PERSONAL MESSAGE

PERSONAL MESSAGE

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I love the Lord my God and i think it is the reason why He is using me to minister and proclaim His word to the world through this Sunday school and Bible study programs. I do not regret time spent in it. Please take your time and identify yourself with me in the ministry as a servant of God. You never know God may come to live in you if only you live in Him.

In a special way I want to thank Linda Shanks (BSFK DIRECTOR) in her service for the Lord for providing for the study, and all those who are with me in spirit and prayers for the service. May the Lord our God provide for you abundantly.

MY VISION

1-      FOR THE CHILDREN.

A spiritually resourceful generation such that the Gospel of God is spread to a wider range and those Children involved in the study may look forward to meeting their Lord God with no doubt when the time comes.

2-      FOR THE MISSION.

A home for the word of God where children can meet to share, discuss, rejoice, acquire, inquire from one another the works, wonders, promises, miracles and experiences of their  Lord God.

MY PLANS

1-      FOR THE CHILDREN.

Initiate them to Christ so that they cannot be misled by the wonders of earthly lusts.

2-      FOR THE PROGRAM

Develop the program to become independent with a center established for the operation of its activities where training can also be conducted to children and study leaders as on leadership skills and spiritual nourishment.

HELP ME LORD IN THE SERVICE YOU HAVE PLACED ME.

Mathew.

QUIET TIME

QUIET TIME

(WHAT IS QUIET TIME?, WHY QUIET TIME?, WHEN IS QUIET TIME?, WHO IS FOR QUIET TIME?  AND WHEN IS QUIET TIME?)

Welcome to meet me in this study. I want us to look at Quiet Time, and preferably we shall in most cases answer some of these questions above as we progress with the point of interest.

Waoh…..!!!!!! Quiet Time I believe ``is the meeting with God in a thoughtful circumstance through regular reading of the Bible and prayers. In other words, it is a personal commitment/communication with God. It is a time set aside to talk to God and meditate in his words. Well….. I do not know what time is for your Quiet Time out of the 24 hours of the day. It is once a day and this depends on your days plan. It may be at your;

-          Bed time

-          Early morning

-          Lunch time

-          Or any time of the day convenient to you.

So I leave that unto you as to what time is appropriate to you. However, by this time, you should be free of all other things, only ready to communicate to God. No stress and so on.

So, what do you need for your Quiet Time? You need the following basically:

v  A quiet place free from noise, interruptions and so on.

v  A Bible (the word of God to pick the text to read and look upon)

v  A note book and Pen to note down important items, appeals, promises, revelations, commands and so.

v  A guide line that tells you what to do in each Quiet Time.

v  Interest for Quiet Time, moreover a personal interest for talking to God. Less than that, it will be a waste of time because you will do it as like you have been forced to.

v  Time for the activity. God gave us 24 hours, of which some of the time is for rest (sleep), but much of the time is for your personal wants. Choose which time is appropriate for you of the 24 hours.

Just briefly let us look at how we can have/do our Quiet Time.

Now that you are at your Quiet Time, do the following:

v  PRAY. In this prayer,

-repent

-ask for forgiveness of your past evil acts that you can remember and that you can’t.

-ask for guidance from the Holy Spirit to help you in the time. (Psalms 119:18)

v  Then READ the text from your Bible that your guideline suggests for the day to read. As you read, keep note of (write down in your note book) important ideas and information reached like promises, revelations, commands, do’s and don’ts, requests and so on as you find in the text.

v  Then THINK about the text (verses) as you ask yourself the following questions;

Ø  What do these verses mean?

Ø  What does God want me to learn from these verses?

Ø  Does this text tell me anything new about God, his son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit?

Ø  Does the text encourage me or discourage me on doing something?

v  After examining the text and yourself with these questions, then PRAY again. This time in the prayer;

·         Thank God for having guided you in the Quiet Time.

·         Request him to send the Holy Spirit to live in you so that you may live in the spirit and to move with you  as you leave the Quiet Time place for other activities so that you are sealed by the blood of Jesus Christ where Satan will not find any place in you.

v  Finally, Do!!!!!   Put to practice what the Lord God expects of you (Revelations 1:3) according to the text you have looked in.

You should do this not because you ought to, but:

·         To be wise in salvation (2 Timothy 3:15)

·         For defense against the attacks of Satan (Ephesians 6:17)

·         To keep pure/clean ( Psalms 119:9,11)

·         And finally to equip yourself for the Lords’ service.

``I keep asking that the God our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,…….’’ Ephesians 1:17-18.

DRAWING TO GOD

Drawing to God

This time i want to start with questions;

1-      Why draw to God?

2-      Who to draw to God?

3-      How do we draw to God?

Welcome to this study ``drawing to God’’. After knowing that we are the children of God, just take a step and ask yourself these three questions above. This will make you dig deeper in as to why God chose you as His child.

Yes…..from our previous lesson, we ask ourselves the question ``what next in being a child of God?’’ The answer to this is straight away ……TO DRAW TO GOD……..since He has accepted you as His child due to your believe in Gods son Jesus Christ, the only thing you need to do is to ``LOVE your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind’’ Mathew 22:37.  Ohhhhh....come on,``what are you waiting now? Get up, be Baptized, wash your sins away, calling on His name’’ Acts 22:16

Now if I may answer the question: `why draw to God?’’.

We draw to God for strength. Psalms 29:1-5. Our strength is only in God. Less than that, we are just living in dreams that cannot come in to fulfillment because John tells us that things of the world shall pass away. 1 John 2:15-17. Romans 12:2.

We also draw to God to find Him while He may be found, Psalms 32:6, because by the time of critical moments, God will only be available to those who did conform to His words.

We draw to God because we do not want to die- Luke 20:36. Even if we die in body, we would wish to live with God forever and that is why we need to draw to Him.

We also draw to God for Love 1 Corinthians 13, we draw to God for comfort 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, and we draw to God to attain freedom Galatians 5:1.

Who to draw to God???? John 1:12-13. ``Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God…….’’

Deuteronomy 14:1-2 also points out that ``you are the children of the Lord your God……..the Lord has chosen you to be His treasured possession’’, while the means by which we are brought as sons to Glory is the participation of Jesus in Flesh and Blood, and His death in respect to that Galatians 3:26.

How do we draw to God?????

-The first sure thing we have to know is `PRAYERS’,  this is the way we talk to God.

We pray to:

1-      Ask for forgiveness 2 Corinthians 7:14.

2-      Present our personal needs - Mark 11:24.

3-      Follow the examples of Jesus - Luke 6:12.

4-      We should keep on praying whatever the circumstance is - 1 Thessalonians 5:17.

-Live a life expected of you by God. Try by all means to avoid idleness because an idle mind is the devils workshop – 2 Thessalonians 3:6.

-Be rooted in the Gospel of Christ Jesus – 2 Thessalonians 2:15.

-Press ahead looking to hear from your Lord God and try to forget the past – Philippians 3:12-13.

-Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devils schemes – Ephesians 6:11.

-Do not be yorked with unbelievers – Galatians 5:1.

-Do not Love the world – 1 John 2:15-17, Romans 12:2.

Be blessed as you look unto Him who saves.

BECOMING A CHILD OF GOD

BECOMING A CHILD OF GOD

Just ask yourself, ``who is a child of God?’’. Not all are children of God but only those who do believe in Him who saves-Jesus Christ John 1:12. So, where are the rest of people or who is their father? We all belong to God and he owns us….but only those who do what He wants us to do are Gods’ real children. The spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are Gods children. Romans 8:16

We had earlier on all belonged to God, but since man decided to follow his own way by sinning against God (eating the forbidden fruit) Genesis 3, the relationship was broken and that sin separated us from being Gods children. Romans 3:23

But since God merciful, He did not sign off from adopting us as his children; God did a good thing to us and let us see what it is.

The good news is that God sent his son Jesus Christ born of a woman to redeem us (Galatians 4:5), that yet to those who receive Him, Believe in his name, He gave the right to become children of God.

All we need is to believe and become Gods children and it is only by faith in Christ Jesus that one is plugged to him as His child. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in times of need. Hebrews 4:14, 16

It is always the spirit of God that dwells in our hearts and the spirit help us to call out `Abba father’’ Galatians 4:6. Yes, a person may choose to become a church goer other than a child of God, it is much simple to become a child of God only by believing and confessing Jesus as your Lord and savior. Romans 10:13.

``That if you confess with your mouth Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the death, you will be saved’’ Romans 10:9

So, how do you grow as a child of God? Get answers right away…………..

By reading and meditating on the word of God, Constant praying to fight against the power Satan that may wish to bring you down, attending fellowships of Christian unions. As children of God, we are not left alone in our struggles in attaining the Kingdom of God Hebrews 13:5, 6.

So----- take one step ahead and get plugged to God through His son Jesus Christ. Just accept and receive Him as your Lord and savior and that you will become the dedicated child of God. Remember that things of the world will come to pass but the word of God endures forever.

If you wish BSFK team to pray for you to get connected, please let us know. I leave it upon you to make the choice, you never know how tomorrow will be.

God be with you as you make the choice.

REALIZING THE LOVE OF GOD

How do we realize the love of God? OR How do we know that God loves us?

Following all the time we were born all our life time, it may seem like we are in love with God, not God in love with us. But surely before we fall in love with God, God had already loved us ``we love because He first loved us’’ 1 John 4:19. Despite of our wickedness, He loves us (quote needed). God loves both the wicked and the righteous and He is much pleased to see the wicked turning from their sinful acts to doing what is good as he says ``wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. Isaiah 1:16.

God Himself has a characteristic of love, and He is love Himself and that is why His other name is Love 1 John 4:8, 4:16.

Remember that God even went very far in demonstrating how much He loved us by giving His dear and only son Jesus Christ to be a Ransom John 3:16 and it is only to those who believe in the son and adore to Him that they shall be the children of God John 1:12.

Even we are breathing because of the love of God, if not…………we would have been nowhere. And His love endures forever.

I just received a DVD…..``Shout Praises’’ from Linda mid last year, among the songs in the album is a song that says “His love endures forever’’. I just wish you connect on Linda@biblestudyfirkids.com and ask for a direction to see how you can access a copy of the DVD. So pressing because indeed His love endures forever, and it is through this love that I was able to receive a copy.

Oh……oh….oh… come on….begin to realize the extravagant and abundant love of God right now if you had not and in doubt.

Paul realized how much Gods’ love is and that is why he boldly said ``For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither demons nor angles, neither the present nor future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord’’ Romans 8:38-39.

We become children of God only through the love of God. 1 John 3:1

The love of God cannot be compared to the love of the world. The love of your mother/father/uncle/sister/brother or any of your friend or relative cannot compete the love of God because ``the world and its desires pass away but the man who does the will of God lives forever’’. 1 John 2:17

Children of God, what have you asked and not given, please ask again He will give because He loves you and treasures your welfare so much. And sometimes begin to look at your capabilities and reaches strengthened; it is just because of the love of God. But due to our lack of faith in Him, we fail to realize the love of God. You cannot realize and recognize the love of God unless you do believe in Him.  

As we strive to attain this love, we should understand that success is at a cost. Moses stresses in Deuteronomy 20:1 – 5 that God is a head of us in the battle.

Global Christian Youth Link

About us.     Global Christian Youth Link

Global Christian Youth Link is a non-profit making faith based project that started late 2009 as a church activity in the quest of simplifying the word of God for children so as to meet their spiritual and mental level. This was started as a weekly Sunday school classes program after every Sunday services. This was because researches showing that children only pass time or sleep during general Sunday  services since the procedures of general Sunday service do not enrich their mental capacity.

Later, Bible studies came in as more children of various age levels showed interest in the activities whereby we could pick a story in the Bible and analyze them asking few questions on them and moral lessons learnt and we close the day. However, with passage of time, we started looking for some study items and materials that could support  the studies with the children and by now, things seems to be progressing well with the support from BSFK - Linda of Clive.

Global Christian Youth Link now operates in two churches, that is, Adia and Ajono Yivu. Requests have been made by the surrounding churches for the organization to reach them but due to some limitations, we have not extended the service to them but with time, it may reach them.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

1. GOAL#1. To reach the world with the word of God through the current young generation through introduction of the children to the Gospel.

2. GOAL#2. To increase the degree of the fear for the Lord God in young children (kids) at an early stage before they are introduced to the world so as to ensure Christian conformity in the next generation to come thus attaining the Kingdom of God that Jesus went ahead to prepare for each of us.

3. GOAL#3. To effectively utilize God given potentials in man through volunteers as a major factor in spreading the Gospel, children ministry and broadening the scope of children workers relative to the growing population of the children.

OBJECTIVES OF GOAL

a) To provide children with the relevant spiritual information necessary for the war with Satan such that they are not taken by the worldly pleasures.

b) To sensitize the community within the center of the operation on the techniques of effective assessment and evaluation of the spiritual growth and development of their children and expected consequences of the changes that occur within them such that appropriate precautions can be taken.

c) To recruit a group of literate youths in a slated period as planned by the organization to become GCYL workers. This would be done by a two week training of the recruits that would cover;

1- Basic Christian/spiritual doctrines that they shall have to follow and observe in the execution of their duties, Spiritual child development strategies from childhood to adulthood with conformity to Christ the Lord and knowing Him as their personal Savior.

2- Information on adult teaching methods thus how parents can help in the spiritual upbringing of their children for the betterment of their future struggles knowing God as their Father.

d) To constantly asses and evaluate the appropriateness of the children programs identifying what best could fit for their upkeep due to the ever changing demands of the society.

Achievements of the programme.

1-      Increase in the number of children responding to the program.

2-      Public acceptance of the program, proposing an existence of a center for the organization since many churches wish to access and pledge of support to form board committees.

3-      Existence of a study helper for the program-Linda Shanks of Clive.

4-      Existence of interests voluntarily shown by some members in leading the studies and classes in these churches though untrained.(Among others)

5-      The project has secured one Laptop computer for data collection and storage, a digital camera for picture coverage of important and wanted aspects in the administrative operations.

6-      10 NIV big size Bibles, 10 pocket sized Bibles and 2 Bibles in the local language.

7-      A lot of study books and items from BIBLE STUDY FOR KIDS COMPANY.

Challenges to the program

1-      Increased number of children posing shortages on available resources and number of children per class.

2-      Lack of a center for the organization to operate since it has to work in more than one church making it sometimes difficult to move materials from one church to another.

3-      Lack of trained personnel to spearhead the studies since our teachers and Bible study leaders are untrained and do things to the level of their knowledge.

4-      Financial limitations for the acquisition of some study items and for putting up of the organization center. (Among others).

5-      Overcrowding of children on the computer screen to look at their videos and pictures.

Plans

1-      Establishment of study center after securing a conducive financial aid.

2-      Expansion of the services to all the sectors that showed interest to the services and most definitely, that conform to the principal of the faith that Jesus is Lord—the son of God, and that life is only through Him who saves.

3-      Training of Sunday school teachers and Bible study leaders for effective ministry and opration of the association.

4-      Acquisition of land for the establishment of the associations center.(among others)

We believe strongly that, in Him who saves, every thing shall progress well.

Yours

Mathew Dramadri

Director