Handing over – 09.06.2021
Let’s thank God for recruiting us into His Army.
Today the Lord wants to remind us about the duty of a soldier.
Duties of Individual Soldiers
1. Daily prayer for 2.30 hours( Time for securing protection as well as for receiving commands from the Lord)
2. Attending or Conducting weekly Troop Church
3. Proclaim the Gospel daily to at least two persons directly or through mail, phone. (Introducing Jesus to two new persons or motivating 2 believers/Christians with the manna verse for the day.)
4. Start a new troop in 2 months.
5. Trans India programme
1. Daily Prayer for 2.30 hours
The first duty of an AOJ soldier is giving the Lord the tithe of their time. The Lord grant us every day 24 hours of time. Tithe of 24 hours is 21/2 hours. Each soldier, according to their availability of time, can include or exclude family prayer, Morning worship in it. Those who can exclude the above from their personal prayer of 24 hours will establish a close walk with God to the extent that they will hear the voice of God regularly, will be able to discern God’s will in small or great matters. They will be able to guide others also in the Lord.
2. Attending or Conducting weekly Troop Church
It is mandatory that all soldiers should attend Troop Church once a week. After attending Troop Church for 2 months, a soldier will be equipped to start a new Troop Church normally. If they are not, it is abnormal and the reason should be sorted out in a very delicate way by the Troop Leader.
The following can be the reasons.
Bondage with the traditional Churches
Lack of freedom
Inability to take decision
Yet to get deliverance or healing from past hurts etc.
The Leader of the Troop should take it as a sensitive issue because this soul is still under bondage. The vessel is not empty or cleansed and hence Jn 4:14 spring of water could not flow out of them. For one more month the leader has to work with this soul. This should be exceptional case. Normally the Soldiers should start searching for their new troop members from 4th week onwards.
3. Proclaim the Gospel daily to at least two persons directly or through mail, phone. (Introducing Jesus to two new persons or motivating 2 believers/Christians with the manna verse for the day.)
On 6th June, the Lord spoke to me on this and made me examine whether I go by this. I felt a kind of urge of proclaiming it in the air so that it will reach all the soldiers. Same day during our prayer at night, through Sr. Leema Rose the Lord spoke the same thing also. She insisted on conveying this to the AOJ soldiers. Next day 7th, I shared this in my morning message this.
Dear Soldiers this is based on the Great Commission
“Mat 28:19-20 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
This command of the Great Commission is the first and foremost duty of an AOJ soldier. Every soldier should share Gospel with 2 persons a day. It can be their own family members, friends, relatives, close associates, believers, unbelievers anybody. 2 is minimum. It should be more as they grow in the Lord. It is not simply ‘copy paste’ a verse of the Bible and sending it.
An AOJ soldier should target at 2 souls. You can take “The Rhema word” for them from the Bible and give to them.
Soldiers should always have “2 target persons” like this. They should pray for them every day. They are the “target persons” for their new troop. Praying for them every day will open a door to come in contact with them (if they are not yet). They will become members for your troop Church . Once they start attending your Troop Church, you can take another 2 members.
Through this you are satiating the thirst of Jesus on the cross and fulfilling the demands of Great Commission. Those who do not do this on a daily basis are not worthy to be called a soldier of AOJ. Let us go on insisting this in all your meetings of AOJ.
How to find the” target souls”?
Start from your enemies list. Go on forgiving and releasing blessings on them and on their families. Pray for them, thank God for all the pain, troubles you experienced through them, the humiliations, insults, discriminations you suffered through them. These are the signs that the Lord has given them as your “targetted souls” . You will get wonderful doors opened through them.
4. Start a new troop in 2 months.
If a soldier is regular in the 3rd duty, the 4th will automatically follow. Many will be standing in queue to join your new Troop Church. The Lord will send the right persons to your Troop. All believers or all Christians are not meant for AOJ. Recruitment to the Army will be done by Jesus Christ, the Commander of the Army. We should be careful not to attract or admit any soldier not recruited and selected by our . If the right soldiers are admitted into the troop, they will bear fruit and bring glory to Father.
5. Trans India programme
In 2017, the Lord introduced TIP into AOJ. It is rendering free service of 2 hours in a week to anyone who is in need. AOJ introduced Natural Farming, Teaching handworks to AOJ soldiers in this regard..
1Ti_6:18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,
Tit_2:7 Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, ………….
Tit_2:14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
