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This song is pretty much where I am right now. If you want to listen to it, here it is (Hold my Heart MP3), and press the fast froward button till you see this song title.
Love ya'll,
David
"How long must I pray, must I pray to You?
How long must I wait, must I wait for You?
How long 'til I see Your face, see You shining through?
I'm on my knees, begging You to notice me.
I'm on my knees, Father will you turn to me?
One tear in the dropping rain,
One voice in the sea of pain
Could the maker of the stars
Hear the sound of my breakin' heart?
One light, that's all I am
Right now I can barely stand
If You're everything You say You are
Won't You come close and hold my heart
I've been so afraid, afraid to close my eyes
So much can slip away before I say goodbye.
But if there's no other way, I'm done asking why.
Cuz I'm on my knees, begging You to turn to me
I'm on my knees, Father will you run to me?
So many questions without answers, Your promises remain
I can't sleep but I'll take my chances to hear You call my name
To hear You call my name
Hold my heart, could you hold my heart?
Hold my heart."
06/14/08- Indian experience part 1: Attended Nate's (our drummer) home church. It's a small assembly's of God church, but everybody was originally from the same part in India. The sermon was done in their native language and worship was half in their language and half in english. It was so cool to see their language on the power points slides and to hear hymn sung in other tongues. They took about 30 minutes out of the service to let people stand up and give God praise for something that happened that week or to ask for prayer. It was really, really cool experience.
06/20/08- The band had a serious time of prayer on this day. I always lead us in prayer before practices and performances, but this is the first time we just took time to just pray. We all prayed one after the other. God is binding us closer together as a team, and showing us His vision for the ministry. We talked for a while about where God is leading us individually and as a band. After that time of prayer, we came up with a re-mix of a song we had just heard a couple of times within 20 minutes (very unusual, it usually takes us a couple of hours to do this). We were pumped and our creativity was full on. Praise God, He is at work among us. We are hoping and praying to be able to glorify His name all over the earth through the gifts and talents he has given us.
06/21/08- Indian experience part 2: Ate at Nate's house. It was the best Indian food I have every had in my life. I have not been that full since....well maybe since never. Nate's parent had powerful testimonies as how they came to Christ, or more like how Christ found them. Praise God for his goodness and faithfulness to all of the people and cultures of the world. He could have simple stayed with the Jews, but in His grace let us gentiles come into a relationship with Christ as well.
06/23/08- I'm still fasting and praying for revelation and guidance; for me personally and for the band. God has been good and has shown me small yet meaningful things during this time, but I'm still waiting for a clear answer on the bigger things.
I love you all as brothers and sisters in Christ. (If you aren't a christian, don't worry, I love you too.) Until next time.
-David
The world is getting smaller, Christ needs to get bigger.
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I was at a work meeting yesterday and they showed a global map with some wireless communication statistics laid over the map. But I sat there and realized how small our world has really become. Now with jets, trains and automobiles you can be pretty much anywhere you want to be within a day or two. How exiting that thought is in regards to spreading the love and story of Christ all over the earth. God willing this band will have a world wide reach, regardless of socio-economic boundaries and location. I'm constantly praying for ways that we can do concerts for free(more on that whole idea later). I pray that we will be able to take the good news of Christ's death and resurrection to every country. I also have played with the idea of translating the songs we are creating to other languages, primarily spanish(since I speak it), japanese(they have found a place in my heart and am learning japanese now) and chinese (because about half of the world's population speaks some form of mandarin). If you have not been outside of the US, jump at the first chance you get. It will pretty much change your life. It's a totally different world out there in desperate need of a Saviour and a relationship with our graceful and almighty God.
So i've been praying and fasting for the last six days with no clear answer yet. It took daniel 21 days to get an answer, so I'm not worried about how long it will take. I fully trust that God has his perfect timing concerning this issue. I'll continue fasting and praying until I get a clear answer.
I know it's a little strange/awkward to hear and talk about fasting. I'm letting you know of my progress through this time mostly to keep myself accountable(I'm not that great or consistent at fasting). Also, I wanted to get fasting out in the open and get people to think about and consider it. I was torn whether to talk about it or not (while I was doing it) because of this scripture saying that it's not right to be arrogant in proclaiming that you are fasting (Matthew 6:16-17). But after praying about it, I decided that the benefit outweighed the risk of me sounding arrogant. In that if anybody is encouraged by this post to fast and pray, that would be awesome.
As christians we are pretty much commanded by Jesus Christ himself to fast. He said "when you fast" in the scripture link above, not "if". It's more like an assumption than a command that we will fast. Fasting is a great experience if you haven't tried it out already, it can be done in many ways and for whatever length you choose. It's not "forcing God" to do something, it's a humbling experience and a time to focus everything on God.
Most of the time God has already answered in His own way, but we are merely not listening closely enough.
There are different kinds of fasting; a water only fast, juice only fast, fruit and vegetable only fast, or just giving up single things like a meat fast, TV fast, Internet fast, soda fast, chocolate fast...etc etc... It's whatever is a meaningful sacrifice for you to give up for a prescribed amount of time. Non-protestant christians practice this regularly during lint. In the end, it's between you and God, so whatever he leads you to do ; go for it full tilt.
If you know me personally, i would appreciate your prayers (even just one right now would be great) as I fast and pray for God's wisdom, guidance and revelation. I'll let you know how it goes.
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