Becoming a Dangerous Christian Pt. 2

Num 13:26-33

V.30 – Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”

Caleb was a descendant of the tribe of Judah.  Caleb was a disciple of Moses.  He was apart of Moses elite team of special forces.  Although, we quickly find out that this team doesn’t take on any mission.  And they definitely have not been broken before God.  Caleb was a no nonsense kind of guy.  He was one of the original twelve guys sent to spy out the land that God wanted give to the children of Israel.  He was a fierce warrior for God.  His heart was filled with faith and his life was completely surrendered to God.

Here is a man speaking in faith!  He is viewing this land through eyes of faith.  His says man lets all of us go.  Lets not wait a minute longer, lets go now.  He says we are well able to over come.  I know there are giants in the land I saw them as well but do you know who my God is?  Don’t tell God how big your mountain is; tell your mountain how big your God is.  Caleb was speaking in faith.  We already have the victory.  Let’s put our resources together, let’s get our weapons, paint our faces and let’s go possess the land that our God is giving us.  Come on what are you waiting for?  Let’s go!  Let’s go pick a fight!  He’s a dangerous man of God!

Well that speech didn’t go over to well because the other 10 spies brought about a really bad report to children of Israel.  They told everyone that there were giants in the land and we are nothing but grasshoppers in there sight.  So these 10 spies filled the hearts of all the people with fear.  And the bible says that the people screamed and cried all night. Then the people said man we like this desert living, it’s not all that bad, so what if we don’t have a permanent house or city or country to call our own.  We never go hungry, we never get sick, we never lack, why do we need to bother others let them keep that land.  But Caleb saw something totally different.  He said I’m tired of walking around.  We have been doing this for forty years.  It’s getting old and besides God has given us a land of our own and these people are in it.  It’s not there’s it’s ours.  They are in our land.  We must go and take it back. The reason Moses paid no attention to the negative report is because he knew Caleb and Joshua.  He knew that they were Dangerous Men of God.

Well the people of Israel didn’t care too much and so they said let’s select a leader and go back to Egypt.  That is just like the enemy.  When God is getting ready to bless you he wants to fill your heart with fear so that you get scared and want to return to your past.  He tries to speak to those people close to you to try to convince you to turn around.  Even though you’re so close to your promise that you can see it, smell it, and feel it, he will try to flood you with fear so that you don’t possess it.  I encourage you to you’re your heart with faith in God!  Gen 18: 14 states that there’s nothing to hard for the Lord!  Don’t ever settle for less than Gods best!

Caleb says in verse 9 – Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.”

Caleb is still trying to build their faith.  He’s doing everything he knows to do to try to convince these hard heartened people to trust God!  Well that really didn’t go over well because in v.10 the people picked up stones to stone he and Joshua and the only thing that saved them was the glory of Lord came down and appeared in the tabernacle of meeting.  I have got great news for you today, when you trust God with your entire life and when you do what God has called you to do than the glory of the Lord will be your shield from every enemy.  If the enemy wants to get to you than he has to go through Him and we already know that he’s defeated, he just can’t do it.

As result God kills a bunch of rebellious people who refused to trust Him and He tells Moses (Num. 14:24)

Num 14:24

24 But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.  (More to come…)

Becoming a Dangerous Christian

There are several different meanings of danger.  There is danger in the sense of physical harm.  When someone says he or she is a dangerous person.  Or stay away from them they may be dangerous.  Then, there is a different kind of danger.  There is the danger of athlete imposes to other teams. Michael Jordan, he’s dangerous.  Peyton Manning, Lebron James they’re dangerous. Sam Walton and his Super Walmarts are dangerous.  Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are extremely dangerous businessmen.  They’re dangerous because they take risks, major risks. They believe with every fiber of there being that whatever they do it will be successful.  They believe in themselves and they believe in the products in which they are selling.  And no one can convince them otherwise.

But does it mean to become a dangerous Christian?  A dangerous Christ follower?  Does it mean you have to pray more?  Does it mean u have to fast often? Does it mean you have to read your bible 2 or 3 hours a day?  What does it mean to “become a dangerous Christian?”

Not to long ago, I was reading an article about the elite Special Forces group known as the “Navy Seals”.  It is widely known that they are the best of the best.  The Seals never back down to anyone.  They never say no to any mission because there is no mission they feel is to tough for them or that they can not be victorious in.  And they never, ever under any circumstance will they compromise their beliefs or leave a man behind on the battlefield.   They say that the number one goal of the Navy Seal Drill Instructors during training is to break you completely down so that nothing remains in you.  They don’t want your ideas, your opinions, your dreams, your goals, your attitudes, they don’t want anything you have to offer. They want to completely annihilate you.  If those who were recruited cannot hang through the process they are welcomed at any point to ring the bell to signify they are quitting.  It is said that Drill Instructors do their best to encourage the recruits to quit, to ring the bell, to walk away, to leave but they do this simply because they only want those that are willing to give everything they have to this small group of warriors.  They want those who are so sold out that they would be willing to die for this cause.

They say the main purpose for breaking these recruits is because once they’re broken, they can put them back together the way they feel will be best for the Seals.  They want to put their ideas in you, their goals, their dreams, their beliefs, their work ethics, and their mindset.  They want you to become the most dangerous solgier you can for this small elite group of fearless warriors.  They do this because the success of the mission depends solely on the dedication of the soldiers who are involved.

This time magazine reporter who had conducted this interview asked one of the Seals; do you guys care that you never get credit?  No we like it that way.  All we care about is winning.  Wow!  What an absolutely incredible attitude.  We don’t want credit we just want to win!

Matt 22:14

14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”

As I thought about this story and what seals go through during boot camp/ training, I couldn’t help but think of how similar it is when we come to Jesus. The bible says that He takes us and He breaks us and He takes all the old junk that we used to carry around and then He then puts us back together and fills us with His life, His Holy Spirit, His love, His dreams, His goals, His desires, and then He turns us loose and feeds us to a sea of humanity that’s in need of the Gospel!  The question I ask you today is will you take part in this mission or will you quit and ring the bell when it gets tough and almost unbearable?  Will you stay with it, will you persevere, when others around you are dropping out of the race and screaming for you to do the same, will you listen to them or will you listen to that still small voice inside your heart that says “My yoke is easy and my burden is light”.  His grace is sufficient for any task or mission that stands in your way.  He says to us all, keep going, don’t quit; the world needs the message that’s alive in your heart!

Matt. 16:24-25

“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. ²⁵For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

Can’t you hear Jesus beckoning you to “GO!”  Listen to His holy calling and embrace the mission He has given to all of us to rescue lost souls from an eternal pit of despair, loneliness, brokenness, hurt, confusion etc…Let’s go for it and by faith let’s go change the world!

Church in the City

Boy was this an amazing church! I could go on for days about this great church. God showed up in such a powerful way! I spoke once again about being desperate for God. I challenged everyone to be more desperate for God than anything else in their life. We had such a powerful service. At the end I gave an altar call and so many responded.  After that we prayed for the sick and the Holy Spirit moved. It was awesome!

Ibadan, Nigeria

This was such a climax! I attended this crusade with Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke and it was as God opened the pages of the bible and allowed me to walk in it.  I thought I was dreaming when I stood there on the platform listening to Evangelist Bonnke preach so passionately in front of 500,000 people.  It was utterly amazing!  The healings that took place there were simply of biblical proportions; blind eyes opening, deaf ears opening, mute speaking, lame walking…It was just so amazing! Words just can’t describe the experience of going on one of his crusades.

Christ for the Nations

Preaching at my Alma Mater, Christ for the Nations in Dallas, TX.  I spoke about the importance of Evangelism and how the world is in desperate need for salvation but they can never receive salvation and cleansing from sins unless someone/evangelist goes and shares the eternal message of the cross with them.  At the end I gave an altar call for those who would be willing to “Go” and evangelize the nations.  What transpired was absolutely amazing.  Almost the entire student body stood up and came forward for prayer.  There was no doubt about it; the Holy Spirit came in such a powerful way that night!  We truly experienced a mighty touch of God!

Will You Deny Me

Will you deny Me

Luke 22:33-34 – But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.” Then He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me.”
Does this sound familiar to you? Can you relate to Peter with these promises he makes to Jesus? Have you ever echoed something similar to the Lord? I will do anything for you Lord, if I am called upon than I will go to prison and I’m even willing to die for you Lord. The Lord says, “Really?” Within 12 hours you will deny that you even know me, not once but 3 times. Wow!
You know often times we make similar promise’s to the Lord. We make these amazing commitments to Jesus in worship and within 24 hours we are denying that we know Him. Sunday morning comes along and during worship we find ourselves telling Jesus that we will do anything or go anywhere for you, we are willing to die for you Lord but as soon as we walk out of the church doors life comes flying at us through various avenues such as family challenges, jobs, finances, peer pressures etc…and its through many of these different avenues we find our selves in a way denying that we know Him. It may not be that we deny Him vocally; it may simply be that we deny Him through our lifestyle. Through the way that we treat our spouses, or loved ones, maybe our denial is through the way we respond to those who don’t agree with us or maybe don’t even like us. Our denial may come through the silence we keep when we hear others are bashing our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Maybe we deny Him in our own speech, conduct and way of life. Maybe we deny Him in the lack of our prayer life or personal worship or devotional experiences.
Question, can you hear the sound of the rooster crowing? The rooster is our spiritual alarm going off and calling us back home! That crazy rooster is calling us to fall on our knees and passionately renew our commitment to Jesus in our own personal lives. Lets do it today!

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Year End Report

I would like to thank all of you who have faithfully stood with us this year. Your prayers and financial support made our soul winning crusades in Pakistan possible!  Because of you, over 25,000 new souls will spend eternity with Jesus! That is amazing!!  I just can not say thank you enough.

Please, do read Pastor Cornelius’ report, who is BMM’s head leader in Pakistan responsible
for the post-crusade work processes.

During this year alone, and despite the very tense situation, 22 churches were founded through this kind of work.
Our goal and purpose is to gather a maximal harvest after the Crusade. As our first step we take care of the decision cards. They are counted and sorted out according to the areas, towns and villages they represent. Then, a meeting with local leaders is called in order to hand over the decision cards as well as to encourage them and mobilize them to visit new believers in villages and towns. Together, these church leaders and church planters visit these people personally on a one-on-one basis. The believers eventually invite them into their homes. Usually, if 2-3 or more members of the family have received Jesus into their lives, the door of this house is opened for the church planter. The local leader and pastor introduce the church planter to the families he will visit regularly for their spiritual feeding and fellowship. This is how a house church starts.

Key Persons

The next step after the one-on-one strategy, they try to find out how many families in one village have accepted Jesus. After examining this, the whole body of believers in that village is introduced to each other. During this process the Lord gives the church planters ‘a Man of Peace’. This Man of Peace becomes the leader of the village who becomes the link between the church planter and the village. A couple of weeks or months later, the fellowships of several houses decide to cooperate and meet together. Together with a couple of key people in the village, a proper meeting place is decided upon. Now the battle starts.

Persecution

As the joined meeting of new body of believers starts, persecution begins from the inside and the outside. Muslims living in the area become angry seeing believers who gather for joined times of worship. But God has always been faithful: As soon as the persecution starts, God comes in with His power, using these new believers. In one village, for example, God started using a newly born young man with healing power. A married couple came for prayer, sharing with him the woman was 8 months pregnant; yet, the baby was in a wrong position. Doctors told them about c-section, but they had no money. Intercessor of this newly planted church prayed and when the time came the baby was born normal. This testimony touched the whole village and they stopped persecuting them. In another village, a young boy who was crippled was healed by the Lord miraculously and as the whole village saw the miracle of this young boy walking normal and working in a shop, in a wrong position. Doctors told them about c-section, but they had no money. Intercessor of this newly planted church prayed and when the time came the baby was born normal. This testimony touched the whole village and they stopped persecuting them. In another village, a young boy who was crippled was healed by the Lord – miraculously and as the whole village saw the miracle of this young boy walking normal and working in a shop, they were amazed and stopped persecuting Christians.

The Church as a Hospital

It is normal that a newly planted church becomes like a small hospital; sick people are brought there and men and women of God pray for them and they are healed. In another village, the local Muslim clerics were provoking Muslims to persecute Christians. Suddenly, his daughter got demon possessed. Although his family did everything, nothing was able to help. Eventually, he brought the girl to the church believers prayed and the girl got delivered immediately. That brought a tremendous change in the life of the Muslim priest and his family.  The testimony touched the Muslims enormously.

Solid Bible Teaching

Our responsibility is to visit these newly planted churches as often as possible to see if they get solid, Bible based teaching. Our first goal once the church is planted is to make sure that people experience the Holy Spirit. For this, we organize a seminar for village churches where various local villages get invited. This seminar is extremely helpful for the local church planter as well as the new body of believers: In the seminar all sorts of questions they struggle with are answered, and they get baptized with the Holy Spirit. Secondly, they understand that they are not all alone. They are connected with the other members of the body of believers.

Needs

So far, we have planted 157 churches all over Pakistan. Many of them are working on building a simple meeting place. The biggest needs these newly planted churches have are of financial nature, to help them build a simple place of joined worship. The church planters would need transportation bicycles, and some who are currently taking care of many churches in the several villages need motorbikes. A lot of church planters need financial help for the simple reason that the newly planted churches cannot support them financially. We also need more members of our organizing team to reach more cities and villages for follow up and subsequently for helping new church planters in their challenges.

Building churches in rural areas

Last Crusade – Call of salvation

During the last evening, even on the way to the crusade location, we could feel the unseen world stirring. During the call for salvation I suddenly had the impression: “Don’t stand still – move back and forth, so you won’t be an easy target if someone aims at you!” At the same time, Khalid as well as another evangelist had the same impression and went to hide from the crowd. It all went very fast from there: Suddenly commotion went through the masses, armed security forces ran to the back and pursued some fleeing persons, while we tried calming down the crowd, being determined to call people to Jesus Christ, their Savior. Later, we learned what had really happened: Four armed terrorists with machine guns had disguised themselves as police men in order to kill us. At the time of our alter call they got ready to shoot us, when at the last moment one of the security men identified them as terrorists. Three of them were able to escape the chase, yet one has been caught. The enemy is “roaring” and he does not like what is happening in his territory at all. But in the midst of this “storm,” we were able to see how God revealed Himself as Savior, performing miracles, and healing the blind and the lame; especially many tumor stricken people were healed. 13,000 people came to the very last evening of the crusade alone, and 13,229 decision cards were being filled out by people who had accepted Jesus as their Savior.

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