[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] FW: [CWWC] THE WORK OF MINISTRY TO OTHERS
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THE WORK OF MINISTRY TO OTHERS
Last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood
beside me and said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before
Caesar; and God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with
you.'
<https://link.biblegateway.com/click/24889049.1224/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmlibGVnY
XRld2F5LmNvbS9wYXNzYWdlLz9zZWFyY2g9QWN0cy4yNy4yMy1BY3RzLjI3LjI0/5ef562bd1022
2374f46b6174Bc07690d8> Acts 27:23-24
We've been learning personal lessons from prison from Pastor Okuk Ojulu in
Ethiopia as he shared them with Jim Cunningham.
He says, "The third lesson I learned is that imprisonment is for ministry to
people in need. The thirty-six people who were imprisoned with me from
Gambella in the Addis Ababa prison-777 kilometers (483 miles) away from our
families-had no strong faith in the Lord.
"I began to realize that the Lord put me there to minister to these people,
to feed them with the Word of God in the prison. I ended up baptizing some
of them in the prison although I was not an officially recognized pastor,
for no pastor was allowed to do this work in the prison."
I am always amazed at the positive lessons from reading prison memoirs of
followers of Jesus. And so many times they come to this similar conclusion.
They were there to serve others.
Mama Kwang of Project Pearl in China is a wonderful example. Carl Lawrence
tells her story in his award-winning book, The Church in China:
As she sat quietly in prison singing a hymn, the Lord gave her a message:
"This is to be your ministry."
"But," she objected, "I am all alone. Whom can I minister to?" She continued
to pray that her ministry would be fulfilled. Suddenly an idea came to her.
She stood up and called for the guard.
"Sir, can I do some hard labor for you?" The guard looked at her with
contempt, mingled with surprise. No one had ever made that kind of request
before. "Look!" she exclaimed, "this prison is so dirty, there is human
waste everywhere. Let me go into the cells and clean up this filthy place.
All you have to do is give me some water and a brush."
Not to her surprise, she soon found herself on her hands and knees cleaning
and preaching. She was looking into the faces of people no longer
recognizable as human beings. Through continuous torture, they had lost all
hope of ever seeing another human being who did not come to beat them.
Oh, when they realized that they could have eternal life, they would get so
excited. They would fall down on the dirty floor and repent of their sins,
and do you know that very soon all the prisoners believed in Jesus
Christ."[1]
RESPONSE: Today I acknowledge that God can enable me to minister anywhere
for Him-even prison.
PRAYER: Thank You Lord that even in a filthy prison dungeon you give
ministry opportunities.
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