have met a number of precious souls just a few days or weeks fresh to Brisbane these past few days - ones like them are *especially* ripe for seed sowing / watering in expectation of harvest - - yet how few the laborers!!
~>_<~
PERSEVERANCE!!
:)
this is what Father is teaching me through the outreaches at Griffith Uni the past few days..
i learnt that i get discouraged *too* easily and then walk by feelings & what i see rather than by faith and the greater unseen realities. :"(
something i must repent of!
(Rom 14:23b "Anything that is not done in faith is sin.")
[feel free to ask me more if you want to listen!!]
i was (literally) dragging my feet and ~not~ wanting to be 'out there' doing what seemed to start off as a 'lone ranger' outreach
... and then . . .
:D Father was SOO SUPER-FAITHFUL!! to lift me up, sending me His angels to encourage me and give me strength~!!
:D through this, Father is training me to be a better interceder for missionaries - if i get tired, discouraged, disillusioned & distracted doing this (relatively small & non-risky) outreach, how much more those on the frontlines penetrating pioneer fields with all of its dangers?!
~ PLEASE BE FAITHFUL IN PRAYER FOR MISSIONARIES YOU KNOW -- THEY NEED IT SO MUCH!!~~
i'm thankful for the few good chats He's given me with Hana, Victor, Justin & Norman.
i'm also thankful for all the ones that seemed to go nowhere / were cut short / all that time i seemed to wander around not finding anyone who seemed 'talkable' .... if i needed to go through that just to meet ^talk to those below, it was worth it!
do lift them up to Father's throne of Grace as The Spirit leads!
- Hana: claims to be 'christian' but unsure if she has a relationship with God. but she wants to know Him!
- Victor - "free thinker" who seems to have had contact with the gospel before. needs Holy-Spirit conviction of sin to be led to The Only Saviour - Jesus!!
- Justin - a jewel :) just a few weeks fresh to Brisbane, really interested to know God! got to share the gospel in brief with him before he had to go.
- Norman - atheist, 1st year fresh to uni with no direction in life & no friends in uni. travels hours to get from the North coast to Griffith Uni on the South! may Father arrest his attention on his long commutes!
* the team as we do our last day tomorrow - it's 'market day' when all the university clubs & societies put up displays to recruit students to their groups.
expecting much distraction from allthat will the compete for their attention - may we shine all the brighter on such a dark campus!
* protection from satan & self (been really weak when it comes to going into really negative thoughts past few days) that distract me from the reason I'm there!
* may Jesus take back souls & territory the enemy has stolen & deceptively taken!!
~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!**
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