Prayer Night-Wed's 05/13/09 (10 present)
Following up with A.C.T.S., we had a good prayer hour-meeting the Lord for our Awe, Confessions, Thanksgiving and Supplications.
We then wrapped up: What it means to be a Disciple and also becoming a disciple-maker.
2 Scripture References were used: Matthew 28:18-20, which is the biblical mandate of Christ to us. It is not a suggestion, nor a vocational/educational thing. It is a action position, based on the Greek partisan which says, "while you are going about-make disciples, ALWAYS!"
The second scripture reading: Mark 16:15. Which says, to Preach the Gospel. It does not say, defend nor does it say, teach but the reading here in the Greek is a strong suggestion of power, with an exhortation added. We spoke of the term bold and boldly
Finally, we spoke about why we are not meeting the biblical mandate and some reasons were: Fear, rejection, education, and also the Adversary.
All these are quite far from the way God views us, and by not reading, nor meditating-(getting His love letter in our hearts) we are missing the fact that our true identity is found in Him, not in fear of others.