He is faithful! 

ChanGE 

Sometimes we wonder, "What did I do to deserve this?" or "Why did God have to do this to me?" Here is a wonderful explanation! A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she's failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is moving away.

Meanwhile, her Mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she would like a snack, and the daughter says, "Absolutely Mom, I love your cake."

"Here, have some cooking oil," her Mother offers. "Yuck" says her daughter.
"How about a couple raw eggs?" "Gross, Mom!"

"Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?" "Mom, those are all yucky!"

To which the mother replies: "Yes, all those things seem bad all by
themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake!

God works the same way. Many times we wonder why He would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But God knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful!

God is crazy about you. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning.  Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart.

So take some time today and NOTICE HIM. He is waiting to hold you close to Him and set your feet dancing for joy.

Thanks Tammy for this sweet reminder

Discipling Nations Quotes 
This is the third is a series of 3 sets of quotes on the topic of "Discipling Nations" taken from the ONLINE magazine*

"When I was on a field trip to Israel some years ago, I was fascinated by the sight of a forest in the desert. My professor said the Jews planted the trees when they returned to Israel. Then he gave an insight I'll never forget. He said, 'Darrow, there are two different visions for this land. The Arabs who lived here believed that Allah had put a curse on the land and that there was nothing they could do about it. The Jews believed the land could once again flow with milk and honey, and they began planting.'

These two peoples had the same natural resources, but their vision determined how they used the land. Our challenge is to find out how we can help communities and nations see themselves with God's eyes." Darrow Miller, U of N resource teacher and Vice President of Food for the Hungry.

"The church has had a tendency to drift toward two extremes. One is a 'social gospel' where everything becomes a humanitarian effort; the other is an 'other-world gospel' which seeks to get people saved but makes little effort to get involved with the daily needs of the people ... We do not have to fall into either extreme. We must get people saved and teach them His ways. The gospel that Jesus preached and taught is by its very nature holistic." -- Bob Fitts, Sr., pastor

*quarterly publications of the University of the Nations, Kona campus. Now called TRANSFORMATIONS. Go to www.uofnkona.edu for more information.

The Water I Love 

I
need it, want it, crave it, will do anything to get it. Ahhhh  privacy!
Solitude! Away from every other person! Secret! Quiet! Or the kind of
noise
I want! Freedom to wear what I will, dance when I want to, eat what I
please. When I want to.
Holding me is like holding fire. I will burn your hands. I push people
back
and I lead them on. I need to learn how to let things go. I need to
start
living without fear. I need to be willing to fall down. I need to be
set
free but

the journey is difficult.

Holding God is like cupping water. It gets hard to hold all of Him in.
But
there is love inside of Him that I see and feel. He never
pushes
me back or holds me down, but He chokes the words inside my heart in
light
of his Holiness.

He is within me and my heart chockes to surrender to His will

refresh me, fill me , cleanse me with one of your drops

the journey is difficult

One man show 

 
Ezekiel 4:1-3

God often commanded His prophets to proclaim His Word in theatrical ways. We see Ezekiel using street theater. God wrote the script, designed the set, chose the props, picked the actor and decided how long the show should run.

For over a year Ezekiel acted out this drama that spoke of God's coming judgment. The people who saw it clearly understood the message.

Drama can be a powerful way to express God's Word. What people see they do not easily forget. It can touch their heart and emotions. Drama puts flesh on words.

Consider street drama as a way of reaching out to your community. Start a church drama group and begin developing the necessary skills. Pray about inviting a Christian theater group to perform in your neighborhood.

More drama: Jer 13:1-11; 19:1-11; 27:2-11; Ezek. 12; John 8:3-11

Reprinted from YWAM's Christian Growth Study Bible, Zondervan, 1997.

Updates 2008 : THE KINGS FOUNDATION 

Over the years, I have seen this company invest amazingly into the lives of people and currently as I sit as a Board Member for the Kings Foundation, I would like to thank them for all the hard work that goes into changing the lives of other. Please invest in this project, it is changing the lives of youth and adults across Africa

We are committed to working in Africa until at least 2010. Despite huge volumes of aid over many years, Africa remains in desperate need; it has the highest rates of poverty, disease and conflict and its children remain vulnerable. We aim to improve the quality of children’s lives in Africa by using sport programmes and development programmes to address their physical, emotional and spiritual needs.

How it started

From an initial short-term visit to Botswana by a team of sports coaches and children’s workers in 2002 (Rachel's Story), our outreach programmes have developed to benefit many people in Africa.  Rapid progress has already been made and the outcomes have vastly exceeded expectations.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is clear; to help develop indigenous individuals and organisations that work with children and young people, so that in turn they can use sport to share God’s love in words and action. Our development programmes include modelling sports ministry and leaving essential equipment and resources so that sports ministries can be established and sustained.

What we do

As part of modelling effective sports ministry, teams reach out with programmes to schools, churches and orphanages in the very heart of communities in need.

Hundreds of local volunteers have been trained and developed in sports ministry; it is they that are the key to long term sustainable success (Mothusi's Story). Thousands of children have already attended programmes and now many attend weekly programmes run by these new leaders.

Mothusi is a teenager with an amazing story; he has difficult family circumstances and he was homeless. The King’s Foundation has been part of Mothusi’s transformation to a community leader and role model.

Mothusi is now training in South Africa to become Assistant Pastor at a church, he is a role model for the teenagers and children around him. During the King’s Foundation sports outreach programmes, he interpreted for the UK team to the younger children and led the local volunteers with great enthusiasm, showing maturity beyond his years.

At a volunteer presentation ceremony at the end of their development programme, Mothusi spoke about how much the programmes had enthused and equipped him to run future programmes and how he was looking forward to being a role model for his peers in Old Naledi Village. Mothusi now leads the “AWANA” sports outreach programme for 150 children every Saturday afternoon in Old Naledi.

There are many Mothusi’s throughout the world. If we can work with them, capture their enthusiasm, release their gifts and talents so that they can realise their potential, then the effect on them and on communities like Old Naledi will be extraordinary.

Jump.....He will catch you! 

Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried.
Quietly, patiently, lovingly God replied.
I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate,
And the Master so gently said, "Child, you must wait!"

"'Wait?', you say, wait!" my indignant reply.
"Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!
Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard?
By FAITH I have asked, and am claiming your Word.

"My future and all to which I can relate
Hangs in the balance, and you tell me to WAIT?
I'm needing a 'yes,' a go-ahead sign,
Or even a 'no' to which I can resign.

"And Lord, you promised that if we believe
We need but to ask, and we shall receive.
And Lord, I've been asking, and this is my cry:
I'm weary of asking! I need a reply!"

Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate
As my Master replied once again, "You must wait."
So, I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut
And grumbled to God, "So, I'm waiting. . .for what?"

He seemed then to kneel and His eyes wept with mine,
And he tenderly said, "I could give you a sign.
I could shake the heavens, and darken the sun.
I could raise the dead, and cause mountains to run.
All you seek, I could give, and pleased you would be.
You would have what you want--but, you wouldn't know ME.

"You'd not know the depth of my love for each saint;
You'd not know the power that I give to the faint;
You'd not learn to see through the clouds of despair;
You'd not learn to trust just by knowing I'm there;
You'd not know the joy of resting in me
When darkness and silence were all you could see.

"You'd never experience that fullness of love
As the peace of my Spirit descends like a dove;
You'd know that I give and I save. . .(for a start),
But you'd not know the depth of the beat of my heart.

"The glow of my comfort late into the night.
The faith that I give when you walk without sight,
The depth that's beyond getting just what you asked
Of an infinite God, who makes what you have LAST.

"You'd never know, should your pain quickly flee,
What it means that 'My grace is sufficient for thee.'
Yes, your dreams for your loved ones overnight would come true,
But, oh, the loss! if I lost what I'm doing in you!

"So, be silent, my child, and in time you will see
THAT THE GREATEST OF GIFTS IS TO GET TO KNOW ME.
And though oft may my answers seem terribly late,
My wisest of answers is still but to WAIT."

-- Author Unknown

Emmunah 

Emmunah’s Journey

A walk of faith

By Jillian M Sigamoney

Introduction

Crawling

Leaping

Wall by wall

A Breaking Temple

Full Circle

Launch of book in 2009......promotions for the book will begin in 2009...request your copy from: theequipmentcentre@yahoo.com

Textitem 

For more information about The Kings Foundation :

http://www.kingsfoundation.org/africa.htm