March 2008 C&MA Men’s E-Newsletter
Focus
On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts. (1 Th 2:4 (NIV)
Impact
A man was in a DMV office. He noticed money on the floor. He picked it up, put it in his pocket and turned to the man behind him asking if he had dropped some money. The man checked and replied he had not. The finder then asked the clerk at the counter what he should do. She replied that the money would go into a “lost and found” container and if not claimed in 30 days, the money was his. He then pulled a “Ben Franklin” out of his pocket and handed it to her, getting the attention of most in the office. No one claimed the money so it was his to keep. Upon returning to his office after getting the money, one of his employees told him that on the day he had found the money, a non-believer friend had called and stated that he had been in the DMV when the man had turned in the money. He told his friend that he could trust his boss; that he was a man of integrity. You never can tell who might be watching!”
God is always at work! What is He doing in your life? Send your testimonies to editor@cmamen.org.
News
The C&MA Men’s Ministry National. Leadership Team met in Atlanta, GA. February 8, 2007. Among the team’s actions were:
- continuing to discuss ways to fund the ministry;
- evaluating a manuscript on leading small groups by Tom Sefik and discussed making it a C&MA Men’s Ministry publication; and
- identifying ways to publicize the Alliance Construction Team (ACT).
That meeting was followed by the C&MA Men’s National Leadership Forum (district coordinators); February 8-10, 2007. Twenty men participated from 12 districts. Among the forum’s actions were:
- amending draft-governing documents and endorsing them for C&MA Board of Directors action,
- approving changes to the ministry’s core values,
- participating in a Blueprint seminar using the revised materials, and
- hearing presentations on organizing men’s retreats, short-term mission trips, missionary wheels, and Retired and Refocused contacts and opportunities for ACT.
Life
Transferring Trust: It Is Your Choice. In January 1980, three men had been skiing at Breckenridge, Colorado. They took off from the Breckenridge airport in the late afternoon in a light plane. They headed over the Front Range of the Rockies intending to land at Arapahoe County Airport, south of Denver. When they arrived over the field, they found it under heavy cloud cover. Read more. (Article of the Month)
Ransomed Heart Ministries. Ransomed Heart is a small ministry devoted to a big message. That message is the treasure of the Christian Gospel–not the tired story of church attendance and good manners, but rather the love story of all ages, set in the midst of fierce battle. As Jesus said, “The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10). After all, it is life we are after, each one of us. And it is life God offers. (Ministry of the Month)
Leadership
More disciplemen.com. This is the second in a series on the resources available on disciplemen.com, an ever-increasing depository of men's ministry resources. Most of the items below come directly from disciplemen.com. You will be amazed at all of the resources, ideas and information available to help YOU in your ministry to men!
the mission of disciplemen.com. To engage, equip, train and resource every leader in America who has a desire to disciple men and to provide a place where those engaged in this movement may interact and learn from one another.
who is behind disciplemen.com? disciplemen.com is hosted for the benefit of the Christian men's movement and the National Coalition of Men's Ministries by Man in the Mirror.
how can I be involved? disciplemen.com exists for leaders who want to disciple men. The content of the site is provided by leaders like you who want to help other leaders disciple men.
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Reboot (with Joshua) Spying out Jericho (Joshua 2:2-7)
No Secret. “Look! Some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.” The people of Jericho know that the men were spies. The men apparently stood out from the people. The word traveled quickly, even as to where they were.
As a disciple of the Lord, do you stand out from the crowd?
Rehab’s Lie. 5At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, the men left. Because scripture stands so clearly against lying, we miss the fact that, in her lie, Rachel’s was repudiating her religion and, perhaps, her culture. She placed herself in grave danger by lying. Had the spies been discovered, Rachel would have been considered a traitor. Her lie illustrates her commitment to the Lord. She aligns herself with the God of Israel. She had made a commitment to the Lord before the arrival of the spies( v8-12). (See Gleason Archer, Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties, pages 155-6.)
As a disciple of the Lord, what would you do if you were in Rachel’s position?
Man is the only animal that blushes … or needs to!
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