For all those reading my blog, I want to ask you for some urgent prayers in regards to a few matters of importance. First, I want to thank you all for your intercessions for our team in Taiwan during the “onething conference”. The Spirit of the Lord moved in great power as over 2,000+ young adults encountered our passionate Bridegroom Jesus Christ and through this gathering we birthed a new 24-7 prayer movement in Taiwan. The trip was very fruitful and strategic as we are now working with national leaders to develop ongoing training/support for a 24-7 House of Prayer young adult community in Taiwan and also student mission training programs next summer (AFF). It was such a blessing to partner with the IHOP team and our brother and sisters in Taiwan for the Asia for Jesus movement. Thank you!
Urgent Prayers Needed:
Right now, I am in Hong Kong preparing for the “onething conference” Aug 28-30. Then our “blueprint training” for reaching mainland university students. We are in great expectation as the conference will be fully packed with another 2,000 + young adults seeking Jesus as their one desire in Hong Kong. We are believing for a ongoing 24-7 prayer movement fueled with bridal intimacy and nazarite consecration to be birthed and released in this great international city. Pray that Hong Kong youth and young adults would radically seek the Lord in extravagant devotion above all else.
A few months back I had the blessing of leading my man “Kevnish” from the hip hop band “Far East Movement” to the Lord. His pure heart and simple faith in God has inspired me to live with child like faith again. Right now we are working together in producing my first solo album and I can truly say that God sent Kev and the FM crew into my life to discover something in me that I didn’t see myself. You will all have to wait for the finished product of what we are cooking up in the studio…but just know that it’s something from above and ultimately will bring glory to Him. Check out this blog post from Kevnish on the FM website on what God is doing recently in our lives Studio of Light
Luke 12:15
And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
In this past season of my life the Holy Spirit has been speaking to me deeply about the issue of “greed & the love of money.” For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also (Lk 12:24). Jesus said, “No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money (Lk 16:13). Think about it. Which One controls your life?
We live in a consumed consumer society that shouts at us everyday saying, “You need more of this, you won’t be happy without that, you need to look this way, and have these things in order to be accepted, respected and valued by others.” The truth of the matter is this; the things of this world are passing away and only the things of eternity last forever. So why store up in this life? Why hold onto things, when the things of this world don’t last anyways? Why believe the lie that you need more in order to be happy? Life does not consist in the abundance of what one possesses, but life consist in the joy of knowing God. To live is to know Jesus Christ personally, intimately, daily and eternally. Don’t believe the lie that you need more to be happy. You don’t need more, you need less. In having less of the world, you can have more of the kingdom of God.
To everyone in Asia and around the world keep us in prayer as we pioneer the onething young adult movement into Taiwan and Hong Kong this month. This will be an incredibly key gathering of young adults in two major East Asia cities (Hong Kong/Taipei) in order that we may deposit a spiritual DNA that doesn’t go after the hype, but goes after the heart of Jesus Christ in our generation. We are praying that God by His Spirit would raise up an army of forerunners who would live lives dedicated to prayer, fasting and radical devotion in intimacy with the God and Man Christ Jesus. Pray that God opens the heavens over Asia and rends the hearts of the next generation in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China in order to prepare the way of the Lord into this massive land of harvest. If you are in Taiwan or Hong Kong make sure to register asap, from what I know it is almost already sold out for each gathering. onething Taiwan and Hong Kong will take place during and right after the China 2008 Olympics. Now is the time for Asia…let us rise up in wholeheartedness towards the Lord! After One Thing, JMA
I’m back from our one month long training (AFF & Student CPX) for student missionaries in Kansas City, MO. The Holy Spirit showed up in power, birthed a student prayer and mission movement again.
What can I say?
GOD ROCKS!!!!
What Happened at Haskell University?
On the last day of our mission at Haskell University (Harvard of Native American universities) 3 Native American students repented from their sins, made Jesus Christ their Lord and were water baptized the same night! We are now starting a student church movement at Haskell! It was so encouraging to witness this miracle power of God because we had been sowing seeds of faith on this campus for two weeks straight! God is good!
How did it happen? It is very difficult historically and presently for Native Americans to turn to faith in Christ because of the past injustices that have been brought upon their people from Christians in the past who did not obey God’s Word, but rather inflicted pain and suffering. Christianity is known as the “White Mans Religion” and an offense to native peoples. But as we sowed in prayer, built relationships and shared the love of Christ daily at Haskell University to the students there with our student missionaries, God showed up in power and left a abundant blessing upon the first nations people, specifically for their next generation. It was amazing!
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