RAISING DISCIPLES FOR WORLD OUTREACH

 UNDERSTANDING MISSIONS (3) Hindrances to Discipleship. Luke 9: 57-62 The desires and passion of every missionary is to raise and discipled men for Christ. We want to produce fruits that will remain.  The quest to achieve this has made every missionary adopts and initiates various means at ensuring that men are made to grow in the image of Christ.  Meanwhile, looking intently at scriptures reveals the various impediments at raising men for Christ. Christ during His earthy ministry was faced with men who would want to follow him and become his disciples. But unfortunately, they wanted the process of becoming His disciples in their own terms and conveniences.  Let's examine these:  Luke 9. 57-58 They were all traveling along the road. Someone said to Jesus, "I will follow you anywhere you go." He answered, "The foxes have holes to live in. The birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place where he can rest his head. This first would-be disciples made up a self...

 YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 Text: Genesis 35:1-5  Jacob had gone far away from the place of his encounter with God. He was in search of greener pastures. He lost a lot through this step including his daughter, Dinah into the hands of the Shechemites.  God encountered him and ordered him to go back to his original place of worship.  Jacob knew this was no longer ordinary journey but God driven journey. Thus, he ordered his family: "Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves"   If God must go with them on the journey back to the original place of encounter. Then, they must let go any foreign source of power and protection that they had accumulated in the various places they had sought for help. Indeed, even what they wear must pave way for what befit the Children of God: "..and change...