NINE YEARS OF MINISTERING THROUGH THE INTERNET!

Dearly Beloved,
NINE YEARS OF MINISTERING THROUGH THE INTERNET!
It is exactly nine years today that I have been ministering to people throughout the world through the Internet. An email ministry that started on February 18, 2003 has metamorphosed to an Internet ministry with almost ten aspects. Visit http://www.thewordthruthenet.org/abouttheministry.php to see the overview of these aspects. I give glory to the almighty God who has given me the opportunity to minister to thousands of people in this unique way.
If you are reading this mail, it means you have been part of at least the email aspect of this ministry for some time now. As I look forward to the tenth anniversary of the ministry next year, I want to write at least two books to mark its decade of existence.
The first book will be a compilation of some of the messages sent out in the email aspect of the ministry for past nine years. Let me give you, my recipients, the opportunity of selecting the messages you know that have been a blessing to you since the time you have been receiving the messages from me. Almost all the messages (at least since August 18, 2003) can be retrieved from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiritualdigest2003/messages. The most selected messages will be compiled and published to mark the tenth anniversary of the ministry.
The second book will be the combination of my experience in and the compilation of your testimonies about the ministry. I have had many of such testimonies. Some are already on the website of the ministry: http://www.thewordthruthenet.org/reactions.php. However, I want you to intentionally send your testimonies to me to be included in the book. Your privacy will be respected.
These two books will be published electronically and manually. So, if you are led to contribute financially towards the publication of the books before February next year let me know. NOTE: the contents of the other aspects may be compiled and published separately if the opportunity arises.
Let me use this occasion to ask for your financial assistance to sustain this Internet ministry. To support the ministry, visit http://www.thewordthruthenet.org/support.php.
Since most of you are not among the 47 people that received my first message, as a way of celebrating the ministry every year, let me resend the message to you:
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
“We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them" (Numbers 13:33 NIV).
"The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good…. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will swallow them up. Their protection is gone, but the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them." (Numbers 14:7, 9 NIV).
These were the views of two groups that went to explore the land of Canaan. Undoubtedly, the two groups were saying the absolute things about what they saw in the land. The former is the carnal sight that did not see beyond the ordinary, while the latter is the spiritual sight that saw the extraordinary.
What do see in your situation? Is it the ordinary or the extraordinary? If you see only your situation, you are seeing only the ordinary, but if you believe, you will see beyond the situation. Jesus told Martha, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?" (John 11:40 NIV). And Paul testified, “We know these things are true by believing, not by seeing [the ordinary]” (2 Corinthians 5:7 TLB).
See beyond the ordinary by believing in the Lord that He will help you, and He will be glorified in your life.
In His service,
Bayo Afolaranmi (Pastor).
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As I requested on that first day of the ministry, "Pray that I will be able to continue to send messages like this, and forward them to your friends. May the Lord bless you as you do. Amen."