“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he
hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.” Matthew 13:44-46
WITH 3.002 STUDENTS AND GOT 497 PHONE NUMBERS! THIS IS THE MOST BIBLE STUDIES THE CHURCH HAS SEEN IN 5 YEARS!
Treasure is the key word in understanding the heart which drives the Kingdom. To every disciple of Jesus in the 1st century, the Kingdom was exactly that – a treasure. It was worth more than silver or gold. It took precedence over everything else. All our lives, we looked for something worth pouring ourselves into. For those of us who are a part of God’s Kingdom, we know that we’ve found that treasure and just like our 1st-century brothers and sisters we understand the sacrifice of our time and money wins lost souls and strengthens weak ones in the Kingdom. Jesus held his disciples to the highest of standards – everything. With him, it was to the rich
MICHAEL SCHAFER PREACHED THE WORD LAST WEEK
man in Mark 10:21 his charge was “Go, sell everything.” To the crowds of potential followers in Luke 14:33 he drew his line saying, “ ..any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.” Jesus expected his followers to be “Sold Out” by being willing to literally sell everything to follow him and win the world for his cause. We must be careful to not allow even a hint of greed (Ephesians 5:3) to creep into our lives and take our unwillingness to serve Jesus and his Kingdom with the Sold Out heart he demands. Proof of Jesus’ intentions with these rigorous commands is found in the response of his disciples! They became Sold Out and gave up their own personal time to be devoted to the Apostles’ teachings, to be devoted to individual and group prayer, and to be devoted to one another. Their equal devotion to giving up everything gave them everything in
TRACY IS THE GUEST SPEAKER FOR THE JOHANNESBURG WOMEN’S DAY ON OCTOBER 15TH!
common, making them completely unified! Because of their unity, the Lord added to their number daily, until they won the world in their generation. Selling out to Jesus makes us powerful, effective, and gives us that same unity. Certainly, we must commit ourselves to the same course if we are to win the world in our generation!
THE SINGLES MINISTRY PLANNED A SUPER FUN PICNIC FOR LABOR DAY!
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These last 2 weeks we have been Blitzing our Campuses in the DMV area. With 13 Campus Students and 5 full time interns, we shared with 3,002 students and got 497 phone numbers!
Of Special Note: The Jwalkers BibleTalk at Howard University had 22 visitors at their first BibleTalk of the Semester and 26 visitors at their second BibleTalk! Towson BibleTalk had 11 visitors this week. UMD BibleTalk had 10 visitors. God is moving in a powerful way throughout the DMV. Pray for us as we have many Bible Studies set up!
Ronald C. Harding, Jr
Lead Evangelist
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