brad beamon

So for July 4th, we shoot off fireworks in awe and wonder. Ooo, fire in the sky to celebrate our freedom. But this year, much of that was canceled around the area due to a very strong thunderstorm and powerful lightening. And God spoke to me and said, “look at how much greater my fire in the sky is to yours.” So how about from now on, every time we get the odd urge to just sit on our front porch and watch the lightening, we celebrate our freedom in Christ Jesus.

Amen and Amen.

Once again, sorry for the late posts. Wednesday I went with the mobile clinic again and we had the medical clinic inside a church. This was an awesome site to see. People were lined up outside the church on the side of a city road in order to recieve real and practical help.

Thursday we went to another church in another city to have our clinic. This was cool because the construction team had built the foundation of this church a couple of years ago. And yesterday we were able to minister to the physical needs of those people.

Today we all were in the main clinic. We saw only around 300 people because we had to close down early in order to eat and be at the crusade on time. The crusade was alright. In the past, it has been an enormous event in the middle of the road in the slums. But today we had it in the old airport which is now the convention center. It just seemed to eliminate the opportunity for passers by to hear the gospel and be lead by the holy spirit.

Overall this trip has been awesome. I will return home tomorrow night and then in Greenville Monday night.

till then

-peace

Hey guys, sorry for missing Sunday and Monday…been really busy (obviously). So Sunday we went to a church that our construction team built 2 years ago. We found out Sunday that the church we built and its people are mission oriented and are sending out funds, members, and prayers to the community and cities around their church! And please keep in mind that this is a church in a 3rd world country and members who are surviving in a 3rd world country giving and reaching out to those around them with God’s love. What more can we do back home?

Monday we had the first medical clinic. It went very well and we saw about 500 people. It is so cool to be able to reach out and, if do nothing else, just be able to love on the people of Ecuador. In the clinic, I worked in intake and filled out the patient’s information and main complaints. I also got to take vitals and give rectal temps to babies for the first time. Discusting, but awesome for the first time.

Today, Tuesday, I went with the mobile clinic. This is a portion of the vision set in our leader’s heart. One enormous medical clinic has reached its maximum potential. What we want to do is, instead of having one main clinic in the same place for 5 days, is have 3 or so small clinics in different places every day. I was able to go on the test one today. It went great! We saw about 250 people with about 15 workers. I did intake again today and it was good. I’m having fun. Please keep me in your prayers. I want to see God truly draw glory to himself.

-Much love

Well, we left Raleigh, NC at 12:45pm and arrived in Ecuador at 10pm. No, it wasn´t a 9 hr flight. We had a lay over in Miami. Once we got here, they said that we couldn´t bring our medical bags into the country. So we waited around for about an hour until they finally let us go through. So we got to the hotel and are now setteled in.

God is good

And this was the third thing God showed me. When He made land on the sea, he planted in it the Garden of Eden. In here, there was perfect Harmony. But after sin, the world was broken. And just as the physical is a ramification of the spiritual, the super-continent Pangaea was broken into seven continents. Seven is the number of God and completion. Based on this, I guess the world was completely broken huh?

This is the second thing God revealed to me during my walk. I have been praying about and asking the Lord how I should act, especially towards other women, when I am not around my wife. I was wondering this because Scripture speaks so clearly as to how we are supposed to uphold our wives and put them first, but that is when we are right there with them. What about when we are away on business or even just at work truly away from our wives and surrounded on all sides by other women.

So I prayed. I prayed, Lord show me in Scripture how I am to act. And He said this. He said, alright, look at the ultimate couple: Jesus and the church*. He then asked me, is Jesus currently and physically present with His bride as He is in revelation? And I looked around, saw no Jesus standing there so I responded, no. Then God asked me, well where is He then? And I responded in Heaven sitting at the right hand of the father.** And then God asked me, what is He doing? And I said interceding on my behalf**. And God told me that when the husband is away, His wife should be on his lips. And if she is on his lips, then she is forever in his heart. This is because out of the mouth, the heart speaks***.

References:

*Rev. 21:9-10;  1Cr 12:27;

**Rom 8:34

***Luk 6:45

Hey Guys, just got done walking (check the time) and praying with God. Pretty cool stuff revealed. First is this, about worry.

God tells us in Luke*, don’t worry. Then He tells us in 1 Peter** to cast all of our cares on Him. Now here is what God told me. He said that if I give a situation or problem to Him, it is no longer mine to worry about. But, if I was going to worry, then the only thing I could worry about is if God could is capable of taking care of that need. Now worrying if God can take care of that need is a lack of faith. And yet Jesus says in Mathew*** that faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains! So I gave to God what I needed to truly let go of and give to Him and simply prayed, Lord, when I start worry about this, remind me that it’s not mine to worry about and that yes, you are more than capable. For you can thread a camel through the eye of a needle****.

If you still don’t get what I’m saying, let me see if I can break it down for you like this. I have a cell phone (duh). My dad pays the bill for my cell phone. And yet, it is ultimately my responsibility. But I “cast” it on to him. Now I will tell you that I don’t worry about my cell phone bill. I just don’t. But there are times when I do worry about my dad’s capability of paying it.  And out of this, I do things to save our family money when I can. But the difference between this illustration and God is that there is no need to worry about God’s capability  to “pay” for the cell phone bill. I mean, He took care of my sins for all eternity, what is this one temporary thing to Him?

References:    *Luke 12:22

**1 Pe 5:7

***Mat 17:20

****Luke 18:25-27

Sorry for the delay in blogging. Been really busy…okay, maybe not. But that’s what everybody else says.

So Psalm 139 is pretty much incredible. If it was a song, I think the title would be YOU have searched me. I think the chorus would be the section at the end that begins with, “search me, O God…” And everything else would be verses.

I really like the transition that takes place between paragraphs. Sorry for the crude literary analysis, but that’s what the MCAT will do to a man. Anyway, so the first part praises God for knowing the inner most detail of our daily routines. Everything from waking up to our very thoughts.

Summary: Part 1: God knows me

The second part discuses God’s presence. It seems to point out the fact that running from God’s presence is pointless. Now I think we need to keep in mind that two main concepts take place in the “presence of God”. First is the true Joy that abides there (Psalm 16:1) On the other hand is your almighty power and splendor and wrath (Psalm 114:7 and Psalm 18:12). Basically, God is everywhere and inescapable. I also think that it’s important to point out and discuss the darkness. It’s important to note that God created darkness. It wasn’t like there was nothing and then God created light, which replaced or filled darkness. God had to create the darkness first. This is why the darkness can be as light with God. Because He created it.

Summary: Part 1: God knows me.

Part 2: God is with me…which is how He can know me.

Question: Which came first; God knows me or God is with me?

The third part is cool. It talks about my beginning, which proves Mormons wrong in saying that I was born first in spirit in heaven and then in flesh on earth. If this were true, then Jesus would have said, “Lest a man be born again-again…”. Anyway, it talks about being made in secret. Well, a secret is hidden from somebody. I think its fascinating that even with all modern technology and advancements in medicine, it is still considered the “miracle” of birth. Now the last part of this talks about God and time. So before God created time, He had written down days that were formed for me, just to display His glory! Wow! God made days just for me, a sinner. I wonder if the day that Adam and Eve fell was one of these days. Yet I know that the day in our time that Jesus, God, was slain as a sacrifice was made for me. And all of those days to display the glory and wonder of God.

Summary: Part 1: God knows me

Part 2: God is with me, which is how he can know me.

Part 3: God made me. He made days for me before time…The only way to do this is to first of all, know me. But he didn’t just place me here on earth and go do something else. No, He chose to spend time with me and to never leave me for the rest of eternity.

Part four I imagine in two scenarios. First, saying right as I die (or sleep in Jesus’ words) and wake up to the glorious splendor of Jesus. Then I truly appreciate His perfect plan throughout my life and begin to grasp the vastness of His very thoughts. Second, I imagine dreaming about the very thoughts of God. We can’t control our dreams. We can influence them by such as watching a scary movie right before we go to bed, but we still can’t control the very details of our dream. So if we can’t control them, who does? I propose God. I think that God uses our dreams to give us small glimpses at Him.

Summary: Part 1: God knows me

Part 2: God is with me, which is how he can know me.

Part 3: God made me. He made days for me before time…The only way to do this is to first of all, know me. But he didn’t just place me here on earth and go do something else. No, He chose to spend time with me and to never leave me for the rest of eternity.

Part 4: God is with me when I am unaware of my surroundings. This places God above everything else. For when I know nothing of anything that is beside me, whether it be real or imaginary, I know that God is there with me.

Part five at first may seem a little out of place. We just get through talking about how wonderful God is and just how wonderful we are in Him, and then we get angry all of a sudden. I think the purpose of this section is to humble us. See, we may begin to get prideful once we see how awesome we are because of Jesus alone. So this section describes our “enemies”. These are the very people Jesus tells us to love. Why, because these are the very people that He died for.

Summary: Part 1: God knows me

Part 2: God is with me, which is how he can know me.

Part 3: God made me. He made days for me before time…The only way to do this is to first of all, know me. But he didn’t just place me here on earth and go do something else. No, He chose to spend time with me and to never leave me for the rest of eternity.

Part 4: God is with me when I am unaware of my surroundings. This places God above everything else. For when I know nothing of anything that is beside me, whether it be real or imaginary, I know that God is there with me.

Part 5: I love my enemies because God loves them and He showed them this by laying His life down for them.

Part 6: Because we still consider some people our enemies, we cry out to God that He would teach us and enable us to love them. We just ask God, who knows our inner most being, to keep on looking at us and after us. For this is how we find our peace.

They’re done!

Man, what a game last night!

So it looks like my, “go penguins” was just what they needed.