Daily Devotional 11-22-21

He Tends His Flock

In conversation with Laban, Jacob described what he had done: “These twenty years I have been with you. . . . What was torn by wild beasts I did not bring to you. I bore the loss of it myself. From my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. There I was: by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.”1

Even more arduous than this was the life of our Savior here below. He watched over us until He was able to say, “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.”2 His hair was wet with dew, and His locks with the drops of the night. Sleep departed from His eyes, for all night He was in prayer wrestling for His people.

One night Peter must be pleaded for; suddenly another claims His tearful intercession. No shepherd sitting beneath the cold skies, looking up to the stars, could ever utter such complaints because of the hardness of his toil as Jesus Christ might have brought, if He had chosen to do so, because of the sternness of His service in order to procure His bride.

Cold mountains and the midnight air,
Witnessed the fervor of His prayer;
The desert His temptations knew,
His conflict and His victory too.

It is helpful to meditate upon the spiritual parallel of Laban having required all the sheep at Jacob’s hand. If they were torn by beasts, Jacob must make it good; if any of them died, he must guarantee their replacement.

Was not the toil of Jesus for His Church the toil of One who was under obligation to bring every believing one safe to the hand of Him who had committed them to His charge? Look upon toiling Jacob, and you see a representation of Him of whom we read, “He will tend His flock like a shepherd.”3



1) Genesis 31:38-40
2) John 18:9
3) Isaiah 40:11

From: https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/daily-devotionals/latest/?gclid=CjwKCAjwnK36BRBVEiwAsMT8WCR8UteIwaWlAyP4o9ZIuAWio8l7qmAM1nDcB3pFiYr-jOUNkgMsShoC68IQAvD_BwE

Game Summary

We had 10 evangelists, with three being new, proclaiming Christ and we have expanded to three different areas of Lambeau field. What a blessing to have God answer prayers for more laborers for the harvest. 

Dan Walczyk, Gary and Greg Fischer, Doug Schoenwalder and Brett Hatch, both teams were preaching to fans coming to the stadium from opposite corners of the road. They had about 1-5 minutes where fans are parked on the corner, to preach the Gospel to upwards of 200 fans at a t time. 

Dan Davis, Kevin Odgers, Nick and Sabrina Jensen, David Berg and Heath Pucel were at our normal ministry spot on Armed Forces Way preaching the wisdom from Ecclesiastes to the packer crowd for 3 hours. Nick and Sabrina had some good conversations with fans and even reconnected with a college friend to share the Gospel with him. Dave also was engaging in conversation resulting from reactions to the preaching. God has continually been moving in this outreach.

https://www.sfoi.org/Green-Bay-Packers

Game Summary

We had 8 evangelists proclaiming Christ in three different areas of Lambeau field. Dan Walczyk and Greg Fischer, Doug Schoenwalder and Brett Hatch, both teams we preaching to fans coming to the stadium from opposite corners of the road. They had about 1-5 minutes where fans are parked on the corner, to preach the Gospel to upwards of 200 fans at a t time. 

Dan Davis, Trey, David Berg and Heath Pucel were at our normal ministry spot on Armed Forces Way preaching on the worthiness of the Lamb from Revelation and wisdom from Ecclesiastes.

https://www.sfoi.org/Green-Bay-Packers

Game Summary

There were big crowds today on the pedestrian bridge before the Titans/Saints game. Please pray for the people that heard the gospel preached today!  #SFOI

Please pray…

https://www.sfoi.org/Tennessee-Titans

Game Summary

Cowboys post game outreach.

https://www.sfoi.org/Dallas-Cowboys

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Here is video highlights of Game 6 from this weekend. https://www.sfoi.org/Indianapolis-Colts

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Pastor  Ryan Clark  preaching the gospel while brother John  Jon Clement  has a good gospel conversation at the same time under the banner.  #SFOI1000

Outreach to the U of O Ducks Game  #SFOI1000

https://www.sfoi.org/University-of-Oregon

Game Summary

Large crowds gather at this UT vs Georgia Football Game. https://www.sfoi.org/University-of-Tennessee

A MACEDONIAN CALL to WORLD CHANGERS

Have you experienced an encounter with the living God?
Has God changed your life?
Do you want to be used of God to change your world?

“He who is not with Me is against Me  
and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.”  Matthew 12:30

Be Equipped and Empowered
For   over   30 years, Frontline Fellowship has been organising   Biblical Worldview Summits   to encourage, equip and empower Bible-believing Christians to  understand the times  and to know what God’s people should do (1 Chronicles 12:32).

See the Big Picture
Most Christians tend to see the world  “in bits and pieces,”  instead of the whole picture. Too many church-goers  feel  like Christians but   think   like humanists. All too many seem to have Christian hearts, but humanist minds.  “Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world and not according to Christ.” Colossians 2:8

Not Conformed to the World but Transformed by the Word
Growing out of our Mission’s decades of boots-on-the-ground first-hand experience in the war zones and conflict areas of this world, we have seen the need to call Christians back to the whole counsel of God, to understand the world war of worldviews raging in our world today, the clash of civilisations, the culture war, to train world changers who will not be conformed any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of their mind (Romans 12:2), so that we can effectively make disciples of all nations, teaching obedience to all things that the Lord has commanded (Matthew 28:18-20).

Fight the Good Fight of Faith
Without realising it, many sincere Christians have accepted unbiblical concepts and a secular humanist worldview. The chaos on the streets, in all too many parts of the world today, is a shocking illustration of how many Christians have failed to understand the times, failed to effectively disciple the nations and failed to effectively engage the culture as Salt and Light. Now, more than ever before, it is of the utmost urgency and importance for Christians to  “…contend for the Faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.”  Jude 3

Put on the Whole Armour of God
In this world of constant change and crises, Christians must be able to explain how God’s Word speaks to the issues of today. You need to know  what  you believe,  why  you believe it and  how  to defend it in an argument. Even more importantly, you need to know how to win your friends, family, neighbours and strangers, to the Lord.  “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever.”  Psalm 111:10

Do You Want to be Part of the Solution?
If you want to be part of   Young Reformers Out to Change the World   and want to be equipped to make a difference in your community, plan now to participate in the   upcoming   Biblical Worldview Summit   (6-13   January 2022).   This will form the first phase of the three-week  Great Commission Course  which some of you may want to sign up for as well.

Truth Conquers
Light is more powerful than darkness. All the darkness cannot put out the smallest candle. Truth is more powerful than error and deception. Living as we do in a world of deception; it is vital that we know the truth and be committed to being truth-seekers and truth-tellers. Truth does not fear investigation.

Is the Great Commission Your Supreme Ambition?
You may also want to consider making yourself available to train and work as an intern at Frontline Fellowship as part of the   Livingstone Missionary School   Apprenticeship Training Programme .

Who Will Rise Up?
Please help us to recruit more world changers who will be committed to seeking God’s vision for our personal lives, for our families, for our congregations, for our country and for our continent. We need renewed vision, revitalised leadership, restored Bible study and prayer meetings, rediscovering the Biblical agenda, returning to God in repentance, rebuilding the Biblical walls of our society, resisting deception, defilement and destruction and resolutely working for a back to the Bible Reformation and praying for a Heaven-sent spiritual Revival. 

Dr. Peter Hammond

Daily Devotional 11-18-21

Be Specific, Please!



Standing against the wiles of the devil is a never-ending battle, it seems. No wonder the Apostle Paul tells us to suit up for war against that prowling lion seeking to devour us with an exhausting inventory of devious and cunning strategies aimed at weakening and perhaps even destroying faith. Over the years, I’ve encountered quite a few of the devil’s shenanigans sown among God’s people. Some of it is easy to spot, some not so much. A particularly slippery tactic is cultivating a desire for “God in general.” Such a scheme plays well in our contemporary society that is so easily offended. Better to say too little than too much about most anything, especially God! Of course, this scheme of the devil isn’t confined to a faceless society. In truth, we all welcome “God in general.” For those of us who are like “hogs of the Epicurean sty,” to use Luther’s words, fond of luxury and indulgence in sensual pleasures, “God in general” who leaves us to our extravagance is just fine. For those of us more pious and working feverishly to cultivate virtue and avoid vice, “God in general,” who leaves us to impress him with our great spiritual prowess, works well too.

What both groups desire is wiggle room and the longing for God to not interfere much, if at all. Consequently, blathering on endlessly about the generic love of a generic God is common. Still, such drivel reeks of the evil one who knows that “God in general” is of little use to all of us suffering the ravages of sin, the fear of death, and satanic prosecution.

Martin Luther helps us here with his distinction between God preached and God unpreached. Luther argues that God unpreached, “God in general,” is hiding. By hiding, he means God will not allow his grace and mercy to be confidently known apart from the gospel. Said another way, “God in general” is confusing at best and more likely to be capricious and terrifying. For example, a peaceful sunset and a violent tornado both spring from the word of the one Creator. Therefore, founding his benevolence on an opportunity to enjoy fading colors in the western sky, having avoided a house blown to rubble and spread over three counties, reduces the certainty of God’s kindness to fate or chance. The degree of his love for us is discerned by our proximity to the disaster!

Such a reality prompted Luther’s shocking assertion that God is indistinguishable from the devil apart from the gospel. He should know. Holding her in his arms, Luther mourned the lifeless body of his teenage daughter, the same little girl he held in his arms, giving thanks to God and celebrating her birth just a few years earlier. For both Luther and us, when God is hiding, all that is known for certain is that someone or something above us is messing with us. What is needed is not “God in general,” leaving us to ferret out if he is for us or against us, if we even care to do so.

Instead, “God in particular” is what is needed in response to sin, death, and the devil.

Specifically, what is needed is God in a manger suckling the breast of his mother Mary, God numbered among sinners held underwater by a wild man named John in a river called Jordan, God walking the shores of Galilee preaching, healing, and casting out demons, God sitting in Jerusalem teaching and wrangling with the self-righteous, God hanging wasted on a cross bearing the sins of the world, God dead occupying a cold tomb, and God very much alive and well sitting in the place of authority eternally. This is the God we need. Yet, we need even more.

We need Jesus Christ to speak a word of promise that is for each of us, specifically. We need him to hand over the goods he won for us. Thanks be to God that is exactly what he does using the least likely of all candidates—the sinful preacher.

“I will be with you always” is the promise given when hands pour water and a mouth preaches the Trinitarian name over the head of a sinner when a mouth preaches and hands feed the promise to Christ’s betrayers that the bread and wine seen and tasted is his body and blood given and shed for the forgiveness of their sin, when a mouth preaches with the authority of Jesus Christ forgiving the entirety of sin, my sin and yours, yet again. When the preacher preaches, God comes out of hiding, holding nothing back, giving all that he promised, specifically for you.

Perhaps now you can see why the evil one works so hard to keep us chasing “God in general.” The devil knows he is defeated because when the preacher preaches the good news of Jesus Christ through the specific means of words, water, bread and wine, you are “apocalypsed” and the promise of God’s eternal mercy for you is certain, sure. So, when it comes to God, be specific, please!

From: https://www.1517.org/articles/be-specific-please