Daily Disciples
Newsletter
MARCH 2012
In 1 Kings 8:12, Solomon began his sermon of praise to God by saying, “The Lord said He would dwell in the dark cloud.” Many times, Christians also sense the dark cloud of God rather than the light He has placed within us. In darkness, we question God’s will and His ways. In darkness, we sense a lack of direction and even confusion. In darkness, we wonder if we are sensing His Spirit and our faith becomes challenged to the core. Why does God allow darkness? We know from Genesis 1:4 and Isaiah 45:7 that He created the light and the darkness. So how does the Christian survive the dark times? We, Bobbye and Tonilee, have experienced many dark days and confusing times. But we are also assured of God’s promise to “give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places.” (Isaiah 45:3) Just because we are limited by darkness does not mean that it limits the God we serve. It is in those dark times that our primary focus needs
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God Works in Darkness to be “I will trust You, Lord” regardless of how thick the darkness might be. In November 2011, we faced an intense time of challenge that tested our faith in many ways. The Lord clearly instructed us to step aside from the ministry. What? How can that be from God? But we both knew that God desires and requires obedience, regardless of what made sense to us. Our desire has always been to teach, train and lead others in their walk with the Lord through His Word. But we knew that God raised up a new thing with the development of Media 4 Women, not sure of the purpose but trusting the Lord. This new company grew very fast, maybe too fast. But, what about our ministry. How could we do both? Was God implying that we needed to stop working for Him? At the time, both of us were confused and uncertain of the direction of the ministry and media company. We did not keep the message a secret but we were struggling to understand what God was doing.
A new entity called “Real Issues Real Answers” became a growing outreach as we tackled sensitive topics like divorce and depression, still seeking God’s guidance on how to communicate His message. The Lord showed us the depths of where people are hurting in real life issues. We found ourselves not just ministering through the organization of Daily Disciples but through avenues we had not planned. We desired to reach the lost and hurting but our plans for how to do that were being changed...by God. He made us take a step back, to trust Him, in order to go forward with clarity and in strength. We spent a long year working and walking it out with the Lord, much of it in darkness. But, praise God, His light has lifted to show us a much bigger, more powerful plan. We are back in full swing with Daily Disciples Ministries. Media 4 Women and its services are thriving. We have a broader outreach than ever before with a cross-over global network.
Bobbye & Tonilee are back on KPRZ 1210AM every Sunday at 10am. Sign up to stay involved with The Way 4 Today Radio Show through their website at www.theway4today.com For more information, or to be a guest or sponsor on their show, please contact them at info@dailydisciples.org