go on

The apostles were led to”give themselves continually
to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” Acts 6:4
I’m sure their decision to continue was all the time
challenged.
The world didn’t need them.
The world didn’t want an invisible Savior.
The apostles had never seen a church being born.
They could not follow the global news daily. They
had no internet. No internet, how could they even
imagine planting a church without a computer?
Nevertheless, they continued and their story brings up
thousands of pages, if you search their name
in the internet today.
There cannot be consistency in our ministry unless
we have defined goals, defined means and a defined
commitment with accountability.
It would be a mistake to settle with a mere business plan
for our church planting efforts. We need a stronger
motivation. That comes from our life of worship.
Only a genuine intimacy with God can bring the
needed quality to this process of consistency.
May our goals be set at throne in heaven and our means
be drawn from God’s invisible treasuries, but let our
commitment be tested by the dusty roads of the evil
world where sinners are constantly harassed due
to their ignorance of heaven.
Every man is lost without Jesus Christ.
That’s what church planting is all about.