Warsaw! ok Louis here reporting from capital city Poland... hmmm what to say, well God is good what a beautiful city. So with the youth group in the church here in Poland we organized an outreach involving a very powerful drama and alot of trcks. so what happened wasthat they did the drama then i spoke and henric interpreted. There were some great conversations and one of the people who heard the gospel came to church the next day and ended up going for a couple days with sopme people from the chhurch so he now has Christian freinds...which is not easy to come by in Poland. Other than that many tracks, but I beleive the most important thing that happened was that someof these people from the youth group caught a glimse of what it means to stand for Jesus in your own city where your freinds may see you making a fool of yourself for Jesus. So they ot a chance to see what it means to reach out to a dying world...and how sinple it really is. I beleive God is looking for people who are simpl, we get so complicated sometimes and the devil gets us so confused but its simple really. Just go, grab some tracks some freinds, pray, make a drama if you want and just go. " but should I? Shouldnt I? is it Gods will? is it not Gods will? What if I push peole away from God...ahhh!!!!!"
hahah lets be simple people and just go.
Amen.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
7 ways to stay in the presence of God
The Lord last night helped me with seven ways to saty in the presence of the lord especially while your busy out and about or traveling. These are for times when you arenot in a prayer time but you are out in the world doing whatever it is you are doing:
1) Soften your heart to the Lord: This means to acknowledge the presence of the Holy Spirit in you, to acknowledge Gods love for you and to simply soften your heart to His love and His will. (This is the hardest one to explain)
2)Say the name of Jesus:
As you are walking along or doing whatever you are doing to simple say the name of Jesus in a loving way. This is a tender and intimate way to inite the lordinto your situation and it also brings Him closer. Jesus...just whisper it under your breath with all the love in your heart.
3)Speak in tongues:
you dont have to do this out loud but as a whisper in such a way your lips may scarcly even move. You will feel your Spirit move in you as you speak mysteries to God and build up your Spirit man.
4)Talk to Jesus:
Just simply talk to Him in your thoughts. Talk to Him about people you pass or places, pray prayers or simply talk about the weather. God is a God of relationship.
5)Give feelings,emotions, desires to Jesus:
What I am speaking about here is keeping watch over your desires, your affections, what you covet and what your emotions are doing...etc. This is the practice of giving all things to the Lord i.e. I am feeling angry so i say in my mind(in faith) "Jesus I give you this anger" or Jesus Im feeling pulled toward materialism "Jesus I give you those desires etc...etc...etc...
6)Pray:
More specifically to talking and praying in No:4 this is the practice of noticing when someone pops into your mind. Like say your walking along and you suddenly start to think of someone, it is my theory that it is the Hly Spirit many times prompting us to pray for them. So next time someone comes to mind say a prayer for them and if you feel to pray something specific for them..do it.
7) Focusing your energy and love outward:
This is simply taking your mind off yourself and making a conscious effort to serve and love those around you, if we can train properly (by Gods help) our eyes to see the need, and our mind to get off ouselves we can serve those around us and simply allow God to love them through us.
Anyways i thought I would share these things God has blessed me with and I am being tought By Jesus. Please remember all these things are not carnal but spiritual in natur so they have a depth to them that cannot be understood without personal revelation by the Spirit of God. So start to pray for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the Know;edge of Him.
And remember when the devil tries to pollute your mind you tell Him that the bible sais that we have the mind of Christ, so that means he has no authority in it you can tell Him to leave and take his bad thoughts with Him.
May God bless you
Love in Christ
1) Soften your heart to the Lord: This means to acknowledge the presence of the Holy Spirit in you, to acknowledge Gods love for you and to simply soften your heart to His love and His will. (This is the hardest one to explain)
2)Say the name of Jesus:
As you are walking along or doing whatever you are doing to simple say the name of Jesus in a loving way. This is a tender and intimate way to inite the lordinto your situation and it also brings Him closer. Jesus...just whisper it under your breath with all the love in your heart.
3)Speak in tongues:
you dont have to do this out loud but as a whisper in such a way your lips may scarcly even move. You will feel your Spirit move in you as you speak mysteries to God and build up your Spirit man.
4)Talk to Jesus:
Just simply talk to Him in your thoughts. Talk to Him about people you pass or places, pray prayers or simply talk about the weather. God is a God of relationship.
5)Give feelings,emotions, desires to Jesus:
What I am speaking about here is keeping watch over your desires, your affections, what you covet and what your emotions are doing...etc. This is the practice of giving all things to the Lord i.e. I am feeling angry so i say in my mind(in faith) "Jesus I give you this anger" or Jesus Im feeling pulled toward materialism "Jesus I give you those desires etc...etc...etc...
6)Pray:
More specifically to talking and praying in No:4 this is the practice of noticing when someone pops into your mind. Like say your walking along and you suddenly start to think of someone, it is my theory that it is the Hly Spirit many times prompting us to pray for them. So next time someone comes to mind say a prayer for them and if you feel to pray something specific for them..do it.
7) Focusing your energy and love outward:
This is simply taking your mind off yourself and making a conscious effort to serve and love those around you, if we can train properly (by Gods help) our eyes to see the need, and our mind to get off ouselves we can serve those around us and simply allow God to love them through us.
Anyways i thought I would share these things God has blessed me with and I am being tought By Jesus. Please remember all these things are not carnal but spiritual in natur so they have a depth to them that cannot be understood without personal revelation by the Spirit of God. So start to pray for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the Know;edge of Him.
And remember when the devil tries to pollute your mind you tell Him that the bible sais that we have the mind of Christ, so that means he has no authority in it you can tell Him to leave and take his bad thoughts with Him.
May God bless you
Love in Christ
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Warszawa
Praise God! Im in Warszaw and Im super excited! Bogdan is back in Sohatchev with his family but I wanted to spend some time in warsaw so right now Im staying in the church...sort of. so if your in this church and you walk past the pulpit the is a huge cross against the wall and if you walk behind it you go through a door and up a staircase and you get to an apartment. only in Europe. So right now Im staying with paul and His wife ania and they have a sapre room! They know little English and I know little Polish but its working out great they are wonderful people. So today I have a freind who speaks english who will show me around Warszaw and hopefully i can get a camera so I can post some pics. God is so good and Hes given me a love for the Polish people Im really looking foreward to doing some street ministry here and get some of that agapae Jesus love all over the place, just let the love of God mess up peoples lives like it did mine, lol halleluiah! Praise God! Im in Poland!!!! Also next week God willing, Bogdan, "the gangster", Henric, and myself will be doing some prison ministry in the south of Poland.
My little bit of Polish is being stretched but praise God its coming along, they tell me my accent is very good.
Anyway May God be with you whoever reads this and thank you to whoever is praying, God is good!
My little bit of Polish is being stretched but praise God its coming along, they tell me my accent is very good.
Anyway May God be with you whoever reads this and thank you to whoever is praying, God is good!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
wow
Hello Christian people!
ok heres whats new... wow God is good. we have just returned to sohatchev from the Christian camp we were a part of. it was absolutely amazing both me and bogdan had the opportunity to share with the young people as well as the camp leaders. The camp had over a hundred youth that were from different parts of Poland, some were Christians and some were from orphanages and difficult homes. It was absolutley amazing and personnaly it was a time of huge growth for me. there were several salvations and everyone heard the gospel. It amazed me how much I connected with young people I could not understand, even though there were many who spoke english at different levels. Today was the day we left the camp and said our good byes, it was actually really hard to leave you know, I was amazed at how much you can connect to people after nine days even with a cultur gap. It proves that the love of Jesus was present how else would this even be possible. So we had church together every morning and every night and played games during the day. i will have some cool vids and pics to bring back. I love these kids Im gonna miss em.
Some other good news is that "the gangster", a man who was well a gangster in Poland got saved and was released from prison 8 days before coming to the camp. Henrick (our connection in Poland) had done a documentary of his testimony. So the young people got the chance to watch it and hear first hand this mans story. That was amazing and on top of that Bogdan, "the gangster" and I went to "teen challenge" and Bogdan gave the alter call and 4 people came forward to receive Christ.
Thank you all so much for your prayers, love you all and see you soon
ok heres whats new... wow God is good. we have just returned to sohatchev from the Christian camp we were a part of. it was absolutely amazing both me and bogdan had the opportunity to share with the young people as well as the camp leaders. The camp had over a hundred youth that were from different parts of Poland, some were Christians and some were from orphanages and difficult homes. It was absolutley amazing and personnaly it was a time of huge growth for me. there were several salvations and everyone heard the gospel. It amazed me how much I connected with young people I could not understand, even though there were many who spoke english at different levels. Today was the day we left the camp and said our good byes, it was actually really hard to leave you know, I was amazed at how much you can connect to people after nine days even with a cultur gap. It proves that the love of Jesus was present how else would this even be possible. So we had church together every morning and every night and played games during the day. i will have some cool vids and pics to bring back. I love these kids Im gonna miss em.
Some other good news is that "the gangster", a man who was well a gangster in Poland got saved and was released from prison 8 days before coming to the camp. Henrick (our connection in Poland) had done a documentary of his testimony. So the young people got the chance to watch it and hear first hand this mans story. That was amazing and on top of that Bogdan, "the gangster" and I went to "teen challenge" and Bogdan gave the alter call and 4 people came forward to receive Christ.
Thank you all so much for your prayers, love you all and see you soon
Sunday, July 13, 2008
POLAND
Hey Canadian people! Bogdan and I have made it to the camp and we are having a good time right now I am in Gdansk it is a city that was heavily bombed in WW2 but it is so beatiful right now, i had no idea poland was such a nice place! so we are at the christian camp and I am releived to find out that they hear a gospel message twice a day and there are lots of fun games and things like this. Bogdan and i have also had the privilage of sharing with the camp people about Jesus and you will be happy to know my Polish is improving as well. Anyways there will be lots of things to come and pls keep us in prayers as we are conquoring new ground! Miss you all!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
CZEść!!!
hELLO FORM pOLAND WE MADE IT!! driving through germany was beautiful and now we are in Bogdans hometown at his mothers place. Wow is her cooking ever good, dont be suprised if I stay here. Anyway we are on our way to the Christian camp in 2 days so in the mean time we will hang out here and in warszaw. My Polish is being tested big time but I dont think I have offended anyone yet. Thanks again for all your prayers and please pray for devine appointments.
Lord willing I will update again when I have more to tell.
Lord willing I will update again when I have more to tell.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
amstradam
Praise God! so Im sitting with my strong Dutch coffee at my hotel in some town outside amstradam after a quite a long day in the city. I have never been to such a demonic wicked and evil city in my life. such perversion and ungodlyness that I have never before experienced.
Bogdan and I spent the day on foot exploring downtown amstadam and it was basically all sex and drugs. men with men women with women, prostitutes in the windows like shopping for clothing.
In dark room a candle burning lights up the room so shines the gospel in a dark city. Bogdan and I were shocked and marked in our Spirits by the hunger for the gospel in this wasteland, these hearts are ready for the gospel! They are tired and sick inside having tried all the pleasure this world can offer and the only christ they know is an outdated relic made of stone on an old catholic church. There is such a hunger for this strange Jesus, this Jesus who is alive this Jesus who has the power to change a human heart. again praise God!
Also in the Spirit I hear the urgency of the hour and the cry of the heart of God that none should perish. There is a definate urgency in these the last days and it is the cry of the creator going over amstradam. Multitutudes, multitudes in the valley of decision on the day of the Lord.
Bogdan and I got some footage of evangelism in Poland as well to share when we get back.
Pray the Lord of the harvest to send workers into the harvest!!!!!
Bogdan and I spent the day on foot exploring downtown amstadam and it was basically all sex and drugs. men with men women with women, prostitutes in the windows like shopping for clothing.
In dark room a candle burning lights up the room so shines the gospel in a dark city. Bogdan and I were shocked and marked in our Spirits by the hunger for the gospel in this wasteland, these hearts are ready for the gospel! They are tired and sick inside having tried all the pleasure this world can offer and the only christ they know is an outdated relic made of stone on an old catholic church. There is such a hunger for this strange Jesus, this Jesus who is alive this Jesus who has the power to change a human heart. again praise God!
Also in the Spirit I hear the urgency of the hour and the cry of the heart of God that none should perish. There is a definate urgency in these the last days and it is the cry of the creator going over amstradam. Multitutudes, multitudes in the valley of decision on the day of the Lord.
Bogdan and I got some footage of evangelism in Poland as well to share when we get back.
Pray the Lord of the harvest to send workers into the harvest!!!!!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
the old world
I made it! I thank God for eveyone who supported getting me out here by prayer and by finance. We have arrived in Holland today...or this morning I dont even know anymore. me and Bogdan are staying for two days in a little town and then on monday we will pick up a car and drive to Poland. As for right now i am just blown away by the beuty of the scenery in this little towh like I couldnt imagine. Praise God for His grace. It is so nice here I wish i could take it back to Canada. Anyway Im going to bed now so God bless and i will keep updating this blog by God's grace with updates on ministry and whatever else comes to mind. So goddnight and thank each of you for your prayers.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Long time no post so here goes. My latest God thoughts: question:
Is Christianity a religion of commitments?
It would defanently seem so, I mean lets be honest everything seems to come down to commitments nowadays. How often have you heard a preacher end his sermon and then call on anyone who wants to respond to recommit or commit his life to Christ, or they will make a similar call to get serious with a certain sin, or to do something they know they ought to be doing. Many times they ask us to silently make the commitment or even they ask everyone to bow there heads and those who make the commitment keep there heads up so as to avoid being embarrassed.
Does that remind anyone of the old testament? Remember when the people of Israel cried out to moses and before God that they would keep all of the law? It was a complete failure.
This is not the way in the new covenant. How much failure have we been a part of and how many broken commitments have we struggled through? True new covenant Christianity is not a religeon of commitments or promises to God. Jesus taught not to make an oath at all.
Its not about men making a commitment as in the Old testament. Its about God making a commitment to us.
Christianity is not a religion of men making commitments, it is a family of people literally approaching the throne of God to receive grace and help TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THEMSELVES. All the commitments no matter how much you mean them will lead to failure until you approach the throne of God through the blood crusted way of our Saviour, our high priest, behind the veil, and receive for free the grace in time of need, will you see victory. I have come out of great sin in my past and upon my conversion I have seen great victory over addiction and bondage and none of those victories were by my commitments but all were given freely when I approached the throne of God with nothing to say for myself but "please help Father."
Please see Jer 31& 32, Ezekial 36, and the book of Romans. As long as a citizen does not know there rights the authorities can abuse them, but when you know your rights they cannot bother you. In the same way in the Spirit a child of God is a citizen of heaven and unless they know there rights they will continually be harassed by the enemy and will not be free.
Its not what we do but what God has done through Jesus Christ.
Protocal : The only appropriate way to approach God is through the blood of Jesus. Don't approach with your commitments, its not your ability to hold onto Him but His ability to hold onto you. Put your trust in His hand not yours and when you see failure and sin in your life take the hand of God and go to the cross together.
Is Christianity a religion of commitments?
It would defanently seem so, I mean lets be honest everything seems to come down to commitments nowadays. How often have you heard a preacher end his sermon and then call on anyone who wants to respond to recommit or commit his life to Christ, or they will make a similar call to get serious with a certain sin, or to do something they know they ought to be doing. Many times they ask us to silently make the commitment or even they ask everyone to bow there heads and those who make the commitment keep there heads up so as to avoid being embarrassed.
Does that remind anyone of the old testament? Remember when the people of Israel cried out to moses and before God that they would keep all of the law? It was a complete failure.
This is not the way in the new covenant. How much failure have we been a part of and how many broken commitments have we struggled through? True new covenant Christianity is not a religeon of commitments or promises to God. Jesus taught not to make an oath at all.
Its not about men making a commitment as in the Old testament. Its about God making a commitment to us.
Christianity is not a religion of men making commitments, it is a family of people literally approaching the throne of God to receive grace and help TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THEMSELVES. All the commitments no matter how much you mean them will lead to failure until you approach the throne of God through the blood crusted way of our Saviour, our high priest, behind the veil, and receive for free the grace in time of need, will you see victory. I have come out of great sin in my past and upon my conversion I have seen great victory over addiction and bondage and none of those victories were by my commitments but all were given freely when I approached the throne of God with nothing to say for myself but "please help Father."
Please see Jer 31& 32, Ezekial 36, and the book of Romans. As long as a citizen does not know there rights the authorities can abuse them, but when you know your rights they cannot bother you. In the same way in the Spirit a child of God is a citizen of heaven and unless they know there rights they will continually be harassed by the enemy and will not be free.
Its not what we do but what God has done through Jesus Christ.
Protocal : The only appropriate way to approach God is through the blood of Jesus. Don't approach with your commitments, its not your ability to hold onto Him but His ability to hold onto you. Put your trust in His hand not yours and when you see failure and sin in your life take the hand of God and go to the cross together.
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