Monthly Archives: January 2009

thoughts from friday night evangelism

#1 God is growing this heart of mine for Wrigleyville!  I had one of the most enjoyable nights ever and the BigMac helped too!

#2 My partner and I spoke to about four people, and I was able to transition into a Christ-related talk even though the guy I spoke to one-on-one wasn’t very interested.

#3 I see growth!  Sometimes it is just amazing to step back.  Just a week ago I had a completely different heart and a faith that was shut up inside me, and within a week I saw just small steps to where I know God wants me to be.

#4 from earlier in the week I saw probably one of the most beautiful (and I use this word ever so sparingly) things I have ever seen.  There was a guy on my floor that was just feeling real crumby and I heard about it.  Later on, I was led to actually lay hands on him and pray.  There were two other guys with me who wanted to pray as well.

at that moment, it was clear that GOD was in our midst.  And though there was no miraculous healing, there was confidence that God would be God in this circumstance – and we were okay with that.  God is who he says he is, and he will do all that he has promised to do.

and when we have this kind of trust, not the kind that demands for God to do everything that we want him to do, it is incredibly freeing!

sorry about the delay in posts, but I still really want to do the PAUSE series!   look out for it!!!

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sunday night reflections

#1  Had a great day and weekend!  On Friday Night going downtown Chicago to evangelize we saw ONE person rededicate his life to Christ! (heaven celebrates over one!)  Had some other crazy experiences that I will probably share tomorrow.

#2  Went to Antioch Community Church in Wheaton, IL again WOW! 

#3  Went to Outback Steakhouse, fantastic burger.  You know a burger is good when you can’t fathom wasting the lettuce that fell off it!

#4  I realized that there is a pretty immediate area of my life that I may still be holding onto and that is my career.  I WANT TO GO INTO MINISTRY, I feel like nothing else could fulfill my life like ministry.  So I have been somewhat scared to give my future to God thinking he might take the ministry option away… but tonight it was made clear to me that just because I surrender my future career to God doesn’t mean he’ll change it.  It might simply mean that I will work in his time and in his way, which is so much better than me trying to force things to happen!

I guess I have always assumed that because I am going into a godly career he doesn’t really need control.  BUT JESUS WANTS ALL OF ME.  And I pray that every time something like this is revealed I say YES!

#5  Okay, the tentative plan for closing out this first month of 2009 is to talk about the Friday experience of the duo I was in, and then do a four part series entitled PAUSE.  

#6  Three things about the blog: a) the blog flat-lined during my brief vacation from blogging; no views,  b) this blog is officially blocked in China (which is a praise and prayer request in one), and c)  I have considered changing the templete of the blog (but might not happen for a while!)

#6.5  Thanks for stopping by.  Grace and peace be multiplied to you!

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