The Eternal Kingdom: September 2014

THOUGHTS ON THE ETERNAL KINGDOM

TRUE BIBLICAL DISCIPLESHIP

As you become all you can be God will guide you to fulfill His “Great Commission.” His last instructions were, “go and make disciples of all the nations.” Discipleship is not about getting people to follow us or teaching them how to be part of our organization. It is helping them learn to live as citizens of God’s Kingdom. This means we must do more than just lead people to believe in salvation through Jesus’ redeeming work on The Cross. It means helping them become all they can be by sharing with people what we’ve learned as we have grown to know God and lived to fulfill His purpose.

The fruit of true Biblical discipleship is people living to please God rather than seeking to fulfill their personal desires. Every area of their lives will be surrendered to God daily. They will love God more than any person, anything they have, or anything they want to do. They will be mature believers loving others more than themselves, and more concerned about the needs of others than their own needs. They will desire to become all they can be by staying surrendered to God, feeding their soul and spirit on The Word and prayer, and seeking to be guided by the Holy Spirit in all they do.

The greatest need of the world today is true Biblical disciples that overcome the challenges of the world we live in. This will help Jesus Kingdom to be manifest in the earth. Are you living to be all you can be and are you fulfilling “God’s Great Commission” by helping people become His disciple?

Scriptures: Matthew 28:18-20, 23:11; Luke 9:23, 14:26,27,&33, 22:26; John 8:31, 13:35, 15:8

Henry & Rita

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with as many people as you can. If you would like to know more about

growing to know God and fulfilling His purpose, please contact us.

Email: henry@basicministries.com OR rita@basicministries.com

Phone: (228) 255-9251

POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. Box 633, Grapevine, TX 76099 USA

Rita's Story

Rita was married to Bud McDonald for 33 years. Bud McDonald (1942-2003) was called to ministry in Latin America in 1973.

Bud and Rita were married in 1970 in Baytown, Texas just a few years before being called to ministry. Their ministry gradually spread from Belize to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador then finally to Mexico. Through their ministry, first starting with the Burton McDonald Evangelistic Association, then changing over to The Sower, Inc. in 1983, Bud and Rita started over 140 churches throughout Central America and Mexico.

Bud’s influence extended from Argentina to Cuba through Central America into parts of Texas and the Southern U.S. through evangelistic crusades, meetings, radio and television.

Rita McDonald began serving in ministry alongside her husband Bud soon after their marriage. She used her secretarial skills in editing and typing a weekly Christian newspaper, and in helping Bud compile a Bible correspondence school. She led worship in new churches they started, and taught weekly children’s Sunday school classes as well as vacation Bible schools. After moving back to the US in the 80’s she co-pastored several churches with her husband, led a Bible study at a local Christian Television station and continued to be active in the work in Latin America.

She home-schooled all four of their children through high school.

In response to God’s leading she married Henry Pulsifer in November 2010, and is his partner as he fulfills the ministry God has given him. Their main focus is providing training to native leaders outside the U.S. This includes working with Bud's son Scott to provide training for the leaders in the work he established.