MUM Ministries Spring 2010

Hear ye Hear ye!

The Lord has impressed it upon my heart that "faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10:17). As you already know, I have been traveling the US extensively, aggressively, and passionately with urgency to share Jesus with the lost. Over the past 18 months I have literally driven about 65,000 miles from coast to coast in all directions sharing the gospel of Jesus, preaching the gospel of Jesus, praying, hugging, shaking hands, laying hands, speaking in authority, etc. The conclusion of my travels in speaking to hundreds of thousands of people (possibly millions) is this:

FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD.

This statement applies to both believers and non alike. Believers get an increase of the faith they supposedly have already. Unbelievers can't even "hear" without the word. That's why Jesus said "seeing they will not see and hearing they may not understand" Matthew 13:13-15. In other words no plant can grow without a seed. No one can have faith in Jesus without His word being spoken. It is imperative, vital, important and so forth that you clearly and distrinctively speak the word in whatever you do. If someone listens to your music and watches your life and they do not hear the word of God you are really defeating the purpose of following Jesus.

Jesus chose disciples and commissioned them to PREACH THE GOSPEL. A person cannot accept the sacrifice of Jesus (who is the propitiation for our sins, the ransom for many) without hearing, and their ears will not be opened outside of the word of God. To accept means to agree. To agree means to understand. To understand means to apprehend or to take into custody. Custody means the act or right of guarding.

So then, if we look at the word trail from the intial word ACCEPT, we see that after hearing the word of God a person comes to faith in God. After faith in God a person moves on to believe in God. After they believe in God a person acts out their newly developed belief by faith in what they heard and then they accept or take into custody or began to guard the word of God in their heart! They began to protect and take ownership of what they received from God: THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS!

It all starts with the word. With that being said, I'm starting an evangelistic ministry. We will be evangelizing, teaching, and making disciples nationwide. This is the first of many more waves like this to come. I will be looking to you for your support. In about 30 days I will be ready. Made Up Mind Productions turns to Made Up Mind Ministires in Spring 2010. Get ready...start praying...