Lord, would you come?

I am finally back in Canada. God is a miraculous God. I think there were about 20 miracles that have happened in my life in the last week that I hardly had time to notice but I need to keep my eyes on those things to honour him and his work. Yesterday was one of the busiest days of my life. I had four finals and I had to leave my hebrew final half an hour early to get to my plane which got delayed. But it was a really good day. On the plane back to Regina I sat next to this really interesting and talkative lady who works at Casino Regina. She was coming back from Vegas. So we talked about gambling for awhile and then somehow it got into spirituality and it was probably one of the most natural and God ordained witnessing encounters of my life aside from working at camp. I was able to share the whole gospel with her and how our own righteousness is never ever good enough for heaven, and tried to show the justice of hell. We also got into an interesting talk on the rapture and prosperity gospel preaching, she might even send her younger brother to camp this summer. But I can't just view her as another check on the list of people I've shared the gospel with, I hate how I do that sometimes. Definitely a very unique lady who is very involved in first nation's people work and living for a cause. I hope her mom's prayers and words get through to her heart. "Father, please do a work in her life, grant repentance and deep conviction of sin. Then bring the peace and joy that only comes from you."

When I got to the airport my best friend Rob was there waiting for me, we decided to just spend the night talking and catching up and praying and singing worship songs. "God, thanks so much for Rob, and the encouragement he's been to me, grant him your peace in the midst of the storm he's going through." This is kind of weird that I've already written two prayers as I'm writing this update, I don't think I've ever done that before. I guess as I'm reminded of events, God reminds me of things I need to pray.

I really like this worship leader, http://www.thejohnmark.com/ check out his music, especially "How he loves us" and the song where he makes the blind bartimaues story in the bible a metaphor and he cries out "Son of David, don't pass me by!!!" It's not like God doesn't care about us when he seems to pass us by, it's that he is desiring a people passionate and hungry for him who will run after him no matter what the crowd says. Who will yell out even when everybody else is telling them to shut up, but they just want Jesus so much, that nothing else matters. "God, I pray you would anoint and bless this worship leader, grant him a softer heart to hear your voice, and just a supernatural joy and love. That he could draw so many others into a selfless worship of you and who you are."

I'm going to Dallas Valley in a week and a couple of days to be a cabin leader, so if I ever come to any of your minds. please pray for me for just wisdom and humility and words and actions to express the deep love of God to these guys somehow.

I better go to sleep now, thanks for reading these random thoughts of mine, may you know God more and more.

and here is a cool article about blogging I read on revivalblog.com

When I started this blog I just wanted to be able to post some essays on my family website. My family had just left an incredibly dysfunctional church and I wanted to post an essay or two on some things that were wrong specifically with that congregation and more generally with the movement they were claiming to be a part of. I desperately wanted to get the word out to the church that there was a true Gospel and it was worth proclaiming.

As time went on, I soon realized that the Church was just fine. The problem was the congregation that I left. Since the group I left shunned me like Jehavah’s Witness clones, there was no chance for them to even read my blog. In the end, I wrote this post and went on with my life. I was part of that church plant. I was a leader in it. I watched it grow. I watched it wither to a shell of what it once was and a mockery of what it could have been. I dusted off my boots and went on with my life.

While the original purpose of my blog was no more, I enjoyed it and continued to post articles. Like all the big guys I posted lengthy articles about theological issues. The only problem was that nobody cared about my views. I would enter debates on other blogs with links back to mine but nobody followed. I even tried to antagonize some people in the hopes of some blog action but all I got was convicted by the Holy Ghost for being mean spirited and had to delete them. So instead I started to comb the web for neat testimonies and when I found them I would reprint them with a link. I like testimonies. I figured since I am paying for the hosting I might as well post something I want to read.


I stopped debating when I realized that none of the debaters listened to each other. The fact is that most are too entrenched in their pride to listen to anyone else’s opinion. I figured I better withdraw from the debates before I became the same. I am no theologian. I don’t even play one on tv. I am just a guy baptized in the Holy Ghost who likes to make this present kingdom real to God’s people. I removed the links to all the big name blog guys realizing that none of them would ever link to me. I was not one of them and I became ok with that. As time went on and I got more involved in my new church I began to post little clips about what was going on in my ministry. There is nothing more exciting than watching God move in the lives of His people so in addition to the web stories, I started to post little testimonies about how God was moving here. People seemed to enjoy that. They actually left comments to that effect. What do you know? Now that I am not looking for traffic I actually get a little.

But the traffic I get now is different. Most of the people who comment on my blog are people just like me, average people with an awesome God. I got one comment from a guy who tried to bait me into a debate and I just deleted his comment. I am not going to debate about God. There is not enough time for that. There is a whole world on their way to hell and I have to make His presence known.

So here I am in year two. I will continue to look for revival wherever I can find it. I will continue to post about the stuff I see God do. I will continue to seek friends in Christ wherever there are those who seek the same.

Are you a Calvanist? Then I believe we were predestined to be friends! Armenian? Then choose me for fellowship! Third Waver? Let your river flow this way! Cessationist? All I can tell you is what I have seen! Do you want to argue? I am afraid I can’t help. I am trying to get too low for that.