AMAZED
To all my Strong Disciple friends and supporters,
What an amazing journey the last 6 years have been. I stand back in awe of all God has done since I launched Strong Disciple as a full time ministry 6 years ago. We have an amazing God who chooses to use the weak, insignificant nobodies of this world, to do his work. I am one of those weak, insignificant nobodies. It astounds me what God has done. Each of you have played a vital, irreplaceable role through your generous, faithful donations, prayers, and support. Thank you for making an eternal investment in God’s kingdom-work through your donations to Strong Disciple.
As of today, approximately 21,519,925 minutes of messages have been downloaded around the world.
Approximately 1,100 pages of Thoughts Provoking articles have been written on faith, family, fathering, parenting, finances, marriage, Biblical manhood, how to live for Christ in a wicked, evil culture, and other vitally important, spiritual issues. That’s the equivalent of eleven 100-page books, filled with inspiration, insights, wisdom, practical advice, deep spiritual, thought provoking truths, exhortation and wonderful encouragement.
During the first 6 years of Strong Disciple ministry, I have prayer-walked a distance greater than 2 times across the United States, personally praying and interceding daily, for so many of you.
God has faithfully and miraculously sustained this ministry, and lives are being powerfully impacted around the world. I am amazed by it all.
Here are a few actual testimonials sent to me in the last several weeks. I thought they would be a great encouragement to each of you.
Pastor Mark
I absolutely love your weekly, Thoughts Provoking articles. I read every one of them. I usually read them on Mondays before 6 am, as that’s when I meet with the other pastors. If I’m running late, then I read them during lunch, and sometimes if I feel especially connected with whatever you’re writing about, I read them a second or third time.
I listen to many of the sermons you recommend towards the end of some of the articles. They have been a huge blessing to me over the past few years in my own walk with the Lord, my own marriage, and especially in my parenting. As you know, I’m pretty practical so I often find the practical tips so helpful, but also very engaged with all the other topics as well.
I find them relevant to the current situations hitting the world (sometimes down to the week things are happening in the news) and have found them helpful in my own pressing circumstances, many times. Another Pastor friend also reads them before our pastors meeting on Mondays, so sometimes, we can tell the flavor of our discussion is colored and influenced by us having read your articles that morning.
I have forwarded them to many people that I find would benefit from reading a specific one. I have used them in my ministry Bible Studies or other teachings as a reference/handout, and I have encouraged all of the young husbands and fathers in our church (on multiple occasions) to subscribe to them.
Please keep sending them, as for sure, they are a blessing to me, my family, and others in our church!
Pastor Mark
Thanks for sharing these Living in Grace messages! I just finished Living in Grace, Part 2. I remember listening to that one in the past. On that note—I was thinking about your messages the other day. Your messages have had more of an impact on my life, and I remember bits and pieces of them more often, than any other messages I hear from other preachers.
I remember being so disappointed when suddenly new ones stopped showing up. But then how thankful I was when you started Strong Disciple and I now have access to all of them. It’s our last day here on our vacation…gonna go enjoy the grace of God!
Pastor Mark
Oh my goodness! Everything about Edition 304—The Only Way Forward, is amazing and so encouraging. You verbalized everything that I am feeling. It’s so overwhelming some days that I feel helpless and insignificant. It is then that I have to bring it to my Lord. So much evil, all around us. The Opening Ceremony of the Olympics is still vividly disturbing. I know that God is in control and I am not. It is then that I say to myself “OK Lord, I know you’ve still got me, like you’ve protected me all these years.” He whispers in my ear, “peace I will give you if you just trust Me.” Thank you Mark. Your song, Who I Trust, was beautiful!!!
Friends, I cannot thank you enough for your love, kindness, support, faithful generosity, prayers, and encouragement. Also, Thank you for reading these weekly articles. It is my honor and privilege to serve the Lord through this ministry, and to serve each and every one of you. Please write to me any time as I love hearing from each of you.
Amazed by God!
Helping you become a Strong Disciple,
Because of Jesus,
Pastor Mark Darling
