Wow!
That's how to first describe the mission that we had on Sunday, 24th May 2009.
We had a great time serving God at St. Elizabeth, Karen, a school which houses students all the way from grade school up until Form 6. (A-levels).
We arrived some time in the afternoon, and then spent some time listening to the girls' wonderful presentations. Boy are they talented or what?
Then we introduced ourselves after the Christian Union Patron gave us the chance to take over. We led in Praise and Worship, and we all enjoyed worshipping God. We then ministered to the girls with one song.
The preacher then preached, and we all listened....
We later prayed for many many girls for various needs that they had, and ten girls came to accept Christ as their personal Lord and Savior! All glory to God!!
We counselled with them a bit before our time to go. It was indeed a blessing being there...I don't know who was more blessed, us or them.
We look forward to continue serving God wherever He calls and leads us.
Cheers y'all,
and tonnes of blessings.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
More than I asked for...
Dear Beracans,
Hi. I hope that the past two weeks have been okay for you, and that you are continuing to grow in the faith. My utmost desire is that each of us would form and enjoy a personal, intimate relationship with God. It’s one of the most beautiful things in life, the very essence of life.
This time around I’d like us to look at some Benefits of Prayer, benefits that we can actually enjoy in our daily lives. I’d like to look at two benefits today. The first one is PEACE. When we give our concerns to God, we have a shift of burdens, and God carries our burdens and we do not carry them any more. We have to trust Him, though, and not take them up again after praying. The second benefit we enjoy, is that, after we trust God to do something, He goes ahead and gives us not only the desires of our heart (Ps. 37:4), but also OVER AND ABOVE WHAT WE SEEK (Isa. 55:8-11).
Sometimes this sounds like cliché, but I think it helps when we have an example that we can identify with. So I’ll give an example from my life. I prayed to God about having a job, something that I would enjoy doing, something that would use my talents, and make me know that I am serving God’s purpose in my life. After a couple of disappointments earlier on, I had prayed to God that my next job would need me and find me, that I wouldn’t go through the process of “tarmacking” only to be fired or to lose my job for whatever reason. Now, that was a big challenge, because, if it was my desire that my job finds me, then I had to wait patiently for that to happen. Given that condition, the best way I could show my trust in God would be to wait. If I chose to go out and “hassle” for a post, then that would go against the desire of my heart to have my job “find” me. And then, I could also not truly say that my job found me, if I went looking for it. So my best option obviously, was to wait.
I must admit that waiting isn’t easy, because you want to see results; you want to prove that your salvation is “real” and that it “works”, etc. but I chose to wait. I knew that there was nothing I could do to answer my own prayer. I prayed to God, and I left it with Him. Now it was up to Him to prove His word (By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him, Psalm 34:8 Bible in Basic English). Whenever I tried to think about my options, I got stressed out. But when I decided to let God do His thing in His own way and in His own time, I felt indescribable PEACE flood my life. Well, God did answer my prayer, and in a SURPRISING WAY too. I love being near my home. Soon after my total surrender, someone came asking me to join where I’m at now. Talk about surprises. My job found me, and also, it was a great deal – I now enjoy my serving God with my talents knowing that I am living God’s purpose for my life. And the icing on the cake – although I had not directly prayed for this, but it was always in my heart, my working place is NEAR MY HOME!
That for me is very special. It encourages me to trust God more and more with even the details of my life. I want to serve Him with my entire being. And surrender all of my needs to Him - always.
Here are a couple of things to pray about these two weeks.
a) Events: 2nd service on Sunday 24th May this year (we’re leading), and Super-soul Sunday.
b) Growth: spiritual (intimate relationship with God), as a team (unity, love, care for one another), musical (skill)
c) Relationships: Ernest, Mary, and upcoming ones. Pray for holiness, grace and wisdom.
d) Our country: leadership, food, security.
e) Kawira: I got a message this morning (Monday) that she’s unwell.
I will be updating you soon on the Beracah blog, as well as a day that we shall fast and then meet to pray.
I wish each one of you a special week full of God’s favor. May you experience the benefits of prayer.
In Christ’s service,
Anngladys.
Hi. I hope that the past two weeks have been okay for you, and that you are continuing to grow in the faith. My utmost desire is that each of us would form and enjoy a personal, intimate relationship with God. It’s one of the most beautiful things in life, the very essence of life.
This time around I’d like us to look at some Benefits of Prayer, benefits that we can actually enjoy in our daily lives. I’d like to look at two benefits today. The first one is PEACE. When we give our concerns to God, we have a shift of burdens, and God carries our burdens and we do not carry them any more. We have to trust Him, though, and not take them up again after praying. The second benefit we enjoy, is that, after we trust God to do something, He goes ahead and gives us not only the desires of our heart (Ps. 37:4), but also OVER AND ABOVE WHAT WE SEEK (Isa. 55:8-11).
Sometimes this sounds like cliché, but I think it helps when we have an example that we can identify with. So I’ll give an example from my life. I prayed to God about having a job, something that I would enjoy doing, something that would use my talents, and make me know that I am serving God’s purpose in my life. After a couple of disappointments earlier on, I had prayed to God that my next job would need me and find me, that I wouldn’t go through the process of “tarmacking” only to be fired or to lose my job for whatever reason. Now, that was a big challenge, because, if it was my desire that my job finds me, then I had to wait patiently for that to happen. Given that condition, the best way I could show my trust in God would be to wait. If I chose to go out and “hassle” for a post, then that would go against the desire of my heart to have my job “find” me. And then, I could also not truly say that my job found me, if I went looking for it. So my best option obviously, was to wait.
I must admit that waiting isn’t easy, because you want to see results; you want to prove that your salvation is “real” and that it “works”, etc. but I chose to wait. I knew that there was nothing I could do to answer my own prayer. I prayed to God, and I left it with Him. Now it was up to Him to prove His word (By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him, Psalm 34:8 Bible in Basic English). Whenever I tried to think about my options, I got stressed out. But when I decided to let God do His thing in His own way and in His own time, I felt indescribable PEACE flood my life. Well, God did answer my prayer, and in a SURPRISING WAY too. I love being near my home. Soon after my total surrender, someone came asking me to join where I’m at now. Talk about surprises. My job found me, and also, it was a great deal – I now enjoy my serving God with my talents knowing that I am living God’s purpose for my life. And the icing on the cake – although I had not directly prayed for this, but it was always in my heart, my working place is NEAR MY HOME!
That for me is very special. It encourages me to trust God more and more with even the details of my life. I want to serve Him with my entire being. And surrender all of my needs to Him - always.
Here are a couple of things to pray about these two weeks.
a) Events: 2nd service on Sunday 24th May this year (we’re leading), and Super-soul Sunday.
b) Growth: spiritual (intimate relationship with God), as a team (unity, love, care for one another), musical (skill)
c) Relationships: Ernest, Mary, and upcoming ones. Pray for holiness, grace and wisdom.
d) Our country: leadership, food, security.
e) Kawira: I got a message this morning (Monday) that she’s unwell.
I will be updating you soon on the Beracah blog, as well as a day that we shall fast and then meet to pray.
I wish each one of you a special week full of God’s favor. May you experience the benefits of prayer.
In Christ’s service,
Anngladys.
Dear Beracans...
Dear Beracans,(really, this should be hi to all readers of this blog)
Hi. Hope your week has began well.
You know, God says we can do anything and be anything (Phil 4:13). But there are conditions for us to fulfill such as reading, observing and continually meditating on His word (Ps. 1:2, Deut. 6:6-9). He will usually bring the opportunities to us, but it’s up to us to seize them. He won’t force us or make us do it. We have to be proactive and take initiative.
But how can we be sure it’s God’s will? By having an intimate trust relationship with God, (I Kings 19:11-12), so that we already know how He speaks to us. It could be by giving you passion about something (Acts 18:5), or a peace beyond your comprehension (I Cor 14:33), or making your dreams possible by giving you open doors (Esther 7). Whichever your particular case may be, the best way to know is from God Himself, seeing as the devil also has great signs and wonders, although those are meant to lead us away from God.
So what’s the challenge for this fortnight? To develop a personal intimate trust relationship with God so we can know for sure His was and leadings. (Isa. 30:21 – and you will hear a voice behind your ears saying, this is the way, walk ye in it.)
Prayer items for this fortnight:
· Thank God for Youth Sunday, Music Rally, and those in relationships
· Pray for Super Soul Sunday, those in relationships to stand, salvation of our family members and peace & God’s reign in our country.
My prayer for us this fortnight is that we would be totally covered by the blood of Jesus, encompassed by God’s consuming fire, hidden under His wings in a warm, loving and comforting embrace, safe, secure and rested enough to be passionately confident about His will in our lives.
In Christ’s love,
Anngladys.
Hi. Hope your week has began well.
You know, God says we can do anything and be anything (Phil 4:13). But there are conditions for us to fulfill such as reading, observing and continually meditating on His word (Ps. 1:2, Deut. 6:6-9). He will usually bring the opportunities to us, but it’s up to us to seize them. He won’t force us or make us do it. We have to be proactive and take initiative.
But how can we be sure it’s God’s will? By having an intimate trust relationship with God, (I Kings 19:11-12), so that we already know how He speaks to us. It could be by giving you passion about something (Acts 18:5), or a peace beyond your comprehension (I Cor 14:33), or making your dreams possible by giving you open doors (Esther 7). Whichever your particular case may be, the best way to know is from God Himself, seeing as the devil also has great signs and wonders, although those are meant to lead us away from God.
So what’s the challenge for this fortnight? To develop a personal intimate trust relationship with God so we can know for sure His was and leadings. (Isa. 30:21 – and you will hear a voice behind your ears saying, this is the way, walk ye in it.)
Prayer items for this fortnight:
· Thank God for Youth Sunday, Music Rally, and those in relationships
· Pray for Super Soul Sunday, those in relationships to stand, salvation of our family members and peace & God’s reign in our country.
My prayer for us this fortnight is that we would be totally covered by the blood of Jesus, encompassed by God’s consuming fire, hidden under His wings in a warm, loving and comforting embrace, safe, secure and rested enough to be passionately confident about His will in our lives.
In Christ’s love,
Anngladys.
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