Ministry Training Boot Camp
Hello! My name is Megan Kristine Flowers. I am from Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States of America. I am excited to embark in my ministry training boot camp with Christian Leaders Institute. The Holy Spirit is faithful to give the revelation and understanding I need.
Youthful Faith and Struggles
As a young child, I authentically experienced God. I can remember being very little in my big brass bed and feeling scared because my Daddy was traveling for work. I remember being terrified that the plane he was on was going to crash, and praying to God that he returns home safely. From that moment, I began to literally ‘feel’ and hear God’s presence in my life. I would lie awake at night and feel spiritual rainfall all over me. I was so close to the Lord that it was tangible.
As I grew older, I grew further from God. I began to feel confused by liturgy and became more interested in worldly desires. By my late teens and early twenties, I had fallen completely away from the church. I lived submerged in the secular culture, drowning to be more precise. Sin crept in and overtook me.
New Birth
In my selfish wasteland, God blessed me with my first child. The light came pouring in, and I was pulled back to His calling. I returned to church the Sunday after we came home from the hospital. Realizing that I had been in hiding from the Lord, I sat in His presence.
I lived the next several years as a double agent in a spiritual war. I knew I was a child of God but fell into sinful behavior. Satan was relentless, but Jesus was more constant. I married, and I divorced. Like a ship with no course, I was sailing directly into treacherous storms ultimately saved by Grace every time. I can’t tell you the moment I was saved. As a child, I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior, and he never let go. He continues to save me every day.
Middle Name of Faith
When my mother named us, she didn’t give us middle names. This lack always felt strange like something was missing. As a Catholic girl, I completed the Confirmation and accepted my faith. In doing so, I chose a Confirmation name, Kristine. I never really used it after that.
In the process of my sanctification, the Holy Spirit reminded me that the space that left in my name was filled fittingly by Kristine. Christ likewise filled the storms that ravaged my life and soul. So, as I close my eyes and reflect on what my spiritual dream is, I can see myself whole in His light. I, Megan-Kristine, walk hand in hand, as the sun is setting, with my King and my Savior Jesus through a never-ending, lush pasture.
Calling and Ministry Training Boot Camp
Since I was a child, I have heard my distinct calling to ministry. Recently, in prayer, I asked the Lord why Satan pursued me so vigorously, and why it was allowed. Why, if I was called into ministry, would I not have somehow escaped the torment? The Holy Spirit wrapped himself around me and said, “Because you are royalty, and you needed to become strong. You are in training to fight for my people. There will be many who doubt. I am preparing you.”
The obstacles that I have faced have been a training ground, a boot camp of sorts. In every instance, I have learned to fight less with my flesh and rely solely on Jesus, crying out in distress. I pray my ministry training boot camp at Christian Leaders Institute mirrors the life applications I embrace. I pray that the challenges build spiritual muscle and resolve.
“If I say, “I won’t mention Him or speak His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones. I become tired of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.” Jeremiah 20:9
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Ministry Calling Adventure
I’m Baffour Appiah – Kubi, known to many as Nana Kwame Appiah. I’m a Ghanaian and currently residing in the Capital town of Ghana, Accra. My life and journey with the Lord Jesus have been an amazing ministry calling adventure.
Early Life
I’m the last born of six siblings although we were initially 8. I didn’t meet two of my siblings as they died before my birth. According to my mother, after giving birth to so many children, she had abnormal pains in her womb. Therefore, she decided to seek prayers from one of the leaders of a Christian movement called New Life Mission, of which she was a member. She requested that God should close her womb so that she would not give birth again after her seventh child.
However, after the leader prayed for her, he gave her a prophetic word. It was that God says she will give birth to yet another child who will continue where she ended with her ministry work. Now, although she received this word, she, however, was not ready for another child in her heart. This prophecy was about two years before my birth.
After a time, she was three months pregnant without taking notice of her body changes because the pains in her womb were excessive. When she went to consult a doctor at the hospital, she learned that she was about three months pregnant. Since the pains in her womb were too much for her to bear, a surgery was conducted on her to resolve the problem. It became a sharp disagreement between the medical staff as to whether to abort the baby or not. The leader of the team stood his ground, and I was not aborted. After some months, she gave birth to me on a Saturday at dawn in November.
The Start of My Ministry Calling Adventure
Having a mother and father who were ministers of the gospel has its advantages. For me, it had the opportunity to travel with them to the villages and towns where they preached. Most often, I got to either sing and play drums or recite some Bible verses. This travel time was my exposure to ministry. I grew up involved in ministry work but was not born again until I was in basic school class two. It was in the third term that I gave my life to the Lord. It was November of 1992, at the full gospel business men’s fellowship one Saturday during a breakfast meeting.
Three months before my conversion, my parents separated, and life became tough for my siblings and I. Along the way, mum quit her job as a teacher, and she gave her whole life to the work of ministry. Hence, money for our basic needs became an issue for us, and it even affected our education. It was around this rough period that I became very conscious of God’s calling in 1996. That year also marks the year I became involved with Christian leadership on my ministry calling adventure. Since then, I worked in Christian leadership and training others. I quit my job, and I gave my time entirely to the work of God.
Study Opportunity on My Ministry Calling Adventure
It all began when I was in my final semester while I pursued a High National Diploma in Marketing at Takoradi Technical University, Ghana, in 2006. I heard God’s voice instructing me to give attention entirely to His work after my National Service. However, because of financial issues, I didn’t obey the voice of God.
So, for seven years, beginning in 2007, after school, I looked for a job to no avail. I also tried getting my first degree outside Ghana, but it didn’t work. All this while, God’s voice was still pursuing me. I wanted to work and do the work of ministry at the same time. But the Lord wanted me to focus only on His work. Finally, in 2013, after another failed attempt to travel outside Ghana to study, I finally gave in.
It has not been easy for me because I had no sponsoring church. I had to rely solely on God for every need. The fantastic thing is that from August 1, 2013, until now I have not looked back. Although the financial challenges are there, God has not left me alone. He always makes way for me.
I joined the Christian Leaders Institute because I want to broaden my view of Christian leadership training. I believe the experience I gain here will impact my ministry and mandate to train and raise other leaders. During and after the training with CLI, I plan to continue with my ministry work.
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Enterprise Ministry
This is my story of how God brought me to my enterprise ministry calling. I grew up in southern California, during a time when people declared peace and free love. They tried to open their minds with drugs and called it free thought. When I was eight, I collected bracelets with the names of solder’s missing in action somewhere called Vietnam. In the midst of it all, Jesus was pursuing me. Someone invited me to AWANA, and, although I was not from a Christian home, I regularly attended by God’s grace. I had a neighbor, family friend, or church member volunteer to get me there and back home. One day, I received my own Bible at the bus stop. I did not know God, but I came to love and serve him.
By the time I was eighteen, I had learned some Bible verses and about the kindness of Jesus, but I was still not sure where I fit in. I hadn’t gone to church for a few years and became compelled to attend. I was licensed to drive and recruited some unsaved friends to tag along. They slept in the pew at a Baptist Church, while I was on the edge of my seat. I wanted more of Jesus. Later that year, I was baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit at that same time. My church didn’t believe in that, so my friends and I moved on. In the meantime, Jesus showed me my life was like death. So, I started to live for Him – my heart transformed that day. I became friends with other Christians, found a Spirit-filled church, and sensed a calling and a purpose for my life.
Enterprise Ministry Dream
Many beautiful things have occurred during my walk with Christ as well as some tragedy. I am stronger in enduring the journey with God’s love and his Holy Spirit to guide me. These past two years, I have seen God directing and leading me in knowledge and grace. Now, I see He is leading me to serve others in enterprise ministry. He has brought me to the Christian Leaders Institute for further study. I want to complete my degree in Business Enterprise. I work in an established business, and now I consider it part of my ministry training field.
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