Going away, like I have done recently, has done as always one thing for me, and that is always elevate my vision,

always lift me up above the little nitty-gritty goes on in a church with a church pastor.

I see firsthand what God is doing around the world in a way that I could not imagine just sitting

here in my little corner. One of the most exciting part of the trip was being in three cities

in Indonesia. One of those cities, Sorabaya, where it's heavily Islamic populated area, one pastor,

and I'm going to talk about the Indonesian revival a little bit in the

body of my sermon, of how God can do magnificent things in the midst of pain and agony. This man,

Alex, is his first name. That's all you need to know. The last name is too complicated, even for me to pronounce.

He came and picked us up at 5 o'clock in the morning. Five o'clock in the morning, you

heard me right, because he has been praying all night with his congregation for God to answer

prayer about their new building. Currently, they have six services on Sunday, and their church

seat 3,500 people. Now, that's not in the West, that's not even in

Korea. That is in an Islamic area with so much opposition. And God is doing something so

magnificent in the lives of so many people. As we stood in that early morning dawn on the ground,

where he is building by the grace of God and the

power of God, 18,000 seat auditorium. The Islamic government of Indonesia said, please, don't call it

a church, just call it an auditorium, call it a convention hall, don't call it a church. We're having

enough problem with Islamic extremists. And we stood there

with literally goosebumps and tears in our eyes for the vision and the excitement and the faith

of this one man. And he's one of many. I could take a long time to tell you about so many

of the things that God is doing around the world. It reinforced

that what really hinders gospel ministry is my own lack of faith and lack of vision. It is that

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