Just had to write a quick blog update about this past week. Had to share how God was moving! This past week week's topic on the DTS was Lordship. It's about putting Jesus on the throne of our hearts and surrendering everything else that is not Him. Lordship week is about making Him Lord and not just our personal Saviour who we run to when times are hard. It's the transfer from believer to true disciple.
On Friday we had a ministry day from Friday at 8am - can you believe it? - 12am the following day. We went through the "temple" starting with entering his courts with thanksgiving and his gates with praise. Then we had a time of giving away something of worth to us. Josh gave away his surfboard and the same person he gave it to gave him a snowboard back! Crazy how that worked. And the amount of money we gave away was given in double back to us! His kingdom is definitely upside-down, especially when it comes to money! Next, we entered a time of surrender, repentance, and a time of picking up new commitments to God. Many picked up new commitments to purity and to sobriety. How great is our God! Finally we had communion together and worshiped in the "holy of holies" as much freer people. God was on the move. God broke people out of their shells and they danced before the Lord and they praised him with all they had. Tears were shed as a people shared difficult things, but as sins were laid down, the shame lifted and joy erupted. Father God called us all deeper into his intimacy. When people fall greater in love with Him as Lord, they realize the stuff they used to run to is crap. This is what we have committed our lives to-- seeing captives set free so they can fully burn on fire for Him. 2 Chronicles 16:9 "For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him." Next week is a week focused on Prayer. Message me or Josh if you have specific prayer requests we can be praying into. Everyone will have at least two three hour slots throughout the week to be praying, so we will have plenty of time! Thank you everyone who has been praying into our mission here. Your prayers are powerful and effective. Dear Friends & Family, We've launched our school and are already three weeks in! We've been planning and praying into this school for the last year and now it is happening!! We have 7 students, 5 guys and 2 girls. We are so excited for how God is going to radically move in their lives. The idea of a Surf Skate Snow Discipleship Training School is to use these passions to glorify God, unify our school, and to reach the lost. Already we've gotten the opportunity to go down to Brisbane for a Christian skate conference that challenged skaters to be "shepherds" of their local skate parks and to really be intentional while they're there. Every Friday night we are going to be around some local skate parks. We hope we can apply the "shepherd" idea as we go out and reach the community. Pray for God-appointed opportunities to reach the youth for Christ. In other news, students are getting rocked. The last day on Father Heart of God week, we had a ministry day. There were lots of healing tears, forgiveness, repentance, and healing that has set them free to more clearly see God as a loving Father. It is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. People getting healed and set free and "hugged" by their Father. There is so much more to people than what meets the eye. People have held wounds of abuse inside, hurt of absent fathers, and feelings of rejection for years. It is the most beautiful thing to see people healed and set free. Here's a list of upcoming weeks and speakers: WEEK 3: Hearing God’s Voice - Jason Solari WEEK 4: Lordship - Mark Parker WEEK 5: Prayer - John Faull WEEK 6: Relationships WEEK 8: Evangelism - Kevin Stickl WEEK 9: Living Word -JD WEEK 10: Missions - Dan Baumann WEEK 11: Spiritual Warfare - Ravi Kandal WEEK 12: OUTREACH Begins: New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia November 18-24: Debrief week and Graduation Night
Josh & Amanda Hi everyone,
We have just received news from YWAM Tyler Texas that tax deductible donations can now be made through their website! This is great new because it is much more simple to donate now, rather than everything being done through snail mail. There are now options to give weekly, quarterly, yearly, or monthly! Here is the link to our account: https://ywamtyler.org/funddonation?uid=fc7aa13a-5cfd-4623-b56f-2bd219cba68d Blessings, Josh & Amanda |
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