Magnifying Christ Through Global Missions and Suffering

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"Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples for great is the Lord and greatly to be praised. He used to be feared above all gods for all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. Splendor and Majesty are before him, strength and beauty are in his sanctuary." [00:01:43]

"Christ is most magnified in you when you are most satisfied in him, especially in your suffering and death. And today in global focus, we're simply going to draw out the missionary implication of that. Christ is magnified in his world through servants who are satisfied in his worth, that's more than poetically cute, especially in their suffering and death." [00:10:48]

"The peoples of this world will come to magnify Christ, glorify Christ, honor Christ, worship Christ through servants who are so satisfied, so soul satisfied in Christ that this soul satisfaction in Christ carries them through all missionary suffering." [00:11:38]

"When Christ is so valuable to us that everything is lost by comparison, looking great in our lives, looking great, he's looking magnificent, especially when that happens as you die or suffer. And we know Amen it globally, right? Because the chapter 1 verse 5 of Romans he says, my ministry is for the sake of Christ among the nation's." [00:14:10]

"Christ will be magnified in my death because I will experience death as gain because I'm gonna be with him. He's everything to me, way better than life. So argument, Christ will be magnified in my death because Christ is more precious to me than life." [00:17:50]

"Christ is most magnified in us when we are most satisfied in Christ, especially in our suffering and dying. It's in the hardships, not the sunny days, that you make most of Christ. Anybody can be cheerful on a sunny day, healthy relationships all working, no threat to your life, piece of cake." [00:19:27]

"The purpose of God in creation and redemption and mission, so the total purpose, I like to have clear the purpose of the universe or a fydd Ian, the total purpose of the universe, all creation, all redemption, all mission, the total purpose is Christ magnified among the nation's." [00:21:03]

"The essential means which offer purpose, means bridge, the means of that purpose being fulfilled among the nations is Nations so satisfied in Christ's death can't break the joy. That's how it happens unless the nation's be glad is not a clever book title, it's a quote from Psalm 67." [00:21:24]

"The bridge between Christ magnified among the nations and nations satisfied in crisis not incidental that that bridge consists of missionaries who are embodiments of Christ magnified through their souls being satisfied through suffering." [00:23:21]

"It is a great mystery how God turns goers, I mean senders into Gore's. This is a great mystery. We just think about your life for a moment. You're sitting here, you're sitting there, why? California, South Dakota, Virginia, how'd you get here? Where were you born? How did you grow up?" [00:29:00]

"As Christ becomes more and more precious to you, more and more satisfying to you, it's not unlikely that some truths, some scripture is going to have your name on it. You won't act impulsively, you won't disregard counsel, you won't disregard gifting, don't disregard the church or the community, but you won't shake it." [00:33:35]

"Father, every year now for almost 40 years, this has become a critical moment of confirmation and guidance. And so in Mounds View right now and in Lakeville right now and here downtown, I ask you to keep on working just like you have been and in the mysteries of your catapulting people into your harvest." [00:37:07]

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