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In South Asia, 90 million children go hungry

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every day.

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And 135 million between the ages of 7

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and 18 have never been to school.

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Listen to this.

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160 million child labourers in India, the largest

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number of working children in the world, they

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start to work at the age of 4

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and 5, making 8-9 cents for the

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whole day's labour.

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And the statistics like this breaks my heart.

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And when I read the scripture in 2

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Corinthians 5, verses 14 and 15, it says,

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For Christ's love compels us, because we are

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convinced that one died for all, and therefore

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all died.

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And he died for all, that those who

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live should no longer live for themselves, but

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for him who died for them.

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You got that?

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We say, Brother KP, when you look at

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pictures like this and these stories, how does

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this all fit in?

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You know, I remember, waiting at Bombay airport,

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trying to catch my Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt,

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Germany, looking at this newspaper.

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And a picture on the front of this

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newspaper of a little boy, 4-5 year

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old boy, laying on the busy sidewalk on

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Bombay street.

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But beside him lays a dog, a female

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dog.

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And look at the picture, you'll see the

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boy drinking milk from this dog.

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And the caption reads, This dog is his

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mother.

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And the three column article explained about over

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100,000 children that live on the streets,

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not knowing who their parents are.

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And I said to myself, what if this

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boy happened to be my little son Daniel,

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or my daughter Sarah.

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I couldn't imagine, I couldn't handle it.

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But the Lord used that, and many other

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occasions like this, to help me understand.

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I am so self-centered, so preoccupied and

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consumed and drunk with my own world and

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selfishness, that my heart cannot feel his pain.

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And I must repent.

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And I'm so glad for the emphasis Pastor

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Steve has about knowing the Lord and repentance

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and walking with God.

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My brothers and sisters, Christianity, the authentic Christianity

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is not about my forgiveness of sin, my

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wholesome living and my good family, and then

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finally make it to heaven.

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No, it is much more than that.

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Jesus came to die on the cross to

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forgive my sins and set me free from

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the grip of Satan, but also to set

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me free from myself.

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And I cannot experience that unless I make

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a choice to say no to myself.

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There was a time 30 years ago when

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I was living in Dallas, I had 70

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expensive neckties all from Europe, expensive suits and

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library with books that I may never read

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but look nice.

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And I was becoming like anybody else.

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I'm not talking about having nice things is

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a bad thing.

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No, I have friends who are multi-millionaires

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who live for God and radical disciples and

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impact the lost world.

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But for me, in my evangelical Christianity, I

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was so concerned about my own world that

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I would buy a books after books when

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half of the world have never seen one

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page of the Bible.

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And that's when the Lord said, Don't you

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understand, son?

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Half of the world go to bed with

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empty stomach and naked bodies.

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Don't you care?

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And I saw my enemy was not devil.

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It was myself.

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And I said to my wife, I just

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want a couple of ties and a couple

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of jackets and a couple of trousers and

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a few shirts and and sell the rest

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and give it away.

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Whatever.

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Oh, the freedom I found to be detached

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and removed from the pool of materialism and

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the sickness of the case of this world.

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And that's before the ministry began.

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I'm still on that journey.

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But I'm telling you this, when you look

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at pictures like this and see the scripture,

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no longer I must live for myself, but

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for him.

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That means not just lip service, but I

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evaluate everything about my life in the light

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of eternity and the lost world.

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And if that be the case, how do

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you translate this into practical life?

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Life, that is the big question.

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Well, for me, it's very simple.

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You know, on the tape recorder, some of

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the older people like me know the tape

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recorder, the old cassette tapes and all that.

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There's a there's a fast forward button, you

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know, that CD mission also you have all

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the sudden from from the first song.

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You've got the last song.

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Am I right?

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Hey, push the fast forward button of time

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for your life.

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10 years from now, 20 years from now,

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50 years from now, 80 years from now,

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add 50 years to your present age and

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ask the question.

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This is all about the reputation, the honor,

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the appreciation, the good look, the clothes, the

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car, the house, the stuff that I'm living

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for.

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What is it all about?

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It's all for nothing.

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This is a brief pilgrimage.

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A fraction of a second.

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Don't waste your life.

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Get to know him intimately.

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Say no to yourself and walk away from

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stuff and things.

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That destroys your inner life.

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And be willing to accept the cross for

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him who embraced the cross and gave his

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very life to see the world and the

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laws come to know him.

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And if that be the case, I tell

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you, I want to embrace a little boy

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like Naboon, a first grader who was in

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one of our centers in northeast India.

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He wore clothes, ate good food, had someone

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to love him.

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After he came to our center.

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And he learned about Jesus healing the sick,

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casting out demons and loving people, all those

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things.

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And one day he went home to his

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poor parents and said, Daddy, Jesus can heal

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mommy.

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His mother was dying of some illness laying

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on the mat in their hut.

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And the father thought we had a medical

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doctor named Jesus.

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And then he came to our place and

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said, Would you please have your Jesus come

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and heal my wife?

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Two missionaries went with him and explained the

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gospel all about the Lord and prayed for

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this woman laying hand on the sick woman.

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You know what Jesus did?

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You guessed it.

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The Lord healed her right there.

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And the whole family gave their life to

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Christ.

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And that was the reason for the first

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church to be planted in the community, Little

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Naboon.

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And I like to see 100,000, 200

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,000 little Naboons and little girls and boys

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embraced and loved and cared for.

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And someday through them, their people also will

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come to know the Lord Jesus Christ.

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I need to wrap it up.

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He said, Brother KP, what you want me

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to do?

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How do I do something about it?

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It's very simple.

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Pastor Steve talked about it.

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And I just want to mention this and

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ask you that you ask the Lord what

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you want me, what you want him to

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do, what he wanted to do.

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And he said, Lord, whatever you say, I

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will do it.

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That must be your response.

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And there's a little card like this on

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your seat.

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Can you take it out?

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Just a simple little card.

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You can see it on the screen also.

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Sometimes spirituality is intangible.

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We cannot touch it.

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But this is something no more living for

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myself with my resources, with my time, with

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my prayers, but for him.

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That is his heart.

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How do I do it?

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My request is this.

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If the Lord speaks to your heart, would

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you decide to take one or two or

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three or 10 or 15 children as your

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children?

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I have two children.

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Both of them grew up in states.

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They are missionaries now, 10 years on the

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mission field, and they both got married.

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So I have four children.

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So my wife and I took four children

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from these Dalits communities.

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So we got eight children.

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My wife didn't have to get pregnant that

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many more times.

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It was instant.

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So if you are having two or three

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or four children, take that many children to

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be your children.

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If you have grandchildren, 20 of them, take

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20 grandchildren more.

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And if you are not married, hoping to

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get married, have 19 children, take 19 children.

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Whatever.

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And you say, do you have kids standing

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out there?

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Really, we do.

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Don't get scared.

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You find these little folders like this, hundreds

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of these folders.

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We have right now 20,000 children like

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this little one, Pegu from Assam.

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What a beautiful little kid.

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I suppose the first time this kid will

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have something to wear decent is when we

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gave it to him.

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Like this 20,000 children we have, that

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no one is caring for them, loving them

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and helping them.

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Would you please decide to sponsor one or

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two or ten or whatever.

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There are people who support, sponsor 50 children.

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I can't.

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But you may be able to.

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And when you fill out this card that

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you got in your hand and say, Brother

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KP, I can help one child or two

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or whatever, and your name and address and

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everything on the back of the card.

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You know, you can do it through credit

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card or whatever.

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You bring it to the table out there.

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You can take home with you your child

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or your children today.

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Start praying for them.

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And the $28 he sent, every penny goes

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to help those children.

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Nobody take nothing out of it.

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That is an absolute promise we make and

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we do that.

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And a couple of times a year, these

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children will write you letters and you can

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write back to them.

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If you ever go to the field in

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Nepal or India or wherever the kids are,

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you can visit these children.

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That is another beautiful thing.

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And again, you don't have to give any

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money today to get your children.

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You can send the money later.

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But you should take your children today with

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you so you can start praying for them.

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And I pray that the Lord's leading in

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your life, whatever that may be, that you

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will do this.

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Stephen Curtis Chapman wrote these words.

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I saw the face of Jesus in a

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little orphan girl.

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She was standing in the corner on the

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other side of the world.

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And I heard the voice of Jesus gently

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whisper to my heart.

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Didn't you say you wanted to find me?

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Well, here I am.

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Here you are.

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So what now?

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What will you do now that you have

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found me?

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What now?

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What will you do with this treasure you

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have found?

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I know.

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I may not look like what you expected.

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But if you remember, this is right where

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I said I would be.

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What now?

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I told Pastor Steve this morning.

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I live with a constant burden and a

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pain to think about tens of thousands of

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these children.

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Lost, helpless and hopeless.

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What a privilege the Lord gave us to

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love them and show them the way to

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our Lord and their communities.

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With your help and prayers, we can do

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it.

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And someday we will see all of them

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around the throne.

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And by the way, if you are interested

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to get a copy of the DVD, we

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have plenty of them.

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You can take home one for free.

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If you want to pay for this, fine.

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We have materials also.

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But you know what?

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The most beautiful thing in the whole world

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is to love Him who loved us.

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And say, Lord, I am yours.

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And all that I have, tell me and

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I will follow you.

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May the Lord speak to us and bless

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us.

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Amen.