Brother Yun = One Amazing Man of God

While I've been home I've been slowly reading through Brother Yun's "Living Water" book. I have to say that this man is a man on fire for the Lord and says it like it is and it is so very refreshing! I hate it when authors sugar coat things when people's eternity is at stake! We must preach the gospel in FULL no commission, and no additions. As it is. is enough. Read the following excerpt from the book. I hope it challenges you in your faith as much as it has challenged me. If you want to talk further about this I would be more than happy to have a conversation with you, email or call me.

The will of God should be the primary focus of all Christians. To glorify Him should be our greatest honor and privilege. All else is a waste of time, and this world is perishing while too many Christians live out fleshly lives full of compromise and selfishness.

The good news is that our Lord is loving and merciful, and He will forgive all who come to Him in humility and meekness, He can take your life and make you bold as a lion and bring your days as a timid Christian to an end. Are you willing to submit to this process of being daily shaped and molded by the Holy Spirit?

Reflect on this passage this week.

Job 11:5-9, 13-19

Oh, how I wish that God would speak,

that he would open his lips against you

and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.

"Can you fathom the mysteries of God?
Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

They are higher than the heavens—what can you do?
They are deeper than the depths of the grave —what can you know?

Their measure is longer than the earth
and wider than the sea.

"Yet if you devote your heart to him
and stretch out your hands to him,

if you put away the sin that is in your hand
and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,

then you will lift up your face without shame;
you will stand firm and without fear.

You will surely forget your trouble,
recalling it only as waters gone by.

Life will be brighter than noonday,
and darkness will become like morning.

You will be secure, because there is hope;
you will look about you and take your rest in safety.

You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid,
and many will court your favor.

Set Apart

Here am I. All of Me. Take my life. Take all of me.

Are you testing the waters of following Jesus? Are you just playing the game of Christianity? Enough already! Jump in with everything you are. Follow hard after Him, he deserves a life set apart for Him and His purposes.

I set my life apart for you, so you can do all that you created me to.

I set my heart apart for you, only you will do.

I set my sights on you and your glory how I yearn to see you

All that I am and everything I want to be I lay down at your feet

Submitted to your will in your perfect timing all is made complete.

How great is your splendor how marvelous your works

Endowed in the splendor of salvation undeserving I come to your table

I feast on the richest of fare in your presence, I indulge myself on your mysteries

The deepest riches, hidden treasures, and unutterable secrets are my greatest delight

You are mine tonight.

I want you. everything. all that you will give me.

I yearn. ache. long.

My soul groans within me.

Only you. only you. will do.

I am chasing after you.

More.

Have you ever tasted the best...(insert food here), and couldn't stop thinking about it days, weeks even months after? You think to yourself I want more of....

Why is it that we don't think that about God?

God is continually working miracles in our world do you know what He is doing? If you don't then you should immerse yourself in the great riches of His Kingdom! You've read the stories in the Bible, but do you know that those stories are alive? They are and they are being retold every single day all around the world. If you haven't heard about these miracles or seen these miracles maybe you should be asking yourself why you haven't. This isn't meant to be harsh, but we are supposed to be living in the spirit and that involves His mysteries, don't you think His mysteries include more than everyday life? I do, and I want to know more of His mysteries. Once you open that door to more of Him I promise you won't want to shut it, in fact you will only want and desire to open more doors from there. He is big. Bigger than your imagination, bigger than your world view, bigger than your idea of Him, bigger than your experiences, bigger than your logic, bigger than your expectations. Let Him blow your mind today. Open up the scriptures read about David, Moses, Elijah etc. and imagine how much more God wants to do through YOU!

See I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? -Isaiah 43:19

Exodus 33:18-23 (New International Version)

¹⁸ Then Moses said, "Now show me your glory."

¹⁹ And the LORD said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. ²⁰ But," he said, "you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live."

²¹ Then the LORD said, "There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. ²² When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.²³ Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen."

**Can you imagine seeing God's glory? Moses got to see God's back! What?!? What does that even look like? I wanna see that. do you?**

Isaiah 40:18-31

Hello. No, I Haven't Fallen Off a Cliff.

Hi friends and family,

I'm very sorry this post is so very belated in coming your way. I will catch you up as quickly and concisely as I can.

- First of all this summer was amazing, incredible and life changing for all who were involved. Let me give you just a couple highlights:

Worship- the worship this summer was in a word deep. This summer worship was taken to a new level, a deeper level of intimacy with our Lord and Savior. Many people encountered the presence of God through private and cooperate worship, and lives were changed futures were revealed and bondage was broken.

Healing- the last clinic we had was incredible, we had something like 15 people healed. Praise the Lord! We also had about 5 people surrender their lives to Christ! Our God is so good. The best part is that the church planting team will be able to follow up with those people and hopefully disciple them.

-I was able to go home in August to see some of you (and re-new my visa) and fellowship/catch up with you all. If I missed you, I'm sorry and would have loved to see you had I more time. I'll see you at some point I'm sure, but would love to hear from you in the meantime (e-mail me at: leahbethjohnson@gmail.com).

- I'm back in Mexico at the GFM base. I am on staff now at GFM helping out with administrative tasks for the organization, discipling current mission training school students and continuing relationship ministry in the community. I will be on staff with GFM in Mexico until April, after which time I'm not sure what will happen, but I do feel that the Lord is calling me back to the United States for a time, however I'm not sure where that will be, for how long, and what that will look like. I would appreciate your prayers as I seek God on what's next, and that I wouldn't be consumed with the future but that I would seek God and live completely in today and what He is doing now. Thanks!

For now that's all that's happening in the life of Leah. I'll try and keep you better informed in the future. Love you all!

And so it begins... Welcome to summer!

Hello to all of you.

Yes as it says summer has begun officially here at GFM. Our first summer team arrived last Saturday with 15 participants. We started with 2 days of orientation for the participants and then we headed to Tepos to do outreach. In Tepos we had health camp in 3 different schools where we teach them about how to stay healthy by washing hands, brushing teeth, etc.. It's a great way to help represent the church in Tepos and show that the church there really does care about the community and to get their name out there. It was a great success the kids really enjoyed the lessons and hangin' out with the "Gringos" and the interns and participants really enjoyed playing with the kids and loving on them. The guys helped our Mexican brothers with their new church building. They are in the process of building a new bigger church and the guys helped pour cement which is a lot of work down here because it is all hand mixed. It sounds like it was a good time of fellowship for them all. Jessica, Lindsay and I were in the kitchen for the outreach, we will be handling kitchen stuff for each outreach this summer so it will be a learning, strike that it already has been a learning experience, but I've come to enjoy it.

We are back in Tlaxiaco we got back yesterday and the participants will be leaving tomorrow morning. Our next group arrives on Monday and we will do it all over again, my life won't be lacking excitement or activity for quite awhile. Well until next time...Lots of love from Mexico.

An Elementary Faith

Hello again!

Here is a quick update again on my life:

We have been having a great time with the interns here getting to know them and training them in on the ropes of GFM. This past weekend we went to a village called Tedaa, which you might remember from Spring Break trips. God knew that I needed this trip more than I did, but it was so amazing to just fellowship with my fellow bothers and sisters in Christ and to love on them and be loved on by them. It was fun to see how much my spanish has progressed, its not great mind you but a whole lot better than it was the last time I was there. My heart was filled when I left and it was a hard goodbye. I'm seriously thinking about buying some land and building me a shack there it is so very beautiful and more importantly the people are beautiful. Please be praying for the believers in Tedaa as until recent it hasn't been easy for them.

And as usual God has been teaching me lessons,

Hebrews 6:1-3

Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the Resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And God permitting, we will do so.

This past week my LTG (Life Transformation Group) read the book of Hebrews and even though I have read these verses several times I was struck by them this time. I couldn't believe the Bible's definition of elementary faith! Resurrection of the dead is elementary faith? Wow I know now that I haven't fully tapped into advanced faith because I know for certain that I have never seen someone raised from the dead.

Recently I've been hungering to go deeper in worship and see depths of God's character that I've never seen before. I feel like the past week God has brought me to a deeper level where I feel a freedom I've never felt, and worship I've never experienced and joy I've never felt. God is so good and when I read these verses it makes me excited and saddened all at the same time because there is so much more of God that I have yet to learn about and yet to experience. My prayer for my summer and for yours is that you see God and worship him in ways you've never experienced.

I love you all and thank God for you.

Remember: He loves you so and He is jealous for you.

I just joined CTEN (Commission to Every Nation) which is a fincial institution that helps take care of financial support for missionaries. So now if you feel God leading you to support me financially you can either send money to Just Giveor to CTEN.

If you would like to use CTEN please send your checks to:

CTEN

PO Box 291307

Kerrville, TX 78029-1307

The check should be made out to Commission to Every Nation or CTEN with a note with my name on it.

or if you want to use Just Give:

Go to: https://www.justgive.org/nonprofits/donate.jsp?ein=31-1738321

and in the "Designate My Donation" write: Leah Johnson

Thanks for all your prayers and support!