Monday, September 19, 2005
Sunday, September 4, 2005
Prophecy for the Body of Christ
This prophecy was shared this Sunday evening by Johannes Weiss:
Behold my children: Be much aware that you are living in the last days. And remember the man warnings that deception will be rampant during that time.
If I do not cut the days short, even some of my very elect will be deceived.
The main problem is that you always are looking for comfort. However it is in the days of your great discomfort that I can work my best changes in you.
My desire is to change you into the likeness of Jesus Christ more and more, every day. And therefore I am bringing suffering and discomfort on you.
Be not discouraged, but endure until the end.
Thus says the Lord.
Behold my children: Be much aware that you are living in the last days. And remember the man warnings that deception will be rampant during that time.
If I do not cut the days short, even some of my very elect will be deceived.
The main problem is that you always are looking for comfort. However it is in the days of your great discomfort that I can work my best changes in you.
My desire is to change you into the likeness of Jesus Christ more and more, every day. And therefore I am bringing suffering and discomfort on you.
Be not discouraged, but endure until the end.
Thus says the Lord.
Saturday, September 3, 2005
not hard to rejoice
it's not hard to rejoice when you're surrounded by friends. that's what this move into Northside has done for me. For my family, too. Every day, our neighbors come to our house, use our internet connection, chat, drink coffee, cry, pray...
Every day I see Zach, JP, Smitty... Chris, Danielmatt, Christine...
As if it weren't enough to wake up to Judy, Aaron and Seth! I mean, this is an unreasonably blessed life.
Add in Grampa living downstairs... Tim Koschmieder (1 year high school foreign exchange son)...
It looks like Prari and Lauren are gonna rent our top floor, too!
I mean, in just a year or so our life here has become wonderfully full. We have all the folks at the Chambers House over there, all the folks who live at Chase House... It's so great!
And I know It'll get greater.
All this started with a search for a house where we'd be able to do hospice care for Grandma. Stage IV Renal Cell. She passed in June of 04. Her passing was a painful time (understatement of the world). Her absence is... indescribable. The Hope of Glory, though. Knowing that She is there, with Him, waiting for us... Knowing that one day we'll be with Him... In fact, our loneliness for her is totally surpassed by our longing for Him, Jesus.
Now, we have these neighbor kids in our lives. Like JP is putting bikes together for the kids! People give him bikes (nice ones) and he fixes them up and gives 'em out! I mean, they're like broken and stuff, so people don't want them, but for junk, they fix up fine...
So, I woke up this morning and got to have this wonder all around me. Power Rangers in the background...
Every day I see Zach, JP, Smitty... Chris, Danielmatt, Christine...
As if it weren't enough to wake up to Judy, Aaron and Seth! I mean, this is an unreasonably blessed life.
Add in Grampa living downstairs... Tim Koschmieder (1 year high school foreign exchange son)...
It looks like Prari and Lauren are gonna rent our top floor, too!
I mean, in just a year or so our life here has become wonderfully full. We have all the folks at the Chambers House over there, all the folks who live at Chase House... It's so great!
And I know It'll get greater.
All this started with a search for a house where we'd be able to do hospice care for Grandma. Stage IV Renal Cell. She passed in June of 04. Her passing was a painful time (understatement of the world). Her absence is... indescribable. The Hope of Glory, though. Knowing that She is there, with Him, waiting for us... Knowing that one day we'll be with Him... In fact, our loneliness for her is totally surpassed by our longing for Him, Jesus.
Now, we have these neighbor kids in our lives. Like JP is putting bikes together for the kids! People give him bikes (nice ones) and he fixes them up and gives 'em out! I mean, they're like broken and stuff, so people don't want them, but for junk, they fix up fine...
So, I woke up this morning and got to have this wonder all around me. Power Rangers in the background...
How We Bible Study
Take a 6am time slot, once a week, at a caffeine house: the Sidewinder in Northside...
Add a 52 Chapter book of the Bible: Jeremiah
...and there you have your 1-Chapter-a-week deep study... Jeremiah at the Sidewinder!
Starts in just a week or so, so get yourselves ready and committed. We're finishing up Ephesians, and we'll spend the next year in Jeremiah.
Add to that Yearlong study a daily chapter of Proverbs (there are 31, so that works with monthly), a daily Psalm (there are 150, so that's a little off. Feel free to always read more), and you got yourself a great, simple, workable plan to get us all "on the same page".
The great thing is how, all this time, we've found ourselves echoing each others' scripture readings, just by the leading of the Spirit. I hope this is something that will INTENSIFY that.
So, Each Friday Morning at 6, we mosey down to the Sidewinder.
We read that day's Psalm
We read that day's Proverb
We read that week's Jeremiah Chapter
We drink coffee and discuss/share around the readings
We go to our days' work...
No kidding. We've had the 6am's running really smooth, now, for about a month and a half.
And there are also 6am's on monday and wednesday for prayer at the Sidewinder... Folks in mission in Northside come together to pray. Gary from City Cure and Joann from North Church come regularly...
I know that these early morning times seem hard, but it's great. You really grow with this, and it regulates life a bit with a discipline that honors the Lord!
Add a 52 Chapter book of the Bible: Jeremiah
...and there you have your 1-Chapter-a-week deep study... Jeremiah at the Sidewinder!
Starts in just a week or so, so get yourselves ready and committed. We're finishing up Ephesians, and we'll spend the next year in Jeremiah.
Add to that Yearlong study a daily chapter of Proverbs (there are 31, so that works with monthly), a daily Psalm (there are 150, so that's a little off. Feel free to always read more), and you got yourself a great, simple, workable plan to get us all "on the same page".
The great thing is how, all this time, we've found ourselves echoing each others' scripture readings, just by the leading of the Spirit. I hope this is something that will INTENSIFY that.
So, Each Friday Morning at 6, we mosey down to the Sidewinder.
We read that day's Psalm
We read that day's Proverb
We read that week's Jeremiah Chapter
We drink coffee and discuss/share around the readings
We go to our days' work...
No kidding. We've had the 6am's running really smooth, now, for about a month and a half.
And there are also 6am's on monday and wednesday for prayer at the Sidewinder... Folks in mission in Northside come together to pray. Gary from City Cure and Joann from North Church come regularly...
I know that these early morning times seem hard, but it's great. You really grow with this, and it regulates life a bit with a discipline that honors the Lord!
Thursday, September 1, 2005
HOPE FOR TOM
HEY ALL: WRITE A LETTER ON TOM'S BEHALF! GET IT TO ME ASAP! THESE LETTERS COULD GET HIM SPRUNG AND BACK TO US QUICK! email Lew or Zach
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Mail Tom a Letter: Address
Hey all, here's Tom's Address in Prison! Write him and pack it in a metered envelope (no stamps). Keep contents simple, and if you send pics, make them printouts on copy paper. That way they won't just trash your letter.
Thomas Jewell Jr.
Fulton county Detention Center
2010 South 7th Street
Hickman, KY 42050
pray for Tom daily... pray for him to accomplish God's work there as God accomplishes His work in Tom, there.
Thomas Jewell Jr.
Fulton county Detention Center
2010 South 7th Street
Hickman, KY 42050
pray for Tom daily... pray for him to accomplish God's work there as God accomplishes His work in Tom, there.
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