John 4 13 Jesus
said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever
drinks of the water that I will give him will
never be thirsty again.[b] The water that I will give him will become in him
a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15 The
woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to
come here to draw water.”
This verse keeps coming up in my study and
in my life. I have been in John 4 in my
quiet time, our pastor spoke on it last week and we are in the midst of
planning a church event with this as our theme.
For those in North Carolina
please consider attending our Global Impact Celebration Saturday, November 15th
9am prayer breakfast, 6pm taste of the nation’s banquet with guest speakers and
Sunday, November 16th our service will be on this and I will be on
stage for some questions as well as Sunday night 5:30 pm our dessert and
worship celebration with guest speaker.
PT walked through John 4 as a way of
communicating the gospel and an example of how Jesus did this. May we communicate His message effectively
and to all; that is my prayer for you and for myself. In John 4:13-15 Jesus appeals to the woman at
the wells desire. Jesus knew this woman
was broken hearted and lost and He showed her the way to eternal life. After my recent visit to West Africa and
especially with the illness and death in that part of the world I am burdened
to share this eternal life with them. I
remember when I was not a believer feeling hopeless and lost, I know I will
never feel that way again. I pray each
of you reading this feels the hope and security of God’s promise to you, if you
are struggling with this please contact me as I would love to talk and pray
alongside you.
As a response to this burden for the lost
I have prayerfully and with much Godly counsel made the decision to begin my
application for full time missions with ABWE more than likely in West Africa
where I visited. The application process
alone is very lengthy, 17 steps. If that
goes well I will be invited to attend a candidate’s seminar in July 2015 at
their headquarters in Harrisburg, PA for 10 days of training. At the end of those 10 days I go before a
board and if approved I am commissioned as a missionary with ABWE and the
fundraising begins. I will be living
purely on faith, by donations from those who wish to partner with me in
this. As I mentioned this can be a
lengthy process, more than likely at least two years. God may close the door to this opportunity at
any point, but for now it is wide open and I am stepping through in faith. I am excited about this process and a little
fearful of all the unknown but as PT says “do you know that you know that you
know?” I know in my heart without a
doubt this is what God wants of me and I must serve Him in this manner. Please pray for this decision, this process,
my family and friends that they may understand this need.
Please pray for our Global Impact
Celebration 11/15-11/16 that many would be touched and burdened for missions
and that God would be glorified through this event. Please pray for myself on 11/16 as I will be
answering questions in front of the congregation and also for myself 11/12 as I
will be speaking to our AWANA kids about my recent trip.
