Life

Yesterday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I went with some people here to go march for pro-life against the new abortion clinic. It was amazing, they said they were expecting about 800 people but more like 8000 people showed up. The march is not really a protest but more of a prayer march. Everyone put red tape with "LIFE" written across it on their mouths so the march is silent and everybody prays. They stationed 600 people at the building to pray for 5 hours they called this the "Silent Siege" and then the rest of the people marched throughout the main neighborhoods that Planned Parenthood is targeting. I marched with my friends and everyone just prayed against abortion, against sexual immorality, that people would feel the love of Christ, that God would send messengers to these people, and just for the neighborhoods in general that God would be glorified in them. I feel like God wants abortion to not even be a factor.


There was a lot of talk about how abortion is wrong and it kills innocent lives. That is very true. But it doesn't stop there. If we were to stop abortion many kids would just go and be a part of the system were there is a lot of success but there is a lot of mistreated, forgotten kids that don't get a proper family to grow in. And the women that want to get an abortion can't afford to have a kid with all the expenses prior to giving birth which I don't know much about but I'm sure you mothers know what I am talking about. So what God was showing me was that many times as Christians we want sin to stop. That's all good and stuff but that is all we are willing to say or do. If we really want sin to stop we as Christians have to go further than just wanting sin to stop or going to a rally to protest against sin. We as Christians have to go much farther than stopping the sin but fight against what causes the sin. Like in abortion Christians have to be there for mothers that want to abort and be there to adopt the children that they cannot afford to take care of. Which one is more likely to be a testimony in a teenager's life. People telling her abortion is wrong and she better not do it and then leave? Or people coming alongside her and helping her get through this and providing for her so her baby can make it? Of course the second option takes more time and money, but God never said it would be easy to fight against sin and the Devil. But we have to press in if we are to see change. Christianity is easy, but we don't understand that. Ask God to show you what it means to be a Christian. A true follower of Christ.

-Brennen


Abortion clinic, it opens in April.



People praying


New family and friends

New Year

So I know that I have done a poor job updating this blog and even the blogs I did put were very vague and general so I am turning over a new leaf. I am going to strive to update more and be more productive in my blog writing. Let me start all over from the beginning because I have done a bad job explaining. Here it goes.

I left September 28th and traveled for five days and got to Houston on that Friday night. I was on the streets living for just under a month when a family picked me up off the streets and I have been staying with them for about three months. I thought when I left from Dallas that I would be starting ministering to inner city people right off the bat but when I got here God put a hold on it and just had some Him and me time. The family God has put me with has given their house over to God. Many people might say that but they actually let it happen. We practically gather every night to either worship, pray, discuss and read the bible, or whatever the Spirit leads us to do. Along with that many people come over and we minister to them and we also go out to feed the homeless about three times a week. We will go out there and spend a few hours feeding, talking, and ministering to the homeless. Many organizations go out and feed but few actually invest time in the homeless and its not true love to do it half heartedly. Not to put down the organizations or people at all but God wants unconditional love and full obedience from all of us. And this isn't just in feeding homeless but in all things.

God has shown us a lot about sanctification. We need to strive for complete sanctification. God allows many things but not all things please Him. 1 Corinthians 6:12 says All things are permissible but not all things are beneficial. I want everything to be beneficial for the Kingdom of God. I believe that is a big part of sanctification. Not just taking away the sin in our lives but taking away the idle things in our lives. Like worldly entertainment for instance is idle. I'm not trying to sound all righteous here because I still watch my Cowboys, and God is not mad about it but what is it really helping? God has also been teaching us about fasting. And if we want to see real change we have to fast. Recently we have seen a lot of demonic oppression on the streets. This is new to me because I haven't seen much my whole life but on the streets there is. I read Isaiah 58 especially in 6-7 when it talks about loosing the bonds the wickedness and letting the oppressed go free. There are many reasons for fasting but this is the one that we are basing our fast on. If we really care about people and seeing them freed from sickness, oppression, storms we will fast for them. We should be fasting on a regular basis. It's different for all people but it should be regular. That's what I feel that God has been teaching me.

Ya'll can pray for the fast and that God moves on the streets and releases them from evil. And along with that we are shown how to disciple them as they are freed and saved. Thank you for the prayers and share any prayer requests with me. If ya'll have any questions about anything don't be afraid to ask and I'll try to answer them in later blogs.

-Brennen