There are times when I felt like I am alone. There are times when I desperately needed help and I could not get it. There are times when I held on to my money and what I had to keep me secure. Living without some sort of security would give me the shivers. Hebrews 13:5 tells us to keep our lives free from the love of money and to be content with what we have because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you”. Amen.

It’s a frequent thing we hear: I belong to that ministry, I like this person, I like my Church. It may not be wrong to say that because we all like to belong somewhere and God made us to be social beings. As mature Christians, we could listen to what the Bible says and put our sense of belonging in Christ alone. In Christ, there is no distinction between, rich or poor, tall or short, old or young, white or black. Everyone is equal and belongs to him. What an honor it is belong to the creator of our universe.

I have to admit that I do spend more time with people I am more close to and less time with people I am not that close to. I don’t know if this is problem but I have been thinking about God and where I have placed Him among my family and friends. Do I spend more time with my family/friends than I spend with God? Do I have more time doing things I love than doing things He loves? Where is He placed in my heart? Doesn’t he deserve a better position even if comes at the cost of losing time with other things? Time is running. The more I spend with Him, the better I understand his heart.

Jeremiah 24:7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.

I just found a good video from Franklin Graham about the importance of time and if we are ready for Jesus

Sometimes I feel like I am alone and then God reminds me of the scripture that says, “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matt 28:20). There is nothing for me to worry about. He’ll take care of everything.

Oh and there was this one time, I asked him if I would be doing my ministry alone or if I would partner with someone and he tells me in my mind, that he sent me the Holy Spirit and the he will be my partner. I was like wow!!

Today was my last day at Woolworths supermarket. I worked here like crazy and had both good and bad times. I liked it but I was never satisfied. I didn’t want to be stuck in a supermarket so I decided to take a step of faith and leave this job in hopes of getting into full-time ministry. Let his will be done. So excited now.

Bye Safeway!!

I felt like I had to preach today and also listen to my friend’s feedback and encourage them too, so I messaged a few and four agreed to support me. Right from the beginning I felt uncomfortable about the whole thing of getting more people to work with but then the realization came to me God works better when we all do it together. I prayed and read the Word of God and then went to Church office to help them a bit and was getting back home to preach at the streets. As I got to the spot where the preaching needs to be done, I saw three work mates and talked to one of them. In my mind, I was thinking.. Oh no, how will I do it front of them all. Anyway, they all drifted into the crowd so I don’t know if they were there or not. I met with my friends. The devil disunited us on the topic of preaching. It turned into arguments between me and one of my friends. I could see road blocks all over the place. I didn’t stop. We prayed and I started preaching. Just then two cops came out and stopped me. Man, this was the toughest situation I ever faced. I wasn’t expecting any of this. But inside of me, I was happy because the devil tried stopping me but I didn’t till I was asked to stop by the authorities.

We took a video of it:

Flinders from Jeffin Johnson on Vimeo.

I owe this wonderful experience to God and my friends there who supported me.

I preached in front of the State Library of Victoria for a few minutes till I was felt a slight shift in my voice which was immediately followed by a talk with a stranger girl. Here’s some of the video:

Preaching at State Library of Victoria from Jeffin Johnson on Vimeo.

Today, when I woke up I had so much for passion in me to preach and I knew I couldn’t keep it within me unless I preach it out in open air. So against my fear of public speaking and humiliation, I proceeded to Bourke Street, switched my camera on and preached the Gospel out loud, so loud that I didn’t need a microphone and loud speaker. I enjoyed it and I was so satisfied. I can see the vision and the promises of God clearer and clearer everyday.

Next step is to train my voice, seek  advice from preachers and read about the Gospel so I do it correctly.

Here’s the video I captured (Video ends in 3 mins. I preached a little more than that):

Evangelism Day 2 – Bourke Street, Melbourne from Jeffin Johnson on Vimeo.

The passion in me to preach the Gospel was so strong.

14 July 2010 from Jeffin Johnson on Vimeo.

I’m packing up for Sydney today and preparing for Church tomorrow. My cousin just made a really good Chicken which I would be having in a few minutes. Life’s good.

Anyway, while I’m on the computer typing this post out, I’d like to review a software I have been using for quite sometime. I have been involved in Church database administration and I always wanted one for myself so I can use that to maintain records of people I meet and for my Church back in India. So I researched a few and decide to try out one called Ascribe. They named it after a verse from the Bible. Anyway, this software is very good and I can tell you with confidence that it will work really well for a small to large Church. It’s simple to use and navigate and plus it has so many features that a Church database should have. It’s probably the best available and I highly recommend it. I wanted features such individual notes for members, prayer requests, easy to search features, cell group features etc which are all included in this software. For a beginner this would be quite easy to use too and fast as well. My Church and ministry will be using this software till it reaches a point I need a completely custom database suited perfectly for my ministry. Well, that would probably take ages and a lot of money. Till then Ascribe will be my partner. So yea, if you are searching for a Church database, try this one out.

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