Life Without Sour Cream...

Life without sour cream is pretty sad business, life without God is just plain gruesome...

I sit here, eating a cheese quesadilla for breakfast, and I think to myself: I really can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.... huh?! who would have thought? ALL things... Even the deepest of heartbreaks or the sourest of disappointments do not compare to the greatness of God, of His comfort, of His promises, of His care... ALL things, I can do ALL things... I can suffer long and be kind, I can hope all things and endure all things (1 Corinthians 13). Really that's the biggest trial of them all, isn't it? To love without hypocrisy; to love truly and sincerely; to love even to one's own expense from a genuine heart that expects nothing in return. wow!

Sure the good ol'heart will hurt, it will get bruised, it might even bleed. Trials are meant to shape us, mold us, equip us, and at the end of the road I will be complete, I will lack nothing (James 1:4). Oh yes, the greatest of all joys! To be found in Him complete, good and faithful... To be seen through the darkest of valleys and the steepest of roads, through the most ferocious of all hurricanes and through the torment of silence in the midst of the ocean's vastness.

And in His name I do trust.

"The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills." (Hab 3:19)

Journal Entry- 15th February 2010

It is scary to get excited about the promise when you can't see how it will come to pass; when it is not just seemingly impossible but out-right crazy. When all circumstances around you claim it can't happen, when nature itself, in a way, denies you the right...

I was musing on the thought above, as I waited for the train, when God spoke to me: "That's what faith is: 'The substance of things hoped for, the EVIDENCE of things NOT SEEN.'"

He said: "Remember Abraham: 'who is the father of us all... in the presence of Him whom he believed. God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; who CONTRARY to HOPE BELIEVED, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, 'so shall your descendants be.' And NOT being WEAK in FAITH, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthen in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. And therefore 'it was accounted to him for righteousness.'"

Waiting, Waiting, Waiting... Going, Going, Going

(me waiting at the train station)

We are at the final lap of the trip and the devil would love to discourage in such a way and in such magnitude that I would be run to the ground... completly ineffective for whatever God wants me to do this week or even unable to hear what He would like to speak....

I NEED PRAYER!!

There isn't anything terribly wrong going on, nothing disheartening really... just the pesky ol'devil gnawing at my ear speaking lies, junk, discouragegement, about everything and anything he can think of.... I think he is getting desperate... I am about to leave the country, it has been a fruitful time and who knows what kind of encouragement I'll be able to bring to the ppl in the States if I continue on this glorious high of God's goodness and faithfulness.

GOD IS GOOD!! My eyes are ever towards the Lord...

"Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called FAITHFUL and TRUE... His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns... He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God... "

I am currently in London.

Please pray for protection of myself and my belongings; that God would refresh me even in this time and lift me up on wings like eagles... I want to soar even higher... God give me wings!... I want to see His face...

First Things First

First things first....

Thank you so much for praying about this Sunday's talk. It went very well. I spoke on the morning and evening service. The first service was about the importance of reading and knowing God's Word; and the second service was about the importance of absolute surrender and how we can hear from God.

I had the great blessing to pray with a lady who is very broken and is very hurt due to events in the past. We prayed for a long time and God spoke to her and comforted her. Please keep her in your prayers, that God would provide her with a safe enviroment in which she can feel comfortable to be vulnerable before God and express what is truly in her heart. Pray that God would give her the faith to believe that He is good and that there is no darkness in Him at all; that the Holy Spirit would radically transform her mind and understanding, that she would enjoy- grab a hold of- the freedom Jesus Christ purchased for her on the cross.

Thank you all. Your prayers further the kingdom. Jesus is coming back soon, may He find His people ready at His coming.

The Latest...

God is Faithful!!

I am now in Watford (about 30min north of London by train). I arrived yesterday evening safe and sound. I feel my time here in Watford is to be spent mainly in prayer and pouring into a friend I have here. Please pray for me that I would be an absolute encouragement and blessing; that God would use me to build up and strengthen those areas that are weak by the power of His Holy Spirit. Please pray that my words would be seasoned with salt and grace.

ALSO,

I've been given the opportunity to speak twice on Sunday at a church in Sunderland (northern England) so I'll be traveling on Saturday to go back up north. Please pray for me that the Holy Spirit would be the one doing all the talking; that I would come to serve them out of a heart of humility and compassion, longing to see them built up in the faith. I am speaking on the reason and importance of studying God's Word, and total surrender.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your prayers. The kingdom of God is advancing, let us press on, even now as Jesus will come back soon, and continue to see God work His supernatural power here on the earth; each one working in the measure He has given us.

I love you all.
May my God bless you more richly and abundantly than you've ever thought or imagined.

What is to come ...

Right so I know I have a fairly busy schedule and many of you are wondering where am I now, where am I going next and... WHEN!

Here is a rough schedule so you can know where I am and pray for safe journeys and such :)

6th-10th Feb: YORK

10th-13th Feb: WATFORD

13th-15th Feb: SUNDERLAND

16th-19th Feb: LONDON

Thank you so much for all of your love and support!

Time and Time Again...

God is good! Thank you so much for your prayers for Friday's Bible Study. It was a night filled with the Holy Spirit. I spoke about the blessings of giving, how great are His promises if we believe, obey this commandment and trust Him to be who He says He is even with our earthly possessions.

So thank you very much.

I am now in York and have had several conversations with students here already about God's faithfulness and provision. The next 3 days I'll be with YWAM York, getting involved with them a little bit and gleaning as much wisdom as I can from their staff. Pray for good conversations and God's grace and favour to go before me.

God bless you!! Keep on praying it makes a difference!

ENGLAND... what else needs to be said?

I'm here, I'm good- God is good. There has been no lack. Apologies for the lack of updates but Internet has been hard to come by. Thank you for your prayers.

So far, I've been to London, Watford and Southampton.

Right now I'm in Sunderland (Northern England). Please pray for me. This Friday I've been given the opportunity to speak at a Bible Study for students of the University of Durham on the subject of 'Giving'. Pray that God would open their hearts, that they would be able to receive the truth of His word and come to know God more through this act of worship. Pray that God would empower me with the Holy Spirit, that it would be His words piercing their hearts and bringing them to the light.

I will write more about what God has been up to on my time here later on.

Thank you so much for your prayers they make a difference for the kingdom!!