::Being Transformed::: 24 January 2010

pray.

^{Matthew 9-}

³⁵And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. ³⁶ When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. ³⁷Then he said to his disciples,

"The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; ³⁸therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest tosend out laborers into his harvest."

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I'm longing for the gospel of the kingdom to be known-

I am overwhelmed by compassion for the precious souls around me... a bit more today than usual, and praying against any obstacle that is not of Him that keeps those ready and willing to serve from doing so.

Lord send workers and Lord bring clarity and make a way for those who long to serve you but don't know the details yet... I think of many who are ready and willing and are unsure of your next step... May any fear or accusation fall to the ground in light of who Jesus is in us and on our behalf. Raise up this generation to live in light of grace for the glory of your name!

Join me in praying that He will raise up the strongest movement yet...

for His Glory

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perspective.

2 Peter 3 (NLT)

 8 But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. 9 The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.  

(...puts waiting in perspective...) 

10 But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment.

 11 Since everything around us is going to be destroyed like this, what holy and godly lives you should live, 12 looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames.  

(...puts eternity in perspective...)  

13 But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world filled with God’s righteousness.

 14 And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight.

(...puts the hope & the present in perspective...)  

 15 And remember, the Lord’s patience gives people time to be saved... 

 17 I am warning you ahead of time, dear friends. Be on guard so that you will not be carried away by the errors of these wicked people and lose your own secure footing. 18 Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of 

our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

   All glory to him, 

both now and forever! Amen.

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We are in no hurry, yet there's urgency.
Making the most of everyday is unto the Lord and not unto man.
We can let time and timing keep us in bondage or we can surrender to the funnel, which is His hand shaping our lives, and an all-wise Sovereign God orchestrating a beautiful story. He is so much bigger than our best and worst day put together.
We can lose hope when it seems that things aren't just right (lose secure footing by formulating our own circumstantial hypothesis) or look to Christ to grow in grace (supernatural life of Christ living in us) and knowledge of our Lord to move us forward as He builds His kingdom here and now and that He is surely coming again!!!

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celebrate.

It's amazing what a few birthday hats, some Winnie the Pooh party horns, and some yummy Szechuan food will do to make a birthday party really special.

(See the birthday boy on the far left!)

I am more than blessed to be a part of the lives in these pictures- I am confident that none of us are the same after knowing each other, and I am praying that this year in Hong Kong will be a year we will all never forget, because it shapes who we are and where we are going... We are all being transformed one day at a time...

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No two days are the same here.

Everyday just about turns out differently than planned.

Tomorrow will be no exception... I experience day to day:

Many plans are in a man's mind, 

but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand (Prov.19:21)

This is life in these days and this is life led by the Spirit,

who is not bound by our rules, schedules, or opinions...

He graciously meets us where we are,

and doesn't leave us unchanged.

(He actually doesn't leave, period.)

Hallelujah!

Accordingly God also, in His desire to show more convincingly and beyond doubt to those who were to inherit the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose and plan, intervened (mediated) with an oath.

This was so that, by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God ever to prove false or deceive us, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge might have

mighty indwelling strength and

strong encouragement

to grasp and hold fast the hope appointed for us and set before [us].

(Hebrews 6:17-18)

HE is trustworthy. HE is our constant, in this ever-changing, fast-moving, mind-blowing, dynamic beautiful story that always points back to HIM...

GLORY.

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