We have already stepped into another new year. As far as we are concerned, this will be a year of greater impact, broader vision and a deeper relationship with God.
We want to thank everyone for your encouragement, prayers and donations over the past months. The Body of Christ is scattered, but together we are working for God’s Kingdom. In whatever place we are.
We believe that the Holy Spirit wants to work further unity among His children this year, so that the noses are pointed in the same direction. Focused on what God is doing at this time.
The Lord is calling people all over the world out of sin and darkness to His heart. To cleanse us as the Bride of Jesus. A radiant Bride who is focused on her Bridegroom and has been cleansed and set apart for Him. We live in this world, but we are not part of this world. We follow Jesus and His way of life. Ready to meet Him. The time is short. Jesus is coming back soon. Events in the world are spiraling toward a climax.
We became very aware of this again when we recently wanted to buy a coffee maker for Uiliam, whose birthday it was. A lot of coffee is drunk here, but it is still made by hand. So boiling a pan of water and slowly pouring it on the filter over a thermos. So an appliance seemed like a nice addition to the family.
To our surprise, we found out that we could not buy a coffee maker in a particular store because we are tourists and not Brazilian. We are not registered. We need some kind of SSN for that. So buying something anonymously is no longer possible.
Pretty strange, standing there at the cash register and being asked to leave the store empty-handed.
Hmm, so this is how it feels when you are not part of a system and you cannot buy and sell. Exactly as it is described in the Bible about the end of times for Christians. (Revelation 13 verse 11 to 18) It is getting closer and closer. Another example that the trap of the control system is closing considerably.
We already know that China has a point system of participation in society tied to good behavior. We also know that a similar system is being instituted under the radar in Europe. But from Brazil, we didn’t know yet. Let us run the race while it is still light and be good representatives of our Father.
In the end, with a big detour and a few hours later, we did manage to get the coffee maker and Uiliam is more than happy!
As December can always be a bit busy, we had several things. Among other things, we took a week apart to focus on the Lord for further plans from Him.
If there are those who receive an additional word or image from the Lord for us, we would love to hear it.
Here is another beautiful story of God’s greatness.
A while back, Uiliam had an assignment to build a garden at a beautiful beach house. The owner also wanted a lawn. So Uiliam purchased turf to put in the garden. The garden is located on a private beach, which can only be reached by water or a narrow uneven path through the forest.
To transport the turf, he had loaded a large load of grass onto a boat. But a heavy monsoon shower came and lasted until the evening. The grass could not be transported, so he decided to leave the grass on the boat and bring it to the garden the next day.
The next morning, to his horror, the boat had capsized and all of his grass lay in the salty sea water near the beach. This is a disaster because grass does not stay alive when it has been in contact with seawater.
In faith, he took the turf out of the water, washed it off and put it around his house anyway. He said, I have a small problem, but it is not a problem for God. Every time when we walked by it, we prayed for the grass and spoke life over it. Green blades appeared again! And after 2 weeks, he was able to put the blessed grass in the garden again.
He told us: in all the 20 years I have been doing this work and plants come in contact with seawater, they do not survive. I have never experienced this before. Praise God for His goodness! We may let His life flow for man, animal and grass.
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I’m reminded of the song:
I know the Lord will make a way for me..
If I trust and do not doubt,
He will surely bring me out,
I know the Lord will make a way for me.
Praying that the Lord will continue to use you as lights there!