from "Shadow of the Almighty"

"You wonder why people choose fields away from the States when young people at home are drifting because no one wants to take time to listen to their problems. I'll tell you why I left. Because those Stateside young people have every opportunity to study, hear, and understand the Word of God in their own language, and these Indians have no opportunity whatsoever. I have had to make a cross of two logs, and lie down on it, to show the Indians what it means to crucify a man. When there is that much ignorance over here and so much knowledge and opportunity over there, I have no question in my mind why God sent me here. Those whimpering Stateside young people will wake up on the Day of Judgment condemned to worse fates than these demon-fearing Indians, because, having a Bible, they were bored with it -while these never heard of such a thing as writing."

-Jim Elliot ...November 6, 1950

This made me laugh...

Shhhtoked! from thegoods:CJ and Damien Hobgood on Vimeo.

Dare you to move!

I've copied and pasted 3 links to 3 sermons by Matt Chandler that are really convicting for me personally. Many times in the Bible religious people play games with God when they aren't willing to submit to the authority of God and/or the promptings of the Holy Spirit. These sermons are quite powerful and I just wanted to pass them on to you for you to here.




http://hv.thevillagechurch.net/resource_files/audio/200907111700HWC21ASAAA_MattChandler_LukePt43-GamesPeoplePlayPt1.mp3

http://hv.thevillagechurch.net/resource_files/audio/200908020900HWC21ASAAA_MattChandler_LukePt44-GamesPeoplePlayPt2.mp3

http://hv.thevillagechurch.net/resource_files/audio/200908091100HWC21ASAAA_MattChandler_LukePt45-GamesPeoplePlayPt3.mp3



tchuss!

Show me Jesus

It's that time again... time to transition back into a culture that I'm sure I have grown unfamiliar with. I've already said goodbye to a few people here that I will probably not see again. I am extremely excited to come home! I miss the faces of my friends and the family of the local church. I hope and pray that I will never take my church for granted again, it is amazing the way the Lord works through the body of Christ and I want to be a part of it.

Adventure starts when you dare to do the impossible with God. When you seek holiness that comes from His righteousness. When you dream His dreams. When you lay down your life for someone else. When you humble yourself and turn your mind upside down with the Truth of God's Word. Impossibilities become the adrenaline to live the life God has called you to.

This adventure has been hard. I've lost parts of me in this process. I've been hurt and healed and stretched and stressed and thankful and broken and empty and overflowing and tired and wired and hot and cold and high and low but I am alive in Christ. It is no longer I live but He in me! Yes, I am at war with my nature but the Spirit propels me toward Christ.

If I could just see Him.

Lately my mind has been occupied with beautiful dreams about seeing Christ. If I could just see Him my entire life would change. If I could just see Him I would be like Him instantly! If I could see Jesus my life would never be the same.

2 Corinthians 3:18 "And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is Spirit."

Matthew 5:8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."

Give me purity, give me Christ, my deepest desire is to see God. This is the cry of my heart. My greatest desire is to see God and to be with Him! Nothing else will do. Nothing else will satisfy or quench this thirst but living water.