#65
NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I missed it by 3 minutes... oh well. I haven't gone to bed yet so I cant count it as still "today, right? haha.
Church was just fantastic this morning. The sermon was so convicting, and I'm really praying through how I can legitimately apply the concepts to my life long-term. It's always the trickiest part... In other news, I also got to go to a small group tonight! First one since moving to Hawaii, so I'm pretty excited. The guys were great, the Bible study was legit, the food was yummy... It really felt like an answer to prayer. We'll see what God has in store for me with these guys!
Monday, March 7, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Wisdom Needed
#64
Jamie left for India on a mission trip with her church yesterday. She'll be back in a week and a half. Which is great- I'm super excited for her. Except that now, all of a sudden, as of today, there are developments with our Project team and some decisions have to be made soon... and my APD is on the other side of the world! haha. So I'm gonna need some wisdom from the Lord to make a big decision or two, and trust that it works out. Good thing the Word tells us that He gives wisdom freely and without reproach to those who need it and ask for it. Prayer is appreciated!
Jamie left for India on a mission trip with her church yesterday. She'll be back in a week and a half. Which is great- I'm super excited for her. Except that now, all of a sudden, as of today, there are developments with our Project team and some decisions have to be made soon... and my APD is on the other side of the world! haha. So I'm gonna need some wisdom from the Lord to make a big decision or two, and trust that it works out. Good thing the Word tells us that He gives wisdom freely and without reproach to those who need it and ask for it. Prayer is appreciated!
Friday, March 4, 2011
The Gospel is a Universal Truth
Just looked up the Four Laws (CCC founder Bill Bright's four-point presentation of the Gospel) in all the languages that I speak. I just read through each one and almost teared up each time... The truth of the Gospel is just SO powerful, stunning, wild. And reading/hearing it in different languages with each tongue's nuances is breath-taking! I so want to experience hearing people accept Jesus into their hearts in their own language in Japanese, Spanish, and French speaking countries...
Check it out in your mother tongue HERE!
(No, this is not part of my post-a-days... I just felt like sharing this!)
Check it out in your mother tongue HERE!
(No, this is not part of my post-a-days... I just felt like sharing this!)
Growth
#63
I have very strong opinions. And I have a tendency to present them strongly. But God is definitely working on me. Today was a great day of meetings as a staff team, planning out our weekly gatherings for the next month and talking strategy in terms of leadership structure and student ownership. Normally, this is the kind of meeting where I either completely shut down or completely shut others down, but today went GREAT! Knowing my weakness, I prayed before every single discussion and asked God to keep my heart soft and to only speak as He led me, and He really answered! We had some reaaaally productive discussions about how to best reach our campus, and today might have been the most tension-free staff meeting we've had since I've been here. Praise God that He sanctifies us (even though it's an uncomfortable process, the results are pretty sweet!) day by day and is in the process of making us more like Jesus :)
I have very strong opinions. And I have a tendency to present them strongly. But God is definitely working on me. Today was a great day of meetings as a staff team, planning out our weekly gatherings for the next month and talking strategy in terms of leadership structure and student ownership. Normally, this is the kind of meeting where I either completely shut down or completely shut others down, but today went GREAT! Knowing my weakness, I prayed before every single discussion and asked God to keep my heart soft and to only speak as He led me, and He really answered! We had some reaaaally productive discussions about how to best reach our campus, and today might have been the most tension-free staff meeting we've had since I've been here. Praise God that He sanctifies us (even though it's an uncomfortable process, the results are pretty sweet!) day by day and is in the process of making us more like Jesus :)
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Truckin' Through Roadblocks... as a Team
#62
Our dear fellow UH staff member Ed got really sick a few days ago- bad fever, up to like 104- and coughing up brown gunk and everything... so he went to the hospital today and the docs diagnosed it as some sort of nasty infection. So they lowered his fever and he's on meds and resting at home. Thank God he's ok.
But this made for a crazy day of ministry today. Thursdays are our Weekly Gathering days, and Ed is in charge of driving all of the equipment over to campus, unloading it, setting it up, coaching/helping lead worship, tearing it all down, loading it back into his car, and taking it back to storage. With Ed gone, it was a day of true teamwork as the rest of us all pitched in to make today work. By the grace of God, it all happened beautifully. It was a weird day though- from beginning to end, there were little hiccups and glitches that really seemed like the enemy trying to push us into discouragement, and we got close to discouragement/frustration/anxiety/freakout/etc a few times, but the Lord led us through the whole day in joy and faith! Glory be to God our caring Father.
Our dear fellow UH staff member Ed got really sick a few days ago- bad fever, up to like 104- and coughing up brown gunk and everything... so he went to the hospital today and the docs diagnosed it as some sort of nasty infection. So they lowered his fever and he's on meds and resting at home. Thank God he's ok.
But this made for a crazy day of ministry today. Thursdays are our Weekly Gathering days, and Ed is in charge of driving all of the equipment over to campus, unloading it, setting it up, coaching/helping lead worship, tearing it all down, loading it back into his car, and taking it back to storage. With Ed gone, it was a day of true teamwork as the rest of us all pitched in to make today work. By the grace of God, it all happened beautifully. It was a weird day though- from beginning to end, there were little hiccups and glitches that really seemed like the enemy trying to push us into discouragement, and we got close to discouragement/frustration/anxiety/freakout/etc a few times, but the Lord led us through the whole day in joy and faith! Glory be to God our caring Father.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Can't Beat the Maui Burger
#61
Tonight, Jamie, Karisa and I took our UH discipleship groups out to dinner together just for a fun evening of fellowship in a bigger setting than just our 3 or 4-person d-pods. We went to Islands at Ala Moana... Oh man I'd missed it. Islands is one of my favorite restaurants and when I found out that Hawaii actually had one, I was like "YES!" We had a sweet time of relaxation and fun as the 11 of us got to enjoy some yummy food and great conversation. I'd been especially tired lately, so it was nice to have a more laid-back discipleship time tonight :)
Tonight, Jamie, Karisa and I took our UH discipleship groups out to dinner together just for a fun evening of fellowship in a bigger setting than just our 3 or 4-person d-pods. We went to Islands at Ala Moana... Oh man I'd missed it. Islands is one of my favorite restaurants and when I found out that Hawaii actually had one, I was like "YES!" We had a sweet time of relaxation and fun as the 11 of us got to enjoy some yummy food and great conversation. I'd been especially tired lately, so it was nice to have a more laid-back discipleship time tonight :)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
"A Movement of Discipleship and Evangelism"
#60
Jamie got to take a girl she disciples out for her first time doing campus evangelism, Natalie got to meet with a few Christian international students from Korea to encourage them, I got to have a really rich discipleship time with JR where we explored some deep issues, and our meeting, though small in number today, was a blessed time of doing Soularium (see post-a-day #39) as a group and using that to get to know each other more deeply... which was perfect because a girl who is a friend of one of our Cru guys decided to join us today for the first time, and she's not a Christian at all, so it was the perfect way to introduce a community of people seeking deeper spiritual understanding to her without intimidating her too much (she knows that we're Christian and that we usually study the Bible, and she came anyway!).
Campus Crusade for Christ calls itself "a movement of discipleship and evangelism", and today was a full, productive, blessed day of living up to our aim at Kapiolani Community College :)
Jamie got to take a girl she disciples out for her first time doing campus evangelism, Natalie got to meet with a few Christian international students from Korea to encourage them, I got to have a really rich discipleship time with JR where we explored some deep issues, and our meeting, though small in number today, was a blessed time of doing Soularium (see post-a-day #39) as a group and using that to get to know each other more deeply... which was perfect because a girl who is a friend of one of our Cru guys decided to join us today for the first time, and she's not a Christian at all, so it was the perfect way to introduce a community of people seeking deeper spiritual understanding to her without intimidating her too much (she knows that we're Christian and that we usually study the Bible, and she came anyway!).
Campus Crusade for Christ calls itself "a movement of discipleship and evangelism", and today was a full, productive, blessed day of living up to our aim at Kapiolani Community College :)
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