You say to us, seek Your Face
Our hearts reply, Your Face we seek
Come teach us Lord, reveal Your ways,
Anoint us for, the greater things
(Chorus)
We have gathered with one thirst and hunger
Here to drink of glory and wonder
Here to cry out, Come and fill this place!
Come and fill this place
Our single wish, our sole desire
To gaze upon, Your beauty God
We will not rest, nor will we cease
Till with our eyes, Your face we see
(Bridge)
We wait for you to come and show
Your glory here today
In stating the obvious, I’ve taken a short break in blogging. One of the reasons for this has been that I’ve been traveling abroad. God has given me the opportunity this summer to be his missionary and allowed me to share my amazing story of hope and healing on the other side of the world (China, Hong Kong and Australia). On each occasion God showed up in love and in power. He saved, healed and redeemed people. In doing so, I felt like God has very deliberately punctuated that I am to be His missionary first and foremost and that He will release His anointing on my life and maximize His giftings in me the more I embrace and move in this calling. But, I need prayer. The greatest obstacle I see before me is myself. So please pray that I would get over myself and my fears and begin to step out in faith and obedience.
Another shift that I feel happening is the direction of this blog. My passion is to see lives transformed by the Gospel. So, I feel like I need to focus more directly on how God has brought healing, redemption and restoration to my own life and to the lives of others I know who are struggling with addictions. I’m not sure what this will look like, but I trust that Holy Spirit will lead and guide me as He always does. I love the faithfulness of God. His faithfulness comforts and empowers me. He is both my security and source of faith and strength.
Psalm 23
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.
April 20th is symbolically know in the drug culture world as a day to get high. Millions of people around the world at this moment are either getting high or are planning to go to a 420 rally, in order to get high. For them, to be able to get high on 4/20 at 4:20 is profoundly meaningful. We truly are in a spiritual battle. If there is a day that the devil truly dominates in blinding people’s eyes (2 Corinthians 4:4), it’s today.
So let’s start taking this day (and time) back for the Lord through prayer and fasting. However the Lord moves you, please be obedient! Pray that God would open people’s eyes to the light of the Gospel (2 Corinthians 4:4) and that through divine appointments the scales that blind them from the Truth would fall from their eyes (Acts 9:18), so that they can begin to embrace the meaning that God wants to bring into their lives through Jesus.
Also, ask the Lord of the harvest to raise up more laborers for the “drug culture” harvest field (Luke 10:2). Thank you for your faithfulness in praying for those at 4:20pm. When you prayer at 4:20pm you are one of these laborers. Blessings on you! Finally, my prayer for all of us is that God would continue to help us rely more on His strength when we are weak (2 Corinthians 12:10) and move us to remember to cast all our anxieties onto Him because He cares for us (1 Peter 5:7). Peace.
In the drug culture world, there is a significant time of the day, 4:20 pm which is known globally as the universal time to get high. At 4:20 people all across the Earth either by themselves or together get high on marijuana (or other drugs). The 420 Prayer Movement is committed to praying for people who struggle with drug addiction by interceding for them at 4:20 pm
More specifically, we pray:
1) That the Kingdom of God would break into their lives in power (1 Corinthians 4:20).
2) That they would leave their current lifestyle, in order to follow Jesus (Matthew 4:20).
3) That the Holy Spirit would transform their hearts into the good soil that hears and accepts God's Word and bears abundant good fruit (Mark 4:20).
Join the 420 Prayer Movement today and begin prayerfully interceding for those struggling with drug addiction.
It's really easy to join, just set your cell phone alarm to 4:20 pm and when it goes off, begin praying the three verses. Now, if you presonally know people struggling with drug addiction then I suggest you pray specifically for them by name. Remember, drug addiction is messy and untangling a person's heart from the drug lifestyle is a process. So, the importance in covering those struggling with consistent faithful prayer is crucial to their freedom.
Gerry Ching is a disciple of Jesus who is passionate about bringing the hope and light of the Gospel to the hopelessly drug addicted for the redemption and restoration of their lives.
