New Life

So I realized here I have an amazing oppertunity to keep everyone updated that I have not been taking advantage of. I'm hoping to change that and start posting regualr updates here.

As most of you already know I moved to Mexico 4 months ago and it has been both exciting and challanging beeing fully submerged in minitry. The Lord has taught me so much. One of the first things I learned being here, is that in ministry, it is so important remember that we are all imperfect vessals. It is necessary to our spiritual health to also keep in mind that regardless of our faults we all have the same goal and that is to see the kingdom of heaven advanced here on earth!

I love living everyday totally relient on God. Sometimes not even knowing where my next meal will come from, but some how I always have what I need. There has been times when I have been down to my last dollar and the next day I wake up to $100 in my account. The Lord is so faithful to provide for His children when we make the choice to walk in complete surrender to His will for our lives. My life truly is an amazing testemony to the greatness of God!

Finding the Calling in the Brokenness

"From eternity to eternity I am God.

No one can snatch anyone out of my hand.

No one can undo what I have done.

This is what the Lord says-your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:

For your sakes I will send an army against Babylon,

forcing the Babylonians to flee in hose ships they are so proud of.

I am the Lord, your Holy One,

Israel's Creator and King.

I am the Lord, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea.

I called forth the mighty army of Egypt

with all it chariots and horses.

I drew them beneath the waves and they drowned,

their lives snuffed out like a smoldering candlewick.

But forgot all that-

it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.

For I am about to do something new.

See I have already begun! Do you not see it?

I will make a pathway through the wilderness.

I ill create rivers in dry wasteland."

Isaiah 43:13-19

This last year I kept asking God: "Where were you when I was growing up". This is a common question that we often find ourselves asking when we have gone through pain. But just like the Lord did in this text for the Israelites, the Lord took me back to all of those places of pain and showed me where he was. He was always there. There where many times when he proved ways of escape or protected me when there was no way. The truth is, when hell had such a strong hold on me... He snatched me out from the grip of the enemy and said: "Not Her". No one can overcome the one who overcame the gave. 

This is nothing compared to what He is going to do! He is always doing something new and His love is constantly being poured out. It is out of that place of complete brokenness that our destiny and calling is released. The fact that He rescued me is amazing yes. But what is even going to be even more amazing to me to watch is how God will use this life that was once shattered to accomplish the work of His Kingdom.  

What Would Happen?

What would happen if we empowered the youth of this world to do the work of the Christ's Kingdom?

What would happen if they gathered every morning before class at their high schools and prayed?

What would happen if we began to pray over our work places?

What would happen if we were no longer afraid to share the name of Jesus amongst unbelievers?

What would happen if each of us had the faith of a mustard seed?

What would happen if we all had the faith to move mountains?

What would happen if we all had the faith to shake a nation?

What would happen if we were no longer afraid?

More Thoughts

I am finding that as my leaving for mexico draws closer the Lord has really impressed upon me to me in continual prayer for the nation and the La Fuente church. I desire so much to see a radical revival sweep through that nation. It's funny. I Lord sure has a way of putting a passion inside of us for the place that we are called. I guess with out that passionate fire burning inside of us we wouldn't have the strength to keep going when things get hard. I think God put that inside of us because he knew that we would need it.

A cry for Mexico

God,

I'm convinced that nothing can separate Mexico from your love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor deamons, neither, their fears for today or their worries about tomorrow-not even the powers of hell can separate them from your love God. No power in the sky above or in the earth below-indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate a Mexico from your love.

More than anything God we desire to see your kingdom advanced in Mexico.  And for the men that lead that country I pray that a fountian of every perfect gift you have empowered all of us with would just be poured out on them. The they would be willing vessels to be filled up and poured out.

So I speak to that tomb were people have been held captive by spiritual death and I say rise once again. Hell no longer has any hold on you because no one can over come the one that overcame the grave. I cry out for freedom for these people God!

I pray that your extravagent love would fill the streets of Mexico. And God we are waiting expectantly for your maraculous truth to sweep though the nation causing an outbeak of repentance and revival!

In Jesus Name AMAN!

Laying it Down and Picking up my Cross.

Recently I was prompted by the Lord to lay somethings down for the sake of my relationship with Him. It defiantly has been painful and has caused some of those that I love to hold bitterness toward me. It is one of the hardest things that I have ever had to do. However, it is totally worth it because I am called to lay everything in my life down for the sake of the cross. Sometimes we have to lay things down... (even loved ones sometimes) so that we are able to relentlessly and passionately follow after Jesus Christ our Lord. As hard and as painful as it may be... I am hidden in Christ and in Him I find rest. In Him I find the strength that I need to get through each day. I serve a God that can command graves to open and the dead to rise.... how much more should I trust him to command the death from my past to rise once again. In Christ sin has lost it's power and death has lost in sting. The enemy can no longer hold me in bondage to the sin of the past generations of my family, because I have been made whole in Christ. When I die I will not be remembered for my families name but for whose name I carry. The name of Christ!

The Heart of a Servant

I was just talking with a friend today about the importance of excellence in everything, and about how even the smallest details matter so much. When we become lazy even in something as small as house work it can be a misrepresentaion of Chirst. We are called to reflect Christ in everthing we do and possesing the heart of a servent is so important. The heart of a true servent will be more than willing to do the small insignificant work that may never be recognized by others. The heart of a servant gives more that %100. They are willing to do above and beyond the call of duty because they care so deaply for those around them.