Rediscovering Lifestyle Discipleship

Thank you for joining us as we come together to encourage each other in our “Rediscovering Discipleship” …. T h e D I s c I p l I ng…

From the Disciple

To the …………

Think about this

What does the word disciple make you think about?

What does the word discipler make you think about?

Is discipleship a special training class?

Is it a lifestyle?

Is it only for certain people?

Is it only for families?

Is it only for the Pastor or leaders?

Is it a reflection of your life for others?

Is it a certain attitude to others?

How were you discipled?

It is all About This

We have all been called to share in this relationship with Jesus, each other and those that are connected with our lives and journey … sharing His love and the witness of our relationship with Jesus as the Holy Spirit Leads us in our daily walk.

It is exciting to know from the Scriptures. (Psalms 139:13) “you formed my inward parts” . “You covered me in my Mother’s womb”.

Jesus prepares The Way:

This is all about our relationship first, with Jesus and the Holy Spirit that has been given to us to bind us together in His love, and with our families, and all that become part of our life’s journey.

Imagine the creator of it all (John 1 says, “all things were created by him and for him”)

In Hebrews 11, Jesus told God our Father … that He was willing to come in the body prepared for him, to come and go to the cross for us So, we could have this amazing personal relationship that God intended in the Garden.

Jesus spent three years of walking and teaching and sharing and demonstrating His power and authority that He was preparing for us after the cross on Pentecost.

Jesus said, it was necessary for him to go so that He could send us the Holy Spirit to equip us, teach us, lead us, and live inside of us. John 14:26.

After He went to the cross to Covenant with us His power and authority,

We Are All Called:

Jesus said, to wait for the Holy Spirit, and we would all be called and empowered to be “Witnesses” where we live and where we go and to the end of the earth … Acts 1:8

He has given us everything in the gifts and fruits of the spirit. That as we pick them up, He will teach us how to use them and develop them in our lives …

As from the beginning, He said to make sure our generations and children would know about our relationship with Him and all that He has done in the past and is doing and leading in our lives now …

Matthew 28:20 - Jesus said to “teach them to do all the things I have told you”.

Habakkuk 2:3 said to write the vision and share it for all to see plainly ….

He has placed us all in different places with different gifting and calling with our assignment to be “His witness”.

Yes! You are gifted!

AS we gather and share to encourage each other in how He is leading us and how we can share His story in our lives for all to know and hear.

Know that each one of us is vital in our Divine Assignment … It is just for us individually to complete. We are all different and unique.

You are more than equipped by the Holy Spirit to move boldly into your assignment as you seek him and listen to His leading for you.

Be Confident

that He has equipped you for all that He has called you to do!

How do you step into action?

Listen to Him … look at what He has placed in your hands and your life and how He has led you and been with you in so many different ways and times. Let those moments and events come back into memory to encourage you of His work and leading in your life and your family now and in generations past and future.

Feel His love, His peace, His joy … the excitement to work together in your divine calling.

He said to lean not to our own understanding but to commit all things to Him. Knowing that He is directing our steps and He has given us His authority to speak His words into our lives and our families and our situations and our directions.

Walk in your giftings for your Divine Assignment:

James 4:2 said, we have not because we ask not.

Think about what you are saying … We will reap what we sow, and we will have what we say. Luke 6:38

Listen to our conversations … what are you speaking and what are you believing. The most important impact we bring into other lives and pass on to others is the reality that Jesus is involved in our daily lives. and for us, becoming aware of our interaction of daily walking and talking to him.

The song “In The Garden”

I come to the garden alone

While the dew is still on the roses

And the voice I hear falling on my ear

The Son of God discloses.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me, And He tells me I am His own; And the joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known.

He speaks, and the sound of His voice, Is so sweet the birds hush their singing, And the melody that He gave to me Within my heart is ringing.

Not only is He in the special moments “in the Garden”, but He is with us each moment of our days our trials, our decisions, through it all and in it all …

We are never alone in our assignment.

He said that I am with you always that He never leaves us or forsakes us. Hebrews 13:5

He said to be still and know that He is God, and He is leading us and guiding us when we let Him have control.

This journey of discovering and preparation for our discipleship will be exciting and revealing. That will launch us on our most vital impact that we can pass on to our families and all that connect with our life.

Let’s launch into our gifts and divine discipleship assignments.

Our blessings and love to each and every one as we come together and share together.

Pastors Al and Helen Cambra

Heritage …. God commanded the people through Moses. In the book of Deuteronomy ((Deut. 4:9)

“Only be careful and watch yourselves closely, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live” .

“Teach them to your children and to their children after them.” Each Generation … has memories, stories, and values it wants to pass along to the next generation. This especially, includes the spiritual values of our faith and our walk with Jesus.

Psalm 139:13-18 A psalm of David.

13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body. and knit me together in my mother’s womb.

14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous how well I know it.

15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.

16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.

17 How precious are your thoughts about me,[b] O God. They cannot be numbered!

18 I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!

Preparing for the Journey signpost One….

We are going to begin our discovery journey together over these next pages of stop, start and note memories.

Pause now, in your present journey to look back over all that you have traveled. Look back to your beginning.

We know, all that the Scripture has told us about the “beginning of the beginning” in the Garden (Genesis1).

When God started His plan for man into motion. So that, He would be able to enjoy relationship with man by meeting in the Garden.

He gave us everything we would need and told us to take care of all that we had been given.

Well you know the rest of the story over times and seasons.

Man to couple, couple to family, family to families, then it comes to Jacob and His 12 sons that become, “The nations” … still, it is all about the relationship that God wants to share with us along with His provisions.

We see from the beginning, all things are shared from generation to generation, about God along with His plan and His purpose.

Today, because of Jesus going to the Cross, for our sins and reopening the door. We all again can walk and talk with God, in that special relationship, where He promises to lead us and be with us and dwell within us. Along with the Holy Spirit and all His wonderful fruits and gifts that God provided for us, on our journey along His way.

We know what the Bible has shared with us and now we stand here as we look at our own generations of our individual families through the years.

Yes, We are responsible to share all this forward to our generation and the ones who follow after us .

As for me, My Mother wrote about her “Mamma and Pappa” … their travel from Germany in the later 1800’s with two small boys and three months on a ship to Venezuela, South America with a boat load of Dairy Cattle… then ending up some years later in the USA homesteading new land of Jerome, Idaho where she was born. It is quite an amazing story. She said, ” This has been some of the things about Mamma and Papa I wanted the family to know. I hope you will treasure the thoughts of your grandparents, great grandparents, and great, great grandparents. They were good honest hard-working, Christian people.”

On my Father’s side, his eldest sister, My Aunt Cleo, wrote about Oklahoma and my grandparents and their Indian heritage. Along with the story of her growing up without a father who had died in trying to bring his family to a new land in those times.

She said, “May I recapture it all for you an eternal love, my dear Children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

May you, too , share even now that we can build and maintain that fragile bond of family on earth and in heaven.

May those we love, cherish our memory, and preserve it somewhere that those you cherish most, will not be denied the beauty, and love it might bring in knowing someone cares.

I dedicate this loving, kind, caring of family ties to a pioneer father; and to my mother who gave her whole life to hold seven children together in a true family tie. And I pray that this circle be unbroken on earth, or even in heaven.”

Each wrote, why they felt it was so important that we who follow them would have to embrace the tie to the family and times that they experienced.

What memories do you cherish from those that laid your foundation through your generations? Just pause and jot down whatever thoughts pop into your mind.

See, things are still about sharing our relationships together, in our family and with each other, Along with our relationship with Jesus to encourage others in their divine journey.

(Psalms 139) God formed us, planned us, and numbered our days in our mother’s womb… He did not need the dust of the earth for us now as in the beginning with Adam… He still wants to walk and talk with us in our garden together.

What do I do with all this? … listen and let the Holy Spirit prompt you along your journey of collecting your life notes. Maybe, He already has been speaking to you?

Maybe, You have no family memories … you then become the foundation for those who follow you.

Maybe, Like Esther, “Who knows, that you came to position for such a time as this.” (Esther 4:14)

Again, Listen to His leading and directing, as you note the different memories, on the pages of ”My Heritage … Signpost Along The Way” .

I am not saying, you write a book, but I am saying, to bring into remembrance, by making note to remember and allow the Holy Spirit to lead you in what to do, along your way.

Enjoy the journey… maybe some tears, maybe some joy, but all in all eternal treasures to be shared.

Note: Like my Aunt Cleo writing. “To me, learning about our parents, grandparents and ancestors gives a sense of belonging, a sense of identity, and a sense of “family.”

For this reason, I write my autobiography. It tells of those who have touched me. These people are mine (and yours), rich or poor, educated or not. There are lessons that I have learned from each of them.

In my youth, they loved me. They never seemed to dwell on hardships. There have been tears that made for a feeling of love; a bond of “family” took place. I have longed to know grandparents and people more personally, and have held to the hope that someday, perhaps on the other side, that longing will be fulfilled.

“Have you ever felt that way?”

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Curious

Life and Relationships

Start your legacy journey by asking God to remind you of the many ways he guided and directed your life. You may have been a believer all your life or discovered Christ at some point along the way.

Whether you come from a long history of believers in your family or are the beginning of the legacy, capturing your story and passing down your faith experience down will be YOUR forward to the next generations.

1… Describe what you may know about your birthyear including where you were born, family circumstance, siblings (birth order) etc.

2 … Capture the spiritual climate in your home and spiritual heritage from your grandparents, great-grandparents, or anyone else in your family that may have had an influence in your life.

3 … Describe your educational background, both spiritual and secular.

4 … Capture major life events that occurred in each decade of your life, such as accepting Christ as your personal savior, relocations or moving, marriage, divorce, death in the family, births, career paths, or any other major life event that influenced who you are today.

5 … Describe specific accomplishments you are most proud of and where God had a hand in developing you to fulfill that plan for your life. Our entire life is Gods. Don’t hesitate to talk about ALL of the things in your life that have meaning to you, not just what you think might be “the spiritual part”.

NOTES:

There is a saying that goes, “It takes a village to raise a child

My Call Esther, “Who knows that for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14

Helen Cambra … “It’s At The Altar” and Journal, “In Moments Like These”. . . along the Way.

One Saturday morning in my 30’s … as I was awaking to a new day …

I heard a voice within me say….

“With the same help you have received, help others receive that help.” 2

He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.

I was not sure what that meant…

Teach a class? ? ? ? ? ?

No idea of what to do nor how with those Words given me that Saturday morning ….

The Holy Spirit began to lead in so many unexpected open doors as I stepped forward in each leading and open door.

Prison Ministry, 12 step groups, correspondence ministry, radio, family church and school activities. Etc.

Then came … The Call to Peter …

“Do You Love Me”?

John 21:15-25

3 times repeated and Three times answered.

Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”

16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”

17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.

One Saturday cleaning the floors of our home …

I heard these Words,

Do you love me?”

Three times like to Peter …

Then I knew………

it was to take the road to study for our minster’s certificates … So, for the next 4 years, we got up at 6 to study our lessons from the Berean Bible School … for an hour each morning, while our children still slept before Al going to work and me getting them ready for school and my own daily schedule.

In two years, we became Christian Workers by title and in 4 years we became licensed ministers … for the next 2 years, we begin our new roles then in 2 years the nudge came for another two years of study to become ordained …

Just in time, to be able to become national Home Missionaries and directors for Teen Challenge of Idaho. Later into Global Mission Intercultural Home Missionaries.

Follow His leading and developing your preparations of greater expansion of discipleship to others.

Then Help others do the same ….

It's at the Altar

It's at a rugged mountain alter at 14 (July 26, 1953).

I dedicated my life to serve Him.

It's at the troubled night season of my teens, I sought out the altar, of an open catholic church.

It's at the altar, I became Al’s wife (Nov. 15. 1958)

It's at the altar, we dedicated four babies.

It's at the altar, I laid down my old life

And stepped into my new life (Oct 1974)

It's at the altar, I kissed the cheeks of those gone by.

It's at the altar, I learned to press into the hem of his garment... To push pass the crowd, and touch the Master Healer.

It's at the altar, I have sought His Face

It's at the altar, I have found His grace. There I have lingered to feel His touch.

Words given at the Altar, have marked my life. They have guided and they have carried, and they have strengthened. At the altar, I found reconciliation of broken hearts and broken relations. It's at the altar, I've made decision and choices.

I have taken strength and received new courage There I have found Joy unspeakable full of His Glory. There I have found peace - hope and most of all His love.

There I run to climb in His lap

Like a child crying "Abba Father” wiping my tears, pouring His love .... love .... love...

Oh, how I love the altar of His Presence. To Press in and feel His touch.

Pastor Helen Cambra

Committed

Along The Way … Mark 10:29-30

Matthew 19:29 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

29 Everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or farms to follow me will get much more than they left. And they will have eternal life.

Convinced me that

Along The Way …His Leading

Passing it on … One generation builds upon the next … we lift them to a higher.

… Stones of Remembrance –

A Sign Along the Way:

Joshua 4:21-24, 6-7 That this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in times to come, “What do those stones mean to you?” then you shall tell them.

Pastor AL’S STORY

THE BEGINNING:

I was born on August 2, 1935, on Kauai. Hawaii. As I look back on my life, discipling or training really began at an early age even before I had a relationship with Jesus. Living at home, my parents being devout Catholics, required that my brother and I were in church on Sunday morning before we were allowed to get with our friends.

As I can remember, We couldn’t wait for the service to get over so we could leave. Back then everything was in Latin except for the reading of the scriptures.

I believe the seeds that they sowed into my life at that early age, although may have remained dormant for a season of time, God honored their efforts and eventually those seeds brought forth fruit in my life.

As I can remember, my Dad was a praying man, and he was faithful in prayer. I did not realize it then, but I believe God used even his devotion to prayer to witness to me.

Note: I believe God can use experiences in our growing up years to influence us later on in life not even realizing that His hand was on us at that time.

Note: The Bible says in Proverbs 22:6, Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

When I left home to join the military,(US Air Force) I found myself going to the Base chapel whenever I had problems.

I believed God used my parents' faithfulness in discipling me at my young age to instill in my heart, not really understanding what was happening, a drawing to Him.

MOVING ON!!!

My first duty station after basic and technical training was Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. I got to know some other guys stationed there from Hawaii and we hung out together. We would go into Boise on the weekends or whenever we could and eventually had an apartment there. Got to meet a

wonderful family there whom we spent a lot of time with when we went to Boise. It was through this family that I met the “Love of My Life.”

We were married in 1958 and have been together for 64 years. Note: I believe, although not realizing it at the time, my assignment to Mountain Home AFB was God ordained.

Our military career eventually led us to Travis AFB where through a series of events and relationships our lives were changed, and we experienced a personal relationship with Jesus. There was a specific individual, Undis, who came into our lives through a tragic event, who was a powerful witness for the Lord and encouraged Helen and then me which led us to an alter in a little church where we wept and asked Jesus to come into our lives. We were baptized in water and later we had a powerful experience of being baptized in the Holy Spirit on Christmas night. We attended a little Assembly of God church where the pastor taught and preached like he really knew Jesus not just talking about Him.

I remember thinking, oh how I wish I could preach and teach the Word of God like he did.

God was so good in placing us in a place where we could be taught God’s Word and loved and accepted by those whom we had the opportunity to fellowship with.

Undis was the individual that God used to Disciple us in our early years in walking with Jesus. It all started with a relationship and then walking together in life sharing Jesus together.

Note: Windows of opportunity frequently present themselves, we must ask God to help us recognize them.

Note: 1st Peter 3:15, (NIV), But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.

BACK TO IDAHO:

After retirement from the Air Force, we returned to Boise. The Lord led us to an Assembly of God church on Easter Sunday. Central Assembly was the first church we visited, and we have never left although the location and the name has changed to Cityhope.

I can remember that first Sunday at Central, the people were very friendly and greeted us with open arms. A couple we met invited us to a home bible study which we attended for years. Pastor Strayer and his wife Wilma became our mentors or disciplers.

HUNGER FOR GOD’S WORD:

All the people told us when we joined the home fellowship, we were like a couple of birds in a nest with our mouths wide open so hungry for God’s Word.

Note: Jesus said in Matthew 4:4,”Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.”

Note: I am reminded of the words of Psalms 81:10, (NLT), For it was I, the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.

APPLICATION OF THE WORD:(Lifestyle)

Note: The Lord put us with a group of people that not only taught us the Word of God but also demonstrated how to walk it out in our daily lives.

Note: We are called to live a Christ-like lifestyle. Only through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within and yielding to His leading can we accomplish this .

Note: We must realize “Walking the talk” or practicing what we preach is vital to effective discipleship. People, especially those we are discipling, are looking to us for an example of what a Christ-like life should be.

Note: The Apostle Paul notes in Philippians 3:17, (NLT), Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, learn from those who follow our example.

BEING AVAILABLE:

Note: Pastor Strayer made himself available to us in times of need. I remember a time when I had an asthma attack and he responded to our home to pray for me.

Note: That taught me that being a discipler requires sometimes responding at times where it is not convenient or being there for others when going through a challenge and trial in life. He walked with me through this challenging time. I remember when we keeled down to pray looking at the wall I said, “ can’t you see Him” (Jesus). I couldn’t tell you what He looked like, but His presence was there in the Spirit.

Note: The psalmist notes in Psalm 145:18, (NLT), The Lord is close to all who call on Him, yes, to all who call on Him in truth.

Note: The Apostle Paul notes in his letter to the Thessalonians in 1st Thessalonians 2:7-8, NLT), As apostles of Christ we certainly had a right to make some demands on you, but instead we were like children among you. Or we were like a mother feeding and caring for her own children. We loved you so much that we shared with you not only God’s Good News but our own lives too.

DISCIPLING OTHERS:

Through our involvement with the home group and people in our church community we were encouraged in our growth process and the Lord began opening doors for us into various ministry areas. This afforded us the opportunity to not only meet people and cultivate new relationships but also new discipleship opportunities.

Note: The writer notes in Hebrews 10:24, (NLT), Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works, …

Note: Facilitating Children’s Church ( involving our children)

Note: Prison Ministry; Paper missionaries to over 900 inmates; Love Link ministry; Services/Bible studies; Conferences with Prison Fellowship.

Note: Teen Challenge: School; Ministry Homes; Support Groups

Note: Ministry abroad; Mission trips to Guatemala; working with ministries in Nigeria, India; Pakistan.

Note: Through the various ministry phases the Lord helped us to a lot time to complete our requirements for our Christian Workers and Licensed Minister then our Ordination.

Note: The Lord has blessed us to be involved with what He is doing in so many areas teaching us to trust Him and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Note: Discipleship may vary for us depending on the giftings and talents we have, the people we are discipling and how the Lord leads in our sphere of influence.

Note: We must remember in the process of discipleship those we are discipling want to hear what Jesus has done and continues to do in our lives.

Note: The psalmist notes in Psalm 66:16, (NLT), Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what He did for me

.Note: The Apostle Paul in his letter to the Colossians notes in Colossians 1:28-29,(NLT), So we tell others about Christ, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all the wisdom God has given us. We want to present them to God, perfect (mature), in their relationship to Christ. That’s why I work so hard, depending on Christ’s mighty power that works within me.

*The Heart of Discipleship: Sharing Jesus

Note: Jesus is the focus of the discipleship process. Share how He interacts with you daily. How he talks to you, How he leads you throughout your day.

Note: I think of the Chorus “In The Garden” which talks about God’s close relationship with us.

The words: And He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own; Speaks of the intimate relationship that God wants with us.

Note: People being discipled need to know how much they are loved by God and that He so desires to have an intimate relationship with them.

*Important means of Discipleship: Teaching God’s Word

Note: 2 Timothy 1:16-17, (NLT), All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what

is right. God uses it to prepare and equip His people to do every good work.

Note: We all need to be taught and teach the pure Word of God that we (they) might grow and mature and also be able to discern false teaching and recognize those who would teach doctrine that would lead us astray. (See Ephesians 4:14, (NLT), Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever, they sound like the truth.

Note: See also 2nd Corinthians 4:2, (NLT), We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We don’t try to trick anyone or distort the Word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know this.

THROUGH IT ALL.

Through my life experience walking with the Lord and working with people I have learned a few things that I consider important not only in our personal lives but also when discipling others.

1. COMMIT TO TRUSTING GOD: Proverbs 3:5-6, (NLT), Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding, seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.

2.

Note: Isaiah 55:8-9, (NLT), “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts, “ says the Lord. “And My ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the Heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.

Note: So, based on the scriptures, we can have complete confidence in God’s leading in every area of our walk with Him. This is something we must teach and demonstrate to those we are discipling as well.

2. KNOW GOD’S WORD IS ALWAYS FRUITFUL; Isaiah 55:10-11, (NLT), The rain and the snow come down from the Heavens and stay

on the ground to water the earth, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. It is the same with My Word. I send it out, and it ALWAYS produces fruit. IT will accomplish ALL I want it to, and IT will prosper everywhere I send IT.

Note: We can have the confidence that God’s Word will always do what His purpose is when it is sown.

3. REMAIN STEADFAST IN YOUR ASSIGNMENT: The Apostle Paul has these words of encouragement for the Corinthian church in 1st Corinthians 15:58, (NLT), So my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.

Note: We must remember that these words are relevant to you as well as you work wherever the Lord has you at this time.

Note: The Apostle Paul again encourages the Church at Corinth with these words; 1st Corinthians 3:5-8, After all who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News.

EACH OF US DID THE WORK THE LORD GAVE US. I PLANTED THE SEED IN YOUR HEARTS, AND APOLLOS WATERED IT, BUT IT WAS GOD WHO MADE IT GROW. IT’S NOT IMPORTANT WHO DOES THE PLANTING, OR WHO DOES THE WATERING.

WHAT’S IMPORTANT IS THAT GOD MAKES THE SEED GROW. THE ONE WHO PLANTS AND THE ONE WHO WATERS WORK TOGETHER FOR THE SAME PURPOSE. AND BOTH WILL BE REWARDED FOR THEIR OWN HARD WORK.

Note: Sometimes it is easy to get discouraged and frustrated for many reasons and especially when we face opposition or/and in our eyes not seeing any fruit from our labor. For many of you it has been a great sacrifice for you in answering God’s call to your assignment. But let me assure you, the LORD knows what you may be

experiencing, and He is with you through it all. The words Jesus gave to the disciples is true today as it was back then.

Matthew 28:19-20, (NLT), Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you.

AND BE SURE, OF THIS! I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE!

Passing it on …. Stir Up

Words from the Holy Spirit spoken to me

Stir and keep stirring the gifts I have placed in you. Remember it is up to you to keep stirring my gifts within you. They can lie dormant within, never be seed, never grow if you allow yourself to keep them silent and nonproductive.

Stir them and I will teach you to use them.

As you use them, they will grow and as they grow you will see the fruit feeding those around you. They are my secrete ingredients to the success and abundance I am bringing your way direction.

Be confident, do not compare results. Only gain in confidence the choice you make is. As you see it is in motion this you will know it is the right direction.

Let my peace be your guide in stepping forward into the parting. I will meet and match each step.

My teaching is an easy thing, but so many struggle to see the simplicity of my relationship.

Open your eyes to within, did I not say the Father and I would come in and sup if you would open the door. Just open the door and let Us in.

See how simple. It is not in the looking beyond – It is the looking within. When the King looked in the furnace, he saw the fourth man walking.

Look in to see me.

Look in to hear me.

Step out to respond to me and see my hand move for you.

Plant what you want for tomorrow. Yes, you make your plans, and I will direct your steps.

But remember, I give you the desires of your heart, but I plant the desires.

In me this is all so easy.

Gift

This gift I had planned from the beginning of the planning.

It is part of the impartation what was planted and will unfold a hundredfold.

Every time you plant, it multiplies and increases because the soil has been prepared and made fertile in obedience.

In the struggle of obedience is the tilling of the ground to bring it ready to receive the tender seeds of obedience.

Faith becomes the substance in the seeds springing forth its life.

A Word from The Holy Spirit ….

Leading and guiding are two different ways to follow …. leading is following from behind. and guiding is following alongside. There is a process of moving one to another, but both will have its time and position.

Now is the time of leading as things are being set into an order of placement.

As those come along side then you will move into a guiding as they step forward into their lead position.

This brings a readiness of position for each one in application and accountability.

To who much is given comes the requiring of all that has been given to be used for My purpose in kingdom preparation. There is a cycle to repeat from one to the other.

Launch it … release it…. Repeat it. Over and over in a free flowing of My Spirit that trains and equips each one in the way for me.

Think about someone teach one to ride a bike.

who holds on to steady the course and the rider … then releases the rider to his own stable control of his bike.

Remember, it is for him to learn. and for him to take the wheel in my control.

The Word

Imprinted Scriptures ……

Take time to identify individual scriptures that were most meaningful to you at each phase of your life.

For instance, if you had a very difficult or traumatic experience, what were the scriptures that were most comforting or strengthening during this time in your life.

Notes… Along The Way …

Psalm 139:13-16 – I was planned.

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For You formed my innermost parts; You knit me [together] in my mother’s womb. 14

I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.

My frame was not hidden from You, When I was being formed in secret, And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth.

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Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were appointed for me, When as yet there was not one of them [even taking shape].

Jeremiah 1:5

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“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you [and approved of you as My chosen instrument],

And before you were born, I consecrated you [to Myself as My own];

I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Acts

17:26-27 (From the Beginning)

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26 And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands and territories. 27 This was so that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grasp for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

Isaiah 43:10

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“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “And My servant whom I have chosen, That you may know and believe Me And understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me.

Acts 1:8 – Witness Call

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8 But you will receive power and ability when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be My witnesses [to tell people about Me] both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.”

John 14:25 - Holy Spirit My Teacher …

25 “I have told you these things while I am still with you. 26 But the [d]Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will help you remember everything that I have told you. 27 Peace I leave with you; My [perfect] peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid. [Let My perfect peace

calm you in every circumstance and give you courage and strength for every challenge.]

Daniel 4:3

How great are His signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion endures from generation to generation.

Psalms 145:4-6

One generation shall commend your works to another and shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness.

1 Timothy 5:8

That the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children.

Psalm 102:18

Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:

Joel 1:33

Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation.

Psalm 145:4

One generation shall commend your works to another and shall declare your mighty acts.

Psalm 119:111

Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

Stones of Remembrance – A Sign:

Joshua 4:6-7

That this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in times to come, “What do those stones mean to you?” then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ask of the covenant of the Lord. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So, these tones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever.”

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Heritage – Passing It On … Our Gift to Future Generations

Our heritage, we will then be able to pass it on to our children with a little bit of ourselves attached to it.

What we do now, how we live our lives and the character we build, adds to the heritage we leave to our children.

It is not about the money or property we leave behind, but it is about the reality of our relationship with Jesus.

Our walking and talking with him as He leads us along the pathway, He has designed for us using the gifting and talents as He directs … leaving stones of remembrance along our pathway that will enhance their pathway …. but we can give a rich heritage to them. We can offer a heritage that will enhance their lives in their own relationship with Jesus that we desire for them. That together, we will share an eternal heritage the way God planned.

My Declaration:

• God is who He says He is!

• God can do what He says He can do!

• I am who God says I am!

• I can do all things through Christ!

Philippians 4:13

• God’s Word is alive and active in me!

In Jesus Name, Amen

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FROM THE FIELD By Grant Lovejoy

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Using Scripture to Disciple Believers in Oral Cultures

there are many peoples around the world who either do not read to learn or cannot read at all. As we share the gospel, then, they must address the question of how to disciple new believers who like to learn but not to read.

There certainly are commands to make the Bible and its teachings an integral part of the Christian life. Passages like Joshua 1:8, Psalm 119, and John 8:31–32 illustrate that Scripture is invaluable in shaping the believer’s life it is indispensable to discipleship. Jesus taught his disciples to abide in his word and obey his teachings.

“There are many wonderful ways for people to come to know the Scriptures and align themselves with it even if they don’t have a Bible to read or can’t read it for themselves.”

Memorizing Scripture

Learning Bible Stories

Discipling Others by Example

In one particular African people group, where thousands of people are being discipled, reading comprehension is generally low. Many Christian leaders are nonreaders, but they know the Bible and are effective in discipling people like themselves. These leaders have memorized entire books of the Bible and can accurately tell dozens of individual Bible stories from Genesis to Revelation.

They learned to tell stories by listening repeatedly to audio recordings of carefully prepared Bible stories, first on radio and then on handheld players. With people who like to learn but not to read, discipleship should follow the example of Jesus, who spent a lot of time with his disciples in a wide variety of situations. He demonstrated a lifestyle that pleased God. He taught the disciples in a more formal sense, but most of his interactions with them took place while he was ministering to other people.

Frequently his teaching method was to answer their questions about something that he had done. They often wanted to know how (“Lord, teach us to pray”) or why (“Why could we not drive out this evil spirit?”). Discipleship should be much more like an apprenticeship than a classroom course. Setting an example worthy of imitation is perhaps the most powerful aspect of discipling others. Making disciples is a crucial function of the church and central to the global missionary task. Discipleship does not require printed materials or even the ability to read—it simply requires access to the Bible. We can pass down stories and teach believers the Scriptures through a variety of ways. Most importantly, we can remember that discipleship takes place in relationship with Christ and with other Christians in the context of a healthy church.

Grant Lovejoy is director of orality strategies for the International Mission Board. He has taught preaching, biblical interpretation, and Bible storytelling, and he has coedited five books on those topics and related subjects. He and his wife, Donna, and their daughters have served in Africa and Asia.

“Making disciples is a crucial function of the church and central to the global missionary task. Discipleship does not require printed materials or even the ability to read— it simply requires access to the Bible.”

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Generations/Heritage. . . . CURIOUS …My Life and relationships. . . . RECALL … Divine Timeline. . . . CONVINCED … His Imprints to do. . . . COMMITTED … His Gifting and calling.

ORAL DISCIPLESHIP … Stones of Remembrance.