as you may or may not know byron bay, australia is a relaxed hippie town that has people wanting to learn and know more about spirituality. whether that means believing in a spirit, believing in healing crystals or actually believing in god, they are urging to know more. many people come here to find themselves and find some sort of spirituality and we have been called here to share chirst with these people. what i have found is that most people feel love for each other and that is kind of the approach i feel led to do. just share my love and friendship with people and tell them that they are loved by me because i have been loved by god.
i met a great guy the other night out on the beach. his name is nicolas and he is here at byron for about 7 months just hanging around. he told me he believes in a spirit but hes not sure if that is god or not. i basically told him that i want to share my freedom, by happiness, my friendship and my joy with him. i told him that i got all these things from god, because gave me freedom from myslef and from my past. he liked the idea that i gave him those things, but he wasn’t to keen on the idea that god also can give those things. i told him that’s fine, but one of these days he will realize that not only did i give him these things, but god will also give him these things. this is the really cool part though, i asked him if i could pray for him. he did not know what that was and he also did not know what we should pray for. so i explained to him prayer is when you ask god and that we could pray for his safety while traveling, his sore neck and also for him to open his heart for god. he told me that would be fine. so i did and after that i asked him how that felt and he told me that was the first time anyone has ever prayed for him. wow. what a cool thing that was! it never even crossed my mind that some people have never been prayed over and some people probably have never even prayed a prayer in their life. he has been on my heart since i met him the other night. i got his email address, so i can keep up with him and see how he is doing. it was such a cool thing to be part of!
now i met him during a 24 hour prayer and worship session that some of us decided to do. it was such an amazing time! it was hard but god got us through the tough times. we met heaps of people and had so many amazing conversations with different people. i really felt god showing up that night and i really felt him convict me, which i really needed badly. ever since this trip started i have been struggling with myself. i have trouble letting go of the past and the negativity that has surrounded that for so long. my amazing team members have really been helping me and i felt i really needed this 24 hours with god. and boy did he ever show up! i feel about 90% free, which is amazing because i was at about 20% when i started this trip last month. i truly felt him come into my mind and erase all the negativity i had in my head. he truly saved myself from myself. it will be a struggle to continue this freedom i have now, but i also now know to turn to him when i need it (and also my awesome team malachi, for whom most of this could not be possible!). i feel so much better about myself and i only hope it will get better and that one day when i reach the 100% freedom mark, watch out because i will be a force to reckon with!! i will have so much power of the holy spirit in me that i will no longer have fear inside of me. how sweet. god is so good.
here is an amazing picture of the sunrise on the beach. look at how amazing god is!
