Adventures – Page 83

God sure is a GREAT husband

“I declare that this place is HOLY- that God WON this place when He died. That Jesus triumphs over Satan even in what seems like the darkest of places” Last night, these are the words that continuously spewed out of my mouth—loudly, on Bangla road. More than ever, the darkness was obvious and I, like others, had a difficult time with seeing lust. At one of the first bars we stopped at last night, a movie with Adrien Brody appeared on the screen. I LOVE film, so of course, I watched…only to see a full sex scene with him and an alien, an evil alien. What...

“He left me alone”

Monday night "Why did he have to leave? Now he left me alone" Haan said with tears welling up in her eyes. She proceeded to talk to me about her British husband who passed away last July. It sort of took me by surprise that she would open up to me so soon since this was the first time that I had met her at Rooster bar. The night started off by meeting up by the Starbucks as usual and praying with our group of four. All of us had a feeling of discouragement, tiredness and complacency that we hadn't understood. As we sat, talked and prayed for encouragement, ...

beautiful things <3

or those of you who know me, you know that one of my favorite things in the entire world is music. God just really speaks to me in the beauty of music and I often find peace and comfort in lyrics. The song “Beautiful Things” by Gungor has been really heavy on my heart throughout this ministry and I just wanted to share the words and how they have been working in my heart. All this pain I wonder if I’ll ever find my way I wonder if my life could really change at all These words are literally all over the bars here in Phuket. There is so...

Black Sheep

"Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb, its fleece was white as snow." With a name like Mary, I have had songs, rhymes and verses quoted to me my whole life. Like other typical nursery rhymes this one sounds idyllic: The little lamb merrily trotting along down the lane after his owner. And people have bought into that picture. I grew up on a farm, I should know. Often I have been asked hopefully "do you raise sheep?" Are you kidding me? No! We have some goats. Goats take care of themselves and the rest of their...

with all of my heart.

Lord, teach me to thrive in danger, to find joy in the things I fear. Set my Spirit on fire in the very moments when I feel most uncomfortable. This is an intense prayer to pray. But I have been praying it. Because I am tired of living halfheartedly. But how in the world am I supposed to love with all my heart when there is so much to feel, so much to see, so much to hear, so much to think? This past semester, I was constantly overwhelmed with the world…overwhelmed with how little time and energy I had to love people the way I wanted to, and the way God calls...

Hate what is evil, cling to what’s good

I wish i had wit tonight as I sit and write this. I may not have wit, but I do have a little bit of truth. This week we started bar ministry and it's been beautiful and broken. For all of you young life leaders out there, it's like doing contact work on crack. From the moment we walk onto Bangla Rd you are constantly assaulted by sights and sounds people asking you to come watch strip shows and buy stuff every two feet. Listening to God's voice can be quite the task in a place like that. As we walk the roads and pray and as we sit in the bars and talk, I am struck by one...

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