Training the Nations

Today’s ministry update will be on 2 of my disciples Arcen & Dorothy Ogues. They will be married for 5 years in October and have 1 child Gabriel.
Arcen & Dorothy joined our discipleship program in December 2011. So still very new but great to see them grow in the LORD. Arcen (35 yrs) & Dorothy both have a heart for the LORD. They are thinking about starting a home church but still praying about it and seeking the LORD. At the moment they are actively helping in C4 Church.
Be blessed as Pastor Arcen shares his experience with our discipleship program…

Lots of love,

The discipleship with Pastor Arthur is an answer to my earnest prayer to God. I have been struggling as a Christian how to live out the Christian life. I needed a place to have fellowship and with whom I could freely and openly share my joys and struggles.
I am married to the most beautiful woman in the world and God blessed me with my first child.

There is so much that I would like to share, but I was requested to keep it short. Joining this discipleship program lead by Pastor Arthur has changed my life forever. I would love to write them all here if only it would not appear as a novel (hahaha!).
However, I will share one inspiring and challenging lesson that Pastor Arthur taught us. It has really impacted my life as a Christian. The teaching was on Pride & Humility .

This teaching has changed my whole being, my life, my family, my relationships, etc. I do things today that I never imagined that I could or would do … being confident, resting in and trusting God.

Today, I have this desire to do things that pleases God, and which I am sure I will enjoy. Serving God is not a chore but a blessing and joy. My prayer now is, to start a Home Church. Sharing the lessons that impacted my life so much.
The lessons I learned in the D-Group (discipleship group) is actually something so useful and practical in daily life. I am becoming more confident, more bolder and daring (hehe).

Thanks for making this discipleship program available. It changed my life forever…

In Christ,

Ars

PRINTS OF ELBOWS ON MY BED

I was but a youth and thoughtless,
As all youths are apt to be;
Though I had a Christian mother
Who had taught me carefully.

There came a time when pleasure
Of the world came to allure,
And I no more sought the guidance
Of her love so good and pure.

Her tender admonitions fell
But lightly on my ear,
And for the gentle warnings
I felt an inward sneer.

But Mother would not yield her boy
To Satan’s sinful sway,
And though I spurned her counsel
She knew a better way.

She made my room an altar,
A place of secret prayer,
And there she took her burden
And left it in His care.

And morning, noon and evening
By that humble bedside low,
She sought the aid of Him who
Understands a mother’s woe.

And I went my way unheeding,
Careless of the life I led,
Until one day I noticed
Prints of elbows on my bed.

Then I saw that she had been there
Praying for her wayward boy,
Who for love of worldly pleasure
Would her peace of mind destroy.

Long the conflict raged within me,
Sin against my Mother’s prayers,
Sin must yield – for Mother never
While she daily met Him there.

And her constant love and patience
Were like coals upon my head,
Together with the imprints
Of her elbows on my bed.

And so at last the fight was won,
And I to Christ was led,
And Mother’s prayers were answered
By her elbows on my bed.

— Author Unknown