God Word is clear for us to "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.  And behold I am with you always to the end of the age."  (Matthew 28:19-20)

God has already shown himself as seeker, preparer and provider in so many areas of my very short experience in ministry leadership that it's hard for me to imagine bigger, greater and grander.  The verse that keeps running through my head is to "Be still and know that I am God" just rest and revel in His presence and His provision.  It's not about me - it is completely about God using obedient followers to carry out His plan and His mission to make His Glory known.  My mind is so finite.

Just this week, God has shown me so much of His Glory......  It takes my breath and at a loss for words (yes me - at a loss for words) brings me to my face to worship.  God is working in the hearts and lives of the people in inner-city Birmingham.  He is revealing Himself to parents and grandparents through the little hearts of children.  A parent shared with me at kindergarten graduation that her son (who lives with his grandmother) asked her to come sit on the sofa with him so he could read her the bible.  The mother wide-eyed reply was, "the whole thing?"  The little boy encouraged him mother to come sit beside him on the sofa and just listen, the mother not know what she was about to hear the little kindergarten boy opens his bible to the Table of Contents and begins to read the books of the bible to his mother and explains what he has been learning in Sunday school.  This same little boy encourages his grandmother not to just send him to Sunday school but to come with him.  The grandmother asked, "why do you want me to go to Sunday school, I can't go to children's church?"  The little boy in his purity states, "because it will make God happy."   Thank you Father for touching the hearts of children, for revealing your Glory and Truth to them.  Thank you Father for breaking me and showing me my need to be obedient to the Word to make disciples. 

Today, was an emotional day at Divine Faith Missionary Baptist Church praying and sending me out to serve a people group in West Africa that has never heard the name of Jesus Christ.  The children cried, "but I'm gonna miss you!"  But having the chance to explain that I am going to Niger to do exactly what I'm doing at Divine Faith --  Share the Gospel, Teach others about God's truths and what Jesus did for them on the cross.  With much reluctance they give me the biggest hug ever and we "pinky promise" that I'll come back and tell them all about the people of Africa and be their Sunday school leader again.

The children are His heritage and God is using them in mighty ways.  A mother stands up this morning to state that her son reads his bible at home now and has said things and done things that she never thought he would do and how she had noticed a difference in her sons attitude since he had started attending Sunday school on a regular basis.

May this journal entry be a testimony to never - ever underestimate the power of the Gospel.  God's Word is sharper than any double edged sword piercing through bone and marrow to the core of the heart to reveal His greatness to the lost.  Just as I have encouraged my children in Sunday school to be bold in their faith and be sure to share God's truth with someone on the school bus, the play ground, their parents or their grandparents because it the Power of Salvation to ALL who believe.  Just as Ms. Lisa goes to be obedient to the Heavenly Father - you go in the direction God is leading you and be obedient to the Heavenly Father.

Psalm 127:1
Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.  Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.