girls from auckland....

Hey there..

Just had a great quick trip to Auckland Aglow Training day. I got to hang out with some awesome young woman... ( i hope you read this...)  heres a few pics from the day.. oh there was an awesome young man helping with the worship - so that was a blessing to.  The Generations project is about us all working together to see Gods kingdom be manifest on earth... girls and guys working together to see the harvest come in.  

Just a word about the word....  the word of God is soooooo important for us to grow in our relationship with God. As we need to food to sustain out physical body so we need the word of God living in us to grow our spiritual body. If we are lacking in the word of God we will not be growing. I encourage you all to take time each day to meditate, think about , get into your head and heart Gods word.  I will be writing more about this soon.. so stay tuned.

katie...

SPRING IS HERE.....

Hi there..

Well another season has finished and we have now entered SRING. This is such a beautiful season with so many new things appearing around us. Last week I was traveling in the South Island with Aglow and I have to say that I saw more sheep and lambs than I did people. It was so cool to drive through the country side and see lots of baby lambs, and see blossoming trees.  As we traveled I was sensing that God really was springing up new things. In the spiritual and physical realm. I have been thinking about the birth process in the natural , and the struggle woman go through during their pregnancy.( i don't first hand what this is like...!!) I am guessing that at times during the pregnancy it can be very challenging, tiring, painful, exhausting, emotional, and possibly it can feel like you just want to give up - you want the baby to come sooner than its meant to.  I know that with the new work we are doing in Aglow at the generations project i have felt all these things, and also personally in my life. I  have seen the faithfulness of our loving Father God over the past seasons/years of my life to know that it is definitely worth waiting for this perfect timing, for the new thing to be birthed.

I read a journal entry of mine from 2 years ago and it said "sufffering to bring forth life". As much as I do not like the word suffering i am realising that it is what we have to go through to see the new life. Our ultimate example of the suffering that brings life is what Jesus went through for us. As followers of Jesus we are meant to follow in his footsteps. So girls, as you go through this season of spring, as you face all the different things that come with this I pray you will have grace and strength to keep waiting patiently for the new things God has for you.

Do not give up, do not grow weary in doing good, keep running the race with endurance, keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, and follow HIS example. Feel free to leave a comment, a prayer request or a thought to encourage.