Sarwar Masih, Pakistan says church leaders here are demanding this wonderful free book by Pastor Eric Maddison, now 87, ‘Are You Missing God’s Best,’ through it many people have received Jesus Christ in their lives, believers find new strength and insight and some Bible colleges use it as course book.
Jesus says wake up and look around. The fields are already ripe for harvest. The harvesters are paid good wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life. John 4:35, 36
David Bothelo, World HorizonsBrazil invites you to the International Business and Mission Congress June 26-30, three days in Monte Verde, MG and two days in a hotel in São Paulo.
If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain.
If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees.
If you want one hundred years of prosperity, grow people.
Albert Mah, Ivory Coast says our sewing school has held its first examination and all of our new churches in Danané are coming together to select students for the next freeDCI School of Mission.
Winston Churchill says what is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this confusing world a better place for those who will live on after we are gone?
Zhang R, China says click for my blog, I ask for your School of Mission for training, we are a family without jobs but with a vision for mission, would like to further learning to be able to go.
Musa Aringo, Malawi says we had a great Easter Convention despite the fear that engulfed people when our President died and there is still tension.
News about Jesus spread and people began bringing to him all who were sick and whatever the disease or if they were demon possessed, epileptic or paralyzed, he healed them all. Matthew 4.24.
Norman Vincent Peale says four things bring success:
prayer, thinking, working and believing.
At the DCI Fund we have noticed that when people who once were passionate about Jesus and taking their faith to others now only write about wanting money, making money, spending money or owing money, we know that they have a cardiac problem because Jesus says that out of the heart the mouth speaks. We send them prayer not pounds.
Be on your guard, don’t let your sharp expectation get dulled by parties and drinking and shopping. Jesus, Luke 21,34, from The Message, a free Bible for your mobile from You Version.
Lucius Seneca says he who gives when he is asked has waited too long.
Candido Giraldo, London, UK says click here for a free DVD, The Living Stones about Israel, the opportunities as well as the difficulties. People who know say Israel is one of the most needy mission fields in the world, the land where our Bible and our faith came from.
A Jewish proverb says that the wise do at once
what the fool does at last.
Silvia Vergara, Valparaiso says my daughter Paula with her husband Ider lead a ministry for married couples because here in Chile families are in crisis even church people and pastors. Paula and Ider were separated for two years but after Paula asked the Lord to restore her family, He did just that, Ider is a new man, changed by the Holy Spirit ready to serve God.
Henry David Thoreau says never look back
unless you are planning to go that way.
Les and Pilar, the editors say we were brought up on the stuff of the early pentecostal pioneers who said, “take only as many days off as is necessary to recover and get back to God’s work, any longer and it’s sin.” They did just that, but did anyone else ? In twenty-eight years we have never had, wanted or even thought about a sabbatical. Till now. What is a sabbatical ? It’s not a long holiday. So who gets one ? What do you do and where do you go? Read more in this DCI Minute and tell us what you know . . .
Sam Levenson says don’t watch the clock;
do what it does. Keep going.
Anon for security reasons, Egypt says I have been seven years with Libyan Arab peoples, and the poor and drug-addicted young people, have no building because this is difficult here, not one church where we are but God is good, many people have opened their hearts to Jesus. In Egypt the main church is weak and not concerned about church planting.
William James says act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
Debora Rubira from Spain in Santa Cruz, Bolivia says this is the official government paper giving us permission to care for abandoned child mothers and their babies. It all seemed so impossible a while ago but God gave us a way. See my photos here.
Oscar Wilde says always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
David Whalen, Canada says I can help one trusted DCI partner to start a small bread-making business, I would send my 60 hertz, 110/120 volt bread machines, you would need a power adaptor and a decent oven. Very little training is required, one or two people bake 30 to 50 loaves a day using fresh yeast, flour and salt. I also know about small machines that quickly make pies, tarts and samosas for a food stall. Contact DCI to apply.
Zig Ziglar says it is lack of direction, not lack of time that is the problem. With the same gift of 24 hours in day, it is what we do with them that makes the difference.
From Finish the Task, one of 85 lessons in our Free School of Mission.
Missions experts list twelve important strategies to finish the Great Commission, here they are, beginning with the easiest and ending with the hardest. 1. Intercession and spiritual warfare. 2. Networking with the global Church. 3. A new openness to using the gifts of the Spirit in the missions context. 4. Recovery of urgency in the church. 5. Expand evangelism to cross barriers of geography or culture. 6. Marry overseas social work with gospel preaching and vice-versa. 7. Mission to the world’s children. 8. Mission to the women who are kept behind closed doors of religion. 9. Outreach to the world’s mega-cities. 10. Visit poor native church leaders to help, mobilise and equip them. 11. Mission to an unreached people. 12. Re-evangelise the Old World.
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Aristotle listed three kinds of friendship namely friendships of usefulness, when people want something from you, friendships of mutual interest but lose the interest and you lose the friendship, and friendships of virtue, the friend who rejoices in your joys and sorrows over your pains, who won’t leave you if you disagree, stays in regular contact, can be trusted implicitly and will stand by you, defend you, even take a bullet for you. More on Frank Viola’s Blog.
John Lennon says I get by with a little help from my friends.
Prof. Donald McGavran says it doesn’t matter what people believe right now, the main thing is, are they reading the Bible? If they are serious with the Bible, they will turn out OK.
Les Norman says by all means tell me your worries about money but know that in return I can only send you my sympathy and consolations. If on the other hand you send me a project proposal that tells me what you want to do and why, for who, when, where, how you will do it and how much it will cost then I have something to take to the DCI Fund committee and see if they can help you.
Tony Miller, USA says it is always time to stop asking the lender, it is time to seek the Giver.
Catherine Northey, UK says one way we introduce people to Lifespring Church is through our brand new Café in Ollerton, we believe people will feel God’s presence and peace over a nice meal and will want to come to back on Sunday.
Whoopi Goldberg says when you are kind to someone in trouble, it’s likely they will remember and be kind to someone else, and then kindness will spread like a wildfire.
The only thing we know about Elijah was that he came from Tishbe except for what happened wherever he went. In the same way all that we know about Thierry Anato is that he lives in Benin, West Africa, leads a church and a School of Mission yet never underestimate a quiet man. Click to read what Thierry just did and then you must click ‘Like.’
Mahatma Gandhi said the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Nana, Ghana: I am the evangelism president in my church how can I be used to raise the church into evangelism ? 7 hours ago
Rodolfo, TX-USA: necesito literatura para evangelizar grcis # Rodolfo aquí lo encuentras: http://t.co/foA2vvj913 hours ago
Pedro, Cádiz: me cruzo con rumanos, marroquíes, senegaleses, necesito folletos para ellos # Pedro aquí los encuentras: http://t.co/foA2vvj92012/05/16
Doueugui, Danane-CoteIvoire: Je me réjouis qu'en tant que non-voyant autrefois marginalisé par la société sois responsabilisé par son Eglise 2012/05/16
REFORMI 2012 visita la pagina: http://t.co/DhQZ11Dh David Meza, Cumaná, Venezuela 2012/05/16
Martha Luz: Los indios Colombianos quieren crecer mas espiritual y económicamente con intercambios culturales en sur América 2012/05/16
Estamos felizes por temos realizado a formatura do Centro de Capacitação Teológica, em Igreja Batista, Santa Rita, PB/ Brasil. 2012/05/16
Ameylia, Indonesia: I babysit kids so that their moms, foreigners & refugees can learn German for free in our church here in Switzerland 2012/05/16
Pastora Marli, Brasil: Posso receber folhetos para evangelizar gratuitos? # Marli, si vea http://t.co/Ke44PZWQ2012/05/16
Mandanos información sobre recursos gratis para líderes de iglesias/empresas, libros videos ensenanza: email/tweet/SMS http://t.co/SjKtzGeM2012/05/15
Send us links to free resources for spiritual & secular leaders, books, videos, teaching, tweet, email, SMS me http://t.co/SjKtzGeM2012/05/15
Francine Nathalie Ndjeng, Douala-Cameroun: Simplement pour vous dire merci pour ce que vous faites pour le corps de Christ. 2012/05/15
Anijesu Oluyemi, Nigeria: I would like to translate the School of Mission into Yoruba. # It is done see http://t.co/kfAmTyVe thanks. 2012/05/15
Danilo y Claudia, mission from Brazil in Afghanistan, see our blog pls http://t.co/8LqvComQ write us please 2012/05/15
Andela, Cameroun: je suis evangeliste dans une ecole biblique et voudrai me former dans la mission # Joignez-nous http://t.co/Ec8RtVZt2012/05/15
Alianza Misionera Venezuela ofrece video de Solfia Muller en You Tube
http://t.co/D4kglMNS2012/05/15
Alianza Misionera VENEZUELA dice vea nuestro BOLETIN DE MISIONES http://t.co/uDcAeOff2012/05/15
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See all our photos from round the world click http://t.co/MUHrltNe Are you there ? From DCI Support 2012/05/15