My Writings. My Thoughts.
Faith: Tested and Tried
// April 2nd, 2012 // No Comments » // Contemplation, Outreach
Has your faith been tested and tried and come out as pure as gold? I’m realizing that because we are comfortable as American Christians we deceive ourselves thinking we are stronger than we actually are. Do you realize how weakness and depravity? Peter was fine while he was with Jesus and the 11 disciples, but the moment they left him he denied his Lord (Mt 26:33). If you were taken to another part of the world where you knew nobody, didn’t understand the language, and where Christians were despised, would you be able to remain faithful? Would you turn your back on the very One who saved you?
Am I Ignitible?
// March 4th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Contemplation, Intimacy, Outreach, Prayer, Urgency
Recently, I’ve been captivated by the life of Jim Elliot – the famous missionary and martyr to the Auca Indian tribe in Ecuador. He lived a life of sacrifice willing to give everything for the worth of Christ. Here is a prayer he prayed in his early twenties while studying biblical languages at Wheaton College. Read it slowly, meditatively, and prayerfully (that is if it’s a prayer you want Him to answer): Continue Reading
A Witness to the Nations
// February 24th, 2012 // No Comments » // Outreach, Prayer
While in Kansas City our ACTS team regularly does outreaches at the local college campuses in the area. We split up and go to the University of Missouri in Kansas City for street evangelism, and Park University to disciple students by teaching English. Continue Reading
