how to win your city to jesus - charles & frances hunter

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Table Of Contents

Foreword1. The Heartbeat Of God!

2. The Decade Of Harvest

3. "What You Do, Do Quc#!"

$. %&t#'What Does (t )ea&*

+. Ho&duras ' -ato& hose& /# God!

0. %&t# Of )&stres

. What bout Foow%*

4. How To )ob5e 6 7va&8e5e -ato&

9. :et;s /r&8 Ths To The %.easo&s To 7?ect


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Foreword

GOD -*

There s a strr&8 & the srts of a@ost a beevers thatths s the decade & whch Besus w retur&! (f ths fact hasbee& reveaed to the bod# of hrst b# the Ho#


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How ca& we br&8 the cha&8e that w acco@sh whatBesus ro@sedE The 8ose w be reached to ever# erso& o&earth a&d the& He w retur&*

The fra8@e&ted, de&o@&ato&a5ed bod# of hrst Besus@ust co@e &to the u&t# rescrbed & 7hesa&s $E1110.

The o s&8e area of the /be & whch a 8e&u&ehrsta& churches a&d eoe have a co@@o& a8ree@e&t s thereach&8 of the 8ose to ever# creature b# beevers tra&eda&d eued a&d suervsed b# the fvefod @&str#.

The a& Besus @ade s that ths woud be do&e b# abeevers reach&8 the 8ose wth s8&s foow&8.

God has awa#s reached Hs eoe b# us&8 @a&&d a&dre8stered the@ wth ce&susta&8, a s#ste@atc, accurate wa#to cou&t ever# erso& wth& the ce&sus area!

a& we a# dow& our de&o@&ato&a a&d theoo8ca

dffere&ces a&d creeds to do what God has soe&*

re sous @ore @orta&t to us tha& de&o@&ato&s*

a& we & ar@s wth ever# de&o@&ato&, ever#or8a&5ato&, ever# hrsta& teevso& a&d rado &etwor a&dstato& & the word*

We &ow ths w have to be a suer&atura Cob, o&e that stoo b8 for us hrsta&s to ha&de & the &atura, but ca& #ouvsua5e 2= @o& bor&a8a& beevers, start&8 at a 8ve&s8&a, ossb# b# satete, to tae a 8osereach&8 ce&susof the e&tre %&ted


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eve& @o&s of eoe be&8 bor& a8a& & o&e da#* a& wereach ever# erso& & a &ato& & two wees*

/eevers are 8o&8 to be the ce&sus taers. The 8ose w

be rese&ted to ever# erso& so the# w have a& oortu&t# tore8ster for the &8do@ of God & ths ce&suse s#ste@atcco&tact wth fve bo& sous o& earth before the arrva ofBesus!

Ths s the t@e for t to hae&!

Ths s the decade of the harvest.

"/ut whe& He saw the @uttudes, He was @oved wthco@asso& for the@, because the# were wear# a&d scattered,e shee hav&8 &o sheherd. The& He sad to Hs dsces,;The harvest s e&tfu, but the aborers are few. Therefore ra#the :ord of the harvest to se&d out aborers &to Hs harvest;")atthew 9E3034.

We had Cust hed our frst 8a&t Hea&8 7?oso& &Ho&duras a&d retur&ed fro@ ths 8or# whe& God soe thoseworde&co@ass&8 words, "Tae a ce&sus of the word!"

God &ew that we had Cust wt&essed the %&ted


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@erca, s@fed ths whoe a& b# sa#&8, "Tae a ce&susof the word!"

(t s ossbe that the ce&sus ordered b# aesar u8ustus

was the frst "a the word" ce&sus ever tae&, usher&8 & thebe8&&&8 of the -ew Testa@e&t whe& Besus was bor&.

(s t ossbe that ths "ce&sus of the word" s the wa# Godwa&ts to wra u ths era whe& Besus w retur& to earth*

God has sad to us, a&d robab# to ever# eader & theword, "What #ou do, do uc#!"

Besus sad that to Budas & order to f&a5e the OdTesta@e&t a&d start the -ew Testa@e&t &ow He s sa#&8 thesa@e to us to f&a5e the wors of the -ew Testa@e&t &rearato& for Hs arrva! HaeuCah!

of us @ust @ove rad# &to ths f&a da# of harvest,a&d we soct #our ca or etter to et us &ow #our desres,

vso&, w&8&ess to do ths ce&suse word wt&ess.

We &eed to &ow who God wa&ts to use to or8a&5e ths"Thrust&8 & of the sce" so the earth w be reaed ' thsdecade.

The bod# of hrst s scattered a&d shattered &to a@uttude of de&o@&ato&s.

-ow s the t@e to co@e to8ether as a u&fed ar@# ' o&es&8e ar@# to wra u ths a8e.

Ths s hstor# & the @a&8!

s #ou "stud# "ths boo, ease do &ot th& of how wehave do&e th&8s & the ast, but oo at ths "-OW" th&8 God

s do&8 o& earth. /# the t@e #ou read ths boo, theeva&8e5ato& ce&sus w have bee& co@eted & Ho&duras.


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Other &ato&s are be&8 a&&ed, a&d ctes & the %&tedca, Guate@aa, 7


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Chapter 1

The Heartbeat Of God!

What s God sa#&8 to the bod# of hrst toda#*

t a rece&t &ato&a @eet&8 the# ased severa of us whatwe thou8ht God was sa#&8 & the twe&teth ce&tur#.


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...&d that;s a 8ood th&8!

(s He sa#&8 to have hurch Growth o&fere&ces*

...&d that;s a 8ood th&8!

(s He sa#&8 to have rase s#@osu@s*

...&d the#;re a 8ood th&8, too!

(s He sa#&8 to have ths* &d s He sa#&8 to have that*

-o, God s sa#&8 the sa@e th&8 He sad two thousa&d

#ears a8o throu8h Hs so&, Besus, a&d He has&;t cha&8ed Hs@&d!

"Go &to a the word a&d reach the 8ose to ever#creature. He who beeves a&d s bat5ed w be saved, but hewho does &ot beeve w be co&de@&ed, a&d these s8&s wfoow those who beeve!

In My Name they will cast out demons;

In My Name they will speak with new tongues;

They will pick up serpents; and if they drink anything

deadly, it will by no means hurt them;

They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover!"

Mark #$%&'(

What a wo&derfu th&8 t woud be f we a had a heartthat beats e?act# e God;s!

Hs heartbeat s sous, sous, sous!

& a@a5&8 th&8 hae&s to eoe whe& the# 8et thever# heartbeat of God.


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(t;s a@a5&8 what hae&s whe& #ou ead so@ebod# toBesus t;s aso a@a5&8 whe& #ou do&;t.

Here s a heartbrea&8 stor# that too ace @a, @a

#ears a8o ' before the tra8ed# of the bo@b&8 of Jear Harbor.

Two #ou&8 Baa&ese @e& ca@e to the %&ted


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What f so@ebod# had taed to that #ou&8 @a& whoe&8&eered Jear Harbor*

Do #ou rea5e t coud have cha&8ed the dest of the

word*

(f so@ebod# had o sad, "God oves #ou, a&d ( ove#ou, a&d God has a wo&derfu a& for #our fe!"

He we&t bac to Baa&, ds8ru&ted, u&ha# a&d hat&8@erca&s!

:oo what hae&ed as a resut!

The ver# heartbeat of God s sous.

7ver# t@e the heart of God beats, whether t beats e#our heart beats or t beats e @# heart beats, that cr# s forsous, sous, sous!

God had such a asso& for the ost word, that He se&t Hso


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who stoe a e& fro@ her @other o&e t@e whe& she was four#ears od.

( re@e@ber whe& ( stoe that e& a&d bou8ht a "su8ar

ba" wth a& a@o&d o& the &sde of t that @# heart we&tthu@, thu@, thu@ ver# rad#! )# heart dd&;t beat eGod;s because ( was do&8 wro&8.

/ut God;s heartbeat et o&. Hs heartbeat et o&, e?act#the sa@e as t awa#s had.

The& ( we&t throu8h fe a&d @# heart was &ot beat&8 e

God;s because, e a ds, ( was&;t the best tte d & theword a&d ( dd tte th&8s ( was&;t suosed to do, e e a&dcheat, so @# tte heartbeat dd&;t have the heartbeat of God. (tCust et thu@&8 a over the ace.

( re@e@ber o&e da# whe& ( was e8ht #ears od a&d @#sster was te&, we Co&ed a church.

&d for the frst t@e & @# fe ( fet the heartbeat of God.

( re@e@ber the Jastor dd&;t ta about Besus. He Custtur&ed us arou&d a&d sad, "(s&;t ths a wo&derfu fa@#* @other a&d a dadd# a&d two 8rs a&d the#;ve Co&ed ourchurch," a&d so for a few @o@e&ts @# heart too o& theheartbeat of God, a&d t fet 8ood!

The& we eft the church a&d the &e?t da# ( we&t to schooa&d ( robab# ooed over so@ebod#;s shouder a&d cheated o&a& e?a@, a&d so @# tte heart beat fast a8a& a&d ( a@ &ot reasure e?act# the &e?t t@e ( heard that stro&8 heartbeat of God,but ( beeve t was so@ewhere about the t@e ( 8ot @arred.

( re@e@ber that eve& thou8h ( was&;t a fathfu church

@e@ber, ( wa&ted to be @arred & church.


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( wa&ted to have a o&8 whte 8ow& e ever#bod# esea&d whe& the b8 da# ca@e, @# heartbeat cha&8ed a&d dur&8that servce t was e the heartbeat of God.

(t fet 8ood!

(t was wart@e, a&d we 8ot &voved & s@o&8 a&ddr&&8 so ( se&t severa #ears wth a heart that for8ot aboutGod.

The& ( 8ot re8&a&t! 7ve& thou8h ( was&;t a hrsta&, (had ased God to do @e a favor.

( sad to God, "( woud e to have a tte bo# that oose?act# e hs dadd#! brow&e#ed bo# that oos Cust e hsfather."

O&ce a8a& ( heard the heartbeat of God.

( re@e@ber the# showed h@ to @e a&d whe& ( ooed at

h@, ( sad &otce how re8ous ( was, ")# cu ru&&eth over."

&d for a tte whe, @# heart beat e God;s, because arecous fe had bee& e&trusted to @e.

/ut the& t was&;t ver# o&8 before @# heart was bac &the word. ( was s@o&8 a&d dr&&8 @# @art&s a&d &othav&8 t@e for God, &ot worr#&8 about God!

The& @# husba&d 8ot crtca# .

O&e da# the doctors tod @e he was&;t 8o&8 to ve ver#@uch o&8er.


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( thou8ht, "God wa&ts @e to be a @sso&ar#."

)# tte bo# was fve #ears od at the t@e a&d ( re@e@berth&&8 ( woud have to ut h@ & a @tar# schoo.

( &ew ( woud have to 8o to frca, carr# a b8 4ou&dbac /be a&d ut o& a o&8 bac dress, tae off a @#@aeu, a&d the& ( woud be a @sso&ar#.


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ths t@e @# heart was wd# beat&8, but God;s heartbeat ver# re8uar# a&d deberate#! God ooed dow& at @ea&d &ew what He was 8o&8 to do!

God &ew He was 8o&8 to tae a tra8ed# a&d @ae a@race out of t.

The# tod @e ( woud have to have a& e#e oerato&....God;s heart was re8uar# beat&8 a the t@e!

The# sad, "We w tae #our e#e out, a# t o& #our chee,cut off the 8rowth that has for@ed as a resut of ths trau@atc

bow, we w ut t bac &, the&, f #ou are ;uc#; we; ft #ouwth co&tacts a&d 8asses a&d #ou @a# be abe to have rett#8ood vso&." Ths oerato& s @uch easer &ow.

)# heart @o@e&tar# a&ced!

( dd&;t e what the# sad to @e, but t dd&;t rea# scare@e because God @aes us what we are & the be8&&&8.

God 8ves us what He wa&ts us to have & the be8&&&8we Cust do&;t use t for the urose He &te&ded.

( ca& see God oo&8 dow& that da#. Hs heart was beat&8for @# sou, a&d He sad, "(;@ 8o&8 to 8et her, (;@ 8o&8 to 8ether ths t@e."

( was schedued to be & the hosta at +E== o;coc thatafter&oo& but ( had a Godshaed vacuu@ & @# heart.

7ccesastes 3E11 sa#s, "God has aced eter&t# &to theheart of @a&," a&d u&t #ou f #our heart wth the th&8s ofGod, &oth&8 ese w ever satsf#.

t $E== ( rea# 8ot scared!

( dd&;t &ow God, so ( dd&;t &ow to 8o to God!


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( dd&;t hear that stro&8 heartbeat of God, so ( tur&ed a&dooed for a botte of 8& &stead.

For the &e?t three hours ( dra& as @a @art&s as (

coud a&d b# the t@e ( 8ot to the hosta, ( was "croced to the8s."

/ut whe& ( 8ot to the hosta, ( 8ot re8o&!

7ver#bod# 8ets re8o& whe& the# 8et to a hosta!

( 8ot re8o&, too, so ( thou8ht ( woud read @# /be.

( was horrfed whe& ( dscovered t was &ot & @#sutcase.

( caed u a 8r fre&d of @&e who was dru& r8ht ao&8wth @e a&d sad, "Dara, &ow watch ths srt of re8o& #ou&ow ( a@ 8o&8 to be oerated o& to@orrow" she had tae&@e to the hosta a&d had 8otte& dru& wth @e. "&d #ou

&ow ( ca&;t 8o to sur8er# wthout read&8 @# recous /be."

The& ( sad, "Woud #ou 8o to @# house a&d 8et t*"


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( caed a the &urses & because ( wa&ted to show the@what a 8reat re8ous sa&t the# had o& ther ha&ds!

The heart of God was st beat&8 rh#th@ca# but @&e

had too @uch 8& so t was rac&8. -evertheess God;s heart wasst beat&8 at the sa@e rate.

( oe&ed @# /be ver# dra@atca# a&d read o&e verse ofthe twe&t#thrd Jsa@, "The :ord s @#


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hurt dur&8 the oerato&."

The& ( thou8ht, @a#be ( a@ a tte too strct o& God, so (sad, "You ca& et t hurt a tte bt after the oerato&, but &ot

dur&8 the oerato&. Tha& #ou ver# @uch."

Wth that ( ad bac o& @# ow a&d ( coud Cust seewhat a 8reat sa&t ( was!

( coud see ths bue hao 8ht arou&d @# head 8o&8 outu&der the doors, &to a the hosta roo@s a&d ever#o&e & thehosta was so @ressed wth ths 8reat sa&t the# had there.


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Do&;t as @e how a dru&e& s&&er &ows the f&8er ofGod.

( ca& o te #ou that ( dd.

(t was ded & the cr@so& red bood of Besus.

( saw Hs f&8er be8& to wrte o& the a8es of @# /be.

O& the eft ha&d sde & the bood of Besus He wrote,"Fra&ces Gard&er" that was @# &a@e the& a&d o& the r8htha&d sde & the bood of Besus He wrote, "( ove #ou."

( heard the heartbeat of God.

( ooed u to God, &ow re@e@ber ( was a wd s&&er,s@o&8 fve aca8es of c8arettes a da#, dr&&8 @art&se the# were 8o&8 out of st#e, the fe of ever# cocta art#because ( &ew @ore drt# Coes tha& abod# ese, coud&;toe& @# @outh a&d sa# four words u&ess o&e was a swear

word'a&d as ( ooed u to God ( sad the secret of thehrsta& fe!

( sad, "God, 8ve @e bac @# ra#er, a&d ( ro@se Youths. ( w se&d the rest of @# fe see&8 what ( ca& do forYou, a&d &ot what You ca& do for @e."

/eoved, that s the secret!!! -ot what God ca& do for #ou,

but what #ou ca& do for God.


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( awa#s had a& e?cuse.

/ut whe& he ca@e & ths t@e ( dd&;t eve& wat for h@ tosa# o&e word!

( sad, "The frst ace (;@ 8o&8 s to #our church whe& (8et out of ths hosta!"

He a@ost au8hed out oud, because there are @orero@ses @ade o& a hosta bed tha& aace ese. &d thereare @ore ro@ses broe& whe& #ou wa out of the hostadoor tha& aace ese!

However, the frst ace ( we&t was to hs church.

-ow ( a@ &ot 8o&8 to te #ou the whoe stor# of how (8ot saved, but ( wa&t to te #ou whe& t actua# hae&ed.

( we&t to church ever#


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There was that heartbeat of God.

O&e e@e@ber that e& #ou stoe fro@ #our


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@other whe& #ou were four #ears od*"

)# heart we&t thu@, thu@, ver# oud a&d fast!!!

Of course ( re@e@bered that e&, but ( dd&;t th& God&ew about t! &d f He dd, ( dd&;t th& He woud havere@e@bered t that o&8 because &ow ( was fort#&&e #ears ofa8e, that was fort#fve #ears a8o!

( dd&;t &ow God woud re@e@ber a that, but He dd!

The& He re@&ded @e of a&other s& that was&;t ute as

&ce. ( sad, "God, #ou &ew about that o&e too***"

The& God sad the words that cha&8ed @# fe. He sad, "(&ow ever#th&8 that #ou have ever do&e."

That rea# was&;t a shoc to @e because ( had awa#sheard that God had e#es, so ( &ew He coud see.

He sad, "( &ow ever# rotte&, st&&8 th&8 #ou have eversad."

That dd&;t surrse @e ether because f God ca& hearra#ers, He ca& hear ath&8 #ou sa#, so ( &ew He had ears!

The thrd th&8 He sad was the th&8 that "8ot" @e.

He sad, "( &ow ever# rotte&, st&&8 thou8ht #ou have

ever had."

&d the& ( &ew God &ew that ( was a s&&er a&d ( credout, "God have @erc# o& @e, a s&&er!"

The& ver# uc# ( sad, "God (; @ae a dea wth #ou."

)# heart was cr#&8 so @uch for God that ( was w&8 to

@ae a dea that & the &atura woud &ot have @ade se&se to@e a short t@e before.


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( sad, "(; 8ve #ou a of @e, that was a @# c8arettes,that was a of @# 8&, that was a of @# drt# Coes (; 8vethe@ a to #ou God. of @# drt# cuss words, (; 8ve the@a to #ou, & e?cha&8e for a of You."

)# heart too o& a &ew beat!

-o o&8er was t rad, erratc a&d fast.

That was the da# that @# heart started beat&8 wth thever# heartbeat of God!


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church! "

( dd&;t &ow what ese to sa#.

( &ew was that ( thou8ht whatever hae&ed to @ecoud hae& to abod# & that sa@e ( beca@e a fa&atc,because @# heart beat for &oth&8 but sous.

)# heart beat for &oth&8 e?cet for eoe to co@e &tothe &8do@ of God.

-o o&8er was ( bus# th&&8 about @#sef, ( was th&&8

about the word out there a&d ( re@e@bered that ( was fort#&&e #ears of a8e.

-o o&e & those frst fort#&&e #ears had ever tod @eabout Besus!

-obod#!

( re@e@ber th&&8 that da#, "There s &obod# but @e,(;ve 8ot to 8o te the whoe word about Besus! ( have to savethe whoe word!"

That was e?act# the wa# ( fet.

( had to do t a b# @#sef!

( had ved & @a dffere&t ctes, ( had 8o&e to @a

dffere&t churches, a&d &o o&e had ever tod @e that ( &eeded to&ow Besus erso&a#!

/ut whe& ( @et H@, ( &ew that He ca@e to ve o& the&sde of @e.

That was the heartbeat of God!

The ver# frst th&8 ( dd was ru& out a&d do e?act# whatBesus dd.


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What dd He ta about whe& He waed o& earth*

The &8do@ of God.

The &8do@ of Heave&.

He taed to eoe about eter&t#.

That s a ( wa&ted to ta about.

Jeoe thou8ht ( had ost @# @&d a&d ( sad, "( have, (&ow ossess the @&d of hrst." That was wh# ( dd&;t wa&t tota about ath&8 e?cet Besus!

( was abeed as a tota fa&atc.

( sad, "Great."

Jeoe rohesed that ( woud bacsde. (;d sa# to the@,"(; ra# for #ou."

/ut do #ou &ow what ( dd that whoe wee o&8*

( ow&ed a b8 r&t&8 co@a, a&d ( ooed at ever#bod#who ca@e &to @# r&t&8 co@a that wee a&d thou8ht,"The# are a ost, the# are d#&8 a&d the# are 8o&8 to he! (;ve8ot to save the@ a!"

( ooed at ever# o&e of @# @art& dr&&8 fre&ds a&d (

thou8ht, "The# are d#&8, the# are ost, the# are 8o&8 stra8htto he, a&d ( have to save the@ a."

( dd that whoe wee o&8 was ta about Besus. &dte eoe.

( dd&;t eve& &ow what to sa#!

( dd&;t eve& &ow how to ta about Besus, ( Cust taedabout so@eth&8 that had hae&ed to @e, a&d ( woud te the@


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a, "You Cust have to 8o to church wth @e &e?t


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/ut the &e?t


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was o two da#s od, a bab# hrsta&, ( &ew t was Besusv&8 & there!

( stoed r8ht & fro&t of @# wd, s&&&8 e@o#ee staff

a&d sad, "Oh, Besus, #ou are & there!"

( ut @# ha&d over @# heart.

( sad, "( shut the door! ( oc t! ( throw the e# awa#!-ow (;ve 8ot You & there a&d You ca&;t ever 8et out!"

)# heart et beat&8 e the heartbeat of God! Jeoe

sad "


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(f t;s &ot here for #ou, t;s ass&8 #ou b#, because revvas here!

( beeve God has aced wth& the heart of @a&&d a

hu&8er for the th&8s of God.

-o o&e ca& ever be satsfed u&t he fs ths Godshaedvacuu@ wth the th&8s of a& eter&a God.

7ver#where ( 8o eoe are hu&8r# for Besus.

(t does&;t @ae a dffere&ce what ace #ou 8o to, t

does&;t @ae a dffere&ce what cou&tr# #ou 8o to, what ct##ou 8o to, eoe are hu&8r# for God.

(& a word that th&s t s so u&ha# a&d th&s t s sodssatsfed, a that s wro&8 wth the@ s that the# are oo&8for God.

Do&;t crtc5e the@ because of what the# are do&8.

Gve the@ the a&swer.

There s a& a&swer a&d t s fve ettersE

B7( dd&;t eve& &ow ( was ost. ( dd&;t &ow ( was a s&&er.(;ve heard eoe sa# that ever#bod# &ows the# are a s&&er.

-ot @e!

( had &o dea ( was a s&&er because ( was a 8ood @other, (was tr#&8 to rase @# chdre& r8ht.

( &ew ( was&;t a s&&er!

( beeve the word s fu of eoe Cust e @e, &voved& churcha&t#, whch s what ( was &voved & a&d #et who


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do&;t rea# u&dersta&d what God wa&ts for the@!

( started shar&8 wth @# ow& fa@#.

The seco&d erso& who ever receved Besus & @# @&str#was @# ow& dau8hter, Boa&, who acceted H@ thrt# da#s after( dd.

( ased her o&e t@e, "Ho&e#, what was the o&e th&8 that@ade #ou accet Besus so uc# after )other dd*"


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( sad, "Great! re #ou bor& a8a&*"

He sad, "Yes!"

( sad, "The& #ou are Cust e God. You are &ot e #our&atura father. You have &o r8ht to those od uates. -o&ewhatsoever. /ut #ou have a reso&sbt#, a&d that s to 8et theheartbeat of God so there w co@e &to #our heart a hu&8er forthe sou of ever# erso& #ou @eet! -ot a co&t&uato& of thesa@e od s&s #ou o&ce had."

( ofte& sa# Besus oe&ed @# @outh a&d ( have&;t shut t

s&ce!

That s twe&t#fve #ears that ( have bee& do&8 &oth&8e?cet ta about Besus.

( do&;t ta about ath&8 e?cet Besus because ( do&;tth& ath&8 ese s worthwhe ta&8 about.

( have e8ht 8ra&dchdre& a&d two 8reat8ra&dchdre&,but ( do&;t ta about the@ because ( beeve Besus s far @ore@orta&t as @uch as ( ove the@ a&d as dar&8 as the# a are,( beeve t s far @ore @orta&t to ta about Besus.

( have heard a ot of eoe sa#, "God &ever caed @e tobe a souw&&er."

That;s a e of the dev.

God cas ever#o&e to be a souw&&er!

The boo of )atthew a&d )ar are two of @# favortesa&d co&ta& two of @# favorte orto&s of scrture.

(& the twe&t#e8hth chater of )atthew, the Great

o@@sso& of the /be aears for the frst @e.Whe& #ou were saved, #ou auto@atca# beca@e a art of


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the 8reatest 7va&8estc r@# of the word.

You have &o choce. -o choce whatsoever f #ou aresaved!

(& )atthew 24E14 Besus frst of a estabshed Who Hewas! He sad, " authort# has bee& 8ve& to @e & heave& a&do& earth." :: of t.

The& & :ue 1=E19 He sad, "/ehod, ( 8ve YO%authort#." Who dd He 8ve Hs authort# to* To us beevers!

"( 8ve YO% the authort# to tra@e o& sere&ts a&dscoro&s, a&d over :: the ower of the e&e@#," :: theower of the e&e@# "a&d &oth&8 sha b# a @ea&s hurt #ou!"Frst t was 8ve& to )e, &ow ( have 8ve& t to #ou.

(& )atthew 24E19 He sad, "Go!!!"

(f Besus &ever sad a&other word, that woud have bee&

e&ou8h!

Besus dd &ot ca us to co@e a&d st & wo&derfu addedews.

( th& the# are 8reat, ( arecate the@ far @ore tha& hardseats, but Besus &ever caed us to st o& a soft ew a&d do&oth&8 ese.

He sad, "Go!!" Whether #ou 8o to the h&ese restaura&t,)cDo&ad;s, rb#;s, the Ia8e (&&, /ur8er A&8, >ed :obster,


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or how hu&8r# #ou are ( wa&t #ou to ta about Besus, Besus,Besus. ( wa&t #ou to 8et that heartbeat & #ou that w @ae #oucr# out for the sous & #our area.

Besus sad, "Go!!!"

He dd&;t sa# st!

He dd&;t sa# tae three #ears to ear& how to be a wt&ess.

(f Besus s rea# v&8 o& the &sde of #ou, f #ou beeve"hrst & #ou, the hoe of 8or#," that sa@e heartbeat that beats

& the heart of God a&d that beats & the heart of Besus s 8o&8to beat & #ou!

( re@e@ber the frst t@e T.:. a&d Das# Osbor& eversta#ed at our ho@e.

( tod the@ the frst th&8 that ( ever re@e@ber ear&&8,a&d t had to be reveato& &owed8e, was that ( &ew that (

&ew that ( &ew that Besus was v&8 & @e, ( &ew t.

There was &o doubt whatsoever!

The# were a@a5ed that ( @@edate# &ew Besus ved&sde of @e.

The# sad whe& the# frst started reach&8 that, the# were

co&sdered heretcs.How dd ( &ow ths*

/ecause whe& ( ra#ed that ra#er "Besus, co@e &to @#heart" ( @ea&t t!

(f #ou as, #ou are 8o&8 to receve! ( &ew He was &there.

( &ew wthout a doubt that Besus was v&8 o& the &sde


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of @e!

( aso &ew therefore that because Besus ved o& the &sdeof @e, ( was 8o&8 to wa e Besus ( was 8o&8 to ta e

Besus ( was 8o&8 to act e Besus ( was 8o&8 to do e?act#the sa@e th&8s that Besus dd!

( &o o&8er had a r8ht to ve the &d of fe that ( o&ceved!

( had &ever read the /be.

/ut what dd ( do whe& ( 8ot saved*

( was&;t eve& saved fftee& @&utes before the churchservce was over a&d ( @@edate# we&t u a&d dow& %.


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( read so@eth&8 rece&t# that ( thou8ht was e?tre@e#&terest&8!

( have &ever bee& to a Behovah;s Wt&ess @eet&8.

/ut ( dscovered what the# do dur&8 ther church servces!Do the# reach a ser@o&* -o!

The# teach #ou how to 8o out a&d be a wt&ess. That se?act# wh# cuts such as these are 8row&8 faster tha& @ostchurches.

What do the )or@o&s do*

The# @ae #ou 8o, ( @ea& the# @ae #ou 8o door to doorto door to door, &oc&8 o& doors.

Wh# are those two cuts the fastest 8row&8 re8o&s &@erca*

/ecause ther eoe are out &oc&8 o& doors.)ost of the hrsta&s ( &ow toda# are Cust ho&8 fro@

o&e co&ve&to& to a&other co&ve&to&. "( 8ot so bessed over atths co&ve&to&, a&d ( 8ot so bessed over at that co&ve&to&,a&d ( a@ so e?hausted, but ( a@ st 8o&8 over to thsco&ve&to& because the# have such 8ood seaers there."

Besus &ever sad 8o ho fro@ o&e co&ve&to& to a&other,dd He*

What dd He sa#*

He sad, "Go therefore a&d @ae dsces of a the&ato&s, bat5&8 the@ & the &a@e of the Father a&d of the


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You do&;t Cust 8et a tcet to heave&! You have areso&sbt#, #ou have a 8reat reso&sbt#, a&d thatreso&sbt# s to reach the 8ose to ever# erso& #ou @eet.

You @8ht sa#, "We, ( do&;t e to do that, ( e to 8o tochurch a&d st!"

:ste& to the beat of #our heart a&d see what t sa#s.

(& the s?tee&th chater of )ar he was a tte wordertha& & )atthew, he starts off the sa@e wa#. ( ove that word8o! He sad, Go, @a&, 8o!! "Go &to a the word a&d reach

the 8ose to ever# creature. He who beeves a&d s bat5edw be saved but he who does &ot beeve w be co&de@&ed."

&d the& He @ade a ro@se!

a& God e***

a& Besus e***

The& He @ade a ro@se that He has to ee because Hero@sed to ee t. ro@se s a ro@se s a ro@se!

Besus sad, "&d these s8&s w foow those who beeve.

"(& )# &a@e." What s the &a@e* Besus!

The word, the bod# of hrst, the church s wa&8 u to

the ower that s & the &a@e of Besus.

The# are wa&8 u to the authort# that the# have & the&a@e of Besus.

Jeoe are fed u wth dead re8o&!

The# are fed u wth dead churches.

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The bod# of hrst s co@&8 ave to a v&8 Besus, to a8ose that s oaded wth ower a&d s8&s a&d wo&ders a&d@races whch are foow&8 beevers.

Besus sad, "(& )# &a@e the# w cast out de@o&s."

He dd&;t @ae a e?ceto&s whatsoever.

He sad as o&8 as #ou are a beever, #ou are 8o&8 to dowhat ( te #ou to do.


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"(& )# &a@e the# w cast out de@o&s." Gor# to God!!

The& He sad, "The# w sea wth &ew to&8ues," thebats@ wth the Ho#


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eoe were of the dev!

Who s the o&e who sa#s t s of the dev**

The dev h@sef... because he wa&ts to scare off ever#hrsta&.

He does&;t wa&t the@ to have the ower of God.

We @&stered at the (&da&aos 199= o&ve&to&.

You shoud have see& the athocs foc for the bats@wth the Ho# Ghost!!

( do&;t care who #ou are, the word s hu&8r# for the owerof God!

The# wa&t to see Besus v&8 o& ths earth the sa@e wa#He dd 2,=== #ears a8o.

He sad, "The# w sea wth &ew to&8ues."

t o&e of our @eet&8s & Ho&duras we were sta&d&8 & ara& stor@, the es of whch ( have &ever see& a @# fe!

Thu&der ca@e, 8ht&&8 ca@e, a&d the ra&s ca@e!

We were o& a& outdoor sta8e & a soccer fed.

( had a "ve" @e a&d the# were hod&8 a& u@brea over@e that had a stee o&t!

Our so&, To@, sad, ")other, #ou were a Fra&ces Hu&ter8ht&&8 rod!"

The water was so dee so@ebod# tod @e the# were u tother &ees & that water that whe& #ou ad ha&ds o& eoe

a&d the# fe u&der the ower of God the# had to sw@ out!/ut &obod# we&t ho@e!


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Those eoe were there because the# were hu&8r# for thev&8 Besus, a&d the# were&;t 8o&8 to eave u&t the# 8ot H@!

Whe& we @ade the ca for the bats@ wth the Ho#

Ghost, the stadu@ e@ted!

( do&;t th& there were +K of the eoe eft & the sta&ds.

The# a ca@e out & ths our&8 dow& ra& to receve theower of God & ther fe! The word s hu&8r#!


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(t s a& a@a5&8 th&8, eve& f #ou ca&;t u&dersta&d eachother & #our &atura a&8ua8e, #ou ca& st at the d&&er tabea&d sea wth other to&8ues.

-ether of us had a dea what the other o&e was sa#&8,e?cet we &ew that we were ov&8 each other & the


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)# heart cred whe& ( saw h@ a&d saw what the dev haddo&e to h@, but ( aso beeve that God ho&ors fathfu&ess.

That @a& had 8o&e to a that troube to co@e to our

@eet&8.

There was &o doubt & @# @&d that God was 8o&8 to heah@!

We ad ha&ds o& h@, co@@a&ded that srt of ca&cer toco@e out, co@@a&ded ever# ca&cer ce to de, & the &a@e ofBesus.

He fe out u&der the ower of God a&d so@eo&e too acture of h@ a&d he ooed e a corse a#&8 o& the foor!

few @o&ths ater we were & afor&a, a&d our tteh&ese fre&d showed u at our @eet&8!

Tota# heaed b# the ower of God!!!

He had the doctors; records wth h@!!

We st ca&;t ta to each other, but he had t tra&sated &to7&8sh so we coud read t.

The doctors sad he was a @race of God. The# were


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(t was a v&8 God the# saw because the# saw roof of a@e@ber of ther ow& fa@# who had ca&cer.

The# a &ew he was d#&8 a&d &ow he s ave a&d

we!!!

He 8ot u & fro&t of the church a&d throu8h a& &terreterhe testfed as to what God had do&e & hs fe.

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for Besus that the dev woud be afrad to co@e &to #our&e8hborhood because he woud sa#, "( ca&;t eve& s&ea & thereu&ess so@ebod# oe&s ther @outh about Besus!"

Who does God use*

God uses eoe.

God does&;t reach the 8ose.

The a&8es do&;t reach the 8ose.

Besus does&;t reach the 8ose.

We do*

hrst & #ou, the hoe of 8or#!

That;s what t sa#s & o. 1E202. "hrst & #ou, the hoeof 8or#."

Whe& we ca& 8et that reveato& that t s actua# Besuswho ves o& the &sde of us, Besus who co&tros our thou8hts,Besus who co&tros our @outh, a&d Besus who co&tros our@&ds, the& we are &ot 8o&8 to do ath&8 e?cet what the:ord Besus wa&ts us to do.

We are beev&8 that ever#o&e who reads ths boo wwa&t to have that hu&8er & ther heart!


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You are 8o&8 to be so bod that #ou are 8o&8 to 8o outthere a&d #ou are 8o&8 to 8et the s&&&8 word b# the &ec!!!

&d #ou are 8o&8 to br&8 the@ &to the &8do@ of God!

:et @e share a stor# wth #ou show&8 #ou that ever#o&es hu&8r# for God.

hares a&d ( were at a Hea&8 7?oso& a&d fortu&ate#,or u&fortu&ate#, ( do&;t &ow how #ou oo at t, we have sotte t@e whe& we ca& ever 8o sho&8 that we had bee&tr#&8 to 8et hares a sut for two #ears a&d &ever had t@e to

8o to a store.

We 8ot to the Hea&8 7?oso& o&e da# ear# a&d ( sad,"Ho&e#, do #ou th& there @8ht be a store that @8ht have a&ceoo&8 sut for #ou*"

We fou&d o&e uc# a&d hares was hav&8 theaterato&s @ade.

( wa&t to show #ou how eas# t s to ead so@ebod# toBesus.

You ca& tae whatever the# sa# a&d tur& t arou&d for the8or# of God!

The saes@a& sad to @e, "re #ou fro@ ths ct#*"

( sad, "-o, ( a@ fro@ Housto&, Te?as."

( @@edate# &ew what hs &e?t uesto& was.

"What are #ou do&8 here*"

( reed, "We are hav&8 a Hea&8 7?oso& at theaudtoru@ o&


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wa# toda# a&d eoe are rea# hu&8r# for the th&8s of God!"

( sad, "God has aced eter&t# & the heart of ever# @a&a&d ( do&;t care who #ou are, ( do&;t care how rch #ou are, (

do&;t care how 8ood #ou are, there s a hu&8er for God & #ourheart that w &ever be satsfed u&t #ou f t wth the th&8sof a& eter&a God."

( co&t&ued, "You coud tr# to f ths vacuu@ & #our heartwth se?, wth ust, wth @o&e#, wth fa@e, wth fortu&e, wthdru8s, wth acoho..."

He sad, "eeat thsra#er after @e r8ht &ow."

( do&;t as eoe f the# wa&t Besus.

Ths s Cust the wa# God has aowed @e to do t because

He has 8ve& @e a& e?tra dose of bod&ess.( sad, ">eeat ths ra#er after @e."

The reaso& ( do that s because a s&&er does&;t &ow he&eeds to be saved!

He s too du@b to &ow he &eeds to be saved!


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( sad, ">eeat ths ra#er after @e."

He @@edate# reeated the ra#er, a&d whe& he reeatedt he be8a& to wee a over the ace as God;s Ho#


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We shoud auto@atca# 8o dow& the street a&d oo forever#bod# we ca& see who &eeds to &ow Besus.

7ver# t@e ( drve dow& a street a&d see so@ebod# wth a

c8arette & ther @outh, ( curse t & the &a@e of Besus!

( sa#, "Father, et the@ vo@t the &e?t t@e the# s@oeo&e!"

Of course, wth the arco&dto&ed cars the# ca&;t hearwhat ( a@ sa#&8 but ( &ever see so@ebod# & a car who ss@o&8 u&ess ( ra# for ther sou a&d ( ra# that the# w be

devered fro@ c8arettes!

( &ever see ao&e 8o&8 &to a bar u&ess ( as God to doso@eth&8 about t.

Jra#&8 s wo&derfu!

We a beeve & ra#er!

/ut ra#er s &ot e&ou8h! There has to be @ore tha&ra#er!

Whe& hares a&d ( were frst @arred, there was a /becoe8e cose to us a&d the ds oved to ra#.

Twce a wee, the# woud ra# u&t $E== )! The# had

such a burde& for the ost & ther &e8hborhood.There were @a ho@ose?uas over & that &e8hborhood.

The# had such a burde& for the@ that the# ra#ed a&d the#ra#ed a&d the# ra#ed u&t $E== & the @or&&8, two &8hts awee.

( sad, "What ese dd #ou do*"

The# ooed at @e e ( had ost @# head or so@eth&8!


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( sad, "Dd #ou 8o out a&d as the@ f the# wa&ted toaccet Besus*"

"-o, we were too e?hausted fro@ ra#&8! "

Do&;t et ra#er ove @e whe ( sa# t overshadow #ourfeet!!! ( w sa# that a8a&E "Do&;t et ra#er overshadow #ourfeet!"

The frst t@e #ou hear so@eth&8 t beco@es &for@ato&,a&d that s a t s!

You ca& &ow the /be fro@ Ge&ess to >eveato&, #ouca& uote ever# word that s & that /be a&d #ou ca& st &ot&ow what t @ea&s.

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(t s &ot #ou ru&&&8 to a& atar ever#


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reachers* How @a were wt&esses* Whatde&o@&ato& was the ar8est or the @ost ouar*

What s #our erso&a co&cet of the church &

-ew Testa@e&t t@es* oud we foow ts e?a@e, orhave t@es cha&8ed too @uch*

:et;s tae a Cour&e# & our @&ds bac to thosechurches.


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erso& & the ct# cear# u&dersta&ds the 8ose."

"What*"

"Yes. (s that u&usua*"

"How dd the church do t* You certa do&;thave rado, teevso&, or eectro&c co@@u&cato&.Dd #ou have a ot of eva&8estc ca@a8&s*"

"-o. s #ou have robab# heard, we tred @ass@eet&8s & ths area, but @ost of the t@e we woud

e&d u & Ca."

"The& how*"

"We Cust we&t to ever# ho@e & the ct#. That;s thewa# the church & Berusae@ frst eva&8e5ed that ct#.1

The dsces there eva&8e5ed the e&tre ct# ofBerusae@ & a ver# short t@e. the other churches &

sa )&or have foowed ther e?a@e."

"(s t effectve ever#where*"

"Yes, t s. There are so @a co&verts that so@e ofthe a8a& eaders fear ther ow& re8o&s w de.Whe& Jau eft 7hesus for the ast t@e, he re@&dedus to ee o& foow&8 ths sa@e rocedure."2

"ua, ths s a@a5&8! t ths rate, there s &ote&8 how @a eoe are 8o&8 to hear the 8osea&d reso&d."

"Oh, have&;t #ou heard* We;ve aread# shared the8ose wth ever# erso& & sa )&or, both Bews a&dGrees."3

"That;s &ot ossbe. You ca&;t @ea& ever#o&e!"


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"Yes, ever#o&e."

"/ut that woud &cude Da@ascus, 7hesus,do5e&s of ar8e ctes, as we as tow&s a&d va8es.

What about the &o@adc trbes o& the desert* How o&8dd t tae the churches to reach a of these eoe*"

"-ot o&8 2$ @o&ths to be e?act.3The sa@e th&8s hae&&8 & -orth frca a&d


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(;@ 8o&8 to be & the @dde of the strea@.

(;@ &ot a 8ood sw@@er at a but (;@ r8ht s@ac & the@dde of the strea@ because ( &ow God;s 8o&8 to ee @#

head above water the whoe t@e.

You ca& be a ece of dr# wood that a#s o& the shore a&det;s the su& beach #ou out a&d #ou 8et drer a&d drer a&ddeader a&d deader.

s for @e a&d @# house we choose to serve the :ord.

We choose to et our fath 8o out be#o&d our @&ds!

Gor# to God!

Woud #ou e to beo&8 to a -ew Testa@e&t hurch*

That;s a there s to t, Cust 8o&8 a&d &oc&8 o& ever#door!

A&oc&8 o& ever# door. A&oc&8 o& ever# door.

Ta&8 about Besus. Ta&8 about Besus. Ta&8 aboutBesus. Ta&8 about Besus.

The word beh&d that door s hu&8r#.

The# are hu&8r#, the# are @serabe, the# are u&ha#.

Wh# are #ou&8 eoe o& dru8s*

Wh# are the# o& acoho* Wh# s acoho the b88estrobe@ & the %&ted


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heart s for eoe to 8et a heart e Besus!

(f that;s what #ou wa&t, ut #our ha&d o& the to of #ourhead.


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Chapter 2

The eade Of Har"est

God dd &ot ca us to reach a oweress 8ose!

God dd &ot ca us to serve a oweress God!

God dd &ot ca us to ve a oweress fe!

He caed us to be @8ht# warrors dur&8 ths erod of

t@e whch @ost eoe are ca&8 ether the D7D7 OFH>I7


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Besus w co@e bac a&d robab# b# &ow Besus &ows thattoo, but He w co@e bac at that e?act t@e God decded at thever# be8&&&8 of t@e.

That @ea&s that Besus w 8et ths Cob do&e throu8h Hseoe o& earth r8ht o& t@e for Hs @8ht# 8orous retur&!

(f @ore eoe are be&8 bor& h#sca# tha& bor& a8a&ever# #ear, the& so@eth&8 s&;t wor&8 e Besus descrbed ta&d a&&ed t.

We be8a& to search & the /be for the a&swer to ths 8reat

uesto&.

O&e th&8 we dscovered was that Besus ca@e to earth to beour @ode.

He set u a rotot#e a& for the savato& of a theeoe o& the earth who w beeve & H@ a&d be saved.

Besus ca@e to earth for o&e s&8e urose, to br&8 eoe&to the &8do@ of God ' to save the ost. He set u Hsrotot#e a& ver#, ver# s@# a&d de@o&strated t o& earth &the frst church.

Frst of a, He reached about the &8do@ of God.

He dd s8&s a&d wo&ders so the# woud beeve a&d He

tod the@ e?act# how to 8et saved.

He et Hs dsces wth H@ dur&8 Hs threea&dahaf#ears of @&str# a&d b# e?a@e He tau8ht the@ how to doever#th&8 He dd.

The& He sad that ever#th&8 He dd, we beevers wouddo aso a&d eve& 8reater th&8s. Boh& 1$E12 sa#s, ")ost

assured#, ( sa# to #ou, he who beeves & )e, the wors that (do he w do aso a&d 8reater wors tha& these he w do,


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because ( 8o to )# Father."

Jease &ote that Besus dd &ot o sa# that we coud dothe@, He sad we woud do the@! Whe&ever we read that

scrture, we awa#s ut the e@hass o& the word "Do!" He@ea&t that we woud actua# do the@!

The& as Besus was deart&8 fro@ ths earth, He eft so@e&structo&s wth Hs dsces as to what He wa&tedacco@shed before Hs retur&. Besus sad, "Go &to a theword a&d reach the 8ose to ever# creature" )ar 10E1+.

We have faed for 199= #ears to acco@sh the worBesus ass8&ed to us, so how are we 8o&8 to 8et t co@etedbefore the retur& of Besus, whch ever#o&e see@s to fee s@@&e&t.

Besus &ever sad 8o a&d st dow& & a church, e&Co##oursef, have a wo&derfu t@e dur&8 a of the servces, a&d

the& whe& #ou de #ou; 8o to heave&.The hrsta& fe s a fe of acto&!

(t s &ot a sede&tar# fe!

(t s a fe where we are actve a the t@e becausehrsta&t# s a fest#e, a wa# of fe, a&d &ot a re8o&.

The word "Go" as used & )ar 10E1+ @ea&s "as #ou are8o&8," reach the 8ose!

)a of us th& we coud &ever @ae t to frca, wecoud &ever @ae t to e&tra @erca, we coud &ever @ae tto sa, we coud &ever 8o to (&da, but that word actua#@ea&s "as #ou are 8o&8," reach the 8ose to ever# creature.Whe& He sad to 8o &to a the word, He dd&;t sa# that we ahad to 8o to frca or so@e fore8& cou&tr#, because so@e of


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the best 8ose that &eeds to be reached s &sde the was ofour ow& ho@e.

(f #ou have a& u&saved souse, the 8ose shoud be

reached & the bedroo@!

(f #ou have u&saved chdre&, t shoud be reached overthe breafast tabe so the# ca& hear the 8ose a&d the# ca&co@e &to the &8do@ of God!

We shoud &ever wat u&t the t@e co@es ao&8 whe& wew have a 8reat b8 oortu&t# to ta to crowds of 1==,===!


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The @oder& wa# s os&8 8rou&d eve& thou8h we;re8ett&8 @o&s bor& a8a& & the word. We;re os&8 bo&sbecause we;re &ot do&8 t e Besus sad.

We are e a buder 8&or&8 the archtecturae&8&eer&8a&s.

We;re do&8 wor b# rado, b# teevso&, b# @sso&ares,b# eva&8ests, b# astors, b# ce8rous 'we;re do&8 t b#ever# @ea&s ossbe a&d ever# o&e of these are effectve a&d8ood, but the#;re &ot do&8 t e&tre# e Besus sad!

(f we are &ot @a&8 the success that Besus sad we shouda&d we;re cos&8 out ths t@e o& God;s cae&dar, the& we @ust8o bac a&d redscover the fou&dato& a&d do t fro@ there.

Besus; a& was to tae a of the beevers, @ature the@,deveo the@, tra& the@, eu the@, @ae dsces out ofthe@ a&d se&d the@ out to do the wor for the fvefod

@&str#.We have bee& tr#&8 to do t fro@ the uts, fro@ the

atfor@s, fro@ the eadersh osto& &stead of tra&&8 a&deu&8 the beevers to 8o out a&d do a that Besus sad.Besus sad to be wt&esses wth suer&atura de@o&strato&s.

Besus co@eted Hs e&tre @&str# & 31M2 #ears. He sad

a&d dd ever#th&8 Hs Father tod H@ to do & Cust that shortt@e. The whoe &ow& word heard about Besus a&d Hs @8ht#wors.

Besus tur&ed a of Hs future wor over to the aostes a&ddsces a&d to those of us who woud foow the@. (& o two#ears the 8ose was reached b# ths ear# church to a of sa)&or @ost of the the& &ow& word. What a& aweso@e

acco@sh@e&t, eve& wth the horrbe ersecuto& the#e&dured.


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oud t be that the 8ose w be reached to a of the&ow &ow& word & 31M2 #ears, or two #ears* Does ths sou&d@ossbe*

oud the start&8 of ths t@e be soo& f t s to beacco@shed as t was & the church;s be8&&&8*

(s God sa#&8 to ths rac&8 8e&erato&, O& #our @ar, 8etset, 8o!

/ow the tru@et & No&, &d sou&d a& aar@ & )# ho#@ou&ta&!

That was the sou&d of destructo& to the Bewsh &ato&, but&ow we a fee & our srts that the sou&d of the aar@ s therearato& for the f&a act to reare God;s eoe for thetru@ha&t retur& of our


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our fath co@es whe& we hear God, a&d we hear God becausewe @edtate da# a&d &8ht & Hs word, whch e&abes us tohear H@.

The t@&8 of God a&d fuf@e&t of 8reat orto&s ofbbca roheces s sea&8 oud# a&d cear# to the bod# ofhrst toda#.

We heard a rhe@a word fro@ God o& )arch 31, 199=,whe& He sad to the bod# of hrst, "Tae a ce&sus of theword."

We heard ths word fro@ God dst&ct#, cear#,u&@staab#, a&d oud#. That has brou8ht to us "Fath wthouta doubt" for the fuf@e&t of ths vso&. We ra# that ths wreach the deth of #our heart a&d #ou w hear ths as a rhe@aword to #ou, too!

We fee that our erso&a reso&sbt# s at ths t@e, a&d

at east, to bow the tru@et a&&ou&c&8 to the hrsta&s of thsdecade what God soe, a&d to set u Ho&duras as the @ode&ato& to et the word &ow that God s cha&8&8 Hs tactcs ofeva&8es@ to acco@sh a co@ete wor so ever# erso& &Ho&duras, & #our ct#, #our state, #our &ato&, a&d f&a# theword W(:: H7> TH7 GO


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Chapter #

$%hat &ou o o (u)kly!$

few #ears a8o as we were se&s&8 & our srts that wewere & the fooths of the e&d t@es, God woe @e at about$E3= o;coc & the @or&&8 a&d sad,

"What #ou do, do uc#!"

( Cu@ed out of bed, 8rabbed @# /be a&d read & a the

8oses the accou&t of the ast suer where Besus soe to Hsdsces. The& & Boh& 13E2 were the words God had Custsoe& to @e, What #ou do, do uc#.

thou8h these were for Budas to do hs trator betra#a ofBesus, ( fet God was sa#&8 so@eth&8 ese for ths 8e&erato&.

s ( @edtated o& ths, as&8 God what He was sa#&8 to

us for toda#, ( rea5ed that Besus was &ot Cust reat&8 ths act ofBudas, but that actua# ths act, foowed b# the death a&dresurrecto& of Besus, e&ded o&e era a&d started a&other.

The dcto&ar# def&es a& era as "a& eve&t or date that@ars the be8&&&8 of a &ew or @orta&t erod & the hstor#of so@eth&8 a erod of t@e @easured fro@ so@e @orta&t

occurre&ce or date a s#ste@ of reco&&8 t@e b# &u@ber&8the #ears fro@ so@e @orta&t occurre&ce or 8ve& o&t oft@e as, the hrsta& 7ra s dated fro@ aro?@ate# four#ears after Besus; brth".

(t beca@e cear that what rea# hae&ed whe& Besus sad,"What #ou do, do uc#", was that He was f&a5&8 the OdTesta@e&t erod a&d start&8 the -ew Testa@e&t era.

>ea5&8 that we are &ear&8 Besus; retur&, a&other era s


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about to e&d a&d a &ew t@e erod s read# to start.

Our e&ddecade of reach&8 ever# creature o& earth wththe 8ose @ust be a uc wor.

God s sa#&8 to ths decade, What #ou do church douc#.

(& Boh& 9E$ Besus sad, "( @ust wor the wors of H@ whose&t )e whe t s da# the &8ht s co@&8 whe& &o o&e ca&wor."

-ow s the t@e whe& we a shoud be sa#&8 the sa@eth&8, "( @ust wor the wors of H@ who se&t @e whe t sda#."

We &eed to co@ete the wors of Besus because theharvest s so re a&d t s so read#.

We &eed to a 8et out there uc# a&d reach ever# sou

we ca& for Besus, us&8 owerfu s8&s a&d wo&ders b#hu&dreds of @o&s of beevers.

/ut we sa#, "How s ths 8o&8 to be do&e*" (f we havefaed a these @a #ears, what @ust be do&e to acco@shwhat Besus ro@sed woud be do&e before He retur&s*

We have tred ever# co&cevabe wa# to @ae our churches

b88er, to @ae eve& the &8do@ of God b88er b# varous@ethods a&d rocedures of tr#&8 to 8et the wor do&e that Godhas ass8&ed to us.

(t;s e we are a do&8 our ow& tte th&8 & our art ofthe word.

There;s overa&8!

There;s ducato&!


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)ore serous tha& that, there are o@sso&s of a @aCor artof the eoe of the word.

)a8a5&es a&d @&str# reorts are fu of artces about

ths decade of harvest, decade of dest, ths f&a short t@e ofreach&8 the whoe word wth the 8ose.

)a @&stres are tra&&8 thousa&ds of wt&ess tea@s tosaturate ctes, touch @uttudes & a &ato&, a&d to @ae vaststrdes toward reach&8 the word.

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-T%>: HO>(NO-< ' fro@ Gor# to Gor# wrtte&& 1943, show&8 how uc# God ca& do ths f&a worbefore the retur& of Besus.

TH* +LO%,A- .HALL

O/*0TA* TH* 0*A+*0

y Franes

"/ehod, the da#s are co@&8," sa#s the :ord, "Whe& the

ow@a& sha overtae the reaer, &d the treader of 8raesh@ who sows seed The @ou&ta&s sha dr wth sweet w&e,&d a the hs sha fow wth t. ( w br&8 bac the catvesof )# eoe (srae

The# sha bud the waste ctes a&d &habt the@

The# sha a&t v&e#ards a&d dr& w&e fro@ the@

The# sha aso @ae 8arde&s a&d eat frut fro@ the@.

( w a&t the@ & ther a&d,

&d &o o&8er sha the# be ued u

Fro@ the a&d ( have 8ve& the@."


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&crease that s 8o&8 to tae ace accord&8 to Hs word.

He sad, "( read that frst verse over a&d over.

"F&a#, wa# dow& &sde of @e, ( be8a& to see a @a&sow&8 8rae seeds.

"s soo& as the# ht the 8rou&d, @@edate# a v&e woud8row a&d 8raes woud for@, a&d a @a& woud c the@, utthe@ & a trou8h a&d tread out those 8raes.

"That s a suer&atura# fast rate ' to a&t a&d have God

&sta&t# add the &crease."

&d whe& s that da# 8o&8 to be*

The rest of the scrture tes us that t w occur whe& the@ou&ta&s sha dr wth sweet w&e, a&d toda# 8raev&e#ards cover the for@er wastea&ds of (srae.

God sad that He woud br&8 bac the catves of (sraewho woud the& rebud ther ctes a&d &habt the@.

Ths s hae&&8 toda# & (srae.

(srae beca@e a &ato& & 19$$ a&d rased ther fa8 & 19$4a&d the# have bee& @a&8 8arde&s a&d eat&8 frut fro@ [email protected]# (srae s ras&8 @ore frut er suare foot of 8rou&d tha&

a other &ato& & the word.&d God has ro@sed that (srae sha &ever be ued u

a8a& fro@ ther a&d.

The t@e for the suer&atura# &atura fast rate wth a&&sta&t &crease before the seed eve& 8oes &to the 8rou&d sr8ht &ow because a of the rest of the th&8s whch were

@e&to&ed & that scrture have bee& fufed!Isua5e & #our srt, f #ou ca&, the suer&atura 8rowth


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of a 8rae seed droed &to the 8rou&d a&d ts @aturt# wth&the tw&&8 of a& e#e, a@ost before t hts the 8rou&d, a&dthe& vsua5e the @racuous ower of God acceerat&8 a&dacco@sh&8 the sa@e th&8s & savato&, bats@ wth theHo#


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( saw a far@er ad@r&8 hs bou&tfu cro of 8ra& whchwas e?tre@e# beautfu. He had wored hard a #ear, a&d &ow,f&a# hs wor was a@ost co@ete a&d hs 8ra& was8ste&&8 & the su&8ht as he reared to br&8 & theco@b&es the &e?t @or&&8 to start harvest&8 the 8reatestbu@er cro he had ever see&. He was so roud a&d ha#about ths fed of beaut#.

God sad, "Ths s e&ed to the A&8do@ of Heave&e?cet that &stead of Besus sa#&8 t to the ear# hurch, He ssa#&8 t &ow to the dsces of ths e&dt@e hurch."

The far@er was w&8 the sweat off hs brow a&d the heatof the fa @o&ths dd&;t bother h@ at a because he saw & hsfar@er srt the to&s a&d to&s of ths rch 8ra& aread# & theb&s, a&d he was ver# eased.


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ferce#! (t was be8&&&8 to ra& harder a&d harder a&d eve&so@e seet ca@e dow& a&d the far@er coud do &oth&8. (t washorrbe!

He stood watch&8, but coud do absoute# &oth&8. Hewas co@ete# heess. The seet was &ot &otceabe as teted hs face, a&d hs tears ca@e our&8 dow& a@ost e thestrea@s of ra&, because :: H7 HD'7I7>YTH(-G wasbe&8 destro#ed & @&utes r8ht before hs e#es!

The& the ra&s stoed, a@ost as sudde as the# had

started, a&d the se&ce was so 8reat that t was e the whoeword had co@e to a sudde& hat, a&d ever#th&8 & God;screato& beca@e se&t. -ot a sou&d coud be heard e?cet thewee&8 of the far@er, but t was too ate! TOO :T7! (T Wa&, >(-, a&dthat W7 are the harvesters of ths f&a cro.

(t s a bu@er cro a&d the eoe a over the word are soread# to accet Besus, but God sad eve& Hs beevers are toobus# oo&8 at ther bou&t#, eve& the bou&tfu &owed8e ofthe Word, that the# are &ot aert to the read# feds, a&d the ra&sare co@&8 sudde as a thef & the &8ht. (t w be too ateu&ess the course s cha&8ed -OW.

God sad, "r# out to the other hrsta&s a&d te the@ asoud# as #ou ca& #e, ;H7:J, H7:J, H7:J! :: (< GO(-GTO /7 :O


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Chapter 4

5n)ty6%hat oes 3t ,ean7

(& 7hesa&s $E11 Besus sad, "&d He H@sef 8ave so@eto be aostes, so@e rohets, so@e eva&8ests, a&d so@eastors a&d teachers, for the eu&8 of the sa&ts for the worof @&str#, for the edf#&8 of the bod# of hrst, t we aco@e to the u&t# of the fath a&d the &owed8e of the


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We do&;t beeve there w ever be a t@e whe& the e&trebod# of hrst w a8ree o& de&o@&ato&a doctr&e.

/ut s that @orta&t whe& co@ared to the vaue of sous*

We &ow what the /be sa#s about doctr&e a&d that t s@orta&t, but are we so hu&8 u o& our doctr&es a&dde&o@&ato&s toda# that we ca&&ot a# dow& our dffere&ces toacco@sh what Besus tod us to*

(s there a wa# that ever# @&str# & the %&ted


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ath&8 about that.

(& fact He dd&;t co@e here to estabsh doctr&es.

He s@# reached the s@ct# of the &8do@ of God.

He ca@e to save the ost!

/ut f we w a oo above a&d be#o&d the doctr&es, a&dthat does&;t @ea& to dro a of our doctr&es because the# area 8ood & so@e wa#s a&d #et the#;re co&fct&8, but to drothe@ as far as the r@e foca o&t of what Besus s sa#&8 to

do, the& we ca& acco@sh the reach&8 of the 8ose to ever#creature o& earth. The& we ca& @ae dsces of those eoewho are bor& a8a& a&d se&d the@ forth for the sa@e s&8e&essof urose ' to save the ost!


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He who reCects )e, a&d does &ot receve )# words, has thatwhch Cud8es h@ ' the word that ( have soe& w Cud8e h@& the ast da#."

:et us re@&d #ou a8a& ' Besus dd &ot co@e to hodca@ @eet&8s!

Besus dd &ot co@e to hod Harvest eebrato&s!

Besus dd &ot co@e to hod rase a&d worshs#@osu@s!

Besus dd &ot co@e to hod @arra8e se@&ars! Besus dd&ot co@e to hod srtua warfare co&ve&to&s!

Besus dd &ot co@e to hod se@&ars or co&fere&ces!

of these th&8s are 8ood, but the#;re &ot the ce&trafocus of what He sad to do!

He ca@e to see a&d to save the ost, whch shoud be the@otve, the urose a&d the @a& drve of ever# church, ever#eva&8est a&d ever# hrsta& who s oerat&8 & the wordtoda#.

>e@e@ber we Cust sad for a s&8e urose, &ot a s&8edoctr&e. (f we woud have a of these th&8s that were Cust@e&to&ed to #ou, that;s wo&derfu, but each oerato& shoud

ut@ate# co@e to that o&e urose... wt&ess&8 a&d@&ster&8 to ever# erso& we ca& reach.

We are see&8 a 8reat u&f#&8 of the church o& earth a&dwe aso beeve God s start&8 to u&f# @&stres as we.

Ths does &ot @ea& that @&stres w @er8e theror8a&5ato&s, but rather the# w u&te for a s&8e urose.

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@&str# ut5ed & Ho&duras for the 8reat &ato&a eva&8estcce&sus whch coud have better bee& do&e f these @&stresco&sodated ther eoe, tra&&8 @ateras, f&a&ces,eu@e&t, co&tacts, abtes, etc.

We see ths u&fcato& of @&stres beco@&8 a @er8&8for urose.

)a &ter&ato&a a&d &ato&a @&stres cooerated wthus, but &ot to the e?te&t we see & the future.

We beeve we w see @a @&stres cou&8 ther

"attac" o& whoe &ato&s, co&sodat&8 ther tae&ts a&duroses so &ato&s ca& be covered wth the 8ose & a @o&thor two of or8a&5ato&, rearato&, a&d tra&&8, a&d the& &two wees these whoe &ato&s w hear the 8ose.

Ths @ust be do&e & so@e @ethodca, s#ste@atc wa# sothat we do&;t have 8as a&d @ss eoe b# the @o&s or eve&

b# the bo&s.We @ust f&d the wa# that we ca& wor as a tea@.

(& the fourth chater of 7hesa&s, God was sea&8 ofo&e bod#, wth a the arts &ecessar# a&d a wor&8 & u&t#.

(f #ou tred to ut both feet forward at o&e t@e, t woudbe a& awward wa# to wa.

That see@s to be what the bod# of hrst s tr#&8 to do!

7ach o&e 8o&8 our ow& wa#, do&8 our ow& th&8, & ourow& area a&d @ss&8 the &betwee& areas a&d @ss&8 the f&aurose.

(f we have a #outh 8rou, ther urose shoud be to save

the ost a&d to @ae dsces of those.


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(f we have a se&or ct5e&s or a s&8es 8rou or eve& achdre&;s 8rou or a @arred coues 8rou, whatever 8rousthat @a# @eet to8ether, the# shoud 8o o& wth ther /bestudes, ther ce 8rous, ther a&s or ro8ra@s but ever#th&8shoud focus a&d be drected to what Besus s tar8et&8 for &ths ver# decade.

Boh& 1$E1= sa#s, "Do #ou &ot beeve that ( a@ & theFather, a&d the Father & )e* The words that ( sea to #ou ( do&ot sea o& )# ow& authort# but the Father who dwes &)e does the wors."

Besus s sa#&8 that t s God who does the @racesthrou8h H@.

Besus 8ave us that wo&derfu ro@se & Boh& 1$E12, ")ostassured#, ( sa# to #ou, he who beeves & )e, the wors that (do he w do aso a&d 8reater wors that these he w do,because ( 8o to )# Father." Ierse 13, "&d whatever #ou as &

)# &a@e, that ( w do, that the Father @a# be 8orfed & the


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You woud aso te a #our fre&ds so the# coud taeadva&ta8e of ths 8reat b8 dea that was 8o&8 o&.

-ow sto a&d th&, do we do the sa@e th&8 for Besus*

Do we do the sa@e th&8 a&d 8o out a&d te a of ourfre&ds, "You ou8ht to co@e dow& to ths @eet&8 becausethe#;re 8o&8 to teach #ou how to be a sou w&&er. The#;re8o&8 to teach #ou how to ead eoe to Besus."

Or do we sa#, "We, ( do&;t th& the# woud be &terested& co@&8 to so@eth&8 e that*"

>e@e@ber that 1.== a&d the adac a&ao8# ca& be atre@e&dous too to use to e&coura8e eoe to do the th&8sthe# ou8ht to do so we ca& co@ete the tas Besus tod us todo, whch s to 8o out a&d to w& the word for Besus.

( ofte& wo&der f Besus 8ave us a @o& doars or br&8 tdow& to 1=,=== or eve& br&8 t dow& to 1,=== for ever# sou

we ut &to the &8do@ of God, how @a of us woud worfurous# to 8et the Cob do&e*

( have a fee&8 a ot of us woud do a ot @ore tha& we aredo&8 r8ht &ow.

We have had a ot of wo&derfu teach&8 o& rosert#.

( &ow that God wshes ever# hrsta& coud be a@o&are a&d have a the th&8s the# ever desre, butu&fortu&ate# God ca&;t trust @ost of @a&&d.

Whe& He 8ves @o&e#, t;s ofte& used for the wro&8urose.

He besses us f&a&ca# so that Hs cove&a&t @a# be

estabshed arou&d the earth, a&d &ot so we w se&d t o&frvoous th&8s.


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How are we 8o&8 to do a those th&8s that Besus set forthas a atter&*

How are we 8o&8 to tae the s@fed art that we;ve

8ve& #ou & the ara8rahs above a&d co&vert the@ to a&actua oerat&8 @ethod for ths ast decade to acco@sh athat He sad to do.

What dd He sa# to do*

Jreach the 8ose to a fve bo& eoe o& earth so that&o&e, hav&8 the oortu&t# to hear the 8ose, woud ersh!

He sad t woud be do&e b# beevers do&8 s8&s a&dwo&ders but He aso sad that ever# erso& woud hear the8ose.

How are we 8o&8 to deter@&e that ever# erso& hasheard the 8ose*

:et us share a sa@e that God 8ave us to do & the &ato&of Ho&duras, & e&tra @erca.

:et us show #ou what ca& actua# be acco@shed b#eoe who rea# 8et a vso&.


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Chapter 8

Honduras6A -at)on Chosen y God!

coue & /rade&to&, Forda, To@ a&d Jh#s >e&ece,who oerated a dr# cea&&8 bus&ess &oth&8 eseca#srtua about that, bou8ht a&d watched our vdeo taes o&How To Hea The


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bou8ht a set a&d caed ths astor a&d ased h@ f he woude to have a vdeo hea&8 schoo & hs church, after te&8h@ a the e?ct&8 th&8s that had hae&ed & ther ves as aresut of 20 vdeo hea&8 schoos.

The# we&t to Ho&duras to hod the vdeo hea&8 schoo &o&e church.

The eoe 8ot so e?cted about the fact that the# coudear& how to hea the sc eve& thou8h the# were&;t educated,a&d the# dd&;t &ow a ot about the /be! The# dscovered that

o&ce the# had the ower of God the# coud a# ha&ds uo& thesc a&d see the@ recover.

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he ractced hs @edc&e. a& &sta&t# eft a&d b# the&e?t @or&&8 hs feet were erfect# &or@a for the frst t@e &hs fe!

He s &ow &ot o ractc&8 @edc&e, but s hod&8vdeo hea&8 schoos, tra&&8 beevers how to do the sa@eth&8s Besus dd a&d that we woud do.

We had &ever bee& to Ho&duras.

We;re &ot fa@ous a&d we do&;t have a teevso& ro8ra@.

Who &ows who hares a&d Fra&ces Hu&ter are*

-obod#! 7?cet those eoe who had watched us o& thevdeo taes.

t frst we were sort of "8uesst@at&8" a&d ( sad, "(th& we; have 1,===."

The& we decded betwee& the two of us that we @8ht have+,===. We thou8ht, "Wow! That;s rea# 8ood!"

( sad, "Oh, co@e o&, et;s Cust doube t! :et;s as for adoube orto&. :et;s beeve God for 1=,=== eoe for our frst@eet&8 & Ho&duras."

We e?cted# eft for Ho&duras to hod a Hea&8

7?oso&.We were e?cted because of the tre@e&dous hu&8er & the

hearts of these eoe a&d because of the cooerato& of theastors there. There were over 0,=== eoe tra&ed to be o& thehea&8 tea@s before we 8ot to Ho&duras!

Whe& we a&ded at


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were hod&8 a cture & ther ha&ds.

(t hae&ed to be a cture of the two of us whch hadaeared o& the fro&t of a hars@a )a8a5&e wth our &a@es

u&der&eath t.

The# ooed at the cture, the# ooed u at us.



Whe& we reached the botto@ ste the# sad, "re #ouhares a&d Fra&ces Hu&ter*"

The frst thou8ht that ca@e to our @&ds because the# had8u&s o& ther sde, was, "What dd we do wro&8*" ( th& thatsa@e thou8ht co@es &to the @&d a&d &to the heart ofever#o&e of us, whe& we are & a stuato& e that, "What dd (do wro&8*"

(t was ver# dffcut &ot to ad@t who we were s&ce the#had our cture wth our &a@es u&der&eath.


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bee& a#&8 out there for two hours. The ste&ch was terrbe '&ot o fro@ the ca&cer, but fro@ the heat! The oce@a&ooed at hares a&d sad, "Ths @a& s d#&8 of ca&cer 'H7: H()!"

hares dd what Besus sad to do because we beeve that,"Those who beeve sha a# ha&ds o& the sc a&d the# sharecover."

hares cast out the srt of ca&cer, co@@a&ded ever#ca&cer ce & that bod# to de & the &a@e of Besus.

fter he had do&e that he soe a &ew @@u&e s#ste@ &tothe @a&, co@@a&ded tota hea&8, a&d eft.

He saw &o cha&8e whatsoever, but the Word of God sa#swhe& we a# ha&ds o& the sc the# sha recover.

The ower of God was rese&t to hea!

s he was 8o&8 bac &to the &sde of the arort, the#ut a b&d wo@a& & fro&t of h@ a&d he ad ha&ds o& her. Thefrst words she sad were, "You have whte har, #ou have whtes& a&d #ou have the eace of Besus o& #our face."

God had touched her e#es.


The& the# brou8ht hares to @e. The# had tae& @e &tothe 7?ecutve;s ub where ( thou8ht the# were 8o&8 to 8ve@e a cod dr& or so@eth&8 e that but ( 8ot the shoc of @#fe to dscover that the roo@ was fed wth sc eoe.

&ds of sc bodes.

&ds of dseases were rese&t there.The# ased @e to a# ha&ds o& the@.


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We be8a& to a# ha&ds o& the@ a&d whe& we had f&shedwth ever#o&e the# too us a&d ut us bac o& a a&e to 8o o&to Te8uc8aa, the cato of Ho&duras.

( thou8ht, "Wow! What a wa# to e&ter a cou&tr#! " (s&;tthat the wa# ever# hrsta& ou8ht to e&ter a cou&tr#* The#ou8ht to &ow #ou;re co@&8 wth the ower of God r8ht our ha&ds! HaeuCah!

Whe& we 8ot off the a&e & Te8uc8aa, the frst th&8the# tod us was the "8ood" &ews that the soccer tea@ had co@e

to tow&.We had re&ted the soccer are&a for Frda# &8ht. The# sad,

"The soccer tea@ s a#&8 Frda# &8ht, so #ou; have to have#our @eet&8 o&


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#ou are 8o&8"...b# the wa#.

We dd&;t have a board @eet&8.

There was &o dscusso& of the Hea&8 7?oso&whatsoever. We Cust had these tte "8oodes" a&d as soo& as wewere f&shed the# sad, "/# the wa#, we have a wo@a& who;sd#&8 of ca&cer, a&d a @a& who;s aso d#&8 of ca&cer. Woud#ou @&d 8o&8 & the bedroo@ a&d a#&8 ha&ds o& the@*"

Of course &ot.

We waed & there a&d ad ha&ds o& the wo@a&.


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Whe& we 8ot bac & the v&8 roo@, the# brou8ht & thewhoe bac #ard of eoe!

The# had t oaded wth sc eoe a&d o&e b# o&e the#

stru&8 the@ throu8h the v&8 roo@ for us to a# ha&ds o&the@.


We f&shed that "board @eet&8."

We &ever dd a bt of bus&ess e?cet God;s hea&8

bus&ess.

The& the# too us to the &e?t @eet&8.

The frst o&e hae&ed to be & a @dde cass secto&.

The seco&d "board @eet&8" was & o&e of the rchestsecto&s of tow&. &d "b# the wa#" @ea&t e?act# the sa@e

th&8 u o& the @ou&ta& as t dd dow& & the vae#.(t @ea&t, "We;re oaded wth sc eoe!"

Ths was a @assve house!

The# see@ed to co@e out of the was!

The# ca@e out of ever# roo@ & the house.

Dru8 robe@s, acohoc robe@s, bac robe@s, headrobe@s...#ou &ever saw so @a robe@s & #our e&tre fe!

We Cust ad ha&ds o& the@ a&d the ower of God wasrese&t to hea!

We saw &credbe @races.

deaf @ute 8r about e8ht #ears od was heaed a&d as (had her reeat words after @e, the eoe rese&t au8hed.


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The# sad she had @# acce&t whch the# thou8ht wasfu&, but whe& #ou rea5e she had &ever heard ao&e seabefore she heard @e, #ou ca& u&dersta&d wh# she woudro&ou&ce words e ( do.

We soe at the Fu Gose /us&ess@e&;s Feowsh the&e?t &8ht a&d whe we were there a teeho&e ca ca@e & a&dthe caer sad, "Te hares the @a& he ad ha&ds o& out & thecar &


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There were so@ewhere betwee& $+,=== a&d $4,=== eoethere!

Ths s after the date was cha&8ed!

We had &o oortu&t# to 8et out a ubct# but word8ot arou&d.

Wh#*

/ecause eoe taed! That;s the best adverts&8 & theword. )ore eoe & the %&ted


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ra#&8.

s the# co&t&ued ra#&8, God dd a sovere8& wor a&deoe Cust 8ot u out of wheechars, b&d e#es were heaed,

eoe who were d#&8 of ca&cer 8ot u off of @ats a&d be8a&to ru&!

The @eet&8 was covered b# fve rado stato&s, foursecuar a&d o&e hrsta&. The# tod us that o& the secuarstato&s the a&&ou&cers wet a the wa# throu8hout the servce.

The stato&s were o& for fve hours a&d the# woud sa#,

"There;s a @a& over there #&8 o& a @at, he oos e he;sd#&8."

The& there woud be a ause a&d the& the# woud sa#, "-o,he;s 8ett&8 u a&d he;s wa&8 a&d he;s ru&&&8 a&d he;sea&8 a&d he;s ras&8 God."

are&t# thousa&ds were heaed & ths o&e @eet&8,

wth "beevers" do&8 what Besus &structed the@ to do.

These artcuar rado ro8ra@s we&t a over e&tra@erca a&d the arbbea&.

Teeho&e cas were receved for wees afterwards fro@eoe sa#&8 that the# had bee& heaed Cust b# ste&&8 to thsservce where the ower of God was so stro&8.

Wh#*

/ecause the eoe were & o&e accord.

Ths was e&ou8h to @ae us suer e?cted but that was &otthe th&8 that touched our hearts the @ost.

@eet&8 wth $+,=== to $4,=== eoe s a& &credbe@eet&8.


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Whe& #ou see that @a thousa&ds of eoe 8et saveda&d 8et the bats@ wth the Ho# e&ece was the 8rou eader. The va8e had aro?@ate#$== eoe.

The astor had sad to the@, ":et;s oo for a ace & thetow& where we f&d the ar8est crowd."

The ar8est crowd the# fou&d was o& the stes of theathoc hurch. There was a wo@a& there teach&8 so&8s totte chdre&.

The# Co&ed & a&d be8a& to s&8 wth the@ a&d whe& the#


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stoed s&8&8, o&e of the @e@bers ver# bod# sad, "Godse&t us here to hea the sc. (s there ao&e here who s sc*"

The teacher a&d three of the stude&ts were sc, so the

tea@ dd what Besus tod us to do! The# ad ha&ds o& the sca&d the# saw a four of the@ recover.

Ths brou8ht ute a crowd of eoe a&d before the da#was over the# had a crowd of about 1== eoe! The# reachedthe 8ose to the@ a&d as we u&dersta&d t, a of the@ accetedBesus a&d @a receved the bats@ wth the Ho#


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streets aare&t# the tow& s two bocs o&8. Here s a @a&d#&8 of e@h#se@a who has &ot bee& abe to tae two steswthout 8as&8 for breath, a&d sudde he starts ru&&&8 dow&the street!

He ra& two bocs dow& the street, crced the e&d of theva8e a&d ra& bac the other street screa@&8 a the wa#,"God heaed @e, God heaed @e, God heaed @e!"

Ths had a tre@e&dous @act uo& the e&tre va8ebecause b# the t@e he 8ot bac a $== of the &habta&ts of the

va8e were there to see what had hae&ed!What a& oortu&t#!

>e@e@ber that scrture sad, "/eeve @e because of thewors #ou see @e do."

The e&tre va8e ca@e out a&d there was @uch Co# & thect#. The e&tre va8e was saved!

cts 4E+4, "The& Jh we&t dow& to the ct# of


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Ths astor cau8ht the vso& of what Besus @ea&t.

He had do&e what the /be sa#s for the fvefod @&str#to do.

He had bee& throu8h the vdeo taes a&d boos o& How ToHea the


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The# were e?cted whe& we ca@e there because the# &ewour hearts a&d were e?cted about us shar&8 how to @aedsces out of ther eoe a&d a who ca@e to the ct#wdeco&ve&to&.

We were shar&8 ths whe& God soe so@eth&8 that webeeve s the bo@b that;s 8o&8 to e?ode a&d be a cata#starou&d the word!

God sad, "Tae a ce&sus of the word!"

We were ta&8 rece&t# o& the subCect of "How do #ou

8et fath wthout a doubt, the& wsh we woud&;t doubt that wehad t!"

Whe& God seas to #ou a&d #ou &ow t;s God, that;swhe& #ou have fath wthout a doubt a&d ca& @ove @ou&ta&s.)atthew 21E21

Whe& God sa#s so@eth&8, #ou do&;t &eed a @ore fath!

You;ve heard H@, #ou &ow that #ou;ve heard H@, the&a #ou &eed to do s ru& for t a&d obe#!

That;s what hae&ed to us!

We heard God!

We &ew t was God!(t was t@e for acto& ' obede&ce!

-ow ' watch the acto& & Ho&duras!

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@ost accurate ce&sus ever tae& & the &ato&."

The# were sa#&8, "Go u&der the brd8es, 8o &to e@t#bud&8s, but 8o f&d ever#o&e who ves aace a&d re8ster

the@ as ct5e&s or &habta&ts of the %&ted


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-&etee& hu&dred a&d &&et# #ears have 8o&e b#. -&etee&hu&dred a&d &&et# #ears. Besus sad the 8ose woud bereached to a fve bo& eoe o& earth.

(& 1,99= #ears we;re st 8o&8 bacwards. )ore eoeare be&8 bor& h#sca# tha& are be&8 bor&a8a& a&d #et we8et e?cted a&d sa#, "Besus s 8o&8 to be bac ths decade!"

Hs &structo&s to us, the beevers, was that the 8osew be reached to ever# creature o& earth, &o e?ceto&s, &o@ss&8 o&es. "( do&;t wa&t ao&e to ersh," God sad.

How ca& ths hae&* We sad, "God, we &ow #ou are8o&8 to do so@eth&8 to cha&8e ths whoe atter&, ths&e8atve fow of @&str#, of wt&ess&8!"

What s 8o&8 to hae&*

We were at ths tte church whe& God soe. (t wastoward the e&d of a @or&&8 servce a&d ( coud&;t eve& te

Fra&ces u&t the after&oo& servce because we were eat&8u&ch wth a 8rou of eoe. /ut God sad t as a as (have ever heard God sea.

He sad, "Tae a ce&sus of the word." He was sea&8 tothe e&tre bod# of hrst. "Tae a ce&sus of the word."

Besus soe t & s8ht# dffere&t words.

He coud have sad, "Tae a ce&sus of the word," but&stead He sad, "Jreach the 8ose to ever# creature o& earth" adrect arae.

Besus had ut ths & wrt&8 as Hs ast words before Heeft ths earth, as Hs ast &structo&s to us to do the Cob that Hehad started!

Ths was a ver# s@e @ode that woud wor whether we

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