Faithfulness of God

This week i have been reminded of God's faithfulness, and how even tho we may not always be 100% faithful to Him, He is still faithful to the upmost.
You see this week i have been struggling... been busier than usual, and tired (like really tired), and have struggled to focus, to focus on God and reading the bible, i sit down to do it and after reading a little i have felt like i was about to fall a sleep, (sometimes i even dropped my bible cause i was falling asleep).
Friday night i wasn't even wanting to go out on the street, i wanted to curl up on the couch and watch a movie... however i did end up going out... and was blessed by God by doing so ....
I went to the soup run as normal, chatted to a few people, then the last person that i was chatting to, started to ask me where he could go to get help in changing his life... and that lead to me sharing the Gospel with him...
It reminded me that the cool stuff that is happening here in Adelaide is because God wants it to happen. And He has given people visions of seeing this city saved and promised to do great stuff here... and He has given me the priveledge of being used by Him in this, even when i haven't spent as much time with Him as what i could or would of like to

Gen1 update

Well it has been an interesting month since arriving home. i have been easily welcomed back to the neighbourhood and have been able to catch up with all my friends that I know from the street. It's been great talking with some of these friends and finding out how they are going Most of than \ are doing good. A couple of guys are going to be getting the? own place soon, which is awesome. However there are a couple of people I knar who are back living on the Streets, to different reasons. which I think sux.
At times I wish I had stacks of money, so that I could afford a big house, so that when I meet people who need a place I could write them to stay at the house, with me & other christians. However I don't and I live in apace that is only 2. bedrooms. which mind you basat stopped are from inviting than to stay, whod I have done a couple of times wit females I have met, however majority of people I know from the streets are guys.
Anyway back to Gen 1. . . there is 2 people moving in by the and of the month, which is cool, and I amfully today forward to people living in this house besides Me.
I have another friend who is hoping to move into the city within a month from now. which is very cool. He just needs somewhere to stay.
Another cool thing this week was that I met up with a cell make who hasn't been for like months, and then she came be cell, and he is hoping to bring someone the next time he comes. there is also another 2 people who here said they will come this coming week, which would bring cell up to about 9 or 10 (if they are all there at the snare time), without my friends that are moving in. so Praise the Lord, that He is growing this place.
still building relationships and network any with other ministries in this quarter of the inner city. Also, getting a lot of ideas of stuff that I either was to do or want to see happening here. I just have to listen & decern which ones are what God wants to happen & when He wants them to happen and what of them are just one thinking that it'll be good.
I still have random people sleeping out the front and/or knocking on the front door, it Seems the word has been passed on that this place is safe & you can god you need help.

ecclesiates

Today i read Ecclesiates, and vs 1 and 2 of chapter 5 jumped out to me...

1KEEP YOUR foot [give your mind to what you are doing] when you go [as Jacob
to sacred Bethel] to the house of God. For to draw near to hear and obey is
better than to give the sacrifice of fools [carelessly, irreverently] too ignorant to know that they are doing evil.(A)

2Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and you are on
earth; therefore let your words be few

These verses just reminded me of the importance of coming near and drawing near to God, to listen and hear what He wants to say to us. We need to draw near in order to hear. This day and age, when we have busy lives... it is really easy to come to God and do all the talking and not stopping to listen (answering machine prayers). Verse 2 reminds us that God is in Heaven and we are on earth, meaning God knows what is going on... He likes us talking to Him and telling Him about it, however we don't have to go on and on about it, cause He knows.

It takes some practise to just come near to God and listen and hear what He is saying... In fact it is something that i need to do more... God keeps reminding me to do it... and when i do listen and take that time to stop and come near it Him it is awesome and i love it.

totally off that topic....

the other day i was talking to one of my old cell mates from the soup run, and he told me of an interesting fact....

On the street the Salvos who go out to the soup run to serve, are called Starvos and have been called that by the streeties for a number of years... tho none of them say that to any of the salvos that are out there.... it is a shame that the Salvos are known as that, cause the guys are calling it that cause if they are "starving" they can go to the salvos and get a feed... In some ways and places around Adelaide the Salvation Army has been reduced to just a service... a place or people who they can go to for a feed or help... I pray that God is changing that.

By the way that cell mate came along to cell this week, the first time in like 4 months... it was good fun.. mind you i sort of bribed him with lolliepops, cause he didn't know why he wasn't coming any more.

anyway this blog is long enough and i should go and visit my mum, before i head to work.

created

i went to church today.... and during worship and praising God, i got thinking that we are created in the image of God... that God intended us to be in His image, each and every one of us. However because of sin, people don't live like they are created in the image of God, some even don't know that they have been created in the image of an Almight Awesome God. Sin stops us from knowing this. Which means people don't live out who God created them to be... However there is hope... Cause God has higher intentions for us, He had a plan that allows us to come back to Him, to know and live in God's image. That plan was Jesus coming and dying and rising again, and in the process taking all sin. So once we believe that Jesus did this, and recieve it as the gift that He has offered us, we can come into the presence of God and live in His image. Therefore, becoming all we were created to be.

The small details

Today i was reading 1 kings, where it tells of Solomon building the temple for God... and it gives the details of the all the temple, including the artwork... To be honest i sometimes get bored reading the small details of this... but at one point as i got a little bored, i realised that even if i get bored of the small details ... God doesn't and He is interested in them... not only the small detail that is in the bible but, also the small detail of our ministry, our relationships, and of our lives.
So i praise God that He is interested in every detail of me, big and small.

so long since i have blogged.

it has been so ages since i lasted blogged... and so much has happened in the 2 months that have been since than.
I have spent a month visiting some of my spiritual family in Vancouver.... my time there was awesome, i love all those guys heaps... It was awesome to just hangout with people and be a part of an awesome community. It was such a refreshing time, and reminder of how important community is. Time there just went so fast... i wish i could of stayed longer... but that is always the way, no matter how long i am away for.
There is also exciting news about Gen1.... 2 people are going to be moving in with me (they will have moved in by the end of this month)... and a young adult ministry is going to be happening next door to my place... both are fully awesome. And i feel a real excitment for what God is going to do in the city of Adelaide this next coming year, like i feel as if things are going to explode... and i can't wait... and i thank God that He isn't done, and has given me the strength to keep going... He knows exactly what sort of encouragement that would push me on.
I am now back in Adelaide, and have been back for 2 weeks and 2 days.... but it seems so much longer, cause i am back doing all that i was doing before i left... and people were still sleeping out the front of my place, when i got back. However it got really messy, so i did a clean up, and tied up the shade cloth a bit highier, and people haven't been back.
I have still been building relationships with people on the street, and apparently while i was away people were asking where i was ... which when i heard that, i was a bit suprised/shocked... cause i didn't really see that coming... So i praise God that He chooses to use me on the streets of Adelaide to make and impact... cause i am nothing special, and i am not the sort of person that people are drawn to, however it is happening a bit... and it is all Christ.
I have also had some friends stay at my place for 4 days, and i loved it, it was so great just to have other people in the house... the house became a place of activity, instead of a building where i live, even though i didn't hangout with them all the time, or even see them some days til late in the day... the house just had a different feel about it and i loved it... they left today, and i will probably miss them the next night i am home (i am at work tonight, so it won't be til tomorrow)

Anyway got to get to sleep.
blessings