From a Junior Way Ambassador: I Realized People Need the Love of God

Please enjoy this personal account from a teenager who served as a Junior Way Ambassador with her parents in the Ambassadors of the Way Outreach Program.

As a Junior Way Ambassador, I learned to show and give more of the love of God to people and not be so fast to jump to conclusions. Acting with the love of God is important.

When I moved to our Way Ambassador state for the first time and started going to school, it was a shock for me. I moved from a small rural school to a big urban school. In this new setting, I did not expect to see the kind of need in people’s lives that I witnessed. It was a little scary and overwhelming. Honestly, at first, I was thinking, “I need to get away from these people! They are crazy!” Thankfully, I didn’t do that. Instead, I remembered what my parents taught me about loving and helping people. I knew that God was with me, and I started to get to know people even though their situations were things that I had never seen or dealt with.

As I learned and got used to more people, I made one friend who then led me to meet with her other friends. As we were walking to gym class, they started sharing real needs with me, going into more depth about some issues they were facing, such as drugs, trauma, and issues within their families. At first, it startled me to hear the things they had suffered through and were currently dealing with. In that moment, I had to learn and grow in my thoughts and not run away in fear because these people needed some of God’s Word in their lives, and I was there to give it to them!

One of my favorite verses that stuck with me during this hard time was I Corinthians 10:13.

I Corinthians 10:13:
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer [allow] you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

This is a verse I got to share with a couple of my new friends and even remind myself of. I know this verse, and God’s Word in general, helped so many people to stay peaceful when challenging things came up in their lives.

Not only was I able to share the Word with my friends and pray with them regularly, but they also came to fellowship and even brought their siblings to learn about God’s love and grace. One even took our ministry’s Foundational and Intermediate Classes. It is exciting to hear her speak in tongues, knowing that she is born again.

Now that I have realized people need the love of God, I am thankful to God that I have had opportunities to teach people about how big their God is and how much He loves them. I am so grateful that my parents took me with them to go Way Ambassador because, honestly, I loved getting to see the joy in people’s lives when they heard about God and His AMAZING Word!

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Thankful God Has Blessed Me

I am thankful to believe and confess Jesus Christ as lord in my life (Romans 10:9,10), and that he is seated at the right hand of God (Ephesians 1:20), and that it is God in Christ in me (Colossians 1:27).

I am thankful for receiving into manifestation holy spirit, and for learning the difference between the gift of holy spirit (pneuma hagion) and the Giver, Holy Spirit, and the nine manifestations of the gift: word of wisdom, word of knowledge, faith (believing), gifts of healings, workings of miracles, prophecy, discerning of spirits, speaking in tongues, and interpretation of tongues (I Corinthians 12:8-11).

I am thankful for my sonship rights: redemption, righteousness, justification, sanctification (I Corinthians 1:30), and the ministry of reconciliation (II Corinthians 5:18).

I am thankful that by Jesus Christ’s stripes, I was healed (I Peter 2:24), and that I am an ambassador for Christ (II Corinthians 5:20).

I am thankful for being in The Way Ministry.

I am so very thankful for the Foundational Class (John 10:10; John 14:6).

I am so very thankful for the opportunity to fellowship with like-minded people all over the world and in all aspects of my life. I have such a wonderful family in God in Christ Jesus (Acts 2:42).

I am so very thankful for the spiritual growth, abilities, and blessings there are to share the wonderful Word of God with others, my loved ones, family, and friends.

I am thankful.

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Way Ambassadors Bring Godly Solutions to Others

The Power of Prayer Works

As ambassadors for Christ we have many opportunities to bring godly solutions to people’s lives. James 5:16 in part says, “…The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”

We met a young man while shopping, and he decided to start attending our fellowships. After some time, we met him outside of our fellowship time for coffee. He shared with us some challenges in his life, one of which was a concussion he was dealing with. We shared with him III John 2, and that it was God’s will for him to prosper and be in health. We then prayed for him, and after some more edifying time spent together, we went our separate ways. A couple of hours later he texted me that much of the discomfort associated with his injury had subsided. God is so good and is always willing and able to bring deliverance as we get Him involved in situations and claim the promises in His Word through prayer. 

God’s Blessings Come as We Remain Faithful

Proverbs 28:20 reads, “A faithful man shall abound with blessings….” As a Way Ambassador, I have seen this truth bigger. One of the main requirements of our program is to be faithful—faithful to read the Word, pray, speak the truth, and, of course, walk in love—and as we do this, God brings the results.

One night early in the program, we were witnessing downtown and looking to bless people. We went into the local ice rink and we went up to the man at the front desk. We told him about what we do and asked if he would be interested. He looked at us and smiled and said, “No.” This was a temptation to be discouraged, but instead we decided to shake the dust off and keep pressing on! We went into the hockey shop where the store owner was playing his guitar. We started a conversation and when we mentioned our ministry, he set down his guitar and said, “Biblical research and fellowship ministry. Tell me more about that boys!” It turned out, we were just the people this man needed to talk to that night. He shared how our being there confirmed many things for him, and he was very much blessed by our time with him. This was a huge example of what will happen as we continue to trust God and be faithful to hold forth the truth in love. 

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Now I Understand—God Wants Us to Speak in Tongues!

My father was a minister of a well-known denomination, and he faithfully taught our family what he knew. The summer that I turned ten years old, I attended a summer camp offered by our denomination. It was for a week and my father had been the organizer and the director of this camp for several years before I was old enough to participate. I remember one of the days, our group of ten girls and the woman who was the leader were in a small shelter with two picnic tables. She asked us to go to Romans 10:9. I’m pretty sure I had read that verse and the following verses before, but this was finally the day I understood and took it to heart. She asked all of us to read verse 9 out loud together. I was born again that day.

The next week I was sitting on the grass in our yard. My friends had gone home and I was putting the croquet items back in the holder. I suddenly realized I was quietly speaking a different language. I stopped and asked myself, what am I doing? I don’t know how to speak another language. I decided that I shouldn’t tell anyone about this.

Fast forward decades when I was first introduced to some of the Biblical truths that were shared by Word Over the World Ambassadors. I was willing to listen because much of what was shared was new to me. I had never heard of speaking in tongues, but there I was seated at a home where I was going to hear it! At my first home fellowship, I sat as close to the door of the home as I could, knowing that I could slip out and be gone quickly if the situation got weird!

My first time hearing speaking in tongues with interpretation at that fellowship was exhilarating, comforting, and it melted my heart to my heavenly Father. I didn’t recognize the languages that were spoken by the people who manifested, but I knew that the languages were legitimate. This couldn’t have been a theatrical staging. It was real edification, exhortation, and comfort from our heavenly Father for each of us in the room! WOW! What have I found! Thank you, heavenly Father!

I can speak in tongues and I understand that God wants us to speak in tongues much to ourselves and in a believers meeting, when we are called upon, to speak in tongues and interpret.

I’m thankful The Way International is in place so faithful believers can teach others who desire to know God and His Son Jesus Christ. I am very thankful to the folks who spoke to me about God’s spiritual truth.

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In Their Own Words: Victorious Way Ambassadors

Following a successful tenure, here’s what these Way Ambassadors had to say:

“Since going Way Ambassador, I noticed personal growth in my goal to manifest patience and peace with myself and others. This allowed me to manifest God’s love to a greater extent.”

“Speaking the truth in love with great boldness was one of my spiritual goals for many years. The Way Ambassador outreach program provided all the necessary elements to accomplish that goal. Now with great joy, I can say I am bold and courageous to speak God’s matchless Word.”

“As a fellow worker with God, He showed me how to more effectively operate my ministry of reconciliation. It is always a joy to bring others back to the Father. I am thankful to be an ambassador for the Lord Jesus Christ.”

“I grew the most as a Way Ambassador in my ability to trust in and rely on God each day. It was a challenge at times because we are in the spiritual competition, but I saw God come through each day.”

“At the beginning of the program, my fears were to open my mouth to speak God’s Word and I wasn’t sure if my daily needs would be met. By faithfully applying the lifestyle of Way Ambassador, I was strengthened in my inner man and I boldly spoke the Word of God everywhere in my area. Also, all my needs were met, and I lacked nothing during those months.”

“In this program, we learned to meet needs in people’s hearts.”

“The Way Ambassador program helped me be free!”

“The Way Ambassador program showed me greater avenues of life in outreach, study time, and all that it takes to go two by two. I was blessed tremendously in a short amount of time. This program was designed for God and the individual. I saw great things by God working mightily within not only me, but also my family and my team. I’m thankful for the Way Ambassador program because we held forth the light of God’s love to those that were in darkness. If you want to grow, you gotta go!”

Proverbs 13:19: The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul….

I DO Have Control in Life!

I had the privilege of growing up in a loving family. I was taught to love God and to live according to Biblical principles. Because I was faithful to apply the Biblical principles I was taught, I enjoyed success in school, in sports, and in pursuing a college education toward my career goals. On the outside, I appeared to have everything well in order. On the inside, however, it was a different story.

On the inside, I had a deep fear that seemed to be almost paralyzing at times. My fear was that after doing my best to follow all of the rules—working hard, living a wholesome life, being kind to others, all of the things I had learned from my parents and the church I attended growing up—that even still, everything I had worked to attain could be suddenly taken from me by a catastrophic event. What drove this fear in my thinking was the realization that I had no control in avoiding such a negative event. It seemed to be lurking somewhere in my future with no way for me to escape it. At times these fearful thoughts made life seem futile, causing me to feel discouraged and helpless.

I never told anyone about this fear; how much it bothered me and weighed me down; but God knew. He knew that I longed to have that weight lifted from my mind so I could move forward with a confident and enthusiastic outlook on life. And by God’s wonderful grace, that is just what happened after I began learning the Word of God taught in The Way Ministry.

I learned about the law of believing; that when I confess with my mouth and believe in my heart what God’s Word says, God will absolutely bring it to pass. What deliverance it brought to my heart to know that I DO have control in life! I can claim God’s promises of protection, guidance, prosperity, and health in my life. Just knowing that it is God’s desire above all things for me to prosper and be in health (III John 2) brought peace of mind that I had never experienced before.

God looked on my heart and saw a need in my life. Through the Word that I learned and believed, God brought me deliverance from my deepest fear enabling me to live with confidence and peace in my heart. Today, I look forward to the future because I know that whatever life brings my way, God will be with me and together we will prevail!

God Had Us in the Right Place at the Right Time

My Way Ambassador teammate and I decided to go to a store in an area that we hadn’t been to before. Before we went in, we prayed that we would find someone that day who truly wanted the Word. We walked around the store for a while and spoke to a few people, but nothing really panned out, so we got ready to leave. As we were leaving, we decided to go through the self-checkout lane which we don’t normally do. We both were wearing our Triumph in Christ hoodies from the Bookstore and the attendant working the self-checkout noticed them. He asked us what church we were a part of, and I started to explain the Way Ambassador program to him. He then proceeded to say, “That’s how I got into the Word in the 1980s! There was this group of people who moved to my city for a year to run home Bible fellowships, and they witnessed to me.” I asked him the name of the ministry and he said, “The Way International!” We were all shocked! He had been witnessed to by WOW Ambassadors and had been a part of the ministry for many years.

My teammate and I were able to have a great conversation with this man and tell him all about the movement in our ministry today. He was excited to hear about all we’re doing, and he especially loved hearing about the Young Adult Rock, because he had attended the Rock of Ages! He was so blessed to have found people who knew the accuracy of the Word again, and we shared with him that there are no coincidences with God! It was amazing that God had us in the right place at the right time to bless this man. We were so excited! That incident built our believing high and we went on to have even more successful outreach that day. Every time we visited him, he was happy to see us and to be able to speak the rightly divided Word with believers.

To me, this incident encapsulated the second pillar of the program, reaching out to others. My teammate and I were like-minded on what we wanted to accomplish that day, and with our united believing, God was able to go to work! This interaction helped set the tone for outreach for our team because everyone was excited by it. It also helped me to see the importance of not limiting my believing. I never imagined I’d run into someone who used to be in the ministry during my time as a Way Ambassador, but again, God had us in the right place at the right time.

One of the points under reaching out to others is “Way Ambassadors lovingly express God’s goodness and love.” I learned that outreach isn’t just getting people to attend fellowship or through the class, but also leaving people better than we found them. A seemingly small act of kindness on our part makes a big spiritual impact. Someone shared with me that we are reclaiming spiritual ground that the adversary thought he had won, and that really resonated with me. In our time spent as Way Ambassadors, I saw the culture of our city change little by little as we continued to pour on the love with everyone we met. We had the amazing opportunity to meet the needs of so many different people and I’m thankful for the guidance God gave us as we boldly spoke His Word!

I Prayed; God Answered

God Meets Each and Every Need

I had decided to move to another state and share housing with a friend and colleague. My friend lived in the southeast part of the state, and we were going to partner and start a nonprofit venture to help meet a need in the community. Well, my friend owns a three-story house and lives on the top floor, which is a three-bedroom apartment. I was to stay temporarily in one of those bedrooms. So, I packed up all my belongings and headed there.

After a fourteen-hour drive, I arrived at my friend’s house, only to find that she had invited another colleague to occupy the bedroom I was to use. Not to worry, she had another bedroom on the first floor where her elderly mother lived. Okay fine. I unloaded my car and settled into the extra room. But before long, my friend’s siblings complained that she had an unrelated adult in the home with their mother, and they insisted no one else should live there outside of the family. So, I had to move. And, not only that, my friend received a promotion on her current job and decided not to leave, so we could not start the nonprofit organization. Well, there I was homeless and without a means of income. What was I to do? I was going to need some help.

I had been involved with The Way International Biblical research, teaching, and fellowship ministry for many years, and I had learned the keys to appropriating God’s promises from the Word I was taught. One of those keys is prayer, and it is written in James 5:16 that the “effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” So before I moved, I went to fellowship and prayed aloud for housing and work. When fellowship was over, the coordinator approached me and said there was an opening in her department at work if I was interested. Another disciple at the fellowship told me she knew of a private home where I could get immediate housing. “We could go see it tonight possibly,” she said. So we went to see the rental, and it was just what I needed, except it didn’t have a kitchen. I could use a hot plate. I could have a mini fridge. I could even have a dining set. But there was no kitchen. Still, I decided to take the apartment. The next day I called to schedule an interview for the job opportunity, met with the program director, and was hired.

I had prayed on a Tuesday evening and by the next Tuesday evening had both a place to live and a source of income, but I still had no kitchen. Yet, I was in for a surprise because when I reported for my first day on the new job, lo and behold, there was a kitchen on the premises with cooks who served hot meals for breakfast and lunch and a grocery with the usual staples, including fresh fruits and vegetables. I was just flabbergasted. How remarkable it is to see how God meets each and every need, in every way, every time, just like He promises in His Word.

Trust God and See It Come to Pass

I have had many open doors to serve others with confidence because of the Word of God I have learned. There was a wonderful married couple who were serving with my husband and me, whom we became very close with. This couple had been married for a good amount of time and expressed to us their desire to start a family sometime soon. We told them that we would keep them in our prayers and encouraged them to confess the positives of the Word and to keep believing to see it come to pass.

It was years later, and we once again were serving with this couple. They invited us to stay with them while my husband and I were visiting and teaching the believers in their area. During this visit the couple, who had now been married for fifteen years, once again told us that they were diligently believing to start a family. As they shared their hearts, I could tell that the wife had some fear and doubt about the situation. I then had the open door to share with them the truths of God’s Word about claiming God’s promises with confidence, and that if they wanted to see this come to pass, they needed to not look at the five senses but to trust entirely in God. The wife cried as the Word ministered to her heart, and I asked if I could pray for them. It was very clear to me what to pray for, and I did so knowing God would bless them and answer the desire of their hearts.

It was about two months later when the couple came for a visit and, with big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes, told us that they were expecting a baby. Later they had a healthy baby boy. I was able to help them because of the Word I have been taught by way of this ministry and made my own. What a joy to walk in the steps of Jesus Christ, making an impact in people’s lives.

Humble Hearts Must Be Waiting for Us

One Saturday we went out to witness two by two. Door after door, family after family, of all those approached, no one had been available to receive us or even listen to us. We refused to let discouragement prevail. We truly believed since we had gone out that morning, it was because humble hearts must be waiting for us somewhere.

It was then that passing in front of a house, we saw a gentleman sitting on the veranda. As we approached with God’s love, he was eager to receive us and give us a seat, and he was ready to listen to us. After about twenty minutes of sharing with him about God’s goodness and grace, he was very amazed by God’s Word on display.

He told us that he had been waiting for this moment for nearly seven years. That for nearly seven years he thought that his sins were so numerous and so serious that he could not even venture to say the name of God. He had many times thought of going to confess to the priest, or even go to an exorcist priest, but in his mind the gravity of his sins prevented him from doing so. He had fled his village because of the sorcerers, leaving his wife and children, and could not return. He was convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that God could not forgive him and his many grave sins.

After this, we further showed him from God’s Word about His grace and about being born again. On the spot, he confessed Romans 10:9 and 10. Big tears streamed down his face. He told us that while he was confessing Romans 10:9 and 10, he felt as if a great burden had fallen from his head. He said he was ready to follow us wherever we went. We continued to share the Word with him that evening.

To this day, he has become very faithful to fellowship in the home. He has already gone back to visit his village several times, and is preparing to bring his whole family back with him. What wonderful grace from God!

God Answered Our Prayers

Sharing the Word of God from house to house, my Way Ambassador partner and I were received by a man, a car mechanic by trade, who had just undergone surgery on both kidneys. We thus began a process of sharing the principles of believing and prayer with him, following his state of health day after day. Returning one day from a medical consultation, this man shared with us his concern on the recovery of these two wounds, one of which healed well, but the other on the right side was problematic and caused him a lot of pain and worry. We reassured him that God is the Healer, and said a word of prayer in the wonderful name of Jesus Christ.

Two days later, returning to visit him, we found in the house only his wife who, until then, was indifferent to us, but who that day begged us to wait for the return of her husband. Which we accepted. And some two minutes later, we saw the gentleman disembark from a motorcycle. I told the other Way Ambassador who was with me that something powerful had happened in the gentleman’s body because a two-kidney patient who was recovering from a surgery like his could not ride on a motorcycle.

Indeed, he himself confirmed that at his last medical examination, his doctor had just informed him that his two wounds were totally healed, that there was no longer any concern, and that he could resume his work as a mechanic as he saw fit. We praised God!

This miraculous healing of the man led his wife to open her heart to us by asking us to pray for her, because their only child was already almost ten years old and since then, she has not been able to conceive. She accepted our invitation to join her husband in our home fellowship meetings, and we also began to pray for her deliverance. God answered our prayers because the man and the woman are now graduates of the Foundational Class, and some time later, the woman gave birth to a beautiful baby.