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Smart!

The Purpose of Your Life on a Starbuck's cup

If you are the one who reads " The Purpose - Driven Life" By Dr. Rick Warren. You might recognize above sentence. So smart!

Took it from Rick Warren's post on Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickWarren

The mobilizing God's triumphant reserve.

Last Week I went to a seminar about the Spiritual warfare at a big church in the center of Bangkok. The title of the seminar was Mobilizing God's Triumphant Reserve. Actually I didn't expect that much that I will learn something new about the Spiritual warfare but I was wrong... God always surprise you and I because His words always new, fresh and powerful. Even though I have heard and learned from those scriptures many times but the Holy Spirit helped me to get new perspectives and new thoughts.

The Christian life involves a conflict against demonic forces! " For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." Ephesians. 6:12

When we came to Jesus, we not only gained a SAVIOR, we gained an ENEMY! When we were born again, we were born on a BATTLEFIELD. That's why we have some of the problems we have!

God has called us to make a difference! He calls us to stand against the enemy, tear down his works and set his captives FREE! God wants us to break off all fear and all passivity! to put on our armor ( Ephesians 6:10-14 ) and learn to STAND!

One of the great part of this seminar was the worship. It was incredible moving and fantastic with dancing, shouting and the presence of God was so strongly!

I was very happy to see every faces smiling, enjoying, shouting with glad and happiness while they worshiped the Lord. One of the pastor from USA. said " I have a bad news and a good news to you guys" The bad news: We are in a battle! But the GOOD news: We will WIN! That made us more shouting ( sounds like we were really in the battle! )

While the whole meeting was singing shouting and worship God. Suddenly my eyes cached at a guy who seems the great army of God. Well, it was such a great picture that this young man humbled himself and knelled before God. Oh! You have to see how powerful when he cried out for God while he was kneeling.

The weapons of God is not only the words of God but also include humbling ourselves, repenting and learning to obey Him. Like this young man has done.

* Prayer and fasting

* Speaking in tongues ( If God gives you this gift)

* Prophetic Acts ( Something that God calls you to do even though it does not make sense like x 7 Jericho )

* Forgiveness

* Worship ( is an act of WAR!)

All of those are our WEAPONS. They are many different weapons and only God can tell us which will bring breakthrough! or the fight with our enemy.

KEY: Don't fall into METHODS!... hear GOD! Let God show you which weapons to use.

As that pastor said: Bad news: We are in a Battle but the GOOD news: We will WIN!

" Thanks be to God, who always lead us in the triumph!" 2 Cor. 2:14

Free to serve

" You have to come and see by yourself and not just listening

from another what they told about communist countries without knowing the truth"

said a Thai - Myanmar guy who works with FTS.( Free to serve) project in Thailand, Laos, Burma or Myanmar and also in China .He said that to me, when I have asked him "Is Burma dangerous country ?"

Well, I didn't believe him for 100%, so I must face that by myself.

But when I was there for over a week, I realized that he was true. The people in Laos, Burma and China are very open to listen gospel. Although those countries are quite closed but unbelievable the hearts of people there don't close like their countries. I didn't say every one is open but I mean many of them are really hungry for HOPE, LOVE, FAITH from God.

When we see from this map, we will find on the top of Thailand. There are borders of 3 countries Thailand, Myanmar and Laos, so we call that Golden triangle. And up to the north which is not far from the Golden triangle is China. So, God has leaded me to get to know a young guy or actually he is the same age like me 29 years old. He and his family ( parent, brother and sister ) have spent their life to serve God in those 4 countries ( Thai, Laos, Burma and China) by Gospel and planting churches, training disciples, working with children and young people and also establishing children's hostel.

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Seems God has prepared his family for long long time. One of preparing is languages. His family can speak Thai, Burmese, Ahkah, Chinese and very good in English. When I was there I felt like I am in the international school. He ( Sorry, I couldn't tell his name ) has started disciple school in the North of Thailand as well. There are 7 people from 3 countries. Not all of them can speak Thai, so when we taught them, we have to translate. It was really COOL!

Testimony:

He told me; one day he went to gospel in a small village in Burma which is around 60 people there and then almost every one in the village received Christ and a few day later the gospel was spread to another 5 villages. So, a lot of people came to receive Christ. But it was really sad because they have no pastor or some one who can take care those souls.

Christianity in those countries are growing a lot but no one train them to be disciples and no one feed them the Spiritual foods. They just received Christ but don't know how to be real Christian.That's why, he took 2 - 3 people from those countries to be together in his house and train them for 1 and half years and send them out to gospel and making other people to be the real disciples.

I would like to confess, the first time when I saw his disciple school. I didn't like it at all. No system, no plan, no money, not enough teacher or equipment for students, very bad food etc. Then I came to my room, prayed and asked God what is this? God, are you training your disciples like this?

Immediately, God remind me about Jesus and His disciples. Jesus also has no projector, note book, pens,money, system, plans. Some time they did have any thing to eat. I felt like God asked me back " Those disciples have also no nothing but how could they make to whole world knowing Me ? " ... Well, I asked for forgiveness from God and got some thought that it is not about things out side of them, but its all about the thing inside of them and God choses them, anointing them and God's power is within them, so it is more than enough for going out and make Him known.

It sounds really crazy although they have no any thing but they can bring good new in people in those communist counties.

It is just AMAZING!

MAN!! you have to see, how much they love God. Only one old guitar to worship God but the presence of God was so strongly. Miracles, hope, love, faith overflowed upon them! Oh I couldn't explain how fantastic it was.

Well, after I repented my heart. I got a chance to teach those disciples and in the end of my teaching, I said to them that. " If God can use 12 disciples changed the whole world, God will use all of them to do the greatest thing like that too! "

I am telling you the truth: those who believe in me will do what I do - yes, they will do even greater things ...

John 14: 12

I am very impressive when I saw many different ministries That God works through him and his family. Many souls were saved, many hearts were healed...

It is just AWESOME to get to know those people like them who really love God so much!

“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,

because the Lord has anointed me

to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the
captives
and release from darkness for the
prisoners,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s
favor…
to comfort all who mourn…”

(Isa. 61:1 – 2)

Go and make disciples of all nations!!!

ywam.org

Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in^{a]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; ">[a]} the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 28:18-19

God has always good connection for His people. I get to know a Thai- Burman missionary by accident ( or actually was not accident, it might be God's plan ) He is working as"Tent maker" . Meaning he does businesses and use all money to plant churches and making disciples in the north of Thailand, Burma, South of China and Laos.

This Sunday after church service of my church in Bangkok, I will take a flight direct to Chiangrai ( the north of Thailand ) and Burma next. I asked that guy that I would like to help him training disciples in Burma and we are going to train them how to gospel as well.

I know that this country is really dangerous to talk about Christ but for me I have nothing to fear. Because I fear God more than those thing.

And after 2 weeks of this exciting mission, I am going to China :D

I won't say NO THANKS! if you guys would like to pray for me and also for the people in those countries !

To know God and to make Him known of all nations

Last week in Norway ...

Eirik and Prem's office at Hald

I am siting and writing this post in the office or actually I called this office that " our corner". So Eirik Austeng and I were talking, praying for our last week at Hald today. Eirik is my friend, my best brother, my fantastic teammate that I could never and ever forget him. We used this small corner to pray, share, talk and encourage each other many many times.

Feeling in between, it is not that so said but it is also not so happy to say bye to friends in this school and friends this country.

It is funny for me who has been in many different countries and have had faced many farewells in my life and most of my times were quite easy to say bye. But this time is a bit special which I am finding out why I feel like this...

Anyway, I don't find the answer yet. But I found a story of Abraham Lincoln :

The day before his 52nd birthday, Abraham Lincoln left Springfield, Illinois, to become President of the United States. With the threat of civil war looming, he said goodbye to the friends and neighbors who had come to see him off. “I now leave,” he told them, “not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of the Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.”

Only one thing that I know for now is I will see many of friends once again and again and again and at least we will meet each other again in the Kingdom of God. See ya!!

Evangelist - Discipline

The great command that Jesus gave to every disciples was " Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit "

Matt. 28:10-11

From this command I divided into 2 commandments.

1. Go means Evangelist- witness - sharing -gospel - talking about Christ etc.

2. Make disciples means training - learning and growing.

Each one of us got has different gifts. I don't know what kinds of Spiritual gifts that God gave you or called you to do. But for me... God called me to make disciples.

For long time ago I thought to gospel or evangelist was the hard task. And I was really thankful that God didn't put evangelist or gospel into my heart but He did put "make disciples" into my heart instead. ( of course every Christians suppose to share about Christ ...but for me "make disciples is like a special calling" )

I got to know some of my friends which God called them to gospel. It is really fantastic to see their heart burning for Christ and want to go out and talk or share about the Good new all the times. Of course it is not easy for them, many times some of them was struggled when God asked them to do some thing that they never did before. For example shouting about Christ on the streets, to proclaim God's grace in the library, shared God's love in the park, in train or even on the bus and so on.

I realized that to train disciples is also not easy. Because we have to take care 2 souls... our own soul and souls of the other disciples.

A pastor name William Carrol said " Yeah!! It is too hard for the flesh and our own strength but nothing is too hard for the Lord " Gen.18:14

I have no exact conclusion for this article : But just so you know that whatever God called you to do, He never leave you to do that alone, especially by your own strength.

PS. Find more encouragements at :

http://www.tscnyc.org/media_center.php?pg=sermons&mi=926

I got this above website from a best friend of my.

Copy from Normisjon's web

Premjai Phantuya er ettåring i Normisjon Mandal.

Prem fra Thailand

Ole Martin Storemyr 17.01.10

Premjai Phantuya, populært kalt Prem, kommer fra Thailand og er dette studieår ettåring ved Hald Internasjonale skole. For tiden arbeider hun på Normisjons bedehus i Mandal.

Premjai har studert kunst i Tyskland og jobber som maler hjemme i Thailand. Hun er også meget aktiv i ungdomsarbeidet i den lokale kirken der. Forrige studieår var hun student ved Hald Internasjonale Senter i Mandal. Dette studieår er hun ettåring ved Hald.

Når studentene er på skolen, har Prem mye ansvar for utstyr og oppfølging av utstyr som sstudentene får utdelt. Hun leder også Praise & Prayer hver mandag, samt rollen som løpejente for resten av lærerne.

Prem jobber ut mars i Normisjon Mandal. Når studentene på Hald kommer tilbake fra praksis, skal hun tilbake til Hald.

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Prem fra Thailand har tjeneste i Mandal Normisjon mens hun er ettåring på Hald.

Kristen på pinsevenn-måten

Hilde Halvorsen 01.02.10

Premjai Phantuya – Prem - fra Thailand som for tiden har praksis i Mandal Normisjon forteller at hun liker godt den lutherske læren, men ønsker å leve som kristen på en pinsevenn-måte.

Prem er 28 år. Hun rører i grytene. Jeg spør om hun pleier å lage mat hjemme i Thailand. Nei, sier hun.
- Er det din mor som lager mat, da?
- Nei, heller ikke moren; de kjøper mat ute, det koster bare 5 kroner, mens å lage et måltid selv vil kanskje komme på 100 kroner. Dessuten spiser vi så lite.
Jeg kikker på Prem. Jo da, hun er ikke så høy og stor, akkurat, men jeg ser at hun har ECCO-støvletter. Det er ganske dyrt. Prem smiler og kan fortelle at søsteren er freelance-designer for ECCO på Thailand, og sannelig designer hun også for Walt Disney. Det må ligge til familien, for Prem er utdannet innen modern art (morderne kunst) og maler bilder. Hun gikk på skole i Tyskland hvor hun holdt på en master degree, men opplevde at Gud kalte henne til å jobbe med ungdom.

Hald
Det ble Hald, ved Mandal.
- Hvorfor Hald?
- Jeg kjente til Hald fra før, jeg besøkte en kristen venninne der mens jeg bodde i Tyskland.
Allerede gjennom misjonen i Thailand fikk jeg høre om Hald. Nå er jeg glad for disse månedene på bedehuset i Mandal mens jeg har praksis.
Hun kutter løk og gulrøtter, og heller oystersaus i gryta. Vi skal spise sammen, men har litt dårlig tid, for hun skal rekke et møte i Hægebostad sammen med Oddvar Søvik. Hun vil gjerne høre mer om nådegavene.

Kristen som 15-åring
- Jeg ble kristen og døpt samtidig med moren min, da var jeg 15 år. Litt senere ble min søster og bestemor kristen, og til slutt min far. Han døde for to år siden. Vi ble kristne i en luthersk sammenheng, og jeg liker godt den lutherske læren. Vi gikk i en baptistmenighet, men jeg må si at jeg føler nok at jeg ønsker å leve som kristen på en pinsevenn-måte!
Hun smiler, et godt og varmt smil, og forteller åpent at hun opplever å ha nådegave både til veiledning, helbredelse, profetisk tale. Hun er spent på hva Gud vil bruke henne til fremover. Prem ønsker å forkynne Guds ord, slik det står i Bibelen, og liker ikke at mye som læres i kirken i dag ikke er i tråd med Skriften.
- De unge må få ekte og sann forkynnelse!

Folk hilser ikke
Det var ikke noe sjokk å komme til Norge.
- Men jeg lurer av og til på hvorfor folk ikke hilser på meg? De bare kikker, og jeg tenker at de kanskje ikke ønsker bli kjent med meg?
Hun synes ikke det er så ille med snø og kulde, men gleder seg til varmere tider. Hun kommenterer at folk i Norge snakker om været når de møtes. I Thailand er det slik at siden de er ganske opptatt av vekten og størrelsen, spør de gjerne om hva de har spist siden sist, om vedkommende kanskje har lagt på seg litt – jeg blir helt forskrekket og ler!
- Stemmer dette?
- Ja, vi tenker mye på vekt, særlig min generasjon, vi vil gjerne være lette og slanke.
Hm, da var det sannelig godt at vi hadde masse grønnsaker i denne deilige retten som vi skal spise nå, før de to kollegene Prem og Søvik kjører vestover.

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I found this one from http://www.normisjon.no/index.php?kat_id=2004&art_id=40032&p_id= a bit surprise but nice too see hehe :D

Coming soon !!!

After I got a contact from MNS. U in stavanger that I might help them to translate a book named " En helt overkommelig disippel" by Knut Tveitereid. From Norwegians into Thai. At that time I wasn't sure because my Norwegians was and is not good at all..... However I waited for God's opinion what God think about. I knew myself that I cannot but I believe with all my heart that with God all thing are possible!!!

I prayed a lot and sought Him. Finally I got the answer from Him and also the wonderful encouraging word from John Fredrik Askjer a little brother at Hald ( our school), so I said YES!!! I will do !!!

Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”

1Corinthians 1:26 -31

To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see. It was by their faith that people of ancient times won God's approval. And it is by my faith that this book will win by God's approval too!!!

The deadline for me is coming soon. In the end of February I have to finish to translate this book. Jesus and I by the helping of the Holy Spirit still working hard for that ( or actually Jesus is working hard on me :P Every thing that I am doing, I would love to give all glory to God alone.

Because I am a lone who know my self better how little I am, how weak I am and how nonsense I am. In the other hand God is a lone who know me better how much glorify I will give to Him, how much I love Him and how much I have faith and trust in Him.

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

neither are your ways my ways,”

declares the LORD.

“As the heavens are higher than the earth,

so are my ways higher than your ways

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

As the rain and the snow

come down from heaven,

and do not return to it

without watering the earth

and making it bud and flourish,

so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

so is my word that goes out from my mouth:

It will not return to me empty,

but will accomplish what I desire

and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55: 8-11

Hosanna in the highest !!!!

The Best Of Gifts

Having trouble selecting that perfect gift for someone?

A friend shared with me a few suggestions:

• The gift of listening. No interrupting, no planning your response. Just listening.

• The gift of affection. Being generous with appropriate hugs, kisses, and pats on the back.

• The gift of laughter. Sharing funny stories and jokes. Your gift will say, “I love to laugh with you.”

• The gift of a written note. Expressing in a brief, handwritten note your appreciation or affection.

• The gift of a compliment. Sincerely saying, “You look great today” or “You are special” can bring a smile.

But as we begin this special month of celebration, why not pass on the best gift you’ve ever received? Share the fact that “the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 6:23). Or share this verse from John 1:12, “As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.” Remind others that “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).

The best gift of all is Jesus Christ. “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” (2 Cor. 9:15). — Cindy Hess Kasper

The greatest Gift that has ever been given
Is Jesus Christ who was sent down from heaven.
This Gift can be yours if you will believe;
Trust Him as Savior, and new life receive. —Hess

The best gift was found in a manger.