DAWN Fridayfax 2004 #29

Malawi

The Yao roofer

"He was one of five roofers from the Islamic Yao tribe in Malawi who worked at the mission station for two months," report German missionaries Winfried and Hildegard Steiner. "They saw almost everything which happened here; they saw us speaking with visitors, and experienced some Bible studies. When their work was finished, they returned to their villages. One month ago, one of them turned up here again, smiling broadly. 'I'm a Christian now, too. I follow Jesus.' Curious, we asked him how he made the decision. 'I saw how you live, and by listening, I found out who Jesus is.'"
Source: W. and M. Steiner via Jim Montgomery, Dawn Report

Report

"Following Jesus also means making room for the supernatural"

"In the West, we often see only a trickle of God's supernatural power; in other parts of the world, people are experiencing a downpour of God's power," writes Jim Montgomery, founder of the Dawn movement. "Demons are being driven out, people raised from the dead, every form of sickness healed, broken limbs mended, Jesus appears in dreams and visions, Satan's power is being broken in all possible ways - all this and more is happening every day. Any church wanting to live out Jesus' life can no longer ignore this fundamental aspect of the supernatural. Signs and wonders are not the only indicators of Jesus' working, but they are clear indications of his presence. In northern India, for example, major and minor miracles are happening as never before. When Jesus delivered a demonised man, the Christians commanded the demon to leave a clear sign that it had left the region; it made a large hole in the roof. Two years ago in Togo, 150 people, mostly Muslims, decided to follow Jesus when a 4-year-old boy was raised from the dead. In Mongolia, an entire extended family decided to follow Jesus after a man in Naraa was raised from the dead. Shouldn't we take the Bible more literally, and expect Jesus to confirm His Word through supernatural signs and wonders, as it says in Mark 16:20?"
Source: Jim Montgomery, Dawn Report, www.dawnministries.org

South Africa

Which company does this Jesus work for?

"She is a normal, simple woman, who did something sensible and realistic. But that's exactly what Jesus can use to plant a church for a whole village with 450 inhabitants in one single day," reports Danie Vermeulen, Dawn Coordinator for southern Africa. "Kerry was a normal member of a church in Richards Bay, South Africa. She had volunteered to organise water and food for the women with babies waiting for the doctor in Kwambonambi. One day, a lot of food was left over, and she sensed God prompting her to go to the neighbouring Slovo Camp, to see if anyone was hungry. She discovered 450 people living in extreme poverty. Touched, she decided to take food there every day. On the third day, three men addressed her; it turned out that they were the leaders of the community. 'We want to talk with you. Why do you do that? Why do you give the people food?' they asked. 'Jesus told me to do it,' she said. 'So which company does this Jesus work for?' one of them asked. 'He doesn't work for a company,' she said. 'He is God.' 'Can we meet this Jesus, your God? If he notices this group of 450 poor slum-dwellers in this huge universe, he must be the true God. If we can meet him, the whole community will serve him,' one of the men said. Kerry told them that she would introduce them to Jesus the following Saturday. Back in her church, she asked for the Jesus Film and 1,000 meals for the following Saturday, so that everyone could have enough to eat, and see that God is not miserly, but has more than enough to provide for us all. That Saturday, everyone ate as much as they wanted; it was the best meal which many of them had ever eaten. Several children ate meat for the first time in their lives. In the evening, they watched the Jesus Film. At the end, all 450 accepted Jesus as their new Lord. A church was planted, known as the Slovo Camp church - through a woman who just made herself available to Jesus," says Vermeulen.
Source: Danie Vermeulen, Dawn Report

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