AUDIOVISUAL MINISTRY - IMPOSSIBLE

Rev Thang and his team were already serving the Lord in their ministry, Jesus Is the Answer. They had established the Bethel Children’s Home to meet the needs of Myanmar’s unwanted children. They also established Bethel Training Courses, which were created to train up full time Christian workers from all denominations. They actively pursued Gospel literature ministry, and Rev Thang lectures in the Gospel for Asia Bible College. So it is people like Rev. Thang, already fully committed to serving the Lord, who most often catch the vision for media evangelism. A complete Torch Kit and other materials were shipped.
 

The man in this picture heard about Christ many years before but never really understood how Jesus could uniquely touch his life until he came to our Torch Kit showing.  He lovingly brought his child and watched with an open heart.  When the showing was finished, he knelt on his knees with us praying with tears in his eyes, promising God that he would now begin coming to church and live the life of a true believer.  God used the Torch Kit to bring about this miracle.

“What a great blessing of God it will be when our package arrives. I am really encouraged by your love and deep concern for the lost souls over here. Please tell us how we can pray for your ministry.”

Materials arrived safely soon thereafter. “I am leaving soon for ministry near the India border. This northern Chin State has great needs. I plan to take the Torch Kit, which should be a most useful tool. Pray we can bring back more poor orphans as well.”

Rev Thang trained others to use his Kit and often it becomes difficult to receive complete Reports on their activities. It is through your prayers for these workers that the power of the Holy Spirit is allowed to work. It is often quite difficult to travel and minister in the northern Chin State where they spend so much of their time.

“I and my wife, Duati, with the orphans here keep consistently praying for your ministry ever since we became partners together in God’s work.”

What a great blessing and YOU are a partner in this. On a recent Report he wrote, “It was a great joy to see another 27 souls accept Christ through media shows. The Torch Kit is such a useful tool with the illiterate people in all parts of my country.”

To date his Reports reflect 304 showings to 6,573 people with 94 souls accepting Christ. When we realize most of these showings were to groups of about 20 people, you can understand what remote and village evangelism is all about. “I am always grateful to the Lord for having a prayer partner like you for this ministry. Truly your wonderful ministry is always in our thoughts and prayers.”

Aren’t you glad God brought you in contact with InterComm so you could meet such wonderful people!

BANG FOR THE BUCK

It is not uncommon to receive gracious comments from supporters of InterComm, and the following is just too good not to share. A faithful contributor in Ohio wrote with a contribution for a new Torch Kit, “It sure is fun giving to InterComm. I think InterComm may be the best bang for the buck in Christendom.”



We praise God for joyful spirits in giving!

AT THE CHIEF'S HOME

Pastor Bandaogo Boukari from Burkina Faso writes:

“The Filmstrip is gaining souls for the Lord. It allows us time to interpret the message into the local language. The films are shown according to circumstances in the prevailing villages, as we have a good selection and can provide the right story for the right situation. Many lives have been changed. In one location many of the films have been shown in the chief’s house. This has brought great success. Please pray for the new converts and that we’ll be able to provide churches in some of these villages we have visited. Very few churches are found in these areas. In some locations there are many who have never heard about the Lord Jesus. So love cannot be found among them. In every house is found a god, which they term as their protector. After viewing your video, THE CHARM, which talks about their situation and how to get a solution, many were touched and asked us to pray for them and they gave their lives to the Lord. Then they invited us to their homes where they destroyed these gods by burning them. They experienced joy and love for the first time in their lives. We rejoice for what the Lord has done, but follow up is very important and churches are needed in these villages. Please pray for the Lord to bring more workers into these fields where pastors are so limited.”

Report of 38 showings to 3,540 people.

WORSHIP IN THE RAIN

Evangelist Milton Terang from India writes:

“We just returned from a very difficult area, a true stronghold of the devil. I am bubbling over with joy at what happened. I gave the first Torch Kit showing there, using FAITH’S FAMILY. There were 200 people present and 45 made a decision to accept Jesus as Lord. The second night it began to rain, and I could hardly complete the show. We were viewing THE CAT & THE CUSTARD. It was a mixed audience of children, young people, and adults, about 230 people attending. We had a wonderful worship in the rain. We were all drenched by the time it was over but could not stop praising God. I am so thrilled to see people come to Christ, strengthening their faith through this ministry.”

CRIMINALS CAME TO CHRIST

HEARTBEAT

by Ken Anderson

Last month in the October Heartbeat, I introduced the idea of two new senses, namely the sixth and the seventh. In my opinion, this is the most important teaching I have found in the Scriptures. The Bible is full, in the Old Testament and New, with information on these two motivations.

The Bible abounds with guidelines and challenges concerning both of them.

For example, take a quick look at Jeremiah 29:13. “You will seek Me and find Me, when you seek Me with all of your heart.

When you meet this requirement in the Scriptures, you have added the Sixth Sense to your Spiritual repertoire.

1 John 2:15-17, “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything inthe world - the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does - comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.”

Why, then, do so many Christians have problems? Why is there so little victory in their lives? Why do they fight, argue, change churches?

Are the lusts and pride of the world, to have no part in the church?

That’s the way it should be but, unfortunately, often the Christian seems more involved in pride and lust than unbelievers. I’ll take time to expand on the concepts of lust in next month’s HEARTBEAT.