One of the great joys that God has graciously allowed me to experience on a regular basis is the joy of seeing 1st generation believers grow in their relationship with God and become true fishers of men and mentors for others. Jesus said in Matthew 4:19, “Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men.”
As I write this update,
I am sitting at my desk thinking about all of the discipleship and mentoring
that happens in and around our rented facility every single week. Today, I am rejoicing
with the angels in Heaven over one Thai person who has recently given her heart
to Jesus. I am specifically thinking about how many people have had an
influence in her life and helped move her to the place where she was ready two
weeks ago to give her heart to Jesus.
After that initial meeting, Fluke began to be introduced and began to
hang out with several folks in our church including other volunteers like Caleb
and Aubrey who came out with several of our friends and ministry partners who
serve with ABWE that are active both in our language school and our church.
Shortly after that in July we had our Annual Youth/College Camp where Fluke was
very active and where Fluke became close to our Staff and began to feel much
more connected with our church family and comfortable sharing her life with us.
It was also during that time that we began to seek the Lord about putting the
right staff in a mentoring role with these new college students and Fluke was
placed under Ja’s care.
So, when Ja asked Fluke
if she had ever given her heart to Jesus personally and applied the blood of
Jesus to her heart, Fluke realized for the first time that she had never truly
been born again and that being a Christian was not something you are given by
your parents but something that each person must chose for themselves. Then
when Ja asked Fluke if she wanted to become a born again follower of Jesus
accepting Jesus payment on the cross for her sins, she said yes. And shortly
after that, Fluke expressed her desire to become a child of God through prayer and
gave her heart to Jesus and the Bible says that at the moment she believed her
name was written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. The angels in Heaven are rejoicing
as are those of us here in Northern Thailand who know and love Fluke.
Please also take a
moment to pray for Ja who is Fluke’s mentor. Ja gave her heart to Jesus as a
university student and shortly thereafter graduated and came on staff at our English
language school as our accountant. She has served with us for about 12 years
now. We began discipling Ja and helping her know how to grow in her
relationship with the Lord shortly after she came on staff. She deeply loves
the Lord and wants to serve Him with all her heart. Ja serves as one of our key
mentors for new believers, as one of our staff at Baan Athitaan Church, as one
of our staff at Grace Language School, and as one of our staff at Channel of
Blessing Foundation which for all practical purposes is NTIM-Thailand. Today we
would ask that you join us in praying for Fluke and for Ja and for NTIM’s work
among the university students in Chiang Rai and our partnerhsip with the Clay Center of ABWE.
NTIM is a
non-profit 501(c)(3)charitable organization based in the USA. We are committed
to connecting people in need with people who care and are focused in the heart
of Southeast Asia where poverty is high, education is low, needs are great,
darkness is everywhere, and the love and message of Jesus is needed to
transform lives.
Reaching, Teaching, Discipling, Equipping, Training, and Serving People in God’s World through acts of love and compassionate is what NTIM and our ministry team is all about.
Short Video summary of our Ministry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBYHjbnn8zE#t=60
Prayer Example:
“Lord, thank You for loving us enough to send people into our lives to tell us
about the gospel. We thank You for loving Fluke enough to send us and others
into her life to tell her about the gospel. We thank You for loving Ja enough
to send people into her life to tell her about the gospel. We thank You for
Your great love and we ask You to fill our hearts with Your love and let it
flow out freely to others.
We want to
take this moment and ask You to bless Fluke and Ja in a very special way. Help
both of them to be the salt and light of Jesus in all that they do. We ask that
You would be pleased to use both of them to help reach their families, friends,
neighbors, their own people groups, as well as, other people groups.
We also want to thank You for the work of Grace
Language School, Baan Athitaan Church, the Clay Center of ABWE, and the work of
NTIM and how You are using them to impact Northern Thailand for Your kingdom
purposes. We ask You to help those on the field to be faithful as they serve You
each and every day. We pray that their lives would be filled with Your great
love for the people in and around Northern Thailand. We pray that You would help
them not lose focus of the main task of making disciples and being good fishers
of men among the university students there in Northern Thailand. We ask that You
continue to send more laborers into the fields to help them. We also pray that
You would use us to help provide the funding that they need so that many others
like Fluke can come to know Jesus in a personal way. We pray this in Jesus
name.”
Your Servants
to the Nations in and Around Northern Thailand,
Michael for
the Team
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Reaching, Teaching, Discipling, Equipping, Training, and Serving People in God’s World through acts of love and compassionate is what NTIM and our ministry team is all about.
Short Video summary of our Ministry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBYHjbnn8zE#t=60
Northern Thailand Impact Ministry (NTIM), P.O. Box 26115, Birmingham, AL
35260 USA Main Website: www.gontim.org
