1 X 1 =1000?? A Multiplying Discipleship: LIES

"God,
Thank you for using many people to teach me and help me grow in my relationship with you....

WAIT, you want to use me to influence others?? Why? Isn't this sort of work for the Billy Grahams and David Platts in this world? What can I possibly do? I'm not ready and, honestly, who would want to learn from someone who has no experience?"

The Lies
     Although I didn't say these words specifically or out loud, it was really what I thought. At the beginning of my decision to follow Jesus I wanted to learn everything about him. Thankfully, God provided his Word and teachers to answer my questions. I was comfortable in this position. It was how I grew up: sitting in the chair and listening to what the pastor taught, then, try to be a good person.
Who knew that I was still caught in Satan's lies even after my re-birth?

1. Sharing about Jesus with other people is too hard. I am alone and don't have time.
2. There are specific ways I'm supposed to teach about Jesus. Step 1: Finish reading the entire Bible.
3. I need to be certified. Maybe a seminary certification or a superior title, like "Pastor".
4. Only perfect people can teach others. I still have a lot of growing to do. I'm not a good example.
5. I know God says, "Go and make disciples of many nations" But... etc....

What are the lies you know that aren't true but still believe?

Preview for next time...
(Hopefully I'll get to it!)

IFI promotion at the Union

 Last Wednesday at the Union - For the first time, I and Phil promoted IFI together. Contrary to what is shown in the picture, I actually didn't sit much there. I realized that new internationals, after check-in in the second floor, they never come out. After I traced one of them, I came to know that they go up third floor for making Buck I.D as the last process and just walk out through various exits without knowing we are here for them.  That is why I decided to stay right in front of the Buck I.D office to meet them. And It worked out great. I think, because of that, I was able to get all of the checking-in-internationals know about IFI's upcoming events. And they walked up to the information booth for more information on their way out. For me, that was the most favorite part of the promotion ; looking at the booth crowded with the internationals.

Communication lessons from Paul

        Every time I take this kind of communication conference, I can't help but thinking of 1 Corinthians 1:4, "My message and my preaching were not with a wise and persuasive words but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power."  This verse provoke me to ask myself "Do I really need to learn a communicative lesson to spread gospel? Isn't it enough to just let me talk through the spirit? These questions also, more often than not, lead me into a dilemma as a communication student who have to learn various persuasive theories. With those questions unresolved, I believe Paul probably had his own message strategy in approaching the public as we can learn his communicative pattern here. It would be better study about what Paul would use for his persuasiveness since he was a great person right next to Jesus.  

IMC lessons from Paul

     Lesson 1 

"Core message remains constant throughout the letter." For example, the followings are the core messages in his letter ; The Lordship of Christ,  Death and resurrection of Jesus,  Justification through faith, and  A call to living a transformed life by the highest standards

Lesson 2 

"Paul's content was based on what he wanted for the recipients, not what he wanted from them." It is always important to think what we can do in return for our supporters kindness.

            The speaker of the conference also emphasize on evaluating your core messages in your communication. He said "Ruthlessly evaluate the communications as a whole according to the four Cs of IMC; coherence, consistency, continuity and complementary" 

We were so thankful so we made "Thank You Poster"

 
       When I got this poster from Yoon mi, I thought "This is a really great way to express our gratitude to our brotherly church. By this, not only can we boast of our strong bond of our friendship but also we can advertise IFI to people passing by the aisle of the church with the familiar picture catching their attention.

     Even though we were able to give this poster to the volunteer team about two weeks later after LCC Go Day , because of some technical problems, we were satisfied with this seamless work. I help with some parts of  the word on the poster and Yoon Mi did everything. Thank you "Yoon Mi" for making this great Thank You Poster.  

   

Master life by surrendering your life to Jesus

About 6 weeks ago a group of IFI interns started an amazing journey through a quite intense bible study called MasterLife. It has been a rewarding experience for me as a facilitator to come every week together with six wonderful, beautiful, and godly young women from around the world and travel through Bible books, chapters and verses.

Together we want to learn about what it means to have Christian discipleship as a way of life: "developing a personal, lifelong, obedient relationship with Jesus Christ in which He transforms your character into Christlikeness; changes your values into Kingdom values; and involves you in His mission in the home, the church, and the world." (Masterlife Book 1, Willis & Moore, 1996, p. 5).

Every week we have assignments and we memorize verses. By the end of the study we would have memorized around 25 verses!  

Soon one of our dear group members will return to S. Korea after finishing her summer IFI internship. Yoon Mi, may God be with you and impact the S. Korean people for His glory!

Classes+Photos+Receipts= Interns at work!

Classes

We have been meeting with Mike to learn about discipleship using the old testament.

Check out the Good Seed website for free ebooks! Good tools for people influenced by different religions.

We also watched "Ee-Teow!" A tribal village believes God's message of salvation through a study of the OT.

Do you know the order of some Old Testament history?

Photos

The media team worked together to capture photos of the IFI team.

How do receipts get put together?

After the finance team prints out receipts, volunteers and interns fold the receipts and stamp them one by one. Then they are sent to our donors. God's work is teamwork!

Zoo Trip

I like going to the zoo, especially with a bunch of friends.  It was really nice to have some of the interns come along with some of the people from my Bible study.
I always marvel at the creativity of God to make so many different types of animals.  God is so amazing.