so, I know that it's been a while...

Life has simply been tremendous and a push lately. In the area where I live, The Word has been moving very quickly and dynamically. We ran a Defeating the Adversary class, and it was awesome! The Word that was taught was prepared so simply and wonderfully that it was inspiring to the students that were sitting through the class for their first time as well as those that were taking it again. At the close of the class, one of the teachers of the class shared with the students a challenge. This challenge was to speak God's Word mightily and dynamically and to reach people that were hungry for the truth of God's Word. The goal of the challenge was to unify the body of people there in the aspect of outreach. The desired effect was the growth of the individuals in our area as well as the growth of the body of believers in this area. One measurement of this goal was the upcoming foundational class that we are going to run in April. The teacher that laid down this challenge said that we want to reach enough people that are really wanting The Word NOW, and to be able to sign the number of students necessary to run this class in a short period of time...two weeks. That would mean that we would be registering at least one person for the class every two days.

The gauntlet was laid, and the race began. It has been so fulfilling and amazing to see the lives of the believers increase in quality as they have worked to satisfy and meet this goal! Seeing people really get excited about speaking for God and being His ambassadors has been both wonderful and inspiring. God's Word really does stand always!

 Php 3:12-15

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect [mature], be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

p.s. I'll let you know later how the class goes...