THE REVIVAL HYMN Revive Thy work, 0 Lord! And manifest Thy power; Oh, come upon Thy Church, and give A penitential shower! Revive Thy work, O Lord! Come now and answer prayer; Oh, come in Holy Spirit power, And save men everywhere! Revive Thy work, O Lord! And every soul inspire; Oh, kindle in each … More Wednesday 07.11.18, The revival we need!
On Tuesday my wife gave birth to our first child! What a gift of God! He is very precious to us. As a family of three we want to start to be a family on mission. Because we believe we are not on this earth just to enjoy life, family and die but to “make … More Tuesday 23.10.18, The life as a family on mission has begun!
Life is getting a bit more exiting as I’m becoming a dad in a week or two 🙂 This doesn’t mean that I stop with spreading the gospel but it does mean that I spend more time with my wife as she is on a pregnancy leave. Whenever I go to some grocery stores or … More Saturday 20.10.18, You can preach gospel, even when people are not sick!
Saturday there was a discipleship training in Lahti. We spoke about: The Kingdom of God, Discipleship & Evangelism & Luke 10. After lunch we split in groups and went on the streets. I went with Miro: It was nice to go again with Miro on the streets. We went to the first big shopping that … More Saturday 22.09.18, “Go&Make Disciples training”
Melissa has now been with us for a bit more than a week. She has seen movies and heard testimonies and teachings about healing the sick and preaching the gospel. On Monday she was with me in a shopping mall and saw how I prayed for the sick and shared the gospel with people. Still … More Thursday 20.09.18, Kickstarting Melissa
Our friend Melissa came over from Belgium to spend some vacation in Finland. We have shown her some beautiful places in Forssa, where we are living and in Hämeenlinna where Anni’s parents live. The past week we have talked about God all the time, read the Bible, prayed and simply shared life. We showed her … More Monday 17.09.18, The fear went away!
The Gospel of Mark shows that Jesus designed his disciple’s ministry to be a team effort. (“Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.” ~ Mark 6:6-7) Going with two, or more to share the Gospel … More Wednesday 05.09.18, Yes, it happened again!
Here we go again. We’re just back from a nice weekend that my wife and I spend with my wife’s parents and again Jesus healed someone with severe pain, pain level 10 on a scale of 0-10. This is a short praise report! Today I went to the second hand shop to look for something … More Monday 27.08.18, Oops, Jesus did it again!
Praying to God for giving you opportunities to share the gospel makes you more attentive to find those places and times! Friday we left for a weekend with the family of my wife. We still had to wait for an hour to be picked up by her parents so in the meanwhile we decided to … More Fri – Sat 24.- 25.08.18, Sharing the cups and cookies in a shopping mall
On Wednesday I got positive vibes by reading 2Timothy2:15 “ Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (NKJV). Rightly dividing the word of truth! Yes, that’s what I want to do, telling everybody about the power of Jesus, showing … More Wednesday 22.08.18, Jesus says “GO!”
