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Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. - Psalms 96:3 |
India Gospel Outreach (IGO) - This is a very special ministry that we support here at New Beginning Fellowship Church. God is doing an incredible work in India through this ministry. Please ask the Lord if you could give a special offering to reach the many Hindu and Muslim people in this country. New Beginning Fellowship Church is giving for the new IGO Bible College and Training Center . NBFC has made a commitment to give an additional $3600 between now and August to India Gospel Outreach toward the new college being built. Please, send us a donation pledge and be part of supporting Christians in India!
Please email us at
nbfchurch@newbeginningokc.org |
July 2008 Newsletter Note from Valson:Dear Friend, Did you know that of every $100 given to American churches, $94 is used for upkeep of church buildings and programs and only $6 is used for missions? Of this $6, only a few cents are used to reach unreached peoples. That leaves precious few churches with a strong vision for the Good News. Why does this sickly vision of missions permeate most of our churches? I think the primary reason is similar to what we find in 1 Samuel 3:1 - a lack of hearing the voice of God. In Samuel's day, that lack of hearing came from a lack of revelation. Today, we have revelation, but few of us hear or listen. Throughout the Bible, we read stories of people whose vision was transformed when they discerned the voice of God speaking to them. They became might spokesmen for God because Jesus' words spoke to the deception that governed their lives. Peter thought he was a failure because he denied Jesus, but a word of Jesus transformed him into a great preacher. Jesus spoke a word to an uncertain Thomas, and he became the apostle to India. The word of Jesus transformed Paul from a hater of Christians to the apostle to the Gentiles. Jesus said, "My sheep hear my voice." If that is so, why don't we hear more than we do? It may be because of sin. It may be that we are too busy to listen -- out priorities aren't right. Maybe we mistake religious acts for a daily walk with God. Maybe we try to live out our faith in our own power instead of through the Holy Spirit. All of these things turn our faith into a burden instead of a blessing. With no energy to think beyond our own concerns, the Good News becomes a weight around our necks. In the scriptures, hearing the voice of God is a "given" for every believer. Paul tells us we are to be transformed by the renewal of our minds (Romans 12:2). Who else renews our minds but the Holy Spirit? This happens when the Holy Spirit dispels the enemy's lies with His truth as we submit to Him in honest prayer and confession. When we hear the voice of God, we cannot but tell others what God has done in our lives. The Good News really becomes Good News because we continue to experience it daily. Have you heard the voice of God speaking to you? Have you experienced His transformation of your life? He is speaking to you all the time. Just as the boy Samuel, we may not be tuned in to recognize Him when He speaks. But when we do, the voice of God will change us even as it changed Samuel. One of the first things it will do is transform our attitudes toward missions. In His love, T. Valson Abraham |
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