So much stuff has happened as of late. And yet no matter what happens I feel more happy then I've been in years. I'm surrounded by so many people who support me and make me feel welcome in their lives.

This coming from a person 3 year previously would rather hide in a corner and not be noticed. One who would not want to be honest to his own emotions, to deny his own yearning of relationships. To be pessimistic every possible thing in his life. To not want to be centred out. To not want to share his problems for fear people would think he just wanted attention.

But things have changed and my view on life has been ratified by the continuing love of others for me. I have gained much influence within the kids ministry I help run. I spoke a sermon for the first time this past Wednesday. Its amazing the way god can/does work through his people, including myself.

God originally gave me a concept of his qualities and his superhero type of abilities,to heal,bring repentance,to save,to love,to free,to give life,to restore, and many others for that fact. So he gave me a story, but that story didn't come right away mind you. During a two week period he would mention small details about himself. After that two week period god released this story to me. I originally thought it would turn out to be a skit with actors though.

I then shared this story with Nicki who runs the kids ministry to which I am a leader in. She loved it, but felt it wasn't the right timing for this to be released, and so I prayed and got the same answer (to wait). This kind of discouraged me as I really wanted to tell people what god was releasing to me. But my timing wasn't god's timing. It's something I've had to learn to "wait upon the lord". And to which I sat on the story for months, 5 in total or so.

Then all of a sudden with the help of Nicki, everything came together and god released it. Me and Nicki voiced the characters, I played the voice of Jesus. And Nicki played the Part of Samantha and Jessica (Bully). We then had other leaders get involved. Some played the puppets, some made the props, others ran the computer while I spoke. And Nicki even made a costume for the puppet. For that I am eternally grateful. You helped release gods message that he wanted to release. And I truly believe the kids got what was being said. It was really a humbling experience. At one point as I was talking about our relationship with god and our parents and talked about how if we told them we loved them and gave them a hug they would believe us because we have a relationship with them.. At which point one of the kids asked if he could get a hug. To which I replied "BUT OF COURSE". And then I got mobbed by other kids. That alone touched me very deeply.

It showed me that I am relevant, that I do have influence over these kids, that I'm not invisible, that I'm loved, and accepted.

As well as of late god has been bringing so much understanding of who he is and its amazing.

This is something I will always cherish.

My prayer is that your wonders never cease, that your love continue to flow through us leaders, that your anointing never end, that the kids will learn more about you, that your kingdom come, that your peace reside, that your revelation bring repentance, that you become real to these kids, That you continue to use us as an example of your love, That the kids feel safe in your presence, that your glory fall, that unity comes to Brantford, That your grace and acceptance and forgiveness covers us all.

I'm dedicated to this ministry, I'm dedicated to these kids, I'm dedicate to MY GOD!

Sermon Listed Below.

Skit:
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Sermon:

Well that was a cool story.. Don't you think? (sad voice) But God couldn't love me enough to come and rescue me from my troubles, Sam must be someone real special for Jesus to want to save her.

Really are you sure?

How do you know?

Well then I have a question for you..

What kind of person did Superhero Jesus seem like when we watched him talking to Samantha? Was he very mean like Jessica was?

What do you think we can learn from this story?

Do you think Sam and Jesus are good friends now?

Well of course they are.

You see even though Samantha maybe not have been looking for God that night, God sure was looking for her. And he is even seeking after you. He wants you to know him, know that he created you for a purpose and that you were not a mistake. But that you were in his plans to be born at this point and time since the beginning of time. Did you know that in Jeremiah 29:11 it says “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”.

So if God doesn't want to harm us why does he seek us?

If we continue on to Jeremiah 31:3 it says “I have loved you with an everlasting love. I have drawn you with loving-kindness”.

So if you were to walk outside Freedom House right now and find the first person you see and give them a great big hug and tell them you love them, how would you feel? (Weird Right?) Would that person believe you? (no, cause they don't know you). BUT.. if you walked up to your mom right now and said “I love you”, how would you feel? (Great, I love mom hugs) Would your mom believe you? (Of course.. she's my mom). SEE.. Relationship is KEY! In order to feel God's love, we need to develop a relationship with Him.


Do you understand he wants to establish a relationship with you. He Loves you more then you know or maybe you can imagine. Our relationship with God should be the most important things in our lives. Did you know that in Mark 12:30 it says “Love the lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”

What does it mean to love the Lord with.. all your Heart?.. (give time for them to answer) ... all your soul?.. (Give time for them to answer)... all your mind?.. (Give time for them to answer)... and all your strength?

Imagine.. if we could get a love letter from God.. what do you think it would be like?



Isn't God amazing to love us so much? To want us to be his friend? When we accept God into our hearts then we truly are a friend of God. Do you want to pray with me and thank God?

[Prayer]

Father God we thank you for who you are. We Thank you that you loved us first before we knew you. We want to strengthen our relationship with you by giving you praise and honor. We thank you that you sent Jesus to die for our Sins. We thank you for the sacrifice you made so that we could re-establish our relationship with you and we may have everlasting life with you.

Father God we repent of our sins, we repent of the lies we have believed that you didn't love us. We thank you that you want to save us just like you saved Samantha and wanted to be her friend. We welcome you into our hearts, we pray that you dwell in us that we can be an example to others of your love. We thank you for these things in Jesus name.

Amen.

So, what is ONE thing you are going to do this week, to build your relationship with GOD?

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