pray for Ebony [AUS]

found a coupon for a $5 mens' haircut at the local hairdressing college in the local paper & couldn't resist ;)
Ebony was my barber ... we ended up so engaged in conversation the actual haircut 
[which would probably be a 20 minute do]  turned out to be over an hour!  found out many interesting things about her .. she has a grandma strong in the Faith, but is quite turned off by religious extremists he's seen .. been exposed to the kingdom of darkness .. 
in the end i gave her a small note with Isaiah 43:4 [NLT] & a link to http://www.fathersloveletter.com/
.. she hugged me ;D
pray she be won into His love, a glorious relationship with The Lover of her body, soul & spirit, that her creative spirit would thrive & flourish in the soil of His deep, rich love for her!!

 

rejoice with me & pray for me!

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

I’m sending this on the 14 hours before departing for Sydney until next Monday .. (going to Ellel ministries’ intensive course on Calling)

:D rejoice with me! :D

:D the joy of living in good health after my 3^rd bout of the flu this year [!!!] + the precious revelations He brought from that.

:D He's more excited & eager or us to enter into His calling on our lives than we'll ever be!! 

:D awesome ministries like Ellel & noble heart to help us on this journey to find His calling on our lives!
 .. for more info see:  http://thenobleheart.com/

:D for the awesome provision, few quality conversations, and wild blasts of fun I had at the men’s’ camp!

*pray*

...  I sense HolySpirit nudging me to step out of my comfort zone and really go further than I’ve ever gone in talking to people & loving them, practicing the gift of prophecy [hearing Him & speaking that] on those He brings across my path .. I’ve been maintaining a guilty silence of ‘selective obedience’ the last  too many times :[ .. please pray!! 

* He gets me over myself!!

* we'd receive all He wants for us & fully enter into His calling on our lives!

* we'd come back & live lives to the very fullest for all  He wants for us!

* He’d rekindle the 1^st love in my heart … & help me learn what to seek Him with all  my heart!!

* rescue me from my foolishly independent pursuits of “what seems good at the time” so I’d wait on Him for His directions to pursue His best!

* connect me to the right people in the right place in the right time, so our light be magnified to shine into the world!

* I’d battle by focusing on Him, preparing for attack by waiting on Him!

* help me pay attention to Him, stop focusing on problems & trust in Him ~!!

* I’d “Live to be forgotten, so that Christ might be remembered.”

* I’d daily decide to feed & nurture my spirit & let it come fully to life as He made it to!

* help me to live as fully human as Jesus was!

~thank you~!

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

Dear diary 13-7-12 -- The joy of riding with Jesus! + 17/11/12

Dear diary 13-7-12 -- The joy of riding with Jesus!

.. It was the most fun I’ve had in awhile!

I’ve long since forgotten the thrill of riding on a motorbike – the last time I did was a young teen in Malaysia ..

Though it seemed like a crazy thing to do given my past record of falls, I totally, totally enjoyed it!!!

It also turned out to be a spiritual analogy of sorts .. :D

The driver briefed me beforehand on passenger safety - I would only feel unsafe if I distanced myself from the driver, so as I sat up close to the driver, I was safe. I lean as He leans. I turn as He turns. 

So long as I trust Him, I’m ok :) .. He knows where we’re going, and how to best get there at the best speed. :) .. but every moment I separated myself from Him or was out of synch with Him, it not only made it hard for Him to drive safely, it put my life at risk too .. how true that is of our journey with The Good Shepherd!

WOW, the beauty of speeding along in the open air is really something else!!

All the while being extremely vulnerable to a terrible road accident, knowing Jesus & His angels were with me transformed the ride from sheer terror to pure joy!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

…

+ 17/11/12 – went ‘tubing’ on a lake for the first time in my life!

Looks crazy right?!

Again, I had thoughts of holding back given my past history of being accident prone .. but Papa has been doing a lot of deep inner healing work in me to break me out of being under the control of such false labels.

I have often felt that the ‘need’ to “be careful” must come first before doing anything, and any slight possible chance of anything going wrong would put me off from venturing out because of my excessively pessimistic mind that would imagine anything possible going wrong to happen – especially to me.

So you can imagine I didn’t have a lot of fun since choosing to come under the power of false labels such as  “I’m accident prone” “I’m an accident waiting to happen”

It was an awesomely fabulous experience to be freed... to have fun!!

Riding the water at high speed in a big rubber tube was totally fun!! I was hooked right from the start & went back on 3x that day – twice on my back, the final time on my belly – during which I wiped out … that was pretty crazy!

.. silly me didn’t know that all I had to do with the life jacket I was wearing was lie back on the water & it’d keep me afloat, so I tried in futility to swim to the shore. Thankfully, being around such a loving family in Jesus, they stopped and drove the boat around to pull me up and teach me how to float! :P

Again, more spiritual analogies flooded into my spirit from the experience :)

I sure was grateful that when I couldn’t save myself in the middle of the big lake, my brothers in Jesus came to rescue me and teach me that all I needed to stay afloat in the water was, quite literally, to relax  – just lie on my back and my life jacket would do the rest!

Isn’t it just like that with the saving work Jesus has already done for us? We could never save ourselves from drowning in the lake of God’s fury, and yet because of Jesus’ death & resurrection for us and as us, all we need now is rest – relax on His finished work and give up our silly useless efforts at saving ourselves! What an awesome picture of faith – resting the full weight of my confidence in His grace to keep me & hold me :D

Unfortunately, since my body wasn’t used to such jarring fun, I woke up quite sore in a way I’d never known before! So back to rest & recover some more. 

I’m so grateful for how fun nurtures our spirit & brings it alive! May I not neglect this vital way of caring for & feeding my spirit ;)

pray for Calling intensive [22-25/11]

on the 21-26th I'll be away in Sydney for an intensive course with Ellel ministries on ‘calling’. 

would treasure your prayers for us! 
rejoice :D 
:D He's more excited & eager or us to enter into His calling on our lives than we'll ever be!! 

:D awesome ministries like Ellel & noble heart to help us on this journey!
 .. more info see:  http://thenobleheart.com/
*pray*
* we'd receive all He wants for us & fully enter into His calling on our lives!

* we'd come back & live lives to the very fullest for all  He wants for us!
 

pray for men's camp [this weekend 16-18/11]

this will be my 1st ever mens' camp with my awesome church family from New Heart Baptist church [what an AWESOME name change!! ;D]  .. looking forward to it, but a little unsure what to expect .. desperately desiring quality connection, but i won't get my hopes up .. 

pray for: 

* the speakers and their health 

* protection on the road.

 * lots of quality interactions throughout, that we’ll be like iron sharpening iron!

quality interactions = be trusting each other to be vulnerable enough to really open up our lives to each other & share at the most significant levels, pouring life into each other & combining strengths to support our individual weakness! 

.. which is sadly all too rare in today's society! :(

* we'd encourage each other to 'step up to the plate' and be men in every sphere of our lives - life *givers* and not life-takers/ destroyers of life!

may Papa restore the gates & rebuild the walls that've been burnt down/destroyed in our lives, that we may be His glorious image bearers once again!! 

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

 .. it was good to catch up with Yoshi today .. despite waking up with a bizarre sore foot [inflammation?!]  & n the final stages of recovery from the flu, His grace was enough & His power was made perfect in my weakness :) 

i picked up that he really does have a great heart, with admirable qualities really worth affirming!
pray His Light overcome the darkness of his past .. & he'd receive the New Heart God wants to give him, made in the image of Christ, the Ultimate Lover!
thank you!!

pray for Yoshi

meeting Yoshi tomorrow .. please pray i be in tune with His mind, His heart & His words!! 
+ the powers of darkness over Yoshi bow the knee to Jesus!
* woo & win Yoshi into the arms of his jealously loving father in Heaven!!

thanks!!

4 me .. :[

if you could please pray for miraculous healing for me .. i'm down with the flu [3rd time this yr! argh!!]

.. may He get maximum glory through this & help me learn whatever He's trying to teach me!

prayers from Luke 9 ..

Jesus,help us bring Your life to places where there is death in cooperation with You!

 

praise You Jesus, with You, there is no real “risk” !!! help us take more risks for You!

  

Jesus, help us not to be swayed by public opinion!

Jesus, help us travel with You, teach all You taught, heal bodies & spirits with Your compassion!

rejoice with me & pray for me!

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

as you could guess by no rave news post-Sydney, no I'm not a fully changed man.. but a little changed .. and it's a good change ;)

  Papa decided not to heal my brain injury [directly], but He went deeper to the roots of my fear of falling - taking me right back to my first memory of a fall as a youngster in Malaysia & brought healing there, which was connected to every other fall since ... so I'm no longer super paranoid of falling now ;D

. so that’s another step forward on the road to increasing freedom and healing! :D

but I dunno if it'd be the wisest thing to get back on a scooter just yet :P

maybe it'd save on public transport fees?! :P hehe.. 

 “do I really trust Papa”? Is the burning question left in my heart after the course on Healing for Victims of Accident & Trauma.

The big take away from the course was that “God is not so concerned about your healing & restoration as He is about relationship with You”

See devotional on “Why God May Delay” http://theschoolofchrist.org/daily/october16.html

I’ve come to realise in places of comfort [which is my current space after being ‘disabled’ for a decade!

- It really doesn’t take a whole heap of faith to be ‘existing’ at this level after so long ..

.. but without faith, it’s what -- impossible -- to please God!!

I read something amazing the other night ... it's OK to fail! He’s taught me that if we are to live by faith, we must risk which means we might fail /lose / get hurt .. but the only way to change the world God has placed us in is to live by faith!

I seriously need to give up my false gods of comfort / safety / convenience / dignity!!

So as a next step on this journey, I’ve applied for a healing retreat with Ellel as a step of faith ;) 

:D rejoice with me! :D

:D His amazing, passionate, pursuing, persevering love that never fails, never gives up on me!!

:D all the incredible prayer ministry I’ve been getting, bringing me to increasing freedom & healing to fully live life as God made me to live!

:D helping us to finally complete the Elijah House prayer ministry course!

This month I’ll be away from the:

- 16-18^th at a men’s’ camp for my church family ..

-  21-26 in Sydney for an intensive course on ‘calling’ .. more info see:  http://thenobleheart.com/

- 30^th-2/12 at a home group getaway ..

*PRAY*

* lots of quality interactions throughout, that we’ll be like iron sharpening iron!

* I’d keep journeying with Jesus into all those dark, scary bits of the journey I dont wanna go to but simply follow His lead anyway!!

* I’d always go direct to Jesus first for counsel!!

* sort out work on other days than Wednesday so I can keep going to help the outreach to refugees~!

* Id live a life of true faith. = R.I.S.K. & stop fearing failure / loss/ damage etc!!

* help me give up my idols of comfort / safety / convenience!!

* in all things, help me to respond with trust, not fear!!!

~thank you~!

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

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International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church November 4!!

Every day we hear reports of brothers and sisters in Christ being persecuted for their faith.  They are stripped of their rights. Their neighbors threaten them with violence and death. Their homes are razed. Their families beat them. And their governments want to slaughter them.
They are our brothers and sisters around the world, boldly believing and proclaiming Christ in places where the penalty for doing so is often death.
Jesus promised His followers that the world would hate and persecute them. Many Gospel for Asia-supported missionaries have come to know the harsh reality of Jesus' words.
Beatings, death threats and imprisonment are a few of the things they encounter on a daily basis. But despite great hostility, they continue to press onward as they proclaim the Good News of Christ to the unsaved souls of Asia. They are not willing for any man to perish without hearing the name of Jesus, even if that means that they might physically perish.

Don't Let Them Stand Alone

On November 4, churches across the nation are joining in their suffering by lifting up the persecuted in unified prayer. Share this video with your friends, family and congregation and let them see how their prayers can strengthen Christians as they stand firm in their faith in the one true God.

Here are some links:

gfa.org/persecuted - This links to an amazing video sharing the need to pray for our brother and sisters who are suffering from persecution for the name of Christ.
gfa.org/persecution/ - Field stories from GFA-supported missionaries in SE Asia.
idop.org - Official page of the International Day of Prayer
persecution.com/public/pray - Voice of the Martyrs prayer page.
 
Thank you all for your amazing heart to serve the Lord!

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

 .. it was good to catch up with Yoshi & Claire yesterday after their Japan trip .. i must admit i do find it hard .. some negative spiritual transferences going on ?? 
argh .. 
pray we persevere in fighting this war with His INVINCIBLE LOVE!!
pray he relates well with those in his new workplace & make connections to help him connect to Jesus, the Very Best Master!

how may i pray 4 u? i'm mtg Yoshi & Claire 2day, catching up with them about their recent trip back home to visit Yoshi's family .. pls pray 4 me 2 partner with Him in what HES doing in their lives! thnks so much!