Dear pastor Ion,
I finished reading your book Control over your thoughts in Russian and I am thanking the Lord for our encounter. It was truly the answer to my prayer.
I am a fairly new Christian (baptized Nov. 29th, 2009) that was getting more questions and less answers in the local church. I had an address for a different church to check out sometime, but I did not until the Sunday before your seminar started. So that Sunday I was surprised to find myself visiting new church, but as it turned out it was divine appointment. Because I went there that day I was able to join your 3-part evening seminar next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The theme of the seminar was Senior and Junior Brother: Mentor and Mentored. You walked us through the scripture to show us that:
- Jesus taught the crowd, but concentrated His attention on mentoring His disciples
- He commissioned His disciples to go (act) and make disciples (duplicate what He did)
- His goal is to spread the Kingdom of God like yeast working in the large amount of dough until it is completely risen (Luke 13:21)
During your seminar:
- I received many answers to my numerous questions that had biblical foundation
- I realized that evangelization is the beginning, not the end of the walk with Jesus
- I bought your book that helped me tremendously to deal with the thoughts of jealousy, envy, real and perceived hurts
- I was introduced to a new way of studying the Bible called inductive method when you pay special attention who, what when which restricts making wrong inferences
After and now:
- I learn and teach what i learned to others to practice mentor/mentored commission
- I try to apply biblical truths to my life
- I try to relate to people more and find out how i can help them
- I seek God more and i need His guidance more
- I yearn to hear Him more
Looking forward to your fall seminars on Skype. Thank you for being true disciple of Jesus Christ and making disciples for HIM.
May you be healthy in body and strong in spirit. May the Lord our God pour out many favors upon you your family and your ministry.
Glory be to our God.
Blessings,
Irene Leeb