… There will be a glorious celebration in heaven over the rescue of one lost sinner who repents … Lu 15:7 TPT
…A great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, people, and tongues standing before the throne and before the Lamb … Rev 7:9 NRSV
For my entire 76 years, I have been privileged to witness as multitudes of people have heard the Gospel and have accepted Christ. It is a beautiful sight. Yet, each multitude is comprised of individuals. Loving individual people is the key to long-time mass miracle ministry. God loves people; Jesus had time for each person. The value of the ONE is the same as the value of the MULTITUDE. Our Gospel assignment is to the whole world, yet we stop and rejoice when even one person receives Jesus. Each person must make a decision and an effort to come to an evangelism event. Likewise, each person must make a decision to become a follower of Jesus.
God Loves The ONE
God Loves The Whole World
I remember the night in Kenya when I came back to my room after an evangelism event. I had preached the Gospel with the strong persuasion of the Holy Spirit and the power of the Lord was great on that field. Tens of thousands of men and women had accepted Jesus as their Savior and literally hundreds of instant miracles had taken place. We remained on that field, listening to each testimony of healing until the last was reported.
When I returned to my room, hours later, I was physically tired as I finally settled onto my bed. About 2:00 in the morning, a woman found a way into my room. I felt her presence standing beside my bed. Rather than being startled, compassion poured from me to this woman who had literally risked her life to creep in beside the bed of the servant of God. Her culture would never allow such a breach of protocol. But I saw that woman as (I believe) Jesus saw her. He knew her circumstance, He loved her and He helped her.
Friend, this is an illustration of how our big God cares about people. He can take care of a big crowd or a big problem and yet He cares about one person and one seemingly small problem. We purpose to represent Him to our world of hurting people. God loves people!
THE GREAT MULTIPLICATION of the Kingdom of God happens because each believer is called to be a witness of Jesus. It is individual believers who trek through the bush to reach uncharted villages in nations all over the world.
Throughout the 75 years of this evangelism ministry, we have prioritized equipping new believers as soul winners, to continue the work of Jesus. Right now, we are preparing for the printing of four of our Gospel book titles in new languages. Why? To place these evangelism and training resources in the hands of men and women who will boldly carry the message of Christ to their own people. We have published and distributed these effective resources by the tons, in 132 languages. Isn’t that amazing?! YES! Partnership with Christians who care about souls makes this possible.
One of our exciting resources is “Christian Absolutes for LIFE.” This is a seven-lesson series to assist a soul winner in guiding their converts along this new path of following Jesus. We have proven that often new converts will not immediately feel comfortable in church.
We make it easy for a soul winner to help a new believer become grounded in the fundamentals of Christ’s great salvation. After studying these seven lessons – with the Christian whom they trust – the new believer will become a fruitful follower of Jesus Christ.
One of the great needs that we are facing is for the distribution of Bibles. There are hundreds of pastors in Malawi who do not own their own Bible. Thousands of Bibles have now been distributed FREE. More are needed.
YOU are a partner in the global outreaches of this mass miracle ministry. Through your partnership we see literally millions of people come to Christ. But you also care about every individual and their needs, just as does Jesus. Together we are demonstrating the VALUE that God places on each person. I thank God for you everyday. Use the enclosure to go directly to osborn.org and plant your best ministry seed now. THANK YOU!
Dr. LaDonna & Team