With lectures on intercession [which is prayer on behalf of another. Or standing in the gap] the scripture in Genesis 18 [about Sodom and Gomorrah] was really interesting because I knew intercession is something God wants us to do, but he first introduced it in the context of fighting for a Nation! He wants us to fight for Nations through prayer.
The lady who was teaching us, Heather, shared about a circumstance in 1994 [I believe] about the inflation rate in Brazil, and after thousands of believers prayed the inflation rate went from 45% to 5.5%. How AMAZING IS THAT? As far as I know it has continued to stay low.
God is teaching me how to trust him more intimately. He is also telling me to choose and walk out in what he has ALREADY CONQUERED for me. For the first time, I feel like I'm listening. The past does not define but it does shape me. It's a hard thing to choose to be loved my God EVERYDAY for me. I have known for a long time that I love Him but it's taken me until this past week to ACTUALLY LET HIM love ME!
We had one student make the choice to leave our centre in Brisbane to do a DTS elsewhere. It was rough to have him leave so early on and it stirred people up, but God's plan is good in this circumstance and I fully believe he will use this student leaving to bring things up in peoples hearts!
Just a day ago we announced the outreach locations of the school, which are India, Japan, Malaysia/Indonesia, Peru, and Saipan/Guam. We do not have teams yet so not very many people know what staff are going where. The students have until our Friday to tell us where they feel like they should go. [you can pray they have confidence in hearing God's voice!] Hopefully next post I can tell you what the teams will look like a bit more and what ministry we will be doing while overseas!
A few more prayer things are:
Love in our staff team [how to love each other and our students]
Breakthrough in the school [confidence and faith to know our "crap" isn't worth holding on to]
Outreach locations/ministry [countries and hosts will be rested and blessed when we come. And we will know God's heart for that Nation and how to serve them.]
On a different note; it's starting to warm up! Soon it will be full fledged SUMMER! Heaps of sunscreen any moment outside. (:
Well, that's really all I have for today. Thanks heaps for reading. Thank you for each of your support of me. I couldn't be here serving and learning more about God without the support of my family, friends, and home church.
Thank you, děkuji, diolch i chi, शुक्रिया, ¡gracias
Shannon Baxter
671 Samford Road
Mitchelton Queensland, 4053
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