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Eine Gemeinde in Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt (früher Sai-gon), Vietnam,

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Das 40-Tage-Konzept – Das 40-Tage-Konzept ist das beste Programm, das ich bisher kennengelernt habe, um geistlich zu wachsen und um Interesse für die Mission zu wecken. Es ist auf Gottes Wort gegründet und die Teilnehmer profitieren in folgenden Bereichen:

  1. Eine innige und wachsende persönliche Beziehung zu Jesus Christus durch den Heiligen Geist
  2. Eine Stärkung des Gebetslebens
  3. Eine wachsende christliche Gemeinschaft untereinander
  4. Eine Stärkung des geistlichen Lebens durch die 40 Andachten über den Heiligen Geist
  5. Geistliche Einflussnahme auf fünf Menschen durch die Fürbitte
  6. Evangelistische Motivation – Freude am Zeugnis (pers.Gespräche, Bibelstunden, missionarische Hauskreise, Vortragsreihen/Seminare, Expos)

Wie soll das erreicht werden?:

Durchführung einer 40-Tage-Gebetszeit zu zweit im Rahmen einer Gruppe oder Gemeinde. Jeder Teilnehmer ist eingeladen, Fürbitte für fünf unerreichte Personen durchzuführen und Kontakt mit ihnen aufzubauen und zu pflegen. Am Ende der 40 Tage werden alle, für die wir gebetet haben, eingeladen zu einem besonderen Besuchersabbat. An diesem wird eingeladen zu einer etwa zehn Tage später beginnenden evangelistischen Unternehmung.

Das Programm wird eingehend in allen 40-Tage-Andachtsbüchern im Kapitel „Einführung und Überblick“ erläutert. Jene, die eine Gruppe, Gemeinde oder Vereinigung durch dieses Programm führen wollen, finden auf www.missionsbrief.de – 40 Tage – „Anleitung für Gebetstreffen / 40-Tage-Konzept“ in Deutsch und Englisch eine 17-seitige Erklärung sowie einen Musterbrief für die Einladung der Gemeindeglieder.
Außerdem ist eine Vorstellung des 40-Tage-Buches Nr. 1 mit Text bzw. ein siebenminütiger Trailer verfügbar. Wer die Broschüre „Schritte zur persönlichen Erweckung“ oder die 40-Tage-Bücher nur liest, dem entfaltet sich ihre Bedeutung nicht ausreichend. Es werden möglicherweise für ihn nur gute Bücher über den Heiligen Geist bleiben. Wie kann man aber das dort Beschriebene erleben? Die Erfahrungen von Dennis Smith und die Zuschriften, die ich erhalten habe, zeigen folgende Möglichkeiten auf:

Wer mit einem Gebetspartner 40 Tage gemeinsam Andacht hält und betet, wird die geistliche Kraft erfahren.

Pädagogische Forschung hat gezeigt, dass es nötig ist, ein entscheidendes Thema sechs- bis zehnmal zu lesen oder zu hören, ehe man es wirklich begriffen hat. Ich selbst und auch andere haben das mit Erfolg ausprobiert.

In den 16 Jahren meines Predigerdienstes in den Bezirken Regensburg, München-Ost und Saarbrücken haben wir mit Gottes Hilfe fünf Langzeit-Evangelisationen über mindestens 50 Abende durchgeführt (auch schon damals galt das als „unmöglich“). Durch Gottes Gnade durften wir Menschen zu Jesus und in die Gemeinde führen. Wir hätten uns aber viele Anstrengungen und Finanzen ersparen können und dabei trotzdem noch bessere Ergebnisse erzielt, wenn wir das 40-Tage-Programm mit der Gemeinde durchgeführt hätten. Bleibende geistliche Frucht, kann nur durch „Gottes Geist“ gewirkt werden! Es ist empfehlenswert, im Anschluss an die „40 Tage“ ein evangelistisches Programm durchzuführen. Das verleiht unserer Fürbitte für unerreichte Menschen ein klares Ziel. Wir können diese Menschen dann zu einem Besuchersabbat und dort zu der nachfolgenden Evangelisation oder missionarischen Hauskreisen oder Bibelstunden einladen. Findet man für eine Vortragsreihe keine Sprecher, können ausgezeichnete Videoserien eingesetzt werden. Sie sind auf: www.gotterfahren.info – Kapitel Wege zum Ziel.

Seit ich auf einer Freizeit die Erfahrung von der Lehrerin und ihrem 14-jährigen Schüler gehört habe, muss ich oft an diesen Jungen denken in Verbindung mit dem Bibelwort: „Und der Geist des Herrn wird über dich kommen, …; da wirst du umgewandelt und ein anderer Mensch werden.“ (1.Samuel 10,6).

Eines steht für mich fest: Wäre ich noch für einen Bezirk verantwortlich, würde ich beten, dass „meine“ Gemeinden und Geschwister sich für die Durchführung des 40-Tage-Konzepts begeistern lassen.

Weitere 15 Vorschläge sind unter www.missionsbrief.de – 40 Tage – „Attraktives Christsein – Wie Interesse wecken für das Leben im Heiligen Geist?“

 
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      Einerseits wurde uns der Heilige Geist gegeben, damit er in uns bleibt. Andererseits sollen wir ständig vertrauensvoll darum bitten. Wie löst sich dieser scheinbare Widerspruch? »Lasst euch vom Geist erfüllen« Epheser 5,18. Das bedeutet vom griechischen Text her: »Lasst euch beständig und immer wieder neu mit Geist erfüllen!« [1]

      Als wir gezeugt wurden, hat unser Leben begonnen. Um dieses Leben zu erhalten müssen wir essen, trinken, uns bewegen. Genauso ist es mit dem geistlichen Leben. Wir haben den Heiligen Geist bei der Taufe aus Wasser und Geist (Neugeburt) empfangen, damit er unser Leben lang in uns bleibt. Damit wir dieses “geistliche Leben” erhalten, müssen wir die geistlichen Mittel zu uns nehmen, die Gott für uns vorgesehen hat: den Heiligen Geist, Beten, das Wort Gottes lesen, unseren Glauben bezeugen, die Liebe Gottes durch Wort und Tat weitergeben.

      Das heißt in der Praxis: es geht darum täglich vertrauensvoll um den Heiligen Geist zu beten, und uns jeden Morgen dem Herrn mit allem, was wir sind und haben, zu übergeben. Und wir bleiben auch den Tag über mit ihm verbunden und suchen immer wieder seine Nähe und seinen Rat.

      [1] Johannes Mager, Auf den Spuren des Geistes, (Lüneburg, 1999), Seite 100,101

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      We received life at our birth. In order to sustain this life we have to eat, drink, exercise, etc. It is exactly the same in our spiritual life. We have the Holy Ghost through our baptism by water and the Spirit (born again) so that this spiritual life remains in us our whole life. In order to sustain this spiritual life it is necessary to use the spiritual means that God provided: the Holy Ghost, God’s Word, prayer, our testimony, etc. Jesus said in John 15:4: “Abide in me, and I in you.” E.G. White says concerning this: “Abiding in Christ means a constant receiving of His Spirit, a life of unreserved surrender to His service.”

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