Ever since I became a Christian, God put in my heart the desire to chase after Him as fast as possible, and doing this has taken me through many adventures and hardships. God has used all my circumstances to help me grow tremendously in my faith in His goodness and sovereignty. I still have so much growth to go. As Paul says it: "I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things (spiritual maturity) or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us." Philippians 3:12-14 NLT
About a month ago I realized that I had some rising fear in my heart about moving to India. The fear is related to my thoughts about how uncomfortable and hard life will be in a third world, non-Christian, non-western country. I have sometimes cried out to God in agony, asking him to take this fear from my heart and give me a heart of courage, and the desire to pursue spreading the gospel to the most unreached, most dangerous places on the earth. I'll admit it, I was very scared to even start to pray this prayer. I was afraid that if God gave me this desire, then surely I would follow it and go live in a crazy place.
Well, I've gotten over this lie in my head and realized that "God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work." 2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV
And...
"my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19
Once I realized that if God gives me this desire, He will also equip me with all strength, courage and faith that I need to persevere even in the hardest circumstances. It was a break through moment for me, when I realized this, and God has helped my faith and confidence in His promises of grace to grow abundantly over the last few months.
For now we believe that Oles will continue working in business and I will continue teaching english and doing english clubs, and we pray that we will grow spiritually and in God's grace, so that He will prepare us for the right time to move to India to be missionaries. We believe that the work God will prepare for us in India will be by working with orphans, studying Hindi, and preaching the gospel.
There's several reasons why we believe that God is preparing our hearts to go to Delhi:
1. Our hearts are broken for the lost people, and god has directed our hearts to have a special desire to focus on the people of India. We desire to see as many people saved as possible before the coming of the King Jesus, at His return.
2. Delhi is a corridor for us to eventually go to even more unreached parts of India.
"my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19
Once I realized that if God gives me this desire, He will also equip me with all strength, courage and faith that I need to persevere even in the hardest circumstances. It was a break through moment for me, when I realized this, and God has helped my faith and confidence in His promises of grace to grow abundantly over the last few months.
For now we believe that Oles will continue working in business and I will continue teaching english and doing english clubs, and we pray that we will grow spiritually and in God's grace, so that He will prepare us for the right time to move to India to be missionaries. We believe that the work God will prepare for us in India will be by working with orphans, studying Hindi, and preaching the gospel.
There's several reasons why we believe that God is preparing our hearts to go to Delhi:
1. Our hearts are broken for the lost people, and god has directed our hearts to have a special desire to focus on the people of India. We desire to see as many people saved as possible before the coming of the King Jesus, at His return.
2. Delhi is a corridor for us to eventually go to even more unreached parts of India.
3. It will give us the opportunity to share the gospel by speaking english until we learn Hindi.
4. We will be able to obtain a visa by entering India as students to learn Hindi at a University in Delhi.
4. We will be able to obtain a visa by entering India as students to learn Hindi at a University in Delhi.
5. It will give us access to hospitals to start our family, and continue to care for my severe back pain.
So the prayer requests that we have now are:
1. For God to reveal to us when we should go to Delhi, India
2. For God to supply for our needs (especially financially)
3. For God to help us prepare spiritually for this great step in faith to fulfill the Great Commission.
So the prayer requests that we have now are:
1. For God to reveal to us when we should go to Delhi, India
2. For God to supply for our needs (especially financially)
3. For God to help us prepare spiritually for this great step in faith to fulfill the Great Commission.
Here's a video we found a few months ago that pictures some typical scenes from India. Watching it gets me excited!
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