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0:00 I love you Jesus I worship you Jesus I worship you Jesus I worship you Jesus I love you God I love you Jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] I worship you God I love you Jesus love you Jesus my goodness thank you worship team we'll give you a little
0:46 break might not be too long acts chap 11 it's a real honor and a privilege to preach to you tonight I have a kind of a for me a weird message cuz I don't have really any notes that could be really bad that's really weird for [Music] me acts 11 verse 19 now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Steven so after Steven's martyrdom they traveled as far as fenus and Cyprus and
1:32 Antioch everybody say Antioch preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only some of them were men of Cyprus and sirene which when they were come [Music] to Antioch caught you didn't I they spake unto the grecians preaching the Lord Jesus and the Hand of the Lord was with them and a great number believed and turned unto the Lord and tidings of these came things came back unto the years of the church which was in Jerusalem so you've got two kind of very significant churches here at this point in the New Testament you've got Jerusalem which is where everything started and you've got this newcomer on
2:18 the Block this new kid on the Block the church in Antioch when the Church of Jerusalem heard it they sent forth Barnabas that he should go as far as Antioch so Barnabas is supposed to go check it out come back and give him a report something got a hold of Barnabas who when he came and had seen the grace of God was glad and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord in other words he just kind of hung tight with them for a while for he was a good man he was full of the Holy Ghost and of faith and much people was added unto the Lord so he just kind of stuck there the people in Jerusalem were like when's Barnabas going to be back he was having a good
3:05 time and then when he did leave he didn't go back to Jerusalem then departed Barnabas to Tarsus for to seek Saul now that's really weird because the church in Jerusalem when Saul got converted they were scared of him and he was so passionate for these Gentiles that they sent him back to Tarsus to cool his heels for about 3 years so this is kind of ironic because they send Barnabas to check out what's going on in Antioch Barnabas gets so excited he stays we don't know how long when he finally does leave he doesn't go back to Jerusalem he goes to Tarsus and gets Saul the radical preacher and when he had found him he brought him onto Antioch and it came to pass that a whole year they assembled themselves
3:51 with the church and taught much people and the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch want to talk to you for just really literally it's going to shock some of you just a few minutes tonight but the church that missions built would you lift up your hands and your voice and your gratitude to the Lord and give him thanks for a great day we've had already my goodness we got a lot to thank God for [Music] I worship you Jesus I give you praise and honor and glory and I lift you up
4:36 and I thank you I thank you I thank you I thank you amen you may be seated so basically what we have in this early part of the first century is this little church a new church in Antioch not too far from Jerusalem and that little church in Antioch literally ends up being the engine that runs missions for the New Testament it's not Jerusalem should be Jerusalem Jerusalem is where the Holy Ghost fell first Jerusalem's where acts 238 was first preached Jerusalem is where the apostles were first gathered Jerusalem is where Jesus died and was buried and
5:22 rose again and the church started there and really it should be Jerusalem sending out all these missionary Journeys but it's Antioch and it should be Jerusalem that is the uh defender of so many uh Ministries like Saul's but instead it's Antioch and it should be Jerusalem that's assembling Ministry teams together but instead it's Antioch and it should be Jerusalem where they were first called Christians but instead it's Antioch if you skip to the next verse verse 27 and in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch so you got to get this this is Jerusalem this is Jerusalem's down down here and Jerusalem sends uh prophets up to Antioch now this is the Jerusalem
6:08 Church that didn't want the Antioch Church to exist this is the Jerusalem Church that gave them grief this is the Jerusalem Church that sent Saul home to Tarsus this is the Jerusalem Church that sent Barnabas to spy on them and bring back a report and he ended up staying with them this is the Jerusalem Church that's Jewish and they don't like Gentiles in the Antioch church is mostly Gentiles and so there's some tension between these two congregations and in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch and there stood up one of them named agabus and signified by the spirit that there should be a great dir like a a famine a time when there's uh no crops growing and it's just dry and there should be a great dirt throughout all the world which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar now watch this this is
6:55 amazing then the disciples every man according to his ability this is the Antioch Group the Gentile group they determined to send relief an offering unto the Brethren which dwelt in Judea so they sent an offering to this church that didn't even want their Church to exist which also they did and sent it by the elders to the Hands by the hands of Barnabas and Saul so they send and now that's kind of cool they send Saul with the offering Saul that Jerusalem said go chill in the desert for 3 years if you go to 13 chapter 13 verse one you'll read this scripture there were at the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers there's a whole list here this amazing Barnabas and Simeon that was called Niger and Lucius
7:40 of sirene and Manan which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch and Saul so these are the teaching team the ministry team in Antioch and as they ministered to the Lord and fasted the Holy Ghost said separate me Barnabas and Saul give me two of your leaders for the work where unto I have called them and when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them they sent them away that's Apostolic and that's Antioch Acts chapter 15 there's this massive problem in the New Testament Church where some people from Jerusalem are going around they're called the judaizers and they're telling everybody you can't be a Christian unless you become a Jew first it's like telling somebody that was here today for our wonderful service this morning you can't be a Christian unless you become Canadian first that would be really dumb
8:27 but that's what they were doing they were saying you have to be Jewish in culture you have to be Jewish in ritual you have to be Jewish in religion you have to be Jewish in loyalty and then we'll let you be Christian it was crazy it was stupid but it's what this little group from Jerusalem was teaching so they had this big church Council back in Jerusalem and finally after a lot of heavy negotiating and talking and they finally made a decision and it was a good one thank God they made it if they hadn't made it none of us would be here today because this is the decision where they allowed the Gentiles to continue to be in the church now when they make the decision they decide they're going to write a letter and send it to all the churches look at this acts 15:22 so they've already made their decision
9:13 they've already said we're going to send a letter watch this then pleased it the apostles and Elders with the whole church to send chosen men of their own company to where to Antioch because that's the spearhead that's the beach head that's the tip of the spear for what God's doing to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas namely uh Jude Judas surnamed barabus and Silas Chief men among the Brethren and they wrote Letters by them after this manner so here's what the letter is that they sent quote the apostles and elders and Brethren send greeting unto the Brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and cissa for as much as we have heard that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words and they subverted your souls and they said to you you must be circumcised and you must keep the Jewish law and we didn't give any such commandment so it seemed good
10:00 to us being assembled together with one Accord to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul now that's strange our beloved Paul they finally figured out they got to work with this guy men but here's what turned it men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and so we've sent therefore Judas Jude and Silas who shall also tell you the same thing by mouth so we're sending the letter and we're going to send some people to be with you and tell you in person for it seemed good to to the Holy Ghost and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things you don't have to become a Jew to become a Christian all you need to do is not do these things that are very offensive to the Jews and so we'll put these stipulations on you so we can keep Jewish church and Gentile church
10:45 together until we kind of get in the unity of the faith here so here's all we're asking we're not asking you to become Jewish we're not asking you to go to synagogue we're not asking you to go to Temple here's here's what we're saying uh abstain from Meats offered to idols from blood from things strangled from fornication from which if you keep yourselves you shall do well basically what they tell them is you've got to give up all those Gentile Pagan worship rights that you had before you got in the world don't let any shadow of that attach it to your worship fair you well so when they were dismissed they came [Music] to Antioch I'm just trying to see if you're paying attention or if you're checked out and when they had gathered the multitude together they delivered the epistle which when they had read they rejoiced for the consolation they were so happy we don't have to become
11:31 Jews to become Christians the men were especially happy you can figure that out when you get home and Judas and Silas being prophets also themselves now this is how many believe that Antioch was an Apostolic Church okay good that's not a trick question how many believe that an Antioch was an Apostolic Church well maybe it was a trick question because they exhorted the Brethren with many words and confirmed that that meant they preached a long long long sermon and confirm them so that's Apostolic long-winded preachers just so you know and after they had carried there a space they were let go in peace from the Brethren under the apostles notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still this is Antioch and Paul also stayed and Barnabas also
12:17 continued in Antioch so this team of like The A Team they've assembled and they're not assembled in Jerusalem they're assembled in Antioch because Antioch will release them in their Ministries and they teach and preach the word of the Lord with many others also Antioch is literally in the New Testament the church that missions built it's amazing it's a spirit-led church prophets speak into this church uh the Holy Ghost speaks in services and and in their worship and their prayer time and says I want you to send out these people but not only that Antioch is a forgiving Church they forgave the church at Jerusalem for their in opposition so much so that they even send an offering
13:02 back to them to help them they also had some other situations Paul and Peter uh they withstood each other to the face about a problem and Antioch those Saints are watching these leaders like disagree and it doesn't make any of them backslide they just keep serving God and Paul is the head guy and he's kind of strange and Moody and and a little bit too authoritative sometimes and he can say stuff that's kind of hard harsh so Paul gets in this problem with Peter Paul has a later problem with Barnabas Paul has a problem with John Mark and these Saints in Antioch they just think you know well he's in a bad mood today but he's okay he's you know God's using him just leave him alone he'll snap out of it and and there're this mature church that even when difficulties arise
13:47 they just kind of keep sailing they just keep living for God and they're faithful here's something else about the church in Antioch they're a teaching Church read through acts 11 acts 13 acts 15 and see how many times it's referencing the leaders teaching the people and they're a reaching church because they're not just teaching there but they're teaching uh many of the Gentiles throughout that region Paul goes out with Barnabas and later Paul goes out with Silas and and he makes these missionary Journeys and uh it's amazing to read the list of churches that are established there they're a witnessing Church they're a discipl making church this is the first place that people are ever called Christians it's an Antioch Christian literally means a little Christ it's not a compliment it's people mocking them oh
14:33 they're just like that Jesus that they killed on the cross in Judea and they take it as a badge of honor they're not the least bit embarrassed by their lifestyle they're not least bit embarrassed by the spirit they're not the least bit embarrassed by their Jesus they're not the least bit embarrassed by anything they just figure that if everybody else in the Roman Empire can have their opinion on what they want to live like that they can stand up and they take it as a badge of honor when the world calls them they're just little christs they're Christians this is amazing to me if you look at verse one of chapter 13 Barnabas and Simeon and Lucius and Manan and Saul they're a team Ministry Church there's not just one leader there's not just one teacher there's not just one Pastor there's a team of
15:21 pastors and leaders and teachers and it's amazing that's why they can do what they do because those Saints in Antioch allow a team to be formed that can do so much more than a Lone Ranger named Paul or Barnabas or Peter they're a doctrinally sound church this church in Antioch this church that missions built they've had opposition from the church in Jerusalem they've had opposition worse from the judaizers they've gone through the the Rough Waters of the church Council and when it all settles down and the dust settles and everything back to level this church just keeps plugging away preaching the message that the apostles gave them at the beginning they're doctrinally sound and after that
16:08 whole Jerusalem mess they're unified they just keep working together they're a church of of strong leaders it's amazing to me that Barnabas really defied the Jerusalem Church and stayed in Antioch they did not send him there to stay they sent him there to bring back the gossip and he didn't do it he just stayed and it it amazes me even more that Barnabas when he knew the tension that exists between the Jerusalem Church and this guy named Saul of Tarsus that when he when the Revival hit he said I need Saul I I don't need some you know kind of Patty Cake Pentecostal I I I need somebody that's just going to go after it and so he went and got Saul Barnabas was a strong leader Paul was not the only strong leader in the New Testament Barnabas was
16:54 a strong Leader Peter was an amazing leader James was an amazingly wise leader there's just so many strong leaders and so as a result of all this Antioch was a growing church not only that Antioch was a sacrificial church over and over again they gave they gave their leaders they gave their people they gave their finances they gave their energy to send missionary Journeys and to send people out and to raise up other churches and that was Antioch it was literally the church that missions built and so ultimately Antioch became ascending church every single missionary journey of the New Testament did not originate in Jerusalem it originated in
17:41 Antioch and so God took this little place that shouldn't have even been on the map as far as the first century church was concerned God took this little place that shouldn't have been on the map as far as um God and Pentecost and Apostolic and church church and Jesus it shouldn't have been on the map that should have been Jerusalem but in Jerusalem they were content just to kind of Patty Cake around and Reach people that were all like them 10 to 15 years after the church started they'd only ever reached Jewish people and so God looked at this little place called Antioch it wasn't a little city but on the map of Pentecost it shouldn't have existed should have been a blip but instead it becomes the Hub of so many things
18:30 music if you'd come back please and I didn't just come here to teach you or tell you or preach to you about that church that missions built I came here to talk to you about another church that missions built I gave you fair warning [Music]
19:37 people I see your sacrifice service after service how you have poured into the rest of the world because of your burden my blessing is upon this place the things that I have planned for you are beyond your comprehension you cannot imagine to do as you continue to grow in spirit and manifest my nature my heart I will pour out upon you my anointing you will walk through this land as I did and you will do as I did you will bring deliverance and healing and there shall be great conversions because I have seen your
20:24 heart Lord I wish you would lift up your hands and your voice right now and give God praise [Music]
21:18 spee fore spe [Music] try to keep it together for two or three minutes here overwhelmed at the goodness of God to us so very very grateful so extremely proud of you [Music] people kind of police your words
22:05 sometimes and some people even watch for something to criticize I don't mean anybody here but just people in general and sometimes to make a comparison like this somebody might think pastor Raymond or CCC or the team here is trying to be big shots not at all in fact the more you do for God and the more you get involved in his kingdom and his work the more you realize that you really don't have anything together and if Jesus doesn't do this it just cannot be [Music] done but we are seated in a church that mission's built for 54 years now this church has been involved not
22:53 only in the work of God here in frederickton but in the work of God around the world [Music] I will be in global missions board for the next few days in St Louis they tease me there because so many of our missionaries are either from frederickton or from New Brunswick or if they're not from there they're from Atlantic Canada and if they're not from there they've married somebody from [Music] here and a few of them one of the Great honors of my life they call me Pastor some missionaries and so it's not with any
23:40 ego or anything like that that I say this next statement but this church is an Antioch Church we refuse to just be a church that's only concerned with us this is a spirit-led church the gifts of the Spirit are welcome here they are desired here they are hungered for here the move of God's spirit is not just something that we try to drum up in the emotion of a song but the move of his spirit is the reason we exist and we long for it and we hunger for it and if you're wanting to get on with the program you're probably in the wrong church because there are times that Jesus comes in here by his power and His glory and we just lose ourselves in it
24:27 and we really don't care what anybody else thinks this church is a mature church if you're new here you would have no way of knowing you've come in the season of harvest and Revival but if you look around at some of the gray haired Saints in this room they've weathered some storms to get us to where we are today they stood for truth when others refused they lived a consistent life when others gave up and went back to the world they've weathered some of the church politics that goes on from time to time that just must weary the heart of the Lord and they stood through it and they're still here and they're still
25:13 worshiping God and they still love Jesus and they still love people and some of them even love the people that did them wrong and they still just get here to church and lift up their eyes and that's what Christianity will do for you and yes we don't make any apology for it this is a teaching church we don't only teach you we're on the internet I have not been in a meeting in The Last 5 Years that somebody hasn't walked up to me it's a pastor we're teaching this series it's Saint I we watch you it's somebody that doesn't have a church where they are in fact we got a wonderful email just this week from a precious family out in western Canada that were away from uh church and they we were their Church online but they just found an Apostolic Church to go to
26:00 and we're so excited about that and we got to be the bridge that got them from no church to that church and we're so thrilled about that this is a reaching church this is a witnessing church this is a discipl making church I'm so thankful for Mike and Kathy I'm so grateful for that uh Wednesday night foundations class and uh it's started small right now but it's going to be massive in the future you just watch and see and we're going to have a whole lot of people that are called Christians because of making disciples here this is a team Ministry Church there's no one big shot here and I appreciate your love for me as your pastor but I also appreciate that you love Pastor Jack and pastor
26:46 Matt and Pastor Mike and I love that you love all of our team David and Susan Koy who visit more people in a week than what I could probably do in a year with my schedule and they just keep doing it so faithfully and they've raised up so many of you to do it that's a team Ministry Church that's an Antioch Church that's what happens when missions builds a [Music] [Applause] church and again you can Mis interpret this as ego but it's not this is a church of strong leaders [Music] thank God for Pastor Jack Leman he's a strong
27:36 [Applause] leader we beat that 400 number to death we keep hitting it and bouncing back and hitting it and bouncing back he cracked open with all the volunteers that he and Kathy and all of our team got together they cracked 500 in the middle of the summer in the month of August I think that's Worthy [Music] [Applause] [Music] accommodation the thing that amazed me and I'm not trying to compare myself to the Apostle Paul he's way too mean for me I know you don't believe that but it's true the thing that amazes me about Barnabas is that he went to get Saul and
28:24 he worked with Saul and and if you start out that Journey Saul's the outcast and Barnabas goes to get him and introduces him back to the church and then within a chapter or two it becomes not Barnabas and Saul it becomes Paul and Company and that faithful anointed loyal strong leader named Barnabas willingly kind of steps into the background and just serves and he's faithful and he does the job and he does it so powerfully and there wouldn't be a Paul if there wasn't a Barnabas and there wouldn't be many of the churches in the New Testament if hadn't been for
29:09 Barnabas that's our Barnabas right there but see it's not just him if you're having trouble with two pastors oh my goodness buckle your seat belt cuz God's assembling a team so we can be an Antioch Church and we're a unified Church it amazes me I'm I'm kind of a legalist at heart I think I really think I am Pastor Jack could tell you he's weathered the storms when I first got here back in a senior pastor in 2001 I had more
29:55 policies and rules that poor staff it was like beatings will continue until morale improves I was a guy that just would not God's got a sense of humor I was a guy that would not leave town I took four weeks a year to do everything vacation Ministry blah blah blah anything it was just God's got a sense of humor cuz I was the policeman that enforced everybody staying home I used to be met by people when I was doing like maybe two weekends a year away I used to be met by people sometimes one lady met me in the a one
30:41 time not here so you don't have to worry about who she is she met me in the house she said you need to stay home and Pastor us I'm thinking I'm here more than you are by a long shot [Music] and now pastor's in this weird season of ministry where I'm gone so much and this great church has not hiccuped in fact ESL and ECC and bus Ministry and Multicultural Ministry are all happening on that man's
31:29 watch He's leading this church with excellence and with dedication and I'm so [Music] grateful and thank you for your concern I know some of you are concerned about my health you're going and you're going to kill yourself you're you're going to have a heart attack on a plane no Beverly will probably be the one that has a heart attack on a plane not me this is a sacrificial church over and over again you totally amaze us with your generosity and that's not a cheap Ploy we're not taking another offering tonight but you amaze us with your generosity for the kingdom of God and that is why we've never had a
32:17 building fund here in the last 14 years cuz we don't need one because as you've blessed The World God has blessed us here and uh finally and in conclusion this is ascending church we have the privilege of being home for people like Brad and Regina Thompson people like Lyn JWT and people like Jim poetress we have the privilege of being home for Allan and georan Sham and so many people that serve God in farflung regions of the world and that's why it's with a little twinge of sadness perhaps cuz we'll miss them but that's why it's with a badge of honor that we rise to send David and
33:04 Debbie Curtis tonight back to China because we're the church that missions built I'm sorry you're supposed to preach with personality and all I got is sobbin tonight I apologize but if you understood how God has raised up this little church see we're like Antioch we should just be a blip on the map this is not Louisiana this is not Texas this is not Missouri this is not California we're not money people we don't live in an economy that's just booming in fact they call us the hav not Province and we should be a little blip on the radar of the Apostolic Church in the modern era
33:50 but instead God's raised up this church and missionaries call us their home and missionaries call us their Ally and missionaries call us their friend and missionaries look to us for prayer power and financial support and that's all a great privilege so that's not even a sermon I don't even know if that qualifies as a good exhortation but it is a declaration you're seated in the church that mission's built and I'm so glad and so we're only going to do one more thing I'm not here to hold you we've had a busy and a lengthy day and so many of you have worked tirelessly all day I just came tonight to tell you how
34:37 proud I am of you and of our team and of the precious saints of God here and as we prepare to pray over David and Debbie to send them back to China I know God is going to use them so powerfully and I'm so grateful God's doing unprecedented things in Asia and uh he's raising up a team over there and it's amazing to see but here's what God quickened in my heart for tonight see there's a missionary calling on other people in this room tonight some of you it involves another place but please hear me don't get place
35:22 before your your preparation God needs to prepare you if there's a place your future you'll know it your pastors will know it some of you were going off to college and I don't know what you think is in your future but I'll tell you what's in your present God's sending you into an ungodly atmosphere to be a witness that's what's going on in your present and if you do your present the way God's anointed you to do it God will look after your future just a a number of days we'll be sending our young people back to schools all over the city and God didn't call you as a young person so thankful for our young people
36:09 so proud of them God didn't call you as a young person to just sit on a Pew and wait it out until you can be old enough to backslide what a stupid idiotic idea when God has laid his hand on this generation to raise them up to do exploits it's amazing would you stand with me right now God's already spoken to us by the gifts of the Spirit Pastor spoken I want you to lift up your hands one more time we're going to come to the front in a moment but right now I just want to seed the atmosphere I want to seed the atmosphere with worship and prayer and praise and intercession and just lift your hands up into the heavens
37:01 [Music] [Applause] oh yes Jesus Oh yes Jesus Oh yes [Music] Jesus the power of God is present here that means anything can be loosed here healing is loosed in this building cuz we're in his manifest presence and deliverance is loosed here because we're in his manifest presence and blessing is loosed here because we're in his manifest presence you don't understand what kind of power is in a church that
37:48 missions built you you don't understand so beautiful folks just one more time just like a they call it a wave offering just lift up your hands and throw up some worship into the air for God just lift up some worship into the air for God [Music]
38:42 I worship you [Applause] Jesus brother and sister Curtis if you would honor Us by just coming out here to the front standing in the middle Pastor Jack I want you to come and I want you to get behind them and lay your hands on them on behalf of all of us now we know there's a missionary anointing on these people their missionary anointing has been on them for three and 1 half decades but there's a missionary anointing on a lot of young people in this room and some adults and some couples in this room some families in this room and a missionary anointing doesn't always mean you're going to go travel somewhere sometimes it means
39:28 you're going to reach people for Jesus where you are there's a missionary anointing that wants to rest on this great church the reason Antioch could send no people is cuz they reached people in Antioch would you all just close your eyes for a moment I just want to give everybody a chance to just get settled here I want every young person every teenager every young couple every senior Saint I want every single mom I I I just want everybody that feels like God's got this call on your life that's not an ego Maniac thing it's not a pride thing God's got a call on my life no it's a very humbling thing I just believe God has a work for me to do I want you to get up to the front as quickly as you can cuz we want to pray for you too
40:14 there are already people at the front but I want you to come up here too that work God may use you in your job God may use you at your school God certainly can use you here in your city God certainly can use thank God for people that are helping us with ECC that's the beginning of something great you saw a little preview look at look look at this you saw a preview of that last weekend what God wants to do among the French speaking people in our community that was just a preview senior Saints I'm becoming one of you very very quickly aren't you glad and proud and thankful look at all these young people and young couples that are in this altar come in as close as you can every body at the front take a couple more steps toward the front so we
41:00 can get everybody out of the aisles if they want to [Music] [Applause] [Music] come yes God yes God yes God yes Jesus you're in the church that mission's built we're so thankful and grateful for everything God's done thankful for every missionary he's sent out of here he's not just going to send the Curtis out of here tonight he's going to send some students to colleges tonight he's going to lay a missionary anointing on you tonight by the end of your school year you're going to have some friends that are serving Jesus with you that tonight
41:47 they don't have a clue anything about him but God's going to use [Applause] you I thank you Jesus I'm so grateful what a privilege this is Jesus what a privilege this is Jesus I worship you God I worship you [Music] God I know you got lots to pray about yourself but would you reach over and lay your hand on somebody and let's pray one for another right now that's biblical one for another one for [Music]
42:48 another God we thank you for every missionary you've released under of frederickton but God release some more thank you for every prophetic gifting you raised up in our church but raise up some more God I thank you for every preacher of the Gospel that's associated with this church but send some more God I thank you for every soul winner and every prayer Warrior but God raise up more uh- uh surely there's a work that I can do Jesus yeah
43:36 [Applause] in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus bring him in raise him up send them out Jesus bring him in and raise him up and send them out
44:30 keep praying we're not done yet we're not done yet all of our M ministers um brother Gowan uh brother poo would you come I'm missing some I know brother Mill's already here brother arbo if you can make your way through I want all of our ministers that preach and teach the gospel I want them brother Pastor Mike stay right there pastor Matt where'd you go if you're back there come on out I want them to come right here and we're going to lay hands hands on the curtes anybody I'm missing please I didn't mean to overlook you please please get over here as soon as you can for the PO come right through [Music] here and now in addition to that I want all of our team leaders everybody that leads a ministry here bus Ministry
45:18 brother Russ come on over here Prayer Ministry and Outreach and prison ministry brother Alan come on over here I'm overlooking some I know sister Susan you're up here somewhere come on over here that's such a great job with our Care Ministry see the thing is in an Antioch Church all of these Ministries are equally valuable is not just the people that stand in the Pulpit would you lay hands Lanna or Tammy or both of you come on over here represent EC where's gee and Jos where are you come on over every ministry here so very important to what God's
46:06 doing I want you all to lay your hands on brother and sister Curtis right now and church this is our privilege this is acts 13 happening all over again [Music] the Holy Ghost says separate me David and Debbie for the work where unto I have called them and when they fasted and prayed laid their hands on them they sent them out that's what's happening here this is
46:51 Antioch this is acts this is Bible this is the World we're talking about this is China we're talking about God's going to continue the work what we saw in the last three years doesn't even begin to describe what God's going to do if you've ever prayed in the Holy Ghost Out Loud real bold I need you to do that right now Church [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]
47:41 [Applause] [Music] oh yes keep praying Church God's pouring out an empowering right now he's pouring out an empowering right now and it's not just on brother and sister Curtis if you're sensitive you can feel that empowering just kind of washing through everybody that's praying right now yes yes thank you God thank you Jesus for raising up Ministers of the Gospel thank you God for raising up Bible study teachers thank you for
48:27 raising up Sunday school teachers and youth workers and musicians and singers thank you God for raising up people that can minister to the sick and the hurting thank you God for people that have a heart for the lost and a heart for the [Music] [Applause] hurting I love you Jesus I love you Jesus I love you Jesus I love you Jesus [Applause] [Music] aren't you thankful for the great day God has given
49:15 [Music] us I would not embarrass my friends for the world but jeanan and Sarah what an honor to dedicate your children to the Lord Lord today we are so thankful you are part of our church we're so [Music] grateful so it's all over but the hugging if you can get to brother and sister Curtis I don't want to wear them out but say a quick goodbye and maybe a quick word of thanks to them for what they're doing we will be praying for them we will be supporting them we will hear from them we'll make sure we can get a hold of them even in China we'll
50:02 nag them until we get to stay in touch cuz we love them so much and we're so grateful for what God's going to do so before we do the hugging thing and guys it's okay it will not damage your masculinity to say hey bro you'll be okay ladies we release you to do what you do all the time anyway so just before we do that greet one another now unto [Music] him be all the honor and the glory and the praise would you give him thanks for being part of the church that missions fil what a privilege what a privilege what a privilege hallelujah thank you
50:49 Jesus God brought us to the kingdom for such a time as this thank you Jesus thank you Jesus Jesus oh that's too good to quit one more minute just one more minute just one more minute thank you [Music] Jesus I know this all feels like deja vu cuz it happens so often thank you for 3100 $3500 for brother and sister Curtis uh thank you for that that'll help them get settled and greet everybody you can you're all real close so you won't have to walk far God bless you Wednesday night Youth and kids ministry laugh your
51:37 way to a better marriage right here che's for Christ next Sunday don't forget that if you made a pledge we need that God bless you in Jesus name [Music] [Applause] [Music]
