|
Romania
My heart lies on the dessert plains of Africa. My heart lies in
Mexico City with the peasants who dig through trash to find a small
morsel of food in the morning. My heart lies in Romania with Gypsies
and street kids and beggars. My heart is in India with the Hindu
people and the Muslim people. My heartbeat is God's heartbeat,
which is, "People. People. People. People."
God hurts for people. He left the place two thousand years ago,
so it's our responsibility now - we have to get the Word out. When
He left, His last words were, "Go then and make disciples of all
nations, teaching them to follow all the things I have commanded
you." That's my heart beat. I can feel the burn in my heart every
moment of the day, the pain of people dying without hearing the
wonderful name of Jesus, or hearing His salvation, or His love.
That's right, God loves people!! All of them, no matter who they
are or what they've done, He wants them in heaven and He had His
Son die on a cross in front of everybody so that we can be with him.
India ‘04 - the most densely packed Hindu Country in the
entire world - God is going to move there. India is being prepared
for God. The hearts of the people are softening to God! God has
given me the opportunity to India this summer God is ready to move
in the hearts of the people in India this summer, this is the summer
when hundreds of people will come to know Jesus Christ as there Lord
and Savior!
Romania '03 - in the Summer of 2003 God gave me the opportunity
to Go to Romania For two months. Romania is an interesting country for
the fact that it is Greek Orthodox, so everyone already knows the story
of Jesus, but what they don’t know is that He wants a Relationship with
them, and they are never told that God has a passionate love for them,
all they know is that they have to keep the priest happy or they "won’t
get to heaven" it was amazing to watch peoples eyes light up as we told
them of God’s great love and of the fact that he not only died for them
but that he wanted a friendship with them, the he was the way into heaven
and no priest could tell them that unless they kept him happy they wouldn’t
get in. I remember the look on the faces of this old couple, and yes I
do mean old, they’d been married for 74 years! We talked to them for probably
half an hour, and the first 20 minutes was all encouragement, telling them that
God is real and that he wants a relationship with them. Then they decided that
they wanted to pray with us and receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
The thing that hit me hardest was what happened after that. She looked at him
and said this, "I hated you! You committed adultery many times and I hated you
more every time, but I know that Jesus has just forgiven you, and I forgive you
also." At that, my jaw hit the floor. God is awesome! Not only did we see
God wipe more than 80 years of sin away in a single instant, but we watched a
hate from years ago be forgiven!
People - Lisa, Mark, the Wheelers, Tammie, Deborah, Josh McKendrick,
Rob Brown, just to name a few. You people have been there for me and continue
to blow my mind, challenge me, and push me. Thanks for being there when I
needed you and for pushing me to have a heart for people! God has truly
used you all amazingly.
My heart - My heart is on the desert plains of Africa. My heart
is in the streets of Mexico City with the peasants who dig through trash
every day for a morsel of food. My heartbeat is, "People. People. People."
|
