Yesterday afternoon I was thinking about how to hand this whole ministry off to 
someone else. I came home in the afternoon after a morning meeting with our pastor adviser and an intense situation with a summer project in town....and just crashed, my body wiped out.
This low point hit me in the middle of a lot of other great stuff happening...lots of people coming to Christ, an outstanding visit from a California church that may lead to additional full-time laborers, growing connections with pastors and ministries, etc. I began to see the correlation.
In the midst of growing ministry power and influence for Christ, the spiritual warfare has taken on a new level. The Lord in His graciousness has made this obvious to my team and me.
The church group that came down had a heightened sense of the spiritual warfare going on and bathed themselves and our ministry in prayer. It was evident by their protection and power in the city during their time with us.
Then, speaking with some of the leaders of the missionary kid project here in the city lead to greater awareness. These missionaries have lived all over the world and traveled to literally hundreds of cities in dozens of countries. Without any prior context on the spiritual battle in Mexico City, they began to share how their ministry has been more difficult and spiritually heavy in this city than in anywhere else in the world. They described several instances of warfare and difficulty.
I have no doubt that with our upcoming mobilization events, Satan has increased his level of forces in the city. Idolatry and paganism have deep roots here, and he refuses to relinquish strongholds setup against the kingdom of God. I ask you to join us in concerted prayer for the world's second largest city and for our band of Gideon warriors believing God for the impossible.
I am convinced that we are on the edge of major spiritual breakthrough, and I don't say that lightly or with a distant hope. I say it with a great degree of certainty. I will share why in my next post.
Please pray for us and for our Rick Warren mobilization event on August 8th with 3,000 pastors and our student event with over 3,000 students on September 20th.
someone else. I came home in the afternoon after a morning meeting with our pastor adviser and an intense situation with a summer project in town....and just crashed, my body wiped out.This low point hit me in the middle of a lot of other great stuff happening...lots of people coming to Christ, an outstanding visit from a California church that may lead to additional full-time laborers, growing connections with pastors and ministries, etc. I began to see the correlation.
In the midst of growing ministry power and influence for Christ, the spiritual warfare has taken on a new level. The Lord in His graciousness has made this obvious to my team and me.
The church group that came down had a heightened sense of the spiritual warfare going on and bathed themselves and our ministry in prayer. It was evident by their protection and power in the city during their time with us.
Then, speaking with some of the leaders of the missionary kid project here in the city lead to greater awareness. These missionaries have lived all over the world and traveled to literally hundreds of cities in dozens of countries. Without any prior context on the spiritual battle in Mexico City, they began to share how their ministry has been more difficult and spiritually heavy in this city than in anywhere else in the world. They described several instances of warfare and difficulty.
I have no doubt that with our upcoming mobilization events, Satan has increased his level of forces in the city. Idolatry and paganism have deep roots here, and he refuses to relinquish strongholds setup against the kingdom of God. I ask you to join us in concerted prayer for the world's second largest city and for our band of Gideon warriors believing God for the impossible.
I am convinced that we are on the edge of major spiritual breakthrough, and I don't say that lightly or with a distant hope. I say it with a great degree of certainty. I will share why in my next post.
Please pray for us and for our Rick Warren mobilization event on August 8th with 3,000 pastors and our student event with over 3,000 students on September 20th.
