It's Monday morning, and I am ready for the week, sort of. I was thinking about my experiences recently from my time in Calgary. I spent a week at the beginning of June for our District Assembly, basically our Annual meeting for our region. It was quite full, but I think it was good overall.
Our District Superintendent, Dr. Dahl, shared some history of the Church of the Nazarene in Western Canada, and he gave a list of communities that used to have a Church of the Nazarene, but now no longer do. I was amazed at how long that list was. I have a bug in me to start new things, so when he spoke of trying to start new works in these areas again, I was intrigued. He asked the Assembly to pray for an area and to pray for God to move people to be part of this new movement. So I said I would pray for Southern Alberta.
I look around me, and all I see is potential. There are communities all around Lethbridge that could use more of God's Kingdom. I don't neccesarily mean they need another church, although as people are changed by the Gospel, they will naturally gather together. So I am praying. I am praying for God to speak to someone else about this dream, and asking Him to raise someone and bring him/her into my midst who would want to go to a new community and start something. I am also praying that God would do something in our faith community that would stir us to boldness and action.
If you read this and something speaks to you, contact me. I believe God has someone already who will join me in this charge. Pray with me that God's Kingdom would come here in Southern Alberta, like it did before.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Birthday Cake or God
Hey all,
It's been a while since I blogged. I got locked out of my other one, so I created a new one. I also entitled it Mark's Meanderings. Catchy eh? Anyway, i realized I still have a few things to say so I am starting fresh.
Last night I had a visit from the Almighty (yes, I mean God). I didn't sleep well, and admittedly it could have been from the birthday cake I had from my son's birthday on Sunday, but I had an epiphany. I woke up in the middle of the night and realized I knew who my neighbours were. Now that doesn't sound earth shattering I know, but what struck me was that God gave them to me to pray for and befriend.
In the Church we talk about the need to see the world rescued by God and yet we as His followers fall short of His mission. Now, it isn't up to us to choose whether the person accepts God's message or not. It isn't even up to us to push it on someone. We are just there to plant seeds and love people the way God wants us to. It's up to God to make that seed grow into something beautiful for Him.
Now that may all sound rather common-sensical, but when God speaks to you in the middle of the night and says to pray and enlist others to join you, I think you better listen!
It's been a while since I blogged. I got locked out of my other one, so I created a new one. I also entitled it Mark's Meanderings. Catchy eh? Anyway, i realized I still have a few things to say so I am starting fresh.
Last night I had a visit from the Almighty (yes, I mean God). I didn't sleep well, and admittedly it could have been from the birthday cake I had from my son's birthday on Sunday, but I had an epiphany. I woke up in the middle of the night and realized I knew who my neighbours were. Now that doesn't sound earth shattering I know, but what struck me was that God gave them to me to pray for and befriend.
In the Church we talk about the need to see the world rescued by God and yet we as His followers fall short of His mission. Now, it isn't up to us to choose whether the person accepts God's message or not. It isn't even up to us to push it on someone. We are just there to plant seeds and love people the way God wants us to. It's up to God to make that seed grow into something beautiful for Him.
Now that may all sound rather common-sensical, but when God speaks to you in the middle of the night and says to pray and enlist others to join you, I think you better listen!
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