Week 7&8

Friends,

I have had difficulty getting around to blogging this past week. Last week we talked about Intimacy with God and this week we talked about the Holy Spirit. There were several things that stuck out to me when we talked about Intimacy with God. The first thing that has stuck with me is that “we can lead others no further than we go ourselves.” Thus, it is so important to continually be going into a more intimate relationship with Christ. I have also begun to realize the importance of “doing the possible and letting God take care of the impossible.”

I have struggled for some time with trusting and wanting a deeper faith. What I have learned this week is that “Trust is not given; it is gained by getting to know the one you trust in.” Thus, it is important to spend more time getting to know God if I want to grow in intimacy with Him. I have also learned that the best way to grow in faith is to do the very next thing you hear God say to do. God honors us when we do what He asks.

This week we talked about the Holy Spirit, who He is, what His purpose is, and where He is seen throughout scripture. It was a refreshing and encouraging time. Through this study I saw even more that in leading people to Christ it is the Holy Spirits responsibility. I am just a witness. It was so awesome to see through scripture we who believe have that same Holy Spirit in us that Christ had in Him. It is breathtaking and humbling.

These past two weeks we went for our local outreaches to Clarkston. We had so many children come and play with us. If I had to put a number on the amount of children I would say fifteen, but it was such a fluid group it was really hard to keep track. I have seen that this is catching the parents’ attention. Pray that God would work on their hearts and give us opportunities to share with them in these next couple of weeks.

We have not done prayer stations in a while just because of the busy schedule. However, this past week we went to Georgia Tech and talked to English language learners. I talked with people from Colombia, Saudi Arabia, and Korea.

Prayer Requests:

- Continued team unity

• This coming week on Friday (June 19) we are doing a Cook-out on our property for the neighbors:

  • Pray for finances to come in for the meat, bread, and other food that we need to provide. (We have $0.00 budgeted for it, but
    

  • Pray for protection over all those who come.

  • Pray for divine appointments

  • Pray for creative ideas for games

  • Pray for Godly wisdom in how we follow up those who come.

• We will be talking about Spiritual Warfare so be in prayer that we will have prepared hearts for the discussions ahead.

• Pray for Clarkston that God would open doors and hearts in the next couple of weeks.

• July 1st we start the outreach phase

• July 4th we are doing an outreach to downtown Atlanta.

  • Pray for open doors.

  • Pray for hearts to be prepared.

  • Pray for wisdom and direction in our conversations with people.

• Pray for safe travels as we go into the various places of outreach.

**When we go into outreach I will not have the ability to update my blog so I just ask that you would continue to pray over this up coming month.**

Thank you all for your support.

Aimee