ABDUL RAHMAN IS FREE AND ALIVE IN ITALY!
Our "Insane" friend has been set free and given safe haven in Italy where he can now read his Bible, pray and speak openly of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! For those of you who think martyrdom is cool, I am very sorry, but it seems that God wants Abdul to live a little longer on this side of Paradise. Though the great church Father and Theologian Tertullian said that, “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church”, I do not think he meant we should romanticize, glorify or seek to be martyrs. We can rejoice that God has given Mr. Rahman an opportunity to grow as a disciple and get the help he needs if he is truly "mentally unstable" as German officials are now stating.
THE NCAA MARCH MADNESS TOURNAMENT has been whittled down to 2 teams as the FLORIDA GATORS face the UCLA BRUINS tonight at 6:21 pm Pacific Time. I have to go with UCLA, though they are the team that broke my heart a couple of weeks ago as they came back to beat GONZAGA in a game the Zags should have won. I started the tournament with the following teams in descending order as my favorites: GONZAGA, ARIZONA, WASHINGTON, UCLA AND CALIFORNIA. UCLA plays some of the stingiest defense I have ever seen, but Florida is loaded with talent. I see UCLA pulling out a squeaker with the score being in the high 60's to low 70's. GO UCLA?!
NEXT GENERATION RETREAT
This past weekend, Peggy and I traveled to the beautiful Olympic Rain forest of Washington State and did a COLLEGE AGE RETREAT for OVERLAKE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. I was asked to speak on WORSHIP, INTERCESSION and SPIRITUAL WARFARE to a hungry and passionate group of movers and shakers for Jesus. Pastor Josh Julian and his wife Ashley served as our gracious hosts as they led the weekend with humor, confidence and obvious love for the flock they are leading. I felt it went pretty well, though I was not as sharp or spiritually sensitive as I would have liked to be. To all of you who prayed for Peggy and I this weekend, I want to say a big hearty THANK YOU! I know I was carried on the wings of prayer before the throne of God. Thanks Josh, Ashley and the NEXT-GEN group for being instruments of God's grace to us. Thank you Peggy, my bride of almost 19 years for supporting me in prayer and the ministry of presence!
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