Come to the Father

Come to the Father

'Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. I will ease and relieve and refresh your soul.” (Matthew 11:28 AMP)

Does your soul need refreshing today? Then come to the Father. Are you overburdened by the cares of this world? Are you facing challenges in your relationships? Finances? Career? The Father wants to refresh you. He wants to cause you to rest. Think about that for a moment. What would cause you to rest? If you knew everything was going to work out for your good, you would stop worrying. You would rest! Even if things don’t work out the way you planned, or on your timetable, you can trust that God will turn things around in your favor. When you submit your life to Him, by the blood of Jesus, and truly make Him Lord and Ruler of every area of your life, you will find rest for your soul! Come to the Father today in prayer and with thanksgiving. Thank Him right now for taking your burdens and giving you peace. Thank Him for loving you today and giving you new life. Thank Him for His faithfulness. Go out today with an attitude of faith and expectancy because God is working behind the scenes on your behalf—and you can come to Him!

PIC

Spiritual Multiplication

"The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the Lord; in its time I will do this swiftly." (Isa. 60:22)



HAVE YOU GRASPED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SPIRITUAL MULTIPLICATION?


Jesus’ command to "make disciples" is costly, but the pay off can be remarkable. In a world that demands immediate results, such as rosy quarterly earnings to placate investors – often at the expense of the long term good of the company - the idea of investing for years into the life of an individual, or a small group, comes off as tedious, arcane and just too slow. "The fact is that disciples will not be developed through methods of mass production that attempt short cuts to maturity."

"One must decide where he wants his ministry to count – in the momentary applause of popular recognition or the reproduction of his life in a few chosen people who will carry on your work after you are gone."

If the Creator of the Universe demonstrated the importance of investing three years of His short 33 year life into twelve men, what does that suggest to us about how we are to conduct our ministry? Just before departing for heaven, Jesus told his key disciples "Teach them (the disciples’ future disciples) to observe all that I have taught you." The Master was talking about spiritual multiplication. (Matt. 28:19)

To help us comprehend the importance of spiritual multiplication, compare the numeric difference between one person a day coming to Christ and one person a year being discipled and equipped to disciple another, thus doubling the number of laborers each year.


My challenge to you is to prayerfully seek out one person who has a heart for God, and is faithful and teachable. Invest into his/her life toward their spiritual maturity to the point where they in turn begin to reproduce it in the life of another.

With love,
Pastor A.