Last month I promised some pictures! This past month has been filled with lots of excitement. Our students have started classes again at University so I have also started meeting up with them again for mentorship as they also lead Connect Groups for other students. The first picture on the top left is of some of our Filipino students. I mentor the 3 in the middle and they mentor the 2 on the outside of them as well as others in their group!
The top right picture is of me preaching in our Stratford Congregation on Living a Lifestyle of Worship. You can listen HERE for the sermon.
The left bottom picture is of me teaching Part 4 of our Follow One Course. This course has made such an impact on so many in our congregation as we have re-visited the story of the Prodigal Son and foundations for a relationship with God the Father, and the way home He has made for you in Jesus Christ. Move from lost to found; from sinner to son to heir!
And finally, the right bottom picture is something I am especially excited about because it is the beginning of our new 18-23 year old Connect Group for young adults who are now currently working instead of studying. I am mentoring their leader Shardelle, who is on the left side. She is 19 years old and has been radically saved and changed by a relationship with Jesus!
You and your prayers have been such an encouragement to me this past month! Thank you so much for partnering with me in reaching the Nations and Generations of this world in this AMAZING City!
Loads of Love
Traci
September is always an exciting month for us here at Every Nation London. Just like Autumn always comes at this time of the year, we also start a new season of our Connect Groups and The Follow Course. We start a new sermon series, students go back to school and some of our young people are heading off to University in other cities. On top of all of that, the venue we normally meet in has been going through renovations for the past month so we are also hoping to go back into an upgraded venue in the next few weeks!
Change is all around us! Now, if you are like me, you like routine and change isn’t always fun. God changes though, are always exciting. Knowing what changes need to be made or what routines need to be kept is key to living in the plans and purposes of God.
At this time of the year we like to take time to set ourselves apart to seek God through prayer and fasting. It’s an amazing way to make sure that your ears, eyes and heart are open to hearing God’s voice for what’s to come. It’s also a powerful time of getting together to pray with each other and to speak an overflow of life into what God has not only called us to do personally but as a church.
I know that many people have a special time of prayer and fasting at the beginning of each year but I want to encourage you that if you haven’t stopped in a while to ask and listen to God about His plans and purposes for you – take some time this month to say “Here I am Lord, your servant is listening” 1 Samuel 3:10
I keep this picture as my screen saver on my phone to remind me to stop and listen to God throughout my day. It takes me back to the day I took the picture in Austria where this scene just shouted the awesomeness of God! You couldn’t do anything but stand still and listen.
I will be teaching at our Follow One Course this month. The sessions will establish the vital and life-changing foundations for a relationship with God the Father, and the way home He has made in Jesus Christ. To move from lost to found; from sinner to son to heir! Prayers appreciated! I would also appreciate your prayers as I oversee our Connect Groups starting up next week.
Thank you so much for continuing to stand with and cover me in prayer regarding my finances, health, and ministry! You are a reaching the nations and every generation in London!
Love,
Traci
Are you still fighting?? Last month I started my letter with Psalm 18:39 says “ You armed me with strength for battle;…” I just haven’t been able to move from there. Since my last letter I have seen so many people facing physical, emotional and spiritual battles.
One of my friends has been fighting a battle for a few years now and she has been standing and standing and refusing to move. She is tired now and the reality is sometimes we get tired of fighting and standing. The fact is though, we are not made to fight and stand on our own but many of us do. Exodus 17 says: “10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. 12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset. 13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.”
Moses’ part of fighting the battle was standing and raising his arms. He wasn’t going to move – he stood and stood but he grew tired. What I find amazing is that he didn’t go into battle alone. He took two people with him – Aaron and Hur - and when he grew tired – they lifted his arms and the battle was won. Maybe you have been battling for a while and you have grown tired and you realise that you haven’t taken anyone along with you to lift up your arms. Or maybe you see someone who has grown tired of fighting and they need some help in the battle. If you are fighting alone – stop! Do like my friend has done - Ask people to battle with you in prayer. Agreement in prayer is a powerful thing! If you see someone fighting alone – come along side of them and lift them up so that they too can see Victory!
I am doing well and have been busy with so many things. Here in our office and church venue we have been clearing out and preparing for new things ahead. It’s been physically tiring but exciting and exhilarating spiritually, knowing that as we do things in the physical – God is doing new things for the near future!
I’ve also been involved in helping a new course we have started called The Follow Course, mentoring students and adults, Youth Camp, Worship and helping with a new Youth Band in our Slough congregation!
Thank you so much for continuing to stand with me and cover me in prayer regarding my finances, health, and ministry! You are a HUGE blessing.
Love,
Traci
