Ephesians says that God is able to do exceedingly and abundantly beyond what we can ask or imagine. And as I hear that 5 people came to faith at the Hope Fair, the Dreyfus Foundation wants to meet with the leadership of Manhattan Bible Church to create community based programs, and that students from this past six weeks are making radical commitments to follow Jesus, I am on the brink of tears.
God's love is higher, deeper and wider that human eyes will ever see or our minds comprehend. He desires for all to know Him and will go to any lengths to see it done. So, if he must take an angry black kid from Brodnax, Virginia to Columbia University, disciple him under White and Asian leadership, and send him into a justice ministry centered on Latinos in Washington Heights and carried out by college students from Hong Kong to Rhode Island and Miami to Seattle so that 5 immigrants from the Dominican Republic who didn't know Him can come to faith -- that's exactly what He will...
It was cool for a July night. The breeze felt pleasant as it brushed against my skin and hair. Mine was one of six laughing faces enjoying the breeze and the company sitting on a stoop in the South Bronx.
I don’t remember how the conversation started. How does one become engaged in an in depth conversation with fellow staff worker, three students, and her visiting sister about the origins of language-all while sitting on the fronts steps of an old church on 500 Grand Concourse?
I don’t remember everything we talked about that night, but I do remember how much we laughed. It was wonderful being able to laugh with abandon while having a fairly serious conversation starting with the...
As I sit in Brooklyn Tabernacle and praise God for being a Redeemer, a Messiah, a Healer - I am overcome with how gracious He is. He has done exceedingly and abundantly beyond what I could ask or imagine in the hearts of students this summer. Stripped fear and depression from those who seemed paralyzed by the unknown and uncertainty. He has brought resources to those never thought any help would come. He has brought listening ears to those who just wanted to be heard. He has healed hearts and mended brokenness in those serving and those being served.
Freely He gave it all to us and He calls us to freely give it back to Him. I saw every student freely give those gifts that He has so lavished on them to those who were in need in Washington Heights and the South Bronx. He invites us to invest in eternity and they accepted that invitation.
I am thankful for the opportunity that God has given me to be a ...
I don’t even know where to start. I don’t even know where to begin puzzling
in every single God moment that is going on. Did it start this morning when
we were feeding the homeless? Or during dinner when we were trying to plan
out where to go after. By some coincidence it was Niki, Charlie and I who
ended up together after dinner. By some coincidence, we didn’t go play pool
like we said we would and we didn’t watch the movie because the theaters
were full. By some coincidence a metal bar fell on a lady’s toe right
outside of strand and by some coincidence I happen to walk by her and had a
bandage in my wallet which I gave her. What are the chances right? And by
some coincidence, we went to *Think* coffee to hangout out, and later
decided to make a detour to *Artichoke* before we headed home.
We met Jorge on 14th street and 3rd avenue. Jorge Melar Jr was passed out on
the side of the street with puke all over his face...
To my Almighty Father in Heaven,
Sovereign Lord of All Creation, you who takes away the sins of the world
You alone have the power to change the world, you alone can soften a person’s heart, and you alone can save
Hear the cry and pleads of my brothers and sisters who are being wronged by the evil of this world and the darkness of man’s heart.
Come swift like a thief in the night and bestow peace and mercy on their frail and broken souls
May your justice linger in the places of injustice, may it save the innocent, may it call to action your servants, may it bring hope to the hopeless, and may it bring faith and love to the abandoned.
Lord you alone can save the people of this world from themselves through your everlasting living Son Jesus
Lord I just ask that you may use my talents and gifts that you have bestowed upon me to do your work without falter.
That my brokenness may be your strength, that my eyes may see...