[00:00:00] Welcome to Bold Bible Living with Don Gossett and today's message, Giant Language. Let's join Don as he shares the scriptural truths of giant faith through giant language. And the Word of God says, The Spirit made me go with them, nothing doubting. When I speak about the life of giant faith and giant action, I want to give you a story that I think will warm your heart. And it was a very spontaneous experience in my life.
[00:00:28] I've been going to the mission fields of the world for many years, to scores and scores of nations God has sent me to. But I want to tell you about one that we went on that was so somehow just overwhelmed with God's presence. And because without precedent in my 50 years of serving the Lord Jesus as an attendant evangelist, That's it.
[00:00:56] The invitation to go to Eastern Europe, Romania, Moldova, to the Ukraine. And my wife Debra and I were in Kitchener, Ontario at that time. And we were invited to be there at a Romanian conference. And Pastor Ralph introduced us to Johnny Bouya. which was the man, a leader of evangelism for Eastern Europe. The perfect invitation was extended to Deborah Mead
[00:01:26] to go to these three nations of Eastern Europe and minister in conferences in every place and give conferences on soul winning and other truths of God's word. And also a significant activity would be water baptismal services in every place we went. Well, that was an amazing invitation. And this man, Johnny Bouya,
[00:01:53] explained that he had previously had two other people who were scheduled to go and do that ministry, but somehow they had to cancel. And he said to us, there's so much at stake. We need your ministry, Don and Deborah, in these nations of Eastern Europe. Will you go with us? Well, when we inquired the dates, we said no. We have other times, other schedules already during those days.
[00:02:21] However, during the service that night, our hearts were touched as we witnessed the dynamic Johnny Bouya interpreting for all the speakers. And Deborah and I looked at each other and said, Could this be a Macedonian call to respond to this urgent need? Now, the Macedonian call is set forth in Acts 16. And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stood a man of Macedonia and prayed him,
[00:02:49] Come over into Macedonia and help us. And after he had seen the vision, immediately Paul said, Well, remarkably, this call that Deborah and I received that night was to go to Macedonia, as it were, which was literally Bucharest, Romania. And we spoke to Brother Johnny Bouya,
[00:03:19] and we said, We'll pray about the matter and let you know. Well, next came another scripture, Isaiah 6, 8. And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I, Lord, send me. Well, carefully and prayerfully, Deborah and I tested this Holy Spirit calling, and as it would apply to us. And thank God it became a fire in our hearts.
[00:03:47] We clearly received a Macedonian call, Come over and help us. Now, it was not the pleading of Johnny Bouya. It was the Holy Spirit speaking to us, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? And it was a decision that was not made recklessly. It was a decision made by the urgency of the Spirit. And in our hearts, our lives, we responded, Here am I, Lord, send me. Now, this was a decision of a magnitude.
[00:04:17] Deborah and I were one in being action upon it. And thank God the Bible says the two should be one. And there were other problems, however, involved. We had no money for this experience. You see, usually in the overseas missions, I've done scores and scores of times. We usually take a long time to have to raise the financing for all these overseas crusades where God uses us.
[00:04:46] We pay all the bills. And there was no time for this type of fundraising. But this Macedonian call was something unusual. And we only had one week before we had to go. Well, the Spirit bade us to go with them, nothing doubting. That's what John 16, 13. And there was much opportunity to doubt, of course, or to fear, to draw back.
[00:05:13] But the Bible says that just shall live by faith. But if any man draws back, my soul will have no pleasure in him. I'm sharing with you a faith story of great magnitude because this was the truth of God to our hearts. And thank God we face these obstacles of not having no finances to purchase the costly airline tickets for this mission. Each ticket would cost $1,700 U.S. dollars.
[00:05:42] And we usually would fly United, however, to go to Romania. United directed us to Lufthansa Airlines. And Luthansa informed us they had only one seat available. And we needed two seats. Well, when we went to the Ukraine embassy, they refused to issue visas for their country. Later, we were informed by the Moldova Council that we would have to have a faxed invitation
[00:06:10] from Moldova before we could have a visa. Well, the Bible says his meetings were led by the Spirit of God. They are the sons of God. And we were entirely dependent upon the Holy Spirit, nothing doubting. And I praise God that I long ago began to employ a power poem, I believe and I receive. I do not doubt and do without. This mission of going to Eastern Europe was purely believing and receiving.
[00:06:40] Doubting would not help us at all. Well, we were struggling, I say, for finances until we got to Amsterdam, New York. We had a partners meeting, 20 people over there who listened to my daily radio programs. And the invitation was given for people to give so we could go on this mission. And I'll never forget how the different people came forward with generous offerings among those 20 people.
[00:07:09] And we received $1,703 from those 20 persons. And that was the amount to pay for my airfare, $1,700. Well, the next morning we had a partner's breakfast in Schenectady. 23 partners came. And thank God, when the offering was received, it totaled $1,701. And Deborah joyfully said, Well, now I can go on this mission.
[00:07:36] The $1,700 paid for her airfare. What an exciting adventure it was. And then how God continued to bless as we were there. And how the Lord touched the hearts of people to share with us. And we praise God that there are others who learned of our mission to Eastern Europe. And they responded with love and generosity to share in this Holy Spirit-led journey.
[00:08:02] Well, a blessed experience happened in many different aspects. And I recall one night a man in the service walked up to me and said, Brother Gossett, when I look into your eyes, I see the love of God. I just know you're a true man of God. Then he asked me, had I ever heard of David Duplessis? And I said, oh, yes, I knew David Duplessis very well. Oh, your friend of mine.
[00:08:32] He said, well, let me tell you, I attended a conference where David Duplessis was a special speaker. He exhorted us to give a Pentecostal handshake. The man informed me. He said, do you know what a Pentecostal handshake is? I said, yes, I do. Well, he said, I want to give you a Pentecostal handshake. And then he reached into his hand, or took his hand and reached out to me.
[00:08:58] And he placed in my hand a substantial number of dollar bills. I had no idea what it was, but thank God we parted our ways. And later we counted that large roll of bills. It was $876. And we could use that to carry to Eastern Europe hundreds and hundreds of my books to give out in Romania, Moldova, and in the Ukraine.
[00:09:24] So God was giving abundance of blessing. And he's just working by his spirit. And I could just tell you many more things about that. But I want to assure you that a faith in God story is worthy of consideration. Whatever God wants you to do, if you can simply exercise confidence and giant language to affirm God's provision, it'll be delightful.
[00:09:49] I know a dear lady came to Deborah that last Sunday and said, you'll need clothes for this sudden trip to Eastern Europe. And there's a lady shop here having a big sale. And I want to take you there to buy you some new clothes. Deborah went with this lady. And she purchased what was a total of over $1,000 worth of clothes.
[00:10:12] And because of the huge discount, the lady only had to pay $300 for all those clothes. And it proved to be a real asset to Deborah in those weeks and weeks out in Eastern Europe. Well, I'll tell you more about the adventure of faith, how God provides and how God works and how things come together in such an amazing way. Now I speak to you, my beloved friend. What's on your heart that God has directed you to do?
[00:10:42] And you just somehow haven't been able to muster up the confidence that God will enable you to see it through. I mean, I'll share with you about how we cope with the fact that the secret police of Europe were following us everywhere we went for several weeks. And it was not a pleasant experience. But thank God we came through and God gave victory. I'll tell you more about it. But the main scripture I want to emphasize,
[00:11:11] the Holy Spirit bade us go with them, nothing doubting. And the answers to prayer and the working of the Holy Spirit were just so magnificent. Father, I pray for dear listening friends who are confronted by the fact that you have a special assignment for them to do to fulfill.
[00:11:33] Father, I pray that you'll give them courage to rise up boldly and speak your truth of your provision for every need, financially and spiritually. Lord, minister to precious lives today that they can be laborers in the harvest. In Jesus' name, amen. Well, I'm so grateful I'm sharing with you a good report, as I will continue to share with you more details about God's miracle provision
[00:12:02] of sending us to Eastern Europe for unforgettable days and nights, and how God blessed. Now, Father, we thank you and we praise you for your grace. Join me, beloved friend. Join me in saying something that really honors Jesus. Let's praise him together with censor hearts. Praise you, Lord. Amen.
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