Monday mornings generally mark the start of a new work week, and for me, that means a very early morning at the gym. We meet, we pray, and we hit it hard. Our small group builds accountability, discipline, and strength. We set goals to increase a healthy dose of spiritual, emotional, and physical strength, and in order to enjoy it all, only one thing counts–I have to show up.
When we work around the world, one of the greatest needs expressed by our local partners is access to the Word of God. Since we work with people groups who have no Scripture printed in their local language, where would they access the Word, and how would they discuss the Word of God without a copy in print?
We work in the local culture, with local voices to share the Word of God in a way the local community can understand. We pass it through small listening groups with local relations, among trusted leaders who have a sound public reputation, and we seek to work with partners who want concrete, measurable changes in their lives and in their communities through the Word of God.
In the picture above, you see a brother who smiles as he looks at the mp3 player loaded with the gospel, spreading Truth into communities who have no access to the Word of God. As a leader in his village, he is thrilled to be a part of a T4 Global program that gives him access to the tools he needs to grow as a pastor and church planter. In the background, you see the band of children, who played around us and listened to us as we worked under the tree. The kids had never heard the things of which we spoke. Our small group represents those who now have access to the Word, and beyond them remain the billions who have no access–spoken or written–to the Word of God. They have no place to show up, no place to listen, no place to hear where Hope and Peace is found.
As local T4 Global listening groups meet around the world with one another, they seek to build accountability, discipline, and strength through newfound access to the Word of God.
Would you pray for them to hear and understand the Word in a way that they find spiritual, emotional, and physical strength to do the work of the Lord?
And finally, pray for T4 Global as we seek to raise up more who can take this Word to those who have never heard, to those who have no access to the Word of God, and to those who want to “show up”, but have no place to go.
You see, there are a select few stories chosen to tell The Story (much like a Phase I program for T4 Global) and I wish there was a follow on project that would fill in the gaps. This form of communication is so compelling that I find myself wondering where this has been here in the US?!