From 6 to 19
Tonight are local tiny prayer gathering shot from 6 to 19 people…. Let that sink in, because I can’t yet. Last year we prayed for growth in quantity of peopl and now… YEAHHH!!! God’s so awesome!!!!!!
Buncha Butterflies
How fast time flies… Just a week ago I posted on here and now it looks like it’s time again to write.
Yesterday, Monday, we had a great time of prayer, worship and sharing. Not everyone of the group came, but God made up for them. What was really cool was that one of the newer guys said he wanted us to pray over him so that God would give him wisdom and teach him. We did and he was so happy! The guy has tons of talents and I’m sure God has big plans for him.
I’m learning tons every day, cause hey, I have the best teacher in the world! Ans I think I can speak for all of the others in saying that HIS grace and love has never been so real. There is nothing to be afraid of with the Holy Spirit at the wheel of your and my life!
It all come down to this… letting yourself be changed by the creator, being molded. Asking him to do with you as he pleases. But be careful, great things will happen, God will use you and you will see everything similarly to the way He does. So yeah, if your still wanting to be your own master, you’ll probably not want to take that leap of faith. Then again.
How hard we make it on ourselves… I, for one, have tried and tried to “be like Jesus” but it doesn’t work. It’s impossible. The answer is so much simpler, let him mold you and you will become more like him. Stop trying to gain you salvation by works, let him create you into something new and beautiful for all to see and admire. Your life will be a beacon of hope and will make many see how empty their lives are without Jesus.
Now think about that for a while. Ignore this post, if you must, but don’t avoid the teacher.
Bloomin’ flowers
How great is our God!
Wow, that is so inexpressive. If you were here and you heard me say it there is no way you couldn’t keep from joining in! How great is our God!
Yesterday was amazing, so is today, but it just started, anyways… Our prayer group came together yesterday, first time without girls there, so it was a bit different than normal… First came the jokes and dis-attention. Then my buddy and I who had started these evening in the first place took leadership and it turned out to be an amazing time! The two other guys just came for the second time and their so spiritually hungry and we were more than happy to share our experiences and joys with Jesus. We prayed for rain (it’s raining right now), we prayed that we would be filled with the Holy Spirit of Jesus (we still are), we prayed for different friends that are struggling spiritually (I’m going to talk to one of them today). See a theme going on here?
Well, at the end we decided we should go to the “Youth building” (an old church were the youth generally meet every week) to pray over the building and declare it a holy place were no darkness may reign and that the fire of God may illuminate everybody that gathers there. We were huddled together in front of the building, praying… cars past by… we continued praying. It really hit me that these guys didn’t care what the passerby’s were thinking. We finished and one of the “newcomers” said, the building is good now, meaning whatever your imagination can come up with…
God is doing amazing things. Preparing leaders, spreading his love and grace to this community. I know that wherever we go, God’s light will shine and darkness and fear will flee. “Darkness tries to hide, and trembles at His voice… How great is our God!”
This is what it looks like outside right now
And this flower decided to bloom quite nicely today, if only everybody that calls themselves followers of Christ would bloom without fear…
–Cory
Explain!!!!
Please, someone, explain to me how a 17-year old girl can be so confused?! She’s a preacher kid, she attends church, youth events, teaches Sunday school, is part of a worship team. Now explain, why is she so confused?!
Now, what makes me think that she’s confused… I just went to her house today, without calling before hand, which is normal in our community. It’s a Sunday afternoon, it’s cold, nothing is going on and I’m bored. I arrive, park and knock on the door. I happen to know her parents aren’t home. A friend with a really uninviting look on his face answers. The house is dark inside with sensual music blaring from a stereo system. I can barely see one or two people sitting on the couch. The guy says: “This is a private party”. I say, “yeah right”. “It is.”
I went straight home, praying.
Now explain to me what is going on in my friends mind? Her parents are gone and she invites a bunch of people to her house, with the lights off, loud music and thank God I didn’t get to see anything more. I don´t want to assume the worst, but… knowing some of the people I saw there…
I feel like crying. I have prayed for these youth for so long. By myself and together with other friends. Why does this happen?!!!!
I´ll tell you with one word. Evil. Not just that, its misinformation, miseducation or some other mis-something that I’m missing. What I’m saying is it isn’t entirely the kids fault, it mostly, but not all. I’m not blaming on the parents either, well maybe a bit, but not all that much. I guess nobody can just put the blame on someone else, every person is responsible for their own actions.
Now what am I going to do about this? Half the people at that private party go to my school or are even in my class. Im going to be praying really hard. Please do the same. I’ll already talked to a mature friend and we agreed that prayer was the best weapon. God’ll do the rest.
(Update). It’s funny how a few weeks later this seems like it was nothing. I’ve prayed a lot and I think I’m seeing some changes in some of the Youth here. I explicitly prayed that they would feel extremely empty inside. That’s how some of them appear to be, empty, without purpose and without true happiness. Now I’m starting to pray that God may use me to help them in whatever way he has planned.
