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Moving Forward Into The House |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ God is building His house
in the nations today and we are what He builds His house with. Jesus is the
precious capstone that was rejected, that is holding the house together,
without which there would not be a house. Oh what glory to also be a stone! What
glory to be like Him! What glory to be changed from glory to glory every day
to be more like Him! How awesome! Somewhere in this big house is a little
pebble, who just loves to get to look up to that precious stone up there, in
its brilliance, knowing it's becoming as beautiful as Him, and one day they
will be together up there. Oh believe me, this little
pebble can't do anything. The Master builder has shown it His glorious plans
of what He would build with the pebble as much as it could grasp and in
faith the little pebble believed. So, every day little pebble watches Master
builder as He is getting ready to build the house. And like a little girl
little pebble is just filled with joy as she watches Him move. She feels so
small, so incapable, not knowing how He would do what He has announced. But
then the little one knows the Master builder, and knows what HE can do, and
so every day she just holds on to her Master builder and trusts Him to
continue the work, listening to any loving instruction He would give. Unless
the Master builder builds the house, the little pebbles labor in vain (free
rendering of Psalm 127:1). So it is "with fear
(of the Lord) and trembling" and great anticipation as I move forward at
the hand of my Father, simply following Him, doing what He does, saying what
He says, going where He goes. I've watched in amazement at how EVERY DAY
since my return to Mali a month ago He is at work, putting piece after piece
together. THE MOVE This weekend I'm moving
into "The House". There's no room to tell you how the Lord has been
working out every detail He is truly building His house, and I sure can't
take any credit for anything! THE CHURCH The House God has
provided has a large room when you enter it, where all meetings will be held.
Besides my bedroom there are two more rooms one a guestroom, so come visit!
But all the services, and film showings, will be in the garden to proclaim
the glory of the Lord to the heavens and attract those the Holy Spirit has
targeted.
"What are you
up to?" * English class
once I've moved, I'll start teaching English again (mixed class with
Christians and Muslims) "Who is
we?" * Simeon, 31
nominal catholic upbringing, was my neighbor last year and dedicated his life
to the Lord a year ago. Radical for God, he is an evangelist, going into the
streets of Bamako daily. He's full-time with me, and growing rapidly. Land of
origin: Benin Four people, from four
different nations, united in love for one purpose to see God's kingdom come
in Mali by being a reflection of Jesus. (And there is more people I could
list who are not yet part of the core group.) "What are your
needs?" Yes, I have been asked
this question twice recently. Rent for The House is 340EUR (currently
440USD) per month, not including utilities. Since my monthly support is not
even half that, I followed my Father in faith that He will provide everything
needed to build His house. So I pray, Daddy, that if You've called any of my
friends reading this to partner with You in this great plan for Mali by
giving of their resources, then speak to them and let them reap abundantly
even now. "How is your
month of prayer and fasting going?" Today is day 13 of
Ramadan, and it has been going great. Every night we gather at my apartment
to worship the Lord and pray for the requests of the day (Ramadan prayer
email list), as well as for Mali and the church plant. HIGH SCHOOL After a rather chaotic
start, I now have my three classes one on Monday, one on Tuesday, and one
on Wednesday. Two of them are classes I had last year, and I'm glad to have
my students back and be with them again. They have a way of stealing
themselves into your heart ;-)
well, some of them. It's great to continue
building relationships with them; several have started borrowing Christian
books from me, even Muslims! Simon-Pierre is still my student (he's on the
video), and I see God mightily at work in him. I will be inviting my students
to come to my house and watch an Austrian movie with me on several
occasions since I have about 120 students. CAR Moving into The House
doubles the distance I live from school not much fun walking in the hot
afternoon sun. We're still praying and believing for a car Toyota
double-cabin pick-up. Pray that the Lord would bring the car He has prepared.
Once we've got the car, we can also start going into the villages something
that's very much on my heart (and Emma's). Once we've got the car, we can
start the process of starting an NGO, which will hopefully be completed by
next summer. The angel of the
LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them. Taste and see
that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. Fear the
LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing. (Ps 34:7-9) Yeah! Amen! In my Beloved's service, Claudia P.S. After some
consideration, I have decided to publish the two public prophetic words I
received this summer concerning what the Lord was gonna do with me (in Mali)
on the ENDORSEMENT page on my website. It well summarizes what my heart has
been all along, and is an encouragement to see what the Lord is up to. So be
it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tel. (+223) 220 0311 IMPORTANT: Don't write my name on the check, but add
a note that it's for me. In
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