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Lord Jesus, I pray that everyone who reads this will learn story, love story, live story and give story.

Clyde Taber from “Strategic Storytelling for Movements.” 

September 2020

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Short Bible study / Devotion on Matt 9:35

Ivan Krishna, chairman of our CCM Executive, lead us in a short devotion on this text Matt 9:35. Enjoy it.

Matt 9:35 Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness.

36 Seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and downcast, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then He *said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 38 Therefore, plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness

 

1.  Going through all the cities and villages,
1. There were 204 cities and villages in Galilee ( according to Josephus)
2. This meant that in a very short time of less than 2 years the Lord Jesus went through them all
3. This shows extreme hard work in ministry for the Lord. He was not lazy
4. Furthermore, He would expect His disciple to pick up the baton from Him after His death, so He led by example.
5. Application:
1. If we are to be worthy disciples of Christ, may we not be lazy- that would be a poor reflection, misrepresentation of the Lord we serve
2. If we are to be faithful to the calling God calls us to, we must work hard and make every minute of the day count. Many go to their graves not having finished the work [c.f. John 17:4; 2 Tim. 4:5,7]
3. The energy & momentum of the CCM Executive will spiral out like a ripple effect when a stone is thrown in a pond. Never underestimate the impact the Executive members have on the entire network. We have the potential to inspire many to hard work or to subtly endorse passivity and laziness by our example
2. Teaching & proclaiming
1. The most important aspect of ministry is the announcement of the Good News- The Gospel
2. This Gospel takes the shape of the whole of Scripture to Believers and is narrowed to the Atonement for unbelievers
3. We can other things that will add to the ultimate goal of teaching and preaching such as skits/ dramas/ songs but the main instrument God uses to change lives is The Word of God [2 Tim 4:1-4; James 1:21; Romans 1:16,17; 1 Cor. 15:2
4. In these 2 words, it seems the Lord taught the believers and evangelised the non believers at the same time. He taught and evangelised together
1. He taught the disciples then demonstrated to them how to evangelise
2. Application: CCM’s ministry must be 2 fold
1. Provide training & resources for believers on how and what of Muslim evangelism
2. Starting from the Executive, we must lead the way for evangelism of Muslims. We cannot be closet evangelists or theoretical missionaries
3.  Seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them
1. because they were distressed and downcast, like sheep without a shepherd
1. This deep brokenness for the lostness and hell-bound state of the unbelievers was felt powerfully by the Lord Jesus
2. Application:
1. We too, must be moved to compassion for every unbeliever we meet. It must be automatic. The closer you come to Christ the more you will share His heart. So compassion for the lost is a reflection of our relationship with Christ
2. The entire CCM network must be fundamentally characterised by compassion. Whether it is apologetics or evangelism, the essential motivation must be compassion
4. The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
1. Like then, we too today are so short of labourers. But the harvest is not short or getting any less. In fact they are growing in number. This statement true for general evangelism but is 100 times truer for Muslim evangelism
2. Application:
1. As an Exec we need a catalyst for getting the network to duplicate itself. We need to provide the motivation, guidelines and the accountability
2. All the wealth of experience and knowledge in this difficult ministry is being held by just a few. As an Exec we need a transfer mechanism to be put in place to take selected individuals under our wing and disciple them. We really do owe it to the next generation to have a ministry transfer process so that they are not left on the back foot
5. Plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.
1. The Lord tells His disciples that prayer for workers (and prayer in general) must accompany their ministry
2. Clearly the workforce comes as an answer to prayer
3. Application:
1. The lack of workers in the area of Muslim evangelism should trouble us. Thus, this should be a regular activity as an Executive to be praying for labourers
2.  
6. Jesus summoned His twelve disciples
1. The disciples became the answer to their own prayer
2. Again, this is the Lord showing them that they need to lead the ministry of teaching & proclamation by example.
3. Furthermore, even if God sends no one they must continue in this practical work
4. Application
1. As the Exec, we must practice teaching & personal evangelism ourselves
2. We must demonstrate with experience and knowledge what we stand for to the network of partners we lead
3. CCM partners must be known for an Active, personal and practical Muslim evangelism 

Februarie 2021 - tyd vir 'n nuwe Verslag van ons KoFie-projek

Liewe Koninkryksfokus en KoFie-projek vriende, 

Ons is steeds besig met ons Kofie-projek (Koninkryksfokus Internet Evangelisasie) - waar ons die evangelie deel met veral onbereikte mense wêreldwyd. Dit bly steeds 'n wonderlike oop deur met baie geleenthede en mens kan nie uitgepraat raak daaroor nie. 

Gedurende die afgelope jaar het dinge net gegroei. Die Internet bly "a Window of Opportunity" - net altyd nuwe geleenthede, om mense te vertel van die Liefde van God deur Jesus Christus. (Onthou jy nog die Groot Opdrag van Jesus - Die Sleutelterme... Gaan, Evangelie van die Koninkryk, Alle Nasies, Verkondig, Getuienis te hoor, Maak Dissipels, Leer hulle... 

En die Beloftes daar rondom - Ek is by julle al die dae, Julle sal krag ontvang, Sy Woord sal nooit ledig terugkeer... 

Sjoe! Is jy ook opgewonde om deel daarvan te wees?

Net DRIE kort verslaggies van ons KoFie.projek die afgelope ruk:

Lees gerus saam en geniet dit. Klik op die skakels om self te kyk.

1. Op die Blad:  Conversation with Muslims:

An Ex-Muslim's testimony:

Kort en spontane getuienis wat ek ontvang en verder deur 'n advertensie op Facebook gedeel het aan mense hoofsaaklik van Muslim-lande. Die persoon getuig van sy soeke na liefde en 'n vaderfiguur, wat Allah nie kan bied nie, tot hy dit in die Evangelie by Jesus gevind het.

Wat was die resultate?

• Dit was gesien deur 12,797 mense;
• Aantal response: 3472 (meesal "likes", maar ook 50 wat persoonlike kommentaar gelewer het; Die mense wat die Post "like" word daarna uitgenooi word om ook die Blad self te "like"; die wat dit aanvaar, word dan geregistreerde lede op die blad en kan toekomstige plasings ook volg; Ons Blad ledetal hier staan tans op 11,083 sulke Followers).
• Hoe lees mens so 'n post en die uitkoms daarvan? Wel, die 50 wat kommentaar lewer, baie wel negatief en kwaad oor nog 'n Moslem wat getuig dat hy die lig gesien het, met hulle kommentaar wat soms skerp kan wees teenoor so iemand, hulle moet beslis weer dink. Dat 3472 mense (op 'n hoofsaaklike Moslem-blad), hulle stem so baie baie sterk laat uitkom deur so 'n getuienis te bevestig met hulle "like", dus "hande te klap" en aan die manne van hulle vorige geloof te sê waar hulle nou staan - dit is die sterkste manier om Muslims weer te laat dink oor hulle eie stand van geloof.

2. On the Page: African Kingdom Disciples of Jesus

A Message of Evangelist Stephan Lungu's death and his life story with a testimony on video. He was known as the Billy Graham of Africa and there was large interest in his testimony that was viewed by many.

The Results for this Advertisement:

• People reached: 28,632
• People engaged: 3,799 (that include 3,500 "likes" with many that looked to the video).
• Many people join this Page as followers. This Page now grew to 4,124 Followers.

3. On the Page: Praise God all over the world where the Spirit is moving.

A post about a Hallelujah choir with the name: Technology for praise to God...

HALLELUJAH...  It gives glory to God, with many thousand people involved in the choir via Internet communication.

The Results for this Advertisement:

• People reached: 91,091
• People engaged: 30,894
• Tru-Plays : 5,600 actually looking to the video
• Likes: 366
• Comments: 28
• Shares: 149
• This Page now grew to 4,728 followers.

4. Our WhatsApp Ministry increases tremendously.

• The last few months we started to add a WhatsApp button on our Facebook Pages. We We found that more and more people responded to our WhatsApp numbers from the Facebook Pages with questions or comments. We can also add such contacts on a specific WhatsApp Group for future communication. (Our WhatsApp Groups grew during . May be the reason is that its more secure than comments on Facebook. the last few weeks since it was implemented we grew to 1480 total contacts).
• You are welcome to contact us on WhatsApp or refer our number to people that would use it (Kingdom Focus +27764285260 or We Share God's Love +27 79 0899391)

5. We Also implemented a Telegram service lately. 👉Join Group chat at https://t.me/joinchat/VqXw-fCI2ms6cUf7

6. Contact detail and to Join in our Prayer support Groups...

Go to...👉We Need More Prayer Support for our KoFie-project Ministry

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Chris Visser,

Koninkryksfokus - Kingdom Focus KoFie.project

Tel 0829269364

We Need More Prayer Support for our KoFie-project Ministry

By this time you know about our Ministry to Share the Gospel via Social Media. For more info ...

Go to 👉 https://www.facebook.com/KoFie.project/

🛐No ministry can be Fruitful without the care and blessing of God; without God's overseeing and protection. That's why Jesus show us the model (Mk 1:35, Mk 6:46, Mk 14:32) and teach us how to pray (Luk 11:1).

Jesus also give us the promise in Luk 11:9 “So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Can I invite you to join us as PRAYER Supporters for this ministry. You can join any of the following Groups...

WhatsApp - https://chat.whatsapp.com/Jz2rQzCLfkHA5LO5i1PiHo

Telegram - KoFie.project Prayer Support:

https://t.me/Pray4KoFie

Facebook Groups: Join any of our Prayer Support Groups here...

Pray for Internet Evangelism to Muslims -

https://www.facebook.com/groups/468354330202060/?ref=share

Pray for Internet Evangelism to All People -

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pray4KoFie/?ref=share