Shine your Light and Love people

"OUR DEEPEST IS NOT THAT WE ARE INADEQUATE.OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS THAT WE ARE POWERFUL BEYOND MEASURE. IT IS OUR LIGHT, NOT OUR DARKNESS, THAT MOST FRIGHTENS US.

WE ASK OURSELVES: WHO AM I TO BE BRILLIANT, GORGEOUS, TALENTED, FABULOUS? ACTUALLY, WHO ARE YOU NOT TO BE?
YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD. YOUR PLAYING SMALL DOES NOT SERVE THE WORLD.THERE IS NOTHING ENLIGHTENED ABOUT SHRINKING SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE WON'T FEEL INSECURE AROUND YOU. WE ARE ALL MEANT TO SHINE, AS CHILDREN DO.WE WERE BORN TO MAKE MANIFEST THE GLORY OF GOD IN US. IT'S NOT JUST SOME OF US. IT'S IN EVERYONE.
AND AS WE LET OUR LIGHT SHINE, WE UNCONSCIOUSLY GIVE OTHER PEOPLE PERMISSION TO DO THE SAME. AS WE ARE LIBERATED FROM OUR OWN FEAR, OUR PRESENCE AUTOMATICALLY LIBERATES OTHERS"


(Marianne Williamson - and quoted by Nelson Mandela 1994 at his inauguration)

Monday, November 21, 2016

Praise Be to God - Idutywa

Yes it was a tremendous time as we went to the Eastern Cape as a team.
God was with us all the way. We drove through the night. Siyabulela drove all the time...what a champ.
Shortly after a little town..early the next morning, around 6am when the sun just came up, we drove over something and our back right tire burst. It was God's grace that is was light and we were not too far from a town. Siyabulela hiked back with the tire to have it fixed there and we stayed behind praying. After more than an hour and us getting cold, Siya came back and the tire was back on in no time. The time at the new building was really wonderful. It actually was a leaders conference. So we had Friday, Saturday and Sunday until lunch time and then we were on our way again. 14-16 hours there and back. It was worth it.

I felt home immediately and enjoyed the worship in Xhosa (their language) so much. Saturday night, I was scheduled to speak to the women. All of them were much older than I which was really humbling to me. I had no idea what the theme of that conference was or what would be relevant and needed to hear for those ladies. Moreover, this was a completely different culture I was supposed to speak into.
I was completely dependent on the Holy Spirit. I had prepared after asking the Holy Spirit and I felt Him leading me to minister from the account on Hagar in Genesis 16 and 21. God is the God who sees me: El Roi. It was amazing to see how this word opened those ladies' hearts and after the word everyone of them came up for prayer.
All this time I had Amanda translating me simultaneously. That was amazing. I could sense the flow. I spoke in English and she interpreted it into Xhosa.
God used all of us in the meetings and it was great to connect and build new relationships even with our church family in East London. Praise Be to God
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