January 25th, 2010 
Jojo Agot I was reading Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox blog a while ago and was struck with this verse he quoted. It was about the rich young ruler who came to Jesus looking for advise on what he should do to inherit eternal life.
Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” Mark 10: 21 (more…)
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Tags: care groups, cell groups, Discipleship, listening, small groups 
1 Comment » October 22nd, 2009 Jojo Agot 
It was small group time tonight. Four of us guys gathered around pizza and pasta while we talked about God, our lives, jobs, church and our daily walk with Jesus. As always, it was awesome to just be surrounded by people who make a positive influence in your life, making you want to pursue higher goals for yourself.
Prayer time was simple but powerful. Have you ever tried listening to a person while he prays for you? Didn’t you ever wonder why that person would have the audacity to ask God for things in your behalf?
When a brother prays for you, some spiritual value gets added to your life. It’s as if your faint voice suddenly reverberates loudly in the throne room of God like you used a megaphone because it’s not just you who is asking, you got two or three people rallied behind you to ask God for whatever it is that you need.
God is compelled to listen to a group of people praying the same prayer. You know why? Aside from the fact that He is hearing multiple voices agreeing in unison, He is the one who promised so. “I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.” Matt. 18: 19
October 8th, 2009 jojoagot-RF 
I just had my first one to one discipleship session with a brand new believer in the church last Sunday. I was excited because he is very interested about his new found faith that he even began telling his friends about Jesus.
During our meeting, the first thing he asked was the name of Cain’s wife. The problem was that I didn’t know the correct answer. I told him that since there was no record of Cain’s wife in the Bible, we can never be sure.
Almost a quarter of our time was used discussing possible answers to his question, making some guesses, trying to cite Bible verses, making more guesses and in the end we agreed to just let it go. We went on to discuss our topic for the day and went home still not knowing the the name of Cain’s wife. There were two things we learned though:
First, we learned that the Bible is selective history, not a census book or civil registrar repository. It means that not every family line was written there. For example: In Exodus 1:15, the name of the Egyptian pharaoh was deliberately left out of record but the two lowly Hebrew midwives were identified by name. Strange? You bet.
Second, we learned that some things are deliberately hidden by God. Deut 29:29 says it all: The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
I suppose I don’t need to write more. The verse is loud and clear for all of us to know. Many of the questions we ask might never be answered in this life. We don’t have all of the answers, we can only trust and believe. And that’s exactly the reason why it’s called faith!
Question: If you were asked the same question in your discipleship session, how would you answer it?
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