I like this city. As soon as you cross the state line into Utah you are driving beside the remains of an old, old lake_ it is completely white. I have never seen anything like it other than snow. Salt Lake City is a pretty city. It is at the bottom of mountains so everywhere you go you see mountains. The people are interesting (I like people).
I love God. I love the Kingdom of God. There is certainly no better kingdom to be a part of. Righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost_ this is what His Kingdom has to offer. I love freedom, I love joy, I love purpose... I love God.
Starbucks
As soon as we made the decision to come to SLC I had an excitement and a clear resolve on the inside of me. I was excited to promote the Kingdom of God. It seemed more real to me than ever that God has gifts He wants to give to people. I felt pregnant with things to hand out to people on behalf of the Lord. We prayed for divine appointments. Yesterday morning we went to Starbucks to have a coffee and check our email. Jessica was wearing a shirt that had Scripture on it. A man began to ask her what the Scripture meant... we were suddenly at the appointment we prayed for but didn't know how to get to, apart from faith. The man we met had a desire and a need that we were sent to help meet. He needed prayer and he needed to hear words of faith that would help him be grounded. He needed to hear about the love of God, the grace of God and how God wanted to fill him with Himself. We spent a couple of hours talking with him, yet it felt like only a few minutes. Before we knew it it was the afternoon and we had to get moving to make our next appointment. He prayed to receive the Lord Jesus and we encouraged him to continue to grow in Him.
God is good. He knows where each of us are. He knows what we have need of. He knows how to meet us. He cares to answer our questions and doubts. He wants us to be filled with the knowledge of Him. Thank you Lord. You are so good.
Midtown Manor
We had a church service with about eight or ten patients at the Midtown Manor. It really was church; we had a wonderful time. They had different afflictions bothering them. Some with parkinson's, others mentally afflicted... whatever the case we just went for it, allowed God to come in and had a great time. The Lord's Presence was there and it was very real to us (as He is always so faithful to do) that His Presence and His Word were changing things on the inside of people, for the good.
Note that in Genesis 1, whenever God spoke, whatever He said came to pass. That tells us His Word is full of dynamic, creative power. When His Word is preached things happen; things change. Secondly, it is important to note that each time He created something, He looked at it and saw it was good. That tells us that what God creates is good. So we can know that when His Word is preached in faith, creative things happen; things that are good.
We sang. We praised God together. We worshipped. There was even about five nursing students trying to do work in the back of the room. I don't think they got too much work done; they spent most of the time observing and listening to us. It was a wonderful thing. Statistics say that over 50% of this city is mormon, so I know it was just good for them to get to see something different.
The patients were great. I preached on the fact that they could be a blessing in this earth. It's not dependant on smarts, money or muscle... all that is worthless without love. But if you have love you have the power to be a blessing to people. I know they received it. They really were blessed and so were we. One man was gloriously enabled to rededicate his life to Christ and was overflowing with joy and praise. Thank you Lord for such a wonderful time. It is a great honor to get to serve you.
-vincent
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