Ministry News

Jesse and I led a Bible study tonight in Kiaat. Siyanda's been leading one the past few weeks this semester, and he gave us the privilege to lead tonight's. Our topic was "True Christianity,"so we talked a lot about loving God on a daily basis in everything we do. We went through the greatest commandment in Matthew 22:37-40 and how we need to love God with all of our heart, soul, and mind. We covered Ephesians 2:1-5, how we are dead in our sins, but we are made new in Christ.  Our response to this is living for Christ (2 Corinthians 5:15). Then we went through the parable of the great banquet in Luke 14 which gives us an illustration of how God invites us to partake in His righteousness for eternity, yet we make excuses, and therefore aren't loving Him with all of our heart, soul, and mind. We must be like the poor, crippled, and beggars who know they need Christ and won't pass up the opportunity to be with Him.

It was really cool to lead this Bible study. It went pretty well, and there was a fair amount of participation. Thirteen guys showed up, including one guy who had never been before. Ministry's been really good thus far in Kiaat. We've only been doing it for a few days, but we've met a lot of guys, and I can see a lot of potential for growth this winter. The girls have had success too in their res's. They've met tons of new girls and have had girls show up to their Bible study who they didn't think would. Keep praying for us and the students at TUKS, and we hope to see the Holy Spirit really move here in Pretoria.

- Matt

Left to right: Matt, Mkhize, Siyanda, Vince, and Jesse