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Lessons Learned While Serving Others (Part 1 of 2)

November 2, 2015

You can make a difference in the lives of those around you! In this two-day FOF broadcast Jim Daly and John Fuller talk with Pastor Matthew Barnett over his book, Misfits Welcome and about the amazing work that the Dream Center is doing in Los Angeles to reach the lost. Matthew shares the incredible impact that his dad had on his life, the experience of being twenty-years-old and placed in inner city Los Angeles and how twenty-one years later he has seen a little of everything. Gangsters, addicts, orphans, homeless and trafficked victim’s lives redeemed by the gospel and turned around. He challenges listeners to look for the misfits we encounter everyday and how to demonstrate unconditional love to them both as an individual and through our families.

Original Air Date: November 2, 2015

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November 2, 2015

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