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Perry Stone teaches from Israel
This weekend at Shabbach MB was an amazing experience. I went expecting God to do great things and thats exactly what happened. On Friday night over 500 kids either accepted Christ into their hearts for the first time or rededicated their lives to Christ. I was on security that night and I remember standing there while the altar call was given. As I stood there I watched as a sea of teenagers stood and rushed to the altar. It was an emotional moment that I’m blessed to have witnessed.
The second night was just as meaningful as Eddie James brought us amazing worship and Pastor Glenn brought the message. That night the message was about the woman who had major bleeding (Luke 8:43-48). No one was able to help her, and after many years of bleeding she heard that Jesus was in town. PG preached that Jesus not only stopped the bleeding she had on the outside… but He healed her on the inside, making her whole. Even though she was sick and couldn’t run to Him she gave Him what she had and crawled her way to Him. Because of Her faith she was healed inside and out. She went from being the woman with a illness to being called “daughter.” After this message the altar was filled with “bleeding” teenagers AND grown ups. I had the privilege of being part of the altar-team and being able to pray for the kids each night.
Even though by the end of the weekend I was way overtired I wouldn’t have traded it for anything. This weekend reminded me why I wanted to be here in the first place. Seeing how much Shabbach effects the lives of these young people is why everyone on staff works as hard as they do. I am so blessed and thankful to be able to be a part of it.
Have a blessed week,
Keyona
One of the greatest comforts the Bible demonstrates is that Jesus takes pleasure in breaking away from the crowd to take care of the individual. It is simply impossible to be lost from Him in a crowd. In Mark 5: 24-34, we read the story of a woman in the crowd. We are told that […]
This weekend at Shabbach MB was an amazing experience. I went expecting God to do great things and thats exactly what happened. On Friday night over 500 kids either excepted Christ into their hearts for the first time or reeducated their life to Christ. I was on security that night and I remember standing their while the alter call was given. As I stood there I watched as a sea of teenagers stood and rushed to the alter. It was an emotional moment that I’m blessed to have witnessed. The second night was just as meaningful as Eddie James brought us amazing worship and Pastor Glenn brought the message. That night the message was about the woman who had major bleeding, (Matthew 9:20-22). No one was able to help her and after many years of bleeding she heard that Jesus was in town. PG preached that Jesus not only healed the stop the bleeding she had on the inside… but He healed her as a whole. Even though she was sick and couldn’t run to Him she gave Him what she had a crawled her away after Him. Because of Her faith she was healed inside and out. She went from being the woman with a illness to being called “daughter.” After this message the alter was filled with bleeding teenagers AND grown ups. I had the privilege of being part of the alter-team and being able to pray for the kids each night. Even though by the end of the weekend I was way overtired I wouldn’t have traded it for anything. This weekend reminded me why I wanted to be here in the first place. Seeing how much Shbbach effects the lives of these young people is why everyone on staff works as hard as they do. I am so blessed and thankful to be able to be a part of it.
Have a blessed week,
Keyona
(Maine)
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Jesus’ kingdom is radically different than the way of this world. In Jesus’ kingdom, our battles are won, not through violence, but through LOVE.
Read Luke 6: 27-36.
Jesus re-defined love at the cross. There, He taught us that love isn’t based simply on feelings, neither is it found in selfishness (What can I get out of this?). Rather, Christ-like love is self-sacrificial love.
Jesus willingly laid down His life to bring about our redemption.
His love for us (as seen through the cross) has a purpose in the here and now. It isn’t something for us to simply receive; rather, it is to be lived out for others (self-sacrificially).
(Think of Jesus’ instructions to His disciples in John 13.)
And, get this: Jesus didn’t say to love only those who love us, but to love even our ENEMIES. He called us to love those who hate us, hurt us, and spitefully use us.
Think of this. In the book of Acts, the apostles were able to stand before kings (even in the midst of persecution) and declare the gospel of Jesus. I always believed that it was courage (through the Holy Spirit) that gave them the strength to do this, but now I understand that it wasn’t courage, but love. They truly loved even their enemies, and therefore they were able to stand before them (even facing death) and speak the truth.
Love changes everything.
The Enemy lives (really, thrives) through hate and false love, but he (and his influence over us) begins to die the moment we live out Christ-like love.
The kingdom of Jesus is radically different from the way of the world. It isn’t brought about through violence or war, but through peace. It isn’t seen in hate, but in love. It isn’t found in self-centered power, but in the giving up of power through self-sacrificial love.
How is the Holy Spirit leading me to live out that Christ-like love today?
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