kingdom travelin'

I was talking to a friend today about my weekend in Serbia. We talked about how some folks in ministry talk about numbers a lot, some organizations base their “success” on how many people they baptize. It occurred to me that in the last three Sundays I spoke to about 500 people then about a hundred and then to 6. It’s hard to gauge a crowd in the hundreds, hard even so see what fifty people are doing with what is being taught, but with six, you can kinda tell if the word is getting to the heart. So, for those who are sitting with a dozen (like the man from Nazareth focused on) you will have an advantage over the guy standing on a platform looking out to a sea of faces, as you teach those dozen or 6 or whatever, you can see their eyes and see if they are tracking with you. How many should you have in your group? No more than you can shepherd. And remember please that shepherding requires conversations.

collaboration is a good thing… on Saturday I was with about 25 saints from three countries who had gathered for some worship, some teaching and great fellowship around a 2 hour lunch (which was AMAZING)… anyway for the collaboration… it had to do with the translation of my talk… the brother who was translating was having a bit of trouble, others in the room would help him and then they would translate to a second language… again helping one another to make clear the meaning of each sentence… it was really a work of God to help us communicate from one language into two… the body of Christ at work together… it was a beautiful thing to watch.

this is a trip of great conversations… I am having them with people I serve with and care deeply about and they have invited me to join them on their journey of following Jesus… to walk alongside folks in this manner is truly an honor… It has been really awesome to see God answer the prayers of many who pray for this journey… you can too… to see the list of prayer requests and answers to those prayers, click here

now that I’m two weeks into the trip, I’ve moved the previous two weeks to the bottom of the spreadsheet. Please read and thank God for what He has done so far and continue to pray for all that is to come… come to think of it, that’s what we should all do all the time anyway: thank God for what has come and for what is coming… see next post for link to prayer list

My church in the ‘ville has an online Advent calendar… I have an entry on the 5th… check it out HERE, then read today, bookmark and celebrate Advent every day!

I’m still travelin’ and still posting answered prayers on my travel itinerary… check it out and thank God and pray please HERE

Hey all, I finally got online and updated the answered prayers, its been awesome! click below to read details!

I have added a column on the prayer list/itinerary… “ANSWERS TO PRAYER”

In this column, I will periodically write answers to prayer as the trip progresses, thank you for praying.

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