James 1:22 NLT
But don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
@richardafaherty in Jesus name! Amen!
Thank you so so much!
So if someone asks me do you enjoy Preaching...I would say...I enjoy the results of my Preaching.
Huh? Yes o!
I'm not the "I have fire in my bones...I must Preach kinda Minister."
I'm the "how do we reach these People with the Gospel kinda Minister."
So it's about what will work..how will the Gospel be promoted and Kingdom be advanced.
Going further...it's about results..making the difference...and not about Me, Olamide preaching..you get me?
For instance...In my teams, which Ministers are best Gifted/Graced for this particular outreach etc.
So I'm a Leader more than I am a Preacher...
Behind every successful Missionary...is a Christian Wife ..
Oops..sorry...my bad....
I meant "BESIDE"....not behind!! 😉😌😅
Glory to God!!!
@MaryMamuzich Absolutely, Ma'am!!!
Thank you so 🌹
@richardafaherty Dear Sir....Amen and Amen...thank you so so much for your prayers!
With the planning, prayer preparation that goes into our Missions trips...one sometimes gets anxious.
Partners are sacrificing much to see this work done.... This can put pressure on me....I must perform well!!! I must achieve!!!! the goals set to Convert People and Plant Churches must be met!..... Someone just gave their hard earned money for me to preach the Gospel!....wow!
Sometimes, I over prepare in prayer...and again i almost spoil it with overthinking.....I know what every bit of money means and where it came from!
Oh Jesus..as I go to the field please help me..to be a Worthy Vessel! 😭 I have felt the crushing of inadequacy.
But I am Christian and I have learnt how to Pray....I know how to enter the Presence of my Father and find help...even if it means I am crying as I petition God for strength and His Power.
Missions is an adventure..I tell you...deeply romantic...many tears...some heart breaks out there..but...but...yes but...BUT God is with us.
Leaving home..heading out...it is as if I turn into another person!
Boldness begins to pump through my body and my mind... honestly...feels like I turn into a Super Hero... adrenaline high, abi?....or is it the anointing?
Those who have travelled with me...have mentioned how i am very very different once it is time to work.
And they begin to look for a way to define it... "you are an Apostle!!!!!"..."You are a Prophet!!!"
Wow!!! There's Power in Evangelism.... supernatural Power!!!
The high remains throughout the trip....I only sleep about 2-3hrs when in the field...and work we do!
Returning home...I become my usual ordinary unassuming self.
Looking back on work done...I am totally wrecked.
I have seen Lives changed.. Miracles.. Healings..I have seen Jesus work....and it is ALL JESUS....we are just vessels.
#Gratitude:
A couple of years ago, i sat with my Wife and got something major off my chest. The conversation went something like this:
Me: Babe...if I got killed in the Field..if i got martryed...would it be a shame to you ..or an Honour?
Babe...what if I head out..and I don't come back alive..how would you take it..do you ever think about this?
My Wife: (looking into my eyes and holding my hand)...
I have actually thought about it many times...the Children and I spend much time praying for you whenever you are in the field...Daddy will reach the People and come home safely!
And just know.... I wouldn't be ashamed if you died a Martyr...I would see it as a great great Honour!
What you do is very very important.. People must be reached!
......and by the way you ain't dying any time soon!!!!!
Me: (I didn't know what to say in response....just grateful that I Married Ndidi Olamide Adekunle) ❤️
Many years ago I had a sickness,/a terrible condition.. And my Pastor then....looked at me and said "just speak to it...just speak to it!!!!"... and walked off.
What??? What does " just speak to..just speak to it " mean?????
I was already traumatized by the condition I was suffering!
No empathy from the Pastor...at all.
The Pastor claimed to know faith...but no feeling...no empathy!!!
It took me about 2 years to discover what "speak to it" meant! And I subsequently received my healing!!!!!
So...you have faith to move mountains and you have no Love???
David was well skilled with a sling shot...and this is what he used to knock out Goliath..before using Goliath's own sword to cut off his head.....
But the Boldness and audacity of Faith he demonstrated from the time he witnessed Goliath's challenge could only come from time spent with God and knowledge of the Covenant....
Hear the words of Young David:
1 Samuel 17:26 NKJV
Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, "What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?"
1 Samuel 17:45-47 NKJV
Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
We are called to be unobtrusive disciples, not heroes. When we are right with God, the tiniest thing done out of love for Him is more precious to Him than any eloquent preaching of a sermon . . . .
We all have a lurking desire to be exhibitions for God, to be put, as it were, in His showroom. Jesus does not want us to be specimens, He wants us to be so taken up with Him that we never think about ourselves, and the only impression left on others by our life is that Jesus Christ is having an unhindered way.
Walking on water is easy to impulsive pluck, but walking on dry land as a disciple of Jesus Christ is different. Peter walked on the water to go to Jesus, but he followed Him afar off on the land. - Oswald Chambers
Found this worth repeating:
If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live it's whole life believing it is stupid. #justsaying
Think on this:
I believe that in each generation God has called enough men and women to evangelize all the yet unreached tribes of the earth. It is not God who does not call. It is man who will not respond! - Isobel Kuhn
