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“May God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, so that your hope will continue to grow by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13)

“Israel, how blessed you are! There is no one like you, a nation saved by the Lord. The Lord himself is your shield and your sword, to defend you and give  you victory. Your enemies will come begging for mercy, and you will trample them down.” (Deuteronomy 33:29)

This is a battlefield; we are in the Gateway and this whole new world is being revealed . . .

          
         The Gateway where we are living.


My room.  My bed is the one on the right (you can only see the corner).
                                                                        

 
      Just for a quick update on what we have been doing : We have begun our ministry. We visit and are helping out a woman named Irma who lives about a block from our base and lives with her husband who works all day. It was beautiful because when we asked her to tell us about herself she said “We don’t have much and we don’t have anything to boast about but it doesn’t matter because God has blessed us with good health. Our treasures are all in heaven.” She lives in two room house with bad electricity and only an outhouse but she is filled with joy and satisfaction with what she has because she knows that this life is only temporary. HOW BEAUTIFUL!!! We have been reading a book called Exiles by Michael Frost which is teaching us to live boldly in our faith and look at Christianity with a new perspective. It is hard to read because it shatters so many biased thought s about the church and living in faith but I think that it has potentially to be a powerful learning tool. Our leaders are teaching us to walk in the spirit and everyday they wean themselves away from us so that we are not following a leader but following our Spirit and leading our own ministry. It is powerful to see how the spirit is moving in us and working in us.   I am having the time of my life and I know that these experiences are one of a kind and I couldn’t think of being anywhere but here  growing in faith and seeing the power of God working in my teammates and I together.
 
After we came out of solitude, we had a huge mud fight.  It was only after we were already muddy when we found out that the mud was not mud at all.
 
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   Our camp is well equiped with a washer and a dryer.
 
This week has been filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. We have found ourselves in a camp called The Gateway and it is just that. We have been opened up to a new world of spiritual warfare (the battle between angels and demons).   I have been awakened into a new perspective of being bold, living in the Spirit and having an unshakable faith that brings strength and courage.

                 At the beginning of this week I found myself terrified with things that I have never experienced before and that I couldn’t even begin to explain with such few words that I have in this blog. I was convinced that I had gotten myself in WAY OVER MY HEAD and I was ready to get on the first plane home. But I am such in a place right now that I couldn’t possibly turn back. The only way that I can explain it is that I have been drafted into the army; I woke up yesterday in the comforts of my home and today I wake up as a warrior.   To get a better idea of this here are two prayers that I recorded in my journal. They are dark and they might unsettle you but it is real and it is a glimpse of the power of God.   This first one is an abbreviated version of my frustration and my fear with the happenings of this week:

Heavy it lies Lord, this war upon us and I can feel it. But without your sword what have I to fight with? I am out of breath running from him to You and yet still I don’t reach you . . . I have leapt into your service with faith only enough to ask you to save me and fight for me.

This next prayer was written when I decided to sacrifice fear and walk in the spirit of God:

Lord, give me your protection. The war it rages and without ceasing. God I see angels and demons always and heavy it is on my heart the war at hand. I have entered the battlefield and I am eager to fight for you. In your son’s Name I pray you give me strength and at times of greatest fear Lord I pray you give me courage to fight on the front line and not flee into comfort for you Lord have chosen to give me great power  to fight in your army. In all my ways Lord may I walk with courage and confidence to be bold and live in your spirit. 

I have been given a courageous strength as I learn to follow in the ways of the Lord and I find rest and peace in knowing that God is my protector. I started this week intimidated and frightened but today I write to you that I am FIRED UP! The Lord is teaching me and guiding me down a new path and I can see the progress everyday as I become more and more in tune with the Spirit of God. I am learning to walk away from the chains of the things that I struggle with; of the things that pull me away from God. Although I know that I will struggle He is making me strong and He is filling me with Grace and this joy that can’t be found; I feel as though He is making me complete and whole.   As a good friend always states “I am a work in progress” but he is making me into a mighty warrior and I can truly say that I now look at the world with eyes of hope and faith. For that, let us celebrate that the victory has been won and we are blessed with the grace of our Lord.