This past weekend I was given the opportunity to teach at CC Düsseldorf. My friend who is the pastor, there is currently in California for two weeks spending time with his family and also being refreshed at the Missions Conference there in CA. It has been over one year since I last taught at CC D-dorf and it was such a blessing to see what the Lord is doing in and through the church there!
FELLOWSHIP
Since the weather has been off and on with the snow recently, I decided to drive up the day before. I was extremely blessed to have some friends of mine, Hannes and Leah Bremicker, to host me and allow me to spend the evening at their apartment. When I arrived there, in the late afternoon, there was also a good friend of theirs that was also going to be spending the evening with them and would be helping them out with worship and would be my translator for the morning service. Before the 3 of us guys headed out for some dinner, we decided to spend time in prayer for the service that would take place the following day.
So Hannes, Erwin, and I headed out into the city to go eat at one of my favorite restaurants in the city that is called VAPIANO! I absolutely love the place and think that they should open up some restaurants in the states! They would do great! Well, besides the food, it was an extreme blessing for me to hang out with Hannes and Erwin and to talk about all that the Lord is teaching us in His Word, what He is doing in our lives, and so much more! These two guys really stirred me up and really encouraged me in keeping my eyes on Jesus!
Hannes & Erwin - on the way to VAPIANOS!PRAYER
Later on in the evening, after watching a movie documentary called RIPTIDE, we decided to go out into the city and to go on a prayer walk. Since it was New Years Day, there was not really anyone out in the city. I asked Hannes if he knew of some local spots that we could go and pray over. He knew of 3 spots that were in the local vicinity. So we spent the next hour walking through the city and praying for the Lord to do a work of His Spirit in the city of D-dorf, for Him to tear down the strongholds in the lives of the people, for Him to set people free from the bondage of sin, for Him to revive His people, and so much more. One of the great things that we prayed for was that the Lord would deliver Düsseldorf into our hands for the Gospel's sake. I know that this city is one of the biggest cities in all of Germany, but we do believe in a really BIG GOD that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask or think of (Eph.3:20).
one of the catholic church's that we passed by during our prayer walk
breakfast at the Bremicker's CC DÜSSELDORF
Edmund Jr., the pastor of the church, had asked me to teach on KEEPING PRAYER A PRIORITY. And since the Lord has really been speaking to me on this topic of prayer, I was extremely excited to come alongside the believers there in D-dorf and encourage them with this topic of prayer. As this was the first Sunday of the year, it was truly a great topic to really be challenged with. I do believe that the Lord spoke and really ministered to many of the people there. After the service I had the opportunity to talk with and pray with one of the young men in the church in regards to this topic of prayer.
I do want to encourage all of you to continue to pray for the work that the Lord is doing at CC Düsseldorf! May He continue to bring forth salvation to this city!
Hannes and Leah leading us in worship!
Fellowship taking place after service!
Hanging out at the Bremicker's after lunch!
1 comments:
We were so blessed to have you! Very encouraging! Keep on faithing...;-)
Hannes
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