Marketplace Ministry Success Mentors

As a missionary who has experienced and seen the Church in the Amazon exploding over the past 34 years, returning to the States and seeing the same old churches dwindling slowly away; I am convinced that we are guilty of “NOT MULTIPLYING”. Lord, have mercy on us for we have filled our buildings with empty people, and now the buildings are emptying.

I believe the multiplication we saw in the Amazon can be atributed to several factors:
1. A Call to repentance.
2. A Call to Holiness.
3. A Call to Reconciliation (between spouses, children, fellow believers, etc.)
4. Sacrifice: Many churches have held all night prayer vigils every week for several years. Fasting is a regular way of life among the saints. There is liberal giving going on.
5. Abandoned Worship - That is free, spontaneous, non dignified worship, laying down all inhibitions and preconceptions.
6. A Cellular or small group based accountability and training structure. - No new believer is easily let go. He is followed up within 24 hours, and assigned to the care of a more experienced believer.
7. COntinual training of leaders, and multiplication of cell groups.
8. Non professionalization of the clergy. In other words, lay leaders are being raised up to carry on the task of multiplication.
9. Passion for Jesus, and Compassion for souls.

May we catch the vision here in America.

One of my favorite stories in the Bible is found in 2 Chronicles 20. Jehoshaphat, the king of Jerusalem was under seige by a huge army of Moabites, Ammonites, and Meunites. (Nothing old about that - they are still under attack by the same people) You’ve got to read the whole story yourself in order to learn the details, but I want to highlight just a few things here.

1. 1. Jehoshaphat was afraid- fear is healthy when it leads you to the Lord. It led Jehoshaphat to ask God what they should do.
2. They fasted to show their sorrow.
3. They prayed -
4. and God answered: He said “Don’t worry about the fight because I will fight for you - you just need to praise and worship me.”
5. They sent the worshipers ahead of the army who sang “Praise the LORD! His love never ends.”
6. The enemy started turning on each other and
7. All that was left was to pick up the spoils.

When we are lifestyle worshipers, when the battles come, and the enemy seems overwhelming - we can combine our worship with intercession (as Jehoshaphat did) and be a spectator to the Lord’s incredible victory. What I mean by a lifestyle worshiper is that our every act, whether it is at work or study, or play is done as unto the Lord in a spirit of thankfullness (See Colossians 3:17)Whatever you say or do should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, as you give thanks to God the Father because of him.