Ministry update

This ministry ha has been about since 1984   the world has changed during that time. Something else has changed and I frankly do not like it; I am not 18 any more infact I am just shy of my 66th birhday. And I am tired, real tired. However tired I am I want to see to it that one more person hear the Good News of Jesus christ

What has transpired this year, so far?

#1. as you know I suffered a masive heart attact in January and I again was hospitalised in April of this year. I am, by doctors orderes meant to be on the mend which means zero working, no walks, no heavy lifting, no driving. You get the picture?

#2. So my ministry has suffered and the board of directors has suggested I close down the minisstry. I suggested another 2 years to see which way it will go. Thus I extended the internet  contract with Comcast Business Class two more years.

#3. Starting in the next few days Thunderdome Ministry will embark on a second website that has ties with Google called UNEI.  My hope and prayer is to reach out even further with Gods message of hope and forgiveness. Thus, the ministry will have two websites on the World Wide Web.

#4.  Sadly after some tweny years there will be no Woodward Avenue Dream Crusie outreach this year. Unlike previous years, we had the tracts and the volunters and my health is still on the mend and lastly I am without transportation.

                                             Just what is the vision of the ministry

A.     to continue reaching the lost for the Lord as 2nd Corinthins chapter 15 tells us that we have the ministry & Word of reconcillation.

B.    build on 110 plus acress a campus for homless Christians and  vets. On the property would be a 200-250 seat chapel with learning center and at least 5-6 houses for living quarters.

In order for the vision to come to light means people just like you will need to  come forward and help financially. Why?  becasue this minstry is trying to stay away from goverment interferance. This mean not goverment grants. Why no grants? to many loopholes and restrictions. This is also why this ministry has been staying away from being a 501c3.

Present day

As of right now the minstry faces its problems, just as any other ministry What this ministry faces is a shortage of items that make a minisry run smoothly. One such issue is  that of modernday technogly.

The ministry runs short on copy paper, uptodate printer  as well as a computer/laptop.

Then too, there is no Christian volunteers or sponsorship to lean on for a little rest.

Am I available for speaking/preaching engagments? The answer is yes and no.  Yes I could do a preaching engagemnt. However said engagements would need to be here in Michigan and with traansporttion and lodging are provided until April-May of next year. Please let your Pastor know of my availabilty and he can contact me directly.

                             The following is a list of references used in this edition

1. Romans Road
2. Comcast Business Class
3. UNEI  
4. Woodward Avenue Dream Crusie
5. Chick tracts 
6.   Paypal for love gifts for the ministry

Any questions  or if you want to send love give via a p-aper check please make out your checksand or money order to the following in US dollars(USD) to...

Thunderdome Ministries Network Inc

c/o  Rev. David P. Liebler

3513 Clairmont Street

Flint MI 48503 USA

 

"Help me if You Can" Part 1 A Christian point of view

Introduction

If, your old enough, you may remember the rock and roll group called "The Beatles" One of their many albums was simply titled Help. On the album was a song by the same name and the lyrics went  something like the following:

Help, I need somebody
Help, not just anybody
Help, you know I need someone
Help!

When I was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in any way
But now these days are gone I'm not so self-assured
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me?

And now my life has changed in oh so many ways
My independence seems to vanish in the haze
But every now and then I feel so insecure
I know that I just need you like I've never done before

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me?

When I was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in any way
But now these days are gone I'm not so self-assures
Now I find I've changed my mind, I've opened up the doors

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me?
Help me, help me,ooo

Whether or not your a Christian we all need help from time to time. To ask for help one has to  #1. be at the end of his/her rope #2 a person has swallow his/her pride #3 be willing to accept the gift. #5 there has to be a giver of the gift.

With that said I need, to enquirer which aspect which point you are in. Are you always in asking but never willing to give? You see a person can not always be asking for  help but never willing to share with others.

The Other Voice

There seems to be a voice in society where  members willing to give but only to those who are members of their church. This is indeed sad, and I see such  scripture basis for such behavior. Could you imagine Jesus and or an angel at ones door only to be refused service? Of course there would be some sort of ramification to either the church a person or persons.  But, for now listen to what Jesus had to say several years ago.  It can be located in the Gospel of Matthew chapter twenty-five. 

34   Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35   For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36   Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37   Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave the drink?
38   When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39   Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40   And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41   Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42   For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43   I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44   Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45   Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46   And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

In Closing

If we as Christians are real "doers" of the Word of the Lord then we ought to see zero people homeless and hungry .(read James 1:22) But, and looking at the streets of Detroit, Pontiac , Waterford and Flint there is something quite wrong with the picture. The problem is not so much the homeless its people taking up room in pews inside churches around America.  If you have a 4 bedroom home and your only using one bedroom what do you think it says about you?  Are you having someone you know take in homeless people but you are unwilling to have them in your own home, whats that say about you? If you think that hanging a shingle makes you special and about being a doer of the Word of the Lord  I think you need a little comfort zone adjustment.  Look at what James chapter one has to say in Gods Word

22   But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23   For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24   For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25   But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
26   If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
27   Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

The Ministry

God gave you, as a Christian, a ministry the very second you accepted Him into your life and heart. That ministry is called reconciliation. God did not need your resume, witness, a cover letter and so forth. Fact of the matter is God gave you the ministry the very second you accepted Him into your life. Now consider the following; if the global population of Christians is around 98 million why are churches not full? Why are there people homeless? Why are there so many hungry? Your thinking "But the church down the street is doing the work so they dont need me." fact of the matter is every ministry can use a extra helping hand young and old.

Listen to what James says

17   Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
18   And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19   To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20   Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
21   For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Its beyond time for you to minister to those we call homeless.

Its time to help those Christians exiting prisons.

Both need your help and your knowledge

So what are YOU going to do to help those in need today?

 Will you simply sit on your hands or will you get up and go.

While your out and about check in on someone who you know is disabled and see how YOU can help them not just today but in the days and months ahead. Maybe take them shopping on the day they get their Food Stamps or Disability benefits.

Remember what Jesus said in Matthew chapter twenty-five

Verily I say unto you, 

Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to 

me.

What you dont know about.....

By this time you already know a little about Thunderdome Ministries Network Inc. In fact you are reading material right from the pen of the founder  and CEO of the ministry. So allown me to pin point a few things for you as the year starts drawing to a close.

#1. The ministry is faith based.
#2. The ministry is not a 401c3 non profit ministry. Yet we sell nothing to raise funds. If the ministry needs it then the money comes out of my own pocket. It has been this way dating all the way back to  the Spring of 1982.
#3. The ministry does have a small staff consisting of only three men of God. No more no less.
#4. The ministry has its own website hosted Yola  in fact you can find the website at   http://thunderdome-ministries.yolasite.com, We do have at least two mirror sites that I find important in keeping graphics and any ideas.
#5. All websites, both personal and ministry wise, are created by yours truly.. There is no outside agency that assists in this project.
#6. In the past we would ask on Facebook and in this blog for financial assistance. However well meaning it did not fully pan out as planned. We do keep a GoFundMe account
#7. Did you know that yours truly has preached in assisted living homes. in prison and as of a week ago even in churches.  Yes I do know how to teach, preach and prepare sermons. In fact some sermons can be found on the ministry website and at Littlethunders Castle
And yes i am available to share Gods Word in your church here in the United States . Simple call or text me @ 248-295-1365
#8. Yours truly was mentored by the late Pastor Richard Eugene Blue of Waterford Michigan for the duration of some 26  wonderful years.

Now that you heard a little about Thunderdome Ministries Network inc I wonder if you perhaps would like to assist with a love gift. If so see above wher you read a bit about GoFundMe and click that on.

Thank you for your time today. Come back soon.

PS

If you prefer to send a love gift  via snail mail the address is located below. Make any funds for the ministry out to....

Thunderdome Ministries Network Inc.

C/O David Liebler, Founder/CEO/Evangelist

3513 Clairmont Street

Flint Michigan 48503-6602

TDM?

#1. What is TDM? It is short for Thunderdome Ministries Network Inc.

#2. What are the goals?
      2-a. To reach a lost and dieing world for the Lord.
      2-b.  To help Christians that are incarcerated. First in Michigan and in other prisons in the United States.
       2-c.  To build a campus or half way house for Christians exiting prison.

You may be saying or asking if other Christians are doing all of the above. In part the answer is yes. However, the labours are few and far between.

Next. Christians exiting one form of society and thrown into another is not the proper way of doing things. Often a person is sent right back into the very heart of where s/he lives with zero support from the family of God. This is exactly where the ministry comes in: once the campus is built and finished a person could safely adjust to society quietly and at a pace they are comfortable with. Otherwise they are doomed for another time behind iron bars.

Is all this worth it? 
The answer is yes.

Now allow yours truely to ask you some questions.

#1. If you had a family member behind bars would you not want to help them? Hopefully I hope the answer is yes. For you see God is not a one strike and your out person. God is the author if you will of  second, third and fourth chances. Whereas society only gives a person only one strike and your out.
#2. How can you help?
       2-a. Prayer
       2-b. Hope. Always hope for a better tomorrow. Whether it's for yourself or for those incarcerated.
       2-c.  Financial. Just like anything in society things cost money. It costs money to build a building, buy cloths, buy food or even put gas in the car. So it costs money to run any ministry. It takes funding to buy land, houses, pay bills and such. So the ministry has to buy supplies such as ink or paper for the printer. It takes money to buy tracks, put gas in cars and trucks. It takes money to have an ISP or the ability to buy a domain name and even money to pay the light bill.
And that, dear reader is a small part of a much larger picture.

But you say, "your ministry is small. So why should I give?"
The answer is simple: to save up for the unexpected. Such as the need for a new furnace, or water heater or new roof and so forth.

Giving to a nonprofit ministry is rather easy. You give and then declare it on you income tax. In return you receive a percentage in return.

With this ministry listed as a profit ministry we hope that you will give out of the abundance of your heart. There is one small thing about this ministry: people won't give because there is no tax deductions. And so the ministry suffers in more ways than one.

Thunderdome Ministries Network has a vision and long range goals. All of which you can be a part of. The question now becomes as follows; will you help us so we came help even "the least of these?"

If you would like sending a "love gift" please send it to the following;

Thunderdome Ministries Network Inc.
ATTN: David Liebler , President.
3513 Clairmont Street
Flint Michigan USA
48503-6602

Just remember with love gifts there is no tax deductions at the end of the year.
** Sending amount of $100, in US dollars or more, ought to be certified by your favorite banking institution.

Thank you for your time and interest in Thunderdome Ministries.