Thank you for encouraging message, Joyce! I’m so happy this post blessed you. It’s overwhelming seeing so many people hurting, especially when you know God can help them. We just have to keep praying and encouraging others to seek Him. Thanks for your comment.
God’s blessings to you:)
Amanda
It’s great to hear from you, Mark! Hope you enjoyed your honeymoon with your wife! 🙂 Thank you for all your support and continual encouragement! You’ve been a huge blessing in my life.
That doesn’t surprise me about the requirement for missionary work. It seems much of the church have adapted to the world’s system now. But that doesn’t disqualify you from being used by God. What God calls you to do, He will require you to take a step of faith. That is where you will see His provision as He equips you in each step you take with Him. When God called me to start writing, I was just excited to be called to do anything that I didn’t even stop for a second to think about how unqualified I was. I wish I would have saved the first survey I posted on the internet to gather information from other families. It was loaded with grammar errors. It looked like one of my kid’s wrote it. I even had commas after the word “and.” I know I still have a long way to go but it’s encouraging to see how far God has taken me. He’s truly equipping me to do His will and I know He will do the same for you.
Thanks for buying my book! I pray it encourages and blesses you. I hope you get Jesse’s book. I know you will be really blessed by it. It’s one of the most powerful books I’ve read. I love hearing about people who don’t limit what God can do today. Jesus is still the same yesterday, today and forevermore. It’s great to see His Holy Spirit moving powerfully through ordinary everyday people like you and me. I can’t wait to see what He does through you and your family.
Blessings and prayers to you,
Amanda
I look forward to checking out your study on the armor of God.
May God continue to fill you with His words to share through the power of the Holy Spirit!
]]>Such a powerful post from you – as always. It resounds with me on many levels echoing many of my own frustrations, concerns, thoughts and prayers. I think i will go and purchase that book you have read. I was drawn to your comment, “Being ordinary completely qualifies you for God’s mighty power. No titles, ministries or name recognition are required”.
For quite some time now i’ve been prayerfully asking God to serve him. I feel a real drawing towards missionary and ministry work yet find myself with a feeling of being blocked out because of a lack of worldly attributes. Looking at missionary work i was surprised to see one requiring someone with a degree! It can be very unsettling and off-putting to encounter such things. I havent given up hope, of course, because i know i am where i need to be now and i will be where i need to be in the future. Your comments resonated with my feelings.
I also found myself nodding my head, many times, about what you were saying with dealing with other peoples problem. Thankfully i havent fallen into that pit yet as i am carefully praying for and encouraging a friend through a delicate yet painful marriage seperation (echoing my own history three and a half years ago). Luckily i have avoided the situation of trying to fix the problem and have instead remained a supportive and encouraging friend to him. Through this i have been able to witness very effectively for Jesus. I hope to post an article myself on this because i have been very encourage how God has used me to help him (not to fix him).
Thank you for a wonderful post – then again they always are.
P.S. I finally got round to ordering your new book. I already know it will be FANTASTIC. You are a blessing to many, many people through your ministry. Please continue to serve God in this way.
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