Wednesday, September 26, 2012

***UPDATE***pray for serving & loving by welcoming!

thanks for praying! 
it was a real joy & privilege to be something of Jesus' hands, feet, heart & mouth to these dear a bunch of mostly middle eastern refugee men & love them like Jesus!!

pray we'll be committed to loving them into eternity, however long & hard it is!!

seems like Father's heart is drawing me there for at least the next few Wednesday afternoon's. would treasure your prayer covering as i join the team!

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

pray for serving & loving by welcoming!

: D hooray to live in a country that serves as a place of refuge for so many from war torn lands!
will be joining some old partners in the Kingdom to help welcome new friends to our shores tomorrow afternoon. 

please pray we be 'Jesus with skin on' to these special guests!!

***UPDATE*** pray for Yoshi [JAP]

:D praise God! He gave Yoshi a job!! [a huge positive amidst all the negativity in his life!

.. the fruits of His kindness, which i pray would bring him to repentance

remain to be seen :)

please pray with me that Fathers' kindness to His lost son would bring him back home to restored relationship with his Heavenly Father!

pray for Yoshi

meeting Yoshi today .. please pray the powers of darkness over him would bow the knee to Jesus!
and he be wooed & won into the arms of his jealously loving father in Heaven!!

thanks!!

Monday, September 24, 2012

rejoice with me & pray for me!

Dear princes & princesses, sons & daughters of noble identity & royal destiny!!


:D rejoice with me! :D

:D leading me through an awesome ¾ of the year!!

:D letting me ride an incredible wave of His furious love!

– need this to translate into everyday interactions!!

:D answering prayers for more energy after a week of very frequent tired spells + napping!



:D quality friendships He gives me to travel life’s journey with :)

*PRAY*

* help me learn the dangers of taking initiative based on my own judgment of situations instead of completely trusting God to provide fully as He's promised! :O

* I’d cooperate with His deep transforming work as I head into the final level of the Elijah House prayer ministry course on 5-6/10 + 19-20/10

* knowing His furious love for people, transform me to love people like Jesus did in everyday interactions!


  * give me greater desire for God’s pleasure than any other pleasure!

* keep me from the sin of trying to grab God’s provision by human logic!

* I’d fearlessly embrace the process of growing up! :|

* help me make the shift to being CHRISTian man who asks how I can take on as much responsibility as I can bear”, NOT ‘how can I avoid as much responsibility as I can” :|

Prayer points as I sensed my dire need for wisdom and read through the book of Proverbs:

* I’d live in the Fear-of-GOD that is a spring of living water so I won't go off drinking from poisoned wells! [Prov 14:27]

* let me only be satisfied with what *is* good, not just what looks good!! [Prov 16:2]

* keep me from being ignorantly zealous & hastily wasteful, carelessly suicidal! [Prov 19:2, 16]

* Keep me honest in the ways I go about making money! & living clean before you & doing justice with my neighbour! [justice=keeping You 1st, then others, then things, NOT any other order!] {Prov 21:3}

* keep my motives pure & pull me up anytime they’re mixed!! Make me learn wisdom by listening!!
[Prov 21:11]

* Help me do my best, preparing for the worst then trusting Him to bring the victory! [Pro 21:31]

owing everything to God’s grace, Able :)

~thank you~!

Please tell me how I can best support you before His throne of Grace too OK!
dear brothers & sisters, just thought i'd share this .. I pray it encourages you eherever you're at in your journeys with Jesus :)

Here I am in the slave market .. yet again I’ve foolishly sold myself to the most terrible tyrant of a master there could be – sin.
As sin calls out one accusation after another, “no good up for grabs!” “failure for sale!” “pathetic sinner for your property!” My old masters, shame & fear make a bid for control over me.
. . . By the bids they make its’ obvious I’m not worth much to them, but still they bid for control of me.

It’s a scene I’m all too used to, from which I’ve been set free many times, and yet find myself returning to more than I really want to, even though I know the end of the sinful paths I choose always end up here :(

One would think I’d treasure the freedom from this slave market a lot more considering the ultimate price that was paid to purchase my freedom!

Do I truly appreciate & honour Him who would pay to set me free time after time after time?!

Before I drown myself in an ocean of despair & sink into shames’ lies, before I dare think I’ve out-sinned His grace  










… He comes!

 Look! My glorious Redeemer! He’s riding His white horse with a sword in His hand. It’s The King of Glory Himself!














He comes right to me, leaving no distance between us. If I could move I would, but the ball-and-chain of the debt of my sin & shame so weigh me down that I’m paralysed as I sit before Him.

He’s not angry with me. His eyes are filled with love as they look on me!
He hates the dark forces that keep bidding for my attention & ultimately seeking to control me.
He speaks truth over the lies that once labelled me and reminds me of who I really am.  
“Lovable, son.. Acceptable.. valuable”
Showing His nail-pierced hands, feet & side, He outbids all at the slave market and sets me free!!
It’s with a whole new deeper appreciation I sing such songwords:

I know he rescued my soul .. His blood has covered my sins .. I believe, I believe
My shame he's taken away .. My pain is healed in his name .. I believe, I believe
My redeemer lives! my redeemer lives!! My redeemer lives!!!  my redeemer lives!!!!


I'm forgiven because You were forsaken .. I'm accepted, You were condemned .. I'm alive and well, Your Spirit is within me .. Because You died and rose again

Amazing love, how can it be .. That You, my King, should die for me?
Amazing love, I know it's true .. It's my joy to honor You .. In all I do,
To honor You

 
He became sin .. Who knew no sin .. That we might become His Righteousness .. He humbled himself and carried the cross

Love so amazing .. Love so amazing .. Jesus Messiah .. Name above all names .. Blessed Redeemer .. Emmanuel .. The rescue for sinners .. The ransom from Heaven .. Jesus Messiah .. Lord of all!

JESUS I WANNA RUN TO YOUR WINNING BID TODAY AND EVERYDAY!!
I dont wanna run back to my slave drivers!!

Thursday, September 20, 2012

[life's SHORT, PRAY HARD!] ***UPDATE*** pray for Yoshi [JAP]

thanks for praying for Yoshi .. my time with him was .. draining?? 
umm.. i think i'm learning to love. 

i think he really struggles with God/Jesus because his bad experiences really darken his whole perspective  .. 
not just toward God/Jesus but life in general..sensed a real thick, dark spirit over him .. :"(

pray as Holy Spirit leads!! =) 

thanks! JESUS IS THE MIGHTY VICTORIOUS ONE!! =)

Zep 3:17  The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
 


Thursday, September 13, 2012

***UPDATE*** pray for Yoshi[JAP]

the latest from Yoshi :
"I am really stressed at the moment and don't know where to go. 

I have realised how weak I am by myself. 
That is why I pray to God all the time. 
I don't think of my self as Christian but I can say that I believe in God and the path I should go has been prepared by the God."

please pray as HolySpirit leads!!  

Monday, September 10, 2012

praise & pray for refugees in Aus!



wow .. Papa is spoiling us by sending precious lost souls from war-torn lands seeking refuge here. may Christ's hands & feet be faithful to the call to love the alien & stranger in our land! 
tomorrow i'm gonna meet with 'agent K & A' to pray about reaching out to these dear ones who've come with the incredible love of The Messiah.. many belong to the religion that stands for I Sincerely Love All Muslims ;)
WHAT A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY!
please pray we know His heart & strategy to best go about loving them as Jesus does!

praise & pray for Elijah House course 'UNCOVERING GOD'S PURPOSES - Hearing God's Voice & Knowing His Will'! [21-22/9/12]




hooray for this course coming up!
for more course info see: www.elijahhouse.com.au

:D rejoice with me! :D

:D raising up ministries like Elijah House that teach such fundamental keys to living & being God's children in a broken world that doesn't get taught in the average 'church' setting! WHY?! ... to our loss =(

:D always providing ways & means for me to grow & get to things like this!!
*PRAY*

* we’d embrace & enter into all God has for us, dealing with hard issues in our lives in need of deep healing that are easier to leave ignored!

* Quality rest before, during & after the course so we'd be fully alert & receptive to all He has to show & tell us!

* work powerfully by His Spirit, in our bodies, souls & spirits, to bring about tremendous fruit in transformed lives that bring great glory to Him! 

what a joy it is to be walking with The Wisest, Richest, Most Loving & Generous Father & King of all kings!!! :D

please tell me how i can best support you before His throne of Grace too!

***UPDATE*** pray for Yoshi[JAP]

was going to meet Yoshi today. he texted me saying he's unwell :"( 
watched an incredible DVD 'God's fingerprints in Japan' .. you can watch it online:   
http://vimeo.com/15496127

 was going to share it with him with heightened expectations it could be a key to breakthrough in his wrong perceptions of God/Jesus .. typical dumb satan made him sick .. :( 

i had a real disturbing dream last Friday night of him telling me his sick “my mum has gone to join my grandfather in heaven” [!!]
he texted me telling me his mum is still sick ..he's got his own health concerns .. pray Father of Lights gives the the best & perfect gift of New Life in Jesus!

~thank you~!

Please tell me how I can best support you before His throne of Grace too OK!

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

***UPDATE*** pray for Yoshi [JAP]


met with Yoshi last wk .. thanking God He worked thru my dad to ease alot of the pain he had in his knee / leg smile 
Claire even said he asked if they could do bible study together!! pray!!