Thursday, July 24th ...
Mark did not sleep good last night. He woke up not long after we went to sleep freezing. He had chills. (I have never seen him with chills this bad.) He bundled up. I felt his head and he was burning up. In the morning I took his temp and he was running 100 which for Mark is high - he usually runs 97.6. Jill started him on Augmentin. He stayed in bed a little longer to rest. I prayed that morning for God to heal him and to protect the team from the sickness he was dealing with. I prayed for him to have patience as he recovers. (2 other people in camp were not feeling so great the first few days - we think some had some kind of virus)
This morning for Devotion time Sean decided to hook up his computer to the sound system and play a sermon he had downloaded a while ago from John Piper. It was a sermon I believed John Piper preached in the 80's. It was based from John 10:14 - 16, " I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me - just as the Father knows me and I know the Father - and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd."
Here is the link to the Sermon by John Piper. It can be found on www.desiringgod.org. We encourage you to listen to this Sermon.
I Have Other Sheep That Are Not of This Fold
Missions Week
John 10:15-16
November 10, 1985
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John Piper shared 4 ways this message should encourage us to go (missions) ...
1. Christ has a people among those who aren't converted. (Acts 18:9)
2. The other sheep are scattered outside the fold (world). (Revelation 5:9; John 11:52)
3. The Lord committed Himself to bring the sheep. (John 10:16; 17:20)
4. They (sheep) will come.
We talked in our discussion that it is our responsibility to share the gospel and pray. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are responsible to bring them to salvation. Here is Chilifu, Christ has sheep and they will hear his voice and be saved.
After breakfast, we went out on hut to hut evangelism.
The first hut we came to we met a lady named Lina. She is divorced with a young baby. (In the 5 years we have been to Mozambique this is the first person we met that said they were divorced.) Jill was able to share part of her testimony with her and then share the love and hope she can have in Christ. As Jill was explaining that God is always with her even though she can't see Him (like the wind) another gust of wind blew through. It again reminded me of a newness of life, a fresh start we have in Christ.
We walked further down the path and came to another hut where we saw 2 men and 1 women as well as 2 small kids. The women was grinding their grain and the older man greeted us and then wen to wash his hands. The younger man ran to a neighbors hut to get extra chairs. The people here as so hospitable. Brad, Jill, Mark and myself as well as our translator Anna introduced ourselves to them. Brad asked them if they knew who God was. They said they do not know who God is. They new everything is from God but don't know who He is. Brad shared with them using the Evangicube. When Brad got to the part where he talked about a choice these 2 men had the wind picked up again. They got up and came to shake all of our hands thanking us and saying "We accept Jesus!" We said that is great and Brad said well we can lead you in a prayer. They said they are "happy."Brad shared with them what they needed to do know that they are believers in Christ. There names are Zechariah and Ernest.
Before we left we asked if we could take a picture of them with their family. They walked us over to where the lady was sitting with the 2 children. As we started walking the youngest child looked at us and started to cry (loudly) and he ran off from the hut. As he ran he kept looking back at us and would cry some more. The two men started to laugh and the younger man ran to get him so he could meet us. We were able to say hello and give him a sucker. We guess we scared him since we were the first white people he had ever seen.
As we were walking down the road the older man asked us to wait. Brad had left the Evangecube at his hut. Brad asked him if he remembered how to use it and what to say. He talked to him for a little while. He told him he would give it to him if he would use it to share Christ with his friends and family.
The next hut we went to we met a husband, wife and their children. They too had not heard about God and they were very willing to listen. As they listened the man kept asking "Calimonbu" (not spelled right just how it sounds) which means 'thank you". Brad asked them what choice they will make and they both said "I accept Jesus." There names are Luig and Olinda they had twins (a boy and a girl) as well as an older child who was not feeling well.
The older child had some sort of a tumor or not under his arm. His name is George. He was unable to put his arm down. He kept straight out and bent at the elbow. We visited a few more huts and then we went back to his hut and Jill shared the Gospel with him and we prayed with him and asked God to heal his body.
The next hut we went to was a lot further down the path. There was a lady named Rebecca and she had twins infants and another small child. I shared with her using the Evangecube and she prayed to receive Christ. Today as we shared I noticed that the people all BOLDLY said, "I will accept Jesus Christ."
We are so thankful to be apart of what God is doing in Mozambique. He is gathering his sheep.
After lunch we had men's, women's and children's ministries. During the children's ministry we had 89 kids. We also sorted the meds that were donated so we could take them to the hospital in Dindiza (village 15 minutes away - this is where we went last year.)
Mark was feeling better Praise God! He was able to go out in the morning and he preached the message at the service that night. He preached over Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. As well as worshipping idols instead of the ONE true God (Daniel 3). Jayton gave his testimony. There were a few hundred people in attendance. The crowd was noisy tonight. I believe it was warfare. The enemy doesn't wasn't the truth to come out. The enemy doesn't want us to teach the people of Mozambique that idol worship is not right. That there is only ONE true God!
As Mark was preaching I noticed a tall man in a suit that walked among the people and stood next to those that were being disruptive. He had a presence about him. The people seemed to respect his authority. We are not sure who he is.
Thank you for following the journey God has our family on. Check back in a few days for another update of our outreach in Chilefu.
Listen | DownloadJohn Piper shared 4 ways this message should encourage us to go (missions) ...
1. Christ has a people among those who aren't converted. (Acts 18:9)
2. The other sheep are scattered outside the fold (world). (Revelation 5:9; John 11:52)
3. The Lord committed Himself to bring the sheep. (John 10:16; 17:20)
4. They (sheep) will come.
We talked in our discussion that it is our responsibility to share the gospel and pray. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are responsible to bring them to salvation. Here is Chilifu, Christ has sheep and they will hear his voice and be saved.
After breakfast, we went out on hut to hut evangelism.
The first hut we came to we met a lady named Lina. She is divorced with a young baby. (In the 5 years we have been to Mozambique this is the first person we met that said they were divorced.) Jill was able to share part of her testimony with her and then share the love and hope she can have in Christ. As Jill was explaining that God is always with her even though she can't see Him (like the wind) another gust of wind blew through. It again reminded me of a newness of life, a fresh start we have in Christ.
We walked further down the path and came to another hut where we saw 2 men and 1 women as well as 2 small kids. The women was grinding their grain and the older man greeted us and then wen to wash his hands. The younger man ran to a neighbors hut to get extra chairs. The people here as so hospitable. Brad, Jill, Mark and myself as well as our translator Anna introduced ourselves to them. Brad asked them if they knew who God was. They said they do not know who God is. They new everything is from God but don't know who He is. Brad shared with them using the Evangicube. When Brad got to the part where he talked about a choice these 2 men had the wind picked up again. They got up and came to shake all of our hands thanking us and saying "We accept Jesus!" We said that is great and Brad said well we can lead you in a prayer. They said they are "happy."Brad shared with them what they needed to do know that they are believers in Christ. There names are Zechariah and Ernest.
Before we left we asked if we could take a picture of them with their family. They walked us over to where the lady was sitting with the 2 children. As we started walking the youngest child looked at us and started to cry (loudly) and he ran off from the hut. As he ran he kept looking back at us and would cry some more. The two men started to laugh and the younger man ran to get him so he could meet us. We were able to say hello and give him a sucker. We guess we scared him since we were the first white people he had ever seen.
As we were walking down the road the older man asked us to wait. Brad had left the Evangecube at his hut. Brad asked him if he remembered how to use it and what to say. He talked to him for a little while. He told him he would give it to him if he would use it to share Christ with his friends and family.
The next hut we went to we met a husband, wife and their children. They too had not heard about God and they were very willing to listen. As they listened the man kept asking "Calimonbu" (not spelled right just how it sounds) which means 'thank you". Brad asked them what choice they will make and they both said "I accept Jesus." There names are Luig and Olinda they had twins (a boy and a girl) as well as an older child who was not feeling well.
The older child had some sort of a tumor or not under his arm. His name is George. He was unable to put his arm down. He kept straight out and bent at the elbow. We visited a few more huts and then we went back to his hut and Jill shared the Gospel with him and we prayed with him and asked God to heal his body.
The next hut we went to was a lot further down the path. There was a lady named Rebecca and she had twins infants and another small child. I shared with her using the Evangecube and she prayed to receive Christ. Today as we shared I noticed that the people all BOLDLY said, "I will accept Jesus Christ."
We are so thankful to be apart of what God is doing in Mozambique. He is gathering his sheep.After lunch we had men's, women's and children's ministries. During the children's ministry we had 89 kids. We also sorted the meds that were donated so we could take them to the hospital in Dindiza (village 15 minutes away - this is where we went last year.)
Mark was feeling better Praise God! He was able to go out in the morning and he preached the message at the service that night. He preached over Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. As well as worshipping idols instead of the ONE true God (Daniel 3). Jayton gave his testimony. There were a few hundred people in attendance. The crowd was noisy tonight. I believe it was warfare. The enemy doesn't wasn't the truth to come out. The enemy doesn't want us to teach the people of Mozambique that idol worship is not right. That there is only ONE true God!
As Mark was preaching I noticed a tall man in a suit that walked among the people and stood next to those that were being disruptive. He had a presence about him. The people seemed to respect his authority. We are not sure who he is.
Thank you for following the journey God has our family on. Check back in a few days for another update of our outreach in Chilefu.
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