Friday, 29 April 2011
Andy Elmes: Breakfast of Champions
See yourself through His eyes Jeremiah 29:11–14 (NIV) "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the Lord, "and will bring you back from captivity." We have been looking at these verses all week, and drawn some great principles from it: • God has plans for you; you don’t have to settle for yours or other people's. • His plans are to do you good and involve health, wealth and future. • He wants to daily reveal to us the true potential we have within; that which He packed in us before we were born. • He is not looking for superstars - just faithful, agreeable people who will say "Yes!" even when they feel potentially unable in their own ability. The Bible is full of people that were unlikely but chosen by God; to name just a few: Moses: On the run, speech impediment – God uses him to deliver a nation from captivity. Gideon: Found hiding in a wine press with nothing positive to say – God uses him to lead armies into battle, totally outnumbered. David: Was a shepherd boy, overlooked and despised by his own family – God saw a king, the king of all Israel. Rahab: A prostitute – God used her to lead the children of Israel through a vital part of their journey. The Bible has so many more. The point is, God has plans for you! Don’t worry about what you think you can do - if He calls you to a purpose He has equipped you for it; that’s grace. Couple more thoughts When we discover His plans for our lives we know, according to the above verses, that when we pray He listens. That’s a great thought for today: know in your heart when you pray to the Father that He listens. He may be running a universe but He will take time to stop and listen to you. Also, He is there to be found by us - all we need to do is seek Him with all of our hearts. He is not hiding not to be found, but to see if anyone can be bothered. Be bothered! Seek Him and He promises you will find Him. Thirdly, He promises to bring us ever out of captivity. Remember what Galatians says: "It was for freedom that Christ has set you free". God wants to daily break the power of captivity in our lives, whether it be emotional, financial or any other area. His plans for you are freedom, freedom in every area of your life – who the Son sets free is free indeed. Today, Champion, submit to Him, worship Him, commit your ways to Him and let Him lead you out of captivity and into freedom beyond what you have ever known. Bless you, I pray you have a great weekend. Let's live for the King and advance His kingdom. Andy
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Katie Blog - Uganda Mission
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Having an amazing time out here its all very different and challanging but thats where god is strengthening me and pushing me to grow
The girls here at the house have been fab helping me to settle and i cant get my head around that im with christians wherever i go theres constantly talk about jesus, singing, praising and holding conversations and each time im encouraged by something its amazing to be at a chritsian organisiation. love it.....
Each morning when we start work at 7 am yes i said 7am ha!! we go to the superviser and they tell us which room to go in and my 1st day i was in with the babies who are sick either malnourished or have cerabal pausy (cant spell it ) so that was a challenge in its self but again god gave me the wisdom and strength to get on with it as ive never worked with babies and small children with these conditions before but just to see one smile from a baby who cant move from the neck down or to help one to eat is amazing and the nannies sing jesus songs to them and u should see their smiles
I got to work with a little boy for a few days called Cooper, he was 3/4 years old not exactly sure as he came in from the hospital after his mother broke both his legs, so his dad dropped him to the hospital and gave a false name and address and left so they had no way of being contacted so we took him in, he was gorgeous.... the 1st say i saw him he was crying so i went over not realising he had broken legs and was like 'hey would u like a cuddle?' and he said 'yes' so im like 'stand up' and he couldnt so i tell the nanny he may be crying cos he has a bad leg and she then tells me they are broken, bless him. Trust me....
So after that he would sit in my lap and just be nursed but then complained of a bad tummy so for the next few days he was sad and i continued to nurse him, then tuesday i got him up and dressed and again he complained of a bad tummy.
Cut a long story short sadly Cooper passed away that tuesday afternoon of a blood clot, it is sooo sad and sureel as it was so unexpected, the great thing was that he loved the bible the guys would sit at lunch time and if they had a bible he would say 'come' 'come' to be read a story and he would thank god that he would get healed one day......
The culture he is soo different i found it really hard and was upset but in private as the Ugandans and nannies just get on with it as they are used to it happening, its mad to see.
So we had a funeral for him yesterday which was lovely and people got up and spoke about his short lived life and we gave thanx for having the opportunity to sow into the short time we had.
Soooo as u can tell ive had a challenging, emotional 1st week but also a great week i will keep u updated and pleased continue to pray for boldness as im out here.
Thanx again for all your support i really appreciate it
katie x x
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