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days until we leave to louisiana. i can’t say i’m 100% ready but i have peace because i’m continuously reminded of the gospel. it’s a privilege to live this life and have the freedom to share it with others. it becomes burdensome when i start thinking about myself. you know how it goes. but when i look to God, the entire world looks different. it’s a constant battle against the flesh but i’m determined to continue to fight the good fight for i know that the battle is already won. we are more then conquerors in Christ.

i’m excited to experience and witness God’s hand at work. i had my share of doubts about myself, the team, and God. when and if i prayed, i prayed little prayers. even then, i prayed with doubt. but no more. i know i serve the true and living God who is everything awesome and exceedingly more. God’s writing a story of His grace and glory in my life. who am i to take away His pen or dare to tell Him how to write it? or even more daringly, attempt to edit it? (that’s illegal even in the worldly sense!) speaking of copyright and once being an english major, here’s a cool analogy; when you accepted Christ into your life, He marked you with a © as His child. as a christ follower. if your name starts with ’c,’ even better. you’re His. i’m His; bought at a great price. we’ve been redeemed!

because of what Christ did, i can say that i am a sinner called to stand on the sole foundation of grace. so i ask myself this question for the thousandth time: do i know the gospel? am i being transformed by it? why/how am i ashamed when it’s not even about me and i no longer live but Christ lives in me?

i’m learning to actively respond to these questions so that i no longer just think it to myself. feel it in spiritual settings. but live it all the time, anywhere, and everywhere. and this week, God calls me to do that in louisiana. whatever You say, God, You got it.

i pray for transformation from the inside and out. i pray for healing over the deepest wounds. i pray for Christ’s love to flourish all around us and the community. i pray for a revival. i pray for God’s power to be revealed. i pray more of mercy, humility, love, and grace. i pray that we would be a church that the world cannot ignore. i pray for us to be the generation sold out and have a burning passion for the gospel. i pray for us to be prayerful people who cling tightly to the cross, crying out to God and interceding for many. i pray that we would be men and women after God’s own heart like david.

love unfailing
overtaking my heart
You take me in
finding peace again
fear is lost in all You are

and i would give the world to tell Your story
cause i know that You’ve called me
i’ve lost myself for good within your promise
and i won’t hide it

Jesus, i believe in You
and i would go, to the ends of the earth
to the ends of the earth
for You alone are the Son of God
and all the world will see
that You are God

break my heart for what breaks Yours!

when he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. then he said to his disciples, “the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
mt 9:36-38

Jesus loves them and they need to know.