Hello friends! I pray that you and your family are doing well. I’d like to share these resources with you in this week’s newsletter and I hope that they help you to understand God’s intentions and ways better. The enemy (aka Satan and his demons) has done an excellent job of misrepresenting God to outsiders because of our people’s lack of knowledge and poor examples. (There are many who are excellent examples but of course the enemy highlights the ones who fail miserably. It is what it is.)

Hello friends. I’ve heard about Amy Carmichael but never had an opportunity to look into her life’s work. She was a missionary to India 🇮🇳 and because of her writings and work in rescuing children from temple prostitution, the government eventually made this illegal in India.

Hello friends. I thought I’d share a little bit of my backstory. Please read my older message below, re-shared with my prayer group since many more people were added recently. 

Hello friends. I told you about the Novo prayer ministry that I participated in last fall semester. My church friend who also did Novo last fall told me about Novo’s podcast. I heard one of their podcast on “hearing from God”. I had forgotten about this exercise that they taught us. And so I did it one morning in my quiet time. I asked God, “Is there anything that you’d like to say to me?” Then I received two powerful visions. 

Hello friends. I was feeling disoriented past week because of my traveling. As I was thinking of skipping my weekly newsletter, this morning I was reminded about Jesus Christ’s words to his disciples, “freely you have received, freely give.” Here’s a good commentary and background about this statement:

https://www.gotquestions.org/freely-you-have-received-freely-give.html

Being an intercessor is listening to what the Holy Spirit is saying in order to bring God’s kingdom on earth through prayer and fasting. I do this by studying the Bible a lot to understand God’s will, and also by examining my intentions, and what or who sits in my heart. Only God should be the one who sits in my heart.  God shares His thoughts with those who are His faithful followers, and those who honor and revere His name.