- Hey, it's Nathaniel here from The Normal Christian Life
and it's just about redundant by now
to say that 2020 was a year like no other.
For most of us it was quite a tumultuous year,
but I also believe and I know many of you will agree
that the gospel has reached more people
in 2020 than any other year
and in fact The Normal Christian Life videos
have had more views in 2020
than the prior five years combined.
Suffice it to say despite the turmoil this year,
it's been an incredible year
for the gospel to go out around the world
and really that's what this video is about.
I wanted to take the next few minutes to have a look at
some of the highlights from 2020
with The Normal Christian Life
but I also have an exciting announcement
towards the end of this video
about what's taking place in 2021.
So let's take a look at some of the highlight videos
that have gone out in 2020.
First of all, let's rewind right back to January
when the Australian bush fires were really
the biggest news around that we had no idea
what this year was going to bring.
The Normal Christian Life, put out a video
in response to the Australian bush fires
taking opportunities to share the gospel
and have conversations with people.
This video reached more than 4 million people
and really set The Normal Christian Life up
at the start of 2020 to respond with hope
in the midst of trials.
Little did we know the year it was about to be globally
and when COVID-19 struck, you may remember
one of the videos we put out
about a man who almost died of COVID-19
when God sent a cleaner.
- It was two nights particularly in the hospital
when I honestly didn't know
whether I wouldn't make it or not.
- This one video has had more than 45 million views
and has had more than 1 million shares.
Not long after this, we saw Christians all over the world
get involved in helping us release a video
with 50 countries, singing amazing grace.
I still can't believe this video exists
it feels like a miracle to have this many people
all over the world, send in themselves singing amazing grace
in their own languages
and when we released this video
the response was astounding.
Not only has it had millions of views on several platforms
we've had hundreds and hundreds of people
write in churches, jails, funerals
and everything in between wanting to stream this video
wanting to play this video so that it could give hope
to people in jail cells at funerals,
at church services, at streaming Bible studies
it has been astonishing to see the results
of this one video.
Now, you may have noticed that The Normal Christian Life
has gone a little bit quiet in the last few months
and that is not because we're off taking a holiday
in fact, we are working on the biggest project
we have ever been a part of so far.
This is not another episode,
it's not another music video and it's not another course.
This is in fact, the most exciting project
I've ever been a part of
and it is a feature film slash documentary.
We have been working tirelessly behind the scenes
for the last almost 12 months
and we're only halfway through this project.
Now, if you've loved our episodes,
if you've been inspired by Normal Christian Life content,
then you are gonna absolutely love this film.
It is unlike anything that I know of that exists today
and I believe the impact is going to be global.
Unfortunately, I can't tell you much more about this project
at the moment as we're right in a crucial part
of the development,
but in the next few months I will be telling you more
about this project.
If you haven't already subscribed to this channel
we would encourage you to do so
or join our mailing list you can do so in the link below
the reason is we don't want you to miss out
when we put out some announcements
about this huge project coming in 2021.
So as I mentioned yes,
this has been a difficult year, but be encouraged
more people are hearing the gospel than ever before
and we believe this film slash documentary we put out
is going to be a game changer.
So please join us in prayer if you could
in the next few months
as it's a very important time for our team
and I look forward to letting you know more
about this project shortly.
Thanks so much for being a part of 2020
and we look forward to seeing what God does in 2021.
God bless you guys.
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