Our Kingdom vs His

Time has flown. I haven't written a blog in nearly two weeks. So I have two weeks worth of lectures to cover in this blog. Lets get it oonnn.

Warfare of the Spiritual kind. This was the basis of our lessons a couple of weeks ago. Our Sensei for the week was Peter Warren, an Aussie who now leads the base in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. A couple of years ago they had a gunman come in and kill some staff members. It was a trying time for the base and Peter, and I think it gave him a good basis to speak on the nature of spiritual warfare and how it relates to the physical.
He had a few interesting theories on certain things, but it was really good to think about and stretch my brain which I think is a good thing. He spoke about the history of the world and universe (and evil) as well as whether all things that occur are Gods plan. If they are according to his plan, even the evil things, does that match his character of a loving God?, and if not, how can he be omnipotent and omniscient or does he limit himself? Woah, theology.
He also spoke on the weapons we have at our disposal, such as worship being a way to bring Gods presence into the darkness. So next time you're worried or feeling oppressed, just worship God and he will “inhabit your praises”
It was all really God to hear a few weeks before we go to India so we can remember what to do when we encounter the markedly different environment of India.

And then, this week we learnt about the Kingdom of God. It really brought everything we've learnt so far into perspective. We are all called to this earth as stewards, so we need to be careful and diligent in the earth and everything we are given to us. The reason we evangelise and do missions is to advance his Kingdom. The main point I got is that Gods kingdom is so different to this one. Even the greatest “christian” worldly kingdom is not going to be fulfilling the true call of God.

So now I have one week of outreach prep before India. This involves packing, cleaning our room and practising skits etc. before we leave. Nine freaking days till I go to India. Continue to pray for me and the team, as well as the other teams going to Mozambique and Papua New Guinea. Also, if you feel called, there are still a lot of people needing finances to go. I ask that if you can spare some money you partner with us to help get them where they need to go.

Love you all, I will try and update one more time before I go, and I don't know how often I'll get to update while I away, but I am in charge of website updates so I should get some chances..