tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post2116336839703059484..comments2024-01-17T13:19:24.071-06:00Comments on Salvation And Survival: A Testimony That Will Make You ThinkPam Kohlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00678673505358164380noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post-21083820083867646852017-09-13T17:49:37.001-05:002017-09-13T17:49:37.001-05:00Thank you for that encouraging word for Mary! Thi...Thank you for that encouraging word for Mary! This is exactly what new "Kingdom workers" need to hear! I will make sure she receives it!Pam Kohlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678673505358164380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post-81844949705670526212017-09-13T15:43:36.081-05:002017-09-13T15:43:36.081-05:00Pam, just got around to reading this and your '...Pam, just got around to reading this and your 'leading' is spot on. Your 'reasoning' is not. Those of us (I include myself) who have ears to hear and eyes that see appreciate and are encouraged by you, not tired of hearing you nor from you.<br />Mary, I know exactly the thoughts and feelings you had at that 'jail' ... you may be called out to the ministry of highways and byways, as I have alluded to being called to do. I ride a bicycle 2 miles from my farm to a local Starbucks practically every morning. 3 weeks ago, I felt I needed to go up at night instead. I have shared with a graveyard shift at 7-11, stripes, man on the street, a woman needing money...it is my 'bicycle ministry'. I'm praying for God to send forth laborers to help me in this harvest. Your ministry to those in the highways and <br />byways has begun it seems. Welcome home ��Thomas Nodoubthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03197461360496093254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post-81721300709756228222017-09-13T08:16:27.441-05:002017-09-13T08:16:27.441-05:00I remember Mark having long discussions with [Mary...I remember Mark having long discussions with [Mary] about whether she should go to Haiti or not. Like she says, God orchestrated the opportunity, and the question was whether she should take the chance. But her old life was no longer acceptable to her and she was looking for more of what God was doing inside her. So she took the leap of faith and went where God told her to go. And she's right... she didn't want to come back, and when she did, she went through a period of frustration with American Christians and our sense of entitlement and our embrace of a comfortable culture. In other words, the lack of Kingdom work by the Western Church was extremely disappointing and disheartening. But Mark counseled her to channel that exasperation into action; to concentrate on herself and how God could use her to do His Kingdom work. And that's exactly what she did and has continued to do! Pam Kohlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678673505358164380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post-48824393005695078882017-09-13T08:08:08.133-05:002017-09-13T08:08:08.133-05:00I will ask her to respond to your query about what...I will ask her to respond to your query about what sparked her to do Kingdom work. Here is her response...Pam Kohlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678673505358164380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post-32358111429559054652017-09-12T21:38:58.167-05:002017-09-12T21:38:58.167-05:00I knew that Mark and Pam saved me with their Kingd...I knew that Mark and Pam saved me with their Kingdom work, but I didn't think I could do what they were doing. I prayed and prayed and the opportunity to go to Haiti seemingly fell into my lap(more like God orchestrated it). That trip was a huge turning point for me. I trusted God enough to do things that were way outside of my comfort zone, and I almost didn't come back! While I was there I learned so much about myself and others. I experienced God in a way I had never known before, and I couldn't wait to share that with others. Ultimately I failed at Haiti, but later I realized that it all happened exactly to God's plan and there was a reason. I also learned that failure isn't always a bad thing, sometimes it is exactly what you need. The more I can see God working through me the more excited I am too step farther out of the box and trust Him to lead me. For years I used drugs and alcohol looking for a feeling that I could never find, Kingdom work provides a peace that I couldn't find in the bottom of a pill bottle. Once I started I couldn't imagine stopping, even when it was really hard to keep going.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post-55591220358076893632017-09-12T14:15:19.349-05:002017-09-12T14:15:19.349-05:00Great testimony! What, might I ask was her spark t...Great testimony! What, might I ask was her spark to move into doing and not just hearing or being religious. I find that those who see Kingdom as detailed in the text and really grasp the message [that the church has either shied away from or willingly kept that veil of blindness on because of fear], are excited about going forth and doing. My greatest frustration is lack of teaching and resources. I loved her story! Thanks for sharing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com