Recommended reading
During our life we will read many books, but there are a few that will change our life and ministry.
One such book that has marked me forever has been:
Experiencing God: Knowing and doing the will of God by Henry Blackaby.
Here are some quotes from the book to give you an idea of what you will learn.
“We come to know God as we experience Him. God reveals Himself to us through our experience of Him at work in our lives.”
“When God starts to do something in the world, He takes the initiative to come and talk to somebody.”
“Claiming to have a word from God is serious business. If you have been given a word from God, you must continue in that direction until it comes to pass.”
“Find out where God is moving and join Him.”
The book or course will be well worth your time. Most of my ministry has been based on the principles set forth by Blackaby.
jacob bock
Repentance and Faith
*Ontheredbox is a network of teams that proclaim open-air a Christ-centered message in a simple, creative, consistent and anointed way, calling people to repentance toward God and faith in Christ Jesus.
Rom. 10:17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.
We have a certain DNA
*Ontheredbox is a network of teams that proclaim open-air a Christ-centered message in a simple, creative, consistent and anointed…
An Ontheredbox team has a certain DNA. The message we proclaim is:
Christ-centered
- We talk about Jesus and the cross.
- We preach about His resurrection.
- We exalt the love of God in sending His Son to rescue us from our sin. Read more
Proclaim open-air!
*Ontheredbox is a network of teams that proclaim open-air…
Nothing, and I mean nothing!
When we got to the street at 2:30 yesterday, I have to admit that none of us were very excited. At that hour of the day very few people stop and listen; sometimes no one. I looked at Maritza and said, “How about a song?”
We are a network of teams
Ontheredbox is a network of teams.*
Five years ago two Spaniards visited Berlin, Germany and saw someone preaching on a box. They inquired if they were the same ones they had heard preaching in Madrid.
Later we were preaching in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hertzegovina. Two months later a Bosnian lady was in Madrid and asked if we were the same ones that preached in her country a few months earlier. Read more
I like to boast
The main reason I like to boast is so that people will think well of me. So my temptation is talk about what I am doing.
Not good.
It is always better to let others boast about you. Boasting feels good to you, but nobody around you likes to hear it.
Spend your time instead bragging on God. Boast in the Lord. Talk about Jesus and all the amazing things He has done. After all, it IS all about Him.
jacob bock
Don’t give the devil any publicity
Sin has done quite a number on us. Satan set out to kill, steal and destroy us and he would have succeeded had it not have been for the hand of God reaching down from heaven to rescue us!
The devil loves it when we talk about him. He loves the attention, the worship and the press time. Read more
I love me
I love me.
I love my reputation.
I care very much about what people think of me.
John the Baptist didn’t seem to care much about what people thought of him. He was more concerned about preparing a way. He loved the truth more than himself. They chopped off his head because of it. Read more
Follow-up or follow me?
Jessica was frustrated because she was “stood up” three Sundays in a row waiting at the bus stop to take someone she met on the street to church. They never showed up. So she asked me yesterday…
“So how do you follow up with the people you minister to on the streets?” Read more
