He meets us through faith

God meet us when we step out.

This month God has been so faithful to me. Back in January when I was in China. I started out my quiet time (or devotion)  it was ordinary nothing really special about this time, I just wanted to hang out and spend time with Jesus. During this time Jesus spoke to me about this program that we run in YWAM (Youth With A Mission) called the School Of Missions and Evangelism (SOME). During that time he spoke to me and gave me vision of how the school should be run. The schools main goal is to give people a heart for the areas of the world that have no churches or Christian witness and send them there long-term to pioneer new works, most of the work that needs to be done is in Asia, So our school focuses on sending missionaries primarily to Asia. There are about 2 billion people in this world without a Christian witness which means theres not Christians, no missionaries, no church nothing. Most of these area are also the poorest and the most needy places. These areas for so many years have been completely ignored by the church. I feel that God has spoken to me to train and send missionaries to fulfill the great commission.

When God spoke to me about the school I had no idea what I was doing. I just knew that God spoke to me. So I just walked forward in it. God met me and gave me a great leader and staff. They are incredible. My biggest surprise though was how many students came to the school. The SOME the last few years has been a very small school or we haven't ran it. We just started the school and we have 13 students, I know that doesn't sound like a lot but its huge for the first one we have ran in a long time! Its incredible to see how when God speaks to you about something and he meets us when we step out.

I feel the last few months have been some of the most growing times of my life. I know no more than ever that you get to know God more intimately when we step out and go on adventures with him. He does want to know everyone, but you get to know the God at an even greater level when we step out and go for him. We may fail sometimes yes, but we get to know God that much more. I can say that God is faithful and speaks to us because of what he did the last few months. I can't wait to step out more in the future because I know that God meets me there. God meets us in faith.

We are met for intimacy with God and one of the greatest ways we meet God is in faith. Step out and get to know God let his Glory shine in the nation and he will shine through you. 

The best part about this whole thing is getting to know Jesus more. God is trustworthy I know from experience that is amazing.



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Obedience: Trusting in Gods Faithfulness: Issue 3

                 Lately, I’ve been thinking about myself as a human. How fickle I am. In the same day I can be excited about something and in what feels like a moment I am over it. The more I think about it the more I’m so thankful God is not like me.  If I was God, the world would be an awful place. The same goes for my relationship with him, one moment I am completely in love with and the next moment I’m not. I always seem to let something bring me down out of that high.                                               As a result, I have been thinking a lot about how to continue that fire. In a real way, not an emotional thing, but something daily that will keep me reminded of how amazing and wonderful God is. “Quiet times” are too forced for me. They become a legalistic thing for me. Sometimes, I don’t read my bible and then I feel bad,  like God is pissed that I didn’t read it. Or I don’t pray and I’ll feel bad and I think I’m a terrible Christian because I didn’t. All this brings me down a path of thinking I’m a terrible Christian, so, sometimes,  I give up and say well I’m terrible and I can’t do anything about it.  My relationship with Jesus has to be more then, quiet time, bible memorization, and journaling. That doesn’t work for me and I’m guessing that it doesn’t work for a lot of people. God doesn’t love me more for doing that stuff. The reason I am on this rant is because there has to be more to our relationship with Jesus than this. God is bigger and has way more for us than a half an hour to an hour a day.  I’m just saying Jesus said that He is, the way, the truth, and the LIFE. JESUS IS LIFE. He is supposed to be the thing that brings you, me, and the world life. I think God is bigger than your quiet time. Your salvation does not lie in how many quiet times you have, it lies in knowing God.                                   Moreover, I have been coming to the conclusion, lately, that Jesus is and wants to be in everything we do. He cannot be compartmentalized. He is not just a check on the list, that makes feel better about your salvation. HE is God, and wants to be with me in everything.  Which seems more like who He is, a living and active God. He wants to be with us now; when I am at the store, the beach, on vacation, reading our bibles, out with our friends, cleaning the garage, and mowing the lawn. God wants to move through me and speak to me. Jesus wants to be glorified in this world He wants me to be with Him in everyday life. God wants to give me a revelation of Him everywhere I am ,and whatever I’m doing. God is not just in church or in doing holy things. In order for us to reach the world, I have to view God this way. Peter and John were just on a walk to the temple and they healed a crippled man. They did this kind of stuff almost every day, and God used them because they knew that God wanted to be glorified in this world.                                         

                 We don’t have to go on evangelism times or do big outreaches if our life is glorifying God. It should be normal for us to tell people about JESUS. God wants to move always.  Are you willing to be open to him moving in your life and in all things? I’m starting this journey because I want Jesus to be in my life and not just a part of it. I want Him to be in everything (quiet times are not bad they are just not everything).                                                                        

                The theme of what I feel like God is telling me, throughout all of this, is that we have this mentality, as westerners, that God “saves” us from our sins, so that in the future we will go to heaven, because we are afraid of hell. So now we have to be good people because we don’t want to go to hell. We are terrified that God will send us to hell for sleeping with our boyfriend/girlfriend, so we don’t because God wont save us in the future (which is terrible theology by the way, and I am not telling you it is okay to sleep with your BF/GF before marriage). We think that as Christians, that God is a God that saves us and does things in the future, but what I am trying to argue is that God is and always has been a God of the present. God is here now, and when our mentality changes from a God that is going to do something later to God is going to do something now. If we change that, how we live life changes. We start to live in a world of possibilities, of what God can do right now, instead, of thinking of what God is going to do in the future. Doesn’t matter who you are, how old you are, and how smart you are, or what has happened to you in in the past. God wants to reveal himself to his creation NOW. He wants to use us to do it because he chose us the church to do it. God wants to meet you here and now. He wants intimacy with you here and now. Are you willing to surrender everything, in order to hear from him?

How things are going…

By: Daniel Whitson

September 19^th is the schools official start date. It is so close! I am so nervous about how things are going to work with the school. We have about 10 students, which is so much more than I expected .There is so much more that needs to be done. Pray that God will unify our staff as a team. That we would be humble and work together.                       

Working in the kitchen is coming to an end. I am happy about this, since I have been doing this now for the past 6 months I’m ready for a change, but it has been agreat learning experience.                                                                

 I am praying about what to do after the school. I have been considering staffing our Discipleship Training School in January. I am not sure about what I am supposed to do in that area, but it would mean that I have to take an outreach. It would also mean that I probably won’t come home until the summer time. I really want to come home for a visitm I really miss everyone. September 1st will be one year since I have been gone! This year has gone by so fast! I hope that I can come home for Christmas but the plane tickets are  between 800 and a 1000 dollars.  Pray that I can get the finances in order to come home!

My main prayer request is that I will stay focused on God during this school and not let my worry get the best of me and lean on myself. I really want to trust God, during this time, work hard, and not get paralyzed by stress or worry. God needs to be my strength and identity, not the school. I don’t want to worry about what other people say just worry about what God is saying. I really want to do this school well and I know that if I worry instead of trusting God that he is going to do something through this school than it won’t be as good then if I do. I will enjoy seeing God do great things if I trust him! Pray for faith!

How you can help…

     In order that I may continue to help equipping future missionaries and continue my mission work, the last thing that I am trying to do is reach a goal of support for the summer. I want to raise enough money to pay for my staff fees, car bills, gas, and bills for the summer.$4050 will cover all of my expenses for the summer. This doesn’t include spending money or savings. I hope that you will pray about sending me a onetime gift to support me through the summer! I have gotten 10% of my goal. Pray that God will provide the rest of the funds I need!

Your gifts are tax deductible

You can send your support to:

 Daniel Whitson, 2707 Hipawai Place, Honolulu, HI 96822

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     Even if you can’t afford to send me support this fall, I would ask that you just pray for me and the school

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Contact Info:

Email: danielwhitson@gmail.com

Cell - 443-289-4517