tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23191203.post3347957182169451069..comments2023-09-25T04:24:45.407-05:00Comments on The M Blog: What's the difference between converts and disciples?J. Guy Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751691713410311094noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23191203.post-9886680185509473702010-05-06T08:27:19.357-05:002010-05-06T08:27:19.357-05:00Natasa,
Good question!Natasa,<br /><br />Good question!J. Guy Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17751691713410311094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23191203.post-83843562613106926062010-05-06T05:31:45.889-05:002010-05-06T05:31:45.889-05:00if we remain just converts all our life are we rea...if we remain just converts all our life are we really saved?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23191203.post-30891099954921848302010-05-05T19:54:33.720-05:002010-05-05T19:54:33.720-05:00Bruce,
I absolutely love the way you put this, Fr...Bruce,<br /><br />I absolutely love the way you put this, <i>From my prayer closet, I am bombarding Teheran, Baghdad, Kabul, and Riyadh. I am dropping prayer bombs all over the Middle East that is cloaked in the darkness of deception. I'm also praying for Jerusalem, where Christ is excluded. I'm praying for Pyong Yang, for Calcutta, for Moscow, for Shanghai, and for Manila. I am an equal-opportunity bomber. I am dropping prayer bombs on New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Miami. I am also remembering small communities, and I have dropped bombs in my own neighborhood.<br /><br />One well-said prayer, in accordance with God's will, can do infinitely more than bombs, bullets, or ballots. We need to bombard the strongholds of Satan in our world, whether it's on the other side of the world, or in our own backyard.</i><br /><br />With your permission I may copy part of this for a blog post. Good stuff!<br /><br />And you are exactly right in that the TEN2b virus "prayer bomb" is one that is guaranteed to be answered by the Lord--after all, he commanded it himself!J. Guy Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17751691713410311094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23191203.post-72004792229535443102010-05-05T17:39:21.493-05:002010-05-05T17:39:21.493-05:00As an English teacher, it gives me great shame tha...As an English teacher, it gives me great shame that I could miss a whole point like that! I think in my own enthusiasm I was ready to announce this one.<br /><br />I think it's great that you are doing this with the churches there. I wish I had known about it while in Esmeraldas.<br /><br />Last summer during VBS it gave me extra joy to hear one of the elementary age children ask the Lord to "send laborers into the harvest" before he closed his prayer. I have challenged my church members to ask this request every time they pray, even at meal time.<br /><br />In the past five years, I have had the privilege of spreading this "virus" in other churches, in our local association, and on various blogs and forums in which I participate.<br /><br />It will give me great joy to know that, as I am praying, I am praying with you and with others around the world who follow this command.<br /><br />I often tell groups where I speak that there is one prayer that I guarantee ALWAYS gets answered. It's nice to put a face with as many laborers as possible, but I also get excited when I think about the people I will not meet until eternity who were the answers to our prayers.<br /><br />I also believe in "prayer bombs." I invite you to take a peek at my section on "prayer bombs" in my blog I publish for my church members: http://bpsermonbytes.blogspot.com/2009/11/better-than-bombs-or-bullets.html<br /><br />And sorry I overlooked commmandment #8 in your list. It is an excellent list. May we all be engaged in "teaching them to observe all things that He has commanded."BParsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11119937473472868131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23191203.post-12801421619938006622010-05-05T17:19:58.789-05:002010-05-05T17:19:58.789-05:00Bruce,
You must have skipped over #8 which is the...Bruce,<br /><br />You must have skipped over #8 which is the one where Christ commands us to <i>...beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest...</i> The only specific request Christ commanded his disciples to pray besides the Lord's Prayer: Luke 10:2, Matthew 9:38.<br /><br />We also dedicate an entire lesson in our CP training for this command.<br /><br />Everyone we work with has their cell phone or watch alarms set for 10:02 everyday (Luke 10:2) to remind us to pray this prayer.<br /><br />I could speak volumes about the importance of putting this command into practice, but suffice it to say, we are overwhelmed right now with people WAITING to be trained that have come solely out of praying the TEN2b prayer.<br /><br />Will you please spread this virus amongst the people you are in contact with? <br /><br />THANK YOU FOR PRAYING the TEN2b prayer! I believe the Lord is flooding the world right now with laborers because people like you are faithful to obey this command to pray!J. Guy Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17751691713410311094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23191203.post-13142277608597416772010-05-05T17:12:55.229-05:002010-05-05T17:12:55.229-05:00I don't mean to mess up the "ten," b...I don't mean to mess up the "ten," but there is one command of Christ that I have committed to do for the rest of my life. It is found in Matthew 9:38 and Luke 10:2. We are told to ask the Lord of the Harvest to send forth laborers for the harvest. Knowing that "this is the confidence we have with Him that if we ask anything according to His will, he hears us and...we know that we have what we have requested of Him." <br /><br />If He has commanded us to pray this prayer, there is no doubt of the prayer's efficacy. I am confident that every time I ask the Lord for laborers for the harvest, He sends out new laborers. I lead my church in this prayer every time we are together, and I pray it daily as well. What would happen if every church, every believer, every time they prayed, asked this of the Lord of Harvest? I believe we would flood the world with true "laborers."<br /><br />My prayer is that in every situation, God puts someone who knows in the presence of someone who needs to know.<br /><br />I will pray this prayer the rest of my life. I find great joy in knowing that, by this simple obedience to this clear command of Christ, I have been used of Him to unleash thousands of new laborers into the world harvest field.BParsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11119937473472868131noreply@blogger.com