Live Dead: We Can’t Be Discouraged

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🗓️ 13 April 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Dick Brogden has served in the Arab World for 25 years, planting gospel seeds and leading teams to plant churches among unreached people groups. His teams have to be prepared to face opposition and persecution, but also withstand spiritual attacks on their marriages, relationships, parenting or other areas of life.

Listen as Dick talks about God’s missionary call to reach every tribe and tongue and nation, and how that first requires us to abide in Christ. He’ll give advice on developing our spiritual muscles and challenge us to make even our time an offering to Jesus. He’ll also talk about challenges that come in every effort to share God’s love, and the need to not grow weary even if we have “a 90% failure rate.”

Finally, Dick will share stories of places he’s seen God do amazing work in bringing Muslims to faith in Christ, and how upheaval in parts of the Middle East has driven many Muslims to ask questions about their faith and to explore other spiritual options.

You can learn more about Live Dead at their web site, and order a copy of Dick’s book, Live Dead Joy, here (affiliate link).

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0:00.0	Do you ever ever get discouraged when you think about the vast number of people around the world who've never heard the gospel of Christ?
0:07.0	Dick Brogton reminds us of an encouraging biblical truth.
0:12.0	We do have the promise that members of every... encouraging biblical truth.
0:12.6	We do have the promise that members of every tribe tongue nation will be around the throne.
0:17.3	So my job's just to go find them.
0:19.1	I have a high view of the sovereignty of God.
0:21.0	I believe that God is calling out of every tribe, tongue,
0:23.9	people, a nation. I just want to go find him, but I'm sobered that that is hard work.
0:30.4	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:33.0	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:37.0	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:40.0	Jesus' words came true in the life of the Apostles,
0:43.0	and they're still coming true today
0:45.0	in the lives of his followers around the world.
0:47.0	Join host Todd Nettleton,
0:49.0	as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help.
0:52.0	Right now, on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
0:55.0	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
0:57.0	My name is Todd Nettleton and we have a great privilege this week in our studio with Dick
1:02.4	Brogden. Dick is the founder of a ministry
1:05.4	organization called Live Dead. He's also the author of a book called Live Dead
1:10.2	Joy and we'll talk a little bit about that in the course of this conversation.
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