January 26, 2007

• The first conference is over and done. 1 down....17 to go! For all of us getting back onto the road after having been on break for two months, we all snapped back into the routine extremely quickly! It almost feels like there was no break at all!

  God did neat things here. Not necessarily for the response of the church itself, altho that was pretty positive, for what I hear. But for what God did in MY life in regards to my ministry here. As you know, I teach Dynamite Club, 2-6th grade. I love kids. And I've prayed for the kids that I teach and interact with. But for the first time, God gave me an actual burden for the kids here at this church. A burden so great, that at night before I went to bed, God was lay His hand on me, and call me to the side of my bed on my knees in heart-heavy prayer and intercession for them. A burden to intense that one night instead of staying in worship time until the kids were dismissed, I went to the Dynamite room, and alone on my knees before the Lord, interceded at the throne of God on their behalf. I can't explain it. They were just your typical group of kids. A little noisy, but full of life, fun, and laughter. Yet, God opened up a window of my soul to their need. It's a struggle to not let what I teach and do in clubs become a routine, and the kids I teach to just become a mass of faces. It's discouraging, because you don't really see results. You don't see "revival" break out. You don't hear radical testimonies from a 3rd grader on how his life was changed because of the Cracked Pot story, or the Obedience Skit. And so, as time goes on, it IS easy to lose heart. And also to become immune to the need that is there before me.

  But God opened me to that here. There was one 6th grader named Derek, who God especially smote my heart for. Some kids minds can't wrap around the intensity of what it is to walk with God yet. But somehow, God showed me that for Derek, who has had a rough past couple of years, the moment of "understanding" had come, and that he had reached the mental and spiritual capacity for being able to really understand what it is we were teaching. And so, I prayed for him like I have never prayed before.

  And you know what? I didn't see any results. I didn't see a radical change in Derek's life. But I do know something. That God called me to pray and intercede on his behalf, and I did. And I know and have faith like I've never had faith before, that God heard. And that God moved. And that God did a work in his life, that he will remember forever. I have that assurance from the Lord. And I am confident in it.

  And I praise God for that. For what I know He did here, but also, for what God taught me about prayer and it's power. And also, about the faith to believe in what our God can do.

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