MOUNT UP!

I've been here in Kona, Hawaii for 11 days. It feels like I've been here for months, like I've known these new friends for years, like the revelations I've learned have been taught over my entire life. And .it's only been 11 days. Crazy.

I think this is what Heaven feels like. Time flies by but feels like it takes forever. Glory every day. It's not this place or this class that is the reason. This only give the environment for the opportunity to encounter God in an incredible new way.

I'm sure you're wondering, what's this Circuit Rider thing? Why am I in HI for 5 weeks? What's the point? Is it really worth it?

In the late 1700's, the western world was pretty under developed. In order to reach the lost, a group of men volunteered to ride horseback from town to town preaching the good news of Jesus Christ and making disciples. These men would come to a town, preach until the town was saved, ride to the next town, preach until the town was saved, and go to the next town. They would continue this for several towns and then would return to the first town to disciple the believers. They could travel in the cycle creating a circuit. These men were called Circuit Riders. Most of them faced physical trials with sickness and persecution from the people in the town. They didn't quit until it killed them.
And this is the heart of the class. Circuit Riders exists to establish and equip a generation to obey and fulfill Jesus' Great Commandment (Matthew 22:36-40) and Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20). It aims to cultivate a generation of leaders wholly given and surrendered to the will of the Father, living for a purpose greater than themselves, and sent as laborers of the Gospel to the hardest and darkest frontiers on the earth. The purpose is to revive and awaken the church to ignite a burning passion for the lost; to boldly proclaim and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the demonstration of the power of the Holy Spirit; and to make and train disciples through Biblical truth so they can go out and do the same.

This class has drawn me into deeper intimacies with God, called me to intercession and partnering with the Holy Spirit, shown me how to live in community centered around God, to go out and preach to the lost, to heal the sick, and to lead others to do the same. We have seen over 40 salvations and even more healed from various sicknesses and diseases all within the last two weeks. We cannot wait to see what comes next.

If you are interested, every day our class is recorded and uploaded onto itunes. All the podcasts are FREE! Just search "Circuit Riders" and look for the man on a house icon. I would totally recommend listening in. God WILL DO crazy things in your life if you let Him move.