From Mary Ann's Desk...
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” II Timothy 2:15 (NIV)
Greetings of joy and gladness to you today. I trust you are doing well and enjoying the rich blessings of God in your life.
As I write, our nation is entering its Memorial Day holiday in which we give special honor and remembrance to all our military personnel, both past and present, for their heroic sacrifice to defended our nation, and others, in the pursuit of liberty and peace. They are worthy of our honor, and we gladly give it.
It reminds me of another set of military personnel who are also worthy of honor for their personal sacrifice and dedication to the advancement of liberty and peace. They are an army for the Lord. They have, and do, serve Him in full-time leadership ministry for the advancement of His Gospel which brings salvation (liberty) and peace from God the Father to all who believe. They could have chosen many other vocations. Instead, they chose to answer the call of God to preach the word, pastor churches, go to the ends of the earth, evangelize, plant churches, raise up qualified church leaders, etc. We at LTI are among that number. But today I want to place us to the side and honor the rest of you for your life’s work. In my opinion, it is the most noble work that can be done among men.
God bless you, and Thank You for serving.
NIGERIAToday I am reporting on the books that have been purchased for the Cassidy Memorial Leadership Library. Our dear friend, Pastor Robert Wells, gave $500 last year for this very purpose, and we are most grateful for his help in this worthy endeavor.
These books, along with the others that have been purchased and donated, are making it possible for the Nigerians who are preparing for full-time ministry, or are already in full-time ministry, to present themselves to God as approved workers who correctly handle the word of truth.
No one can correctly handle the word of truth unless they have been taught it by reputable men and women who, themselves, know how to correctly handle the word of truth. Especially, when they have come out of various kinds of spiritually dark religious practices into the light of the glorious Gospel. They must first be taught. And, in addition, they need good reference books to assist them in their continuing studies of the word.
My heart is overjoyed!
Chuwang was able to purchase 28 books for $325. Average cost per book: $11.60. This list of books could not have been purchased in the US for that amount of money
GREAT BARGAIN!
The balance of $125 was used to build more book shelves which were needed to house the books.
I want to list these books for you so that you can see the quality of the library that we are developing.
Culture to CultureFinnis Jennings BibleOne Hundred Great Leadership IdeasNave’s Complete Word Study BibleThe 40 Most Influential Christians That Have Shaped What We Believe TodayManaging God’s MoneyThe Portable SeminaryThe Hendrickson Parallel BibleThe Scripture Reference BibleInjuries of the MindThe Meaningful LifeThe Student Bible AtlasThe Art of LeadersChristianity Through The CenturiesSolid AnswersThe Doctrines that DivideThe Reformation of the ChurchThe Cost of DiscipleshipSixteen Men with a MessageActs of the Apostles,Christ in YouNew Testament IntroductionComplete Bible StudyA Pre-Marriage Counseling Handbook (2 volumes)Inspiration and Canonicity of the BibleLeading the Way Jesus WouldThe Best of Bible PathwayThe 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth
Last year, we kickstarted the library off with 38 books that came from our own personal library plus books that were purchased with $200 from LTI’s General Funds. Most of these books are reference materials, including such titles as
Strong’s Exhaustive ConcordanceI Declare – (31 promises to speak over your life)Top 10 Goals of a Great LeaderTheology One and CultureNew Matthew Henry’s CommentaryNew Bible Dictionary New Dictionary of Christian ApologeticsThe Complete English Language CompanionLeadership: Facing and Overcoming the Storms
These are not the only books in the library, but they are almost all of the reference books in the library. We still want to add more books like these we have listed for you.
In fact, Chuwang sent me a new list of 29 books he wants me to review for purchase. All of them are good. He is putting together the cost for them. When I get that figure, I will pass it on to you in the event you may want to help purchase these additional books. Some of them are:
Smith and Peloubet’s Bible DictionaryBaker’s Bible AtlasUnger’s Bible Atlas (I sent a copy of Halley’s Bible Handbook)Christian MartyrsPhilosophy of Christian EducationA Primer for Christian DoctrineSystematic TheologyThe Final Return
And more.
In addition to all these books, I sent twelve copies (if my memory serves me right) of Pastor Steve Dixon’s book Honor Still Works to Nigeria. David Smoot distributed them to Rev. Maiwa’azi Dandaura, whom we have worked with all our years in Nigeria, and others from our annual Leadership Conferences. Thank you, Pastor Steve for your contribution to our efforts. We appreciate you very much.
Financial ReportThank you for praying with us regarding our financial need. I am happy to report that donations last month were up, and I/we are most grateful. We ask that you continue praying with us as we are still a bit short of meeting our basic needs.
TO OUR PARTNERSA great big Thank You to our regular monthly financial and prayer partners. That is what keeps us going. And we appreciate you more than words can say. I like to think of financial support and prayer as the arm of Aaron and Hur who lifted Moses’ arms during the time of battle. As long as they kept Moses’ arms lifted, Israel gained the victory. Thank you for lifting our arms. God continue to bless you and enrich you in all ways, is my prayer.
Because there are over 4.4 billion people in the world who still need Jesus, I remain
Yours in missions,
Mary Ann Cassidy
As I write, our nation is entering its Memorial Day holiday in which we give special honor and remembrance to all our military personnel, both past and present, for their heroic sacrifice to defended our nation, and others, in the pursuit of liberty and peace. They are worthy of our honor, and we gladly give it.
It reminds me of another set of military personnel who are also worthy of honor for their personal sacrifice and dedication to the advancement of liberty and peace. They are an army for the Lord. They have, and do, serve Him in full-time leadership ministry for the advancement of His Gospel which brings salvation (liberty) and peace from God the Father to all who believe. They could have chosen many other vocations. Instead, they chose to answer the call of God to preach the word, pastor churches, go to the ends of the earth, evangelize, plant churches, raise up qualified church leaders, etc. We at LTI are among that number. But today I want to place us to the side and honor the rest of you for your life’s work. In my opinion, it is the most noble work that can be done among men.
God bless you, and Thank You for serving.
NIGERIAToday I am reporting on the books that have been purchased for the Cassidy Memorial Leadership Library. Our dear friend, Pastor Robert Wells, gave $500 last year for this very purpose, and we are most grateful for his help in this worthy endeavor.
These books, along with the others that have been purchased and donated, are making it possible for the Nigerians who are preparing for full-time ministry, or are already in full-time ministry, to present themselves to God as approved workers who correctly handle the word of truth.No one can correctly handle the word of truth unless they have been taught it by reputable men and women who, themselves, know how to correctly handle the word of truth. Especially, when they have come out of various kinds of spiritually dark religious practices into the light of the glorious Gospel. They must first be taught. And, in addition, they need good reference books to assist them in their continuing studies of the word.
My heart is overjoyed!
Chuwang was able to purchase 28 books for $325. Average cost per book: $11.60. This list of books could not have been purchased in the US for that amount of money
GREAT BARGAIN!
The balance of $125 was used to build more book shelves which were needed to house the books.
I want to list these books for you so that you can see the quality of the library that we are developing.
Culture to CultureFinnis Jennings BibleOne Hundred Great Leadership IdeasNave’s Complete Word Study BibleThe 40 Most Influential Christians That Have Shaped What We Believe TodayManaging God’s MoneyThe Portable SeminaryThe Hendrickson Parallel BibleThe Scripture Reference BibleInjuries of the MindThe Meaningful LifeThe Student Bible AtlasThe Art of LeadersChristianity Through The CenturiesSolid AnswersThe Doctrines that DivideThe Reformation of the ChurchThe Cost of DiscipleshipSixteen Men with a MessageActs of the Apostles,Christ in YouNew Testament IntroductionComplete Bible StudyA Pre-Marriage Counseling Handbook (2 volumes)Inspiration and Canonicity of the BibleLeading the Way Jesus WouldThe Best of Bible PathwayThe 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth
Last year, we kickstarted the library off with 38 books that came from our own personal library plus books that were purchased with $200 from LTI’s General Funds. Most of these books are reference materials, including such titles as
Strong’s Exhaustive ConcordanceI Declare – (31 promises to speak over your life)Top 10 Goals of a Great LeaderTheology One and CultureNew Matthew Henry’s CommentaryNew Bible Dictionary New Dictionary of Christian ApologeticsThe Complete English Language CompanionLeadership: Facing and Overcoming the Storms
These are not the only books in the library, but they are almost all of the reference books in the library. We still want to add more books like these we have listed for you.
In fact, Chuwang sent me a new list of 29 books he wants me to review for purchase. All of them are good. He is putting together the cost for them. When I get that figure, I will pass it on to you in the event you may want to help purchase these additional books. Some of them are:
Smith and Peloubet’s Bible DictionaryBaker’s Bible AtlasUnger’s Bible Atlas (I sent a copy of Halley’s Bible Handbook)Christian MartyrsPhilosophy of Christian EducationA Primer for Christian DoctrineSystematic TheologyThe Final Return
And more.
In addition to all these books, I sent twelve copies (if my memory serves me right) of Pastor Steve Dixon’s book Honor Still Works to Nigeria. David Smoot distributed them to Rev. Maiwa’azi Dandaura, whom we have worked with all our years in Nigeria, and others from our annual Leadership Conferences. Thank you, Pastor Steve for your contribution to our efforts. We appreciate you very much.
Financial ReportThank you for praying with us regarding our financial need. I am happy to report that donations last month were up, and I/we are most grateful. We ask that you continue praying with us as we are still a bit short of meeting our basic needs.
TO OUR PARTNERSA great big Thank You to our regular monthly financial and prayer partners. That is what keeps us going. And we appreciate you more than words can say. I like to think of financial support and prayer as the arm of Aaron and Hur who lifted Moses’ arms during the time of battle. As long as they kept Moses’ arms lifted, Israel gained the victory. Thank you for lifting our arms. God continue to bless you and enrich you in all ways, is my prayer.
Because there are over 4.4 billion people in the world who still need Jesus, I remain
Yours in missions,
Mary Ann Cassidy
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