RAISING DISCIPLES FOR WORLD OUTREACH

 BEERSHEBA...THE IMMUTABILITY OF DIVINE COUNSEL. And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:  And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die. Genesis 45:27-28 So Israel began his trip to Egypt. First he went to Beersheba. There he worshiped God, the God of his father Isaac. He offered sacrifices. Genesis 46:1-2 It was already 13 years since Joseph was claimed to have been devoured by wild animal that Jacob leant he was still alive. Joseph's spirit was revived at this news. Then, he has to go and see him according to Joseph's request and Jacob's lingering desire. But the journey to 'prosperous' Egypt was not to start until the worship and sacrifice in BEERSHEBA was done.  The opportunity to be in Egypt was a deserving one. It was very expedient and seemingly unavoidable. It was a call from ...

 How a Pastor Stole a $25,000.00 Open Bank Cheque During Dinner in Member's House A Successful Nigerian couple invited the Pastor of their Church for dinner in their home in California, United States of America. After the Pastor left, the couple realized their cheque had disappeared. The man said to his wife; “I think the Pastor has stolen the $25,000.00 open bank check that I kept here on the table of which I had the intention to give to him”. Angrily his wife exclaimed; “Hmmmm! All of them are just the same. If they are not fake, they are thieves. There is no need to invite him again, we shall from henceforth be attending another Church”. Two Months Later, the woman met the Pastor on a certain street and was courageous enough to face him and said: “Good morning Pastor, you have surely realised that we no longer attend Church, this is because we're angry with you. The day you ate in our house, there was a $25,000.00 open bank check on the table but unfortunately it disappeared...

 STOP BEING WILD "Later, when Hagar knew she was going to have a baby, she became proud and was hateful to Sarai.... But Sarai began treating Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away. Genesis 16:4, 6 How often we allowed hatred and persecution against ourselves because of projected success and breakthrough. We became so proud and uncontrollable because of conceived but immature and unripe vision.  It is really unnecessary to allow ourselves distracted and become wild because of 'beautiful' but intangible success.