We have the resources to fulfill the Great Commission.
We have the the people to fulfill the Great Commission.
What is holding us back?
FEAR
May the Lord grant us faith that cultivates courage and courage that is
propelled forward by fearlessness.
There are still a billion people who have yet to hear the name of Jesus. I challenge you to find your calling in being a part of global evangelization specifically among these unreached.
There are still a billion people who have yet to hear the name of Jesus. I challenge you to find your calling in being a part of global evangelization specifically among these unreached.
Jesus
says, to whom much is given, much is required (Luke 12:48). We have been given much and thus, we are
responsible to help those in need. 1 John 3:17-18 says, “…If anyone has the
world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him,
how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or
talk but in deed and in truth.”
My account of a day in India-summer 2013.
I wake up with an urge to pray for a spirit of fearlessness.
Lord, make me FEARLESS
give me COURAGE
Mark me with your BOLDNESS
make me FEARLESS.
All day long I pray this, as India is a fearful place...My roommate and I are traveling around this vast country…and India is a man's world. We really have to trust the Lord for everything. We do not know the language or culture. It is fearful to step out and share the gospel and pray for the sick. I am afraid of the overwhelming heat. I am afraid of going to the place of Hindu worship. I feel so much darkness, I can hardly handle it BUT in the midst of this darkness, the Lord fills me with the most awesome fearlessness and power.
Lord, make me FEARLESS
give me COURAGE
Mark me with your BOLDNESS
make me FEARLESS.
All day long I pray this, as India is a fearful place...My roommate and I are traveling around this vast country…and India is a man's world. We really have to trust the Lord for everything. We do not know the language or culture. It is fearful to step out and share the gospel and pray for the sick. I am afraid of the overwhelming heat. I am afraid of going to the place of Hindu worship. I feel so much darkness, I can hardly handle it BUT in the midst of this darkness, the Lord fills me with the most awesome fearlessness and power.
So I pray, Lord,
make me fearless, and give me courage. Mark me with your boldness and make me
fearless. All day long I
pray this and that night my friend and I actually end up sleeping on the streets
of India! (Not on purpose)
As I lay on the dirty blue bench I cry to the Lord in desperation, “God, You
are my Father! How could you let this happen to me?! My earthly father would not
approve! In fact, he would do anything to get me off the streets of India to a
safe place.”
I feel the Lord, speak to my heart, “Holly, didn’t you pray for
fearlessness? Didn’t you pray for boldness and courage? Yes, I am your Father,
and I love you more than your earthly father and this is exactly where I want
you.”
I look up from the bench I am laying on and see a bird land in its nest. I actually
think it would be nice to be that bird, safe and at home! I remember Jesus
telling those who want to follow him, “Birds of the air have nests, but the
Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.”
I feel the Lord asking, “Holly, are
you willing to follow me? I want you to be fearless of the darkest night. I
want you to see all these people who sleep on the streets. Do you to see all
these young mothers and children who I love and died for? You are responsible. The
Church is responsible.”
There are 2.2 billion children in the world and 1 billion of them live
in poverty. UNICEF estimates that
22,000 children under the age of 5 die every day from starvation or preventable
diseases. This is equivalent to 1 child dying every 4 seconds and 14 children dying every minute.
The Lord calls us
to a radical faith. Are you willing to follow Him?
David Platt says it well, “For the sake of more than a
billion people today who have yet to even hear the gospel, I want to risk it
all. For the sake of twenty-six thousand children who will die today of
starvation or a preventable disease, I want to risk it all. For the sake of my
life, my family, and the people who surround me, I want to risk it all.”
Help me help them...this fall 2014 I am planning to move to Nepal. I will also be very involved in missions in Bangladesh, Pakistan and India.
Support my mission:
(Type "Holly Liedstrand" in the memo)
or
Make check out to "Oasis Church"
(Memo: "Holly Liedstrand")
Address: 1008 Biltmore Ave. Lynchburg, VA 24502
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