I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonders.
TEN DAYS, SIX HOURS, THIRTY SEVEN MINUTES, THIRTY SIX SECONDS.
Everyone I want to let you know with great happiness, God has provided abundantly for me. Support has overflowed. Literally, It has come with exclamation and I have all that I need.
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, my Friends and Family and Living Stones Church body: May God bless you all in abundant joy and presence. Thank you for your love and willingness.
I see and feel so clearly that He truly has lead me to Africa and I know he has great plans for many people. He has spoken through His word;
Isaiah 58:11
The LORD will guide you always;
he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land
and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like a spring whose waters never fail.
For the people of Africa and my team-mates and for all of those who have invested in me but above all the Lord God Almighty through whom everything I have has come. I stand not under judgment but accountability to him everyday and that is Heavy.
Luke 12:48
From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
I want experience’s like Saul on the road to Damascus. Bam! That is to say, ENCOUNTER.
I want to do away with angles, stretches, lies, performances…………… man’s common practice of common religion. I just want to meet the living Saviour more and more and more. Jesus Christ! There have been encounters certainly, but I know what is to come will of such a kind I have not seen before.
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
I read D.W. Moody say:
Many try to stir up spiritual life by going to meetings, (and that may be well enough) but It will be of no use unless they get into contact with the living Christ. Then spiritual life will not be a spasmodic thing but it will be perpetual: flowing on and on and bringing forth fruit to God.
I anticipate hearing of all that happens in each of your lives while I am away. Either along the way or when I have returned. I believe God has plans for us all, may we all walk in obedience to Him and instruction from Him.
There are many I wish to thank, to mention and share with here and they are all worth it.
Paul, I must tell you, If the LORD see’s to form of me half the man of God that you are than I will count myself blessed by Him indeed. You inspire and encourage.
Thank you guys, I very much hope to share more life with you as the Lord wills it.
You guys are the BTM. What I loved most about that band the whole time was each of you.
We had an amazing run.
But it was you guys that made it great. I love you Jesse, Judd, Ty, Carlos. You are and will remain in my thoughts and prayers and I will tell and do tell all about you. You’re all one of my great blessings.
Of course you too Hugh!
To all at Living stones worship and all the church, I love our church home. I am so excited to hear what happens there in the coming year! There are many of you who have encouraged and shared with me. Thank You all.
Drewson! NO, I didn’t for get ya and I will not ever do so.
Ty Braun! Stay strong, let God lead, it will be amazing! See you in 10 months, we will play again then!
TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO HAS LIBERALLY, AMAZINGLY, SELFLESSLY GIVEN SUPPORT IN ANY AND EVERY WAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!
-TEN DAYS -FIVE HOURS -FORTY SIX MINUTES -EIGHTEEN SECONDS-.
Love you too man. For real. Times have certainly changed but not that you truly are a brother.
I’m not sure how acute our “Kenobiness” was growing up but there IS one who longs to look out for us.
I look forward to hearing from you the whole time I am gone.
Take care of yourself my friend.
Hey man. I just wanted to say, for last Sunday, and for everything else before, thank you. I just finished reading through John 1, and it gives a lot of food for thought, to put it lightly. It hits home with what Paul said on Sunday about our value system being completely upside down and honestly, I can admit, the idea of what I’m doing and the re-wiring of my mind scares me. It truly does. Terrifies is probably a more fitting word. It’s as though your thought processes and value system have to start over as a newborn who was born with the awareness that it had lived previously. Maybe it is as you said, that God decided it was my time on Sunday and I felt every person who I needed at that time to take the step there with me, and grab the car keys so to say. I’ll talk to you soon bro, we gotta jam it a couple times before you go and possibly do some reading.
In all honesty dude words can’t describe how proud I am to be not only your friend but your brother and I truly cherish the past twelve years we’ve known each other. After reading something like your last post and really thinking about how life changing this journey is going to be for not only you but for the people you touch in Africa I can’t help but be happy to see you go. Now we both know I’m not one who’s able to quote a passage from the Bible or anything even remotely relevant but there is one man who’s wisdom guided both our youth’s as well as our latter years so let me leave you with a small bit of wisdom from him…
” The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together. ”
I love ya brah.