More Vision at IHOP

Mike Bickle was sharing with the IHOP family about the vision that God has given him to take in 10,000 orphans. Not over a period of months or years, but he feels it is necessary to be ready to house and take care of all of them if they were all brought to us at the same time. Many of these orphans that were on his heart were those of the sex trafficking trade who at the ages of 5-8 years old are being sold into this sex slavery, boys and girls. The vision is to take these forgotten, unwanted ones and love them. To restore them through the love and resurrection power of Jesus Christ. To put an instrument in each of their hands and train them in the house of prayer. The very ones the enemy brought to a place of what would seemingly be “no redemption”, would now be the ones leading the way in the houses of prayer at the end of the age. Could it be that God is raising us up to love, disciple and train these broken ones in intercession and worship? I can’t put my finger on it perfectly just yet, but God is stirring the waters within me. My heart is becoming more and more tender every day.

Abiding,

Brian Jones

Intercessory Missionary

Easy Like Sunday Mornin'

Today while most of you are preparing for an awesome day in church, Michele and I are preparing in much the same way. We will take our kids to the children’s equipping center then we will go to church...........to work in the 1-2 year old class to help out the full time missionaries who work in the children’s department. Stinky diapers from other people’s children, snot and crying. There are a lot of good times too as many of you know that have kids or kept other’s children. After that, I will go to the IHOP Missions Base to lead a worship set in the GPR...........well, not really. I will be ushering. Am I complaining, absolutely not. God uses things like this to search our hearts. How do you know you can handle a higher road when you won’t be faithful on the low one. I am not suggesting that child care and ushering is the low road. If that is what God has called you to then having to sing on a worship team would probably seem like the low road. You see what I’m sayin’? The Lord is always testing the motives in our heart. Then, if or when we are promoted or exalted, our heart will be that of a servant’s heart. Even if He doesn’t promote us to leadership or exalt us publicly in some manner, trust the Lord to walk you through the seasons of your life and let Him work humility in you. About the time we think we have the “humble thing” down, He will give us another situation or season to test it.
In Christ,
Brian Jones

Hidden Treasure

Matt. 13:44 says, "the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys  that field."  I truly know in my inner man that I have found that treasure.  It is exhilarating to live by faith, fully putting your trust in the Lord.  Scary at times yes, but only because this faith is not yet perfected.  There is a depth that God takes you to when you remove all props and trust Him.  He begins to show you just how little faith you have.  But strength and assurance come because the heart of the King is moved by your act of faith and He in turn draws near to show Himself faithful.  The greatest challenge is the fact that once you make a bold move to step out in faith, things do not always and immediately take the form of what you thought it looked like in your mind's eye.  If you step out in faith to trust the Lord...buckle your seatbelt because the very reason that you thought you were stepping out, may have absolutely nothing to do with what the Lord actually intends to do through you obedience to trust and have faith  It is always more difficulty for us mortals to see the big picture because we are usually looking at our little sphere that we live in.  God is always doing a deep work in us,  so lets hold on, keep trusting and believing and being obedient for He is faithful to complete what He began in us. 

Blessings,

Brian Jones

Desiring Encounter

It was so strange today. I guess I should have more faith when I pray. I asked God to reveal Jesus to me in a deeper way today in class and He answered me after we picked our kids up. He began to show me that He loved us so much that He desired to live among us. TRULY.... He desired to live among us. God loved us so much that He became a man, to feel what we feel, to be tempted by what we are tempted by, to make clear to us that He understands what is is to be human. He actually PUT ON FLESH. What is so amazing is that He restrained His power while He was with us on earth. He could have at any moment had legions of angels assist Him and make it easier. The realization that He REALLY REALLY wants to walk with us in the cool of the day as in the garden, has impacted me eternally. Why should I have to wonder if He wants to encounter me as much as I want encounter with Him. He wants it way more than I do! Who can compare to Jesus?In Christ,

Brian Jones