Adventures – Page 52

An Army in the Lord’s Battle

So below is something that God really laid on my heart today to share about what my team and myself have been going through and feel like we are up against and how God is just claiming victory over it all. We are in a battle of spiritual warfare but it's God's battle and he is fighting for us and through us. An army has arose Clothed in the royalty of the King- They march forwards toward their foe The Valley of Darkness before them- But their hearts overflow with His light A single prayer from their souls they bring- For eyes opened to the lost and broken For spirits...

Heart Hurt

June 22, 2012
Adventures
Reflections

I don’t know how to write this blog. I’ve been processing all day, and I still don’t know how to put into words what I saw and felt last night. We’ve been out in the bars several times already, at least 4, but the reality of what I was seeing didn’t really hit me until last night. Coming on this trip I begged God to show me just a little glimpse of His heart and His pain, and I repeated that prayer before we went out. That’s a dangerous stinking prayer. It only took a few minutes for us to sense that something was different on Bangla...

Butterfly Promises

June 22, 2012
Adventures
Reflections

Jesus talks to me through butterflies. I’m psyched. Last week I struggled with doubts that I was hearing from God. Other girls on my team get these awesome visions and hear him speaking to them audibly, and, I don’t know, I often feel like I try really hard to listen, but it’s never that dramatic. He often talks to me through memorized scripture and song lyrics, and sometimes pictures, but those are few and far between. Anyway, the other night we were supposed to be praying that God would reveal something to us for one of our team members, whose...

Spirit On the Mount

God speaks to me through nature. Since I have known Him, it has always been that way. One of the things that has been really difficult for me to grasp since being here is to look around at all of the BEAUTIFUL scenery and try to understand how all of these people can go on, not knowing who God is. On Tuesday, we got to pray over one of the shrines, here are some pictures of the nature surrounding this shrine. On the left is on our way to the shrine, on the right is what the shrine overlooks. To be Thai is to be Buddhist. That is a saying that is pretty common here. I knew that...

How can you explain that?

I’ve put off writing this blog for a long time. I just didn’t know what to say or how to say it. I couldn’t find the words to describe what it is like being on Bangla road. How can you describe being on a short stretch of road that is home to over 250 bars and 1,500 women who regularly sell themselves for money? And how do you explain the feeling of constantly having to say “mai ow kah” (no thank you) as flyers for “ping pong shows” (live sex shows) are repeatedly shoved in your face? Or what about the sadness you feel when you see...

Thailand, or the Mulan Soundtrack?

You’re the saddest bunch I ever met But you can bet Before we're through Mister, I'll make a man out of you So being here in Thailand it has felt like we are living this exact theme. We came to training camp these weak individuals not at all ready for the battle that lay before us. I am sure that God was thinking that exact first verse at times—that we were in fact just sad, it was sad that we could think we were ready for this. But he promised that he would not send us into the heat of the battle unprepared—he promised that essentially he would...

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