Knowing Christ!
The Lord has been impressing upon my heart in the last few weeks that there is so much more for us as His children. I believe that we are in a season in which the Lord wants to place us beneath an open heaven of revelation. We need to position ourselves in such a way that we ask daily for the spirit of wisdom and revelation into the knowledge of Him to be poured out upon us in full measure. God wants us to go into new depths of knowing Him like never before. This type of knowing begins with revelation of Him in deeper ways that impacts us at the innermost places in our hearts and spirits. My prayer and desire for you is that you will grow in your personal knowledge of Christ Jesus as your total source of life. I believe the cry of our hearts in this season, and the rest of our lives, should be the same cry of Paul when he said, "More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ" (Phil. 3:8). As the years go by, I am more and more aware that all that truly matters is Him. The simplicity of Christ is a stumbling block to many who are constantly making the Christian walk more complicated with advanced techniques and approaches to knowing God and serving Him. I am convinced that there is nothing that can compare to simply knowing Jesus as our life and walking in the amazing freedom that He has given us. Pray with me that God will do this work in our hearts for His glory.
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The children in the TB hospital are all recuperating from tuberculosis and are on a very strict medication regiment. They must receive their medication daily for six months without missing one dose. If they miss their medication the TB strengthens against the medication and becomes very difficult to cure. TB is an increasing problem in Africa and these children lack the necessary dietary nutrition to keep their bodies strong against it. Many of the 50+ children in the ward at any given time will leave after their six month stay to be placed in foster care until their home lives are rehabilitated through the work of local social workers.