YWAM Denver Blogging :)

So, I wrote a post a while back about Intercession and Abraham when interfaced with God about Sodom and Gomorrah. It for some reason gets a lot of hits... I updated it a bit and shared it on our YWAM Denver Blog. There are a lot of really cool stories and posts on our website if you have some time to check them out. Also, If you want to check out the original post you can right here.

Hope ya'll are enjoying spring weather. We went from winter to summer, and now have just had a few springy days. The Around the World outreach team is leaving this weekend. Be praying for them! They are on their way to Amsterdam first. They will be gone on outreach for 3 months. We have one more month here with the Awaken DTS Mexico team and then we launch them out as well. Tomorrow is also the graduation of 2 schools- The Boarders DTS and Compassion DTS. God has done so much in and through them, we are excited about where He is taking them in in the future- serving Him around the world and in their hometowns.

PS...speaking the Around the World...looks like I will be leading one next Spring!! So excited for this opportunity. Join me in praying about which locations we are to go to. I already have 1 student accepted and a couple more in the process.

Reflections on the journey.

Chatting today with my friend Steph about my journey coming here..and I began to share about my time living in NH and in particular being a part of the Christian Outreach Church youth group. 

I had been there for about 6 months, the youth group had dwindled to about 5-6 kids, and a couple leaders. Jonah was out of town actually here in doing a School of Worship and a Phase II. (he had been the youth group leader). Shortly after his return I remember we all talked about what we should do- and felt like we needed to just shut things down and pray until God said to open the doors again. 

So...we did. Every week we would get together and get on our faces. For about 6 weeks we did this, no youth group-just getting before the Lord. 

After 6 weeks, we felt like it was time to restart the youth group-so we announced that we were starting it up again, we had some specific direction for the teaching and such-and the first night, 30 kids showed up. 

It wasn't about the program, it wasn't about the activities, the volleyball, the coffee...I believe it was because it was about Jesus. We prayed-He answered. Looking back I am so thankful for that season. Thankful for Jonah, Jeff, Russ & Grant...being willing to stop and listen to the Father- and inviting me and Autumn into the process! 

Virtue.

Just returned from our Staff Women's Retreat. I am so blessed to work with the people that I do, who see the value of investing in our community. We spent the weekend talking about Virtue. I had the privilege of leading our first evening session. We talked about what virtue is in the context of 2 Peter 1 and how we apply it to our Faith as we are instructed to do. And how it all flows out of recognizing what Jesus has done and never losing sight of it.
Over the course of the last couple of weeks I have come across so many little tidbits that fed into what was being prepared to be shared. My great Uncle sends these newsletters out each month with all kinds of stories, quotes from other things he is reading, personal writings, family history..you name it. Anyway there was one segment on good character that really struck me and I was able to share it with the girls this weekend."A person of Good Character will faithfully serve Christ out of love and gratefulness. Those with poor character begrudgingly serve out of duty, obligation or for personal gain. If they manage to serve at all." -Tom Blackaby.
When we lose sight of what Jesus has done for us, we lose sight of Thankfulness..our perspective goes haywire and we miss out on the fullness of Life with Him.
Another quote I picked up came out of a book called Moral Revolution by Kris Vallatton. (I give it very high recommendations..it's incredible) “Virtues help us live from the inside out instead of from the outside in. No longer do I live by other people’s rules. Instead, I live by values that guide my attitudes, which in turn determine my choices. Choices dictate my behavior. My behaviors become manifestations of my personhood and my personhood leads me to my destiny.”
Virtue is not only for our personal lives however, it is ultimately something that is the fragrance of our lives to others. Virtue in the Greek is not an abstract word, but rather a word that emirates to others Who it is we love and serve. It is what remains when we are gone. The aroma of Christ.