The Father’s Promise of Honor
4.21.12
{Some of the Beautiful view along the way!! The trees were gigantic & it looked like something out of a movie. God’s beautiful Creation. We passed a lot of rivers too which was really a symbol of the life we had poured into us today; the spirit of refreshment. + God is the living water. }
” Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.” -John 12:26
Zyrka (which means star) & Krisia(Kristina)-
these girls were so welcoming & loving…
They live @ the Joshua House
Today was an amazing blessing kind of day. We went to visit another American family who has an ministry house for previous orphans; now adopted into a loving family & called sons and daughters of God. These children greeted us running, jumping up and down, and then I got hug, after hug, after hug today. I was overwhelmed by the joy that exploded off of them! These children came from the hardest of circumstances; many from alcoholic or abusive families. Now they are showered in love by an amazing family who was called to L’viv & now to a village 2 hours outside of L’viv in the mountains.
That wasn’t it though..I thought we were coming to bless these children by loving on them, playing with them, and sharing God…boy did I have it all backwards!
We did get a chance to hang out with the kids a little & play, then ate lunch, and after lunch came fellowship time. Some of my team shared & God asked me to share the parable of the sower. Those who sow much will reap much if they sow in the Kingdom of God according to his word. This was all a prophetic sharing since we were blessed by the family shortly after sharing some testimonies of what the Lord was & has been doing in our lives. Jim & Sandy run this ministry called the “Joshua House Life Center” and there are 19 total including them & their kids they take care of. It’s truly a movement of God & their obedient hearts were a glimpse of heaven today. Seeing these kids & how they have adopted them into love made my heart so happy…
What happened after we shared was Jim read a scripture to us: John 12: 23-26 & he said today we want to honor you & the Father wants to tell you “Good Job” for what you have been doing, and for what you are doing. He then said he wanted to “wash our feet” by praying for all of us & asked us what our prayer needs were. Then the kids started gather 2 or 3 at a time around each of us and they all prayed aloud over us. It was such a beautiful thing. The presence of the Lord was so tangible & you bet the tears started flowing. (In Asia, I had been feeling really broken at times…and I know the Father has been renewing my spirit & refreshing me with his love since debrief in China)
But today, I felt as if the Father reached down his heart and put it next to mine. It’s not every day you are serving in ministry that someone wants to honor & pray for you & say “Good Job” from the Lord. I know that the Lord wanted us to be encouraged…and we really were. Our team was very blessed by this family of 19!
My prayer was for a refreshment of the Holy Spirit, and an boy who was about 8 years old came and prayed for me. It takes humility to ask for prayer…I have realized that I have been pouring out so much but I need to be poured into too. I need prayers for healing, restoration, and renewal. It’s ok to ask; we are God’s children & he’s just waiting for us to ask. Wow the Father wants to honor me because I am serving him. It is so crazy.
The Father truly honored me & he honored my team.
I was so humbled & struck by the love of all these children & their family. Please check out their websites & keep them in prayer!
If you honor Jesus, God will honor you.
