“My Father is always working and so am I”…So Jss explained, ‘I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing.’” John 5:17,19-20
Oh how I pr@ise Our G0d!! Oh how I love being His servant and witness!! Oh how I love watching Our G0d work!! Oh how I love His Presence and Power within to guide and empower His children to do what we cannot do apart from Him!!
As I watch Him work all around me, I often think of Jss’ words above. I become more and more aware of the Truth that G0d is the One who is working in our world. Because of G0d’s love for us…His children…he shows us everything He is doing. He gives us eyes to see…to be witnesses of His work, His power, His activity in the lives of others. He empowers us to walk alongside them to know Him, to understand that He Alone is G0d and that He has prepared the way for us to find forgiveness, salvation, and a right relationship with Him!!
As I continue to process the death of Abba, continue to pr@y for his people…the Ful@ni…and continue to work alongside them on the street corner, I continue to ask G0d to gl0rify His name among them. You have been pr@ying with me too. I ask you to keep on asking, seeking, and knocking on behalf of the Ful@ni from JuduTou. G0d is working!!
Last Sunday, O called me to tell me that Bil, one of the Ful@ni men, came to her and wanted to talk with us about the wordshe was listening to on the SD card. This past Monday, D@n, S0, O, and I had the privilege of sitting and talking with him. He said, “They taste so good!” Yet Bil could not understand everything. He wanted to know what he had to do to become a Christian. We sat for a couple of hours as D@n shared everything with him about the Truth he was listening to, the Way of follow Jss, and the Life we can have in Jss. I was amazed as I sat and listened, watched, and became witness to the work of G0d right before my eyes. When we asked, Bil if he believed these things about Jss, the Truth that was just shared about Him, and the promise of forgiveness and life G0d made to all who believe in His Son, Bil said, “Yes!” There on the street corner, at S0’s shop, Bil gave his life to Jss. He confessed his belief in pr@yer to G0d and then we put our hands on him and pr@yed for him.
I ask you to celebrate and pr@ise G0d with us for the new life Bil has found and for the answer to our pr@yers for the friends and people of JuduTou—Abba’s village. G0d is not finished yet, so I ask you to keep on calling out to Him. The road will not be easy for Bil. So continue to lift him up as he begins this journey and walk with Jss. I thank G0d that this year Bil has found the true forgiveness for sins and He knows the ONE who sacrificed His life so that Bil will never have to sacrifice a sheep again for his forgiveness. It has been a Tab@ski to remember!!!
“The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.” Isaiah 55:10-11
Please continue to pr@y for the work of G0d through the SD cards. Everyday when I go downtown, another Ful@ni man is asking me for one of the SD cards. When I ask his purpose for wanting one, the response is always, “The words taste so good!” I am so thankful for the way G0d uses our heart languages to speak to us in ways that we could never truly understand in a language different from our first language. I do not know what G0d has planned for these men, whether they will actually receive and believe the Word they are listening to, or if they will find courage like Bil to begin the journey of walking with Jss, but I know that G0d has promised to produce fruit, to accomplish ALL that He wants it to and that it will prosper EVERYWHERE He sends it.
Please join me in pr@yer asking G0d to do just what He said in Isaiah 55:10-11!! Pr@y also for us as we continue to walk with Bil, S0, O, and so many others to make TRUE disciples of those who believe and give their lives to the One True G0d!!