PRAISE & PRAY 4 India tour

5 sleeps to go . . . –EXCITED!!

I don't know what to expect other than our Father will be GODSOME! (ie BETTER THAN AWESOME!!) I may not even come back .. who knows :)

~praise~

:D opening every door & abundantly providing!

:D advance praise for all He’ll show us/do in us through the tour!

*PRAY*

* give us all a better understanding of eternity

* each one will be used mightily by Papa back home

* give us Greater vision of the lost world

* help us adapt to the culture & be a BLESSING to all!

* help us be sensitive & humble in our interactions with the national brothers!

* much fruit produced back here in Australia after the trip.

* millions will be effected by the sharing & enthusiasm of the team for God’s mission!

* team unity to be maximum blessing to the national brothers & sisters!

Hun “knowing Jesus isn’t the most important thing in my life but he’s really worth considering. . this is a really big thing for me!”

:D this BIG change in Hun’s heart & mind!

:D the “real Christians” he’s gotten to know here in Australia!

* water the seeds of the gospel sown in Hun’s heart & bring it to fruition to be harvested & yield much fruit to His glory!

PRAISE & PRAY 4 A & I (AUS)

- two guys met on the train who seemed totally indifferent & apathetic to their eternal destiny & standing before the God who made them :S

:D they have His Word at home (though unread)

* wake them up, shake them out of their indifference to Him & bring them to repentance & trust in Jesus before it’s too late~!

praise & pray for Yoshi ~!

Yoshi (JAP) “I don't know what I should do “

:D when we are at a loss & at our ropes’ end, He is there!

* decrease Yoshi that Christ may increase in & through his confusion & frustration!

praise & pray for Mousa & family

Mousa (IRQ) – father of muslim family a few houses away – calls me his “brother” :-)

:D the surprise knock on the door today when he stopped over!

:D the many opportunities to help people by virtue of being able to speak English!

* reveal Christ to Mousa & his family, use the tract I gave Him to bring his family to repentance & faith in Jesus!

* use our future interactions for maximum eternal impact!

muslim (IRQ) – son of Mousa

:D the surprise drop in to our home!

* reveal Christ to Muslim, open his eyes to see truth beyond what he’s been brought up to believe,

* use the DVD & word of life correspondence course to this end!

praise & pray for Kane!

Kane(KOR)

:D we finished CE!

“in my country, I will try to find church and learn more about that”

:D he wants to know more about what it means to follow Jesus!

* Holy Spirit reveal Christ to Kane & bring him to embrace Jesus as Lord & Saviour!

Kerry, Jin, Lily, Lisa, Nancy, Sunny, Hyuk (KOR)

:D bringing them here!

* use their time here to draw them closer to Himself, increasing Christ & decreasing self!

[Harry] (KOR) “I want to be able to follow Jesus”

:D putting this desire in Harry!

* hallow His name, His Kingdom come & His will be done in & through Harry’s life!

Jimmy, Sarah (CHI)

:D binging them here!

:D bringing them into contact with a newly saved bro to our church!

* save them through His Word they now have it in their own language!!

Yoshi (JAP) - goin through some problems
:D He works through problems in life to achieves His glorious purpose of increasing Christ decreasing self!
* use every problem in Yoshi�s life to serve His glorious purpose!
* help me to clearly point Yoshi to Christ as the only dependable One through life�s storms!

Keith (ZIM)
- met after I got off bus, found out he got on wrong bus & walked 30min with him to where he worked
:D for legs that can walk!!
:D having [some] knowledge of the local roads to get him to his workplace
* reveal Christ to Keith in an unmistakable way, make him a red-hot on-fire missionary for His glory!

James (AUS)
- Brotherly neighbour I met on a neighbourhood walk who sings the names of God in 6 languages to the 6 notes of the guitar strings!
:D our God is worshipped in many languages, but still not every language!
* we�d ALL pour our lives into seeing Christ worshipped by every tongue & tribe!!

praise & pray 4 India tour -EXCITED!!
:D got visa yesterday!
:D advance praise for all He�ll show us/do in us through the tour!
* didn�t get to see the Indian Consulate but may Christ be revealed to him!
* irreversibly change all who go on this tour for eternity & His Kingdom!
* help adapt to the culture & be a BLESSING to all!
* help us be sensitive & humble in our interactions with the national bros & sis!
* much fruit produced back here in Australia after the trip.
* millions will be effected by the sharing & enthusiasm of the team for God�s mission!
* team unity to be maximum blessing to the national brothers & sisters!

praise & pray for Hun (KOR)
:D God brings repentance!
* open Hun's heart to embrace Christ as all-desirable & all-satisfying!
* help Hun get over the barriers holding him back from turning from his sin to God!

Sumar (BGLDS)- met at bus stop on his
29th birthday, didn�t get to finish explaining gospel to him before his bus came but left him $1,000,000 as a �birthday gift� ;){
:D He�s able to give spiritual birth!
* reveal Christ to Sumar & bring him to spiritual birth !

Shawn, Janet(KOR)
:D bringing them here!
:D opportunities to build friendship!
* use their time here to draw them closer to Himself, increasing Christ & decreasing self!

[Len, Ann] (AUS)
:D locals met whilst walking around the neighbourhood armed with gospel tracts (i.e. the best �icebreakers�!!
* reveal Christ to Len & Ann to be known & worshiped for who He really is!!

Lee (AUS) - cleaner got to share $1,000,000 with!
:D the gospel is portable!
* draw her + many other cleaners to The One who perfectly cleans souls!
Liam & Guiseppe (AUS) - two youths sat next to us , shared sushi & $1,000,000�s with!
:D the gospel is better than sushi!
* draw them + other teens to The One who perfectly satisfies souls!

Cam (AUS) �I�m too busy to tell people how to make peace with God�
* reveal to him why he�s been left on earth post-salvation- not to be busy existing but being a witness to the Risen Lord Jesus!

praise & pray 4 Hun (KOR)
�I want to get out of my boring life... I think Jesus is the answer�
:D God�s changing him!
* open Hun's eyes to Christ!
* bring Hun to the point of total surrender & true repentance & trust in The Saviour!

me go here!!
:D graciously stripping me of my former dependencies so He is all I have to depend on!
:D He�s my Papa, I�m His child - nothing�s going to change that. Ever! (Rom 8:38-39)
:D still revealing afresh gloriously startling facets of His incredible grace & unfathomable love towards His children! :D when He looks at me, He sees JESUS! :D no evil can befall me!
:D EVERYTHING, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING!! that happens in life is for my HIGHEST GOOD!
* I�d Let Jesus be INSEPARABLE from me, CONSUME me & be my MAGNIFICENT, PASSIONATE OBSESSION. changing me at any cost to be conformed to His image!!
* reveal to me what I�m still depending on the world of people and things and circumstances for instead of God * I�d daily hate & die to self!
* give me tears over my own lovelessness & weak passion!
* help me commit my spirit into His hands, I receiving what He wishes to give me in this life & what He doesn't wish to give me, I don't want.
* help me depend on Him utterly!
* help me I turn away from this world of people and things and circumstances for anything that I need and I look to Him
* I�ll let Christ live His life through me as me!
*make me other-worldly, heavenly-minded & rejoicing in the goodness of the One who rejoice to do me good with al His heart & soul! (Jer 42:31)
* make me less & less dependent on myself & more & more dependent on Him!
* keep me focussed on the glory of the Son! * help me give Him all I am & all I have! * give me a true hunger & thirst after righteousness!
* give me a hearing ear and a receptive heart! * my life would exalt Christ as the centre & focus of all things!
* help me become a Person of the Cross, experiencing the Death of the Lord that I may have the Life of the Lord.
* help me follow His instruction and allow Him to become my ONLY Desire!

India tour - got tickets today, EXCITED!!
Going to see India consulate tomorrow re: visa application. Never done before - please praise & pray!
:D advance praise for all He�ll show us/do in us through the tour!
* I�ll be a witness to the hon. Consul when I see him!
* irreversibly change all who go on this tour for eternity & His Kingdom!
* help us not get lost/do anything stupid, but be a BLESSING to all!
* help the team be sensitive & humble in our interactions with the native brothers!
* much fruit produced back here in Australia after the trip.
* millions will be effected by the sharing & enthusiasm of the team for God�s mission!
* team unity to be maximum blessing to the native brothers & sisters!

Bryant (TAI) - sleepless night .. hopped on computer & God brought this eternal interaction my way ;)
:D getting to share the gospel on the �net before he left Oz!
:D he saw his own sin, his hell-bound fate to want to do something about it!
* keep working by His Spirit in Bryant to regenerate his heart & turn him into a bright shining trophy of His amazing grace!!

Jonathan (TAI)
:D bringing him + his family to our church!
* reveal Christ, the brevity of life & his desperate need to get right with his maker before it�s too late!

Damien - a brother met @ local supermarket checking bags on exit (he revealed himself as a brother after seeing the book � broken for a purpose� by Gisela Yohanan in my bag ;D
:D he carries gospel tracts to readily give out wherever he is!
* use him at his job to reach many & save some!