Bringing Hope to Thailand - Video Update - October 12, 2020

Please take a moment and listen to our video update below. This first video clip will provide an update on "Bringing Hope To Thailand." Then after this short clip, you may want to take a look at another clip which is a short video presentation of why we need this new home. 

Here is about Multi Purpose Building update 

Here is another very short video clip as to why we need this new home: 

Let us partner together as we reach deep into the heart of Southeast Asia with the message of our great Savior. 

Transforming Lives and Building Hope in the 10-40 Window - August 3, 2020

Dear Family, Friends, Partners in ministry, 

It is with great joy that I am writing you today to bring all of you into the loop of this very significant PROJECT that NTIM and its partners kicked off just a few days ago. 

We have been praying and working diligently with an outside consultant to put together some materials that tell the story of what God is doing in the heart of the 10-40 Window and how you can be a very significant part of that. Again, I do not want to say too much here at the front end but would ask you to please take a few minutes and read my personal letter, what we call our "case for support" and let us see God do some amazing things in and through us as we seek to be about Our Father's Business in one of the most needy and most strategic places in our world today. We love you. Thank God for you. We need your prayers, your support, and, when the borders of Thailand open back up to allow volunteers to come back in, we need you to come and help us reach these awesome Thai people who are ripe for the harvest. May God bless you as you read through what God has led us to put together for you today. 

 

Until all the unreached in and around Northern Thailand know Him,

 

Michael for the Team.

 

"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord."

1 Corinthians 15:58

The Angels In Heaven are Rejoicing Again - July 21, 2020

Dear praying friends,

It is with great joy to announce to our friends and prayer partners that another Thai person from the 3rd largest unreached people group in Thailand known as the Khon Muang has given their heart to Jesus and his name is now written in the Lamb's Book of Life. God is moving in truly miraculous ways. Please remember to pray for "Boom" as he begins his new life in Christ.

Today, July 21, 2020, Boom surrendered his heart to Jesus and began the greatest journey of His life. Please also pray for one of our awesome staff named Pii Ball as he begins to meet with Boom each week for discipleship with an intentional effort to help him grow in his walk with Jesus Christ.

All the angels in heaven are rejoicing over this one sinner who repented and turned to Jesus as Savior and we are asking all of our friends to rejoice with us as well as to pray for this young man named "Boom" and all of the lives that he will impact in the days ahead as he learns to share his faith and become a skilled “fisher of men.”

Until all the unreached in and around Northern Thailand know Him,

Michael for the Team.

"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord."

1 Corinthians 15:58

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Financial support can be given through NTIM....

Northern Thailand Impact Ministry (NTIM), P.O. Box 26115, Birmingham, AL 35260 USA Main Website: www.gontim.org

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, unreached people groups (UPGs) are all around us, and the love and message of Jesus is needed to transform lives. 

Bringing HOPE to Northern Thailand - Update July 2, 2020

So many of you have written and asked about our building progress. We have had to temporarily halt our building construction project because of the Corona Virus Pandemic. Not only have we had to stop because of the lack of teams being able to come into the country but also because the Corona virus situation has affect giving in an unprecedented way. Not only is our normal support 30% down from last year, the giving for our new building project has virtually plummeted since the Corona virus.

But God, being rich in mercy and in lovingkindness, has not forgotten some of the least reached people groups in our world today and we believe the Lord is clearly guiding us to move forward to finish this strategic building project. We have taken lots of pictures for you here and have also included a link to our Facebook page photo album where you can look at all of our pictures. Below are some of the pictures of our building progress that were taken just a few days ago on June 24, 2020.

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We believe that through this facility, we will establish permanent roots that will allow us to share God's Word with some of the world’s least-reached people groups for years and years to come. This campus will speak clearly to the darkness that God's Work of redemption in Northern Thailand is here to stay. Additionally, it will allow us to take training and expansion of God's Kingdom through evangelism, discipleship, and transformation to the next level of impact.

Our NTIM Board has been working with an awesome consulting firm helping us put together a project proposal that we are calling “BUILDING HOPE IN NORTHERN THAILAND” that we believe will help us raise the funds necessary to take us from the halfway point all the way to the finish line. We are putting a packet of materials to send to people who would like to receive this packet and be a strategic part of what God is doing. If you would like to receive this packet in the mail, would you please write us back here at pray4ntim@gmail.com and say “yes, Michael, we would like to receive a packet of the “Building Hope In Northern Thailand.” Then also tell us the following things, 1) Your Full Name, 2) Your mailing address, and 3) your phone number where we can reach you. We will be sending these packets out very soon so need to hear from you rather quickly 

May God richly bless you. Thank you for your generosity and for sending us to Thailand. Any gift you are able to make no matter how small of how large, will be greatly appreciated.

Until the People in and around Northern Thailand know Him,

Michael for the team

“For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.” 2 Corinthians 4:5

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Financial support can be given through NTIM....

Northern Thailand Impact Ministry (NTIM), P.O. Box 26115, Birmingham, AL 35260 USA Main Website: www.gontim.org

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, unreached people groups (UPGs) are all around us, and the love and message of Jesus is needed to transform lives. 

                                                                             

Living Sent Into The World - Update June 5, 2020

This week I ran across an article by Debbie McDaniel called "Remembering Ravi Zacharias: 31 of His Most Powerful Quotes." For many who do not know Ravi, he recently went to be with the Lord but while he was living with us here on this earth, he became what I would call one of the greatest Christian thinkers and apologists of the 21st Century. 

As I was looking through some of his quotes, I ran across one that just moved my heart. He is quoted as saying: “But the greatest dream of all is to know God and to know what he has intended for your life.” As I read and reflected on that quote my heart kept affirming the truth of this quote but just keep sensing that it was missing one final aspect that has rang true for me over the last 21 years that I have lived my life serving God here in Thailand. While embracing the truth found in Ravi's quote, I would like to take the liberty to add something to it and bring it more out of the “knowledge” realm and more into the “application” realm and modify his quote this way, "But the greatest dream of all is to know God, to know what He has intended for your life, and then to embrace and live out your life according to His intention."

 

Going to the ends of the earth from where I was born and staying here for as long as God desires that we stay here regardless of the obstacles that have come our way, have taught us to know God experientially, to understand His purpose for our lives more clearly, and the joy that has come into our hearts through embracing God's intention and plan for our lives and living out that intention through daily dependence upon the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit of God has been the greatest dream come true in my life.

It has been our honor these past 21 years to join Him in His great work of redemption among the Thai people and some of the least reached people in our world today. But let me be clear. Yes, hundreds of Thai people have become the first and second persons in their entire family to become followers of Jesus Christ. Yes, they are from some of the least reached people groups in our world today. Yes, God is raising up a new generation of authentic followers of Jesus and Yes, through your prayers, through your partnership, through your giving to NTIM, you have joined God in what He is doing in this part of God’s World. Through your sacrifice, God has given us a piece of Land that is dedicated to raising up this new generation of authentic followers of Jesus. Through your sacrifice, God has allowed us to begin construction on this building that will be used for discipleship, training, and sending others into the field. However, since January and the situation with this Corona Virus that has hit us, our building progress and our donations to this building have been halted for the time being. We believe that it is time to come together and sacrifice again until this building is complete. Will you pray for us that construction teams would begin coming back to help us finish this project. Would you pray that God would provide us with $300,000 US Dollars that we believe would get our construction back on target. It is still within reach that we could be in this building by the end of this year if we all pull together and tell others about this great opportunity to help reach the Nations for Jesus.

To God be the glory and may He continue to be pleased to use ordinary people like you and me for His great purposes. As my Pastor, Danny Woods, at my home church of Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Vestavia Hills, AL reminds us quite often: "We are to live sent into the world."

May God richly bless you. Thank you for your generosity and for sending us to Thailand. Any gift you are able to make no matter how small of how large, will be greatly appreciated.

Until the People in and around Northern Thailand know Him,

Michael for the team

“For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.” 2 Corinthians 4:5

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Financial support can be given through NTIM....

Northern Thailand Impact Ministry (NTIM), P.O. Box 26115, Birmingham, AL 35260 USA Main Website: www.gontim.org

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, unreached people groups (UPGs) are all around us, and the love and message of Jesus is needed to transform lives.

Reaching, Teaching, Caring, 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.

Encouragement in the light of Ravi's Passing

Thanking God for the reminder of 4 very important truths from this great man of God.

1) One life lived fully for God's purposes can make a huge difference in our world today.

2) The starting point for successful ministry to others for God's purposes is the complete and utter surrender of our will to God's will as Ravi did in the hospital that day after he had attempted to take his own life at the age of 17.

3) God has a wonderful plan for each of our lives to make an impact on others for the sake of the gospel but we cannot do this without the meekness and boldness of Jesus Christ.

4) Now, is the time God has given us to make an impact because one day, those opportunities will come to a halt and our lives will become a part of history.

Let's do everything God wants us to do before we "fall asleep." Just as Ravi "fell asleep" and as King David fell asleep having completed the purpose of God for their lives, so one day we will "fall asleep" and become part of history.

My PRAYER - "Lord give us a heart that thirsts to be all that you want us to be and to do all that you want us to do. Give us a heart that overflows with gentlness and boldness, and a heart that advances Your kingdom and joins you in what you are doing in this world. Thank you for the life of Ravi and for all of those great men and women recorded in your Word that inspire us to be all that you want us to be and to do all that you want us to do ..... all for the glory of God. Here we are Lord, use us too. I pray in Jesus name.

Here is a link to the obituary of Ravi Zacharias. 

"https://www.crowellbrothers.com/obituaries/Ravi-Zacharias?obId=13835454&fbclid=IwAR1VRKLhL1pr7U8xVG5_o9EJ51Mvto3Ue88kZ6sOVeISTzNebI8uan2U9kY#/celebrationWall

Remember the Challenge of Our Lord Jesus

Remember the challenge of our Lord Jesus when he spoke these famous words, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore, ….”

As we begin to see signs of "normalcy" coming back to Chiangrai city here in Northern Thailand, we are reminded that we are in great need of "workers in the harvest." We are also deeply reminded of the powerful words that our Lord Jesus spoke after his heart was distressed by seeing all of multitudes like sheep without a shepherd. Jesus, after his heart was “troubled,” then turned to His disciples and spoke these famous words, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore, beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest."

Please join us in "beseeching" the Lord of the harvest, to send us some "workers" into these fields that are ripe for the harvest. We have come a long way in the 21 years we have been living in Thailand, but we still have millions in our neck of the woods who have never been to a church service, know very few Christians, and have never heard the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

"Please Lord, put your heart for the Thai peoples into some peoples hearts today to join you in your great work of redemption amongst some of the least reached people groups in Your world today, and send these people our way as workers in Your field, willing to do anything you ask of them to do, willing to endure hardships and overcome cultural and language barriers so that we can advance Your Kingdom in the coming days in a way that brings honor to your name and more Thai people to your throne of grace.

Please take a moment and watch the 4 minute video clip "Who Will Go?" (19,631)

If you would like more information on how you can be involved, please write Michael Johnson at pray4ntim@gmail.com

Until the People in and around Northern Thailand know Him,

Michael for the teamd

“For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.” 2 Corinthians 4:5

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Financial support can be given through NTIM....

Northern Thailand Impact Ministry (NTIM), P.O. Box 26115, Birmingham, AL 35260 USA Main Website: www.gontim.org

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, unreached people groups (UPGs) are all around us, and the love and message of Jesus is needed to transform lives.

Reaching, Teaching, Caring, 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.