Mutual Faith Ministry 25th Anniversary
Operation Life Cell - (OLC)
Because of the tremendous challenges in our world with terrorism, Mutual Faith has launched a vital outreach in regions of rage around the world. This was initiated after the events of 9/11, and the Biblical scripture in Isaiah 30:25 began to grip the heart of Keith Hershey - "There will be on every high mountain and on every high hill rivers and streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the tower fall"
This passage was the prompting for the Operation Life Cell ministry expression. The following explains the entire OLC ministry...
THE PROBLEM: TERROR, FEAR AND RAGE
What went through your mind on that fateful day, September 11, 2001 when terrorists attacked the United States! All over the world, people felt violated as terror and rage was released in a new way.
Indeed the Christian community hasn’t had much of a presence in some of the tough regions of the world, particularly the 10-40 window. How do you present the Gospel in an area where you can be killed for saying “Hallelujah” or “Praise the Lord?” How do you share the love of God in a region where it’s illegal to open a church?
THE PROMISE – “WATER WILL BE AVAILABLE!”
“There will be on every high mountain and on every high hill rivers and streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.” (Isaiah 30:25)
What a powerful proclamation! What a definitive declaration! There will be water available in the high places and the hard places of the planet when pressure is applied in a community.
This scripture has no specific reference to the towers falling in New York City, or the thousands who died during those terrorist attacks. I really believe that the living water of Jesus Christ is going to be prominent and prevalent in every region of this earth.
THE PROVISION – “GOD WILL ASSIGN WATER BOYS!”
In order for water to be available there needs to be a delivery system! In other words there needs to be water boys and water girls available to refresh and bless people everywhere.
When I was a young boy, I was privileged to be invited by the varsity basketball coach to serve as the water boy for the varsity team. It was a high honor for me to go to the practices and the games and refresh the players when they came off the court. I would give them drinking water and a towel and that simple assignment helped encourage them to stay on the playing floor, the real battle zone, to go for victory!
In like fashion we are called to connect with people, in mutual faith to refresh them and bless them so they are better equipped to do the work of God in their regions of the earth.
The assignment God has given us is to teach and release 10,000 LIFE Cells in regions of the world where there are ‘terror cells.’ These ‘terrorist cells’ have a tremendous impact on the work of church ministries. Churches have been attacked and burned to the ground. Reports have come in that leaders were killed by the extremist groups.
THE PROCESS – “HOW TO CONNECT WITH RAGING PEOPLE!”
The Lord has given a model for ministry. He gave an assignment to one named Ananias to go and connect and communicate with a terror filled man named Saul. (Acts 9) Saul was bringing havoc and terror against the church.
The Lord spoke to Ananias and commissioned him to go and talk to the terror filled man, Saul. Ananias didn’t like the idea! I’m convinced that there are many times God will speak to our spirit about doing His will and it will frustrate our flesh. Many times what God speaks for us to do for the purpose of His Kingdom will cost us time, money or other precious commodities that we so value. Eventually, Ananias was brave enough to be obedient to take the assignment and go talk to this raging man.
Years later Saul who became Paul gave testimony as to what Ananias said to him, the words that were used that preserved him from terrorism.
“The God of our fathers has chosen you that you should know His will and see the Just One and hear the voice of His mouth. For you will be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.” (Acts 22:14,15)
These five principles are so powerful! According to Paul, these are the truths that allowed him to triumph over terror! Think of what was actually said:
1. GOD HAS CHOSEN YOU. (YOU ARE LOVED!)
This is the most refreshing phrase of the human heart! Men and women everywhere are redeemable! God is on your side!
2. YOU SHOULD KNOW HIS WILL! (YOU CAN KNOW HIS PERFECT PLAN!)
In other words you don’t need to be disillusioned any longer. You can have a clue as to what to do! God can give you the details for every aspect of your life.
3. YOU SHOULD SEE THE JUST ONE. (EXPERIENCE JESUS!)
This is the son, His name is Jesus, we call Him our Savior! This is where you communicate the reality of the cross! The death, the burial, the resurrection of Jesus Christ!
4. YOU SHOULD HEAR HIS VOICE. (INTIMACY WITH GOD!)
How refreshing that we don’t just need to embrace religion but we can have genuine relationship! God wants to fellowship and commune with His kids!
5. YOU SHOULD BE HIS WITNESS. (GIVE LIFE AWAY!)
This is what all of us are privileged to do, to tell others the Good News! In other words we can be the water boys! We can be the water girls! We can bless and refresh the human race so people can embrace His love. This is the system that we’ve been assigned!
THE PLAN – HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS SIMPLE ASSIGNMENT
Our goal? To teach and release 10,000 LIFE Cells just like Ananias! We are conducting Training Camps in various nations all around the world. We are bringing leaders from these troubled spots of the world and helping them go incognito back into these communities to connect with one person full of rage, terror and frustration! We show them how to get an assignment by the Spirit of God like Ananias received.
Additionally we are providing the training materials for this model of ministry that Ananias used. Also we are releasing these precious brothers and sisters back into their region by praying for them and laying hands on them as they go forth as a water delivery system into their communities.
Counting the cost! As we prayerfully pursue this assignment, we of course must count the cost! We believe that we can teach and release a LIFE Cell for as little as $22. In other words a one-time gift of $22 will allow us to connect with a believer within these communities and teach and train them the Ananias model of ministry.
Our target goal is to sponsor 10,000 LIFE Leaders! (Total needed: $220,000). We are inviting families and churches to sponsor one LIFE Leader as a special missions outreach. In other words if every family unit could believe God for a one time gift of $22 to do something practical and powerful right now to reach out to people who are plagued with raging terrorist world views.
Testimonies from Operation LIFE Cell
“We now have seven Operation LIFE Cell camps set up for the training of those with special assignment from the Lord. The Operation LIFE Cell principles have been embraced by everyone in these training camps. We have enlisted about two hundred people into the program from the seven camps.”
“A Juju Priest or idol priest with a very large shrine has surrendered his life to the Lord after I applied the Operation LIFE Cell method. He and his two wives and ten children now attend our church.”
“A terrorist, known as a Jihad leader, has been saved and is now the leader
of Operation LIFE Cell for all of the North of Nigeria. His father is an Islamic priest.”
“Our Operation LIFE Cell is doing good in reaching the Muslim rebels here in Mindanao. Another Abu Sayaf rebel is added, and we have now two Muslim rebels saved and born again under our care.”
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