GYC 2008: For This Purpose

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Generation. Youth. Christ. (GYC)

Louis Torres ~ Gripping the Soul: Reaching the Heart Through Personal Evangelism

Louis Torres

Getting Rid of the Fear

How to Make Public Appeals Appealing

Recognizing Conviction

How To Get That Decision, Part I

How To Get That Decision, Part II

How To Get That Decision, Part III

The young people are demonstrating that they have a real desire to get involved with mission, working for the Lord, being trained.

So there are all sorts of youth endeavors taking place around the globe, because I think all of us sense that we are heading down the path that we have read about and studied about and believe in.

Let me share something with you that I was in the other day in Japan, the airport, And when I was there, all of a sudden I was struck with something I hadn't thought about before and that was that President Obama And all that's going on with politics and finances almost appears to me like the same kind of thing that happened with Joseph in the Bible.

What came to me was that when Joseph was in prison, he was brought out of prison because there was a dream that took place by 2 fellows.

And the 1 who bared a cup had forgotten that Joseph said, when you get into position, remember me.

So finally, the king had, or the pharaoh had a dream, and no 1 could interpret it, and they brought Joseph out.

And Joseph then went and interpreted the dream.

Now what's interesting is that What I was impressed with was this.

There were 7 years of prosperity and 7 years of famine.

And during the 7 years of famine, something interesting took place.

People who didn't have anything to eat with began to sell their possessions over to the government.

And as they sold their possessions to the government, it finally placed the government in a position where they had control over everything, and then that's what brought about the slavery of the Israelites.

Which is interesting because what's happening presently is that because of the financial meltdown, a lot of the private industries are asking the government to bail them out.

So what's taking place is that the government is actually getting possession of the private sector.

Which means then that the government is being placed in the position that can fulfill Revelation chapter 13.

Which means then that you and I don't have a lot of time to work.

So whatever we do now, we must do, it says what we don't do in times of prosperity, we will have to do in times of what?

So, maybe what I was talking about this morning about being put in a position where you're persecuted may just happen.

In other words, I'm going to just do something here for a moment.

We're very close, and I think that so many things are in place right now that could lead us into the final moments of earth's history that we've been told about, that would transpire just before the coming of Christ.

So I'm not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, but anyway, that's what I was impressed with when I was sitting there in the airport in Tokyo, Japan.

Do you have any questions so far concerning what, how many of you were here earlier today?

Do you have any questions about what we presented So far.

In trying to convey this message to others, let's go with fear, getting rid of fear.

Are there exercises or things that you can do to help shy people?

Are there exercises that can be done to help shy people.

1 of the things that you first have to do is you have to bring about conviction.

In other words, if you're going to go back to your churches and you've got church people who are afraid, don't think they can do it and all that.

1 of the things that has to happen is that conviction must surface, okay?

Because if a person doesn't feel conviction, he's not going to attempt anything.

If there's conviction, they're willing to attempt something even though they're afraid.

For example, many of you who are here have attempted things, not because you wanted to, but because you got convicted.

Once you follow the conviction, then God gave you a way of escape.

And so what I do when I'm training people is I give information like the 1 I gave this morning, the first presentation on how to get rid of fear by number 1, raising the reality that there are misconceptions, number 1.

And number 3, what does God want you to do with this now?

Does God want you to continue to be afraid?

Well, you have to put yourself in God's hands then, right?

Alright, so once you're in that position, then the next thing to do is to start training that person in something that succeeds.

In other words, you don't want to put people in a position where they have to do something large that they're going to fail in.

I had a young man who came to my training program when I was working as vice president with amazing facts.

His arms were kind of, and his hands were kind of disfigured like this.

And so he kind of just walked like this, okay?

And the church sent him to our training program.

And the first impression I had was, why did they send him to do evangelism, since he stutters, etc.

Finally, he calls me up, and in his old stuttering way, he said, Pastor, can I get my diploma?

Well, in those days it was a one-week training program and we would not give a certificate until they actually went and did the evangelistic meeting.

So I said, hey Steve, send me some pictures.

Not 1 of the persons was handicapped, was baptized.

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Louis Torres ~ Gripping the Soul: Reaching the Heart Through Personal Evangelism

Recognizing Conviction

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Getting Rid of the Fear

1h

How to Make Public Appeals Appealing

58m

Recognizing Conviction

55m

How To Get That Decision, Part I

52m

How To Get That Decision, Part II

1h

How To Get That Decision, Part III

1h

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