What does a sender/fulltime sender look like?

What an interesting evening. This topic followed on nicely from the last topic which was "Are we all called?" The conclusion of last week is that we ARE definitely all called to the nations, whether directly or indirectly. If we are not goers or co-ordinators then are we called to be senders? Is it possible to be a disciple if we are not one of the three? Uhmm, no. This might seem hard but God called us to be a blessing to the nations and in order to do that we need to fall into one of these three categories. Remember the Abrahamic covenant "and through you all the nations will be blessed".

The one thing that must be established in our lives before we become goer, sender or co-ordinator is LORDSHIP. Once we do this everything will fall into place. Mark 8:34 "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me."

We learned that it is possible to be a full-time sender. God is not reliant on the world's monetary system. A full-time sender who gives 100% everything he has, time, money, resources etc, will never lack as these things will follow. Matthew 6:33 "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you". Senders can have a huge influence

in their church when they reportback from their goers. We were reminded that whatever ministry/skin contact 2, we are involved in, we must always focus/connect with the front-end. As senders we should invest in all the blocks (Muslim, Hindu, Animistic etc) with regards to our prayer, finance and time.

Ecc 2:26-27 "To the man who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God". This verse was equated to being a battery. Do we want to be batteries or do we want to be one those who please God. A full-time sender would not have to work and rely on the world's economic system to do his part. Remember Matt 6:33.

ALL CALLED TO WORSHIP

This scribe sincerely apologizes for misinforming members of the happenings and topic for last week... that was not on the agenda....Thank you Ansie for the email to set things straight.... whew, now that's out of the way here's an update for what happened on said week....

uhm.... where was I? Oh yes... I remember now...

JP facilitated Rita Scribed... well sort of, and the topics was.... all sorts! All sorts of amazing things...
One being the question: Is it possible we have allowed ourselves to be conned by society to 'Feed the System', rather than live in the fullness of what God intens for us?

'Seek FIRST the Kingdom of God and ALL these things will be added to you"... Could it be possible that we have traded the currency of choice for the currency of Mamon?
What is the Currency of the Kingdom? Answer: Servanthood!
Are our Normal Friends.... being blinded? Is Everbody called??
Absolutely yes...
called to WORSHIP
called to SERVE
called to OBEY
We are in this world but not OF this world, Aliens in a strange Land.... and all that, but are we REALLY?
Don't we choose to be Of this world, does 'society' not make it look so GOOD? and then again is it Society or simply Satan, trying to keep us from experiencing our true lives in God?
So... If we are all called, but NOT all called to be frontline missionaries etc, what can I do from home? How can I fulfill my calling without going to outer Patagonia or Ouagadoogoo?
How can we as NORMAL PEOPLE... function here and there? How can we lay our lives down? Stay tuned for the next episode..... we will deal with these questions... as well!

I still think it has something to do with the RED PILL!

blue pill red pill blue pill red....

WhaaaaaaaH!!!
What a great evening! We chatted a lot about all sorts of topics, mainly the changes taking place in the lives of fellowship attenders (for lack of a better wordS) toward moving in God's purposes in their lives. This is afterall, what the fellowship is all about!
Feedback on the previous week where we had prayed for some people who had been kidnapped in a closed country, who have since been released! PTL!
Jesus 1-0 Kidnapper yea!
many testimonies of how God speaks to each of us in a special way at our work place...
And then we watched "The Matrix" with 'different eyes'....
BRING ON THE RED PILL!!!

NEW BEGINNINGS - 3 JANUARY 2009

We started off the new year by discussing last year. Many realisations came out of this. Marlene felt that she hadn't produced as much fruit as she had in past years but we all disagreed with her on this as her journey this year has been a testimony to all of us. She might not have been as busy as she was in previous years but she certainly changed a lot of things in her life and got rid of the things that are holding her back. She has been "preparing for rain" as she said earlier this year. Some of us have had huge mindset changes this year, right down to doubting everything we have been taught about Christianity and starting over again, seeking the truth.

We then went on to discuss where we would like to be at the end of 2009. Interesting stuff. Some want to take one small step at a time and others are getting ready to jump out of the nest. Jean-Pierre raised a point. Are you in the center of God's work or is God's work in the center of you? It is not about the work that we can do but about becoming an instrument in His hand. This was interesting and led to us touching on sending. Can we be full-time senders? What does a full-time sender look like. Can they give away everything and how do they then live? What do they do with their time? It can only work if He supplies it all. My mind is already being to reel just by typing this. This is something that we definitely need to revisit as we only touched on it and and went away with questions screaming for answers. I sense that this topic will definitely bring on another significant mindset change. Can't wait........