Be careful what you ask for.
I thought of this after what happened two weeks ago. Judy and I had been praying for the Lord to open a door for her to disciple women. Then we talked and prayed with Deborah Dadang about it and she shared her heart for Pastors’wives. The Lord led us to talk to the Jos District Church Council (DCC) Chairman and Secretary. From that talk we were invited to a meeting for about seventy pastors and their wives. Judy and Deborah challenged the wives to take the opportunity to be discipled by getting into a group with them. We all hoped for at least enough ladies that would enable Judy and Deborah to start meeting with a small group. Instead what they got were forty-six wives indicating their interest. So instead of one small group, each of them have three groups with six to nine ladies in each group. I also had another twelve pastors who expressed interest in being discipled. This reminded us of Ephesians 3:20 that says, ´Now glory be to God! By his mighty power at work within us, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope.’ New Living Translation.
DOES PRAYER MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
Someone wrote recently something they read from Philip Yancey’s book, “Prayer, Does It Make Any Difference? It was a story of an SIM graveyard here in Nigeria. It has about 70 gravesites in it. Each grave is a testimony of the sacrifices that missionaries have made in coming to Nigeria for over a century. Out of the over 60 graves around half are children. Through prayer each one comes filling the Call of God upon their lives. Did their prayers, commitments and sacrifices make a difference? Over a century later the SIM related church, The Evangelical Church of West Africa, has over five million people worshipping in its churches every Sunday. Do you think they have made a difference?
Equipping the Saints in Nigeria
Chuck & Judy Brod
About Me
- The Brods Abroad
- Judy and I have been married many wonderful years. We raised our three children on the mission fields of Liberia, Bolivia and Nigeria. We are retired now from SIM (Serving In Mission). Our ministry is focused on discipling and equipping believers so that they can become reproducers themselves. Our vision is to see our lives count for the Kingdom of God by raising up disciple-makers who will reproduce to the fourth generation (2 Tim. 2:2). Judy manages a small mission house in Abuja.
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Wow! This is great news. Yes, those early days of difficulty, including burying children must have been disheartening. And now look at the church in Nigeria today. We pray that some day the church here will be as strong, that all the difficulties will have been worth it.
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