Journey Day 358

So today I was making a powerpoint for the China presentation I'm giving this Sunday at my parent's church, and I found out some really awesome things about China and the spread of Christianity and I thought maybe you would want to share in my joy! China is a closed country which means some serious restrictions and little freedom. This sounds like it would bode very badly for Christianity, but as the bible says, what man means for evil, God uses for good. So God has used this political discontent and religious persecution to start something awesome in Asia. Christianity has increased 100 fold since 1949. Back then there were around 500,000 christians, most of which were Catholic. Now there are close to 130 MILLION Christians, and that number is still growing! It is being predicted that that number could double or even triple in this generation! At this rate Christianity will have a hand at shaping China... in other words when there are Christians in positions of power whether it be politics or even entertainment, China will be changed for the better! That made my little heart very excited. God is doing such an incredible work in a country that was once so closed off to Jesus. It just shows that no man, woman, or government can stop what God wants to do! He works in the best and the worst of circumstances and makes something beautiful : )

Journey Day 239

This song pretty much sums up my life right now!

The Stand by Hillsong United

You stood before creation

Eternity within your hands

You spoke the earth into motion

My soul now to stand

You stood before my failure 

Carried the cross for my shame

My sin weighed upon Your shoulders

My soul now to stand

So what can I say 

What can I do

But offer this heart Oh God                                              

Completely to you 

So I'll walk upon salvation

Your spirit alive in me 

This life to declare your promise 

My soul now to stand

So what can I say 

What can I do 

But offer this heart Oh God 

Completely to you 

So I'll stand 

With arms high and heart abandoned 

In awe of the one who gave it all 

So I'll stand 

My soul Lord surrendered

All I am is yours