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For me the great commission is
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saying yes, not making excuses,
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not saying tomorrow, maybe when the
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situation is comfortable. Because when we
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say nothing, we're actually saying no.
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My name is Othniel, and this is my story.
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You know, rejection is such a difficult
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thing to deal with sometimes because,
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everyone wants to be liked, everyone wants
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to be accepted in some way, shape or form.
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And then when you want to speak
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about Jesus Christ - that's now an extra
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reason for people to reject you.
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For example, when we went on mission,
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we went to Liverpool to speak to people
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and you're giving out flyers and I gave my
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flyer to a particular person and he said:
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"what is this?" and then as I was about to
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say it, he turns around and says:
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"I don't care, you're probably going to
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talk rubbish to me".
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So he took the flyer but he threw it
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on the floor and then he went on his way.
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But I think one thing it taught me,
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is they're not rejecting you,
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they're rejecting Christ.
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One of the things I've actually found
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with evangelism which has really been
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successful, is when you evangelise at work.
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When I go to work I ask, ok God give me
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an opportunity to share and there is
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always opportunities.
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I'm going to one job and I'm dropping
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someone home, and I just really felt to share
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So I gave my testimony, when I gave
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my life at a university campus.
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And then after sharing that, he looked
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at me and said: "you know what Oth,
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can you pray for me?"
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And as I prayed for him, I felt God just
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downloading stuff to me - stuff to do
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with his home and stuff to do with his wife.
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As I was praying, he started
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to cry in front of me. And I thought
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God what is going on? But I said, you know,
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I'm going to carry on and we just carry on
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pressing in and praying. After we stopped
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he looked at me, and was like I can see,
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it's all clear now. I don't feel this
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The success story isn't whether someone
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says yes to Christ or someone says no.
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It's when you say yes, I think that's so
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important when we think about evangelism.
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Understanding that when God is calling you
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it won't be in your comfort,
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it won't be in your timing, it will not
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be when your prepared.
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Cos that's exactly where he wants to
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stretch your faith, when your not ready.
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When your not looking for it.
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Never think there will be a perfect time,
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there is never the perfect time.
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There is just time, and that's what Christ
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has given us right now.
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He's given us time,
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he's given us a commandment,
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he's given us the great commission
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and he's just waiting for us to say yes.
