Archive - February, 2010

JUMP!!!

February 14, 2010 in Challenges with 2 Comments

Woohoo!!!!!!

I am so freaking excited, it is not even funny…

I am finally taking the jump.

If you refer back to my post, Fear of Failure, you will know that I have been sitting on this problem of wanting to get out of my job, but being just too scared.

Well, due to the workings of my WONDERFUL wife, I am resigning tomorrow, 15 Febuary 2010.

I am finally getting all my guts together, and now I am stepping out in faith that the Lord will show me the way, into living out my passions that He gave me.

Needless to say, I am going to need a heck load of prayer, for the right opportunities to come along, etc, but this is going to be the start of a new life, serving the Lord, in which ever way possible.

Please pray for me tomorrow as I hand in my resignation letter, that my boss will see it in her to let me go by the end of the month, as I already have a GIG lined up early in March that is going to require me to be available for, but I trust the Lord will make things work out the way He has planned it out.

In any case, just wanted to let you guys know about this new Challenge, and my new quest of really being Unsafe.

Oh yes, and to top it all off, my mentor gave me these 2 verses yesterday from the Lord to encourage me on my way

Isaiah 41:10,13

So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

For I am the LORD, your God,
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.

Outreach

February 10, 2010 in Challenges with 0 Comments

So, we went on a bit of an outreach on Sunday afternoon, handing out food to men sitting on the side of the roads, looking for ‘piece’ jobs.

This was an experience for all of those involved, and it really made an impact in most of our lives doing this.

I must say, there really are few things as humblings as giving somebody food, out of your own pocket, and to see the gratitude in their eyes.

Yes, we gave them food, but in turn we received a piece of Gods heart for the poor. We are planning to do this on a regular basis, and if any of you would like to get involved, in whatever way you want, please feel free to contact me.

Matthew 25:34-41

34“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

37“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

40“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’

41“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

99 Balloons

February 10, 2010 in Challenges with 1 Comment

OK, I know this post should be the post about our outreach to the homeless men on our streets on Sunday afternoon, but before I can get to that, I need to share this video with you guys.

If this does not make you cry, then you need to ask God for a soft heart…

Accessible for all

February 5, 2010 in Challenges with 15 Comments

On my way home from work this afternoon, I was listening to a sermon series from LifeChurch.tv on the topic of the church being for “Church People” and how this goes against what God wanted for the church. That the church is for the outsiders, and not for the ones that are already inside.

Listening to this topic, I started thinking about what is happening in the cell group where we used to go, and how awesome God is in working through these people to really go out and make a difference in the lives of the needy. The group, with us still included, are going to cook food for the men that sit on the street corners over the weekends, looking for piece jobs. They have work during the week, probably earning about R80 a day, but over the weekend they don’t have work and therefore are hoping that somebody needs a causal worker in the garden over the weekend.

Now, if this person is still sitting on the street corner at noon, the chances are pretty much 90% that they will go hungry for the day.

I am freaked out about the fact that we are FINALLY going to step out as a group of friends to really do something, and stop talking about how we can do what.

Just wanted to keep you on the up and up, and I will post feedback about the day with some pictures on Sunday, but in the meantime, please just pray for this group and for the peoples’ lives we are going to impact.

God loves you

February 3, 2010 in Challenges with 15 Comments

Do you really believe this statement?

If you are like me, you have heard this statement at least a million times, but do you truly believe it, or do you, sometimes, like me feel that God cannot love me?

I am too bad to be loved…

But if we look at what God did for us, there is no way that God cannot love us. In John 3:16 it states that “God SO loved the world that He sent His only Son, so that whoever believes in Him shall not have to perish” (own translation)

And then we take a look at 1 John 4:16

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
GOD IS LOVE. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

We need to get to a place where we can really understand the implications of Jesus dying on the cross for our sins. We forget too often that we have been saved from our sins, and we simply need to repent and confess, in Jesus’ name, and His blood covers our sin.

Let us all start to really get to that place where we can keep this mantra going and really believe it

God is love, and therefore God loves me

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