I have a friend who I got to help fund recently in Turkey & Syria. The man loves smuggling Bibles 🤷♂and was surprised by some of the open doors he found there, especially Syria. He has been preaching about these areas in the 10/40 window for years (but as you said, it's not 'popular' among Christians). I never knew someone with a stronger heart for Muslims. Even here in the States, when we go hang out, we always seem to end up at foreign markets where he's passing out Bibles & Tracts (also having conversations). I can honestly say I have met some men who really do care. Having witnessed his dedication to these people...sometimes I feel like I'm really just learning to tie my shoes in Christianity. I appreciate you shining light onto this Joshua 🙏
Your friend seem amazing. Getting Mulims saved is a very difficult job. You cannot do it without the supernatural power of God. Blessings to you my friend 🙏
Americans should start preaching the Gospel to themselves. So far they are just spreading 'Signs and Wonders' opening franchises like McDonalds of Charismatic Made in USA.
Yeah he wouldn't call himself that, but I think he is. He did some sort of Voice of the Martyrs program in Oklahoma (where he went to college) and I think it really marked him. He gave me my first copy of tortured for Christ - very impactful @@TornCurtainIJoshuaSimone
The Voice of the Martyrs is not a McDonald's Charismatic franchise. They help believers everywhere who are persecuted for the sake of the Gospel. America has preached the Gospel to itself ad infinitum...perhaps obedience to the Gospel of Christ is what's needed 🤔 @@aborowka
Studied the 10/40 window in our homeschooling for 25 years. Also support missionaries there with our full tithe. Have spent time serving in Israel as well. We listen daily to a Bible podcast out of Israel as well. Fabulous video! Global catalytic ministries, OMF, Daily Bread for Busy Moms, FAI, HaYovel, Lev Halom are great places to consider sending finances to-
Joshua, This is one of your best videos! Love your passion and desire to see the conclussion of the Great Commission!!! Please note, CONCLUSSION!!!! Not many speak about it, participating in it, yes!!! One day let us talk about what can be done about it, about the conclussion!!! Please remember this word, conclussion, I really mean it!!! Would you be interested? Time to fulfill the greatest command of the Lord!!! To conclude it!!! Blessings to you, Brother!!!!
I asked the Holy Spirit what can I do to be an asset to those in the 1040 window as well as other areas. Thank you for Torn Curtain. May we walk in the light so others may see the Lord Jesus Christ in us.
I get so weary of the excuse, "There are sinners in the USA. Why focus on other countries?" In the USA, anyone can easily find a Christian, a church, and a Bible. There are HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of people in other countries who will NEVER see a Christian, a church, or a Bible. GOD commanded us to make disciples in all nations. It was not a suggestion!
When I was in Women's Aglow, we would take a month and pray for the 1040 window. Then, at each meeting, our Aglow group took a group and prayed. I'm so glad to hear you talking about it. Thank you
❣️J❣️E❣️S❣️U❣️S❣️L💗VES what You are doing Joshua💞Thank GOD You are Over there, I’m sure you will touch many lives when you speak JESUS ❣️it’s crazy how everyone has there eyes on America 🇺🇸but these 1040 Countries need to be flooded with Evangelists ❣️My friend Sean Feaucht goes over there with his Worship 🎶🎵Team ❣️But More Need to be over there & i will PR🙏Y for You Joshua❣️
@@TornCurtainIJoshuaSimone 🙏MEN, i always spell his name incorrectly 😂Sean that is, he did a lot If Tours over in those areas, but no one is really doing BIG WORSHIP Rallies anymore 😢I know America needs to REPENT 🙌as does here in Australia, we both have corrupt politicians!!! I would love to go overseas myself with my Worship Team, hence Health ❤️🩹issues are holding me back! I’m PR🙏ING for You! PLZ do likewise for me🥲I know you will have the Shalom 🕊️of God with you💞
Traveling to this part of the world really broadens one's perspective. I've made 10 trips to India, where I conducted Christian leadership training. In a society where people are sometimes physically assaulted or even killed for their faith in Christ, water baptism takes on a much deeper meaning, as one is buried under the water and rises again a new creature in Christ. Miracles are much easier to minister, as the supernatural is readily embraced. Unfortunately, there have been a number of bad things imported from the US version of Cristianity, and I have found these things to be significant hindrances that need to be challenged and overcome, in order for the church to advance.
@@TornCurtainIJoshuaSimone I've absolutely loved India . . . the people, the culture, the food, etc. I've said before that I could live there. Yes, I have been very well received. I've tried to concentrate my efforts on interactive teaching/training with smaller groups of strategic leaders. The emphasis of my hosts has tended to push toward bigger meetings, and I've also done some of that. But, I've been conscious of the fact that to really effect positive change, it comes through what I can release to the few, with whom I've built trust relationships. If you'd ever like to discuss in more detail, just shoot me a text or call. I'd love to help in any way I can.
I agree - seems to be a topic that people are not concerned about but it is so so so important, eternally important. There are so many things robbing Christians of having a vision of eternity. Paul said, 'I have been faithful to the heavenly vision.' I live in a European country with just over 1% of the population who are Christian...
Indeed, the elephant in the room. Everybody is on about the end times, Yet Jesus said the Gospel must be preached to the end of the world. So easy to pray about your own prosperity but forgetting the great commission. Tom, thank you for reminding us 😢
@@TornCurtainIJoshuaSimone Agree. The only thing I am asking for all sort of 'prophets', 'apostles' and other magicians NOT to send any 'missions' abroad to open new McDonalds of lets say Toronto Blessing. Stay at home!
I highly recommend the book "Back to Jerusalem". It talks about the prophetic history of what the Chinese church believes God called them to: preaching the gospel in the 1040 window between China and Israel.
The 1040 window has been talked about at least since the 80's if not earlier. It was always talked about back then. I doubt that the region has so many that have not heard the Gospel, but they are very heavily influenced by the Hindu and Muslim traditions. Just like countries like Iran, Egypt and these mostly muslim regions, they have heard the gospel but their hearts are hard and resist anything other than what they know and have been taught- very much like Americans. We say here that we are Christians but only because it's what we know and have been told for years. But- there are very few actual Christians here in the US. And now we have groups here in the US that think they are Apostles, prophets and have signs and wonders following them when in reality they're full of it. We need to have hearts towards all men, women and children all over the world. Those in the 1040 window who are Christians are the real ones. We have people living in the gutters of this country- men, women and children and as long as we have those here living like that then we need to spent our time here. Send out yes- but we have children here dying from hunger and filth, women dying in the streets. Men struggling to survive and provide here. I also have a heart for the list all over the world. We should stop concentrating on Jesus return and live the Gospel every day.
LOVED "But- there are very few actual Christians here in the US. And now we have groups here in the US that think they are Apostles, prophets and have signs and wonders following them when in reality they're full of it. "
Its as if my mind freezes when it comes to sharing the gospel. I find it so difficult. I'm not sure why. I'm serious about my faith, but when it comes to the point in a conversation where I should say something, I just freeze, the moment passes, and I feel like a failure.
You just have to willing to make mistakes and even look foolish. Thinking you have to be perfect or "get it right" holds many people back. In the beginning most important thing is to try not necessarily succeed. It's like taking a leap and not sweating the results.
Danny try this method i use it much easier. It called friendship evangelism. Just show your self kind to strangers. Should them the love of Christ. And it time you might be able to share your faith. ruclips.net/video/1mauH6YlG_k/видео.html
So we should 'convert' these 2B people as some say in order to second coming to be fulfilled. In my humble opinion there will be 'revival' and millions of converts (just like coming to McDonalds) but when our Lord returns, will he find Faith? No, he will find millions of crazy 'converts' with miracles and wonders. And guess what He will say next?
We can not convert anyone. We can only proclaim the gospel and hope hearts and receptive. We need to have a WORD and POWER church to make real disciples
@@TornCurtainIJoshuaSimone I agree Joshua. I am in Poland right now and guess what do I see...... another 'anointed' churches like 'Kościół Mocy - Church of Power' spreading heresy that rivals Kat Kerr or Kenneth Copeland. Now I have to explain myself that I am still the same as 10 years ago and not a 'evangelical' of 2024. Just to be on the safe side I call myself a Baptist. What went wrong with us?
The 1040 window was a topic back in 1998/ 99. It was a very popular topic with articles in Charisma magazine. Surly some inroads have been made in that amount of time.
In my experience, most "missionaries" going to America aren't going because they have a more pure form of the gospel. It is often even more corrupt. Many go because they feel it is an easier place to live and prosper, and they can get more in tithes... To be fair, priorities do need to change, especially about where and how we send missionaries, but massive missionary movements have come out of the United States, and missions is a big thing where I"m from, Lancaster, PA. People have gone around the world from Lancaster. I live in Brazil now. I don't know if it's still true, but Brazil was considered the #2 missionary sending country in the world, with the US #1, and more Brazilian missionaries were going to the US than to any other country. That is not for noble reasons. Brazilians have many unreached people groups in their own country, people who've never heard the gospel, large regions where idolatry, witchcraft, incest, and child prostitution are rampant. People eating once a day, no access to clean water. And the money the church spends doing something about that is minuscule compared to the money churches spend on self-serving, even bribes, drugs, prostitues, and hush money paid for by the tithes. I really have a hard time understanding how so many people can keep serving that system instead of Jesus. Thank God there ARE no missionaries from Brazil now going to these regions of the country, but for a long time most were just going to the US. Many probably still are. I really don't think the majority of them were actually sent by God to the US. People go there because they think they will have an easier life, not usually because they want to serve Jesus.
Very good point my friend. Missionaries come here for the money. At least Brazil is a catholic nations which is at least some foundation to preach the true gospel message to the lost
@@TornCurtainIJoshuaSimone Brazil was largely a Catholic nation and still has many Catholics, but numbers of Catholics have been rapidly declining and evangelical churches growing. There have been many great moves of God here, but many have been sidelined by corrupt, self-serving leaders and errors that were imported from the United States. US missionaries have brought the gospel to many places, but the church in the US has also exported certain errors, especially related to the "gain is godliness" gospel, that have caused tremendous harm in Latin America, Africa, and other places. I'm encouraged, however, to see the Holy Spirit igniting a renewed mission movement to the poorer regions in the north and northeast of the country. We are going to the river people May 1-8th...many are quite isolated, drink the same water they do their business is, child prostitution and incest are everywhere, considered culturally normal, many are hungry and lonely. I'm so excited to go and see what the Lord will do there! www.thetablet.co.uk/news/14909/brazil-to-stop-being-majority-catholic-this-year-polls-suggest-
Same thing when Africans say they want to come to the US as a "missionary" I generally find that suspect because when they come most churches they teach are also other Africans seeking to gain money or benefits in America. I rarely see Africans having a large amount of different races like whites, Asians, Arabs, etc Just other Africans and they could teach Africans in Africa as the need is very very dire... but of course many unreached people in Africa are found in very difficult to live places. Coming to America as a "missionary" is much more comfortable.
Not only sharing their faith or leading people to the Lord... Are the people casting out demons and healing the sick? Casting out demons and healing the sick were part of Jesus' instructions for his disciples, and it's quite unbiblical to preach the gospel without a demonstration of God's power. Multiple verses confirm this. Disciples are those who follow Jesus and learn to do what he did. As the Father sent Jesus, Jesus sent us, and it is not without power. Healing the sick and casting out demons are part of the great commission, because Jesus taught his disciples to do these things, and then he told them "teaching them to do all things I have taught you." And so if a person is not doing, or learning to do, what Jesus taught his disciples to do, they cannot be called disciples. And as it stands, most pastors today are not even disciples of Jesus. And if they are not disciples, how will they teach other people to be disciples? And in many cases, if a person does start doing what Jesus taught his disciples to do, the church leadership feels threatened and insecure about it! I keep becoming more convinced that the whole system that many call "church" needs to fall...but the gospel and fellowship remain. The very values of the system are so self-serving and actually hinder people from ever becoming disciples of Jesus. They pay the pastor to do ministry for them, and the pastor is rarely actually doing what Jesus taught his disciples for them. It's a spectator thing. It's like going to school for engineering for 30 years and never actually completing an engineering project. In fact, if you get tired of the perpetual theory and actually start acting, the leaders get very uncomfortable with you. Leadership often has almost nothing to do with godly character or any fruit in their lives..." It's just "You're supposed to have a spiritual covering and tithe to be blessed." The lynchpin of this system is the tithe. It violates the priesthood of all believers and creates a class of the elite. It frustrates God's grace. It is what supplants Spirit-led giving, caring for the poor and widow, and reaching people who've never heard the gospel. It enforces the hierarchy of people on the top who are there to be served by everybody else. It replaces the message of Christ with fraud (false promises used to get something from you. The Bible calls such teachers "wells without water" and "clouds without rain") an extortion. (Threats used to get something from you.) It's a system that uses people, not loves them. "Pay your tithe and God will bless you. Don't, and you'll be cursed." So if my blessing or curse is based on the tithe, then how is Jesus and His redemptive work relevant to me? Then is all the expensive infrastructure used to justify teaching human commands like the tithe. People say "We need money to keep the church going." I can't say infrastructure is "wrong" or never needed, but for the most part, I have no use for it, because dedication to everything people think they need replaces dedication to God's purposes. Priorities change, and nobody cares about the family that doesn't have food for the week when you have to pay the church's overhead. So "how will God's kingdom survive without the tithe and all our infrastructure?" To any Christian or pastor who asks me that, I will ask if anybody in their church or on their leadership team has shared the gospel with as many people as I have in the last week, if they've seen as many miracles in their church in the last years of church services as I have in the last week, how many of their neighbors have been healed or delivered from demons? I've seen Jesus heal hundreds of people in my current city and thousands in different places over the years. None of the requires the tithes, the expensive budgets, the infrastructure. The volume only makes it harder to actually minister to each other and act as the body of Christ. The things the institution values have made it nearly totally irrelevant to me. The very things many people think are necessary for God's kingdom to survive are the things which are so often hindering them from following Jesus and prioritizing what is important to Jesus.
Preaching the gospel must be proclamation and demonstration. We must believe that we can cast out demons, heal the sick and pray people are filled with the Holy Spirit 🙏
The 1040 window is a rectangular area of North Africa, the Middle East and Asia between 10 degrees north and 40 degrees north latitude. This area is often called “The Resistant Belt”. The three major faiths in this region are: Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists. 3.28 billion people in the this region are considered an unreached people group for the gospel.
Bible prophecy is being fulfilled in real time right now that will usher in the tribulation. It took decades for this to happen. Time seems to be up for the age of grace. Time can’t go on in definitely for people saved. Everyone will hear the gospel during the tribulation. Four angels will fly across the whole earth preaching the gospel to every person.
Our own nation is crumbling before our eyes. We need to focus our evangelism on our neighbors, in Our own nation, and families, to build up an army of true believers. We have to look at ourselves and realize that We are going extinct in our own country, literally. If in 30 years, We are split up into a millenia of sectarian groups, just having to survive, then the rest of the world will suffer greatly. We have to deal with our own house before We can affect, in a significant way, the rest of the world.
We do need to build up our nation. But we can do both. We can take care of issues here in America and be committed to world evangelism. Ultimately everything we see here on earth is going to fade. We need to be focused on eternity
Yes we can do both and there are millions of Christians who can evangelize America. The problem is apathy and laziness and not numbers. We have plenty of people to spare to other nations and still more than enough to reach America if the American church decided to wake up.
Jesus said unto them, does this offend you? John 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand Mark 7 20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. Revelation 21 27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you Revelation 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. John 6:61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
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I am so happy when genuine believers spread the gospel overseas who are true and preach the actual gospel.
Thank you and keep up the good work!
Thank you, I will
I have a friend who I got to help fund recently in Turkey & Syria. The man loves smuggling Bibles 🤷♂and was surprised by some of the open doors he found there, especially Syria. He has been preaching about these areas in the 10/40 window for years (but as you said, it's not 'popular' among Christians). I never knew someone with a stronger heart for Muslims. Even here in the States, when we go hang out, we always seem to end up at foreign markets where he's passing out Bibles & Tracts (also having conversations). I can honestly say I have met some men who really do care. Having witnessed his dedication to these people...sometimes I feel like I'm really just learning to tie my shoes in Christianity. I appreciate you shining light onto this Joshua 🙏
Your friend seem amazing. Getting Mulims saved is a very difficult job. You cannot do it without the supernatural power of God. Blessings to you my friend 🙏
Americans should start preaching the Gospel to themselves. So far they are just spreading 'Signs and Wonders' opening franchises like McDonalds of Charismatic Made in USA.
Yeah he wouldn't call himself that, but I think he is. He did some sort of Voice of the Martyrs program in Oklahoma (where he went to college) and I think it really marked him. He gave me my first copy of tortured for Christ - very impactful @@TornCurtainIJoshuaSimone
The Voice of the Martyrs is not a McDonald's Charismatic franchise. They help believers everywhere who are persecuted for the sake of the Gospel. America has preached the Gospel to itself ad infinitum...perhaps obedience to the Gospel of Christ is what's needed 🤔 @@aborowka
Thank you for this podcast!
Go and make disciples!🙏
Thanks for listening
Studied the 10/40 window in our homeschooling for 25 years. Also support missionaries there with our full tithe. Have spent time serving in Israel as well. We listen daily to a Bible podcast out of Israel as well. Fabulous video! Global catalytic ministries, OMF, Daily Bread for Busy Moms, FAI, HaYovel, Lev Halom are great places to consider sending finances to-
Thank you so much for all you have done and are going. That is a great list of ministries you provided for those looking to give. God bless you!!
Joshua,
This is one of your best videos! Love your passion and desire to see the conclussion of the Great Commission!!! Please note, CONCLUSSION!!!! Not many speak about it, participating in it, yes!!!
One day let us talk about what can be done about it, about the conclussion!!! Please remember this word, conclussion, I really mean it!!! Would you be interested?
Time to fulfill the greatest command of the Lord!!! To conclude it!!!
Blessings to you, Brother!!!!
Well said my friend. Thank you for sharing this!
I asked the Holy Spirit what can I do to be an asset to those in the 1040 window as well as other areas. Thank you for Torn Curtain. May we walk in the light so others may see the Lord Jesus Christ in us.
Wow that is very encouraging. God will 100% answer that prayer!
3.28 Billion people in the 1040 window are considered unreached for the Gospel. The breaks the Lords heart and it breaks mine!
I get so weary of the excuse, "There are sinners in the USA. Why focus on other countries?" In the USA, anyone can easily find a Christian, a church, and a Bible.
There are HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of people in other countries who will NEVER see a Christian, a church, or a Bible.
GOD commanded us to make disciples in all nations. It was not a suggestion!
When I was in Women's Aglow, we would take a month and pray for the 1040 window. Then, at each meeting, our Aglow group took a group and prayed. I'm so glad to hear you talking about it. Thank you
That is amazing Pamela. God bless you!!
❣️J❣️E❣️S❣️U❣️S❣️L💗VES what You are doing Joshua💞Thank GOD You are Over there, I’m sure you will touch many lives when you speak JESUS ❣️it’s crazy how everyone has there eyes on America 🇺🇸but these 1040 Countries need to be flooded with Evangelists ❣️My friend Sean Feaucht goes over there with his Worship 🎶🎵Team ❣️But More Need to be over there & i will PR🙏Y for You Joshua❣️
Sean Feucht is a great man and I've done rally's with him in NYC. Lets reach the nations for Christ!
@@TornCurtainIJoshuaSimone 🙏MEN, i always spell his name incorrectly 😂Sean that is, he did a lot If Tours over in those areas, but no one is really doing BIG WORSHIP Rallies anymore 😢I know America needs to REPENT 🙌as does here in Australia, we both have corrupt politicians!!! I would love to go overseas myself with my Worship Team, hence Health ❤️🩹issues are holding me back! I’m PR🙏ING for You! PLZ do likewise for me🥲I know you will have the Shalom 🕊️of God with you💞
Traveling to this part of the world really broadens one's perspective. I've made 10 trips to India, where I conducted Christian leadership training. In a society where people are sometimes physically assaulted or even killed for their faith in Christ, water baptism takes on a much deeper meaning, as one is buried under the water and rises again a new creature in Christ. Miracles are much easier to minister, as the supernatural is readily embraced. Unfortunately, there have been a number of bad things imported from the US version of Cristianity, and I have found these things to be significant hindrances that need to be challenged and overcome, in order for the church to advance.
Daryl that is amazing. How has the ministry gone in India? I'm curious because i have an invitation to go. Have the people been receptive?
@@TornCurtainIJoshuaSimone I've absolutely loved India . . . the people, the culture, the food, etc. I've said before that I could live there. Yes, I have been very well received. I've tried to concentrate my efforts on interactive teaching/training with smaller groups of strategic leaders. The emphasis of my hosts has tended to push toward bigger meetings, and I've also done some of that. But, I've been conscious of the fact that to really effect positive change, it comes through what I can release to the few, with whom I've built trust relationships. If you'd ever like to discuss in more detail, just shoot me a text or call. I'd love to help in any way I can.
Thanks for bringing this important information to our attention.
It's my pleasure
I agree - seems to be a topic that people are not concerned about but it is so so so important, eternally important. There are so many things robbing Christians of having a vision of eternity. Paul said, 'I have been faithful to the heavenly vision.' I live in a European country with just over 1% of the population who are Christian...
What Nation are you in?
Wow only 1%. The church must wake up now!
Indeed, the elephant in the room. Everybody is on about the end times, Yet Jesus said the Gospel must be preached to the end of the world.
So easy to pray about your own prosperity but forgetting the great commission. Tom, thank you for reminding us 😢
Looks like Gospel will be preached but when the Lord comes back will he find faith?
Let's keep the main thing as the main thing. To proclaim the gospel to all nations
@@TornCurtainIJoshuaSimone Agree. The only thing I am asking for all sort of 'prophets', 'apostles' and other magicians NOT to send any 'missions' abroad to open new McDonalds of lets say Toronto Blessing. Stay at home!
I highly recommend the book "Back to Jerusalem". It talks about the prophetic history of what the Chinese church believes God called them to: preaching the gospel in the 1040 window between China and Israel.
I'm going to check that book out. Thank you my friend. You always provide great comments, questions, and pointers
The 1040 window has been talked about at least since the 80's if not earlier. It was always talked about back then. I doubt that the region has so many that have not heard the Gospel, but they are very heavily influenced by the Hindu and Muslim traditions. Just like countries like Iran, Egypt and these mostly muslim regions, they have heard the gospel but their hearts are hard and resist anything other than what they know and have been taught- very much like Americans. We say here that we are Christians but only because it's what we know and have been told for years. But- there are very few actual Christians here in the US. And now we have groups here in the US that think they are Apostles, prophets and have signs and wonders following them when in reality they're full of it. We need to have hearts towards all men, women and children all over the world. Those in the 1040 window who are Christians are the real ones. We have people living in the gutters of this country- men, women and children and as long as we have those here living like that then we need to spent our time here. Send out yes- but we have children here dying from hunger and filth, women dying in the streets. Men struggling to survive and provide here. I also have a heart for the list all over the world. We should stop concentrating on Jesus return and live the Gospel every day.
LOVED "We need to have hearts towards all men, women and children all over the world. Those in the 1040 window who are Christians are the real ones."
LOVED "But- there are very few actual Christians here in the US. And now we have groups here in the US that think they are Apostles, prophets and have signs and wonders following them when in reality they're full of it. "
Excellent video. We need to send a huge new wave of missionaries and get the gospel there via media avenues. Enough of church entertainment!
No more entertainment while people are going to hell
Its as if my mind freezes when it comes to sharing the gospel. I find it so difficult. I'm not sure why. I'm serious about my faith, but when it comes to the point in a conversation where I should say something, I just freeze, the moment passes, and I feel like a failure.
You just have to willing to make mistakes and even look foolish. Thinking you have to be perfect or "get it right" holds many people back. In the beginning most important thing is to try not necessarily succeed. It's like taking a leap and not sweating the results.
Danny try this method i use it much easier. It called friendship evangelism. Just show your self kind to strangers. Should them the love of Christ. And it time you might be able to share your faith. ruclips.net/video/1mauH6YlG_k/видео.html
Love it Josh!!!!
Thank you Rob. Appreciate your friendship
So we should 'convert' these 2B people as some say in order to second coming to be fulfilled. In my humble opinion there will be 'revival' and millions of converts (just like coming to McDonalds) but when our Lord returns, will he find Faith? No, he will find millions of crazy 'converts' with miracles and wonders. And guess what He will say next?
We can not convert anyone. We can only proclaim the gospel and hope hearts and receptive. We need to have a WORD and POWER church to make real disciples
@@TornCurtainIJoshuaSimone I agree Joshua. I am in Poland right now and guess what do I see...... another 'anointed' churches like 'Kościół Mocy - Church of Power' spreading heresy that rivals Kat Kerr or Kenneth Copeland. Now I have to explain myself that I am still the same as 10 years ago and not a 'evangelical' of 2024. Just to be on the safe side I call myself a Baptist. What went wrong with us?
I am from South-Africa, would want to go but need finances, can you provide ways to connect with Missionaries with funding in America?
You want to get connected with a ministry like YWAM to help you get trained and help you raise funds
The 1040 window was a topic back in 1998/ 99. It was a very popular topic with articles in Charisma magazine. Surly some inroads have been made in that amount of time.
Inroads were made but woefully inadequate when compared to birth rates outpacing progress of the gospel.
3 billion people are still unreached
In my experience, most "missionaries" going to America aren't going because they have a more pure form of the gospel. It is often even more corrupt. Many go because they feel it is an easier place to live and prosper, and they can get more in tithes...
To be fair, priorities do need to change, especially about where and how we send missionaries, but massive missionary movements have come out of the United States, and missions is a big thing where I"m from, Lancaster, PA. People have gone around the world from Lancaster.
I live in Brazil now. I don't know if it's still true, but Brazil was considered the #2 missionary sending country in the world, with the US #1, and more Brazilian missionaries were going to the US than to any other country. That is not for noble reasons. Brazilians have many unreached people groups in their own country, people who've never heard the gospel, large regions where idolatry, witchcraft, incest, and child prostitution are rampant. People eating once a day, no access to clean water. And the money the church spends doing something about that is minuscule compared to the money churches spend on self-serving, even bribes, drugs, prostitues, and hush money paid for by the tithes. I really have a hard time understanding how so many people can keep serving that system instead of Jesus.
Thank God there ARE no missionaries from Brazil now going to these regions of the country, but for a long time most were just going to the US. Many probably still are. I really don't think the majority of them were actually sent by God to the US. People go there because they think they will have an easier life, not usually because they want to serve Jesus.
Very good point my friend. Missionaries come here for the money. At least Brazil is a catholic nations which is at least some foundation to preach the true gospel message to the lost
@@TornCurtainIJoshuaSimone Brazil was largely a Catholic nation and still has many Catholics, but numbers of Catholics have been rapidly declining and evangelical churches growing. There have been many great moves of God here, but many have been sidelined by corrupt, self-serving leaders and errors that were imported from the United States.
US missionaries have brought the gospel to many places, but the church in the US has also exported certain errors, especially related to the "gain is godliness" gospel, that have caused tremendous harm in Latin America, Africa, and other places.
I'm encouraged, however, to see the Holy Spirit igniting a renewed mission movement to the poorer regions in the north and northeast of the country. We are going to the river people May 1-8th...many are quite isolated, drink the same water they do their business is, child prostitution and incest are everywhere, considered culturally normal, many are hungry and lonely. I'm so excited to go and see what the Lord will do there!
www.thetablet.co.uk/news/14909/brazil-to-stop-being-majority-catholic-this-year-polls-suggest-
Same thing when Africans say they want to come to the US as a "missionary" I generally find that suspect because when they come most churches they teach are also other Africans seeking to gain money or benefits in America. I rarely see Africans having a large amount of different races like whites, Asians, Arabs, etc Just other Africans and they could teach Africans in Africa as the need is very very dire... but of course many unreached people in Africa are found in very difficult to live places. Coming to America as a "missionary" is much more comfortable.
I have also heard that missionaries are coming to the US! What an embarrassment.
More missionaries come to the USA then any other country in the world.
Yep - in France actually.
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We are involved in church planting and marketplace ministry...Been here nearly 30 years!
Well then, consider reading the novel "Where Do We Go Now, LORD? - Burke." Advanced. Good.
Not only sharing their faith or leading people to the Lord...
Are the people casting out demons and healing the sick?
Casting out demons and healing the sick were part of Jesus' instructions for his disciples, and it's quite unbiblical to preach the gospel without a demonstration of God's power. Multiple verses confirm this. Disciples are those who follow Jesus and learn to do what he did. As the Father sent Jesus, Jesus sent us, and it is not without power. Healing the sick and casting out demons are part of the great commission, because Jesus taught his disciples to do these things, and then he told them "teaching them to do all things I have taught you."
And so if a person is not doing, or learning to do, what Jesus taught his disciples to do, they cannot be called disciples. And as it stands, most pastors today are not even disciples of Jesus. And if they are not disciples, how will they teach other people to be disciples?
And in many cases, if a person does start doing what Jesus taught his disciples to do, the church leadership feels threatened and insecure about it!
I keep becoming more convinced that the whole system that many call "church" needs to fall...but the gospel and fellowship remain. The very values of the system are so self-serving and actually hinder people from ever becoming disciples of Jesus. They pay the pastor to do ministry for them, and the pastor is rarely actually doing what Jesus taught his disciples for them. It's a spectator thing. It's like going to school for engineering for 30 years and never actually completing an engineering project. In fact, if you get tired of the perpetual theory and actually start acting, the leaders get very uncomfortable with you. Leadership often has almost nothing to do with godly character or any fruit in their lives..." It's just "You're supposed to have a spiritual covering and tithe to be blessed."
The lynchpin of this system is the tithe. It violates the priesthood of all believers and creates a class of the elite. It frustrates God's grace. It is what supplants Spirit-led giving, caring for the poor and widow, and reaching people who've never heard the gospel. It enforces the hierarchy of people on the top who are there to be served by everybody else. It replaces the message of Christ with fraud (false promises used to get something from you. The Bible calls such teachers "wells without water" and "clouds without rain") an extortion. (Threats used to get something from you.) It's a system that uses people, not loves them. "Pay your tithe and God will bless you. Don't, and you'll be cursed." So if my blessing or curse is based on the tithe, then how is Jesus and His redemptive work relevant to me?
Then is all the expensive infrastructure used to justify teaching human commands like the tithe. People say "We need money to keep the church going." I can't say infrastructure is "wrong" or never needed, but for the most part, I have no use for it, because dedication to everything people think they need replaces dedication to God's purposes. Priorities change, and nobody cares about the family that doesn't have food for the week when you have to pay the church's overhead.
So "how will God's kingdom survive without the tithe and all our infrastructure?" To any Christian or pastor who asks me that, I will ask if anybody in their church or on their leadership team has shared the gospel with as many people as I have in the last week, if they've seen as many miracles in their church in the last years of church services as I have in the last week, how many of their neighbors have been healed or delivered from demons? I've seen Jesus heal hundreds of people in my current city and thousands in different places over the years. None of the requires the tithes, the expensive budgets, the infrastructure. The volume only makes it harder to actually minister to each other and act as the body of Christ. The things the institution values have made it nearly totally irrelevant to me.
The very things many people think are necessary for God's kingdom to survive are the things which are so often hindering them from following Jesus and prioritizing what is important to Jesus.
Preaching the gospel must be proclamation and demonstration. We must believe that we can cast out demons, heal the sick and pray people are filled with the Holy Spirit 🙏
You have much godly wisdom my friend. God bless you for all the work you do!
Whats the 1040 window
The 1040 window is a rectangular area of North Africa, the Middle East and Asia between 10 degrees north and 40 degrees north latitude. This area is often called “The Resistant Belt”. The three major faiths in this region are: Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists. 3.28 billion people in the this region are considered an unreached people group for the gospel.
Bible prophecy is being fulfilled in real time right now that will usher in the tribulation. It took decades for this to happen. Time seems to be up for the age of grace. Time can’t go on in definitely for people saved. Everyone will hear the gospel during the tribulation. Four angels will fly across the whole earth preaching the gospel to every person.
Thank you for saying this Allen
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Over 3 billion people are unreached with the gospel message
Our own nation is crumbling before our eyes. We need to focus our evangelism on our neighbors, in Our own nation, and families, to build up an army of true believers. We have to look at ourselves and realize that We are going extinct in our own country, literally. If in 30 years, We are split up into a millenia of sectarian groups, just having to survive, then the rest of the world will suffer greatly. We have to deal with our own house before We can affect, in a significant way, the rest of the world.
We do need to build up our nation. But we can do both. We can take care of issues here in America and be committed to world evangelism. Ultimately everything we see here on earth is going to fade. We need to be focused on eternity
Yes we can do both and there are millions of Christians who can evangelize America. The problem is apathy and laziness and not numbers. We have plenty of people to spare to other nations and still more than enough to reach America if the American church decided to wake up.
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Bless you Barbara 🙏
Jesus said unto them, does this offend you?
John 8:24
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins
Matthew 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand
Mark 7
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Revelation 21
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
John 3:18
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 6:53
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you
Revelation 7:14
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
John 6:61
When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
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