Heroes of Faith 1

First...sorry for taking so long in starting this.... I've been
flat-out with exam stress hence no blog posts.

One of the first Heroes of faith that I would like to share with you
is Smith Wigglesworth. Every time a read a story about this guys life
something within me just explodes.
One of the many great stories is the one about the little seriously
ill boy that died. The family had sent for Smith, but when Smith
arrived, the mother met him at the door, saying, "You are too late,
there is nothing that can be done for him."
Smith's reply on this was, "God has never sent me anywhere too late."
The boy's condition was so bad, that if he were to be moved, his
heart would stop and he would die. Needless to say, the family had no
faith and the boy was too sick to believe for himself. Before he
could pray for the boy, Smith had to leave for an engagement at a
local chapel. But before he left their home, he told the family he
would return. He instructed them to lay out the boy's clothes because
the Lord was going to raise him up.
When Smith returned, the family had not done what he asked, and when they saw his faith, they were embarrassed and immediately set out the boy's clothes. Smith asked them to put only socks on his feet.
Then inside the boy's room, Smith closed the door and told the lifeless
boy that something would happen different from anything he had
experienced before. "When I place my hands on you the glory of the
Lord will fill this place till I shall not be able to stand. I shall
be helpless on the floor." The moment Smith touched the boy, the
power of God filled the room and was so strong that Smith fell to the
floor. Suddenly, the boy began to yell, "This is for Your Glory,
Lord!" Smith was still on the floor when the boy arose and dressed
himself. Opening the door, the boy yelled, "Dad! God has healed me!
I am healed!"
Such glory filled the house that the mother and father fell to the
floor also. The entire village was moved and revival began throughout their city.

Blessings
Mathys
Thanks to Keith on
http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic_pdf.php?topic_id=11
497&forum=35 for the interesting read

Heroes

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I've been moved the last few days reading really interesting stories
about people that did great things for God.
I thought that I should start sharing some of these stories with
you... for a background to know where I'm heading with all this read
Hebrews 13:5-11

Hunger....

I've been reading up a bit on the life of St. Francis and my heart
and soul started moving within me so much so that I almost jumped on
the Joondalup library table over the weekend shooting to God to bring
it back…… my heart can't contain that which is inside.

I hunger for God, I hunger for His power to move through us and touch
people in a way as never seen before in history. I read the stories
of guys such as St. Francis and William Wigglesworth and many others,
then I find myself propelled to have this in our generation.
I long for it to start!!!!
I long for people to get to know God, to get to know the saviour of
the world the King of kings…..

My life is nothing, my all is Christ!!!!!

My prayer is simple and I ask if you hunger for the same to pray with
me…. "Father God, please send your rain on this generation, Amen"

Mathys

The little things....

Guys, how many times have you heard this from your wife….. "It's the
little things that matter!!!!"

For the past few weeks I've been spending time with a mate that is really going through a tough time in his marriage. After listening to him I realised that it really is the little things that make a
marriage work. If I want my marriage to be a great success in years to come I have to learn to think different and do the things and more that I use to do when we dated.

I made myself a promise never to let the little things disappear out of my marriage. I challenge you to do something new for the woman in your life this week. Remember it's never too late.

Mathys

When My people turn and pray

This is how one of the best promises start in the Bible. How do we
get our nation to turn?
Let me tell you about a miracle that happened in South Africa
recently. I realized then that
only God can change the heart of a nation.

Some of you might know Angus Buchan as the writer of the faith like
potatoes book. If you haven't read this book please do so trust me on
this. Three years ago Angus was told by the Lord to cancel his busy
speaking schedule completely. Angus was distraught as he believed in
what he was doing. The Lord told him to look after men but not to
advertise this. The first camp had 240 people attend from one
invitation mail. The second had over 7000 people attend.

I tried to register for Angus camp not because I wanted to learn from
him but because I had a desire in my heart to seek the Lord. The
website indicated that Angus believed for 20 000 people to attend.
Once the registration was complete I was assigned a number 25162. Yes
I was the 25162 registered person for the camp. I met with friends
for coffee and mentioned the registration and was met with
overwhelming response of men who wanted to attend with me.
In the end we registered 9 people. The last person number was 33125.
We tried to register more but could not. We assumed the registration
was now closed.

What had happened in fact is that the server which was setup could
not handle the 1 registration per second that was required. As we set
off for the trip 460 km away we saw vehicles joining the road from
most on ramps. We traveled with the biker club 30 men in total
(Luckily I was driving the support vehicle)

We had a bit of drama when two family members on their bikes left the
road and had a serious
accident about 120 km from the camp site. (more about this later)

As we got to the small town Greytown which is located about 20 km
from the farm where the camp would be held we realised something was
wrong. All the residents were standing outside their homes. As we
turned we noticed a snake of red lights as far as the eyes could see.
This was in fact a 22 km of vehicles waiting to enter the farm. We
arrived in Greytown just after 18.00pm. At 23.30pm we finally got a
spot to put up our tent.

How many men were there? Nobody is really sure but last count it was
68 000....
Ever heard so many men worshiping? I can not describe it words
can not do it justice.
It sounded like war but with a difference Spiritual War!

STORY VS. ARGUMENT

I heard about someone that was challenged in an argument one day
regarding his faith, the Christian guy simply turned around and said
to his argumentative challenger "An argument can't stand ground with
a story"
I started thinking about this the last few days allot… it's true and
argument has nothing to a story.

Yes you might have a great 1 hour argument but I have a life story
that causes me to think different.

Mathys

GOD TALK TO ME SO I CAN HEAR YOU

I was reeding the part where Jesus was in the garden praying when He
knew the final few hours were close. I read this searching for where
God spoke to Him in a loud audible voice… I didn't find it. Then
shame struck me, and I felt so stupid for shouting at God one day to
answer me in a loud voice so I could hear Him.

If God (with all respect) in the time when Christ was begging for an
answer didn't answer, then who am I to ask for a loud voice from Him.
The beauty of this on the other hand, is that in these times when we
think there can be no other way, God turns it around into something
awesome.

Mathys

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Can you believe it another year has come and gone. I wonder is it
that I'm getting older
or is the years getting shorter and tougher every year ?

I for one am glad to see the back of 2007. After 2006 which was quite
a difficult year we hoped and prayed for a better 2007. It was not to
be...
But before we all go into a state of depression we should maybe note
the possible reasons why the years seams to
get tougher and tougher. The Lord said that he will come back for a
bride and we should be getting ourselves ready for this. Fire is used
to refine
gold. It seams that the Church and by that I mean the people that are
in the Church are reluctant to move closer to God on there own accord
in fact we
have even less time to spent with Him. Is it possible that the Lord
allows the fire sometimes to work with us to get us ready for His
return?.

The world seams to think the end is near look at the number of movies
that is showing on circuit depicting end of the world scenarios. I
mentioned to a friend just the other day that there is less end time
preaching in the church than there is in the worldly programs.

Lets get excited again, Jesus is coming back soon. The signs are
there the world can even see this but the big question is
do YOU still believe it?

Dewald