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MINISTRY MANNA

EQUIPPING FOR MINISTRY THROUGH THE TEACHING OF GOD'S WORD

Joy in God's Word...

7/13/2021

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Welcome to the first installment of Ministry Manna. Actually, it began years ago when I was first starting to teach God’s Word through Women’s Aglow Fellowship in the early 1980’s.  I was serving on the Area Board for Southeastern Wisconsin in the position of overseeing the ministries in the Aglow chapters throughout our area.  To help establish unity among the local Ministry Chairmen throughout our area, I was led to start a monthly newsletter called Ministry Manna.  It served also as a means of equipping and encouraging them through small teachings from God’s Word.
 
Many years have passed since those foundational years of ministry through Women’s Aglow, and many seasons of growth and service have allowed me to be strengthened and established in God’s Word.  It has indeed become the joy and rejoicing of my heart, and I pray that this blog--Ministry Manna--will serve to strengthen you and every reader in God’s Word and equip you further for the work of the ministry in your God-given sphere of influence.  How fitting it is--for such a time as this--to begin with the prophet Jeremiah…
 
“Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart:
 for I am called by Thy name, O LORD God of Hosts” (Jeremiah 15:16).

 
The people of Israel were in a backslidden condition.  They were no longer walking in the ways of the LORD, nor would they hearken unto Him (Jeremiah 6:16-17). The Hebrew word for hearken used in this verse means to listen with the intent of obeying. They may have heard God’s word through the lips of Jeremiah, but they had no intention of being obedient to His commands.  In other words, they had ears that would not hear.
 
Called to declare God’s Word of warning and rebuke to his own people, the prophet Jeremiah had a difficult “row to hoe” and faced rebuke and even imprisonment for his obedience to God’s call.  But in the midst of the rejection, suffering, and Israel’s refusal to return to God, Jeremiah declared that he had gained strength and even joy through the Word of his God.  How? It was through eating and digesting every word that was spoken to him by God.  Instead of having ears that would not hear, Jeremiah cultivated a heart desiring to feast upon God’s every Word. In addition to this, Jeremiah allowed it to be deposited into his heart and then became an obedient doer of whatever God told him to do. Why? Because the prophet knew for a certainty that he was called by the name of the LORD God of Hosts. He understood the sovereignty of Yahweh, the Creator of all things, and the Holy One of Israel.  Despite the unending tears he shed on behalf of the rebellious House of Israel, as Jeremiah deposited God’s Word in his heart, he experienced much joy and rejoicing that strengthened him to press on in the call of God upon his life.
 
The same can be true for you and for me in these uncertain times.  For it is the Word of God--which is alive and active--that will equip you and strengthen you to remain faithful to serve the Lord no matter the circumstances or the rejection that may come your way.  It is God who watches over His Word to perform it, and it is God who strengthens and equips you for the call He places upon your life.  May His Word truly become unto you the joy and rejoicing of your heart!
 
Until next time, be greatly blessed of the Lord!
Dr. Kathy
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Reca Davis
7/13/2021 04:10:27 pm

Kathy, Thank you for your obedience in sharing God’s words of encouragement through your new blog. I look ahead expectantly as you share with your readers what God places on your heart! Thank you for Ministry Manna.

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Kathleen link
7/13/2021 05:13:56 pm

I join you, Reca, is having an expectant heart for what the Lord will place not only on my heart but also on the hearts of those who read the blog! Thank you for your words of encouragement!

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Karen Farrand
7/13/2021 04:17:51 pm

Love your blog - especially interested in Jeremiah now. He had to watch his nation turning away from the Lord, and aren't we in a similar situation now?!?! How many have an ear to hear in our country?!? Statistics are showing a huge drop off in church attendance after COVID, and our churches' statements of faith are turning away from the tenants of Scripture. How refreshing to recall that Jeremiah was himself delighting in the Word of God, even if others didn't!

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Kathleen link
7/13/2021 05:12:16 pm

Karen, thank you for adding your thoughts and concerns to the blog as they pertain to the situation we are facing here in the United States and in our churches. It is a sobering thing, for Peter said that "the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God" (1 Peter 4:17a). I do love the joy with which you shared that Jeremiah delighted in God's Word even when others didn't! That truly is a choice we make, isn't it? Apprecitate you, Karen!

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Dr Tobias Wakhungu
7/14/2021 04:52:25 am

This is a timely message because we are globally living in uncertain times! Who ever imagined that Churches would be closed globally because of a pandemic! Many people have lost their jobs! People are dying like never before! Our social fabric is in pieces. Terrorism, civil wars, anarchy, political upheavals and assassinations are the order of the day. We need such dynamic messages to direct us to God!

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Kathleen Bojanowski link
7/14/2021 09:30:25 am

Thanks for your encouragement and for sharing your thoughts and insight into our current worldwide situation, Dr. Tobias! It surely requires committed and obedient hearts and much prayer. What comes to my mind is that our God is greater still!

“Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.” Psalm 62:8

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Jeanette Mintz
7/14/2021 10:36:51 am

Thank you Kathy and for all you do. I have just gotten your book and am excited to get started reading.

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Kathleen Bojanowski link
7/15/2021 12:01:22 am

It’s my joy, Jeanette! I pray that the Lord speaks strength and blessing to you as you read the book…

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Frank Ordu link
7/15/2021 12:14:04 pm

This teaching remind me of my first class under you from Major Prophets lesson five, it set my heart on fire till date. Thanks for this great message

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Kathleen Bojanowski
7/16/2021 07:54:56 pm

I remember well how you received the Word of the Lord in the writings of Jeremiah—and all the major prophets for that matter. The zeal of the Lord consumed you, Dr. Frank!

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Beth Duncan
8/3/2021 04:01:38 pm

Thank you so much for always sharing God's words and your wise thoughts and feelings with us. I, too, have ordered your book we are starting in the fall. You are such a great witness to me and others!

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Kathleen Bojanowski
8/11/2021 10:16:32 pm

I, too, am looking forward to studying God's Word with you again in the Fall, Beth! That time we share with the Lord is so special. See you in September...

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    Meet Kathy...

    Dr. Kathy Bojanowski has been teaching God's Word for forty years in various venues, such as churches, Bible colleges, meetings, and on Christian radio. She is the Founder/Executive Director of For His Glory Ministries & Bible College and oversees three affiliate colleges in Africa. She also is the Director and Lead Instructor at For His Glory Bible Fellowship in North Carolina - an interdenominational weekly women's Bible study.  

    She is the author of a recently published book, COLLISION: a biblical study of The Government of Man versus The Government of God.  It is available in print and eBook through Amazon.com.

    A former worship leader, she loves to give God praise and glory! As a teacher of His Word, one of her greatest joys is to see the changes in others as they hear, receive, and then obediently walk in the call and promises of God!

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