --> 00:14:23,814 He immediately realized he didn't have his floaties on. 236 00:14:24,674 --> 00:14:29,418 And so I just remember this pitiful cry for Ellie that was in 237 00:14:29,426 --> 00:14:31,026 the pool to come and help him. 238 00:14:31,130 --> 00:14:34,442 And he cried for Ellie's voice, and she came and she rescued 239 00:14:34,498 --> 00:14:35,094 him. 240 00:14:35,634 --> 00:14:38,850 And it just reminds me that there are people that even maybe 241 00:14:38,922 --> 00:14:41,374 don't realize their need for salvation. 242 00:14:41,914 --> 00:14:46,130 If they did, we would hear a very pitiful cry. 243 00:14:46,322 --> 00:14:50,298 They need Christ, and so do we care. 244 00:14:50,466 --> 00:14:51,946 The next thought is this. 245 00:14:52,090 --> 00:14:54,134 Jesus told them to pray. 246 00:14:54,514 --> 00:14:56,122 Jesus told them to pray. 247 00:14:56,298 --> 00:14:59,810 I'm going to turn back to Matthew 19 or Matthew 9. 248 00:15:00,002 --> 00:15:01,298 I encourage you to do the same. 249 00:15:01,346 --> 00:15:04,794 Matthew 9 and verse number 37. 250 00:15:07,174 --> 00:15:10,966 Then saith he unto his disciples, the harvest truly is plenteous, 251 00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:13,474 but the laborers are few. 252 00:15:15,374 --> 00:15:16,846 So what is the answer here? 253 00:15:16,870 --> 00:15:18,638 What does Jesus tell them to do? 254 00:15:18,726 --> 00:15:22,230 Does he immediately send them out unto the harvest? 255 00:15:22,382 --> 00:15:23,994 That makes sense to me. 256 00:15:24,414 --> 00:15:26,274 But that wasn't the first step. 257 00:15:26,814 --> 00:15:28,204 He said stop. 258 00:15:28,374 --> 00:15:30,312 He didn't say stop, but he said this. 259 00:15:30,488 --> 00:15:32,856 Pray, pray. 260 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:34,400 So we care. 261 00:15:34,592 --> 00:15:39,364 But what good is care if we just care and then it dies there. 262 00:15:40,224 --> 00:15:43,672 Care, but allow that to move us to action. 263 00:15:43,808 --> 00:15:46,724 And the action according to Christ ought to be this. 264 00:15:47,504 --> 00:15:54,410 Not to run, to help, but to drop to our knees and to pray that 265 00:15:54,442 --> 00:15:56,934 God would send laborers. 266 00:15:57,714 --> 00:16:01,994 Pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that he will send 267 00:16:02,034 --> 00:16:05,454 forth laborers into his harvest. 268 00:16:06,354 --> 00:16:10,854 Jesus describes the multitudes as a ripe harvest field. 269 00:16:11,154 --> 00:16:17,654 And the need for laborers is great, but the workers are few. 270 00:16:18,674 --> 00:16:22,896 This truth remains as relevant today as it really ever has been. 271 00:16:23,090 --> 00:16:27,268 And there are more people living today than have ever lived 272 00:16:27,316 --> 00:16:29,144 at one time on earth. 273 00:16:30,004 --> 00:16:35,308 God help us to be moved with compassion and then to pray the Lord 274 00:16:35,356 --> 00:16:39,744 the harvest that he would send forth laborers into his harvest. 275 00:16:40,364 --> 00:16:43,264 The problem is not the size of the harvest. 276 00:16:43,724 --> 00:16:45,540 That's what the flesh sees. 277 00:16:45,652 --> 00:16:50,046 The Flesh sees an insurmountable goal, an impossible 278 00:16:50,110 --> 00:16:50,382 thing. 279 00:16:50,438 --> 00:16:52,134 World evangelism can't happen. 280 00:16:52,174 --> 00:16:52,862 It's too hard. 281 00:16:52,918 --> 00:16:55,438 The fields are too white, the fields are too large. 282 00:16:55,486 --> 00:16:56,678 There's too many people. 283 00:16:56,806 --> 00:16:58,222 We can't do this. 284 00:16:58,398 --> 00:16:59,554 That's the flesh. 285 00:17:00,134 --> 00:17:04,446 But the Spirit drops to its knees and prays and recognizes the 286 00:17:04,470 --> 00:17:06,998 almighty power of God and the Lord of the harvest. 287 00:17:07,046 --> 00:17:10,662 Having the ability to reach the hearts of the tender hearted 288 00:17:10,718 --> 00:17:14,640 people that are within his congregations and his churches to 289 00:17:14,672 --> 00:17:16,336 put a burden on them. 290 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:20,680 So they would see the need that souls have to know Christ and 291 00:17:20,752 --> 00:17:24,264 call them to a very special work, the work of the Gospel. 292 00:17:24,384 --> 00:17:28,768 And by the way, every Christ honoring disciple of Jesus Christ 293 00:17:28,896 --> 00:17:33,096 has a special call to reach the people within their influence. 294 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:35,644 Everyone is called into the gospel work. 295 00:17:36,144 --> 00:17:39,448 And so when you hear a person say I am surrendering to ministry 296 00:17:39,496 --> 00:17:44,219 or I am surrendering to preach, may I remind you you are 297 00:17:44,251 --> 00:17:45,475 also as called. 298 00:17:45,659 --> 00:17:47,783 We are all called to preach the gospel. 299 00:17:48,563 --> 00:17:52,035 We are all called to minister to those that need help. 300 00:17:52,059 --> 00:17:55,783 We are all called to work in the harvest field. 301 00:17:56,603 --> 00:18:01,063 Are we praying for those that haven't considered the call? 302 00:18:04,283 --> 00:18:05,363 It's interesting. 303 00:18:05,523 --> 00:18:10,163 Even brother King reading the BBTI missionary report, he read this 304 00:18:10,203 --> 00:18:11,903 phrase and I wrote it down, right? 305 00:18:12,264 --> 00:18:18,936 And they were, you could tell, maybe frustrated and struggling and 306 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:20,488 he made the phrase as something like this. 307 00:18:20,536 --> 00:18:25,564 God still calls, but few are praying and few are going. 308 00:18:27,224 --> 00:18:28,924 How timely, right? 309 00:18:29,504 --> 00:18:32,884 Few are praying and few are going. 310 00:18:33,584 --> 00:18:38,484 When is the last time that you genuinely with a heart of compassion 311 00:18:39,124 --> 00:18:44,812 or moved to heartfelt spirit led prayer for the soul of someone 312 00:18:44,868 --> 00:18:48,744 you know is most likely lost in sin? 313 00:18:49,884 --> 00:18:51,340 Where are the tears? 314 00:18:51,532 --> 00:18:52,828 Where are the tear stains? 315 00:18:52,876 --> 00:18:59,780 On the altar where a church desires to see more people come to 316 00:18:59,812 --> 00:19:00,124 him. 317 00:19:00,204 --> 00:19:03,786 People that they know and see on a regular basis. 318 00:19:03,980 --> 00:19:05,510 There is power in prayer. 319 00:19:05,622 --> 00:19:07,670 Jesus didn't first tell his disciples to go. 320 00:19:07,702 --> 00:19:08,934 He told them to pray well. 321 00:19:08,974 --> 00:19:09,486 Why? 322 00:19:09,630 --> 00:19:12,974 Because the work of the harvest begins again on our knees. 323 00:19:13,054 --> 00:19:15,474 Would you please turn to John chapter four. 324 00:19:15,974 --> 00:19:17,594 John chapter four. 325 00:19:17,894 --> 00:19:20,034 I'd like us to see a passage here. 326 00:19:20,334 --> 00:19:25,414 This is the story of Jesus when he must needs go through Samaria 327 00:19:25,454 --> 00:19:29,318 and there he meets a woman at a well, a Samaritan woman. 328 00:19:29,366 --> 00:19:32,108 And he has an exchange with her about worship. 329 00:19:32,156 --> 00:19:34,540 And he sees her need and meets that need. 330 00:19:34,572 --> 00:19:37,820 And then she runs back into the city to tell others about Christ. 331 00:19:37,972 --> 00:19:41,676 But then when the disciples came back that were out grocery shopping, 332 00:19:41,820 --> 00:19:44,268 they asked him some interesting questions. 333 00:19:44,436 --> 00:19:48,788 In verse number 31 in the mean. 334 00:19:48,876 --> 00:19:49,540 In the mean. 335 00:19:49,612 --> 00:19:52,852 Well, let me go back to verse number 29, verse 28 Forgive me. 336 00:19:52,988 --> 00:19:56,300 The woman then left her water pot and went her way into this city 337 00:19:56,332 --> 00:19:59,580 and saith to the men, come see a man. 338 00:19:59,692 --> 00:20:02,180 Which told me all things that ever I did. 339 00:20:02,292 --> 00:20:03,904 Is not this the Christ? 340 00:20:04,244 --> 00:20:11,212 I imagine on her way to the city, she may have passed a few rather 341 00:20:11,268 --> 00:20:12,304 important people. 342 00:20:12,804 --> 00:20:17,972 I imagine it's possible that maybe she met the disciples or at 343 00:20:17,988 --> 00:20:19,556 least ran by them. 344 00:20:19,740 --> 00:20:21,764 And maybe she delivered that news to them. 345 00:20:21,844 --> 00:20:25,090 Maybe she skipped right past them and erased to meet all the people 346 00:20:25,122 --> 00:20:28,414 that she knew so she could tell them that she had met the Messiah. 347 00:20:29,114 --> 00:20:31,746 But it says in verse number 30. 348 00:20:31,890 --> 00:20:35,294 Then they went out of the city and came unto him. 349 00:20:36,394 --> 00:20:40,774 In the meanwhile, his disciples prayed him, saying, master, 350 00:20:41,114 --> 00:20:41,934 eat. 351 00:20:42,434 --> 00:20:43,890 Aren't you hungry? 352 00:20:44,082 --> 00:20:46,634 We just went grocery shopping. 353 00:20:46,674 --> 00:20:47,298 Are you hungry? 354 00:20:47,346 --> 00:20:48,654 Well, please eat. 355 00:20:49,604 --> 00:20:55,300 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. 356 00:20:55,492 --> 00:20:59,620 Therefore saith the disciples, one to another, hath any man brought 357 00:20:59,652 --> 00:21:00,784 him aught to eat? 358 00:21:01,204 --> 00:21:03,444 Did anybody else slip him some food? 359 00:21:03,524 --> 00:21:04,316 They're not getting it. 360 00:21:04,340 --> 00:21:04,956 They don't see it. 361 00:21:04,980 --> 00:21:08,624 They're thinking on the physical realm like we all would. 362 00:21:09,724 --> 00:21:15,260 And then verse 34, Jesus saith unto them, my meat is to do the will 363 00:21:15,292 --> 00:21:19,790 of him that sent me and to finish his work. 364 00:21:19,982 --> 00:21:22,302 What was it that got Jesus up in the morning? 365 00:21:22,358 --> 00:21:25,870 What was it that organized his thoughts and his prayers and his 366 00:21:25,902 --> 00:21:27,398 actions and his devotion? 367 00:21:27,566 --> 00:21:31,486 It was knowing what God the Father had him to do. 368 00:21:31,590 --> 00:21:34,446 His meat was the will of the Father. 369 00:21:34,630 --> 00:21:39,726 He was nourished and brought up and sustained by knowing he was 370 00:21:39,750 --> 00:21:41,974 in the direct center of His Father's will. 371 00:21:42,094 --> 00:21:45,580 And in verse 35, say not ye, there are yet four months, and then 372 00:21:45,702 --> 00:21:46,696 cometh harvest. 373 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:54,912 Behold, I say unto you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, 374 00:21:55,048 --> 00:21:57,296 for they are white already. 375 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:58,644 To harvest. 376 00:21:59,624 --> 00:22:01,688 What was Jesus meat? 377 00:22:01,856 --> 00:22:03,524 What was his sustenance? 378 00:22:04,984 --> 00:22:06,604 It was the Father's will. 379 00:22:08,064 --> 00:22:09,804 What is the Father's will? 380 00:22:10,344 --> 00:22:13,400 I believe that he gives us a window into the eyes and the heart 381 00:22:13,432 --> 00:22:16,802 of the Father when he immediately speaks about the harvest 382 00:22:16,858 --> 00:22:17,410 field. 383 00:22:17,562 --> 00:22:20,674 In this parallel passage, he's telling us, this is the will of the 384 00:22:20,714 --> 00:22:21,386 Father. 385 00:22:21,570 --> 00:22:22,810 Look unto the fields. 386 00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:23,734 They're white. 387 00:22:24,914 --> 00:22:27,974 When's the last time we've looked with the eyes of Christ? 388 00:22:28,634 --> 00:22:33,814 And it bring us to a place of true prayer for the souls of people. 389 00:22:34,634 --> 00:22:39,178 And so I say to you, like Christ said, look upon the fields. 390 00:22:39,266 --> 00:22:39,754 They are white. 391 00:22:39,794 --> 00:22:40,854 Unto harvest. 392 00:22:43,154 --> 00:22:51,162 Imagine trying to reap in a field that's huge all on your own. 393 00:22:51,338 --> 00:22:54,706 You know, the idea here again is, well, you know, I guess I'm all 394 00:22:54,730 --> 00:22:55,386 alone in this thing. 395 00:22:55,410 --> 00:22:57,434 And you just go out into the field and you just start working. 396 00:22:57,514 --> 00:22:59,122 I see the need, so I take the lead. 397 00:22:59,178 --> 00:23:02,218 Well, that's a good mentality in some areas, but not in this gospel 398 00:23:02,266 --> 00:23:02,450 work. 399 00:23:02,482 --> 00:23:03,226 Apparently. 400 00:23:03,370 --> 00:23:07,386 Before we go, we ought to be spiritual enough to do the harder 401 00:23:07,450 --> 00:23:11,068 work of dropping to our knees and praying that the Father send 402 00:23:11,116 --> 00:23:13,744 another and more laborers. 403 00:23:15,084 --> 00:23:20,564 Prayer prepares our hearts for the mission and then also prayer 404 00:23:20,644 --> 00:23:25,244 moves the hand of God to raise up laborers. 405 00:23:25,404 --> 00:23:27,504 Are we praying for the lost? 406 00:23:27,884 --> 00:23:32,384 Are we asking God to send workers into his harvest? 407 00:23:33,454 --> 00:23:41,726 Or are we more man centric and mammon centric? 408 00:23:41,870 --> 00:23:53,714 Sunday night crowd Would we be willing to give, to pray and to go, 409 00:23:54,734 --> 00:23:55,594 parents? 410 00:23:58,054 --> 00:24:00,194 Well, I give my money and that's good. 411 00:24:01,034 --> 00:24:01,714 That's good enough. 412 00:24:01,754 --> 00:24:03,090 That's going to have to be good enough. 413 00:24:03,202 --> 00:24:07,890 But I would never encourage my young person to step out in faith 414 00:24:07,922 --> 00:24:11,974 and to go serve Jesus Christ in some obscure place. 415 00:24:14,834 --> 00:24:16,614 Seemed good enough for the Father. 416 00:24:18,434 --> 00:24:20,614 Jesus wasn't born with a silver spoon. 417 00:24:22,114 --> 00:24:24,254 Jesus had nowhere to lay his head. 418 00:24:25,884 --> 00:24:28,984 And the Father was content with that. 419 00:24:32,164 --> 00:24:40,140 Our children do not deserve more, have not earned more than the 420 00:24:40,172 --> 00:24:41,304 Son of God. 421 00:24:42,564 --> 00:24:47,340 And so I ask you, parents, do you pray for your children that he 422 00:24:47,372 --> 00:24:52,224 would call them and that they would be obedient to a gospel call. 423 00:24:52,964 --> 00:24:54,704 We need more laborers. 424 00:24:55,964 --> 00:24:58,064 How are we going to reach these people? 425 00:24:59,004 --> 00:25:01,264 God is raising up a generation. 426 00:25:01,644 --> 00:25:07,500 And if we heed the call and we see with his eyes and we pray, he 427 00:25:07,532 --> 00:25:09,988 will call people to his harvest. 428 00:25:10,116 --> 00:25:11,524 The last thing is to go. 429 00:25:11,644 --> 00:25:12,684 Jesus told them to go. 430 00:25:12,724 --> 00:25:13,244 Matthew 10. 431 00:25:13,284 --> 00:25:15,024 Let's turn back there to Matthew 10. 432 00:25:15,924 --> 00:25:17,682 And we're closing up now. 433 00:25:17,868 --> 00:25:19,034 Matthew 10. 434 00:25:19,654 --> 00:25:23,086 That's the first touchdown warning. 435 00:25:23,150 --> 00:25:24,366 We're getting close. 436 00:25:24,550 --> 00:25:25,754 Matthew 10. 437 00:25:26,534 --> 00:25:27,966 Look at verse number one. 438 00:25:28,070 --> 00:25:28,714 Or. 439 00:25:29,414 --> 00:25:30,430 Yes, verse number one. 440 00:25:30,462 --> 00:25:34,430 And when he had called unto him his 12 disciples, he gave them 441 00:25:34,502 --> 00:25:38,806 power against unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal all 442 00:25:38,830 --> 00:25:40,798 manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 443 00:25:40,926 --> 00:25:44,016 And then he goes through in names his disciples. 444 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:50,648 In verse 5 again, these 12 Jesus sent forth and commanded them, 445 00:25:50,736 --> 00:25:54,216 saying, and by the way, these are some of the same people that 446 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:55,964 he told earlier to pray. 447 00:25:56,264 --> 00:25:58,124 Now he says to them, what? 448 00:25:59,344 --> 00:26:01,604 Go, go. 449 00:26:02,104 --> 00:26:05,144 And then he says, go not into the way of the Gentiles and into 450 00:26:05,184 --> 00:26:06,584 any city of the Samaritans. 451 00:26:06,704 --> 00:26:11,088 Enter ye not, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 452 00:26:11,136 --> 00:26:17,324 And as ye go preach, saying, the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 453 00:26:18,264 --> 00:26:22,608 The Lord had a people for him, for these disciples to reach. 454 00:26:22,776 --> 00:26:26,560 And he tells them very specifically where he wants them 455 00:26:26,592 --> 00:26:27,016 to go. 456 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:31,536 Why would he do that because he has a specific will for each of 457 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,984 his children, and he wanted them to go to the particular places 458 00:26:35,064 --> 00:26:38,656 that the Father put on his heart and told him to send them to 459 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:39,122 go. 460 00:26:39,248 --> 00:26:44,190 And so when we go and when we obey the call, we obey a direct call, 461 00:26:44,222 --> 00:26:46,670 a very specific and a special calling. 462 00:26:46,782 --> 00:26:51,110 Young people, God has a special calling on your life to reach 463 00:26:51,222 --> 00:26:57,582 a certain group of people, people that you have influence with, 464 00:26:57,718 --> 00:27:01,206 and those of you that work a professional job somewhere, or maybe 465 00:27:01,230 --> 00:27:03,574 you're in your home, in your neighborhood, and you have influence 466 00:27:03,614 --> 00:27:07,050 with people maybe online, in other places in your family. 467 00:27:07,202 --> 00:27:10,134 We have people that Jesus would have us to reach. 468 00:27:10,834 --> 00:27:13,574 And Christ would tell you to care. 469 00:27:13,874 --> 00:27:15,694 He would tell you to pray. 470 00:27:16,234 --> 00:27:18,414 He would tell you to go. 471 00:27:21,394 --> 00:27:22,858 Jesus equips his workers. 472 00:27:22,906 --> 00:27:24,890 It says in verse number one. 473 00:27:24,922 --> 00:27:28,226 And when he had called unto his 12 disciples, he gave them power. 474 00:27:28,370 --> 00:27:29,694 He gave them power. 475 00:27:29,994 --> 00:27:33,122 And then it talks about how he gave them ability to heal sick and 476 00:27:33,138 --> 00:27:35,394 to do other miraculous things. 477 00:27:36,734 --> 00:27:37,846 He equipped them. 478 00:27:37,950 --> 00:27:39,678 And I would say this to you today. 479 00:27:39,846 --> 00:27:41,142 He will equip you. 480 00:27:41,278 --> 00:27:42,910 He will equip our children. 481 00:27:43,062 --> 00:27:44,606 He will equip me. 482 00:27:44,790 --> 00:27:48,798 And then also Jesus sent them to act. 483 00:27:48,846 --> 00:27:51,350 It's important to understand that the disciples were sent to do 484 00:27:51,382 --> 00:27:51,838 what? 485 00:27:51,966 --> 00:27:57,670 Well, and as ye go, verse number seven, preach saying, the 486 00:27:57,702 --> 00:28:00,388 kingdom of heaven is at hand. 487 00:28:00,526 --> 00:28:05,872 And so as we go, we don't just help them see better with a pair 488 00:28:05,888 --> 00:28:07,004 of eyeglasses. 489 00:28:07,384 --> 00:28:11,120 We don't just take their BP and their blood sugars and all these 490 00:28:11,152 --> 00:28:14,824 different things and bring medication and give them medication. 491 00:28:14,984 --> 00:28:19,416 We go to do those things with a very specific purpose so that we 492 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,816 can meet a spiritual need. 493 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:28,284 And so you reach them initially with a physical ailment. 494 00:28:28,704 --> 00:28:32,640 And by meeting that need, their heart is open to what you have 495 00:28:32,672 --> 00:28:33,564 to say. 496 00:28:34,064 --> 00:28:39,404 And they hear the gospel because they know the person cares. 497 00:28:39,864 --> 00:28:42,204 They know the person has compassion. 498 00:28:42,864 --> 00:28:46,552 I love what our church does with missions, and I hope that I'm 499 00:28:46,568 --> 00:28:49,364 not coming across as I'm chiding our church. 500 00:28:49,784 --> 00:28:52,724 I think that our church does wonderful things. 501 00:28:54,144 --> 00:28:54,744 Many of our. 502 00:28:54,784 --> 00:28:57,160 I'm only here right now because of the good things that our 503 00:28:57,192 --> 00:28:58,096 church is doing. 504 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:02,376 Our pastor and his wife are on a Honduran missions trip right now, 505 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:06,216 and they're reaching people with the gospel, but they're meeting 506 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:07,424 physical needs, too. 507 00:29:07,504 --> 00:29:11,184 I love the balance, the biblical balance that our medical 508 00:29:11,264 --> 00:29:15,104 missions team has, and I appreciate that. 509 00:29:15,224 --> 00:29:19,322 And I'm so grateful to God that our church sees that need and 510 00:29:19,338 --> 00:29:20,694 we do take a lead. 511 00:29:21,634 --> 00:29:24,634 But I want to know what is all of our involvement? 512 00:29:24,714 --> 00:29:26,234 Those that do not go. 513 00:29:26,394 --> 00:29:28,854 Does he send everyone to Honduras? 514 00:29:29,194 --> 00:29:30,802 No, he does not. 515 00:29:30,938 --> 00:29:34,934 Nor does he call everyone specifically to Honduras. 516 00:29:35,274 --> 00:29:36,734 To Honduras. 517 00:29:37,274 --> 00:29:38,654 But I do know this. 518 00:29:39,114 --> 00:29:40,642 He would have us to pray. 519 00:29:40,818 --> 00:29:42,334 He would have us to give. 520 00:29:42,754 --> 00:29:46,494 He would have us to care, to have a heart for those people. 521 00:29:48,394 --> 00:29:53,930 You know, a fireman, when called, is expected to enter a burning 522 00:29:54,002 --> 00:29:56,174 building and to save lives. 523 00:29:56,474 --> 00:29:58,914 And we expect them not to hesitate. 524 00:29:59,074 --> 00:30:02,866 And we've seen videos of police officers and we've looked 525 00:30:02,890 --> 00:30:06,906 at surveillance cameras at schools in different places and thought, 526 00:30:07,010 --> 00:30:09,602 well, that guy should have done this or he should have done 527 00:30:09,618 --> 00:30:09,746 that. 528 00:30:09,770 --> 00:30:14,534 And we get to armchair quarterback those situations we expect 529 00:30:14,994 --> 00:30:21,354 out of people when someone else is hurting for the person that 530 00:30:21,394 --> 00:30:25,210 has the answer or a way to keep them safe, to go and to reach 531 00:30:25,282 --> 00:30:28,534 them and to meet that need to save them. 532 00:30:31,074 --> 00:30:32,654 What about their souls? 533 00:30:33,954 --> 00:30:37,494 Do we do less for their soul than we would their body? 534 00:30:38,804 --> 00:30:40,460 We must go likewise. 535 00:30:40,652 --> 00:30:42,224 Go where God sends us. 536 00:30:42,564 --> 00:30:45,964 Go where God sends us, empowered by the Holy Spirit of God 537 00:30:46,084 --> 00:30:47,624 to rescue the perishing. 538 00:30:48,804 --> 00:30:51,012 Where is God calling you to go? 539 00:30:51,188 --> 00:30:53,184 Where is he calling me to go? 540 00:30:53,604 --> 00:30:54,860 Is it across the street? 541 00:30:54,892 --> 00:30:56,984 Or maybe someone in your workplace? 542 00:30:57,364 --> 00:31:01,424 Is he calling you to a foreign field and you fought with that? 543 00:31:01,804 --> 00:31:07,144 Maybe you're well over your prime and you cannot shake a calling 544 00:31:07,184 --> 00:31:08,524 of God on your life. 545 00:31:09,584 --> 00:31:12,684 You will never shake that calling of God on your life. 546 00:31:15,384 --> 00:31:20,520 And I would say to you today that you'll never draw closer to 547 00:31:20,552 --> 00:31:25,364 God unless you go back to the last place where you told him no. 548 00:31:27,384 --> 00:31:31,204 Where have we said no to him in our actions or in our hearts? 549 00:31:32,344 --> 00:31:38,084 We must go back to that place, to that person, to that calling, 550 00:31:38,424 --> 00:31:43,204 and obey and do the meat, the hard work. 551 00:31:43,664 --> 00:31:49,584 So meeting physical needs, compassion without action is just 552 00:31:49,664 --> 00:31:50,924 an observation. 553 00:31:51,384 --> 00:31:54,168 I can't give credit to anyone for that. 554 00:31:54,216 --> 00:31:58,440 It's not mine, but I think it's a good, good quote. 555 00:31:58,592 --> 00:31:59,528 Couldn't find the author. 556 00:31:59,576 --> 00:32:02,816 But compassion without action is just an observation. 557 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:03,920 And I would say this. 558 00:32:03,992 --> 00:32:07,124 Beyond that compassion followed by action. 559 00:32:07,424 --> 00:32:11,696 Is Christ like it makes me think of Romans 5, 8. 560 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:16,624 But God commendeth his love toward us in that while we were yet 561 00:32:16,664 --> 00:32:19,324 sinners, Christ died for us. 562 00:32:20,064 --> 00:32:22,458 And so, in conclusion, there are three words. 563 00:32:22,656 --> 00:32:26,034 Care, pray, and go. 564 00:32:26,494 --> 00:32:31,182 The challenge is to care, to identify people that need help, and 565 00:32:31,198 --> 00:32:34,958 then to pray and ask God to send workers and maybe to use you 566 00:32:35,046 --> 00:32:37,774 and be willing, be ready, like Isaiah. 567 00:32:37,814 --> 00:32:43,246 He may just call you and then also to go, to take action, to meet 568 00:32:43,310 --> 00:32:45,550 a need or share the gospel. 569 00:32:45,742 --> 00:32:53,640 Maybe tonight you just need to come and ask the Lord to light the 570 00:32:53,672 --> 00:32:53,936 fire. 571 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:58,056 That was in you long ago about missions and about reaching lost 572 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,968 people and doing the will of the Father. 573 00:33:01,136 --> 00:33:05,856 We can hide that and run from that while being very faithful in 574 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:09,056 all of the perfunctory duties of church. 575 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,648 But may we have hearts of compassion that leads us to prayer, 576 00:33:12,736 --> 00:33:16,196 that leads us to go and to send others. 577 00:33:16,380 --> 00:33:18,132 We're going to have our instrumentalists come up here and 578 00:33:18,148 --> 00:33:20,204 we're going to have a short time of invitation. 579 00:33:20,364 --> 00:33:22,484 I would encourage you to think about this. 580 00:33:22,604 --> 00:33:27,044 Try to think of a person or a group of people that are within your 581 00:33:27,084 --> 00:33:29,060 realm of influence even today. 582 00:33:29,212 --> 00:33:32,996 Or maybe if God's put a burden for a specific person or people group 583 00:33:33,020 --> 00:33:36,084 on your heart, a place for you to go, a people for you to reach. 584 00:33:36,204 --> 00:33:37,300 Come and pray. 585 00:33:37,452 --> 00:33:40,430 Come and pray that the Lord would send you that way. 586 00:33:40,612 --> 00:33:42,242 Let's all stand together, please. 587 00:33:42,378 --> 00:33:46,714 We'll bow our heads and close our eyes and we'll have the instrumentalists 588 00:33:46,754 --> 00:33:47,554 sing and play.