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The Call of Jesus

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Welcome to this lesson called[br]"Carry No Money".

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We are in Luke 10, looking at[br]the call Jesus has given us.

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As you will see, Jesus is [br]very, very, very specific in the call.

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He is very specific in instructions [br]He has given to His disciples

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and given to you and me.

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I know it's a little funny title[br]"Carry No Money",

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but it's, actually, very, very important[br]what Jesus is saying to us.

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So, let's start with reading from my book.

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"The next thing Jesus says in Luke 10[br]is very important for us to understand,

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especially those of us who are living[br]in the materialistic Western world

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where mammon (money)[br]is the biggest god of them all.

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We read in Luke 10:4, [br]'Do not take a purse or bag or sandals;

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and do not greet anyone on the road."

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We are going to look at this now.

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Do not take a purse, or carry no money.

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We heard this, but many people[br]never stopped to actually think about it,

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what it is Jesus is saying.

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But, you have to understand,[br]what Jesus is saying,

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He did not just said it without thinking.[br]He said it with a very specific purpose.

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He said it for us to listen, to understand[br]and to obey.

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Jesus sent His disciples out [br]without anything.

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He sent them out without anything.

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Why? Because He wanted to teach them[br]something.

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He also said that they should not [br]greet anyone on the road.

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That is something we are going to[br]look more the next time.

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But, we read here that Jesus said:[br]Do not take purse or bag or sandals.

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Why? Why did Jesus do that?

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Why did He send people out[br]without... or not allowing them

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to take a bag, or purse, or sandals? [br]Why?

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Because He wanted them to teach them[br]something.

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He wanted to teach you and me something.

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He wants us to learn to be dependent[br]on Him

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and not on our money and what we have.

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If we look at the church today,[br]that is a big problem.

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It's a big problem in the church today[br]because almost everything in the church today

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comes down to money.

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In the churches we are so controlled [br]by money.

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Controlled by what we have.

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But we should not be controlled[br]by what we have.

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We should be led by the Holy Spirit,

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not led by money.

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Let me read a longer part from my book[br]"The Call of Jesus".

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"Almost everything in our lives today[br]and in our churches in the Western world

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is centered around money.

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We are controlled by what we have[br]or what we lack.

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It is also money that, for many,[br]is the main factor

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when it comes to missions, [br]church life, etc.

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If the money is there, we will do it,[br]and if not, then we will not do it.

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But, in the Kingdom of God,[br]money is not the problem,

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and money should never control[br]what we can do or cannot do.

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It is really important for us to learn[br]to be dependent on God

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instead of our money or lack of money.

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We often think we should really see[br]a breakthrough

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if we have a lot of money and that we[br]then could do so many things for God,

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as if our growth or our obedience[br]stands or falls with money.

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We think that if we have money,[br]we can do many things for God,

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but if we do not have money,[br]there is not much we can do.

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This is not how it should be.

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We should not be dependent or controlled[br]by money or what we have.

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Instead, we should learn to understand that [br]God has all the silver and gold in the world.

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Everything belongs to Him, [br]and with Him, we lack nothing.

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What is clear in the Bible is that[br]the lack of money is not the problem.

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The lack of workers is the problem."

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What I'm saying here is not so often[br]I've heard people talk about it.

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But, if you think of it,[br]so many things in our churches

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is controlled by money.

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I met many people who say:[br]If I just had that money

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and do this and this,[br]I would go out and do this and this,

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like money is the problem.[br]Money is not the problem.

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Why? Because if you step out,[br]when you step out,

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when you serve God...

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He will take care of your needs.

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And I've seen that so many times.

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I remember when I started our journey

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we had many, many times, as a family,[br]had nothing,

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but we decided to go out[br]on the Word of God.

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And when we stepped out [br]on the Word of God

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we saw that He took care of us.

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He provided our needs.

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It started with small things,[br]with food, and clothes, and many other things,

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He provided, but there we learned[br]to be dependent on Him.

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And then it grew, and grew, and grew,[br]and now it's bigger things.

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Let me come with a testimony.

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Some years ago... we have three movies,[br]as you maybe know,

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"The Last Reformation: The Life",[br]"7 Days Adventure With God" and

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"The Last Reformation: The Beginning".

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Many years ago, when we gave out[br]"7 Days Adventure With God",

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I remember I was sitting [br]with my friend Robert

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and we were talking about[br]how to give out this movie.

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We talked about that we wanted[br]to give it out for free.

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And we agreed on that.[br]All our movies are for free.

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But then he said: But, if it's a free movie[br]and then people have to pay 5 $ in shipping,

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people would not feel it was free.

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So, he said: What about if we just[br]also ship the move out for free?

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And I looked at him and said: [br]But if there is 10,000 people

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who want the movie like the last time,[br]that is 50,000 $.

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And we don't have 50,000 $.

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But there I felt God said: Do it.

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And I was nervous. We there felt[br]God said: Do it.

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Not only make this movie for free.[br]Not only give the movie out for free,

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but, actually, ship it out for free.

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But, it's 50,000 $[br]and we did not have 50,000 $.

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But if we go, if we do what He said,[br]He will take care of us.

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One week later I did a meeting,[br]a woman came to me,

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and I've never experienced before[br]like that.

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She came and said: Torben,[br]I feel God spoke to me

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that I should give you 50,000 $.

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Hallelujah! And we gave out the movie[br]and shipped it out.

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How many movies do I need to sell[br]to get 50,000 $? A lot.

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But this is what we do, also with the book.[br]If you don't have the money to get the book,

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then write to us in "The Last Reformation"[br]and we will give you a code

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and you can download it right away as an[br]e-book. You can read the book right away.

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We want it to come out.

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I have seen again, and again, and again,[br]that when we go out

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on Jesus' words, not only He's with us,[br]as we looked at last time,

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but He will also provide our needs.

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But we need to start to obey Him[br]and learn that in small things.

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So, we start slow, we start obeying[br]Jesus in small things.

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We start obeying Him the way[br]He said we should obey Him.

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Go out on His word,[br]find the person of peace,

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and then we will see that[br]everything in Luke 10 is correct.

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Also that He will take care of [br]our needs.

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So, it's very important that we learn[br]to be dependent on Him.

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Now, I am in a place, because[br]I've learned that dependence on Him,

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if Jesus says something to me -[br]I do it.

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I don't ask: Yeah, but I don't have[br]the money to do it.

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I don't sit down and count[br]do I have the money to do this and this.

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No. If He has said: Go,[br]I go.

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Because then He will take care of us.

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The same is with you.

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If He says: Go,[br]then go and He will take care of you.

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So, when Jesus sent His disciples out[br]in Luke 10,

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it was also for them to learn this.

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The reason Jesus said:[br]Don't take this with you,

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because He wanted them[br]to learn to be dependent on Him.

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And I'm thankful that He taught [br]me this,

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when I started this amazing life,[br]some years ago.

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It doesn't mean that I cannot have[br]money now

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and that it's always wrong to[br]have money with you.

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Because we also read this later,

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because later in Luke 22:35-37:[br]we read this:

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"Then Jesus asked them, [br]'When I sent you out without purse,

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bag or sandals, [br]did you lack anything?'

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'Nothing,' they answered. [br]He said to them,

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'But now if you have a purse, take it,[br]and also a bag;

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and if you do not have a sword,[br]sell your cloak and buy one."

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So, here we see something[br]interesting.

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What Jesus said in Luke 10,[br]when He sent them out without anything,

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it did not mean[br]that the rest of their lives

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they are not allowed [br]to have anything with them.

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No. He sent them out that time,[br]for them to learn something very important -

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not be dependent on what you have.

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Now we have more than we have[br]when we started,

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but I'm not dependent[br]on what we have.

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If I have more or less,[br]I'm not dependent on what I have.

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I'm dependent on Him.

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And this is, actually,[br]exactly what we do in our Luke 10 school.

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We have our training school.[br]And when we train people in our Luke 10 school

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and send them out on what we call[br]"The Luke 10 trip", we do like this.

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We send them out and very often[br]we send them out without money,

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without a place to sleep,[br]without a telephone,

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without a credit card,[br]without anything.

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Out with you.

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See you in three days.

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And we have done that again, and again, [br]and again for many years now.

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And every time it's amazing.

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Every time the students come back:[br]Wow! I've seen it! I've experienced it!

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We did not have the money, but[br]then we prayed for somebody

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who got healed, and we shared Jesus,[br]and suddenly they said:

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Hey, do you want something to eat,[br]or we found some money on the way,

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or we did not have a place to sleep,[br]and then God opened the doors,

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and we slept there, and we slept there.[br]I have so many testimonies

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of people going out, led by the Holy Spirit,[br]going to a place, they find somebody

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who invites them home, open their home[br]and give them everything they can eat

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and everything they need.

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People go to hotel, pray for somebody[br]who get healed,

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and the owner of the hotel says:[br]Hey, come and stay with us for two days.

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We have so many amazing examples,[br]and that is one of the strongest things.

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One of the strongest things[br]when they are out on the Luke 10 trip,

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that is when they come home and[br]have learned this very, very important lesson.

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Seek first the Kingdom of God[br]and do His will,

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and everything else will be given to you.

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If we seek the Kingdom of God[br]and do what God has commanded us to,

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He will take care for the rest.

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Don't worry about clothes.[br]Don't worry about food.

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Don't worry about where to sleep.[br]Why?

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Jesus said: Look at the birds.[br]Look at the flowers.

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They don't worry. God will also[br]take care of you and me.

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And I am so thankful to God[br]that He, some years ago,

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took us on this journey where He,[br]the harder way,

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it's sometimes hard to learn[br]something new,

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but where He was teaching us[br]this important truth -

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that we can trust Him.

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That we need to trust Him.

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I would say the same to you.

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You need to be dependent on God[br]and not if you have a job or don't have a job,

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not if you have money or don't have money.

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not if you have food or don't have food.

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Learn to seek God and do His will[br]and see He how He takes care of it.

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It's so sad to see many Christians who have [br]never learned this very important thing,

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and if they suddenly lose their job[br]and stand in a crisis -

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the world is falling down.

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They have never learned to trust God.

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And I would say, especially in the time[br]we are in now.

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We have just entered in the end times[br]in a way none of us could have imagined.

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The world will never be the same again.

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It's a wake up call for all of us.

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We are going into a time where there[br]will be an economic crisis,

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like we have never seen before.[br]We are going into a time

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where there will be a control,[br]control, control and control,

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and if you owe money and do this,[br]and do this, and do this -

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it's not going to be easy for you[br]in the future.

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We are going into the time in the future

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where there will be a beast's mark[br]on your hand or your forehead

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and you will not be able [br]to sell or buy things without it.

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We are going into the time[br]the Bible is talking about

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and we need to learn...

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to be dependent on Him.

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How do we learn it?

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By doing what Jesus said.

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But sometimes being sent out...

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without anything.

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Go out.

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Go out...

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and see how He takes care of your needs.

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This is important. I encourage you,[br]especially also with this chapter,

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take my book "The Call of Jesus".[br]If you don't have the money

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send an e-mail and we can[br]send a code to you.

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Get the book. Read the book.

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Because in this chapter[br]where I talk about the money thing,

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I cover so many more things.

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And it's very important for the time[br]we are living in.

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But until now we have looked[br]at the harvest that is ready

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and we need to believe that.

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We need to pray for the workers[br]to go out

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and then we need to go out[br]as lambs among wolves.

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And when we go out we will see[br]that Jesus is with us and take care of us.

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And we will also see how He takes care[br]of our needs.

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So, don't worry about those things.

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Go out on the Word of God.

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And again, I encourage you [br]to get my book

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where there is many more testimonies[br]about this.

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So, look forward to see you next time,[br]where we are going to look

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at what Jesus has also said, when He said: [br]Don't greet anyone on the road.

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Because that is also important.

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Because when we go out,[br]we don't go out just to go out.

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We go out not just to evangelize.

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We go out to find the person of peace.

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And when I say go out, it's not only[br]to go out on the street.

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It's also to go out in your school,[br]to go out in your work place,

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to go over to your neighbors.

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It's not only on the street [br]we are talking about.

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But much more about that later.

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In the end of the book,[br]in the end of this video series,

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I will put it all together.[br]And when I put it all together

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I will share Luke 10 testimonies

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where you'll see how He's with us.[br]You will hear testimonies

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how He provides our needs[br]when we go out,

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you will hear testimonies[br]how to find a person of peace,

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how to sit in their house,[br]how to eat and drink what they serve.

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We will put it all together in the end[br]and I look much forward to that.

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See you next time!

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God bless you! Bye-bye!

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