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The Call of Jesus

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Welcome to this lesson called
"Send Out Workers".

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This is from chapter 8 in my book
"The Call of Jesus"

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and video no. 8 in this series
about the call of Jesus.

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We have now looked at
how the harvest is ready

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and the harvest is plentiful,
as Jesus is saying.

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The harvest is ripe.
The harvest is not the problem.

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No, there is a great harvest
that is waiting for all of us.

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The problem is not the harvest.
The problem is the workers.

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You and me.

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So, the harvest is not the problem.

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The workers are the problem.

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And the answer to that problem,
one of those is - pray.

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Pray. Not pray for the harvest
to come in, as many people are doing,

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but pray for the workers to go out.

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And this is what we are going to look at
in this chapter, in this video.

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So, let's start reading what Jesus
is saying in Luke 10:2.

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"The harvest is plentiful,
but the workers are few.

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

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So yes, we really need to start to ask,
or, pray, as we see here.

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To pray, to ask, to beg. These are
some of the words Jesus is using.

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These are very strong words:
pray, ask,

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but we actually see the word,
almost beg, like beg,

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beg, beg, beg the Lord of the harvest
to send out workers.

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Jesus has commanded us to pray.
And it's important that we pray.

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There are many people who pray
every day.

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There are many people who, for example,
pray the Lord's prayer.

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Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be Your name,

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Your Kingdom come
and Your will be done

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or earth
as it is in heaven.

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Out of Matthew 6.

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And it's good to pray that prayer.

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But you know, that was not the only 
prayer Jesus has commanded us to pray.

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He has not only said that we should pray
the Lord's prayer there.

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He has also said that we should pray
God to send out workers.

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Like Jesus is saying.

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But how many do, actually, 
pray that prayer?

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If I now go to the church and ask:
How many pray the Lord's prayer?

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Almost everyone would lift up
their hands.

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But if I ask: But how many pray
this prayer Jesus has commanded us here

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to pray God to send out workers.
Almost no one would lift up their hands.

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And that is a problem.

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Because what Jesus is saying here is 
as much the truth as what He said

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when it comes to Lord's prayer.

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But, what does it mean when we pray
God to send out workers?

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I want to look a little at the word:
"send out".

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I want to start reading from my book.

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"There are several interesting things
about what Jesus is saying here in Luke 10:2.

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The first interesting thing is that the Bible
translates one of Jesus' words,

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'to send.' But, the Greek word 'ekballo'
could also mean 'to drive out.'

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The word 'ekballo' is the same word used
when referring to driving out a demon.

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One of the first places in the Bible you see
this word 'ekballo' used

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is in Matthew 10 where Jesus commands
us to drive out demons.

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Matthew 10:7-8 states: As you go, 
proclaim the message:

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'The kingdom of heaven has come near.'
Heal the sick, raise the dead,

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cleanse those who have leprosy,
drive out (ekballo) demons.

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Freely you have received;
freely give."

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So, what we see here is that the word
"send" - "ekballo"

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could also be translated "drive out".

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And I believe it's saying so much more
about what it is. Why?

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Because a demon doesn't want to go.

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A demon doesn't want to go.

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So, a demon needs to be driven out
of a person.

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The same way, we as believers,
we just don't want to go out in the harvest.

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We don't want to go out 
and talk about Jesus.

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We don't want to, so we need, often,
to be driven out.

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And this is what it is.

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And if you start to pray, to beg,
to ask God to drive out believers

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out in the harvest, send them,
drive them out,

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He is going to answer it. 
He is going to answer it.

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And right now, in this time we are
living in, there is a virus

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that has been spreading all over
and people are in panic all over the world

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because of this coronavirus, but 
I want to introduce you to another virus,

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a virus that is not going to bring fear, 
but a virus that is going to bring hope,

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that's going to bring life.
And that virus is called Luke 10:2b.

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The virus is called Luke 10:2b.

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And I want to read about that
from my book here.

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"Some years ago, I heard about the virus
that was spreading all over the world.

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This virus was called the 'Luke 10:2b' 
virus.

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This 'virus' started back in 2002
when two young people started to pray

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out of Luke 10:2b.

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But, in order to remember to pray this prayer,
these two young boys set their watch

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to beep every day at 10:02 in the morning
and 10:02 in the evening.

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So when the clock would beep,
they would remember these words

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in Luke 10:2 so they would pray to God
to send out workers to the harvest.

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We can see that God has answered
their prayers

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because we are now seeing many people
all over the world going out to the harvest,

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and we are seeing more and more people
praying the same prayer."

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Hallelujah!

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And I have also seen this 
again and again.

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When I started to pray:
God, send out workers!

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Send out workers to the harvest!
Send out workers to the harvest!

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I started to see God answer
that prayer.

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The last year we, me,
The Last Reformation,

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the people I'm working with,
we have seen thousands of workers

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being sent out to the harvest.

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We need to pray this.

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We need to start to pray
for workers to the harvest.

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So, let's spread this "virus".
Take your watch, take your alarm clock,

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take your telephone and set it on 10:2.

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And then every morning 10:2
and every evening 10:2,

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when you hear that alarm clock,

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you'll remember what Jesus is saying 
in Luke 10:2

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What will happen if you do this?
First, you'll remember,

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you will keep your focus sharp,
and you will start to pray:

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God, send out workers,
drive out workers, drive out workers.

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And you will experience how 
He will answer your prayer.

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Second, you will also experience
how He will send you out.

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Why? Because if you set your
alarm clock every day and it: beep, beep...

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And you are thinking of the workers
and you are praying God:

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send out workers, send out workers,

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after a short time you will feel 
something stirring up in you.

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You will also need to go out.

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You will also need to start 
to open your mouth and share about Jesus.

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It will help to pray this.
It will help to keep your focus sharp.

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It will help you, but it will also
drive you out yourself.

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Let's read some more from my book here.

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"Prayer is also important for us
because it transforms us.

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When you start to pray out of Luke 10:2,
you will start to experience

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how this prayer will actually create
something within you.

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After praying this prayer for just
a short time,

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you will understand that it is truly
on God's heart to see people saved.

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We see this in Luke 15:4-7, 
when Jesus talks about leaving

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the ninety-nine sheep to go out
to find the one sheep that was lost."

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So, here we see, when we pray,
it will stir something up in us.

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But it will also give us the right heart,

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like Jesus left the 99 
to find that one sheep that was lost.

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When you start to pray: God,
send out workers, send out workers

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to the harvest, send out workers,
I ask You, the harvest is ready,

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the harvest is plentiful,
the workers are few,

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when you start to pray that,
God will answer that prayer

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and that prayer will stir something up
inside of you.

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You know, it's time to pray biblical.

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It's time to pray according
to the Word.

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For years we have been praying
for revival like.

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Revival is something that just comes
by itself.

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Like, suddenly, the harvest just come 
through the door.

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But Jesus has not, one place, said that 
we should pray for the harvest to come in.

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Has He?

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No. But He has asked us to pray
for the workers to go out.

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Why? Because harvest cannot come in
to the barn.

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Harvest cannot move.
We have to go out to it.

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And I'm going to tell more 
about that later.

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So, it's wrong if you pray for the
revival like.

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It is something that just comes totally 
by itself, from God.

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No, we need to go out in harvest.

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And there I'm not going