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November 10, 2004
November Newsletter
Here is an except from my upcoming newsletter. If you are on my prayer and/or support team you should be getting one within a week.
Here I am in November and God still has me raising support. God has blessed immensely and I have seen about 60% of what I need come in but this also means that I have a ways left to go. God has been so good to me throughout this time and so many generous people have responded to him and expressed their belief and confirmation of the ministry here. It has been a hard but encouraging time. Here are few lessons that I have learned a long the way.
God needs to move. I can talk to people until I am blue in the face but unless God changes their heart I won’t see any progress. This means that I need to be desperate for Him. I need God to move in the hearts of those who I will be meeting with and those of you who are supporting and praying for me. Together we need to be desperate for the students on campus for God to break through and change their lives.
The second big lesson that I have learned through this process is that God is using it to teach me about being in ministry. Instead of seeing it as a means to an end I have started to view each appointment as an opportunity to share the gospel, exhort, and encourage. It is my prayer that each person that I meet with will see the passion that I have to reach out to young people. In this way God is refining my communication skills and giving me experience in speaking under stressful situations. Praise God. +
Posted by paul at November 10, 2004 09:05 PM