Sidewalk Training: Biblical and Effective

WEBVTT100:00:00.560 --> 00:00:05.759I Am Yours, I am yours, I am yours. Send Me,200:00:06.160 --> 00:00:10.150Lord, I am you. Welcometo the Gospel centered pro life podcast.300:00:10.349 --> 00:00:14.550In this episode and the next severalepisodes we're going to go more in depth400:00:14.589 --> 00:00:17.989with some of our sidewalk training.So we hope this will be a blessing500:00:18.070 --> 00:00:26.260to you. Stay tuned. Me, Lord, I felt show Passish,600:00:27.300 --> 00:00:36.890touch your heart. Use Me.Welcome to the Gospel Center pro life podcast.700:00:36.929 --> 00:00:40.649From appreciate you guys joining us and, as always, appreciate you if800:00:40.649 --> 00:00:44.850you guys, would leave us somegood reviews on whatever podcast platform that you900:00:45.049 --> 00:00:48.289use. We've got a lot ofreviews. We've shared some of those in1000:00:48.329 --> 00:00:52.880the past. Unfortunately, a lotof those reviews are bad reviews from our1100:00:52.960 --> 00:00:58.119pro abortion friends who don't like whatwe do, and so I think it'd1200:00:58.119 --> 00:01:00.439be great if we could counteract thosewith some good reviews. But, and1300:01:02.399 --> 00:01:06.510you get the get it from onestar or like half a star, I1400:01:06.590 --> 00:01:10.510think maybe at this point to atleast two stars or something. I don't1500:01:10.510 --> 00:01:12.590know, be nice. Be Niceto know that we're loved and that you1600:01:12.750 --> 00:01:18.390guys appreciate what we do. Soplease leave us a review and at the1700:01:18.430 --> 00:01:22.099end of this episode, as allof our other episodes, we give our1800:01:22.700 --> 00:01:25.739email address so you can reach outto us with questions you might have about1900:01:25.739 --> 00:01:30.739this podcast or encouragement that you wantto get of or suggestions that you have2000:01:30.859 --> 00:01:37.290for other podcasts. But what we'vethought to do in a couple of episodes2100:01:37.329 --> 00:01:42.569of the podcast is to go throughour training. So we do monthly.2200:01:42.609 --> 00:01:46.049I want to mention this to youguys who are maybe praying about getting involved,2300:01:46.049 --> 00:01:48.719or maybe you've been involved on thesidewalk at your abortion center but you2400:01:48.760 --> 00:01:53.879want some training, some more training. If you already volunteer under love life2500:01:53.480 --> 00:01:57.519or if you're one of our sidewalkmissionaries, you know you've already been trained2600:01:57.560 --> 00:02:02.069under this training. But for thosewho haven't, we do a monthly training2700:02:02.189 --> 00:02:06.790what we call our sidewalk outreach onehundred and one training. We do it2800:02:06.870 --> 00:02:10.270the first Saturday of every month.We do it over zoom from two PM2900:02:10.389 --> 00:02:15.300to four PM eastern time. Andin order for you to get plugged into3000:02:15.300 --> 00:02:19.460that training, what you'd have todo as you would have to fill out3100:02:19.500 --> 00:02:23.340one of our applications, our sidewalkout reach application. I'll look over that3200:02:23.419 --> 00:02:27.780application, maybe ask him qualifying questions. If I don't see any red flags3300:02:27.819 --> 00:02:30.050or anything like that. I'll putyou in the hopper to get an invitation3400:02:30.210 --> 00:02:34.250to that training. That wouldn't necessarilymean that you're a part of love life.3500:02:34.289 --> 00:02:36.689If you go through that training youmay already be a part of love3600:02:36.810 --> 00:02:39.250life, but at least you'd begetting some training from love lives, from3700:02:39.289 --> 00:02:43.729training from Vicky Myself, and soif you want to get involved in that,3800:02:44.479 --> 00:02:46.840please just reach out to me,Daniel at Love Life Dot Org,3900:02:47.039 --> 00:02:51.879and I'll send you along the appropriateinformation for you to get in that training.4000:02:51.919 --> 00:02:53.319Again, we do it once amonth, the first Saturday of every4100:02:53.400 --> 00:02:58.909month, and we'd encourage everyone whowho wants to get involved in sidewalk out4200:02:58.909 --> 00:03:00.990reach to be under that training.Vicky and I have a little bit of4300:03:01.030 --> 00:03:05.509experience in this world of sidewalk outreach and we think we have something we4400:03:05.590 --> 00:03:09.509can impart to you and we're actuallygoing through this next couple of episodes and4500:03:09.629 --> 00:03:13.460will maybe put some other episodes inbetween as we go through, but I4600:03:13.500 --> 00:03:17.659thought we should go through that trainingand maybe expound a little bit on some4700:03:17.780 --> 00:03:23.219of the points that we make throughthat training to help further equip people who've4800:03:23.219 --> 00:03:25.180gone through that training grou have notyet and the spur those who have not4900:03:25.219 --> 00:03:28.610yet gone through that training to gothrough that training, because it would be5000:03:28.689 --> 00:03:31.409very helpful for you. Yeah,because the training is a lot of information5100:03:31.449 --> 00:03:35.169all at once, so we werethinking maybe just break it down and be5200:03:35.250 --> 00:03:38.449able to spend a little bit moretime on each area for those who wanted5300:03:38.490 --> 00:03:40.759a little bit more meat, yeah, and just st are our basic points5400:03:40.800 --> 00:03:44.479that we make in the training.Yeah, absolutely, and that's really what5500:03:44.599 --> 00:03:49.840this podcast is about. Yeah,this podcast is about training and equipping people5600:03:49.919 --> 00:03:53.080to be an effective witness at theirlocal abortions. That's what this podcast is5700:03:53.120 --> 00:03:57.509about. We do other things.We've talked about other subjects that maybe you're5800:03:57.550 --> 00:04:00.870not directly associated with sidewalk out reach, but most of what we do is5900:04:01.069 --> 00:04:06.509associated with sidewalk out reach and allof what we do is from a biblical6000:04:06.590 --> 00:04:12.060perspective and I think can be appliedin some capacity on the sidewalk right.6100:04:13.060 --> 00:04:18.620So with that, the format forour training is my favorite format for anything,6200:04:18.899 --> 00:04:21.980because I like to know the INSand outs, the why, what6300:04:23.220 --> 00:04:26.649and how of any thing that I'mlooking at, and so the format of6400:04:26.730 --> 00:04:30.410the training is a what, whyand how, and I say always the6500:04:30.529 --> 00:04:33.370how is the meat, and rightnow we're going to start with the what,6600:04:33.810 --> 00:04:39.439what sidewalk route reach is and kindof breakdown we're going through again through6700:04:39.480 --> 00:04:42.040our training or one hundred and onesidewalk out reach, one thousand and one6800:04:42.040 --> 00:04:45.160training, and just kind of expoundingon the slides. So if you've been6900:04:45.399 --> 00:04:48.680in that training you'll know exactly whatI'm talking about. You maybe even remember7000:04:48.720 --> 00:04:51.949some of the slides as we wentthrough. But again, so we do7100:04:53.110 --> 00:04:57.029a what, why and how.China lay a foundation of what is sidewalk7200:04:57.110 --> 00:05:00.230out reach and one of the thingsthat often like to say is for me7300:05:00.389 --> 00:05:02.670it's helpful to understand. If Iwant to know what something is, it's7400:05:02.670 --> 00:05:06.339help for me to understand what thatthing is not. We always say,7500:05:06.339 --> 00:05:11.740and we did a whole episode aboutthis months and months ago, about how7600:05:11.779 --> 00:05:15.860sidewalk out reaches not protesting and what'sthe difference on you remember doing that episode?7700:05:15.860 --> 00:05:18.379Yeah, and so we kind ofbroke down again. Not that protestings7800:05:18.459 --> 00:05:21.329bad or anything like that, becauseI don't think that protestings bad. We7900:05:21.370 --> 00:05:25.930should protest things that are evil.We should protest abortion. It's just not8000:05:26.050 --> 00:05:29.410what sidewalk out reaches at an abortioncenter. Yeah, and even though there8100:05:29.410 --> 00:05:32.250are people that do protest at theabortion centers, I think to me it's8200:05:32.290 --> 00:05:34.879not the best scenario, it's notthe best use of our time to be8300:05:34.920 --> 00:05:40.319out there on the sidewalk in kindof a typical protest stands. It's also8400:05:40.360 --> 00:05:43.040got a lot of negative connotation.So I think there's that. There are8500:05:43.040 --> 00:05:45.480a lot of people who really say, I don't want to be involved with8600:05:45.560 --> 00:05:50.110those people that are, you know, screaming at at everybody and holding signs8700:05:50.189 --> 00:05:55.189that are saying how terrible abortionist andyeah, yeah, that's so. So8800:05:56.670 --> 00:06:00.230what sidewalk out reach is? Well, first and foremost, it's not protesting8900:06:00.269 --> 00:06:03.300and it's not harassment, even thoughwe're told that we're harassers and we're harassing9000:06:03.339 --> 00:06:08.500the women. We're not doing thatright. We're there bringing the hope of9100:06:08.579 --> 00:06:11.579the Gospel and the whole help ofthe local church. That's what we say.9200:06:11.980 --> 00:06:15.259Yeah, so, first and foremostwe're talking about sidewalk out reaching.9300:06:15.300 --> 00:06:17.180Again, this is a foundation forour training. What it is? Well,9400:06:17.379 --> 00:06:21.329it's not harassment and it's not aprotest. Again, not that protesting9500:06:21.410 --> 00:06:26.689is bad, it's just not whatwe're doing right. Yeah, but really9600:06:26.730 --> 00:06:30.769getting into the the depth of whatwe're doing, really getting into what sidewalk9700:06:30.810 --> 00:06:34.279out reach is. We always liketo say sidewalk out reaches. First and9800:06:34.399 --> 00:06:40.120foremost it's it's biblical, right,so we say it's Biblical and also it's9900:06:40.199 --> 00:06:46.189effective. But we have to understandthat effectiveness is not is for the Christian10000:06:46.310 --> 00:06:51.269is not really the highest gage ofwhy we do what we do and what10100:06:51.430 --> 00:06:55.589we actually are called to do.Right, we should. We want to10200:06:55.670 --> 00:06:58.389be effective, we want to bearfruit, we're supposed to bear fruit,10300:06:58.470 --> 00:07:01.379is Christians. But the effectiveness,in the mindset of the world of what's10400:07:01.420 --> 00:07:05.740effective and the mindset of the Christianof what's effective can be two different things.10500:07:06.019 --> 00:07:11.819Yeah, effectiveness as a Christian isfirst obeying God. I mean you10600:07:11.860 --> 00:07:15.930can almost say in one sense,like Jesus was not very effective because the10700:07:16.089 --> 00:07:21.129twelve men that he raised up abandonhim at his deepest hour of need.10800:07:21.250 --> 00:07:25.689Right, they when very effective inthe eyes of the world as far as10900:07:26.170 --> 00:07:29.290leadership goes and raising up a group. Now, ultimately, I mean I11000:07:29.410 --> 00:07:32.160gide here. Yeah, he waskilled. Doesn't look very effective at first11100:07:32.240 --> 00:07:36.720glance, right, right, sodoesn't I don't say that to say that11200:07:36.800 --> 00:07:40.839we shouldn't be effective and we shouldn'tseek to be effective, and I think11300:07:40.879 --> 00:07:46.910there are certain methods and things thatwe can employ in a biblical framework that11400:07:46.029 --> 00:07:49.790can be effective, and I thinkour methods are effective. I know that11500:07:49.910 --> 00:07:56.069they are. But again, firstand foremost it has to be is what11600:07:56.230 --> 00:08:00.939we're doing biblical? So talk alittle bit about the biblical nature of sidewalk11700:08:00.980 --> 00:08:05.259outreach. Yeah. Well, thereare so many verses that that would support11800:08:05.379 --> 00:08:07.779what we do out there, andwe have two that are, I think11900:08:07.899 --> 00:08:13.129probably are kind of our mantras,the the verses that really guide us the12000:08:13.290 --> 00:08:18.689most, and one of those isproverbs thirty one, eight, eight through12100:08:18.769 --> 00:08:22.329nine, and so that speak upfor those who cannot speak for themselves,12200:08:22.930 --> 00:08:26.600speak for the rights of all whoare destitute, speak up and judge fairly,12300:08:26.720 --> 00:08:31.480defend the rights of the poor andneedy. Yeah, so that's truly12400:08:31.519 --> 00:08:37.240a call to action. It's sayingthat we are to speak for those who12500:08:37.240 --> 00:08:41.669can't speak and for those who arevulnerable, were to defend their rights and12600:08:41.990 --> 00:08:45.789for the poor and the needy.And what a beautiful in my opinion,12700:08:45.789 --> 00:08:50.389and I think ours, love lives. This is a beautiful description of the12800:08:50.470 --> 00:08:54.870unborn. Yeah, the unborn can'tspeak, they can't run away, their12900:08:54.909 --> 00:08:58.860rights are definitely being violated, themost basic right of all, the right,13000:08:58.100 --> 00:09:05.019the right to life. They're ingreat need for an advocate. So13100:09:05.259 --> 00:09:11.809that's one of our guiding verses,that we are to speak and and in13200:09:11.090 --> 00:09:16.730that also one of, I think, one of the really important parts of13300:09:16.169 --> 00:09:22.370that versus speak up and judge fairly. And I think we did a whole13400:09:22.409 --> 00:09:26.320podcast on on judging, because Christians, are we here all the time.13500:09:26.480 --> 00:09:31.759We well, you shouldn't judge,but that's not accurate at all, not13600:09:31.879 --> 00:09:35.720biblically. Yeah, the Bible saysat the righteous man judges all things.13700:09:35.840 --> 00:09:41.389Yeah, yeah, and we judgewith not our righteousness but with the righteousness13800:09:41.629 --> 00:09:48.350of Christ. And where do wefind that? Well, it's within everyone13900:09:48.389 --> 00:09:52.190who has, you know, calledupon Lord as their Lord and Jesus is14000:09:52.269 --> 00:09:56.620their Lord and Savior. It's therighteousness of God. And but you can14100:09:56.860 --> 00:10:00.580find it in the Bible, inthe words of scripture. It tells us14200:10:01.019 --> 00:10:05.580what is righteous, yeah, andwhat is wrong. And if we,14300:10:05.259 --> 00:10:11.330who are called to be salt andlight, cannot judge right from wrong,14400:10:11.289 --> 00:10:16.490then how are we supposed to besalt and light? To the world.14500:10:16.529 --> 00:10:20.759Yeah, so that's really a significantpart of that. We are to judge.14600:10:20.759 --> 00:10:24.720We are to judge, though,fairly and righteously. The the I14700:10:24.879 --> 00:10:30.600think in the NIV it says judgerighteously. Yeah. Yeah, one of14800:10:30.639 --> 00:10:33.399the things you could say is,are we called a judge? Yes,14900:10:33.720 --> 00:10:37.470we're called a judge, but we'renot called to be judgmental. Yeah,15000:10:37.590 --> 00:10:39.789there's a difference there. Yeah,we're judging. When you judge, you15100:10:39.909 --> 00:10:46.590make assessments of behavior. Like whenyou look at abortion and the action of15200:10:46.629 --> 00:10:50.419abortion, you should judge that,as a Christian, as wrong, and15300:10:50.580 --> 00:10:56.100those who were involved in it youshould judge as being in the wrong.15400:10:56.139 --> 00:11:00.179Right. That's right. But beingjudgmental is just writing those people off.15500:11:00.379 --> 00:11:05.970Being judgmental is from the perspective ofI'm better than they are. And the15600:11:05.090 --> 00:11:09.289reality is, and even some ofthe folks that maybe you're listening now,15700:11:09.409 --> 00:11:13.049some of the folks that are involvedin love life, you yourself personally,15800:11:13.009 --> 00:11:16.610folks that we know closely, havebeen involved in an abortion themselves. Yeah,15900:11:18.090 --> 00:11:20.200and so we have no right tosay that we're better than they are.16000:11:20.559 --> 00:11:24.679Now, by God's grace, ourhearts have been changed and by the16100:11:24.759 --> 00:11:28.879Holy Spirit we're better in the sensethat our actions are different because we've been16200:11:28.879 --> 00:11:31.559changed. But it's not our ownwisdom and grace that's done that. It's16300:11:31.559 --> 00:11:35.629the grace of God. It's themercy of God. Right, and and16400:11:35.990 --> 00:11:41.309with that understanding of God, ashe has taught us, as he has16500:11:41.470 --> 00:11:45.789entered our life, we under wecan judge that what we be dead yea16600:11:45.870 --> 00:11:50.059in being involved in abortion was wrong, it was evil, it was rebellion16700:11:50.820 --> 00:11:54.860from God, and we can speakthat. Yeah, can tell O,16800:11:54.980 --> 00:12:00.419there's not, and we speak froma perspective of, again not being judgmental,16900:12:00.539 --> 00:12:03.690but judging behavior, that it's wrong, that it's sinful, that it's17000:12:03.809 --> 00:12:07.649destructive, and out of a lovefor God and a love for people,17100:12:07.330 --> 00:12:11.730we got to warn, we gotto make a judgment and warn that what's17200:12:11.769 --> 00:12:16.639happening inside of those abortion clinics issinful and it's wrong. It's yeah,17300:12:16.759 --> 00:12:18.960the picture that I have in mymind is, and I think I've given17400:12:20.000 --> 00:12:22.120it maybe on this podcast of certainlygiven it on the sidewalk when people say17500:12:22.120 --> 00:12:26.559you shouldn't be judgmental, is oneyou know if you're if you're standing on17600:12:26.639 --> 00:12:30.909a roadside and there's a bridge outahead and you know that the bridge is17700:12:30.950 --> 00:12:35.870out ahead, and someone comes speedingtowards you in a vehicle and they're going17800:12:35.870 --> 00:12:37.149to go down that road with abridge is out ahead. If you start17900:12:37.190 --> 00:12:41.509waving your arms and yelling and sayingdon't go that way, you're going to18000:12:41.590 --> 00:12:45.059fall off the brink that's there becausethe bridge is out ahead. Yeah,18100:12:45.299 --> 00:12:48.740are you making a judgment? Yeah, yeah, you are actually making a18200:12:48.820 --> 00:12:52.419judgment. You're making a judgment thatthey're headed really fast toward a place that18300:12:52.539 --> 00:12:56.899they don't want to go, thatthey need to stop right and you might18400:12:56.980 --> 00:13:01.490even raise your hands and you mighteven raise your voice. You're not being18500:13:01.529 --> 00:13:07.250judgmental, but you're making a judgmentand the motivation is, and this can18600:13:07.289 --> 00:13:11.129be the difference between making a judgmentand being judgmental. Being judgmental in a18700:13:11.210 --> 00:13:16.639motivation is tear others down to buildyourself up. Making a judgment and assessment18800:13:16.679 --> 00:13:22.120of behavior is to point out atruth so that others won't be torn down.18900:13:22.360 --> 00:13:24.000Right you want to be you wantto see these MOMS going into the19000:13:24.039 --> 00:13:26.990abortion center. You don't want tosee him being torn down by abortion and19100:13:28.110 --> 00:13:31.389ultimately under the judgment of God.You want to warn them that the bridge19200:13:31.429 --> 00:13:35.309is out of head. Don't dothat way exactly. You're protecting your action,19300:13:35.549 --> 00:13:39.990then, is is protective. Yeah, it is not to rip apart19400:13:41.029 --> 00:13:45.019or to condemn. We're not condemningfrom the judgment. I thought. I19500:13:45.100 --> 00:13:48.620love the word warning. We're warningyou are going down a dangerous and destructive19600:13:48.740 --> 00:13:52.740path, not only for the baby, which is quite clear, yeah,19700:13:52.740 --> 00:13:56.289but it is a dangerous and destructivepath, yeah, for the mother as19800:13:56.409 --> 00:14:01.769well. Yeah. So there's clearlya call to speak, a biblical call19900:14:01.889 --> 00:14:09.250to speak, a biblical call tojudge rightly and to defend those, those20000:14:09.330 --> 00:14:13.600babies through your speech. Absolutely whatprayer is great. We've said that so20100:14:13.679 --> 00:14:16.799many times. Prayer is great,it's essential, it's critical, but we20200:14:18.000 --> 00:14:20.360do believe we're called to do morethan that. Yeah, that the Bible20300:14:20.639 --> 00:14:26.190is a call to action. Absolutely, not only prayer and word in his20400:14:26.350 --> 00:14:30.750prayer is and the second verse thatI think is one of our kind of20500:14:30.789 --> 00:14:35.509our guiding principles, is proverbs twentyfour, eleven and twelve. I think20600:14:35.509 --> 00:14:39.899it's also on. It rescue thosebeing led away to death, hold back20700:14:39.059 --> 00:14:43.620those staggering to the slaughter, andthen it goes on. That's the call20800:14:43.740 --> 00:14:46.700to action. Yep, that weare to rescue, in that we're to20900:14:46.820 --> 00:14:50.659hold back those even that are stillstruggling towards the slaughter. But in verse21000:14:50.700 --> 00:14:54.970twelve it says, if you say, but we knew nothing about this,21100:14:54.570 --> 00:14:58.809does not he who weighs the heartperceive it? Does Not he who guard21200:14:58.850 --> 00:15:03.769your life know it? Will henot repay everyone according to what they have21300:15:03.970 --> 00:15:09.279done? So that's first the callto action what we should do, and21400:15:09.559 --> 00:15:15.320then saying now you know, basicallyit's written, now that it's in the21500:15:15.559 --> 00:15:18.039word. Now you know. Youknow what God says that we are called21600:15:18.080 --> 00:15:24.029to do. You know what's happeningout of the abortion centers, because there21700:15:24.110 --> 00:15:28.389are people standing in front of theabortion centers telling you. And to now21800:15:28.549 --> 00:15:33.110claim ignorance, that is not okay, God. God says, you can't21900:15:33.590 --> 00:15:39.100pretend that you don't know just bysaying we knew nothing about this. You22000:15:39.259 --> 00:15:45.419do know. And if you know, God sees that you know. And22100:15:45.580 --> 00:15:50.210it says in this verse he he'sgoing to weigh yeah, your heart.22200:15:50.289 --> 00:15:58.090He weighs your heart. He knows. You knew that today there were forty22300:15:58.289 --> 00:16:03.049three babies killed at the abortion center. That well, forty three that showed22400:16:03.090 --> 00:16:07.000up praise God for chose, forthe MOM's chose life, but I think22500:16:07.039 --> 00:16:11.240it was forty five, I'm sorry, forty five, and one abortion center22600:16:11.720 --> 00:16:18.389out of for in one city,and for us to then say that we22700:16:18.629 --> 00:16:23.669don't know that babies are being slaughteredthere and now that we do know that22800:16:23.909 --> 00:16:30.389we're doing nothing about it. Goddoesn't give us a pass that we can't22900:16:30.509 --> 00:16:34.580plead. The American church cannot pleadignorance on the issue of abortion. Yeah,23000:16:36.139 --> 00:16:37.700and then you know, we knowthat this is happening, we know23100:16:37.820 --> 00:16:41.779the slaughter is taking place in ourcities. Yeah, and so does not23200:16:41.980 --> 00:16:48.009he who weighs the hearts know it? Doesn't he know that we know he23300:16:48.169 --> 00:16:52.570does? Yeah, and so that'swhy it's our responsibility. Now we know23400:16:52.769 --> 00:16:56.809that not everyone can be on thesidewalk, not everyone can be out there23500:16:56.090 --> 00:17:00.720on a regular basis for whatever reason. Yeah, but everybody can do something,23600:17:00.919 --> 00:17:04.599and that's why we're calling as aministry, Love Life, naturally is23700:17:04.720 --> 00:17:11.279calling the Church of Jesus Christ torise up to do something about the issue23800:17:11.279 --> 00:17:15.109of abortion, because we've been silenttoo long. We have an and there23900:17:15.190 --> 00:17:19.230will be repayment. That's the endof that verse. Will he not repay24000:17:19.470 --> 00:17:23.470everyone according to what they have done. Yeah, every one of us is24100:17:23.630 --> 00:17:30.099culpable, every one of us isresponsible and in what we've done on this24200:17:30.299 --> 00:17:37.700issue. So those are huge callsto action and that's why we are standing24300:17:37.779 --> 00:17:41.500there, that's why we're not homejust praying in our living room. Yeah,24400:17:41.859 --> 00:17:44.730that, and I don't ever meanthat to sound like just praying.24500:17:44.930 --> 00:17:52.769Praying is incredibly important and certainly pavesthe way, but the the call from24600:17:52.890 --> 00:18:00.440God is clearly that we are toalso be taking action, especially with the24700:18:00.759 --> 00:18:06.880staggering numbers and years that this hasbeen going on. Absolutely what how?24800:18:07.000 --> 00:18:08.599You know? One of the thingsthat I think I heard you say at24900:18:08.640 --> 00:18:12.750first. I can't remember, butI say it often out at the sidewalk25000:18:14.150 --> 00:18:21.430is today there was one kindergarten classin one single facility obliterated. Yeah,25100:18:21.630 --> 00:18:25.829a whole kindergarten class, and actuallynow it's probably two kindergarten classes from today.25200:18:25.869 --> 00:18:27.819Yeah, and that's you know,when you think about it in those25300:18:27.980 --> 00:18:33.140terms, that these are little humanbeings that had a plan and a purpose25400:18:33.259 --> 00:18:41.730before God that have been wiped outin just one facility staggered. We must25500:18:41.089 --> 00:18:45.609rescue those. We must rescue weare God says, rescue, hold back25600:18:45.730 --> 00:18:51.009those staggering towards the slaughter. Oneof the things that we often say is25700:18:51.130 --> 00:18:53.569we do our one our journeys,which is a one hour look at the25800:18:53.650 --> 00:18:59.559ministry, out at the abortion centersfor pastors. Mainly that's focused on pastors25900:18:59.640 --> 00:19:03.000and ministry leaders, and one ofthe things that we say to these pastors26000:19:03.119 --> 00:19:07.440is, if you know, youknew when and where the next school shooting26100:19:07.559 --> 00:19:10.349was going to take place, rightwhere a shooter was going to show up26200:19:11.150 --> 00:19:15.349and kill a kindergarten classroom of children? Yeah, if you knew when that26300:19:15.430 --> 00:19:18.230was going to take place and whereit was going to take place, wouldn't26400:19:18.230 --> 00:19:21.390you be there? Would in thechurch be there? Wouldn't we try to26500:19:21.470 --> 00:19:23.859do what we could to stop that? And yet that's what's happening at these26600:19:23.900 --> 00:19:29.660abortion centers. We know exactly whenthat there killing is going to start,26700:19:29.819 --> 00:19:33.180we knew where it's going to takeplace. Shouldn't we be there bringing the26800:19:33.299 --> 00:19:36.779Gospel, pleading with these mothers notto go in there and take the life26900:19:36.779 --> 00:19:40.890of their child? Yeah, we'vegot to be standing in the gap as27000:19:41.009 --> 00:19:44.529the church. And so again theside wokoutreach thing. It's not just some27100:19:44.970 --> 00:19:48.450protests. It's not just some politicalanks that's bound up in our hearts and27200:19:48.529 --> 00:19:51.089we've got to just let it outat that place. No, this is27300:19:51.130 --> 00:19:55.319a biblical ministry because we are calledto give a voice to the voiceless,27400:19:55.759 --> 00:19:59.599we are called to protect the innocent, we are called to hold back those27500:19:59.680 --> 00:20:04.319who are stumbling toward the slaughter.Yeah, yeah. And and in terms27600:20:04.359 --> 00:20:10.230of is it biblical, besides thosetwo versus, just think about all the27700:20:10.309 --> 00:20:17.230verses that mention the unborn child inthe Bible and the value of human life.27800:20:17.309 --> 00:20:21.500And there there's hundreds of yeah,I mean they're you know, but27900:20:22.180 --> 00:20:25.900basically it boils down to that everyhuman being, it's made in the image28000:20:25.900 --> 00:20:30.619of God and therefore every human beingbeing from conception bears the image of God,28100:20:30.779 --> 00:20:33.740yeah, and is loved by God, and God has a plan and28200:20:33.819 --> 00:20:41.490a purpose from conception. So weare to care about every human being from28300:20:41.490 --> 00:20:45.930the moment of conception, and thisis which we've said many times. This28400:20:45.970 --> 00:20:51.119is the last moment, or thelast few moments that these babies are going28500:20:51.160 --> 00:20:53.319to be alive. And so wehear all the time. Well, why28600:20:53.359 --> 00:20:59.200are you out there in such anannoying, harassing manner out on the sidewalk28700:20:59.240 --> 00:21:03.680speaking for those babies. Shouldn't yoube, you know, stopping them long28800:21:03.799 --> 00:21:07.430before they come to that point?But if we think about your analogy with28900:21:08.029 --> 00:21:15.029the kindergarten class that that is isbeing shot and it makes national news and29000:21:15.390 --> 00:21:19.940everybody rushes in to try and rescuethem, they don't say will wait?29100:21:21.140 --> 00:21:25.619No, we should stop those shooters, you know. Yeah, it's too29200:21:25.700 --> 00:21:29.900bad that those babies are being thosechildren are being slaughtered in the kindergarten.29300:21:29.980 --> 00:21:33.490But but let's go, you know, work on the mental health programs that29400:21:33.609 --> 00:21:36.769that made, that that one shooterdo what he did, and let's go.29500:21:37.250 --> 00:21:40.049Why? That's where we need toput our energy. No one would29600:21:40.049 --> 00:21:44.089ever say that that's ludicrous. Yourun to the place where someone is being29700:21:44.130 --> 00:21:48.119actively slaughtered? Yeah, and youwouldn't have any question of doing that if29800:21:48.200 --> 00:21:52.640it was five year olds, sixyear olds, but we question it with29900:21:52.799 --> 00:22:00.789the unborn because we don't know orunderstand maybe that the Bible is very clear30000:22:00.869 --> 00:22:04.349that the unborn is as precious inthe sight of God. Yes, the30100:22:04.390 --> 00:22:07.829five for the six year old.Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Yeah,30200:22:08.349 --> 00:22:15.900another couple biblical passages, understandings thatwe have of these babies. Again,30300:22:15.259 --> 00:22:19.779the Bible is very clear about protectingthe innocent. The Bible is very clear30400:22:19.819 --> 00:22:26.500about giving a voice to the voiceless, about lifting up the oppressed. and30500:22:26.700 --> 00:22:30.730WHO's more oppressed in society than theseunborn children? Yeah, it's well said30600:22:30.769 --> 00:22:36.769that the the womb is the mostdangerous place in the United States of America30700:22:36.809 --> 00:22:41.329right now, since a terrible ironythe womb that was so perfectly designed by30800:22:41.410 --> 00:22:47.440God to be the perfect place ofprotection and it no longer is a safe30900:22:47.519 --> 00:22:49.960place. Yeah, the statistics arewhat we call the tragic truth, and31000:22:51.079 --> 00:22:55.039we're talking to pastors. Yeah,is that every week in the United States31100:22:55.079 --> 00:23:00.630of America, about seventeen thousand babiesdie every week in the United States,31200:23:00.710 --> 00:23:07.069every week. Wow, and that'slike that should weigh heavy on us and31300:23:08.470 --> 00:23:11.470you know, pastors need to understandthis. If that's true, and it31400:23:11.630 --> 00:23:15.460is true and these, these childrenare precious in the side of God,31500:23:15.779 --> 00:23:19.059then these passages that apply to givena voice, for the voices, to31600:23:19.420 --> 00:23:23.339helping the oppressed, to hold backthose you are stumbling towards the straw the31700:23:23.380 --> 00:23:26.569slaughter, rescue those who are beingled away to death, these applied to31800:23:26.609 --> 00:23:30.809the unborn and the there's a passagein Luke chapter ten that we share all31900:23:30.849 --> 00:23:33.730the time. Yeah, we're talksabout, of course, the parable of32000:23:33.809 --> 00:23:38.529Good Samaritan. And the man askedJesus, you know who's his neighbor?32100:23:38.890 --> 00:23:42.519WHO's my neighbor? and Jesus andthen Jesus gives the parable Good Samaritan.32200:23:42.640 --> 00:23:45.880This is in Luke chapter ten.I don't have to go over it.32300:23:47.000 --> 00:23:48.759For many of you guys, youprobably read this, maybe even memorize this.32400:23:52.160 --> 00:23:56.470Jesus talks about how this man whowent from who was going from Jerusalem32500:23:56.750 --> 00:24:02.230to Jericho, was beaten by thieves, left naked and half dead in the32600:24:02.349 --> 00:24:06.109ditch and the religious people pass byon the other side of the priest and32700:24:06.150 --> 00:24:07.630Levite. They see the man,but they pass by on the other side32800:24:07.630 --> 00:24:11.339of the road. But the Samaritan, he looks on the man with compassion32900:24:11.380 --> 00:24:15.059and goes to the ditch and getshim out of the ditch, cleans off33000:24:15.140 --> 00:24:17.940his wounds, puts him on hisanimal and takes him to an end to33100:24:17.980 --> 00:24:22.180provide for his needs. And weequate this with the scenario that we do33200:24:22.299 --> 00:24:25.130without the abortion center and said wesay there are two in the ditch.33300:24:25.170 --> 00:24:27.329There's the mom who's believe the livesof the enemy and through her sin,33400:24:27.529 --> 00:24:32.130got herself wrapped up in a situationshe didn't account for and she's there to33500:24:32.210 --> 00:24:34.250take the life of her baby.She's in a ditch, but that baby,33600:24:34.369 --> 00:24:37.849even more so, is in aditch right. That baby is going33700:24:37.890 --> 00:24:41.079to be left dead inside of thatplace. And so we as Christians,33800:24:41.119 --> 00:24:45.359if we're going to love our neighboras ourself, and and that's really the33900:24:45.440 --> 00:24:48.519key to this, what Jesus istalking about is loving our neighbor as ourselves.34000:24:48.519 --> 00:24:55.750He was dealing with some religious people, religious hypocrites really, who touted34100:24:55.829 --> 00:24:59.869about their goodness and they're good worksand all the sacrifices they gave and the34200:24:59.950 --> 00:25:03.670tithe and stuff they gave, andyet they wouldn't even go and help their34300:25:03.710 --> 00:25:07.180neighbor who is in a difficult spot. They're willing to give tithe as long34400:25:07.180 --> 00:25:08.900as they could be recognized for thetide that they'd given. Yeah, and34500:25:08.980 --> 00:25:11.779that's for many Christians. Listen,I don't want to I want to preach34600:25:11.900 --> 00:25:15.500too much, but many Christians,you know, they attend church, they34700:25:15.660 --> 00:25:21.339sing in the worship team, theyteach Sunday school and in reality, if34800:25:21.380 --> 00:25:22.730you boil it down, why theydo it. The motivation is to be34900:25:22.849 --> 00:25:27.329seen. And on a sidewalk,I mean you might get seen, but35000:25:27.369 --> 00:25:30.529I'm going to tell you it's notthe best place to be. You're not35100:25:30.569 --> 00:25:33.809getting a lot of hand claps onthe sidewalk at an abortion center. Yeah,35200:25:33.890 --> 00:25:37.240get a lot of rejection from people, from from even believers, that35300:25:37.400 --> 00:25:38.960thank you're crazy for being out there. That's that's a little bit of a35400:25:40.000 --> 00:25:42.240rabbit trail. The point here iswe're called to love our neighbor, even35500:25:42.279 --> 00:25:45.319when it don't look good to otherpeople. Were called to love our neighbor,35600:25:45.359 --> 00:25:51.789to go to the ditches. ThatSamaritan went to the ditch and he35700:25:51.950 --> 00:25:56.190loved his neighbor as himself. Ifyou were left half dead and naked in35800:25:56.269 --> 00:25:59.190a ditch, wouldn't you want someoneto come to you rather than passing by35900:25:59.230 --> 00:26:02.029on the other side of the road? Yeah, and and he was a36000:26:02.150 --> 00:26:04.500Samaritan, who is the enemy ofthe Jews. Yeah, so here's a36100:26:04.539 --> 00:26:08.779Jewish man in the ditch and he'sa Samaritan and he was willing to help36200:26:08.859 --> 00:26:14.180his enemy because the enemy was inneed. Yeah, saw the need and36300:26:14.660 --> 00:26:19.410helped him, and so we're calledwe may not like any of the reasons36400:26:19.609 --> 00:26:26.569for why they're there and feel thatthey are may be very selfish and maybe36500:26:26.650 --> 00:26:32.450very sinful people, but we arecalled to help them. Yeah, absolutely,36600:26:32.450 --> 00:26:37.920and hopefully then lead them to amuch better understanding of God so that36700:26:37.039 --> 00:26:41.799ultimately they'll never be back in therein that ditch. Yeah, absolutely.36800:26:41.759 --> 00:26:48.710You know, another story that Jesusgives, and it's really just a picture36900:26:48.950 --> 00:26:52.509of the last days, is inMatthew Chapter Twenty Five. Is that we're37000:26:52.549 --> 00:26:56.430talking about how sidewalk outreach is biblical, being at an abortion center right with37100:26:56.549 --> 00:27:00.789the grace of God and the loveof God, bringing the Gospel, bringing37200:27:00.910 --> 00:27:03.059the hope of the Gospel and thehelp of the local church to the people37300:27:03.099 --> 00:27:07.980going into the abortion center. Anotherpassage that comes to mind that shows me37400:27:07.099 --> 00:27:11.539this is like, this is biblicaland we're motivated by what the Bible says37500:27:11.380 --> 00:27:15.490comes out of Matthew Chapter Twenty Five, and this is Jesus talking in verse37600:27:15.569 --> 00:27:18.849Thirty One, Mathew Thirty one,and it says when the son of man37700:27:19.049 --> 00:27:22.609comes in his glory with all theHoly Angels with him, then he will37800:27:22.609 --> 00:27:26.049sit on the throne of his gloryand all the nations be gathered before him37900:27:26.049 --> 00:27:30.599and he will separate them one fromanother, as a shepherd divides his sheep38000:27:30.640 --> 00:27:33.079from the goats. And he getson to say. Then the king will38100:27:33.079 --> 00:27:36.640say to those on his right hand, come you, blessed of my father,38200:27:36.759 --> 00:27:38.240and here the kingdom prepared from you, from the foundation of the world.38300:27:38.480 --> 00:27:41.839For I was hungry and you gaveme food, I was thirsty and38400:27:41.960 --> 00:27:44.470gave me drink. I was astranger and you took me and I was38500:27:44.509 --> 00:27:47.390naked and you clothed me. Iwas sick and you visited me. I38600:27:47.509 --> 00:27:49.869was in prison and you came tome. And then the righteous answer,38700:27:49.910 --> 00:27:52.589and I'll just sum up the say, well, when did we do all38800:27:52.630 --> 00:27:56.069these things? And he says,whatever you've done to the least of these,38900:27:56.150 --> 00:27:59.140you've done it for me. Soif you close the clothes the least39000:27:59.220 --> 00:28:02.660of these, if you gave avoice to the voiceless, it's like you39100:28:02.779 --> 00:28:06.940identified or it's like you did itfor me, and because Jesus himself identifies39200:28:07.579 --> 00:28:11.180with you oppressed in society, themarginalize, the margin last, the oppressed,39300:28:11.259 --> 00:28:15.369those who society cares nothing about.Right and it's funny that the Social39400:28:15.569 --> 00:28:22.490Justice folks have have really capitalized onthis and really jumped on this as far39500:28:22.490 --> 00:28:25.250as, like, you know,some of the other stuff that's out there39600:28:25.250 --> 00:28:32.279and just kind of twisted all ofthis around. Certainly we should look out39700:28:32.359 --> 00:28:36.440for the oppressed in society, right, we should write. But if we39800:28:36.799 --> 00:28:41.829ignore, because of some political motivationor whatever, the most oppressed, and39900:28:41.910 --> 00:28:45.869we're talking about these babies who literallycannot give themselves a voice, who have40000:28:45.069 --> 00:28:52.509literally, as society, been taggedas Nonhuman, expendable, expendable property.40100:28:52.750 --> 00:28:56.059You look at the way that thatRov Wade view the unborn. It was40200:28:56.220 --> 00:28:59.940somehow this, this unborn child,was property of the mother. Ye,40300:29:00.299 --> 00:29:03.859YEP, if we're talking social justiceand we want to push for a show40400:29:03.019 --> 00:29:07.779social justice, and yet we neglectthat. We hadn't neglect that group of40500:29:07.900 --> 00:29:11.009people, these unborn children. Weremissing the point. We're missing really what40600:29:11.130 --> 00:29:15.609Jesus said here, right, andas the church, we've really got a40700:29:15.650 --> 00:29:18.529champion this stuff. Yeah, wedo, because, I mean think about40800:29:18.569 --> 00:29:22.329who are the most vulnerable among usus, and I can't think of any40900:29:23.130 --> 00:29:27.000people group more vulnerable. Yeah,and an unborn child, they're just did41000:29:27.119 --> 00:29:33.920they cannot flee, they can't speak, they can't flee and and so they41100:29:34.160 --> 00:29:40.750are the least of us to thenth degree. and Jesus, it's clear41200:29:41.390 --> 00:29:45.630we are. When we protect anddo for the least of us, we41300:29:45.789 --> 00:29:48.910do for Jesus. Yeah, nowhe goes on to say to those who41400:29:49.069 --> 00:29:52.740he judges. Yeah, he says, when I was naked, you didn't41500:29:52.819 --> 00:29:56.140clothe me, when I was inprison, you didn't visit me. When41600:29:56.180 --> 00:29:59.779I was thirsty, you didn't giveme water, when I was hungry,41700:29:59.779 --> 00:30:03.299you didn't feed me. And theysay, well, when did we see41800:30:03.299 --> 00:30:06.299you in such a state? Andwe didn't meet your needs. I'm paraphrase41900:30:06.380 --> 00:30:08.890it again, right, and hesays, whatever you've not done for the42000:30:08.930 --> 00:30:14.569least of these, you've not doneit for me. Again, Jesus identifying42100:30:14.650 --> 00:30:18.690himself with the marginalize. And whois more marginalized, Yep, in our42200:30:18.769 --> 00:30:22.640society than the unborn? Yeah,and so, as believers in Jesus,42300:30:23.359 --> 00:30:27.039now, we don't believe in aworkspace salvation. I don't believe that if42400:30:27.039 --> 00:30:30.920you got to in an abortion centerthat somehow that makes you saved. But42500:30:32.039 --> 00:30:36.349it certainly is. And again,I don't want to just say abortion center42600:30:36.390 --> 00:30:38.910ministry. There's all kinds of otherministries that people can be involved in and42700:30:38.990 --> 00:30:41.910there's all kinds of ways to beinvolved in this ministry. Everybody can do42800:30:42.069 --> 00:30:47.109something. As believers in Jesus,though, when there's a marginalized group of42900:30:47.269 --> 00:30:52.460people and we're refusing to do anythingfor them, but to ask yourself,43000:30:52.539 --> 00:30:56.460is this a manifestation that my heartis not right with God? Yeah,43100:30:56.539 --> 00:30:59.019because I if I love him,I'll do it. He says yeah,43200:30:59.220 --> 00:31:03.500and he says go, yeah,and and and care for those who cannot43300:31:03.539 --> 00:31:07.450care for themselves. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, and it's not like doing43400:31:07.490 --> 00:31:11.769these things makes you a Christian,but it certainly was. is like the43500:31:11.930 --> 00:31:17.289the fruit doesn't make the tree whatit is. The fruit is a natural43600:31:17.490 --> 00:31:21.559outflow of the trees being of whatit actually is. And so, as43700:31:21.599 --> 00:31:26.240a believer in Jesus, we seethose marginalized in society and we find ourselves43800:31:26.319 --> 00:31:30.319doing nothing to give them a voice, nothing to help them, then we43900:31:30.519 --> 00:31:34.349need to assess our own hearts.Yeah, Paul says, I believe it,44000:31:34.470 --> 00:31:37.910First Corinthians first or Second Corinthians.He says, examine yourself and see44100:31:37.910 --> 00:31:41.710if you are in the faith.We need to make a serious examination of44200:31:41.750 --> 00:31:45.950ourselves. A modern church needs tomake a serious examination of herself. Well,44300:31:47.029 --> 00:31:52.140the not we're even walking in thebiblical framework of Christianity. That's that's44400:31:52.220 --> 00:31:55.859for sure, and I think itcan also be applied to as we're out44500:31:55.859 --> 00:32:01.609there speaking and judging righteously. Partof that is that being able to tell44600:32:01.769 --> 00:32:07.769the women that are showing up foran abortion, if you're claiming to love44700:32:07.970 --> 00:32:13.289God, if your faith is atrue saving faith, then you should be44800:32:13.609 --> 00:32:17.440obeying you should be doing what hetells you to do, which in clutes44900:32:17.480 --> 00:32:23.759that shall not murder but to protectthe vulnerable. And and so we can45000:32:24.319 --> 00:32:29.200and should be saying that to themas well, and I like what you45100:32:29.359 --> 00:32:34.549said. It's not that that provesthey are or are not a Christian,45200:32:34.990 --> 00:32:37.630but if you love God, youwill do what he say. It says45300:32:38.309 --> 00:32:43.109and I think it's an important warningto them. If you love him,45400:32:44.029 --> 00:32:46.819do what he says. Yeah,especially in this area. Yeah, absolutely.45500:32:47.500 --> 00:32:52.099So I want to jump into justto finish this episode up. I45600:32:52.220 --> 00:32:55.539think we've really majored on the importantthing, which is talking about sidewalk out45700:32:55.579 --> 00:33:00.170reach being biblical. Right. Hopefullywe've shared a biblical framework with you guys.45800:33:00.529 --> 00:33:02.890There's many other scriptures that we canshare, but we're not going to45900:33:02.930 --> 00:33:06.809Labor that point. It's Biblical tobe out there that place of death.46000:33:06.849 --> 00:33:10.369Yeah, and so let's just talka little bit about the effectiveness of it.46100:33:12.130 --> 00:33:15.480Is it effective to be on thesidewalk in front of an abortion center?46200:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.839And I think yeah, you canspeak to that. As far as46300:33:16.880 --> 00:33:22.039your experience and what really drew youout to the sidewalk. Yeah, well,46400:33:22.319 --> 00:33:25.440I came to the sidewalk because Ihad had an abortion, I was46500:33:25.559 --> 00:33:31.549post abortive, and I was friendswith someone on Facebook, Lisa Mets Ger,46600:33:31.710 --> 00:33:38.750who was reporting every day about allthese saves, these saved babies,46700:33:39.349 --> 00:33:44.299and I could not believe it,and I think that my experience is true46800:33:44.299 --> 00:33:47.019of many people, that they justthey feel that most people's minds are made46900:33:47.059 --> 00:33:51.619up when they show an abortion center. That was what I believe to be47000:33:51.740 --> 00:33:54.420the truth and that is so farfrom the truth. There is so much47100:33:54.500 --> 00:34:00.769conflict out there. So reading onsocial media, she was just a facebook47200:34:00.769 --> 00:34:05.170friend, reading about all these numberof women who had changed their mind because47300:34:05.410 --> 00:34:09.119people showed up, really impacted meand and made me feel not only because47400:34:09.119 --> 00:34:13.519of my history but because of whatI was seeing. I heard it was47500:34:13.599 --> 00:34:17.559effective and that's what the value Ithink of of pointing out that it is47600:34:17.639 --> 00:34:22.599effective is there are people like mewho would have remained on the sideline because47700:34:22.639 --> 00:34:27.429I thought it was useless. Whyput my time? I loved the Lord,47800:34:27.909 --> 00:34:30.150but why put my time and energyinto something that, first of all,47900:34:30.150 --> 00:34:35.190I did I really didn't understand thecalling. Yeah, the universal calling,48000:34:35.710 --> 00:34:39.699but I also didn't I didn't understandit was effective. I needed to48100:34:39.820 --> 00:34:44.739know that for me to go outto the sidewalk. And I think my48200:34:44.860 --> 00:34:50.820idea of what effectiveness means has changeda little bit, but at that time48300:34:50.900 --> 00:34:55.929it was tangible proof that babies aresaved because we're out there. And I48400:34:57.010 --> 00:35:00.170have some statistics. Yeah, thatthat I want to share with you.48500:35:00.929 --> 00:35:06.809One of them I think we've sharedbefore on former or previous podcast. Plan48600:35:06.969 --> 00:35:10.880parenthood told Abby Johnson, who wasthen a manager at plan parenthood, that48700:35:12.039 --> 00:35:16.199when pro life people just show upto the sidewalk, the no show rate48800:35:16.519 --> 00:35:23.550for abortion increases by seventy percent andthat's that's a pretty huge percentage of people48900:35:23.550 --> 00:35:29.750who decide not to come, maybeeven come and have the abortion because there's49000:35:30.030 --> 00:35:36.179pro life people simply on the sidewalk. Yeah, abortion rates in the past49100:35:36.340 --> 00:35:39.340decade have decreased. Now this ishard to find the statistics, and I49200:35:39.460 --> 00:35:44.260could. I couldn't even find morerecent ones, but the ones that I49300:35:44.300 --> 00:35:47.179did find, and there from theGutmocker Institute, which is kind of an49400:35:47.300 --> 00:35:52.929arm of the abortion industry. However, they have reported that abortion rates fell49500:35:53.010 --> 00:35:57.889by nineteen percent, from two thousandand eleven to two thousand and seventeen.49600:35:58.849 --> 00:36:04.760And so the pro abortion movement saysthis might be because of increased restrictions on49700:36:04.880 --> 00:36:07.320abortion, although actually they don't liketo admit that. So they say maybe49800:36:07.360 --> 00:36:10.400not that. Then they say maybebirth control. But if you review,49900:36:10.440 --> 00:36:15.239and I won't go into it,our podcast last time on birth control.50000:36:15.679 --> 00:36:20.230Well, birth control actually has increasedabortion rates as supposed to decrease to the50100:36:20.469 --> 00:36:28.230the research shows. So what maybehas caused that decrease in abortion us?50200:36:28.630 --> 00:36:32.699I think it's the pro life peoplethat are showing up in greater numbers on50300:36:34.099 --> 00:36:38.059the sidewalks of the abortion centers.Yeah, and and speaking for life.50400:36:38.739 --> 00:36:45.820So we we have found in ourcity alone it through, starting with cities50500:36:45.900 --> 00:36:50.690for life, now love life.Over fivezero people have changed their mind and50600:36:50.889 --> 00:36:55.809chosen life's amazing today for did yeah, in just this one. For that50700:36:55.889 --> 00:36:59.929we know, of Ye there mayhave been more and our afternoon team is50800:36:59.969 --> 00:37:05.400still out there. We may hearabout more even from today. And something50900:37:05.480 --> 00:37:12.000like ninety this this year alone,just at this are single city. So51000:37:12.480 --> 00:37:16.510those are those are good numbers.Those are babies that would have been dead,51100:37:16.550 --> 00:37:22.469yeah, that instead are living andbreathing and and have a future,51200:37:22.829 --> 00:37:28.949the hope in a future which theBible promises them so clearly. The not51300:37:29.070 --> 00:37:32.300leaves the number for so far thisyear. I'm Chrissy who keeps up with51400:37:32.420 --> 00:37:37.739the numbers for us, text meevery Saturday and gives us, gives me51500:37:37.780 --> 00:37:40.860an update of how many babies havebeen saved and kind of gives me a51600:37:40.940 --> 00:37:46.250total for the year. And soit's up to like eighty nine babies.51700:37:46.289 --> 00:37:50.730That's for this year. Yeah,and then if you add to that ninety51800:37:50.809 --> 00:37:53.929three, then right, so it'sit's amazing. And again we're talking about51900:37:54.010 --> 00:37:59.360individual lives that have been spared fromdeath. We're talking about women who were52000:37:59.480 --> 00:38:04.480right at the moment before they weregoing to take the life of their baby,52100:38:04.760 --> 00:38:07.199their heart was turned, yeah,and they chose life for their baby.52200:38:07.280 --> 00:38:13.750That's amazing and so many have toldus. If you hadn't been there,52300:38:14.349 --> 00:38:17.590my baby wouldn't be here. Yeah, and knowing that, how could52400:38:17.630 --> 00:38:24.909we not continue to show up?So clearly it's effective. But, like52500:38:25.110 --> 00:38:31.579I said, kind of my myunderstanding of what it means effectiveness, yeah,52600:38:31.739 --> 00:38:36.579has shifted a little bit. Ilove to see baby saved and to52700:38:36.659 --> 00:38:39.739see the tangible fruit of our obedience. But, as you alluded to earlier,52800:38:39.980 --> 00:38:45.570it is our obedience. Yeah,we we can't force someone to change52900:38:45.610 --> 00:38:52.730their mind or their heart. We'renot responsible for the the conviction that happens53000:38:52.170 --> 00:38:57.039in their heart. Yeah, that'sScott's work. Yeah, but we are53100:38:57.400 --> 00:39:02.039called to be there. And thensome of the verses that that I looked53200:39:02.079 --> 00:39:07.760up while I was thinking about thispodcast is we are also called to so53300:39:07.039 --> 00:39:14.510seat. But the effectiveness God promisesus. He said it is word never53400:39:14.750 --> 00:39:19.550returns, floyd and and in Galatiannine, let us not grow weary of53500:39:19.670 --> 00:39:23.659doing good, for in due seasonwe will reap if we do not give53600:39:23.820 --> 00:39:29.380up. Yeah, so know thatif we're sewing those seeds, there will53700:39:29.539 --> 00:39:32.940be a harvest, there will bereaping, and I love in some one53800:39:34.260 --> 00:39:37.699twenty six verses, five to six, it says he who goes out weeping53900:39:37.739 --> 00:39:43.010bearing the seed for sewing. Thatfeels like me sometimes for all of us54000:39:43.050 --> 00:39:46.610on side box ministry. We doweep. It is so grievous, but54100:39:46.809 --> 00:39:51.369we are sowing the seeds, sometimesweeping. But listen to the end of54200:39:51.409 --> 00:39:57.639that. First shall come home withshouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with54300:39:57.800 --> 00:40:01.920him. Will come home home beingthe ultimate home, in my opinion,54400:40:01.920 --> 00:40:08.309and you said, to God himself, bringing these Sheaves, the harvest of54500:40:08.510 --> 00:40:13.190those seats that we planted. Sowe may not see it now, we54600:40:13.349 --> 00:40:16.630may not see it in this life, but there are sheaves that we are54700:40:16.670 --> 00:40:21.739going to be carrying with us whenwe come before Jesus. Yeah, yeah,54800:40:21.940 --> 00:40:25.460absolutely, yeah, like you mentioned, and starting this podcast I talked54900:40:25.500 --> 00:40:34.019about effectiveness, and effectiveness is notgaged by the numbers, even though we're55000:40:34.059 --> 00:40:37.210not wrong and keeping track of numbersand glorying in the numbers. We often55100:40:37.250 --> 00:40:42.610say we don't take responsibility for thevictories, and so we don't take responsibility55200:40:42.650 --> 00:40:45.849for the apparent defeats. Right,but we do glory in the victories that55300:40:45.929 --> 00:40:50.679God lets us see, and it'sall by His grace anyway. It's all55400:40:50.760 --> 00:40:53.519him doing the work. He's doingthe changing of the hearts. When a55500:40:53.559 --> 00:40:58.599baby is saved. God is doingthe saving and of course brings to mind55600:40:58.679 --> 00:41:02.320a scripture that many of you guyswill know, and First Corinthians chapter three.55700:41:04.469 --> 00:41:08.510Paul is talking about well a Poulosand Paul and the work that they've55800:41:08.590 --> 00:41:12.909done. People were kind of clingingto one or the other. Yeah,55900:41:13.309 --> 00:41:15.989and Paul says in Verse Five ofFirst Corinthians Chapter Three. Who Then,56000:41:16.150 --> 00:41:21.739is Paul and who was a paulace? But ministers through whom you believed as56100:41:21.820 --> 00:41:27.739the Lord gave to each one.I planted a police watered, but God56200:41:27.860 --> 00:41:30.739gave the increase. So neither hewho plants as anything nor he who waters,56300:41:31.219 --> 00:41:36.769but God, who gives the endincrease. God gives the increase.56400:41:36.969 --> 00:41:38.489Yeah, God is the one thatchanges the hearts. And so we're out56500:41:38.489 --> 00:41:45.650there in our effectiveness is gaged inwhat they're not. We're planting or watering.56600:41:45.690 --> 00:41:49.800Yeah, and really we can't getthe cart before the horse. Like56700:41:49.880 --> 00:41:52.440the effectiveness is not the most important. No, what are you what are56800:41:52.480 --> 00:41:57.159you planting and what are you usingtoo water? Are you planting the seeds56900:41:57.199 --> 00:42:00.519of the Gospel? Are you wateringit with the truth of God's word?57000:42:00.360 --> 00:42:05.030God's going to honor that. Wealways make those two promises that if you57100:42:05.110 --> 00:42:07.469commit to go out to the sidewalk, God will use you to say babies,57200:42:07.630 --> 00:42:10.670babies will be saved. That's apromise I can give you, and57300:42:10.750 --> 00:42:15.070I give you that based on God'sword, based on this watering and sewing57400:42:15.110 --> 00:42:16.980principle, that there's going to bean increase. God gives the increase.57500:42:17.059 --> 00:42:20.780You don't, but God does.Yeah, but some of those babies that57600:42:20.820 --> 00:42:22.940are saved you might not find outabout until you stand before the Lord and57700:42:23.099 --> 00:42:27.780your presence, just you standing there, you offering help, you proclaiming the57800:42:27.860 --> 00:42:30.809Gospel, you holding up a sign, whatever it might be. God's going57900:42:30.849 --> 00:42:32.889to use it and you might seean eternity, a baby that was saved58000:42:32.929 --> 00:42:36.329because of your efforts, that we'rethere. You might be able to see58100:42:36.329 --> 00:42:37.809it now. God might allow you, like we are able to see you58200:42:37.889 --> 00:42:40.329today. Yeah, MOM's that said. They chose life. Praise God.58300:42:42.289 --> 00:42:45.159Either way, God is doing theincreasing, all right. God is the58400:42:45.239 --> 00:42:50.920one that's ultimately changing the hearts.Yeah, and so just again, understanding58500:42:50.920 --> 00:42:55.320are our victory is in obedience andobeying the Lord and being faithful. So58600:42:55.679 --> 00:43:00.670the two promises are God will useyou to say babies and also there's victory58700:43:00.750 --> 00:43:04.670in the fact that you're going togrow spiritually if you go out to the58800:43:04.750 --> 00:43:07.789sidewalk. That's our second promise.First, God will use you to say58900:43:07.829 --> 00:43:10.750baby. Second, you will growspiritually. You will grow in ways you59000:43:10.829 --> 00:43:15.539would not otherwise grow because of you'rein the battle. You're on the front59100:43:15.619 --> 00:43:19.179lines of the front lines of thisbattle between light and darkness, and that59200:43:19.219 --> 00:43:24.500also itself is effective in making youmore like Jesus Right. And so yes,59300:43:24.619 --> 00:43:29.090I walk out, reaches Biblical.Yes, it's effective. Go Out,59400:43:29.289 --> 00:43:32.250do what God's called you to do, step into this biblical ministry and59500:43:32.929 --> 00:43:37.409I'm telling you, God's going todo amazing things through you. And so59600:43:37.530 --> 00:43:40.090we're going to wrap this up again. These next couple of podcast that we59700:43:40.170 --> 00:43:45.719do are going to be focused ontraining and further training based on our sidewalk59800:43:45.760 --> 00:43:50.320out reach training. If you wantto get connected with us to receive our59900:43:50.320 --> 00:43:54.679sidewalk out reach training, we doit live on zoom the first Saturday of60000:43:54.829 --> 00:43:59.110every month. We do it fromtwo PM to four PM eastern time.60100:44:00.429 --> 00:44:02.030Reach out to me, Daniel LoveLife Dot Org. What I'll do is60200:44:02.030 --> 00:44:06.630I'll shoot over to you our applicationas our sidewalk out reach application. We're60300:44:06.630 --> 00:44:08.469going to make sure. Just wantto know who you are, want to60400:44:08.510 --> 00:44:12.539have some kind of connection to you. Doesn't necessarily mean you're a part of60500:44:12.619 --> 00:44:15.059love life when you do this thistraining, but we want to make sure60600:44:15.059 --> 00:44:20.099we're training people that you know,are in line with the spirit of the60700:44:20.219 --> 00:44:22.900Ministry, which is the Gospel thatare going to be coming on our training.60800:44:22.980 --> 00:44:25.369So if you want to get pluggedinto that, Danuelt Love Life Dot60900:44:25.409 --> 00:44:30.130Organ I'll get you the appropriate informationthat you need. If you want to61000:44:30.130 --> 00:44:31.929reach out to us, you canreach out to her, Vicky at Love61100:44:32.010 --> 00:44:35.409Life Dot Org, and reach outto me, Daniel at Love Life Dot61200:44:35.449 --> 00:44:38.199Org, for any suggestions for futurepodcasts and things like that. We'd love61300:44:38.280 --> 00:44:43.639to hear feedback on this podcast onthe other episodes that we've done. So61400:44:43.840 --> 00:44:54.469until next time, God bless giveme our love for love, give me61500:44:55.230 --> 00:45:07.460our love for gratitude. I knowit will cost me my life. Nothing's61600:45:07.579 --> 00:45:10.219too precious in some you