JUST TO CLARIFY!! - Re: Detroit - PLEASE READ
Posted by: prophetic <prophetic@...>
over the next two weeks with Francis Ovienmhada and Mike Smith.
The area of Southern Nigeria we are going to is a stronghold of
Islam and witchcraft. There will be large evangelistic meetings as
well as leaders' meetings. Please keep us in your prayers, my friends?
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Two Comments are below:
"JUST to CLARIFY"
-by Patrick Ersig & Josef Urban (-Detroit).
We want to clearly state that we believe this type of thing (i.e. -
ministry to the poor, healing, deliverance, etc.) to be a part of
everyday normal New Testament Christian life. We post out of
sincere desire to provoke others to do the same if they are not
already. Our only hope is that these praise reports will encourage
others to reach the lost around them and live New Testament
Christianity.
We very much appreciate kind words and encouragements and
support but we need to be clear: the reason we are posting this is
to ENCOURAGE OTHERS to GET OUT THERE AND LIVE
the NORMAL CHRISTIAN LIFE!!!
We are not "super-saints" or ultra special, just some simple people
who love Jesus and seek to obey and glorify Him. May CHRIST get
all the praise! May CHRIST get all the glory! May CHRIST get all
the honor and adoration forever! Amen.
ANOTHER TESTIMONY from DETROIT
-by Wendy Wilcox.
My husband and I were out serving with Patrick, Mary and Josef
last weekend and can attest to how cold it was: a bottle of liquid
hot sauce that we'd brought as a condiment froze solid within 35
minutes and the piping hot coffee I was serving hit the ground and
turned to ice almost instantly when my hands shook so hard that
it spilled from the cup I was pouring.
It was brutally and bitterly frigid, but I can safely speak for all of us
in saying a hearty "so what!" with regard to the weather! Didn't
Jesus command us to care for the sick and the destitute? Aren't
we supposed to extend ourselves to help those who can't help
themselves? What happened to putting the needs of others ahead
of our own comfort? This isn't extravagant or special behavior, it's
absolutely normal for people who say they belong to Christ.
I can also say that none of us would rather have been anywhere
else in the world last weekend or any other time we have the
privilege of preaching to and serving the homeless, for that matter.
I wake up in the morning and cringe in pain when I see the weather
forecast, wondering how the homeless even survive, and longing
with everything within me to be able to go out and care for them
as much and as often as possible. A large part of my family's
week is planned around shopping, preparing the food and serving
it, as it is for Patrick, Mary and Josef. Our five year old daughter
is intricately involved and is learning to care for others, as are
Patrick and Mary's children. None of us are wealthy by American
standards, though by the standard of most of the world, we are
fabulously rich (and all of us are wealthy beyond measure to
belong to Christ.) We're just average people whose lives have
been radically transformed by Jesus, and we want to serve Him
with everything He's given us.
We've chosen to heed the Scriptures and align our lives and our
finances accordingly. I would encourage you to do the same,
friends, as the time is short and the needs are great, no matter
what community you live in. This is only our reasonable service
as servants of Christ. Your homeless (or sick, etc.) may not be
cold right now, but what do they need? Where does He want you
to extend yourself? Seek the Lord and He will show you what to
do with your time and your resources. Then just be obedient!