by Jason Joyner | Aug 2, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
I have a summer cold. No one likes to be sick, but it is worse when it is nice out, the weather is hot, and you can’t bundle up to feel good.
I woke up in the middle of the night with my chest feeling like it was full of pudding. I staggered out of bed, fumbling for the cough syrup. I also dug around for the Vick’s Vapor Rub, figuring anything to help would be great. Through bleary eyes I saw that the Vick’s had an expiration date of 2000 on it. Vapor rub has an expiration date? Couldn’t be that bad, so I slathered it on my chest and went back to bed.
Unfortunately, not back to sleep. This was due to the growing sensation that my chest was smoldering. I know that Vick’s evaporates, giving a nice tingling sensation to help with the chest relief. But I don’t think it goes as far as wondering if my chest hair was on fire. I seriously contemplated getting up and taking a shower, but it finally subsided after about a half-hour of tossing and turning.
I checked first thing this morning, and I didn’t seem to lose any chest hair. However, you can bet I will be buying a NEW container of Vick’s before I go home tonight…
by Jason Joyner | Aug 1, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
I was very privileged last night to hear a missionary couple from Nepal speak last night. The woman is actually Bhutanese, but was kicked out of her country for refusing to deny Jesus, and lived in refugee camps in Nepal for years before meeting her Nepali husband. What faith. I don’t know that I have that faith.
I really loved what her husband shared with us when talking about how to reach his people with the gospel and how they respond:
“You tell me that Jesus loves me. Show me Christ’s love.”
A hungry man won’t necessarily be able to hear the gospel, unless we fill his belly first. But I think this goes for Americans, Germans, and Nepali alike. Wherever you are, people want to know that the words are real, that there is true love behind the “Jesus loves you.”
If we have the leading to share Him without the opportunity to meet a person’s needs, we should definitely listen to the Spirit. But if we can serve the people we want to preach the gospel to, how much more power is in that?
by Jason Joyner | Aug 1, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
I was very privileged last night to hear a missionary couple from Nepal speak last night. The woman is actually Bhutanese, but was kicked out of her country for refusing to deny Jesus, and lived in refugee camps in Nepal for years before meeting her Nepali husband. What faith. I don’t know that I have that faith.
I really loved what her husband shared with us when talking about how to reach his people with the gospel and how they respond:
“You tell me that Jesus loves me. Show me Christ’s love.”
A hungry man won’t necessarily be able to hear the gospel, unless we fill his belly first. But I think this goes for Americans, Germans, and Nepali alike. Wherever you are, people want to know that the words are real, that there is true love behind the “Jesus loves you.”
If we have the leading to share Him without the opportunity to meet a person’s needs, we should definitely listen to the Spirit. But if we can serve the people we want to preach the gospel to, how much more power is in that?
by Jason Joyner | Jul 28, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
This is old news, but the Kanner Lake blog promoted by super suspense writer Brandilyn Collins had a post on Wednesday, July 12th from a man named Hank Detcher, pastor of First Community Church in Kanner Lake. He speaks like a true Idahoan, like someone born and raised in this fine state.
Oh, by the way, I wrote it :D.
If you missed it, check it out with this direct link. Then read some of the other fine posts on the blog. And check out the preview chapters for an awesome new suspense book, Violet Dawn, set to debut in August!
by Jason Joyner | Jul 28, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
This is old news, but the Kanner Lake blog promoted by super suspense writer Brandilyn Collins had a post on Wednesday, July 12th from a man named Hank Detcher, pastor of First Community Church in Kanner Lake. He speaks like a true Idahoan, like someone born and raised in this fine state.
Oh, by the way, I wrote it :D.
If you missed it, check it out with this direct link. Then read some of the other fine posts on the blog. And check out the preview chapters for an awesome new suspense book, Violet Dawn, set to debut in August!
by Jason Joyner | Jul 26, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
Check out this awesome photo montage from Calling All Nations.
I forgot to mention that I felt the Lord spoke this psalm before CAN. See what it speaks about worship, missions, and the harvest!
Psalm 67
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face shine upon us,
Selah
2 that your ways may be known on earth,
your salvation among all nations.
3 May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you.
4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you rule the peoples justly
and guide the nations of the earth. Selah
5 May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you.
6 Then the land will yield its harvest,
and God, our God, will bless us.
7 God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear him.
