Odd Symptoms - New Ministry Direction - Income Streams

INTRODUCTION

This update is rather long and complex.

It is a reflection of a major crossroads in my life.

I request your best prayers both now and later.

What I present here is a summary of how I sense God leading me.

I have begun to head in that direction.

As I continue in this way for years it will have major impacts.

It will put me into relationship with many people who will pray for many others.

This could be used to equip Christian leaders and teach Christian teachers.

Like I told my pastor I request for God to confirm or correct this direction.

God knows how to communicate with me directly and indirectly.

God knows how I think and feel about these matters.

I do not require for God to confirm but that would be nice.

Otherwise I am moving forward by faith and I trust He can redirect me as needed.

This was written on my computer using one sentence per line.

That helps me to keep it simple and stay focused.

It cuts down on my rambling.

But I do not know how this will appear on a smartphone.

So if you have troubles then I apologize.

There are apps to read text and one of those might help you with this long message.

ODD SYMPTOMS

For several days I have had odd symptoms.

These might relate to the new direction for my ministry.

I request your best prayers both now and in the future.

I need God to answer many prayers.

There is a small challenge ahead of me.

This will lead to many more large challenges later.

SYMPTOMS

Gas has gone up and down.

There were burps and farts far more often than normal.

Gas X has helped.

I suddenly got a sour stomach several times.

That has not happened in my lifetime before.

My diet been same as last 2 years.

Pepto bismol tablets helped.

I have suddenly had mild headaches.

I have rarely had any headaches in my entire life.

I do not think I am sick.

There has been no temperature or other signs of sickness.

NEW MINISTRY DIRECTION

It is possible that these odd symptoms are spiritual attacks.

Maybe this is part of the explanation for these odd symptoms.

I have been pondering a new focus for my sermons on Saturdays.

And it will become a large ministry avenue that will include videos, ebook and ecourse.

This will hopefully lead to financial income streams.

The working name of this is Let’s Pray Better.

I admit that I need and want to pray better.

I believe that many others want to pray better too.

Praying better has been a goal and a struggle for decades.

I have tried and failed to improve my prayer life dozens of times.

I have requested prayers to pray better dozens of time.

I can do is start where I am right here with what I have.

I can put out there the parts that I have to offer.
I trust God will give me more as I sow good seeds into good soils.

I will be requesting many prayers as we go.

Eventually this will lead to an interactive online community.

The ministry will be a blend of teaching, preaching, exhortations, inspiration and more.

It is my way to equip Christian leaders

It is how I can stir believers up unto love and good works

It is a way to pass along the dozens of insights God gave me into this subject

It is my way to teach teachers who will teach others.

It is my way to make reproducing disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ.

INCOME

Please pray earnestly for this will lead to income streams.

It is a wise way to steward my time and talents to earn more money.

I have lots of internal issues about money that I will need to face and overcome.

I love to give and I dislike fund raising as well as sales.

God has made a way for my modest bills to be paid.

Yet there are needs and wants that have been out of reach so far.

When I offer inspiration, instruction and exhortations that will be valuable.

God will guide me to organically grow that into income somehow.

There will always be plenty available for anyone for free.

There will be a way to request and receive donations.

Eventually there will be prices set on some digital products.

That includes sales of ebooks, ecourses and membership in online community.

NEXT STEPS

I already have dozens of small units that are ready to share with the public.

I have an overabundance of outlines on mind maps.

I have previously published articles online and made short videos.

I have studied how to make a ebooks, ecourses and podcasts.

For weeks I have been using an online project management service.

That service is named Liquid Planner.

God used that to sort out my many incomplete projects.

It has become obvious to me that this is the major focus.

This is both wonderful by itself and it will pave the way to the others.

It will take many years to complete all God has put on my heart.

Yet in order to accomplish those huge projects then I must pray better.

I must have a support team that is knowledgeable and skilled in prayer.

I must get over my resistance to teach and preach online.

I must learn how to harness the many online services I have bookmarked.

WBS What is Bible Salvation

VISION

What follows is the short term and long term vision.

Some of this could become a reality in 3 months.

Other parts will take more than 3 years to fully mature.

The way that God has wired me requires that I see the long term big picture.

Then I can fully commit to the milestones along that course.

For years the Holy Spirit has prompted me to publish a short video weekly.

This will go out with a PDF handout with the notes and application.

So please pray for that healthy habit to start soon.

As I do that they will be small parts of a large and complex set of lessons.

When I ponder prayer there are much more than a dozen major sections.

So my current focus is to gather those parts into an online outline service.

This will become the initial skeleton or table of contents to help me stay organized.

I have been using Checkvist it is great for just outlining.

It also integrates with an excellent online writing service Gingko App.

Together those will give me the internal structure and text content.

Then Spark by Adobe will turn the boring text into attractive text and videos.

When the units are ready it is quick and easy to copy and paste in many places.

Those attractive units will be hosted on Youtube, Vimeo and Prezi.

Those will be also on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Medium.

Publishing on those places is good but promoting is needed too.

I have studied Internet marketing for many years.

There will be email subscriptions that are segmented for each kind of user.

There will be polls and surveys to learn what people want.

There will be ebooks and ecourses related to the kinds of prayer.

There will be an online community with a wiki and forum.

There will be more than one podcasts eventually.

For many years I been learning about all these tools for years.

But I have lacked the inspiration, motivation and guidance to use them.

I am on the brink of making a wholehearted commitment to this.

PRAYER

So what I need the most now is much prayer by many people.

At this critical moment I ask the Lord Jesus Christ to confirm or correct this guidance.

It seems like God has been guiding me into this direction.
It involves a huge commitment of my time and energy.

It might lead to a steady and increasing income stream.

But this might not be the best time.

Maybe it would be best for me to focus on another project in the short term.

Going in this direction will mean that I will be experiencing spiritual warfare.

The forces of darkness will not be pleased for me to teach others about prayer.

I am ready, willing and able to move forward; yet I ask for God to confirm this.
I am not requiring God to confirm in a certain way or at all.

I just take this moment to totally surrender my will to know and do His will.

I ask you to pray for God to connect me with many excellent intercessors.

The only way I have come this far is due to answers of prayers.

The only way I will continue to move forward is with God answering prayers.

Shalom

John S. Oliver