More substance, more planning, more Jesus! Raise Your Expectations!
I was having a talk with my wife Julie the other day, and about the labor and blessings of this web site. We have been blessed to be able to witness to more than 100 unique people a day who visit this site. I handed a business card to someone, and they immediately asked me, "Is it supposed to be so... Christian-y?" to which I replied "Uh, yeah."
AHeartToWitness.com is now called home to roughly one thousand people per week. I was just looking at a blog I wrote on July 18th, 2007 (just over a year ago) noting a remarkable 54 visitors on one Saturday... And now I'm only surprised when we get over 200. As our beloved Pastor Steve has been telling us over and over these last couple of months, "Raise Your Expectations". So that's the plan.
When David took off Saul's armor, it wasn't JUST because it didn't fit (at that time, David was a little guy, pretty scrawny to be wearing big, buff Saul's shoulder pads & breastplate). It was because he knew if he beat down Goliath with all that armor on, it would do less to show God was the power on top of it all (I almost said "behind it all" but God is NEVER behind anything). David remembered how he killed a lion and a bear, something that he KNEW was not possible without God's power! So David picked up 5 smooth stones, and pegged Goliath with the first one. In essence, by taking off Saul's armor, David was telling the WORLD, "Raise Your Expectations". And because he had absolute faith, it was a slam dunk. He was guaranteed success.
We here at AHeartToWitness.com are raising our expectations.
As I told my wife, since we started this ministry, we've received almost zero financial support. From our measurements, the "donate" button has been pressed TWICE in the last 5 years, giving us a whopping $30 in donations.
I'm not telling you this to try to pry money out of you. What I am doing is putting faith in God, and not money, and I'm asking you to do the same.
Regardless of whether visitors can give or not, we are praying that they will be saved. That Christ will minister to souls through this web site and our examples, and that WE will BE examples. And that means staying Romans 12 citizens of Christ, holy and acceptable to God, so that our witness will not be tainted by our sins, or even the perception thereof. Not only that, but we will continue to support and dispense TOOLS to make this possible in your household, too!
About 3 years ago, as I recall, I told my wife that I had envisioned this web site to be a center of media, a lot of material... Pictures, music, video, articles, and more. And now, it has become that. Back then, I really didn't think I would be the one posting most of the material. I had always thought more people would try to come forward and contribute material to the web site (have you tried the Feedback Form?) So back then, I made that declaration, and now, I'm making another one.
We will press on. We will continue to run the race, with our eye on the prize (Jesus).
Technically speaking, this site has become more than I had imagined, but it's been done through the power of God, because I couldn't have done it myself. So here is the part where I take off Saul's armor. I am declaring now that this site will be technically beyond me. Completely beyond my skill set. It will be an EXPLOSIVE ministry tool for Jesus! If no person comes forth with better skills than I have, then God will perform it through my wife and myself. And if he doesn't, we will still press on!
Some of our immediate goals:
1. A Prayer Request form (eprayer php script) - if anyone knows MySQL enough to help me with this, please help! Prayer is not just -A- tool, it is -THE- tool!
2. Ministry store (Bibles, bumper/window stickers, t-shirts, mugs, keychains, etc)
3. Moderated Bulletin Board/Forum
4. Visitor-Submitted photo & art gallery (moderated, obviously)
5. Internet radio station
This is our declaration. I would say, "sit back and watch the fireworks," but it's much more fun to light them yourself.
-Brother Bryce
AHeartToWitness.com is now called home to roughly one thousand people per week. I was just looking at a blog I wrote on July 18th, 2007 (just over a year ago) noting a remarkable 54 visitors on one Saturday... And now I'm only surprised when we get over 200. As our beloved Pastor Steve has been telling us over and over these last couple of months, "Raise Your Expectations". So that's the plan.
When David took off Saul's armor, it wasn't JUST because it didn't fit (at that time, David was a little guy, pretty scrawny to be wearing big, buff Saul's shoulder pads & breastplate). It was because he knew if he beat down Goliath with all that armor on, it would do less to show God was the power on top of it all (I almost said "behind it all" but God is NEVER behind anything). David remembered how he killed a lion and a bear, something that he KNEW was not possible without God's power! So David picked up 5 smooth stones, and pegged Goliath with the first one. In essence, by taking off Saul's armor, David was telling the WORLD, "Raise Your Expectations". And because he had absolute faith, it was a slam dunk. He was guaranteed success.
We here at AHeartToWitness.com are raising our expectations.
As I told my wife, since we started this ministry, we've received almost zero financial support. From our measurements, the "donate" button has been pressed TWICE in the last 5 years, giving us a whopping $30 in donations.
I'm not telling you this to try to pry money out of you. What I am doing is putting faith in God, and not money, and I'm asking you to do the same.
Regardless of whether visitors can give or not, we are praying that they will be saved. That Christ will minister to souls through this web site and our examples, and that WE will BE examples. And that means staying Romans 12 citizens of Christ, holy and acceptable to God, so that our witness will not be tainted by our sins, or even the perception thereof. Not only that, but we will continue to support and dispense TOOLS to make this possible in your household, too!
About 3 years ago, as I recall, I told my wife that I had envisioned this web site to be a center of media, a lot of material... Pictures, music, video, articles, and more. And now, it has become that. Back then, I really didn't think I would be the one posting most of the material. I had always thought more people would try to come forward and contribute material to the web site (have you tried the Feedback Form?) So back then, I made that declaration, and now, I'm making another one.
We will press on. We will continue to run the race, with our eye on the prize (Jesus).
Technically speaking, this site has become more than I had imagined, but it's been done through the power of God, because I couldn't have done it myself. So here is the part where I take off Saul's armor. I am declaring now that this site will be technically beyond me. Completely beyond my skill set. It will be an EXPLOSIVE ministry tool for Jesus! If no person comes forth with better skills than I have, then God will perform it through my wife and myself. And if he doesn't, we will still press on!
Some of our immediate goals:
1. A Prayer Request form (eprayer php script) - if anyone knows MySQL enough to help me with this, please help! Prayer is not just -A- tool, it is -THE- tool!
2. Ministry store (Bibles, bumper/window stickers, t-shirts, mugs, keychains, etc)
3. Moderated Bulletin Board/Forum
4. Visitor-Submitted photo & art gallery (moderated, obviously)
5. Internet radio station
This is our declaration. I would say, "sit back and watch the fireworks," but it's much more fun to light them yourself.
-Brother Bryce
posted by A Heart To Witness at 11/12/2008 06:48:00 AM
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