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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