For most of my life I let my insecurities hold me back from all that god had for me. I didn’t believe I was worthy of being used by God, so I turned away from His plan and tried making my own way in the world. Key word, WORLD. Instead of letting god shape me I let the world shape me, and ended up even more broken and insecure than ever before. But God is so good, and where I lack in faith He goes far above and beyond. Through some hard learned lessons, I realized how much I really need and want to live my life for the Lord.
A year ago He rescued me from myself, and with that new beginning He gave me, I in-turn gave Him my all. He called me to give a year of my life and join a program, ran through my home church and the Dream Center Peoria, called ACE Teams. It stands for Active Christian Evangelism, and that is exactly what it has been, A full year of training in ministry and letting God show me my true identity in Him. He has used this past year to completely change my life, and all I want to do is follow Him, grow in deeper relationship with Him, and tell everyone about Him!! I can stand here today and tell you that I am redeemed and made new, I am a daughter of the most high King, and I know that my God holds my future in His hands.
It is amazing how God has lead me into this next season of my life now that ACE Teams is coming to an end. He has given me the opportunity to go on a missions trip, called the World Race, where I will travel with a missions team to 11 different countries in 11 months. Through so much prayer, God has closed doors that needed to be closed and opened doors that needed to be opened for me to go on this adventure!
God’s will for all of our lives is to advance His Kingdom; He calls us to do that in so many different ways. I believe that He is calling me, in this season to go to 11 different countries to share the Gospel with the least of these and to serve in any way possible. I believe God will use my team and I to plant seeds in these countries. So this is me being obedient to God’s call on my life, and this is me saying I trust you Lord with my whole life!
I want to thank everyone in advance for all of your prayers and support throughout this journey! LOVE Alayna 🙂
