Archive - January, 2010

A Glimmer of Destiny

January 7, 2010 in Missions with 1 Comment

Not long after surrendering my life to Jesus, God began to lead me to an understanding of the tragic fact that there are still people in the world that have little to no access to the Gospel, especially in their heart language.  2,000 years ago, Jesus gave his disciples and those who would believe in His name afterwards a “Commission.”  (Matt 28:18-20)

He called them to go into all the world and preach the Good News of his cross and resurrection salvation power to all peoples and nations.  He also said that he would not return until this “testimony” message went to each of these nation-families. (Matt 24:14).  Only God knows when this scripture will come to pass, but my heart was captivated to be a part of the solution and not a part of the reason for the delay of its fulfillment.

This is one of the reasons that I am in Thailand today, and in the Northeast among the Isaan people in particular.  There are 20 million Isaan people in and near Thailand, but according to “Peoples of the Buddhist World” only about 1 in 10,000 of them claim to be follower of Christ, and that is from any and all Christian groups.

Today I felt a little glimmer of destiny as I attended a village meeting and sat among Isaan people who came together for fellowship, worship, prayer, and to hear the Word of God.   Continue Reading…

A New Year is Available…Anytime

January 4, 2010 in Development with 0 Comments

Bangkok New Year

AW Tozer writes,

” In one sense a new year begins whenever we decide it shall. The various peoples of the world have not been in full agreement about their year’s end and its new beginning, but we can start a new year whenever we purpose to rearrance our lives morally and invite Christ to become our Lord and Savior.  At that moment we become new creatures-”a new name is written down in glory” and our new year begins.  That moral rearrangement we call repentance, and the act of making a new creature we call regeneration. The soul that has experienced such a wonderous transformation is likely to place more emphasis on that new start than he or she does on our official
New Year’s Day.”

By the grace of God, we have the ability to start fresh anytime we are willing to turn from our own ways and turn to God.  2010 is the time for us to climb down from the thrones of our own lives and let God take His rightful place.

If we come to truly know Him, we will trust Him.   If we trust Him, then we will be willing to “lose our lives” for Him.  By “losing” we will gain more than we could ever imagine.  Heaven becomes more real than Earth, and everything we do on Earth we do with its glory in our view.

The glory of Heaven is none other than Jesus Christ Himself.  Now is the time to know Him and cling to Him.  Your New Year is waiting.

In the near future, I hope to come back with a story or two more from India then I will be making an effort to begin blogging more regularly again.  Shorter and more frequent will be my resolution!  Join the conversation.  What would you like to hear more about?