***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!!

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!!

[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.
 

***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!!  

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!

***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  
Claire even said he asked if they could do bible study together!! pray!!

 

rejoice with me & pray for me!

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

Reflecting on this healing journey Papa has me on, He's shown me just how 'captive' my spirit has been to lies, lies & more lies!!

Thankfully, He desires my being freed to live more than I want to live & be free!!

The overwhelming feeling after level C of the Elijah House level C course:

“I‘m loved to life!!” :D

The highlights of the course, as always, have been the small group ministry times – incredibly safe spaces of openhearted vulnerability through which Christ’s healing power & Spirit minister deeply to heal those deep, deep wounds that have remained open & increasingly infected as the years roll on without them being properly attended to.

… onwards & upwards!

:D rejoice with me! :D

:D by His Word & Spirit He’s untangling me from all that tangled mess of the web of lies I’ve been caught up in for far too long!!

:D the amazing blessing it is to be able to confront & deal with these inner healing issues when most of my course mates are ~ 2x my age!

:D the awesome times spent with gifted, anointed disciples who have evidently been with Jesus!

:D though I’m weak & often weary, His grace truly is sufficient for each day :D

:D every victory, however “little” is still victory, and therefore, a victory worth celebrating!

*PRAY*

* show me the root of my recent episodes of insomnia / low quality sleep & give me rest!!!

I really struggle to believe that He gave me a 2^nd chance at life after a  near-death brain injury only to sleep half of it away to make up for insomnia / low quality sleep:”(

* I’d keep my life simple & honest!

* keep me from living for eternity with compassion to the fate of others!

* help me daily choose life, taking the risks of intimacy & being real!

* help me quit seeking fake pleasures & seek the realest pleasure – being filled with HolySpirit!

* keep me understanding what’s happening to me in light of His Word!!

* I’d not hide His work in my life from others but tell it all with boldness!!

* help me always regard people as more important than things, never as a means to getting things!! (definitely guilty of this big time!)

* I’d guard my heart from the love of money & possessions!

* keep me from presuming on His grace!!

* I’d be BOTH spiritually AND practically minded!!

* Jesus, help me to live a life that simply does what You did!!

Breathe on me breath of God,
‘Till I am wholly Thine,
Until this earthly part of me
Glows with Thy fire divine. Edwin Hutch

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!

pray for Yoshi [JAP]

.. it's been interesting trying to relate to Yoshi & Claire as a newlywed couple now .. difficult sometimes as many times i feel like i just can;t really relate ..
he seems to be under constant stress such that he's almost losing the ability to really relax & rest .. :"(

obviously tha's having a negative impact on his health :(

he really needs Jesus but I think he's still got very twisted ideas about God/Jesus/the bible/life ...

only HolySpirit can break through!!
pray with me! =)

praise & pray for Elijah House course! [8-10/-11/8]

woohoo! this Fri-Sun, i'll be finishing off level C of this Prayer Ministry Training Course 

my spirit, family relationships & other relationships has been deeply blessed through the few day courses i've gone to!! this is quite basic discipleship training for every follower of Jesus! 
for more course info see: www.elijahhouse.com.au/pages/page91.asp

: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!

thankful & in awe :)

I just finished reading Amos, Obadiah & onto Jonah .. truly in awe of how Papa shakes sinners out of His people & makes everything right again for them! & how He turns things around for His people!! From oppressed-> ruling over their oppressors, not unfairly but justly!

.. am very thankful for inept characters like Jonah who God works in & around Jonah's very ineptness to accomplish His purposes in him!! :D

 

reflections from another weekend of inner healing...

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

just thought I’d share this reflection after the 1st weekend of Elijah House level C course:

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ow! yet again, I’ve discovered the wounds in my spirit, soul & body go far deeper and have many layers more than I ever could have fathomed!

It would be easy to go into ‘withdraw’ / ‘isolate’ mode & feel too dirty to have to face & embrace life in all its’ fullness.

do I dare believe that the big world out there can cope with one as sinful, wounded, broken and messed up as I?

Surely the thought is ludicrous, as if my mess were so overwhelmingly bad that to face & embrace life would equal the destruction of lives to no end ..

Surely I have lost focus of The Healer, who specialises, in shaping all my ugly sinfulness to make me a shining, radiant trophy of His grace!

The Healer who wraps His loving arms around me in all my woundedness, and makes me a wondrous work of Divine art!

The Healer who delights in taking me in all my shame-filled brokenness

and moulds me into a Divine workmanship of a restored son!

The Healer who marvellously takes me & all my mess and moulds me into a magnificent of masterpiece of redemptive art !

.. but do I dare give myself to Him?

- all of myself,  all of my sinfulness, all of my woundedness, all of my brokenness and all of my messes?

To even fear such a prospect shows how familiar, comfortable and falsely “secure” I’ve become with such miserable companions on life’s journey!  

Yet how could I turn away from The Saviour who offers me the gift of life in all its’ fullness, who gives me beauty for my ashes, who gives me forgiveness to wear as a crown, who offers to lift off every burden of mine?!

Yes! My Saviour, Jesus, a thousand times YES!!! Let every unbelieving part of my heart be filled with the light of Your love, and keep my hand in yours as we walk this journey to increasing freedom and healing to bring Your freeing, healing good news to every nation, tongue and tribe!

 … I give myself to The Potters’ hands!

if you'd recognise your own need for inner healing & SO MUCH MORE, I've found this
course SUPER HELPFUL!! think of it as BASIC DISCIPLESHIP 101!
see http://www.elijahhouse.org [international page]

http://elijahhouse.com.au/courses [Australia page]

***UPDATE*** pray for Yoshi & Claire [JAP & TW]

down with flu .. wont meet Yoshi & Claire as planned :"( pls pray i recover in time for the Elijah House level C  inner healing course this Fri-Sat!! thank you SOOO MUCH!!

: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! 

how may i pray 4 u? 

i'm mtg Yoshi & Claire  2day, pls pray 4 me 2 partner with Him in what HES doing in their lives! thanks so much! 

rejoice with me & pray for me!

a picture of how the God who saved us feels about us!

“His face shines with pleasure. He is not angry with us. He is not a little bit upset with us. We are not on our way to the dog house. He is not looking for an opportunity to make us go to the dog house. The sight of us, the thought of us, puts a smile on His face”!!!

 

.. For anyone who wants to read a little reflection of the most recent major turning point in my journey with Jesus:

http://lifesshortprayhard.blogspot.com/2012/07/update-praise-god-pray-for-ellel.html

:D rejoice with me! :D

:D He is a blessing God!

:D He keeps me!

:D He smiles on me... is delighted in me ..

:D He is such an incredibly gracious God!!

:D He looks at me, sees me, knows me, is interested in me & I have His full attention!

:D He gives me ‘shalom’ = the very best for me!!

:D in the midst of all my hurt, all my wounds, He is attentive to the bigger picture I can’t see .. and He’s creating an absolute masterpiece!!

:D blessing me with incredibly awesome times of being ministered to in prayer!

*PRAY*

* I’d focus not on getting fully healed / sorting out all my junk but just focus on following Jesus, serving Him & leaving the perfecting work to Him!

* Jesus keep transforming the dirty water of my life into the finest wine to be served to others!

* I’d follow ONLY HIS leading & move in HIS timing!!!

* in all my serving, the focus would always be on showing and telling the Gospel!

* keep me from being overly religious/spiritual!!

* help me never to withhold approval from those You’ve already approved!!

* I’d sense where He’s going & go there, and not persuade Him to go where I’m going!!

* help me obey Him, even if I don’t know what’s happening at the time, trusting that explanations can come later!

* help to trust His loving goodness & care when I come to the situation, not forecasting imagined future situations that make me fearful!

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!

***UPDATE*** pray for Ellel ministries!!

:D my time last last Friday-Sun @ Ellels' short course on 'discovering the real me' was yet another HUGE spiritual turning point!

last year at their course on 'restoring the broken spirit' He revealed the lie I'd taken into my identity that i am disabled ... and replaced the lie with the truth that He is The God who is ABLE to save
[see Daniel 3:17 -where my dad chose my name!] and since He lives in me, I AM ABLE!

so far from being disabled, He told me I'm actually enabled to be His beloved son & lover in His world!

... this time He exposed more layers of wounding - the lies I'd taken into my identity - 

- i am unworthy
- i'm unlovable
- i'm unknowable

- i am rejectable [worth rejecting by others, since i'd rejected myself]

- i am unaffirmable [what's in me worth affirming?]

- i am unlistenable [I spend most of my time interacting with others listening to them, without as much interest shown in me]

- i am never good enough / cannot ever do things right

- i am fat

- i am ugly 

- i am unattractive

- i am stupid

- i am clumsy 

- i am an accident waiting to happen

- i am a failure
.. He showed me the masks i hide behind to self-protect / avoid pain / get accepted / feel valuable 

[i.e. apathy / being spiritual / disconnected / withdrawing / busy in 'ministry']

BUT ... ! ! !

during the night of prayer ministry Papa spoke to my spirit in that vulnerable & safe space, without needing to hide behind all those self-protective masks the real me:

+ I am worthy, valuable, a treasure!! [uke 12:24, NLT]

+ I am accepted and acceptable! [Ephesians 1:6, KJV]

+ I am affirmed as a beloved son of Papa, well-pleasing to Him! [Matthew 3:17]

+ I am good enough! [1 Corinthians 5:21]

+ I am a raging success!

+ I am  awesome!

+ I am fearfully and wonderfully made, gloriously in The image of God! [Psalm 139:13-14]

+ I am loved and lovable!  [Isaiah 43:4]

+ I am beautiful, adorable!

+ I am stable! [Psalm 62:2,6,7]

+  I am knowable!

+ I am a masterpiece in the making! [Philippians 1:6]

... so the real Able continues to be revealed :D

.. i truly treasure your prayers that i learn to walk in my true identity, after a lifetime of living the lies of my false identity, i have a lot of unlearning to do!

i would love you to please, please let me know if you see me going back to my old ways / masks i once hid behind, and remind me of the truth of who God has made me to be 

.. i absolutely cannot do this alone!

~thank you~!

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

pray for GEN12 MISSIONS CONFERENCE [14/7]

please pray for Chris & I as we represent Gospel for Asia at a local missions event tomorrow [14/7] 

- may eternal fruit be born from our labour amongst those who still wait to hear The Name of Jesus & His saving work for them! 

here's the free book we'll be giving away if you haven't read it already - it revolutionised my life!! http://www.gfa.org/freebook/

***UPDATE*** praise God & pray for Ellel ministries!!

... :D my time last Friday-Sun @ Ellels' short course 'discovering the real me' was yet another HUGE spiritual turning point!

last year at their course on 'restoring the broken spirit' He revealed the lie I'd taken into my identity that i am disabled ... and replaced the lie with the truth that 

He is The God who is ABLE to save [Daniel 3:17 -where my dad chose my name!] and since He lives in me, I AM ABLE!

so far from being disabled, He told me I'm acually enabled to be His beloved son & lover in His world!

... this time He exposed more layers of wounding - the lies i'd taken into my identity - 

- i am unworthy
- i'm unlovable
- i'm unknowable

- i am rejectable [worth rejecting by others, since i'd rejected myself]

- i am unaffirmable [what's in me worth affirming?]

- i am unlistenable [I spend most of my time interacting with others listening to them, without as much interest shown in me]

- i am never good enough / cannot ever do things right

- i am fat

- i am ugly 

- i am unattractive

- i am stupid

- i am clumsy 

- i am an accident waiting to happen

- i am a failure

.. He showed me the masks i hide behind to self-protect / avoid pain / get accepted / feel valuable 

[i.e. apathy / being spiritual / disconnected / withdrawing / busy in 'ministry']

BUT ... ! ! !

during the night of prayer ministry Papa spoke to my spirit in that vulnerable & safe space without needing to hide behind all those self-protective masks  the real me:

+ I am worthy, valuable, a treasure!!

+ I am accepted and acceptable!

+ I am affirmed as a beloved son of Papa, well-pleasing to Him!

+ I am  good enough!

+ I am a raging success!

+ I am  awesome!

+ I am fearfully and wonderfully made, gloriously in The image of God!

+ I am loved and lovable!

+ I am beautiful, adorable!

+ I am stable!
+  I am knowable!

+ I am a masterpiece in the making!

... so the real Able continues to be revealed :D

.. i truly treasure your prayers that i learn to walk in my true identity, after a lifetime of living the lies of my false identity, i have a lot of unlearning to do!

i would love you to please, please let me know if you see me going back to my old ways / masks i once hid behind, and remind me of the truth of who God has made me to be 

.. i absolutely cannot do this alone!

~thank you~!

What a joy it is to be journeying with Abba Yahweh, Jesus The Son by His Holy Spirit!! XD 8D =D

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