Friday, March 29, 2013

THE PROKOPYEVS MARCH UPDATE


Dear Co-laborer in Christ!

John 4:35, 36(a): «Do you not say, there are yet four months, and then comes the harvest? Behold I say to you, LIft up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. Already he who reaps is receiving wages and is gathering fruit for life eternal…»

Procrastination and nearsightedness are detrimental to Christ's mission for the church. Tomorrow always seems better than today, and those living around us seem to do just fine without God and Church…

God's perspective is different than ours! Constantly we need to stay in touch with the Spirit to find and act on His perspective. We see Christ on the Cross, but Christ saw the world from the Cross… in darkness, sin, and a slave to the devil. Jesus has risen from the dead to give us His resurrection power so that we may go in His name and destroy the powers of darkness!

Once after preaching at the Light of Hope Shelter, one of the moms came up to me to talk… she said to me, You know that our kids came to the Shelter because they were desparate… you know that we are from Uzbekistan and we have been muslims all our lives. Now I am a Christian. Tell me something, Igor. I was young but now I am old. Why has it taken so long before I got to know the Truth about Jesus Christ?» All I said to her that day: «It is not for us to know the dates and seasons. God perfectly know what and when and how He is going to do that» She wept in God's presence. That moment I heard God asking me: «Are you willing to lift up your eyes to see those who are waiting and wanting to hear the Truth and receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior?»

Dearest friends, are we ready to do something about it? Here are some OPPORTUNITIES to help someone to come to Christ and get to know Him in a very personal way:

Every month our ministry team takes an awesome care of the street and less fortunate children at our LIGHT OF HOPE SHELTER. New kids from the streets are coming and getting help at the Shelter. You can see their faces at my Facebook wall, just go to Facebook.com and type Igor Prokopyev and here you are at our page where we post recent pictures of the children and ministers who serve them wholeheartily.

We as a ministry train and equip the saints for the work of ministry on a regular basis. This month Olga and I are doing some training in Carson Valley, Nevada. Sergey Raspopov did an Inductive Course in Severodvinsk, Russia Konstantin Rogov did an IBS (Level One) in Archangelsk, Russia. Avenir Kalinkin is doing a book study in Cherepovets. He is teaching through 1Corinthians in the power of the Holy Spirit. Andre is also doing a book study in Anisimovo, Russia. He is going trough the Gospel of Mark. Garrick Kurginyan is focusing on the leadership, equipping them with the Inductive tools and training them to feed the flock on the Word of God! The guy's wives are the great help to them!!!!! For that, Olga and I praise the Lord!!!! You can see the pictures of the guys on my Facebook wall as well!

For this next harvest of souls in the month of April, can I ask you to pray and place your financial support behind it? Please HELP by giving  your best love-gift even today!

Your servants in Christ,
Igor and Olga Prokopyev     

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