Our Hearts Glow with Gratitude to Our Awesome God

With God’s help, I found the woman that I married. My search for a wife took longer than I expected it would. God kept my heart encouraged during my years as a single man, especially by way of His written Word and the encouraging words and attitudes of fellow Christian believers here in The Way Ministry.

Two verses that I held fast to in my heart while searching for a wife are Psalm 1:3 and I Corinthians 15:58. Psalm 1:3 reads, “And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” This verse reminded me that God would prosper His Word in my life as I delighted in and focused on it faithfully. I Corinthians 15:58 declares, “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” This assured me that I could make a good impact for God by serving Him. I remembered and believed this verse regarding serving in the ministry while I was a single man. I had the joy of serving in our ministry’s outreach program twice, serving on Staff at The Way International Headquarters, and in The Way Corps leadership training also. As I kept God’s Word in mind and acted on it, God kept blessing my life with good health, encouragement, prosperity, learning, and growth.

By the time I ended up meeting the woman I married, some friends in the ministry had already mentioned her to me and had godly things to say about her. She and I talked a lot to begin to really get to know each other. We shared with, laughed with, asked questions of, listened to, flirted with, built up, and forgave each other as needed. By way of the strong and pure doctrine of God’s Word and the faithful men and women of The Way International who teach it and live it, God prepared me to love and lead my wife and live well with her.

Without this ministry, it is unlikely that my wife and I would have even met. Now we serve and lead in the ministry, we grow in God’s Word, and we work to make it known. Our hearts glow with gratitude to our awesome God for the faithful ones who have gone before us and for the joy of serving in the ministry.

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Getting a Pep Talk from God as a Way Ambassador

The framework of the Ambassadors of the Way Outreach Program includes participating in the following each day: quality time in the Word, time in prayer, fellowship with like-minded believers, and reaching out to others in the local community.

Before I was a Way Ambassador, I thought I knew how to study the Word. I got in my self-prescribed ten to fifteen minutes a day reading the Epistles or a short article from our ministry’s website. I studied the Word first in my day because I knew life would be harder if I didn’t. I look back on it now, and I see that I really didn’t know how to equip myself spiritually; I only knew enough to keep myself from caving under life’s pressures. Now, I know how to prevail against them.

At the program’s outset, thirty minutes of time in the Word felt like a lot to fill. It doesn’t feel that way anymore. My once “morning obligation” turned into the thing I seek out in the quiet moments between outreach and work, work and sleep, sleep and outreach. It’s like getting a pep talk from God. It’s more relaxing than sleep, more energizing than coffee, and more comforting than a pile of warm laundry. It is the refuge from the storms of life.

God made it clearer to me than ever that the depths of our hearts are no secret to Him. He showed me answers, both to questions I knew I had, and questions I didn’t even know to ask. I started formulating deeper questions as my study time and life experiences revealed gaps in my understanding and kept track of them in a journal. As my questions piled high, God worked in fellowship meetings, class sessions, my peers, my leadership, and my personal study time for the answers to be revealed at lightning speed. All I was seeking would’ve taken years to achieve without God multiplying my efforts. Instead, it took weeks or even days for some answers.

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Way Ambassadors Shine as Lights

I Didn’t Hesitate to Come to Fellowship

Our Way Ambassador team witnessed to a man who immediately began faithfully attending home fellowship along with his wife and daughter. He received the Word with meekness and began to make decisions according to the Word in his marriage, in the upbringing of his daughter, and in his business. He also witnessed to two friends who began attending home fellowship. One of these friends commented, “My friend was a person full of fear, shy, and of few words. Now I see a change in him; I see him happy and speaking confidently. I want to walk like him. That’s why I didn’t hesitate to come to fellowship when he invited me.” This couple along with their two friends were in our Foundational Class.

Every Day There Is Light

A new person in our Way Ambassador fellowship shared this: “I have never heard of this church, I only know that today I received the Word of salvation, and every day there is light that shines in my spiritual eyes. I say that I am very grateful to God, to this church of The Way that through the Ambassadors of the Way, I received the Word. It was hard for me to read the Bible. Today I don’t go to bed without reading the Bible. I’m very grateful.”

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The Greatest Investment I’ve Ever Made

God has done so much for me because of the Word I’ve learned. It would be an impossible task to write about everything, and at the same time, every single little thing that God has done for me has been life changing and very significant to who I am today. It is also just as hard to write about just one thing, because all the details of my life are molding me into who I will continue to become in the future. I received the knowledge and understanding that I needed to find and live the more abundant life I had always heard about, dreamed of, read about, and hoped for.

John 14:6:
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

I learned the Word of God—what it really says. I learned how to read and study the words individually and in the context to fully understand exactly what I was reading. I learned that I was blessed by God before the foundations of the world were ever formed. I learned that God has been detailing all the aspects of my whole life, and God brought my life from darkness to light. With all that I’ve learned from the classes and fellowships I’ve attended, my love for God has mightily grown in my heart, my mind, and in my life.

I received true freedom from the mental, physical, and emotional bondage that hinders a person from living God’s more abundant life. I learned Who God is, what God can do, and how much God loves me and the whole world too. God showed me Who He is and showed me who I was, who I didn’t want to be, and how to be the me I wanted to be. God gave me more than words will ever be able to express.

My mom told me when I was a little girl that the Bible has the answers to all of life’s questions. She was right. God knows absolutely everything about everything. There isn’t one thing He left out of His Word that we need. He covered all the categories in life, including but most definitely not limited to sickness, richness, love, life, death, and even things called impossible. He has endless answers to all the endless questions our minds seem to always have about everything.

God gave me hope and a future. God gave me life more abundant than I could ask for or think of. Learning God’s Word gave me purpose, peace, a sound mind, and the understanding that I was lacking in life. God gave me exactly what I needed at the exact time I needed it.

I believe knowledge is one of the most powerful things a person can possess; it is something that no one can ever steal from someone else. The knowledge that is held within a mind can’t be removed or contained by another. It’s truly valuable. Putting effort into growing in the knowledge that I have gotten from the Word was the greatest investment I’ve ever made in my life. The most valuable, priceless, rewarding thing I own in life is the truth of the knowledge of the Word of God that I have in my mind and have engraved upon my heart. I would not own it if God hadn’t given it to me by way of the Word I learned in all the classes I’ve attended because of The Way Ministry.

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A Way Ambassador Sent to Speak the Word

I had been dealing with a three-week-long headache (I have since been healed—thank God). Nevertheless, sometimes the pain prevented me from going out witnessing. I was taking medicine to try and get rid of the pain, staying hydrated, everything, but the headache persisted. On this particular day, I still had the throbbing pain, but I did not want to stay in bed or rest, I wanted to do what I had been sent here to do—speak the Word. So, pushing through the pain, I read the Word, prayed, got dressed, and started the day.

My Way Ambassador teammate and I needed to run some errands before connecting with some other team members to do some outreach. We went across town to drop off some items for a neighbor, came back to the other side of town, got gas for my car, then went to a coffee shop to work on a few things. We finally finished our errands and now, at almost noon, we were finally ready to do outreach.

We ventured to the shopping center across the street and prayed in the car for open doors to speak the Word. Three large stores were in front of us, and we agreed to start in the first large department store. Walking toward that store, we thought about starting at the store next door instead. We stood for a minute between the two stores and decided to stick to our original plan and go into the first store.

We did a slow lap through the store and found lots of items, but not a lot of people. We said hello to a few people during our lap through the store, but no open doors to really speak the Word. We started heading toward the exit to go to the second store, when I had the thought to look at one last area we had not been to. We walked over to that section, and around the corner was a young lady with various pink-colored items in her shopping cart. I immediately commented on her pink items, stating it was my favorite color as well! Her eyes lit up, and a forty-minute conversation began! We connected on many topics, from favorite colors, to college stories, books, TV shows and movies, what we were doing in the area, and shared about the Word.

She stated that her sister was meeting her at the store, and to our surprise when her sister arrived, we found out they were twins! Unfortunately, my teammate and I had to leave, but we exchanged numbers with both ladies and invited them to join our team to see a movie that Sunday. They happily said yes to our invitation. Right before we left, the one sister I started the conversation with, looked at her twin and said, “Look, Sis, friends! Just like we prayed for!” My teammate and I exchanged an excited look and we exclaimed that we, too, had been praying for friends. We said goodbye and were walking to the car when I said to my teammate, “Look at that, two for the price of one!” We laughed and were so blessed with how the day went. We both marveled how if one thing had gone differently that day, we wouldn’t have run into those two wonderful ladies.

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We Can’t Thank God Enough

In the early years of our marriage, my husband and I attended a Methodist church in Ohio. The minister was a wonderful man who taught God’s love and manifested it in his life. He taught about the love of God, about being born again of God’s spirit, about accepting Jesus Christ as your personal lord and savior and believing God raised him from the dead, and about Jesus Christ sitting at the right hand of God to make intercession for us.

Two couples in our church had taken Dr. Wierwille’s class on Power for Abundant Living. They invited us and another couple, who were our close friends, to go with them to a meeting at a hotel to hear Dr. Wierwille speak. Dr. and Mrs. Wierwille and three of their children had just returned home from their trip to India. Dr. Wierwille was so blessed and excited about this trip and the signs, miracles, and wonders that were wrought in India. That night he made it available to register for the Power for Abundant Living class.

There were five of us from our church who decided to take the class. We were so blessed to learn God’s Word rightly divided. My husband and I have stood faithfully ever since. We can’t thank God enough for His Word that we have learned throughout the years. There are no words to fully convey, and no price that could be paid to express our thankfulness to God for His Word and The Way International. What joy and peace to know God’s will for my life, and to live His Word each day.

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Way Ambassadors See God’s Hand in Their Lives

The Way Ambassador program brought a wonderful transformation to my personal life. First, it made me grow and reach a high level of spiritual maturity. I developed the habit of praying constantly and loving and helping people. Secondly, because of the good health that God has given me, I was able to finish the service without being in the hospital or experiencing a serious illness.

I saw God’s hand in my life in the total healing of my sister, who was in a serious health situation that almost disrupted my participation in the program. I had the unconditional support of my fellow ambassadors.

I became personally involved in my sister’s recovery. I read accounts of healing in the Word, and prayed like never before, both with my understanding and speaking in tongues, until I saw God’s hand of deliverance, my sister’s total healing.

I experienced the joy of speaking the Word of God and seeing people who did not have a knowledge of the Word able to believe it and get born again and speak in tongues. These are events that made me very happy and thrilled my soul.

God supplied all my needs. I am grateful for my service as a Way Ambassador and for the blessings that I will have in the future as a result.

How great is our God!

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Take Believing Action

My Joy and Peace in Believing

The unique way in which I was taught God’s Word in The Way Ministry brought great rewards to my life. Through classes, publications, fellowship, Sunday Teaching Services, and more, I have learned how to apply the Word and get positive results.

One hot summer day while driving home from shopping, my car temperature gauge indicated the car was overheating and traffic had come to a snail’s pace on the expressway. My thoughts went to…

II Timothy 1:7:
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

…as I spoke in tongues much. The ministry has taught me how to have joy and peace in believing while applying God’s Word to situations of life. I took believing action. I called my husband and we believed together that I would get safely to the next nearest exit to get my car to the repair shop. The result ended in my having an Ephesians 3:20 experience.

Ephesians 3:20:
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.

I got a rental car that was brand new, and the repair shop (a dealership) paid for the entire time that I would need the rental.

I Will Not Quit!

The Way Ministry has taught me God’s Word as I never heard it before. With a knowledge of God’s Word, I have learned to put God first in my life and let go of doubt, worry, and fear.

I know and believe I am worthy of God’s love, and I am daily growing in my confidence toward Him. I have overcome emotions that have held me back for too long. I suffered because I allowed my emotions to direct and dictate my life. I wasted too much time on worry, regret, fear, and shame. As I go to God’s Word, I gain wisdom and understanding. I have been freed from chains of the past wrapped around my mind. I have learned to continue to see God’s goodness as I trust what His Word says.

I am determined to claim God’s promises that will meet my need(s) today.

I believe God’s Word to overcome any challenges that come up today.

I continue to take believing actions, walking with confidence, stepping fearlessly, and keeping myself resolved to stay in the Word. I will not quit!

I love being around faithful and believing people. They are like a warm blanket to me.

For more instruction and encouragement to eliminate fear, take a look at what God says. If you would like to know more about The Way Ministry, contact us.

Junior Way Ambassadors Know Prayer Works

One day while we Way Ambassadors were witnessing in another city, the sky began to darken and drizzle, we all ran for cover under a roof, and it began to rain very hard.

We decided that the weather wasn’t going to take away our joy, and started singing several hymns from the songbook while we waited under the roof. During that time a lady who was with her daughters in the same place, also waiting for the rain to stop, asked us who we were. We shared with her who we were and what we were doing.

As we chatted with her, my seven-year-old son said, “Why don’t we pray? Prayer has power!” Right there we all held hands and prayed in the name of Jesus Christ that the rain would stop, and at the end of the prayer, it literally stopped raining. The Junior Way Ambassador shouted, “Prayer works!” This incident had an impact on everyone, especially on the lady and her daughters. And it strengthened in our hearts what we are as ambassadors and how God manifests Himself so powerfully in our lives.

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I Understand God’s Heart for Me

When I was first introduced to The Way Ministry, I heard about a program called Total Fitness Institute or TFI. I did not know very much about the program but knew it was something The Ways Corps at the time participated in. I was very interested in the program, but this program was eventually replaced by the LEAD program. LEAD stands for Leadership, Education, Adventure, and Direction. In the depths of my soul I wanted to be involved in the LEAD outdoor academy.

Psalm 37:4:
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

When assignments were given out for my third year in The Way Corps training, I was given the opportunity to be on LEAD staff. What an incredible adventure with God! I determined in my heart to practice the presence of God, listen and learn all I could, and to do exactly what I was asked to do. I had never been camping in my life, and there was so much I did not know.

My first LEAD challenge was to take my turn driving the equipment truck, which we called Moses because that truck always led the way when we traveled. We drove from New Knoxville, Ohio, to Tinnie, New Mexico. The equipment truck had a standard transmission. (When I was younger and getting my driver’s license, my brother taught me on a standard transmission vehicle but not a huge truck!) I could not reach the gas and brake pedals, so we put a pillow from the RV behind my back and off we went. That was definitely interesting. I spoke in tongues and focused on knowing, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” (Philippians 4:13).

On one of our training days, the director of LEAD was teaching me how to rappel and set up a rappelling station for when the students came for a session. To rappel is to descend from a height, such as a cliff or a wall, sliding down a double-anchored rope and applying friction to control your speed. After I was all hooked into the ropes and safety harness, he told me to stand on the edge and lean back as far as I could. I remember thinking, OK God, here we go! I brought to mind Joshua 1:9, “Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” I leaned back as far as I could. He said to lean back even farther, so I did. Then he said to take a step off the edge. I took one step and promptly fell. The rope caught me and I got my climbing boots back on the wall.

When I fell, I knocked a large piece of rock off the face of the wall and onto a small shelf facing me. At the time, I did not know enough to push the rock off the wall. I continued down the rock face, enjoying every step I took. Then the rope I was hanging on swung about three feet to the right. I wondered why the director had moved the rope. Then swoosh! The piece of rock I had knocked off the face onto the shelf came flying by, right where I had been seconds before. I could hardly believe it. I continued on my rappel and was very thankful I had not been hit by that flying rock.

That evening the LEAD staff were all sitting around a campfire discussing the day, and I asked the director how he knew to move the rope. He looked at me and said, “I didn’t touch that rope. Do you know how difficult it is to move a rope with a person hanging on it?” At that moment I realized it was God, my heavenly Father, Who was taking care of me. He had moved the rope!

Psalm 46:1,2:
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.

Every day at LEAD we had challenges, and we met them individually and together. I had the occasion to minister healing to someone who had a branch from a tree poke into his eye while we were hiking. The healing was immediate! I saw God’s hand of grace and mercy in everything we did. We taught the Word to each other daily, and encouraged each person to a more worthy endeavor, believing God in familiar and unfamiliar situations to develop an “I can do” attitude.

I know that my life would never have been as victorious and joyful if it had not been for this ministry. I understand God’s heart for me and the great strength I have to live each day because of the true Word of God I know.