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There are No Shortcuts with God<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Ben & Marianne Janssen<\/p>\n

Whatever we do or whatever path we take as we follow the guidance of our Lord, there are no easy, fast-track results. First of all, we are living in a quickly changing and very volatile world, racing to the coming of the Lord. All our plans in the kingdom of God are against a backdrop of uncertainty and chaos, which can envelope us at any moment anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n

Secondly, because of these uncertain circumstances, we need to spend more and more time on getting to know our Father and growing closer to our Lord and Savior. This takes discipline and more than a tithe of our time. Day by day, we need to learn more of the character of God and judge our circumstances according to the things learned from Him. This dedication to come to know Him better and to glorify Him will also give us the stability to continue His work in a very depressing, ungodly world. We need this focus to be able to finish the Great Commission. When everything around us crumbles, we need to keep our eyes glued on the end goal… seeing all nations glorify God!<\/p>\n

Since the Fall of 2013, the Lord has given us a tool in our hands that greatly simplifies the enormous job that is still ahead of us. This step-by-step church planting workshop has helped us tremendously to train others to start churches in a logical, precise way. Yes, there is still the hard, self-denying labor involved in planting churches, but now the multitude of questions on how to do this are answered.<\/p>\n

Anyone who is willing to follow God in His desire to see the nations worshipping Him, now has the opportunity to plant a church, which we have seen as the fastest method of evangelism. During those three years since we started this training on three continents, we have seen 28 churches planted by our students. The last one was a village church in the mountains of Lesotho, faithfully planted by our student, Joseph. It involved a huge sacrifice of his time and finances, but with the help of six elders, a faithful wife and a little daughter, he saw over 60 people come to the Lord. There is no short cut in starting a church, but the church planting workshop is certainly the answer to avoiding many mistakes made in the past, even by seasoned church planters.<\/p>\n

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En primer lugar, estamos viviendo en un mundo que cambia r\u00e1pidamente y muy vol\u00e1til, las carreras de la venida del Se\u00f1or. Todos nuestros planes en el reino de Dios son en un contexto de incertidumbre y caos, lo que nos puede envolver en cualquier momento en cualquier lugar del mundo. En segundo lugar, debido a estas circunstancias de incertidumbre, tenemos que dedicar cada vez m\u00e1s tiempo en conocer a nuestro Padre y de encuentro con nuestro Se\u00f1or y Salvador. Esto requiere disciplina y m\u00e1s de una d\u00e9cima parte de nuestro tiempo. D\u00eda a d\u00eda, tenemos que aprender m\u00e1s del car\u00e1cter de Dios y juzgar nuestras circunstancias de acuerdo a lo aprendido de \u00e9l. Esta dedicaci\u00f3n para llegar a conocerlo mejor y para glorificarlo tambi\u00e9n nos dar\u00e1 la estabilidad para continuar su trabajo en un mundo muy deprimente, imp\u00edos. Necesitamos este enfoque para poder terminar la Gran Comisi\u00f3n. Cuando todo a nuestro alrededor se desmorona, tenemos que mantener nuestros ojos fijos en el objetivo final ... ver a todas las naciones glorifiquen a Dios! Desde el oto\u00f1o de 2013, el Se\u00f1or nos ha dado una herramienta en nuestras manos que simplifica en gran medida el enorme trabajo que todav\u00eda est\u00e1 por delante de nosotros. Este taller de iniciaci\u00f3n de iglesias paso a paso nos ha ayudado enormemente a entrenar a otros para iniciar iglesias de una manera l\u00f3gica, precisa. S\u00ed, todav\u00eda existe la fuerza de trabajo, abnegada que participan en la plantaci\u00f3n de iglesias, pero ahora la multitud de preguntas sobre c\u00f3mo hacer esto son contestadas. Cualquier persona que est\u00e1 dispuesta a seguir a Dios en su deseo de ver a las naciones ador\u00e1ndolo, ahora tiene la oportunidad de plantar una iglesia, lo que hemos visto como el m\u00e9todo m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido de la evangelizaci\u00f3n. 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