this brought me to tears...

Posted by christin joy | | 7/31/2008 09:11:00 PM
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this is what i wanted to do. i'm so glad that someone was able to go and do it. hopefully God will allow me to have an opportunity to do this the next time a false prophet comes nearby, or even in my neighborhood. i dont know if i'll do open air, but who knows, maybe thats what God wants. i'm not sure. either way, the Lord's Gospel and Law must be preached and i pray for those who mock the word of the Lord.

john 3:16-21
"For God so loved the world,that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God."

matthew 24:24
"For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect."













agape.

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ngoh oi nei jue

Posted by christin joy | | 7/23/2008 05:52:00 PM
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"Your steadfast love will lead us through the tempest. grace and strength are ours. Your faithfulness will see us through the storm. and give us hope to carry on."
- anchored by enfield.


i have been craving to know whats going on with current events in my friends lives. i've been desiring to take on their burden alongside them. but today - after speaking with my husband - i realized that i was wrong in what i was feeling. the desire to bear my brother and sisters burden is not wrong per se, but the way i wanted to go about it and the way i wanted to be involved was wrong. i need to be in prayer, i need to be growing spiritually and intimately with God rather than letting this nonsense stagger me and cause me to become angry at churches. i already have enough of that bitterness i need to let go of, i cannot continue to add to it. i have always had a problem with wanting to fix everything. i know as of today, that thats not what God wants from me. God has shown me what He wants from me, what He wants from bud and i, and i need to be content in that.

i have a goal ahead of me. God has given me a desire and a vision for the people of hong kong and china. all that i do here in america should be in preparation for the things that God has put on my heart for asia. spiritual growth above and beyond any growth i've made in the past (your spiritual downfalls magnify themselves when you're on the mission field, because the enemy can't stand that you are out there hoping to complete the great commission.), creating a support team that is strong and willing to support the mission, being spiritually minded in all things that the enemy wants to throw at me, allowing God to magnify Himself in my life. this very thing going on with friends and their church is something the enemy wants to use to get me off task. yes, the kids are a priority to me as i have fallen in love with them. but getting involved with the logistics and politics of the church - i learned - is not something for me to do unless it comes down to it. rather, i want to be in constant communication with the kids and see how they are doing. so thats what i'm going to do with this situation. and as i'm growing spiritually, letting God refine and define me, i will do more good for those involved and those around me. God will give me courage and words of encouragment and exhortation for those i love and those who need it. i need to focus on Jesus in all things, and He will use me in situations He see's fit. so while i'm here in america - a temporary home - i will do the works of my Lord that will then lead us to hong kong - another temporary home - where i will do the works of my Lord and hopefully then - we'll be taken to our promised home and we will rejoice:

"We will sing on that day, Hallelujah, Bless Your name We will bow at your throne singing Hallelujah, we are finally home!"
- finally home by enfield.

for the next month i'm going to be studying the beattitudes, hopefully by the grace of God, committing them to memory - and in response to what i learn, i pray that God will provide me opportunities to preach His Gospel, that He will grow me and refine me, allowing me to be the daughter of mercy He ordained from the beginning of time. i'm learning that whatever i may not fully understand about the way God works in this world, (since things are so screwed up lately) one thing is clear: that His ultimate purpose – in all His wrath, power and mercy is "to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory." - romans 9:23. if i'm living in this promise and truth - living out His call on my life, my desires of helping those i care most about will come to fruition. the lyrics at the top of this entry are so true, we are given hope and grace to get through the hard times. praise the Lord. if you want to read the beattitudes along with me and study them with me or read them and discuss let me know. it would be great to have others doing this with me.

"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
"Blessed are you when men reviled you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you."

to understand the beattitudes you must understand they are an announcement and reminder of how fortunate people are who already possess, the power of the kingdom. but thats not all. the beatitudes also contain an implicit invitation to become this kind of person. i want to become this person everyday i'm alive, or at least to be refined into nothing more than this person. i want all of me to remain dead at the cross while i am living in sanctification and growing in grace upon grace. agape.

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