When we were praying in Ray's office a few minutes ago, Ray prayed that God would use these

evenings together in this conference this week to raise up the next Seuss Lewis, the next Jim Elliot, the next Amy Carmichael, the next Billy Graham.

And that's a dangerous kind of prayer, among other reasons for this reason.

One of them was a martyr, Jim Elliot.

And I generally say now, everywhere I go, because it is simply true, I'm on a recruitment

mission for martyrs. That's why I'm here in Augusta. I am on a recruitment mission for martyrs and I don't

know how many might be in the room, some are here.

And I want you to cross the line from unwillingness to willingness.

You don't decide whether you'll be one of those.

God decides that.

And the reason I know he has decided that some must be for the mission to be finished is because revelation 611 says so.

When the Saints under the altar cried out how long, oh Lord, how long until you vindicate our blood he said

when the number of your brethren who are to be killed for my name is complete, then it will be done.

There's a number that must be complete.

Some are in the number.

And I'm here to draw you in to that high calling of absolute allegiance to Jesus Christ,

above all things, for His glory and for your everlasting joy.

This slight momentary affliction is working for us an everlasting eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.

So don't shirk back from the Calvary Road.

It is a painful road.

It is not a joyless road.

One of the things I have learned as I have thought for 20 years as a pastor how to mobilize my people for world evangelization is that if you're

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