Battle Log
Sunday, 24 February, 2008
Posted 26 February 2008, 3:36 AM by Josh Mitchell. PermalinkDate: 24th February 2008
Time: 2PM - 4:30PM
Reader, if you are a Christian, and therefore Love and Obey the Lord, please listen to my request.
Please pray for a young man named Ash.
Ash is a young man
He
has been returning back to the Open Air preaching site over and over
again, during the last 14-15 months that I have been preaching at
Surfers Paradise. His heart seems to be hardened against the gospel,
and his soul seems to be filled with bitterness and hate towards other
human beings. I don't want to say too much about him, so that I don't
embarrass him, but please take me at my word, that this young man needs
a lot of prayer. Please pray for his salvation.
Young Ladies need prayer
The
young ladies of Australia, seem to be consumed with sexuality, dressing
perversely for the lustful eye, and seeking the affection of those
around them, while spurning the audience of those, that they take no
pleasure in. Please pray for the young ladies of Australia. I met with
a young lady in the Open Air Preaching, and she was very frustrated by
the law of God. When the law enters, people get upset. Please pray for
this young lady and her friends, who laughed off the presentation of
the gospel.
QUOTE: "It is our duty to pray for all who trouble us; to desire the salvation of all men." [John Calvin]
God in my perception, was doing something special this Sunday
There
has been a lot of hard ground being broken up, by preaching week after
week in Surfers Paradise, and today we saw the softening of many
peoples hearts. A lot of people seemed to be really open to the gospel
of Christ, and its defense as the only logical world view that lines up
with reality. Please continue to pray for the people passing through
Surfers Paradise on Sunday afternoon. It is exciting to watch God's
Spirit move obviously to us, during the evangelism efforts of His
people. Often I suspect we do not know of His work, and it is precious
to observe Him working when he lets us perceive the work he is doing in
people's hearts.
An Unfortunate Scene
Unfortunately,
while preaching to a small gathering, a man of about 28 removed his
shorts and mooned me for about 10 seconds. He seemed to have no shame
doing this in front of little children, which was a real pity. I
cautioned him, that his actions were criminal, and that the police
could arrest him for indecent exposure in front of children. Please
pray that these sorts of incidents would be prevented by God, for at
least the children's sake.
A Little Child
There
was a young girl of about four or five, who wandered around taking
bibles and disappearing. I have no idea what she was doing, but I
suspect she might have been binning them, since I found one bible on
the ground later with a page ripped out. This is disrespectful, but not
uncommon amongst people, who are intolerant of others, and seem only to
respond immaturely by bring force to bear to silence a person they
disagree with, or destroy property to express their annoyance. The
little children learn quickly, and find it fun to copy-cat.
Workers for Christ's Glory
Ryan Hemelaar, and Keith Rochford, both preached today; and Nate tracted the area.
It
is good to see men, who are faithful to evangelism under authority, and
will do their utmost for the glory of God in a team environment. Please
pray for us, that we might have humility of heart, and opportunity to
present the gospel and defend it freely at Surfers Paradise. Please
pray that God will bind us together in love, that we might be known as
true disciples of Christ Jesus.
If I may offer a final prayer
request, please pray that we might be guided by God, to present solid
common-sense gospel introductions and presentations, that the people
will understand and be willing to listen to. We are men, we fail, we
need God's help unquestionably. Without Him, we can do nothing.
Faithfully, for the Salvation of the people who visit and live in Surfers Paradise each Sunday,
For Christ and His Covenant,
For the glory of God,
josh mitchell