Who we are, not, What we do

I was in bed last night listening to Misty Edwards and just spending time being ministered to by God, and He was downloading all sorts of hunger for more of His life into me. It was a special time, one that seems to be rare this summer. It has been kinda a dry summer Spiritually for me. Being completely out of the Christian bubble has been an interesting experience. You really find out where you stand with God when you do not have the fellowship of other believers any time you want it. It is so important that we stand on our own faith and not the stories of other faith-filled Christians whom we tend to idolatrize. In times like this we can be encouraged by such stories, but they cant live our lives for us. We must stand on our own two feet. We need to live the Bible, not just know it. There is a giant need for Christians to absolutely surrender their lives to the service of the King and give up their own fleshly desires for their futures. Bill Johnson has said that "the Holy Spirit is imprisoned in the lives of unbelieving believers". We need to believe, which is acting upon what God has told (and is telling) us to do. Camp this summer is reminding me of just how important it is to have such an intimate relationship with God. How important it is to be absolutely consumed with His plans and completely surrendered to them.
Let us pray, and act.

entering into GLORY

Quite a bit is happening the last couple weeks here in St Catharines.

Weekly, Heymans, Colin, Jessica, Jenny and I conduct church services at Scott St Manor. Last week we had our largest attendance yet (16) and the Spirit of God was moving in awesome ways, (check it out -->HERE<--). Sadly though, a couple of days before that service, one of our closest friends at the Manor (James, pictured at right ) suddenly passed away. He was in his mid-forties, and we were lucky enough to have met and spend time with this man whom God was obviously transforming into the image of Jesus. James has now entered into Glory, and although we miss him, we celebrate the fact that he is now in the literal presence of his Savior!

I went for a job interview at SITEL the other day and it appears I will be starting work on Feb 4. So that is pretty cool. It is a call center; which should be fairly amusing.

Yesterday, Jenny and I rented a car and went to TACF to see Bill Johnson (left). It was pretty rockin. Heymans also took a couple people down for the day. On the way back to St Catharines (which is normally an hour long drive) the traffic was AWFUL and it took us a little over 3.5 hrs to get back!!! We totally missed the 2nd weekly session of a Pastoral Care course we're enrolled in in Welland. Anyways, it's all good. We'll get there next week, I hope. And if you are so inclined, pray about Laos with me. Something about it has dropped into my spirit and I want to see if the desire for it increases or not.