"My Father's Gift" Ministries


"My Father's Gift" Ministries
IS IT RIGHT TO JUDGE
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The Search For Hunger by Andrew Strom
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MARK'S SERMONS IN PROGRESS
Mark / Nobody Has Taught You / Sermon
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True and False Conversions /article
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Ten Reasons Not To Ask Jesus Into Your Heart by Todd Friel
Ask Jesus Into Your Heart by Andrew Strom
A BIBLE STUDY THAT MAY SHOCK YOU / AGAINST SAYING THE SINNERS PRAYER
Effective Witnessing by James Russell
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Apostate Church by Jame Russell
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The Search For Hunger by Andrew Strom


                                             
                                             A few years ago I heard my friend David Servant give a teaching 
                                             which changed my life quite profoundly. He was speaking about the 
                                             fact that Jesus told His disciples to focus on the "hungry" people 
                                             and those who 'receive' the message - and literally to leave the 
                                             others behind. Jesus was actually very insistent on this. He 
                                             specifically instructed his disciples, "If they do not receive you in 
                                             this town, shake the dust off your feet and go to the next town" 
                                             and "Do not cast your pearls before swine". 
                                             
                                             To many of us this is a very radical way of thinking. But it is actually 
                                             the commandment of God. Why? Because God does not want His 
                                             servants all over the world to be stuck wasting years and years on 
                                             "un-hungry" people! He wants them to be productive - to bear much 
                                             fruit - to be where the hungry ones are who will gladly receive their 
                                             word. And sometimes whole nations are basically hungry while 
                                             others are basically sleepy, lukewarm and complacent. We know 
                                             this from history.
                                             
                                             Recently while in Wales, David Servant made the same point again 
                                             in regard to Revival. He pointed out that it is not just Prayer and 
                                             Repentance preaching that are the main keys to Revival. There 
                                             must also be a basic HUNGER amongst the people in order for 
                                             any kind of real Awakening to take hold. Complacency, apathy, 
                                             materialism and lukewarmness can kill any Revival stone dead - 
                                             almost before it starts. 
                                             
                                             Sometimes "calamity" must come to produce such a hunger. Other 
                                             times it has been poverty or war. In the Eastern Bloc countries it 
                                             was the fall of Communism that produced a massive hunger for a 
                                             period, and thousands came to the Lord - but this seemed to last 
                                             only a few years. "Hunger" is certainly a very big key to Revival.
                                             
                                             Personally, one of the things I try to look for when visiting countries 
                                             these days is the level of Hunger that seems to prevail in the land. 
                                             In the last couple of years I have ministered in almost every corner 
                                             of the Western world - USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South 
                                             Africa, Europe. I always have high hopes that I will find regions of 
                                             real Hunger - the kind that I often see in the Third World. But sadly 
                                             this is a rare occurrence in the West. Of course there is a 'remnant'
                                             everywhere. And I was encouraged by what I saw in South Africa. 
                                             But basically we need to face the fact that the West is asleep - 
                                             barely hungry at all - though there are a few glimmers of hope 
                                             starting to appear because of the recession.
                                             
                                             Wales is sadly another example of this - in some ways the saddest 
                                             of all. 100 years ago Wales was the most alive, hungry, spiritual 
                                             powerhouse in the world. And yet today the people show little 
                                             interest, the chapels stand empty, and apathy reigns supreme. 
                                             We have been going into pubs in Wales, talking to the "common 
                                             man" about it all. Most have never even heard of the Welsh Revival - 
                                             and hardly give Christianity the slightest thought. Terribly sad. But 
                                             we aim to keep our pub ministering up for the six months or so 
                                             that we are here. Much of the Western world is almost as bad.
                                             Lulled to sleep by too much entertainment, comfort and materialism. 
                                             In Wales many worship football far more fervently than they worship God. 
                                             
                                             So what do we do about all of this? Where do we go? What would 
                                             God have us doing? For me, Africa is the place of "hunger" that God
                                             has been sending me to for year after year. For you it may be 
                                             someplace else. Pray about it. Don't just sit and "vegetate". God 
                                             wants you fruitful. He didn't design you to just sit and sit forever. 
                                             Be up and about the Lord's business! Do you realize that we are 
                                             living in the most exciting times of Revival that Asia and South 
                                             America and Africa have ever seen? Get up! Get involved! You are 
                                             not designed to miss out on this! There is hunger all over the world, 
                                             and such a terrible shortage of laborers. The call of God is to "Go"!
                                             
                                             I know that some in the West find pockets of hunger in the prisons
                                             or amongst Refugees coming into the country, etc. These may be
                                             very good places to check out. But either way we need to start
                                             "prioritizing" hunger the way that God prioritizes it. To Him it is of
                                             the utmost importance. In fact, it can be the main deciding factor
                                             of whether or not He can move powerfully amongst a people. (See 
                                             the Sermon on the Mount for proof of this in Jesus' words).
                                             
                                             And so, to conclude, I believe we need to ask ourselves some fairly 
                                             basic questions - which indeed I have to ask myself also:
                                             -Are we focusing our ministry on truly "Hungry" people?
                                             -Do we 'move on' as Jesus instructed if a town or people do not
                                             receive our word? 
                                             -Or do we hang on for year after year - sowing our precious seed
                                             on hard and crusty soil - which is exactly what Jesus told us NOT to do?
                                             
                                             May each of us find ourselves in the most productive and fruitful
                                             part of God's vineyard that He has chosen for us, my friends. The
                                             fields of much of the world are white unto harvest.
                                             
                                             God bless you all.
                                             
                                             Andrew Strom.
                                             

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