An Enormous Burden

It is hard to estimate exactly what God can do through people. It is unthinkable that the God of the universe would entrust the most precious message to human beings, yet that is exactly what God has chosen to do. We are still in the beautiful state of Maine on deputation, and I have been very encouraged by the churches that we have visited while in Maine. I have discovered several things while in the state. We have 40 United Pentecostal Churches in the state and the state's population is about 1.9 million people. Obviously the state of Maine needs more churches, but it brings into perspective the burden that the Lord has placed in our hearts to plant a church in the Cleveland Metropolitan Area. The Cleveland Area has a population of 2.9 million people, that is more than 1 million more people than the whole state of Maine. In Acts 1:8 the scriptures say that we would receive the Holy Ghost and be endued with power from on high to be witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, and the uttermost parts of the earth! According to Bro. TF Tenney, the smallest thing that God has called us to reach is a city! We feel that the Lord is going to do strategic things to change the spiritual climate in the cleveland metropolitan area! We have a handful of churches for 2.9 million people! Pray that we speed through deputation to get to our city of calling! Every day longer it takes us, we are losing oppurtunities to reach people!