From Todd
Posted by Bill Orf (billorf) on Sep 21 2007 at 2:22 PM
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Family,?I want each of you to know that our Father has given me great peace in where we have arrived as a ministry.? So you know what I perceive as our position and what I see the Lord doing in and through us, I will explain.? We have done a lot of activity over the past six years since we began this ministry and have served our Father with sincere hearts of love toward him and his people.? We have seen thousands of people respond to the message of Jesus and thousands more of our brothers and sisters have been encouraged and even inspired through the messages given from the pulpit as well as in our deeds.? If we were to measure success by outward appearances or numbers of people reached then we could say we were successful.? I do not believe that is the accurate measurement.? Our Father has asked us to make disciples and what that has meant to me is to develop very close relationships with the men I have been sent to.? We as a ministry must have priorities that reflect our Father heart.? He places a very high value on the relationships we share with each other.? This is why I say we have done well.? Although we have not yet perfected this we have done well.? I see a group of men that have become so close to each other that we have earned the right to speak openly and honestly into each others lives.? We have seen what happens when a group of people come together in the name of Jesus and cultivate relationships based on biblical principles.? As I already stated we have done a lot of outside activities but those activities have been an extension of the intimacy we share with our Father and each other.?? Simply stated,?we have stayed focused on each other and grown close enough that we can be used in each others lives and consequently the lives around us.? Pray for us that as new opportunities arise we are able to keep our priorities.? The temptation seems to be for us to get wrapped up in all the ministry activities and miss the Fathers will for us in relationships.? Father,?I ask you to search the hearts of?all who read this that they will know if any wicked way is in them.? That you will show them any changes they need to make in their priorities.? Forgive us for the ways we have used people to support the activities that we have deemed more important than the individual.? In Jesus name!!!