A Word from God . . .

fear not God can be trusted.

Thank you for your prayers.

Maya Angelou once said that 
"One person speaking the word of God is a majority."

When you have a word from God
you can walk across the water
and through the sea
and find yourself on the other side.

But words from God are tricky.
God told Moses that he would know 
that this word from God was true
when they worshipped on the mountain--
after leaving Egypt.

In other words, every word from God
requires that risky, mirky, ambivalent
step 
or many steps
of faith.
And when you walk in faith
everyone and everything 
will rise against you
to test the word.

On Tuesday I met with Mehdi Andre to talk about 
the French Translation project.
And I was paying attention to our podcast numbers.
They are very good.
The are three times the English numbers, 
and here and there
even higher than that.
I assumed that Mehdi had been using social media to promote them.

"No.  
No, we have done nothing to promote the podcasts.
The Lord is adding to our numbers every day."

I shared this with friends who know about ministry in France.
What we are experiencing is very unusual.
We stepped out because of a word from God two years ago
and it has signs that we are seeing a miracle.

Ten years ago I asked our prayer team to say this declaration:
"Belonging House is a global fellowship . . ."
Some of them laughed at me, 
but I had a word from the Lord.
And every word from God is
risky,
mirky,
and ambivalent.
And you always second guess--
but if you have faith you keep going.

Faith is in the going,
not the thinking.

Today we have more in our community 
outside the United States
than in it.

Please keep us in prayer,
these realities are making it clear 
I need to go back to the UK
at least for a season.

Thank you to everyone who responded to my special email on Monday.
God is good
and we will see his goodness
in the land of the living.

He Never Fails,

Christ