Will you jump?

Greetings in the name of Jesus!

We had an amazing time of worship at The Rockingham Corps this morning. The Spirit was moving in a powerful way. I thank God for His ministry to us all today.

I put together the lead for the meeting and was preaching. The theme of the service was 'A Soldier bound for glory', so we had a lot of Warfare/Soldier songs which really stirred and challenged the troops.

One of my roles, since starting at Rockingham is that of Acting Bandmaster, which I am enjoying immensley and am learning heaps from.

We started off the service with the band playing the prelude, which was Storm the forts of darkness. It was different to how we normally play it. I wrote a 4 bar fanfare to begin the song and each band member were standing around the worship hall. The congregation had no idea what was happening, but when they realised they started singing and praising God. It was amazing!

In the message, I spoke about being strong and courageous warriors! I used Scripture found in Joshua and I also spoke about the Founders vision of the lost. For the Altar call I felt a strong sense to do a call for Soldiers to re-commit and re-dedicate their lives to God. This also included a call for Soldiership and Adherency. There was a Soldier's Re-dedication certificate thing that we made up, with our doctrines and some other pledges on it that are found on the articles of war. I asked to Soldiers if they would 'Jump into the water' and save the multitudes that are perishing.

The Holy Spirit was moving in a powerful way! We celebrate God's presences!
We had 25 public responses made. 21 of those were Soldiers saying 'Yes, we will jump in again and again and we desire to re-dedicate ourselves to God Almighty'. 3 were members of the congregation saying 'We want to be Soldiers... We will jump and save the multitudes perishing'. And there was another guy who came up asking for prayer.

All glory to our Great, Holy and Living God! I trust you are rejoicing with me in this great victory!

Ohhh...How could I forget...I lead an Army Chorus time and asked for testimony's in between each chorus. People were sharing their testimony's and one guy said "I need to share a miracle that happend!!" Hallelujah!!!!

Glory, Honour, praise and power to our Great God!

Fire a volley!!! Hallelujah!!!

A Soldier Bound for Glory!

Greetings in the name of Jesus!

I want to start off this blog by shouting three words....

are you ready?

Here goes.....I LOVE JESUS!

Would you shout it out load wherever you are?

God has been pouring the blessings on me during ministry at the Rockingham Corps in Western Australia! God is working in a powerful way and people's lives are being changed!

I preached and led last week in 2 different services and I'm preaching again this week. The the whole meeting is called 'A Soldier bound for glory' and there will be a call for new soldiers as well as a call for present soldiers to renew and re-dedicate themselves to the LORD! I believe that it is going to be an incredibly powerful meeting where we will see people stand and say 'I'll stand for Christ'. Soldiers it's time to arise and march on to battle!!

Would you please pray for the meeting, pray that people's hearts will be open and that the Spirit of God will move in an incredibly powerful way! God is ABLE! Yes!!!

Will write another blog in the next day or so!

Blessings Abundant!

A continual Conversation!

Greetings in the name of Jesus!

What a fabulous week I've had serving the Lord! What a privilege, what a blessing, what an honour it is to serve our Great King.

I love the Lord Jesus Christ and I absolutely love to serve Him. This week has been my first week at Rockingham and I am so, so blessed by the amazingly faithful work that is carried out here.

I've been able to serve God in the kitchen, serve God through the playing of instruments, serve God by cleaning, serve God by working welfare, serve God by doing stats/finances/admin work. And there is so much more!

You see friends, We have the amazing opportunity to serve God with whatever we are doing. Last year Major Daniels leant me a devotional book based on 'The Practise of the presence of God' by Brother Lawrence. The concept of this book is quite an amazing thing to grasp. Brother Lawrence talks about a CONTINUAL CONVERSATION with God. AMAZING! We believe that we're always in His presence, and He tells us in Joshua that He'll NEVER leave us, nor forsake us. So, doesn't it make sense to be always in conversation with Him? Continually! It means we can converse with God whether we are in Corporate worship, or private worship, whether we're gardening or cleaning or serving others. We can be in continaul conversation with God. What a HUGE privilege!

I love to serve God and I look forward to all He has in store for me, here in Rockingham. May I serve Him faithfully, in every situation and at every time. My God is so BIG, so STRONG and so MIGHTY and He is able! Hallelujah!

I'm praying that God would anoint me afresh with His mighty Holy Spirit, that I may bo totally, wholly and wholeheartedly focused on Him. Yes Lord, let it be so!

Amazing Rockingham!!!!

Greetings in the name of Jesus!

Rockingham is amazing! I had my first experience on Sunday of how church is done here. We have 2 services on a Sunday. A traditional one a 9am and then a cafe style church called 24/7 at 10:30. Both of these are wonderful expressions of Salvationism.

The people here are very welcoming and very open to the Spirit's leading. Tonight we have a Boundaries course starting up, and I'll definatetly be there for that. Boundaries is certainly something that I need to work on, for my own benefit and for the benefit of others. It's my desire to have strong and clear boundaries. It's essential for good, effective leadership.

I'm enjoying having my own unit! I've been cooking for myself which has been great. I've enjoyed going for walks along the beach at night and just being in complete awe of God's beautiful creation.

I went out for breakfast yesterday with Anne & Lance, and some friends and we walked along the pier and were blessed to see about 7 dolphins. Absolutely breathtaking! Lance is gonna take me out on his boat, and we might even manage to make some time for a bit of fishing and crabbing! Bless the Lord O my soul!

I love Jesus! And I rejoice in His great victory and I'm living in His victory! What a wonderful Lord He is. He loves us, cares for us, guides us, shows us great compassion and He sees all that we can be. I long to be who Jesus wants me to be, what He created me to be! Mould me Lord, to be more like you!!! Hallelujah!

Hello Rockingham!!!

Greetings in the name of Jesus!

I'm in Rockingham and it is an absolutely beautiful place. My unit that I'm staying at is right on the beach, and on Monday I'll start having my morning devos on the beach - Bless the Lord O my soul!

Captains Lance and Anne Jeffrey are the Corps Officers here, and it really is an honour to be serving under then at Rockingham. They have a heart for the community and for God. It's amazing to see all that God is doing through them. Please pray for God's Spirit to continue to move in a powerful way in Rockingham.

I don't have a phone in my unit, so my main communication with be internet (when I'm at the hall) and my mobile phone. So give me a call sometime!

This weekend we have a huge mussel festival on the foreshores. So you know where I'll be going after church on Sunday. haha - My Dad LOVES mussels....I'll try not to tease him about it!

Yesterday was my first day in Rockingham and it was a jam-packed day! The Salvos here were involved in helping a man from the community by doing a garden make-over. They did this with a substantial amount of help from Bunnings Warehouse. They went to Bunnings and started the ball rolling and Bunnings then ran the project. It was a great experience...Do you need grass laid? Give me a call...

Then we had about 30 kids at Kids Club in the afternoon. Most of you know that I LOVE kids ministry, so this was really exciting to see all that is going on with the kids in Rockingham. Then Lance, Mavis and I went collecting at 6 pubs. It was wonderful!

And I finished the night, sitting down with Lance watching the Doggies vs. the Saints. And the Bulldogs were victorious!! I'm an avid Bulldogs supporter!!! Go the Doggies!!!

I'm really excited about what God is doing and I'm getting a growing sense that it's really only the beginning! Lord, use us to do Your will! Hallelujah!

Hope you're all doing well and going strong in the Lord!!

All of God's abundant blessings to you!!!

Shalom!

Farewell Harry Hunter!

Greetings in the name of Jesus!

Well, here I am on the eve of my last day at the Harry Hunter Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation centre. There are many thoughts going through my head as I reflect on my time here.

I have witnessed first-hand the amazing power of God as He is the strength of many who enter and go through the program. I have seen the shackles of drug and alcohol addiction be completely abliterated by the power of God. I have people's lives changed by the Gospel of Christ. I have seen people making positive decisions in their recovery. I have seen people become more Christ-like. I have seen people saved and seen them hand over their whole lives completely to God! Hallelujah!

I have seen some people be dismissed from the program for various reasons. I have seen people decide to leave, again for various reasons. I've seen people move on to greater things, to continue in their recovery.

I've seen people graduate the program! I have seen people who have completed the program moving on and doing great things. I have built relationships with people. I have shared Jesus with people. I've been involved in the lives of those doing the program, and have had them be a significant part of my life.

I have learnt so much. I've grown so much in my awareness of addictions. I've learnt about the program. I've learnt more about God. I've learnt more about myself.

Saying goodbye is always going to be hard. Especially because I love people and have built such great relationships with those here, so it will be sad to say goodbye. However, with every goodbye, is a hello, and in a matter of days I will be saying hello to my new family in Rockingham. God is good!

God is able! He is able to do more than we could ever ask or imagine! My prayer for the whole of my time in WA has been that God would 'exceed my expectations'. My expectations have been very high and God has well and truly exceeded them, and I believe He'll continue to exceed them. He is faithful!