I took some pictures of the horse whisperer event from this last weekend. David Case did a fabulous job showing how God draws us to himself by showing how trustworthy He is. The horse only got relief when he moved closer to trust in the One who wanted to be his master.
So much is going on that I am noticing right now. I wanted to share a couple of items with you.
First is the protesting that is going on in Tehran. Amazingly, Twitter has become the main tool for the protestors to work together and the government is doing all that it can to shut down all communication. You can follow me on Twitter to see some of the amazing posts that are coming out of Tehran. My username is @jm2sa . Or you can read about this event here and here (note: this last link includes a video that has some graphic images).
Second, one of our friends in Romania, Troy Geddes, shared a powerful story about a movie being filmed in Bucharest. The movie depicts an historical event that occured in Budapest during WWII. Read his post and you will see what I mean.
The world seems so much smaller today.
I made a Wordle from the frequent words found in this blog and thought I’d share it with you:
We had a wonderful time together at the city park. Thank you to everyone who helped put it together.
Thank you to my friend Eric - pastor of FBC Braymer, MO who posted this video on his blog today. In this video speaker Francis Chan graphically illustrates what it means to not take risks as a believer.
This powerful, moving story captures much of the struggle in communicating the Gospel to unreached peoples that have no written language.
It is the story of some IMB journeyman missionaries that have spent the last couple of years learning the language of one tribe in Mali so that they can create 30-60 Bible stories for the tribe. One evening, the chief asked them to pray for rain. As they bowed to pray, a breeze swept across their faces and thunder rolled in the distance. God showed his power that day to the Senafo people.
The rest of this story can be found here at Commissionstories.com
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| From Our Trip #4 |
Men are God’s method. The church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men. . . . What the church needs today is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use—men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Ghost does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men—men of prayer . . .
-EM Bounds’ forward in Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret
Originally uploaded by pastorjay_photoalbum
Do you feel like life is full of ups and downs? I despise this game, but I love playing it with my daughter. It is so funny how you can be doing so well and hit a down-slide or be doing so bad and hit the big ladder. There is really no skill involved in this game. The best part about this game is that it must be played with someone else. In the midst of playing the game, you get to laugh together and fret together over who will finish first. It doesn’t really matter who wins. We are all really to be rooting for one another.
Phil. 3:14 says, “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
Life has so many surprises, but without the shoot and ladders that interrupt life, it would be way too predictable.
Note: I won the game, but my opponent is still in the background spinning. She kept playing alone until she finished.
I would encourage you to listen to this incredible story of how we actually keep people from hearing the Gospel instead of showing them the true love and mercy of Christ.
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