Evangelize ALL while Disciple A FEW: Jesus Style

Praise the LORD for our CAMPUS PASTORS!  We have a lot of them scattered in different campuses of the Philippines.  One of them is our brother Rey Maquero Ricardo.  He is assigned to CEBU UNIVERSITY.  Hallelujah for the faith, commitment and passion of this gentleman!

Lately, he posted this REPORT on FB:  "... yesterday as i ministered to my classmate MATTHEW (not his realy name for confidentiality), i could really discern the oppressing spirit that kept him away from the love of GOD ... and as i kept on sharing the love of GOD for him, he kept on resisting this truth. im starting to get mad why this man is so hard. while he kept talking to me i silently prayed to GOD. the Holy Spirit spoke to me saying i need to rebuke the spirit controlling him. when im about to do it ... time ran out.  i just told him that we will meet again in the afternoon after our last subject. as we went our separate ways my spirit was still interceding for MATTHEW, while inside the library as the Spirit led me, i kept rebuking the spirit inside of him and declared salvation for his life. the Holy Spirit totally consumed me that i can no longer stop my mouth in speaking in tongues (as i was in prayer). im at the corner of the library praying in the spirit and suddenly the ground shook and shook that all the students in the library went rushing to the exit. praise GOD that im not shaken ... I continued to pray. JESUS promised that He will be with me in making disciples. i declared and declared while the ground continued to shake. i received a revelation from GOD ... affirming to me that HE and the Heavenly host is with me in making disciples and that earthquake is his proof!!! whooah! this is really it!  the time has come to expand the kingdom of GOD :D" (with minor editing to fit the idea).

Rey continued by asking for:  "pls be with me in prayer:D we already won this battle:D"  -- Cebu City, Philippines (February 7, 2012).

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I praise the LORD for the passion of Rey in Making Disciples!  He will make it.
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I few comments I made after he posted this.  I am posting it here for you to read and discuss along as we engage people inside the Campuses of the WORLD!  Wherever you are!

• The First thing I did was to refer REY to a previous article I posted.  You can find it here.  This is about the IDEA / TIP on MAKING Disciples ... the JESUS STYLE (in my opinion).  You can find it here: IT IS ENTITLED "CHOOSE ONLY FAT PEOPLE"  read ... click here >>>  http://​hlmcentral.blogspot.com/​2011/12/​choose-only-fat-people.html

I also added these THOUGHTS:

• never look for HARD people first ... rather find who are the F.A.T. people first!
• In fact Jesus made sure that the HARD people and the UNSURE PEOPLE did not get most of His time. He gave His time to OPEN, HUNGRY, REPENTANT and WILLING PEOPLE. Go for the style of Jesus :-)
• RULE of THUMB: Love ALL, Disciple A FEW. - this is what Jesus did :-)
• ANOTHER TIP: AFTER you get your 12 F.A.T. people, STOP!!! LET THEM HAVE their 12 ... with you COACHING, EMPOWERING and BUILDING THEM :-) ... see related article below ... ON MAKING CHAMPIONS: BELIEVING GOD FOR NEW GENERATIONS.    click here >>> http://​hlmcentral.blogspot.com/​2011/08/​making-champions-of-12-of-1​44-of-1728.html

I added these thoughts too:

• DISCERN .... WISDOM ... ACCELERATION and GODLY INTENSITY be upon you all!
• START LOOKING around ... WHO IS OPEN? WHO IS HUNGRY? WHO WANTS MORE? WHO WANTS TO BE FOLLOWED UP? >>>>> LEAVE BEHIND THE HARD, THE BORED, THE CONTENSCIOUS, THE DEBATER, THE ARGUMENTATIVE, THE CONTROVERSIAL, THE PHARISEES, THE SADDUCEES AND THE REJECTORS <<<<<
• Usually you find the OPEN and the DISCIPLABLE ... here:
• a.  The 2nd Timers at church.
• b.  The Inquisitive.
• c.  The people God will lead you to IN REVELATION KNOWLEDGE (remember Cornelius?). PRAY FOR YOUR CORNELIUS THIS MONTH. GO GO GO ....
• I give you 1 month to START OFF your ministry to your 12. go go go and make DISCIPLES who wants to be DISCIPLED. LEAVE behind the unwilling. Jesus did so ... REMEMBER? .... you cannot be my disciple STATEMENTS OF JESUS (see Luke 14) :-)
• Waste NO MORE TIME :-)
• Waste NO MORE TIME. GO GO GO .... look for people who is in TUNED! look for people who wants to BOW down to God and Follow Him wholeheartedly! CHECK OUT who wants to hear in the Spirit :-)
• NOTE: "Hard people makes our EGO grow big! We tend to see them as HUNTED ANIMALS ... and when we shoot them down ... we feel proud :-) AYAYAY .... pride diay! Lets go and BRING IN THE HARVEST! Start where Jesus has started :-) WHO IS OPEN?
  WHO IS DESPERATE? WHO WANTS GOD? WHO SEEKS FOR GOD? Begin where Jesus has started :-) THEN AND ONLY THEN CAN WE SAY ... it was the work of Jesus and not OUR ABILITY :-)

A PRAYER FOR ALL OUR CAMPUS PASTORS:   Lord I pray for SEEING EYES of Faith and Discipleship among our Campus Pastors. Lord Jesus, I pray that they only DO the work you have already started. Show them Lord Jesus, who are OPEN, DESPERATE, HUMBLE and WILLING TO BE DISCIPLED this Quarter of 2012. Lord Jesus we will keep on Loving THE HARD CORE, THE REJECTORS and EVEN THE ENEMIES of the Gospel and Your Name. BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT we will DISCIPLE CAREFULLY those who wants to TAKE YOUR YOKE, YOUR BURDEN THAT IS LIGHT UPON THEM. Lord may we never waste our time, energy, effort, money on FEILDS that are not yet RIPE and READY. We will not oh Lord cast our Pearls to the SWINE :-) Give us prudence and discernment oh God!   

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Don'f Forget:
ANOTHER GUIDING RULE: Evangelize ALL; DISCIPLE Few.
What ???

• A FARMER that is wise will CAST HIS SEEDS where?
• A FISHPOND OWNER that is prudent will HARVEST when?
• A SOLDIER that is prepared will shoot his last bullet where?

Chuck Allic, our Campus Pastor in Dumaguete, Siliman University, posted:  "The calling of God is not of the good and the bad but for those who are WILLING."

• AMEN ... discipleship is for the WILLING ... to take the yoke, to be ready to be taught, to UNLEARN many things in loving surrender to the Lord Jesus Christ :-) LETS NOT BE HARD on people ... lets just be DISCERNING :-)
• AGAIN:  "LOVE ALL; DISCIPLE FEW"  The Jesus Style :-)
• ENOUGH WITH CROWDS... go for LIFEGroups :-)
• ENOUGH WITH ENTERTAINMENT ... go for EDUCATION of the Heart :-)
• ENOUGH with EVENTS ... go for PROCESS :-)
• THEN WE WILL HAVE POWER-FILLED CITY-WIDE EVENTS!

• Chuck Allic Grabi Amen! Jesus culture.. discipleship is a choice.
• Jose Roberto Ramos AMEN ... this is a JESUS CULTURE :-) ... we must know how the GREAT Master did it :-)
• Jose Roberto Ramos so are you READY to MAKE DISCIPLES na ba? or are you ready to WASTE more time ? ? ? ha ha ha ... INVEST TIME ...
• Jose Roberto Ramos NOTICE in the Bible: Jesus went to the CROWDS ... but always had Quality Time with the DISCIPLES ... never with the Crowd. He healed, He multiplied the Bread, He did Miracles .... BUT ALWAYS TO TEACH, EDUCATE AND LET THE DISCIPLES PARTICIPATE :-)
• Jose Roberto Ramos WHO ARE YOU DISCIPLING NA BA? do you have a list? or is it still hit and miss? prophesy here and there ... pray here and there ... slain here and there ??? IT IS ABOUT TIME TO GET PEOPLE FOUNDED! ONE ON ONE NA! go go go !
• Jose Roberto Ramos Here are the list of PEOPLE Jesus discipled FOR LIFE: SEE Luke 6:12 to 16.  "One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles: Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor."
• YOU HAVE TO HAVE A "ONE OF THOSE DAYS TO GO TO THE MOUNTAINSIDE TO PRAY"
• YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SPENDING OF THE NIGHT PRAYING TO GOD. DISCIPLES WILL BE GIVEN BY GOD IN PRAYER FIRST.
• YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE MORNING. THEN CALL THEM. THEN CHOOSE THEM. Who? The willing, the open, the ones ready to leave their nets behind.
• AFTER YOU CALL YOUR DISCIPLES. TURN THEM LOSE TO BE APOSTLES. MEANING? do not control them. Rahter Coach them how to live! Release them. APOSTLESHIP MEANS TO BE SENT FORTH. Notice: JESUS did not baby sit them :-) It takes some time ...
• ENOUGH WITH BABY SITTING ... it is about time you RELEASE WARRIORS ... ready to fight, suffer for the Name of the King, cast out demons, and heal and preach ..... THIS IS OF COURSE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF OJT.

FOR MORE READINGS in the Vision of 12, Click below:

The Vision of 12 ARTICLE here
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From the Word of God


Luke 14:23
23“And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

The FAVOR of God -- Our Joy, Power and Comfort.

The FAVOR of Father God is Amazing!
Thank you for what Jesus did for us to be able to access, receive and rejoice in the FAVOR God has for his beloved.


Here's my FAVOR-ite 12 for 2012
contributed by JR, January 8, 2012 (inside the room of Josh at the hospital)

1) to LISTEN more.  
2) to PRAY without ceasing.
3) to LOVE all.
4) to READ the Word of God.
5) to READ the World's Deepest Needs.
6) to THANK always.
7) to CRY.
8) to SURRENDER.
9) to WALK in the power of the CROSS of Jesus.
10) to LOOK into the EYES of your kids more often.
11) to BE COVERED by a spiritual family.
12) to GLORIFY GOD and MAKE DISCIPLES.

CHOOSE only FAT People!

ONLY F.A.T. people with an "S"

We are having GOOD problems right now at His Life Ministries.
These good problems were intensified as we see more and more people becoming hungry for God, and wants to be pastored and led.

THE PROBLEM:
MORE HUNGRY SOULS TO BE HARVESTED ... but we lack LABORERS   
(a problem Jesus also experienced)

THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS GOOD PROBLEM.

SOLUTION?
SOLUTION?
SOLUTION?

I just gave this counsel to a volunteer:
START to ENTRUST THE WORK TO F.A.T. People.
To whom?  "TO F.A.T. PEOPLE", I said!

He said what?  (since he is a new disciple)
I SAID TO F.A.T. PEOPLE ...

F is for Faithful
A is for Available
T is for Teacheable

Never give to just anybody ...
BUT look always for F.A.T. people!

(1)  F-faithful ...

• who comes on time? 
• does their assigned work? 
• and is speaking the vision?

(2) A-available ...

• who has a volunteering spirit? 
• excited? 
• willing to go the extra mile? 
• positive? 
• and world changer?

(3)  T-teacheable ...

• who is asking directions AND good questions from you? 
• who is a humble person? 
• who is wanting to change? 
• who is wanting to let go of the old wineskins?

SABI NYA:  GANDA NUN PASTOR ...

I CONTINUED ...
if you find only 2 or 3 of these FAT people ... you will change the world!

THEN HE SAID ...
I have a person in mind pastor ...

I CONTINUED ...
- do not look for the RICH, FAMOUS or TALKATIVE ...
- look for the F.A.T. people ... they are just around the corner ...

THEN support ... them ... disciple them ... love them ... honor them ... treat them with respect ... RAISE THEM TO BE OUR soon LEADERS!

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KEEP ON LOOKING ...
THEN ENTRUST THE WORK TO THEM ... you may ENTRUST THE WORLD TO THEM TOO!

- let them be free to make mistakes.
- let them be free to be creative.
- let them be free to ask you anything as they are handling the work.
- MONITOR ... MENTOR ... and MAINTAIN THEM TOO.

what is the "S"
- the S stands for SACRIFICIAL ...
FIND SOMEONE LIKE JESUS ;-)

lets make disciples!
LETS RAISE LEADERS from the F.A.T. people we see!!!

The Principle of 12 -- Background of this Discipleship Model

Discipleship at His Life is Cross-Centered (JESUS-Centered) .. this alone brings real THANKSGIVING!

His Life Ministries is a Bible Believing 
and a Disciple-Making Church

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The Principle of 12   [Vision of 12]

The Background of this Discipleship Model

Supplemental Notes borrowed from Cell Explosion Archives [edited by JR]

David Yonggi Cho of the Yoido Full Gospel Church pioneered the cell vision in the 20th century and, is so far, the most successful cell church leader in the world with his church 850,000 members. This model, now known as the ‘5 by 5’ model has been developed by other leaders such as Ralph Neighbour, etc.

In the 1980’s a new cell model began to emerge building on the principle of 12.  As the Holy Spirit led Cesar Castellanos and others in Bogota, Columbia. This model carries a new and fresh anointing for cell churches. It is called the ‘G12’ model and it is currently being administered globally under the leadership of Cesar and Claudia Castellanos.

The Model of 12 released into the world

The Bible says “give honour to whom honour is due” (Romans 13:7) and we give honour to Cesar Castellanos as the pioneer of the G12 cell church model. The Model of 12, however, is the property of the Holy Spirit and not of any one person or ministry. Every prophetic and apostolic vision belongs to the whole body of Christ as the Lord leads.

God is raising up multiple expressions of the Model of 12 which are true to the principles and values of the G12 strategy but are being expressed through different apostolic ministries in the world. We are seeing this happen in the USA, India, Africa and Europe and other parts of the world.

This development in the Cell Vision according to the Model of 12 (Principle of 12) will mean that there will be many expressions of what the Holy Spirit is doing through the Cell Church movement. These expressions will be culturally relevant and adapted to the specific needs and circumstances of the people being ministered to.

The Principle of 12

At the base of the Model of 12 is the underlying Principle of 12 and this is an important development in the concept of cell church that the Spirit has been speaking to the Church of Jesus Christ about in recent decades.

It is important neither to exaggerate nor to minimize the scriptural significance of the number 12. There are important principles to be learnt from Scripture about this number. However, we must be careful not to elevate the principle of 12 into a theological imperative, because the Bible never does that. Cell models should build on the principle of 12 without reading too much back into the text of Scripture.

The number 12 does not exist in the NT as an elaborate model for cell church, but the scriptural principle of 12 can be applied to church life today under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is important not to impose any one single model on the whole church or to say that there is only one way of applying the principle of 12.

Numbers in the Bible often have significance. For example, the number 3, is associated with the Trinity, 7 speaks of divine perfection and 6 is the number of man. Clearly these insights are limited in value and cannot be taken too far by reading into Bible texts meanings never intended by the Holy Spirit. However, the number 12 does have clear significance in Scripture.

Jesus chose 12 to reach the multitudes (Matthew 9:35-10:5). He wanted to reach the multitudes but began with a group of 12 men he had previously selected and was training to do the job. Why did Jesus choose12? Why not 11? Why not 13? And why did the apostles replace Judas with Matthias restoring their number to 12 after the loss of Judas?

The significance of the number of 12 in Scripture is demonstrated by Jesus’ choice of 12 to be his main disciples and apostles and to be the primary group he associated with throughout his public ministry.

The key is to understand that Jesus spent most of his time with these 12 chosen disciples, and majored on discipling, training and ultimately releasing them to do the work of the kingdom of God. If this is what Jesus did, who are we to try and do it any other way? Surely the Lord’s example is something we can follow. True, his situation was spiritually and historically unique. His 12 were to become the foundation of the New Testament Church and the foundations of the City of God. But Jesus’ method in fulfilling these things can also be an effective model for what he calls us to do today.

There have been many uses of the principle of 12 in Church history. Britain was evangelized by monks who built cells around the principle of 12. Wesley had his groups of 12, and Robert Coleman, 40 years ago in his book, “Master Plan of Evangelism”, pointed out the reasons why Jesus concentrated on his 12:

“Here is the wisdom of his method, and in observing it, we return again to the fundamental principle of concentration on those he intended to use. One cannot transform a world except as individuals in the world are transformed, and individuals cannot be changed except as they are molded in the hands of the Master. The necessity is apparent not only to select a few helpers, but also to keep the group small enough to be able to work with them… All of this certainly impresses one with the deliberate way that Jesus proportioned his life to those he wanted to train. It also graphically illustrates a fundamental principle of teaching: that other things being equal, the more concentrated the size of the group being taught, the greater the opportunity for effective instruction.”         

(Robert Coleman, Master Plan of Evangelism 30th Anniversary Edition, pages 29-31).

The principle of 12 is therefore clear. Whatever other significance of the number 12 holds, it is the optimum number for intense and personal discipleship. This is shown by the Lord’s example as well as the work of sociologists today who confirm this principle.

The Model of 12 builds on this principle of 12 and organized the cells into groups of 12. This is where leaders are discipled, nurtured, trained and mentored. Each person in a group of 12 is encouraged to have their own cell where they fulfill their call as leaders – to evangelize the lost, nurture new believers and raise up leaders of their own – who in turn become part of their group of 12. And so the process is repeated. Once this multiplication according to the factor of 12 sets in, rapid growth begins to occur. The 12 grow to 144, and then to 1,728, to 20,736 and so on.

One of the greatest advantages of the Model of 12 is that everyone can be personally mentored and discipled into leadership. It is a relational, not a supervisory model, and that is characteristically how discipleship happens. People can make great progress in their Christian life and ministry, knowing there have the support and back up the Model of 12 gives them. 

==== this article is printed as a supplementary reading for our SOL 2 training at HLM

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STORIES and ILLUSTRATIONS

FAR MORE THAN AN ATOM BOMB
Son Yang Won pastored the ae Yang Wong Leper church in Yosu.  Because the town was distant, his two sons lived with a family to attend high school.
There was a sudden communist takeover in the town where his sons were due to the seesaw conflict of North and South Korea.  Many deaths followed as those who were perceived to be obstacles to the communist program were executed.
His two sons were urged to flee but they answered, “in war between belief and unbelief, there was nowhere to flee except to the Lord”.
They instead prayed and prepared for death.
One mid-morning, they were dragged and beaten to cure them of their religious foolishness.
Ahn Chae Son, the group’s leader, warned that they would be killed unless they change their mind.  The two showed a glowing testimony of their faith in Jesus.  Tong-in, the older, requested for the release of his brother to take care of their parents but Ahn shot him.  Rushing to his brother’s body, Tong-sin, the younger, urged them “to reprent of what they had done, accept jesus and be saved”.  He too was killed.

Upon hearing the news, Mr. Son went into prayer … “he thanked God for the honor of being the father of two young martyrs and prayed for the student who shot them.  Then, he prayed for the grace to forgive the boy also.”
The takeover proved to be short lived.  The town was retaken and the killer Ahn was captured.  But the pastor made a personal plea of mercy for him to the authorities.
My sons were ready to die, for they were Christians.  This boy is not ready.  He does not know the Lord Jesus.  Please turn him over to me.  I want to tell him of the love of the Lord Jesus for him … I shall send a request of pardon to President Rhee, whom I know personally.
He took Ahn to his parents and talked to them about the love of Jesus on Calvary.  They knelt together as they accepted Jesus in their hearts as lord and savior.  The young boy became a devout Christian and went to the Higher Bible Institute for studies.  He became the adopted son of Son Yang Won.
The Ahn family also adopted one of the pastor’s daughters who in turn continued to teach them the Christian life.
The story became probably the best known and most publicized testimony to the faith. It went from mouth to mouth from all over the country …

== this is far more than an atom bomb == from the BOOK ... FAR MORE THAN AN ATOM BOMB

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