That Woman's Gonna Change Your Life

Levi stood up, tears in his eyes, and said "when I first came off the plane and saw you there waiting for me, I heard God say to me: That woman's gonna change your life, and I've been waiting for the time to tell you.  I want to tell you right now - you have changed my life."

  

This morning we had a powerful time with Daniel speaking over our lives prophetically, having looked up the meaning of each of our names and taking time to pray and seek the Lord over what He was saying to us.  One of the meanings of my name is 'obedient' (I know, right!?).  He began to speak of my desire for radical obedience to God and His ways, and the goal of my heart being to lead others to this same kind of obedience - not necessarily obedience to me as their leader, but primarily to God and His ways.  As Danny spoke, the truth of his words rang deeply in my heart.

    As Danny concluded, the class gathered around me and began praying over me as their leader.  What an honor and a blessing!  Levi continued, "As we worshiped, I looked around the room and it was like I could see everyone moving around, but not really.  Then I saw this picture of you, and you were putting camouflage paint on all of our faces, preparing us for battle, ready to lead the way.  There's no one I'd rather go into battle with than you!"

    Just two more weeks til we head off to Brazil and the World Cup to minister the gospel of Jesus Christ to the nations.  We are expecting to see tens of thousands of people from dozens of nations converging in Brazil for the 'Beautiful Game'.  Along with the revelry is a marked increase in crime, sex trafficking, gambling, and just about anything else you can imagine.  We are ready.  Ready to bring hope to the hopeless, freedom to the captive, and restoration to the broken.  I am so blessed to lead this team of worshipers into the battle.  Please keep praying for us.  Every battle we go into, we go with you, and every victory is yours as well.  

1 Samuel 30:24b - We share and share alike--those who go to battle and those who guard the equipment.

Three Weeks til Brazil and the World Cup!

In just a few short weeks I'll be taking a team to Manaus, Brasil to minister during the World Cup.  Manaus is smack dab in the middle of the Amazon, with over 1,000 miles of Amazonian rainforest surrounding it on all sides!  We will minister both in the city during the games, as well as going deeper into the Amazon to work with indigenous peoples living in villages along the rivers - they are called 'ribeneiros' in Portuguese, 'river people'.  

Last week we learned more about the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and saw many people healed of various injuries and maladies.  We had several opportunities to put what we learned into practice, and were blessed to see God show up over and over again!

I want to start sending out little mini-updates like these more often, and I hope you will be blessed by them.  Below is a photo of some of students during a time of worship and intercession.  We were praying about revival, and painted rocks to spell out the word.  It was a powerful time!

 

1 Peter 1:22 - You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart.