Christmas is about capturing & appreciating “moments”.
This Christmas I got to head up to snow country with a family friend (The Ainslie’s, they are special to me beyond words can express & we had so much fun!),
got to have Hometown Buffet with my mum (her favorite spot to eat in the world, not sure why? but we ended up talking for 3 hours in there!),
got to watch “Amazing Grace” with my papa (even though he fell asleep within the first 15 minutes =P, what an incredible and inspiring movie though, it gave me passion to keep on keeping on living and fighting for justice. I love autobiographies of heroes.),
spent a whole day and a half with my sister Joyce in Davis (where she diagnosed my health as near complete break down :P, put me on a vitamin plan, showed me how to cook and eat healthy, got me into a portable sauna to reset my hypothalumus time clock, taught me how to breath in and out to relax my mind, while giving me the greatest full body massage I’ve ever had in my entire life, I love you Joyce!),
What does rest look like? I haven’t been sleeping too well lately. Probably too much on my mind, because I’m doing too much on my own. God wants us to work, but not before we rest.
This past year of ministry has been fruitful. Although, I wish I had not pushed myself as hard as I did (we learn from our mistakes), God continued to pour out His mercy again and again. I am thankful for God’s faithfulness, for even when we are unfaithful He is faithful. It is in perfect weakness that He is made strongest in our lives. I’ve been going on six years of non-stop itinerant traveling ministry, I think I need a break. This morning as I was praying and driving up from Socal to Norcal, I felt the Holy Spirit impress upon my heart the word “Jubilee” over and over again.
In the Old Testament “Jubilee” meant “freedom, restoration, favor, rest and peace” it was the year of rest. The Jubilee was the 50th year, but it was connected with the year of Sabbath which was the 7th year in a 7 year cycle for Israel. There were 6years of work and on the 7th year it would be a year of rest, restoration, blessing and favor. I believe God is asking me to take a year of rest soon as I enter into my 7th year of leadership & ministry responsibility.
I just got back a few days ago from our revival mission in Malaysia & meetings in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
My heart is full of joy when I think about all the salvations of lost souls coming to Christ that we witnessed in Malaysia & later in Hong Kong at the Franklin Graham Crusade. The harvest is truly plentiful!
* In Malaysia we did two nights of miracle outreaches and saw over 600 students give their lives to Jesus Christ!
* Miracles broke out on the streets as hundreds of students were activated in prophetic evangelism to win the lost
* The Holy Spirit gave me a prophetic word of knowledge of a specific man, with a specific name (I can’t mention) who leads a major political party in the Muslim Government of Malaysia. I had no idea this man existed, but the Holy Spirit knew and when I called forth his name he was astonished and the word was that he would one day be the Prime Minister of this nation, change the constitution of the land according to God’s principles and be used to turn Malaysia into a Christian nation. We ministered to him for over an hour prophetically and every word confirmed his calling and he was greatly encouraged. Pray for him and the nation of Malaysia to turn to Christ!
This is an article that came out in the UCLA Daily Bruin on Friday :) It’s about what our students in Passion Church are doing to counteract the preachers on our universities who bash and condemn people by preaching and living out the opposite, LOVE.
I’m proud of our student leaders in PC at UCLA, they boldly go out and preach the Gospel with the true heart of Christ every week on Bruin Walk. Now, what they are doing is having impact on students not just at UCLA, but campuses everywhere by showing us that love is the better way :) Read below…right on!
Lead by example, not yelling
* Lana Yoo, Bruin columnist
* Published: Friday, November 30, 2007
I’d never before imagined that I’d be called a whore, especially in public – and by a priest.
But, indeed, in his pious eyes, I am dirty and immoral, deserving to roast in hell.
I am also a poor, lost soul in need of salvation and pity. Or so I have felt when being approached by other evangelists on campus.
Never mind that we actually share the same religion.
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