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what a Life....

any life with God is amazing.

"Youth without God is like a painting in a world with no light"

God has been teaching me lots of things lately.

Lots about peace.

Everyone knows Psalm 23. I have never really payed much attention to it, but God has been using it in my life alot.

I have been learning lots about peace. lots and lots. Someone who didn't know me came up to me the other day....a stranger, who is a christian, said "God has been giving you and showing you lots of peace this week, He plans on showing you more and taking you deeper into that." Thats really cool.

Not to much going on this week, everybody is leaving going somewhere. I just got back from a church retreat from a church in town. 1 baptized, 2 saved, and people healed. What a time.

I love being a Jesus follower. Its to the glory of His grace in how much he has changed me. Its so obvious to me how much I have changed because of Christ.

Bye : )

Whole carrot

I stole my friends title. I liked it, but it prob has some meaning I dont know about.

This is the best way to sum up my time in Berlin. It was just said to me on Facebook.

"Love is the greatest of them all" (From the verse in 1 Cor 13, last one).

God has taught me how to love during this time, and how to be loved. (I am not perfect at it, and will learn this for the rest of my life.) To love without expectations, when I do not want to, and because I was first loved. To love because of this Love. This Grace.

To know I am loved by God. That when I mess up or do really good, it doesn't change a single thing. I am loved.

Jesus, show me more of this love. How sweet is your gospel.

I was convinced....

Disclaimer: This blog has many purposes....I find it fun to write. So many random things in this. My mind goes all over the place. Good place for it I guess.

Robert took me out and I bought some cologne. I have always been a man of neutral smell....not bad, not good....just not there. That changed. I now smell. Smell good that is. It took a lot of convincing on his part and some others. So now I know....if you ever need to get a birthday present, christmas presnt, or just a present....I have learned cologne is good (in europe and with me).
Europe is so different than America. In lots of different ways: they recycle more, better public transportation, and men sit down to pee. Just little differences, but still can make an impact in day to day life.
This is my last week in Berlin. It is bitter sweet. The youth group threw a party for us. They are glad we are leaving. Ha. Then they prayed for us before we left. After they prayed for us a girl walked up to me and had an impression from God to me, "God is a God of wonders." Which for me is perfect. I think its wonderful how the smallest little things can mean so much to someone. I have been praying a lot lately that I want to be in wonder of who God is. To be in wonder of his character, realtionship with me, and his creation. To see wonderous things happen around me. He is doing that for sure.
I read from something not to far back when an old man was on his death bed. He said all he ever asked for was to be in Wonder of God. For God to show him wonderful things. He didnt want wisdom, knowledge or anything else. One of the last things he said was God showed him every day his wonderful things and works. That life was beautiful for him....
God is showing me things.
God is so good. So wonderful. So loving.
I cant help but have joy in my heart, laughter in my mouth, and a smile on my lips while knowing this love of God.
Since I have been in Berlin. I have changed a lot. I feel God's presence so much more through the day. Being able to talk to him more and know he is there more. He shows me more about the gospel and its beautiful. He shows me this divine love. More, more, more.
My faith is in Jesus. He has changed me so much. Its such a testimony. Oh how I can never turn back. I can never be the same!

Lord, my heart BURNS for you. I will never be the same again.

Yeah

I go through seasons of writing and not writing. I will write everyday for a couple of weeks and then suddenly not write again.

Yesterday was a good day. I woke up, went to do a prayer shift for 24/7. On the way to the prayer shift me and Robert were joking around about how the people on this tram are secret agents and navy seals. Pointing at people and saying who has what weapon or bomb and what was going to happen. We then get off the tram and suddenly four or five police cars come screaming over to our tram. Some police rush out and run into the tram and they end up finding nothing. They then proceeded over to another tram from the other direction and which was another lose. Sometimes life can be ironic.
We then ate lunch at this old American ladies house. She was 72, her husband died in 2008. She was extremely sweet and I loved hearing her stories. I have learned that I learn best from stories, I enjoy hearing them, and telling them myself (not that I am to good of a story teller). I think it was really good for her though for us to be there. I think she really needed someone to talk to,would listen to her, and for her to process things. She made us green beans, carrots, lasanga, chicken steak, and rolls. Then followed up with some pudding....which was prob the best I have ever had. (She said it would be the best I ever had to before I even tried it).
We go over to the YWAM base and get some things done. When we are leaving, I asked Robet if it was 4:41, he said yes. It was really 3:41....so I showed up to church two hours early. So when the church service started, I left and got onto the tram.
A little bit later the tram slams on its brakes and all of a sudden the corner of a bus comes tearing into the right side. It all happened in slow motion with the glass breaking and dust flying and people coming out of there seats because of the impact. It was pretty cool, but interesting at the same time. I was quite suprised with myself actually though. I did not get scared at all, and my first instinct was to help the people around me. Perfect love cast out all fear? Some people were really shaken by the bus coming through the window. I am very lucky though I did not sit the seat beside me because then I would have had the bus right on me and the glass coming down.
But I have to go....Ill finish later.
I finished the day by walking home in shorts in the cold rainy weather. But thats okay. I have breath. Ha.
Then when I got home watched the passion of christ....that makes me laugh.
Much love
Jeremy

a new year

started on....lets just say....march 23rd.

I really like this:
Eph 5: 25-27
Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26to make her holy, cleansing[b] her by the washing with water through the word, 27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

My new year:
Christ loved Jeremy, and gave himself up for him to make him holy, cleansing him by the washing with water through the word, and to present him to himself as a radiant Jeremy, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

This will be a year of learning about this Divine Romance. It will be good. Amazing. It already has been. But as the same time hard.

all though

the last one was not as personal, I will write some about what God is doing in me.

Here we go:
1. Nothing is mine. Nothing at all. These clothes I have, this money I use, and even my body I use and abuse everyday. Its all God's, I am just his manager for it. Kind of relieving because God will give me what I need when I need it. No doubt. So maybe one day he will ask me give to up the shirt I am wearing to someone more in need, but he would not just let me go shirtless, he would take care of me.
Also, since its his body, and I am just borrowing it : ) until I get back to heaven, I should use it for the most of his glory. Wether that is helping out the homeless guy, telling someone about Jesus, or admiring his creation while sky diving or mountain bking its for his glory. I think he wants us to have fun.
2. How amazing prayer is. I can always learn about prayer. We will just leave this one like it is.
3. God believes in me, and he can use me to do the BIG in the world just as the small ones. He has been showing me how much he believes in me.
4. To be simple. To have the joy deep in your soul, with the laughter in your mouth and a smile on your lips and just enjoy God and his creation. To have Love, Faith, and Hope.
5. Hoping for Christ. Still learning...and always will be. I think a lot of christians really over look this....hope....and also the basis of faith.
6. Walk as Jesus walked. Obvious one, but what does it mean? John 14, we will do greater works than what he has done. Jesus himself says that, and then he gives us the Holy Spirit.
7. Tie all of these together....and you can have a simple. radical. beautiful life for Jesus, and will get to experience miracles on a regular basis. You will be in wonder of him, wanting to walk in his presence all day. Now when I say this number seven point...I am not lecturing you as you read, this is what God is showing me. To be joyful and simple and walk like Jesus did. I have seen some really cool things from this.
back to point point number 2: this is where all of this starts, through prayer and talking to Jesus and seeing what he did on the Cross. Oh the wonderful cross.

Well...I think that is good for now.

two weeks?

I think it has been around two weeks, so time to update.

Time is flying by. It is so crazy. We leave on april 23. We need to buy a train ticket soon....

So much has happened lately. In my own life and in Berlin.

It really shows how great God is. He has been setting me free in areas of my life while showing me miracles in other person's lives.

I had a staff visit from my friend in Norway....pastoral visit that is. When we are together, we have lots of fun and evangelism truly becomes a life style. Talking to so many strangers and having a good time and even getting to see miracles. I think it was on a sunday....we were walking past this girl with a bandage on her hand. She really could not move it around much. After we prayed for her, her hand had gotten healed, it was back to the way it was. Full motion. Got to tell her about Jesus and so on.
Then an hour later, on the way out, we ran into a group of break dancing teens. They were qutie funny and really just enjoying themselves. They started dancing for us and talking. One guy did not dance though. He had broken fingers/hand from a fight he had been in. He was muslim and after talking to him, we prayed for his hand, he said the pain went away some and he was amazed at that. So we prayed again and this time all the pain had left his hand (on a scale of 1-10, ten being the worst pain, he said it went from 8 to 0). When that happened all the break dancers started singing suddenly, and very loudly, "Oh Happy Day!" and started break dancing....then the security came and kicked them out for being to loud. That was very cool.
There are more stories of God at work in this place.

The 24/7 prayer started that will last a month. First week is YWAM, 2nd is Christus Gemiende. Then a 3 day break for evangelism. Then week 3 will be by the Jerusalem church. Week 4, maybe back to YWAM, we are not sure. But we can still use your prayers to find people to help us with this. It has been an amazing time of seeing God provide for us. We are def thankful.

The youth club we run is up and down in who comes and go. Sometimes there will be lots of people there and then sometimes there will be not.

Berlin is very interesting city. I like it here. Quite beautiful. So that is the update for now.

I dont really check for spelling and grammer errors in my blog. sometimes. so forgive me.