The theme of April was intersession, and it has been quite a month of learning. Our pillars book was, "Reese Howells, Intercessor" and it has probably been my favorite pillars book so far this year despite how convicting it has been. It is a biography of a welsh man that followed God's specific calling to the life of an intercessor and all the great things that happened in the world because he followed God. I have recently been enlightened on the difference between a prayer warrior and an intercessor. A prayer warrior can start and stop praying for things at their will, whereas an intercessor prays for what God tells them to pray for and they don't stop praying until God gives them the victory or tells them to stop. Also they often live the life of the way of the people they are interceding for. Then in a sermon i recently heard on intersession i learned how Jesus' whole life and purpose was and is interceding to the Father for us. Therefore if we are all called to live a life like Jesus then it is reasonable to say that we are all called to a life of intersession. True our life will not look like a carbon copy of Reese Howell's, but we need to be continually abiding with God and giving Him utter and complete control of our lives so that He may lead and guide us in the way He has planned for us. It is so hard to truly live like i have given God complete control of my life but it is a continual prayer of mine that i will die to self and God will live through me. This is no easy prayer as God is slowly starting to test me and teach me how to die to self.
Intersession was not the only subject in my life for the month of April though. I have also been studying a precepts course on Genesis 3-11. the last few lessons have been specifically on the serpent, sin and death, and what Jesus did to save us from the results of our sin which is death. It has been both interesting and eye-opening to match and compare scriptures all over the Bible that come together to give insight on a subject.
Also this past month i with the other outfitters had the opportunity to visit Adam Reid's (a fellow staffer and BLBC) family and the campus of CMU. We got to meet a woman that worked with campus crusade who lead a ministry that specifically reached the Greek inter-varsity groups. We went on a prayer walk down main street with all of the Greek sorority and fraternity houses. It was exciting to see and hear about a ministry that God has been working in and opening long-closed doors to.
The above has been just a small taste of my month of April. I wish i could expound more on it but that would take pages upon pages to cover. Thank you all for your prayers i have been so blessed by God in this program thus far. I am greatly looking forward to summer and am excited to see the things that God has for me in the coming months. I am praying that your summer will be as great as i am sure mine will be!