Certain. Confident. Called. This is where I stand on the decision to return home. Since the beginning I knew Phoenix was not my permanent dwelling. God had called me to the desert. He has now called me out. It is time to return home.
Thank you so much for supporting me. Thank you for your prayers and gifts. Thank you for your faith. Thank you for allowing God to use you to impact my life.
“To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth. This is generally said with a sigh of sadness: it should rather be an expression of breathless expectation.” –Oswald Chambers
Pit. Peace. Power. This is where I stand now, on the threshold of the pit. God has made it clear that I am to return home and serve my family. I have no peace in staying here. God brought healing and restoration to my life during my time in the desert, now I must bring that same healing to my family.
“The question is not ‘Can we heal?’ The question, the only question, is ‘Will we let the healing power of the risen Jesus flow through us to reach and touch others, so that they may dream and fight and bear and run where the brave dare not go?’”
–Brennan Manning
“God is in the business of recycling our pain and using it for someone else’s gain.”
–Mark Batterson
The lion is roaring. It would be so much easier to stay rather than face this lion; I am a part of something so BIG here. StreetLight is fighting on the front line, making history by opening its doors. CCV is on the cutting edge and making a bold step to expand its doors. There is no job waiting for me at home, no stability… no beautiful weather either. What in the world are you calling me to do God?!!
“What sets lion chasers apart isn’t the outcome. It’s the courage to chase God-sized dreams. Lion chasers don’t let their fears or doubts keep them from doing what God has called them to do.” –Mark Batterson
God, I know You go before me. I know You have a plan. I know You are good and faithful. I know I can trust You. So here I go. I am grabbing this lion by the mane. This Friday I will leave; this Friday my future is completely Yours. I am ALL IN.
“You can have a sense of destiny because you know that God has considered every contingency in your life, and He always has your best interest at heart. And that sense of destiny, rooted in the sovereignty of God, helps you pray the unthinkable and the impossible.” –Mark Batterson
“Maybe it is time to quit running and time to start chasing. Try something new. Take some risks. Start doing some things that are worth recounting in jaw-dropping detail. “ –Mark Batterson
I will not flee this calling, though it looks like success-suicide to the world. God I believe you will receive all of the glory. The pen is in Your hand. Go ahead; show me what You have written for the next chapter. Let’s see it. I am waiting in immense anticipation for the FULLNESS of Christ that You have in store for me in this life. And I want to share it with the multitudes…
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
–Gil Bailie
Here kitty, kitty, kitty… Bring it on.
