Church Planting
So we are church planting, something that I have never seen as my forte. Throughout this trip I have realized how incredibly important evangelism is. Most of the time I have been the girl who stays in the nursery or works with the children’s church, but the Lord has been calling me out. A passion for evangelism is being birthed…not that I want to be the person on the street corner shouting “Jesus loves you” all day long, but now instead of running from it, I know that I want it to be a part of my life and ministry.
Recently I have been reading a book by Bill Johnson called Face to Face with God. I loved reading his books because they always challenge me and draw me out of my comfort zones. Anyhow, I had just been reading a section about several well known revivalists and how they encountered the anointing of God. Needless to say, I was fired up again, desiring so strongly to experience the presence of God and preach about his character.
Well, that desire was soon satisfied when our pastor asked who wanted to give the message the next day when we planted a church…I said I would. I went to prepare, but instead of writing out a message I felt the Lord just calling me to worship, and so that’s what I did. The next day on the drive to the village, the Lord was teaching me about being an empty vessel and just allowing him to speak through me.
When it came time to speak, I wasn’t anxious, the few notes that I had written down never came out, I just open my mouth and listened as the Lord spoke an amazing message of his love to the people. It was great! Praise the Lord! God is so good and continues to teach me and grow me in MANY different ways this year.
