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Just talked to the Lovetts

January 10, 2011 in Prayer Requests with 1 Comment

I just got off the phone with the Lovett family. I was able to talk to Brother Lovett. That was great considering how serious his injuries are. He had just gotten up and walked around the room and was very tired. He said that he had to get up and move because you begin to wonder what is happening with you when you are laying in a bed and everyone keeps coming in and looking at you. He said he wondered if they were lying to him about his being able to walk and had to try!

The surgeon had come in twice today. He will be having surgery on Wednesday, Lord willing! They are going in to see where the bone fragments are and to get them under control.

Mrs. Lovett said that he is bruised and sore all over. The surgeon says that is because of the trauma. Though bones may not be broken the heart and lungs were bashed as well as the rest of his body. He has bruises everywhere and is sore to the touch. The nurses are very encouraged because he has been able to get up and walk.

Mrs. Lovett talked to the witness. The witness had seen blood coming out of his mouth, ears, and nose. She confessed that she had lied to Brother Lovett but didn’t know he was a preacher. She had told him that everything was all right and that he was in good shape. She was trying to encourage him.

Mrs. Lovett said that what the witness had told her husband had kept him encouraged and appreciated the witness helping Brother Lovett.

Brother Lovett’s right hand is messed pretty bad and he is right handed. Please pray for him. His left arm is full of pins and screws from the shoulder to the elbow, I understand!

Missionary Kevin Hall took him a fan. This little blessing has meant so much to him. He was just laying there in a pool of sweat before.

Please pray for this family that God will continue to work. The Lovetts have insurance as well as the person that was involved in the accident. Lord willing they will only have to cover the deductible if any!

They would appreciate your prayers, calls, and emails. God bless all of you that are praying for them in this difficult time!

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Michael Lovett, missionary to South Africa

January 8, 2011 in Ministry Updates, Prayer Requests with 3 Comments

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Michael Lovett is a missionary to South Africa with Macedonia World Baptist Missions. He was involved in a horrific motorcycle accident yesterday as you have already read on this blog.

I just got off the phone with Mrs. Lovett. I hope I get most of this right but I think you will want to be praying for them.

Brother Lovett was in X-ray when I called. They need clear pictures to assess the damage of basically his whole body, arms, chest, legs, pelvic area, etc. He is in lots of pain.

They have put a halo around his right wrist and forearm. They have been able to save both hands. It will be a long time before he gets use or mobility in his hands.

They put a pin in his bicep area, fragments moved around that had to be cleared out. This is a cause for concern about infection. Basically both arms have been shattered and crushed.

Right not he is out of crisis and getting stabilized. There had been restricted blood flow due to a bone coming apart in his shoulder that was blocking the carotidic artery. His vitals are now stable.

He is on pain medication every 3 hours but still suffering. His mind is playing tricks on him due to the medicine!

They do have good medical care. They will need a letter of guarantee which she should be able to get from their insurance company on Monday.

He will need at least one more surgery or two

Please pray for his comfort. He can’t even scratch nose. They want basically no movement until the surgeons have made sure all fragments of the bones are cleared, etc.

Pray for the family. Pray for the doctors. An accident of this magnitude is always horrible but being on the other side of the world compounds things even though they have good medical care they are away from family!

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Latest update

January 7, 2011 in Prayer Requests with 4 Comments

I just got off the phone with missionary Kevin Hall in South Africa. This is the latest news. Kevin understands from Libby, Michael’s wife that if all goes well Michael will need 8 to 10 weeks of recuperation.

His vitals have not been stable. Pulse has been up to 192 beats a minute. Both arms are severely damaged. They are pulling out bone fragments and pulling a halo system on to relieve pressure on the arteries.

There will be surgery, Lord willing, on Monday and or Tuesday to fix injuries. One wrist is broken and bicep possibly separated. One arm looked like a Z. The femur was possibly broken.

They will be in need of financial support for all the medical expenses. They need prayer for all the family.

Thanks for all of you who help get people praying for this dear family!

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Pray for Michael Lovett

January 7, 2011 in Prayer Requests with 3 Comments

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Michael Lovett has been very seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. I will get you more details as I can. He is in surgery right now. Severe damage to both arms and possible internal injuries.

Read the comments below for more updates.

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The Right Steps Toward World Evangelism

December 31, 2010 in BCWE Events, Ministry Philosophy, Teaching Outlines with 1 Comment

Lesson in a mini session at the Summit

Be absolutely sure of your own salvation

  • Several missionaries have gotten saved after serving on the field
  • Others have fallen into deep sin
  • Others have totally quit on God
  • It is Biblical to make your calling and election sure!

II Peter 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

II Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

Be an ardent student of the word of God

  • Read it all through many times-how can you claim to be a teacher and preacher of a book that you have not read many times
  • Be disciplined in spending time with God each day. If you aren’t disciplined enough to spend time everyday to personally grow then how will you study in a disciplined manner to teach others
  • As a student you read to learn and apply! If God’s Word does not change you then how will it change others?
  • You should be able to see God changing you through the Word. If the Word doesn’t work in your life then how do you expect it to work in someone else’s life.
  • Become a self feeder

Fall in love with the church

  • If you don’t like fellowship with God’s people how will you spend a life time bringing others into the family and building the family
  • Church planting is the only way to really fulfill the Great Commission!

Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

  • Learn how to do church work
  • Study the pastoral epistles until you are very familiar with them
  • Learn how to treat your brothers and sisters in Christ
  • Be very helpful to the pastor, missionary, church staff and other spiritual leaders

Luke 22:27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.

  • You learn more by serving than studying and leading!
  • No doctor, lawyer, or dentist begins work without training, and neither should a missionary.  The best place to get this training is in your church and on the field.  You need to get involved in the ministries of your church.

Become a discipling machine, if you do not disciple now you will not do so then either, “remember you will only be more of tomorrow whatever you are today!”

  • The key ministry used all over the world is discipleship
  • We go to reproduce others like ourselves
  • That means you have to be who you should be
  • That means that you need experience in taking a person from the beginning all the way through maturity
  • If you do not know how or will not reproduce yourself on the mission field then do not go.
  • You have to learn to work with people that no one else would.
  • You have to learn to swim in sewage
  • You have to realize that it is not the Bible College’s job to reproduce men, it is your responsibility to reproduce Christ in those that surround you.
  • Everyone must be discipled.
  • Know how to disciple before you go over.
  • The process is a funnel, you win (lots) people to Christ, you disciple (some) those that accept Christ and then you train (few) those who are called of God to do the work.

Learn to cross the street and find new people and witness to them and get them in church

  • Be involved in local outreach and getting to lost people to share the gospel with them
  • Remember to work the process and not be so worried about the product
  • You will learn to do hard work but then you must learn to do smart work

Read missionary biographies

  • Take notes
  • Think of the difficulties and trials that accompany missionary life.
  • Discuss them clearly with your wife and family
  • Keep a journal as you read and discuss so that you work through foreseeable problems

Get real training for the mission field

  • Bible College training is very important. Knowing your Bible is important
  • Bible Colleges do little to train however in cross cultural ministry.
  • They teach theory not practice but you can get lots of practice if you work at it
  • Get with missionaries with actual field time and that have been successfully used of God
  • Spend at least 6 months on the field to see how you and your wife will adapt

Develop personal convictions so that you can stand no matter what others do or think

  • Get victory over sin and temptation
  • Get your thought life under control
  • Do by living out who you are, pay your bills, and do not be known as a deadbeat or someone who does not pay your bills
  • Develop a strong marriage because it will be tested

Become a disciplined and self motivated person

  • Develop your gifts and be honest with yourself
  • He will give you the desire and ability to do it Philippians 2:13
  • You will have inescapable thoughts
  • You will fill the necessity and woe laid on you 
I Corinthians 9:16-17
  • Know who you are and just live out who you are in Christ

Notice what I didn’t say

  • Worrying about where you are going to go-mission field
  • Getting to the field as quickly as possible without getting trained
  • Getting a prayer card
  • Getting a mission board
  • Getting there syndrome

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