Fri.2.20.15 Being a Godly MENTOR...Train part 2

Yesterday, we began to look at the vital importance of T = Training protégés to be powerful soldiers. Sadly, if men receive little training, they will be casualties of war. They would be like untrained children going off to war. Did you ever hear of the Children’s Crusade? In 1212, thousands of children from France and Germany were led to believe that with their pure hearts, God would somehow give them a miraculous victory over the Muslim infidels who had captured the holy land. Yet none of them ever even made it to the holy land to fight. Many died just trying to get to the coast. (They also believed the ocean would miraculously part when they reached it.) Those who made it to the coast and boarded ships were taken and sold as slaves. The tragic moral of the story: Even if men have childlike hearts, they are doomed without training for battle. Why? “The devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” 1 Pet.5:8. He has mauled many. Ask any pastor how many people he has seen whose lives have been ravaged by sin and Satan. Believers need to be trained to fight the enemy or they will meet the same horrible fate as little children going off to war.

Here's another depressing war story- this time regarding highly trained soldiers. The year was 1862, early in the Civil War. President Lincoln was quite frustrated with his general, George McClellan. The gallant general trained and drilled and showed off his Army of the Potomac in military parades. 

Though they were well-fitted and vast, McClellan kept stalling and requesting more troops and weaponry. Exasperated, Linclon wrote, "Dear General McClellan, if you're not going to use the army, may I borrow it for a while?"

The moral of this story? What good is it if you even have a church filled with well trained men  of God; if they are not led into battle, all their training is pointless. We must train and then engage men in the War of wars. Remember what W.A.R. stands for-

W= Worthy lives to live ourselves. We are to war to live lives Worthy of God. Our purity and devotion is vital to protect.

A=Activate believers. We need to Activate the many sidelined saints to the battle call.

R=Release unbelievers. We are commissioned to set captives free.

If we and our protégés are not focused on this, we will just be playing soldiers.

But we are focused on making W.A.R. and I am quite proud of you for that. We are seeking to recruit protégés whom we will train to W.A.R. with us.

We know that athletes in sports also devote themselves to training. Even in Paul's day this was true. He wrote, "Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last." But why did he and why should we train? Paul goes on to tell us- "but we do it (train) to get a crown that will last forever." 1 Cor.9:25. Athletes have coaches to train them. That is what you will soon be doing, coach with your Pros. Apart from going off to a Bible college or seminary, it's hard to find a place where a Christian man can go to be trained by coaches to win for the Lord. I like what you're preparing to do! 

Thankfully, such a training process is not all on us. The Lord is the Master Mentor and He is eager to help the men who volunteer to train and fight with us- “Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war,” Ps.144:1. God trains us to be like Himself- “The Lord is a warrior.” Ex.15:3.(By the way, how is it that men can read their Bibles, and not see that they need to be training and engaging in the war of wars? This is where their manly manhood is called out and developed. I’m so glad we’re on the same page!)

1.-Share one thing that strikes you from today’s blog.

2.-Write on your MP3 card, Psalm 144:1 “Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war.” Then do the Did it.

(Remember, all you have to do is put a letter up if you did such. So if you didn't have anything to R about, or you forgot to A= Attack in prayer, just skip typing the letters R and A.)

G. How many individuals or groups did you get to share and enrich from your MP3 card?

R?

E? Did you Encourage a teammate since yesterday?

A? Attacked in warfare prayer? O Lord give us Power HOUSE men to train and battle with us to forcefully advance your kingdom.

T? Feel free to also share outreach opportunities you had, or you can just put up numbers.

Announcements
I know some of you are planning on going on the Men's Encounter Retreat (Mar.6-7) just so you can recruit more men. Way to go! It would be a busy weekend to have our M3 meeting too, so it will be on Sunday, March 15th at 3:00 at Jack's. This will be a super meeting with our new proteges joining us. Keep up the good work of sowing watering your potential Pros.

Please don't forget to go back to this past Sunday's post to complete it by this Saturday night. (A new one will be posted Sunday.) It will help you be more effective and knowledgeable in talking with your hopeful Pros.

Congrats to our top 3 scorers- Jack-10; Robert-8; and Israel-7. Way to go! 

	1 Tim.4:15	G=God's Word	G MP3 sharing	Right Wrongs	Encouragement	A= Attack Prayers	T	Totals
		For Wed. 2.18.15
	Alpha Force
	Fire Team 1
1	Jack Rogers U.2	1	4		4	1		10
2	Roger Vinlasaca U.2	1	3		1	1		6
	Fire Team 2
	Mike Pagan U.2	1			1	1		3
	George Rabiela	1	2	1	1	1		6
	Fire Team 3
	Sam Vargas U.2	1	3		1	1		6
	Gary Remson U.2	1		1	1	1		4
	Fire Team 4
	Robert Roman U.1	1	2	1	3	1		8
	Vince Diaz U.1	1	1		1	1		4
	Delta Force
	Fire Team 1
	Alvin James U.2	1				1		2
	Kentrayle Adams U.1	1		1		1		3
	Fire Team 2
	Dave Heidekruger U.2	1	1		2	1		5
	Israel Fuentes U.2	1	4	1		1		7
	Fire Team 3
	Daniel Contreras U.1	1	1		2	1		5
	Antonio Palomar	1		1	1	1		4
	Fire Team 4
	Eddie Morales U.2	1			4	1		6
	Ismael Andrade  U.2	1			4	1		6