Today Is the Day

Well - Trena and Julia are headed for the States. It has been a really busy week getting ready for their departure... but we're all about as ready as we can be! I know they are going to have an amazing time in America for the next several months. It is going to be a bit of a transition for me to get used to handling things here in Nakuru. But I'm up for the challenge! Here it goes.

Galatians 6:14

"May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world."

Julia's Journey to Texas

The visa interview, the final step in the process for Julia to be able to go to the States, is scheduled for Tuesday morning. Please keep Trena and Julia in your prayers! Pray that they have all of the documents in order, and above all, that the Lord's will be done.

Hebrews 13:20-21

In the service yesterday morning, Pastor Matte preached from Hebrews 13:20-21. I realized that I want this passage to be one of my prayers for my time in Kenya.

"May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen."

I'm just going to elaborate a little from my notes on the sermon:

vs. 20

The comma after "peace" should be replaced with an exclamation point... "He is the God of Peace(!)"

Discover peace instead of numbing pain.

Colossians 1:20. Jesus came to give us peace.

God is with us Forever "through the blood of the eternal covenant."

Blood brings life, sin brings death, and Christ's blood brings eternal life.

vs. 21

"equip you"..."work in us"..."through Jesus Christ"...

Really dwell on those words.
Ephesians 5:10. Find out what pleases the Lord.

Because of The Resurrection: He now works through us and in us.

Am I letting God work in me?

Or just hoping He works around me?

I desire for God to do something through me and in me.