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A promise fulfilled, read
by Jared stack or off.

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And the seed that fell on good
soil represents those who hear and

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accept God's word and produce a
harvest of 30, 60, or even a hundred

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times as much as had been planted.

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Mark four verse 20.

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In 1896, Tom Kent was a
heartbroken widower in Uganda.

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New south Wales, Australia.

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When he first met cyclist, Phillip Riki.

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Tom's wife, Mary had just lost
her battle with pneumonia.

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And Tom was in despair, struggling
to take care of their 11 children.

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Just before she died.

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Mary asked Tom.

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To promise that he would
meet her in heaven.

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And bring their children with him.

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After discovering the truths of the Bible.

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Phillip re-key wanted to
spread hope across Australia.

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He left his job as an engraver
and cycled across dusty Outback

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roads under the merciless hot sun.

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Distributing Christian literature.

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One day.

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He came across a farmer,
plowing in a field.

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The farmer.

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Was Tom Kent.

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Phillip listened patiently
to Tom's story of heartbreak.

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And heard about the promise
he had made to his dying wife.

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He shared the book, the
great controversy with Tom.

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Tom wrestled with the truths
in the book, but after careful

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study, he accepted the teachings.

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His new discoveries gave him the comfort.

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He had yearned for.

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Tom then shared these truths with his
children and neighbors as a result Tom's

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children and five neighboring families
became believers and disciples of Jesus.

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Fast forward from 1896 to the present day.

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And this remarkable legacy lives on.

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When you add the descendants of Tom and
the five neighboring families to the

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numbers of people, these descendants
have converted to Christianity.

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That's 20,000 lives transformed by
one faithful cyclist and a farmer

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who shared a very special book.

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God surely fulfilled the promise
that Tom made to his wife.

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And then some.

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Jarrod Stackelroth: This year.

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Literature ministry celebrates 175 years.

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This month's devotional readings
come from the stories of faith.

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Edited by a fire near.

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Chu.

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And produced by the literature.

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ministries department of the
seventh day Adventist church

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in the south Pacific division.

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To find out more about this month's
heritage celebrations, visit

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heritage dot Adventist church.

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Dot com.