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06-29-10 Bro Gabby sends in missions report from Goma, DR Congo
GOMA (NORTH KIVU) MISSION REPORT
The ship departed at 7:30 AM and within six and half hours we were in Goma town. The pastor’s vehicle was having a breakdown, so I used public transport means to get to the church venue. I was hosted in the pastor’s house and I got integrated very quickly. The pastor’s wife and children were loving and very kind to me. The shared the below message with the saints in Thursday overnight meeting and Sunday meeting and we were all blessed.
Message theme: “GREAT THINGS OF THE OTHER SIDE”
Luke 8: 19-21: “Jesus is preaching the Gospel of the kingdom of God and His relatives (mother and siblings) come to see Him. Jesus knew that His mission was more than just to familiarizing with His relatives, something which is naturally ordinary but He focused upon the extraordinary; - that is to reach out people beyond His family sphere and make them part of the big family of God.
As our Lord Jesus, we must realize the ordinary in our comfort zone and aim for the extraordinary. God intention for us is to see us excel from glory to glory through the power of the Holy Spirit – 2 Cor. 3:18. He wants us to increase in all things: knowledge of the truth, anointing, wisdom, favor with God and man, good works, prosperity, etc. If you do the same things now and then, obviously you will have the same result. However, when you do a new thing you will certainly obtain a different result and this is applies in all sectors of life.
Luke 8:22 and Mark 4:35: “Jesus makes up His mind to go to the other side of the lake”
He envisioned to exploring the other side. Identifying the ordinaries in your sphere will give you VISION for the extraordinary and the means of transport to the extraordinary is FAITH. It is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen.
Mark 4: 36-38, “Jesus and His disciples entered the boat and sailed off but in the course of their journey a great windstorm arose and the waves beat into the boat so that it was already filling”. In your journey to the extraordinary at every level you will face waves, pressure which will oppose you but you must be assured of 2 important things:
1. Jesus is in your boat: your faith must be only in Jesus Christ our Lord. You must keep your focus upon Him rather than on the waves.
2. You must increase the pressure inside of you so that it becomes equal or greater than the pressure from outside. The inward man should be constantly and daily renewed; 2 Cor. 4:16.
At every level in every sector of life there is pressure. E.g. when you are jobless you undergo joblessness pressure but when you get employed you obviously start facing the pressure in your work environment. You must increase the pressure within to face the pressure outside.
Mark 4:39: “The apostles called upon Jesus and woke up and rebuked the wind and commanded the sea to be calm”.
As you continue CALLING UPON GOD, He will “wake up” even though He does not slumber or sleep. He will come for your help and perform miracles. He will make your journey to the extraordinary smooth. Submit yourself unto God, resist the devil and he will flee from you – James 4:7.
Mark 5:1-19: “Jesus comes to the other side of the lake, meets the demon possessed man, cast out demons out of him and he got totally delivered”.
In verse 19, the delivered man desired to follow Jesus but He refused him and told him to go home and tell people what GREAT THINGS God has done for him.
When the extraordinary is done, it is marvelous, worthy to tell all people and it glorifies God.
Bro Gabby
06-29-10 Bro Peter needs prayer - Bungoma
Prays the Lord Robert,
Sorry i have not been writing to you since we met last.Please i would like to request for prayers,I m a bit frustrated with life here in Bungoma,i was working as a Matatu driver and now i lost my job and my family was relaying to me even my wife was in Collage and now she is at home because of fees, please pray for me so that may GOD of mercy open the ways for my wife and get back to school again.
Peter and the family.