And Steven Mingus! And Britt and Rachel! And Meghan! And Jessica! And Brother Dan, Sister Erika, and Isabel!
(add to bottom of Message underneath)
no dissin.
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
This is supposed to be a total day off from ministry for me, but I couldn't resist saying how great it is to be in the middle of such a cool family in God. Justin, JP, Bobby, Danielmatt, Christine, Sarah, Prari, Lauren, Janelle, Chris, Kristy, All of you.
Some of us are heading to KY for a very small speaking engagement (5 min. missions moment). It's a great opportunity to get people knowing that there are a bunch of Jesus people who are in Cinci, spying out the land and praying heaven on earth, soon...
bad grammar notwithstanding,
Llew
Some of us are heading to KY for a very small speaking engagement (5 min. missions moment). It's a great opportunity to get people knowing that there are a bunch of Jesus people who are in Cinci, spying out the land and praying heaven on earth, soon...
bad grammar notwithstanding,
Llew
Monday, September 27, 2004
Please pray for Lew and the Rosses this week. Lew's taking the week to just listen to God and get household stuff together, like the exchange stuff and fixing the broken handrailing on the back staircase.
There are a ton of household fixers and changers that we'll be dealing with, as well as a ton of office setup things, too. So please keep us in prayer that everything gets done in love...
...because the details kind of tempt me to lose it, and that's not faith and doesn't honor the Lord or help people live...
in fact, last week, a couple of our guys almost burst their spleens picking up a full size office copier machine... It's a great gift that will be used well, but I got really fried and angry during the job because things weren't just as I wanted them to be... I felt really ashamed after and they must have been hurt... I'm still in the process of coming clean to them--guys if you're reading this, I love you and I'm sorry about that heart of self-interest that sabotaged our service to Christ... that's what I really need out of this week, a change of heart, a renewal of faith, a deeper death to life the way I wanted it to be, a more full life in how He wants it... greater patience, kindness, LOVE...
Lew
There are a ton of household fixers and changers that we'll be dealing with, as well as a ton of office setup things, too. So please keep us in prayer that everything gets done in love...
...because the details kind of tempt me to lose it, and that's not faith and doesn't honor the Lord or help people live...
in fact, last week, a couple of our guys almost burst their spleens picking up a full size office copier machine... It's a great gift that will be used well, but I got really fried and angry during the job because things weren't just as I wanted them to be... I felt really ashamed after and they must have been hurt... I'm still in the process of coming clean to them--guys if you're reading this, I love you and I'm sorry about that heart of self-interest that sabotaged our service to Christ... that's what I really need out of this week, a change of heart, a renewal of faith, a deeper death to life the way I wanted it to be, a more full life in how He wants it... greater patience, kindness, LOVE...
Lew
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
This is a pic of Adam Waters, a local church planting man of God, Ryan Adkins (Adam's right hand man), Paul "the Paulscout" Nicolai (all around gentle giant miracle man), John "JP" Parran (Mexico/Kenya Summer Guy), and the Lew-Dog, after a Charlie Hall concert outside Cinci... These guys need your prayer as they are moved in ministry...
The Message, Mat 11:28-29
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
"...about to move..."
Well, there hasn't been a lot of time for blogging, lately. What I want to tell you is that things are really about to move...
In prayer times and counsel with each other and the Holy Spirit, we are all sensing that there is a building storm of activity that is rising up, spiritually.
In the physical sense, there is a build in every aspect of our community. Intensity and regularity of corporate prayer, depth of care for one another, outpourings of support for each other and encouragement in the Word...
Our sunday meetings have become a time of deep and encouraging sharing. We eat for at least an hour and a half, then we sing until we're done. This time of singing is carrying us into a precious experience of Jesus. It's wonderful to sing as a circle of worshippers, rather than as spectators at an event... Then, we start to share the Word from our lives--that's powerful... It's done as a circle of disciples, gathered around the feet of Jesus... Not leaderless, but led by Him. Then, we spend time praying for each other...
During the week, there are times we devote to study, prayer, and fellowship that punctuate a deepening interdependence... The Church is growing, here where there is no church...
Here are some things that have happened this month, though:
Retreats with leaders...listening and praying and sharing about the ministry's development here...
Visits to some friends who are doing stuff like this...
Lots of folks staying over at the house because God's good stuff went too late...
Tons of food together...
Saturday Night prayer times
Sunday night family sharing
Wednesday 6am mens sharing times @ Clifton Starbucks
Thursday night Scripture slam-down at Lookout Joe's
Tuesday night Ladies' time @Lookout Joe's...
Chase Mission House developing into a reall center of community...
Prayer:
For the coming storm of developmental activity that the Holy Spirit has told us about...
For all the discipleship and evangelism that's going on here
For provision
For our brothers and sisters in Kenya
...and for Prari who just came back after 6 months there...
Our kids are well and growing. Judy and Lew are blessed and busy with awesome life stuff... Mr. Weiss is prospering and doing well. JP is living at the Chase House now and doing fine... Our daughters -- Zara and Pianan, who are here for 10 months as high school exchange students-- are really doing well...
we hope you are blessed...
Lew
Well, there hasn't been a lot of time for blogging, lately. What I want to tell you is that things are really about to move...
In prayer times and counsel with each other and the Holy Spirit, we are all sensing that there is a building storm of activity that is rising up, spiritually.
In the physical sense, there is a build in every aspect of our community. Intensity and regularity of corporate prayer, depth of care for one another, outpourings of support for each other and encouragement in the Word...
Our sunday meetings have become a time of deep and encouraging sharing. We eat for at least an hour and a half, then we sing until we're done. This time of singing is carrying us into a precious experience of Jesus. It's wonderful to sing as a circle of worshippers, rather than as spectators at an event... Then, we start to share the Word from our lives--that's powerful... It's done as a circle of disciples, gathered around the feet of Jesus... Not leaderless, but led by Him. Then, we spend time praying for each other...
During the week, there are times we devote to study, prayer, and fellowship that punctuate a deepening interdependence... The Church is growing, here where there is no church...
Here are some things that have happened this month, though:
Retreats with leaders...listening and praying and sharing about the ministry's development here...
Visits to some friends who are doing stuff like this...
Lots of folks staying over at the house because God's good stuff went too late...
Tons of food together...
Saturday Night prayer times
Sunday night family sharing
Wednesday 6am mens sharing times @ Clifton Starbucks
Thursday night Scripture slam-down at Lookout Joe's
Tuesday night Ladies' time @Lookout Joe's...
Chase Mission House developing into a reall center of community...
Prayer:
For the coming storm of developmental activity that the Holy Spirit has told us about...
For all the discipleship and evangelism that's going on here
For provision
For our brothers and sisters in Kenya
...and for Prari who just came back after 6 months there...
Our kids are well and growing. Judy and Lew are blessed and busy with awesome life stuff... Mr. Weiss is prospering and doing well. JP is living at the Chase House now and doing fine... Our daughters -- Zara and Pianan, who are here for 10 months as high school exchange students-- are really doing well...
we hope you are blessed...
Lew
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