wonderful time-- got to reconnect with old friends, promote the war college (something i do already as if i were getting paid for it), and worship with more than 22,000 believers.
good times. a lot of deep stuff went down. hundreds got saved. thousands rededicated, and surrendered. thousands more received clarity about how the Lord wants to use them.
do you feel that you are not being used by God, and does that frustrate you?
i did for years.
check this out:
The Man God Uses By Commissioner Samuel Logan Brengle
A while ago I was talking with a Christian merchant who expressed a great and important truth. He said: "People are crying to God to use them, but He cannot. They are not given up to Him; they are not humble and teachable and holy. There are plenty of people who come to me and want work in my store, but I cannot use them; they are not fit for my work. When I must have someone, I have to go and advertise, and sometimes spend days in trying to find a man who will fit into the place I want him for, and then I have to try him and prove him to know whether he will suit me or not."
The fact is, God is using everybody that He can, and using them to the full extent of their fitness for His service. So, instead of praying so much to be used, people should search themselves to know whether they are usable.
God cannot use anybody and everybody who comes along any more than the merchant could. It is only those who are "sanctified, and meet for the Master's use, and prepared unto every good work" (2 Tim. ii. 21) that He can bless with great usefulness.
God wants men and women, and He is hunting for them everywhere; but, like the merchant, He has to pass by hundreds before He finds the right individuals. The Bible says: "The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him" (2 Chron. xvi. 9).
Oh, how God wants to use you! But before you ask Him again to do so, see to it that your heart is "perfect toward Him." Then you may depend upon it that God will show Himself strong in your behalf. Glory to His dear, dear name!
here is the highlight of my time in Urbana:
http://www.urbana.org/u2006.mediaplayer.pop.cfm?clip=214
every time this guy rapped i found myself in tears. something deep within me resonated with his words. he's got something rare, and beautiful, and it made me weep.
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I check out the link, it was cool. I even forward it on to someone (actually to Anthony's brother). and we are wondering if you know any more info about that guy, cause there is a thought to whether it is worth trying to get him to come out to Aus.
Anyway if you could let me know that would be cool
Lisa
laluxford@hotmail.com
i don't know much about him...
all i know is that his name is Jedd Bloom (cool name, eh?), and that he is an intern in Servant Partners. it sounds similar to TWC, but two years long, and in inner city Los Angeles, with a month long stint in Manila.
i don't know how you could contact him, besides checking out the servant partners website (i'm sure you could google it), and emailing the faculty from there.
he did one other rap during the week that was sweet as well...and i hear that he sings and plays guitar too. check it out.
love you lisa-- press on in the Lord...when are you coming out to visit us again?
Thanks for sharing Jedd's rhymes
thanks olivia,
i will check it out.
I am hoping to go to battle school again, but not sure when i will get there or when i will leave, but thinking of hanging around for a little while after battle school. depends how much money i can save, and also when a mate in aus is getting married. I have a mate that is planning on going to the war college for the next session, so i thought it would be cool hanging in vancouver til he arrived, but it depends when the wedding is cause my mate really wants to be at the wedding as well.
Anyway, that was a long explanation,
I love reading your blogs, keep them up.
love
lisa
hey!! i met you at URBANA!!!
its elisa, the picture taker, anyways i was reading CPT reardon's xanga and it linked his to yours, what a God thing!
how are you?
well as im reading!
anyways, my xanga is www.xanga.com/pakdee813 and all the photos i took at urbana are at www.flickr.com/photos/meeesa click on sets and you'll be able to flind it like that i've uploaded tons of photos since urbana.
elisaphakdy@yahoo.com << email =]
good day! err night =]
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