There is no one like our God!

Hi everyone! I am so excited for this update because I just can't wait to tell you how GOOD our Mighty GOD is.

I went to Chris Tomlin's concert last night in Tampa and little did I know that God was waiting there for me to speak to my heart truth about my life and this ministry. Chris, in the middle of the concert, had a time where he had everyone sit in their seats because He had an amazing God moment to share with us. My heart was so eager to receive the words, because I just love those God moments; how precious they are in our walks. He began to share of how a chrisian band called "Blue Tree" had went to Thailand to do missions work. Thailand is full of sex trafficking, prositution, and brothels where the girls actually live. Well, one day in the midst of their work in the town, an owner of one of the brothels was interested in having Blue Tree come into one of his clubs, "to bring in more business...I think the music will attract more people in.".. The men stood there and only by the strength of Jesus, they responded "Yes, we will do it." So as Jesus called them inside this club, which they describe as having poles out front and women hanging off the balconies, and dancing, trying anything to get customers in, the band walked in heads down, ready to take this amazing opportunity and run. The men began to play worship music for the next 2 hours! They were singing praises over the room, over the house, over the town, giving all honor, glory and praise to Jesus for this amazing opportunity. The lead singer shares that he knew that this experience was so beyond him, but he didn't even know to what extent. And then all of the sudden, Chris said that the lead singer of the group just looked up and was playing this song on his guitar, and all of the sudden these words just started pouring out in song "Greater things have yet to come, greater things are still to be done in this city....There is no one like our God......greater things have yet to come, greater things are still to be done in this city...." and God just gave him this amazing song, that just filled the room. What power, Chris declared, as he got to watch the actual footage of this taking place because the men had been videotaping this experience. The Holy Spirit just came upon him, and gave him these words to pray and speak aloud over this place...that greater things have yet to come for you, greater things, things you can't even imagine, are still to be done in this place, in this city....God is here. He said at one point, he looked over at some English men that happen to be to the left of the stage area, and he saw their shock as they realized this band was American, and what they were singing about was God, and that the words were speaking that where glory shines from hearts aloud with praise for you and love for you in this city… What an amazing story, of willingness, availability, and just desire to be obedient for Christ.

Tears welled up in my eyes as I listened to this amazing story, and conviction was brought to my heart about this ministry that God has opened the door to and allowed us to be a part of. I think deep down inside, I had allowed myself to think that maybe the doors of this ministry were coming to an end because of the circumstances. As I listened to how powerful our God is and that, first of all, we have been given a special and amazing opportunity for the past 8 months to be inside the walls of this club to love these girls with the love of Christ, is amazing, and also that God is able to in foreign land even, have a band full of men eager to love and share Jesus, go inside a club and pour out songs of worship over these people. How incredible is that? We have got to just pray, pray, pray...over this ministry ladies. What God has called us to is such a great need; they are hungry.

I was blessed to have another one of the girls from the club inside my home today to do her hair. We spent 4 hours today, just talking, laughing, and sharing our hearts about life, kids, even Jesus. We talked about God, and I was able to invite her to church for tomorrow or Easter, or both:) What an amazing site today, to just step back out of myself, and to see what God was up to. Our kids were playing together, our conversation full of laughter, love, and honesty. I remember when this ministry first started and I had declared in a blog, that there would be a day when I would have these girls in my home, my new friends. That is exactly what happened today! How amazing our God truly is....There is NO ONE like our God. WOW:) I love you all, let us keep united in prayer for the work that God still is going to do this in this city, in this place, and in their hearts.

God bless,
Stephanie