Thailand Mission Day 1!

It is hard to describe the great desire and yearning for more of Gods manifest presence. I long to enter the Holy of Holy's and at the same time I know it is Gods will that I would enter in. So the only realistic explanation is there is something in myself that is not yet given up to Christ. That there is some part of my self that must be given up so that I may gain everything. I long for this and know that at the same time that I must be aware of what it is that I need to enter that place, I know that on my own strength there is no way to enter that place. I must go through the pains of wrestling with God for His grace to remove this part of me that is keeping me from seeing His face. Pray that God would revive His work in my heart so that I may have a greater longing, desire and courage to submit my ALL to Him!

Please pray for Alena and Lynn who I met on the plane rides and was able to minister too.

Cleaning House

As I was reading this passage God really spoke to me. I pray that God speaks to you as well:

2 Chronicles 14
King Asa
1 Abijah died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Asa became the next king. For ten years into Asa's reign the country was at peace. 2-6 Asa was a good king. He did things right in God's eyes.He cleaned house: got rid of the pagan altars and shrines, smashed the sacred stone pillars, and chopped down the sex-and-religion groves (Asherim). He told Judah to center their lives in God, the God of their fathers, to do what the law said, and to follow the commandments. Because he got rid of all the pagan shrines and altars in the cities of Judah, his kingdom was at peace. Because the land was quiet and there was no war, he was able to build up a good defense system in Judah. God kept the peace.

Asa "Cleaned House"... As I prepare to go on my mission to Thailand I was reminded that I need to make sure I have "Cleaned House"; to make sure that I have not built up any altars or shrines to something other than God in my life. The first thing I thought of when I was reading that is that it cost Asa something to do this. He had to take laborers and resources to rid the country of these shrines.

The next thing I saw is that because he removed these things and centered the country on God there was peace. Just as we receive peace when we remove the shrines and focus our life on God.

Finally, he was able to build up a good defense system. Due to having removed these shrines and having the peace that God gave, he was able to prepare for future battles so that he would not be as vulnerable.

Wow! So later on in our lives when the temptations come our defenses are built up so that we will have a greater position in the battle.

I prayed to God to search my heart to see if there were any shrines that I needed to remove before I go to Thailand, so that I may be fully prepared... When I pray these things and am in tune to God, I am expecting to hear: "No son, your doing great, keep up the good work..." or at least to hear nothing... Well I didn't hear either of those, God said "Toys". "Toys?" I thought. I have been working on purging myself of things over the past few months so I thought surely this can't be, and tried to change the topic to something else; However the Spirit continued to persist, "Toys". So now I am trying to work out what that looks like, but I can tell you that is not what I wanted to hear.

If you really ask in faith and are willing to listen the Spirit will talk, just remember (as I forgot) when you pray to God and expect Him to want to deal with something YOU WANT Him to deal with, my experience is that He typically wants to deal with something else, and You won't want to deal with it, but that is the thing we need to submit before we can be filled more fully with His Spirit. Pray that I may submit the "Toys" in my life so that I may be more fully filled with His Spirit. Amen.

How are you doing with "Cleaning House"?

HELP WANTED: Prayer Warriors Needed

Prayer for what?

In February 2010 my family and I will be taking a large step of faith as I travel to Thailand to do Gods work. I will be leaving Jan 31 and returning home March 2. During that period of time I will be in Thailand serving along side my brother in Christ Daniel Docto "Doc" and other missionaries. I am not going on a pre-defined mission trip where there is a specific task to be accomplished, as my purpose is different than most going on a short-term mission.
God called me directly in a vision to go to Thailand to share the Truth of Jesus Christ with the people. I do not know if this is going to be a one time journey, or if this is the start of a new chapter that God is writing through my life. I have knocked on many doors and God has been faithful to open some and close others. Doc has a ministry called Muay Thai Missions; He ministers to a completely unreached Muslim community where there are 0% professing Christians. Doc has been blessed by God to be able to do some amazing things in this area and I am VERY humbled and excited to be able to serve along side of this faithful brother and his wife Zina.

Now for how you fit in...

I believe in the power of prayer. Specifically the prayers of righteous followers of Jesus Christ. I am seeking a team of prayer warriors who will commit to pray for my protection from the adversary, prayer for my family as I am away, and most importantly prayer for the people I will meet. I believe that this prayer support is essential to the success of this trip.
I would like to raise up two teams of 7 people (14 total) who will each commit to pray for these things three days a week. I will create a schedule so that I have these needs covered in prayer by multiple people every day of the week. I know that to ask this is a fairly substantial commitment, so my commitment in return is to work as hard as possible to share the gospel at EVERY opportunity I have, and I will update my prayer team via email and video as often as possible during my trip so that you are able to pray specifically for people and needs, and as part of my team so that you can share in the successes that God brings about through our efforts.

Will you help me?

If you would be willing to partner with me in this amazing opportunity to spread the Good News please comment on this post, and send me an email\tweet\message via FB and I will get in contact with you. Thank you so much friends for your support. I CAN'T wait to see what God is going to do!

The Matrix: Set Apart for a Purpose

This is 75% of the sermon I preached at Peace Chapel in Los Angeles where my friend and brother Deantwan Fitts is Pastor. Unfortunately my camera died before I was able to tie it up and close, but you will get most of it from this video. I really enjoyed doing it. I spent a good deal of time seeking God for His words for this portion of the body and it was incredible the feeling I got from delivering His word.

The Matrix- Set Apart for a Purpose-desktop from Jeremy Wight on Vimeo.

He alone has sacrificed

I had the privilege of spending a few days fasting with some other awesome brothers this past weekend. The largest revelation that came was a mix of a couple concepts, but mainly rested on the idea that He alone has sacrificed. This idea is claimed a lot, especially in regards to fasting; The thought that we sacrifice food, time and money for Him. What I learned is that this is a very self-centered view; It is an honor and a privilege for us to be able to even utter His name, let alone spend intimate time with Him.

The Spirit inspired this example to my brother Dimitri while we were praying.

If you received a phone call and the person on the other end of the line said "You have been selected to be a representative of your town to meet the President (or insert leading dignitary of the day here) on such and such date at the White House." you would not look at: the time taken off work and away from family, money spent on travel, and any other resources expended to make that trip a sacrifice. Most would consider this an absolute honor and privilege.

And yet, how much more has Jesus done for us that we shouldn't look at every moment that He has given us as an honor and a privilege to be even remotely affiliated with His name.


My whole view on life and service to the King has changed as a result of this revelation. I pray that if like me, you have had a self-centered view of serving the King of Kings, that He will reveal to you what true sacrifice is... It changes everything...

Reflections on "Revolution in World Missions" by K.P. Yohannan

Wow what an incredible book! Its on the must read list for me. One that is so good you don't want to put it down, but at the same time very challenging of the things we have accepted as the norm in the American Church.

The mission that Gospel For Asia is doing is absolutely life changing for hundreds of thousands of people around the world. They are the publisher of this book and are so missionally minded that they give this book away completely FREE! You can get a copy here. If you request it, please read it, because although it is free to you, it does cost them money to produce and ship it.

I am going to put some of what I felt the most impactful statements of the book are below.

Once again, I highly encourage you to read it.

"If all your[a believers] concern is about your own life, your job, your clothes, your children's good clothes, healthy bodies, a good education, a good job and marriage, then your concerns are NO DIFFERENT from someone who is lost in Bhutan, Myanmar or India."

"For some reason, Americans seemed to have a need to surround themselves with noise all the time... Why do they always have to be either entertained or entertaining? It was as if they were trying to escape from a guilt they had not yet defined or even identified."

"God did not shower such great blessing on this nation for the Christians to live in extravagance, self-indulgance and spiritual weakness."

"Unless there is repentanc among Christians--Individually and in concert as a community of believers--an awesome judgement will fall on America."

"...Every Christian needs to ask himself:

Why do you think God has allowed you to be born in North America or Europe rather than among the poor of Africa or Asia and to be blessed with such material and spiritual abundance?

In light of the superabundance you enjoy here, what do you think is your minimal responsibility to the untold millions of lost and suffering in the Two-Thirds World?"

"Why did Eve fall into sin? Because she did not truly believe in the judgment--that death would come if she ate...This is the same reason many continue in lives of sin and disobedience."

"Our priority must again be placed on calling men to repentance and snatching them from hell-fire...If we are not willing to plead in prayer for a mission revolution--and let it start in our own personal lives, homes and churches--we will lose this generation to Satan."

"...we must keep supreme the priority of sharing the message of salvation with them--and we must never minister to the physical needs at the expenseof preaching Christ."

"You have to evaluate how you spend every dollar and everything else you do in the light of eternity."

Knowledge vs. Belief

Knowledge IS NOT the same as Belief

Although that may sound silly, there are many things that I know to be true, but I don't really believe. For example,

I know that not brushing my teeth causes tooth decay, but if I really believed that I would carry around a tooth brush and brush after every meal.

I know that people who acheive very high levels of success write out their goal(s) and carry them in their wallet and read them daily, yet I don't really believe it because I have yet to do it. (Thinking of these things is convicting me though :))

People that smoke cigarrettes know that they lead to all kinds of diseases, yet most don't really believe it otherwise they would quit.

Here is the point knowledge only points to your agreement about something. Your level of belief is shown by the amount of action/will displayed in relation to that something.

This is very disturbing when many in America claim a belief in Jesus Christ when really they just have a knowledge of Jesus Christ. I am not talking about earning your salvation or works based salvation. I am talking about the action or fruit that is always associated with a real belief in Jesus Christ. As in my previous post, LeCrea speaks in his song "If He's truly raised to life, than this news should change your life!

For a very real example of this in God's Word look at Mark 1:34

"and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was."

Now it is very clear that the demons had a knowledge of who Jesus was, but considering it is a demon, he obviously does not believe in Jesus.

For those that are reading this that may have come to a realization that you do have a knowledge of Jesus, but you do not see any action/will that displays to you a real belief in Him; you have just discovered the most important thing in your life. I love you and truly want to talk to you.

For those that are reading this who are displaying the fruits of belief in Christ we are obligated to help wisely guide others who have been decieved.