Archive | August, 2010

Some Quick stats on Thailand that relate to the Gospel

by • on August 24, 2010 • in Uncategorized

  • Population: 65 million 
  • 12 million in Bangkok – The 12th Largest City in the World
  • 4% Muslim (mainly in the south)
  • 1,268 die every day — 0.7% are Christian
  • 2,382 are born every day with no Gospel witness
  • 1 in 6 women age 18-20 are prostitutes
  • Thailand has the highest homicide rate with firearms in the world

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The Lord Provides

by • on August 23, 2010 • in Uncategorized

The Lord has been strengthening our faith. I don’t know how to tell all the stories that the Lord has been giving us lately, but what I can say to you is this: Trust the Lord with what He promises!

The way we like to live is with reserves, back up plans, and plan “B’s”, but that is usually very uncomfortable and scary. I believe He wants us to really live dependent on Him, and He delights in fulfilling His promises.

The Lord has been strengthening our faith as we start deputation and I am glad that we made a few decisions that have caused us to rely totally on Him. We wanted to prove Him in our own lives and He has not let us down.

In some ways it is a scary thing to leave all that is safe and familiar in the states and commit to going to the other side of the world, but when the Lord makes Himself and His provision so obvious it is very comforting.

“Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel….and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” Matt 28:18-20

I think He is trying to tell us that this promise really is true.


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Some Things God Revealed to Me About Thailand

by • on August 17, 2010 • in Asia, Buddhism, Ministry Philosophy

There are still a ton of things that I do not know about Thailand, but God has given me some divine revelation, specifically for me, to help me know some truths about

people in Thailand, the moment I meet them, before they even open their mouths.

  1. I know that they were created in the image of God (Genesis 1:26), and still bear that image (Genesis 9:6), though sin has warped that likeness (Genesis 5:1, 3; cf. Ephesians 4:24), and though they try hard to efface it (Romans 1:18-32).
  2. I know that everything they will tell me will come from a heart that is (A) self-deceived, and (B) definitionally unaware of that self-deception (Jeremiah 17:9).
  3. I know that they are at war with God, and hate Him (Romans 8:7).
  4. I know that they are under the wrath of God (John 3:36; Romans 1:18; Ephesians 2:3).
  5. I know that they are dead to God (Ephesians 2:1).
  6. I know that it is natural to them to resist the truth of God, and to warp truths about God into forms that do not threaten their war against God (Romans 1:18).
  7. I know that their very ability to see and understand the truths of God is so mangled by sin that they could effectively be said to be blind to them (Psalm 14:1-3; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Ephesians 4:17-19).
  8. I know that they are blinded to the beauty and truth of the Gospel (2 Corinthians 4:3-4).
  9. I know that what they most need from me is to be loved (Luke 6:26-27).
  10. I know that the specific expression of love they most need from me is not for me to affirm nor enable their self-destructive errors, nor for me to tell them about myself (2 Corinthians 4:5a).
  11. I know that the specific expression of love they most need from me is that I tell them the good news about Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 4:5b), and that if they do not hear that good news, they have no hope of being saved from God’s wrath (Romans 10:8-17).
  12. I know that Jesus Christ came to save people exactly like them (Luke 19:10; 1 Timothy 1:15).
  13. I know that if they believe the Gospel and come to Jesus Christ the saving Lord, in repentant faith — and only then — they surely will be saved (Matthew 11:28-30; John 6:35, 37, 40; Acts 16:31; 17:30).
  14. I know that if they do not come to this saving faith, they have no hope whatever (John 3:36).
  15. I know that they must do this, and that they can only do this if God does a gracious, miraculous, life-giving work within them (Matthew 11:25; John 3:3; 5:25-26; 6:37, 44-45, 65; 2 Corinthians 4:5-6; Ephesians 2:1-10).
Adapted from here

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Singing at Vision

by • on August 16, 2010 • in Uncategorized

Last night we had about 45 min of singing in the service just focused on our fellowship and life with the Lord as we learn to trust Him. You can see it here (it starts about 13 min in).

Later we plan on doing some editing to turn it into a CD called “All the Way My Savior Leads Me”.


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Friendship Baptist in Arkansas

by • on August 3, 2010 • in Uncategorized

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Our Generation Summit 2011

by • on August 2, 2010 • in Uncategorized

The Our Generation Summit is an annual gathering in Pigeon Forge, TN, of Christians with a heart for world missions. Pastors and missionaries, teachers and students, businessmen and families join for three days to address the needs of a world waiting for the Gospel.
Located once again at the beautiful Music Road Hotel in the center of action-packed Pigeon Forge, the OG Summit provides a fantastic venue for any church or youth group seeking an easy-to-organize winter retreat filled with excitement and passion for Christ.


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