*DAILY DEW 3/JUNE/2023* *GROWTH DEMANDS TRAINING* (IV) _Key Bible Text:_ *"As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away."* (Acts 13:2-3 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ Don't put yourself under any kind of pressure. If you have not properly trained men to be effective pastors, you have no business opening new centres. God CANNOT LEAD YOU TO DO IT. Stop deceiving yourself! When the Lord told me in late 2019, that He will soon require us to begin to spread at The Edification House, the next thing I did was to put a better structure of training in place to further prepare the men I have been training hitherto to become much more effective. By the time it was time to spread, we were ready. The men who would handle all the things needed at every level were ready. There's no pressure anywhere! Now, the catch here is that about five years ago, I ALMOST made a fatal mistake that would have adversely affected what we do today. I was going to appoint people into certain positions, but the Lord wouldn't let me do it. I didn't quite get why, because everyone seemed "fine" to me. I eventually had to drop it and just kept doing what I was doing. It was as the days unfolded, that it became clear why God restrained me, and all I could do was lift my hands in thanksgiving to God. If you do things in a hurry, you will regret it. The work of ministry is a not a copy-copy thing. It's not a but-we-are-colleagues thing. There are things you CANNOT copy if you don't have TRAINED MEN to run it. If not, hypertension will kill you. And that's not a figurative statement. The years are very long. You are in this thing for decades. Focus on the training, and the increase will come. I know that doing that wants to make it appear as though things are slow, but dear sir, whatever will be built to last cannot be built in a hurry. If you chase the numbers without raising the men, you will eventually betray proper apostolic doctrine and practice. We have big dreams for the gospel in our local church, but we are doing it with no pressure. We are strengthening our discipleship structure and training and raising more leaders, so that when the crowd begins to troop in, we don't start convening emergency meetings on what to do. We simply keep doing what we are doing, and the word of God will increase as the number of disciples multiply greatly. _MEDITATION:_ *Never forget this: Focus on the training, and the increase will come.* *#Popoola_Oluwatobi* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_JUNE,2023* ❤ *#Guest_Message* Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you...