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Are you interested in making disciples? Are you desirous of being obedient to the great commission of our Lord? You might be going, nope! that is not for me, that is for the missionaries and the church to figure out. Well it doesn’t look so in the Bible when we read Mathew 18:18-20 , the last few words of the Lord here on this earth. If you even take a casual look at it, leave alone studying it in depth, it is pretty obvious that it is a clear mandate given to everyone who follows Him and who will follow him in the future, it is not optional, it is an invitation for every believer to  labour  with Him in making disciples. If you are considering this seriously let me begin by reminding that there are no short cuts or easy methods here. To start with there are two ground rules which are unchanging and  non- negotiable -  the first one is to be continuously controlled and empowered by the Holy Spirit as He is the one who helps us to be a bold witness and ...

The past three and half years has been an exhilarating roller-coaster ride for the eleven. Called from their routine, mundane and ordinary life to an exciting adventure of a life time which they had never imagined in their wildest dreams when they decided to obey and follow this extraordinary Man and His call. They had been with Jesus, following Him everywhere He went, listening to him speaking words of life, watching Him healing the blind, the lame and the demon possessed, raising the dead and calming the storm.  One thing was clear in their minds; He was the promised messiah, the eagerly awaited King of the Jews, a descendant of their great and beloved king David. They genuinely expected Jesus to restore the Kingdom and to establish His rule. But the last few weeks of those three and half years had been really confusing for them, their expectations were shattered, their dream of a kingdom lay in ruins, they were on the run, terrified and lost. Their master was caught, b...