Slingshot MInistries

Something about the life that Todd White is living hit me hard.  I saw someone who lived the way that I was thinking, with reckless abandon for God and His Kingdom.  I know that Jesus was calling me to believe that He does heal people.  I know that He was asking me, will you lay it all down for me?  Something in me was sure.  Greater things than these. On Thanksgiving of 2010, I had one of those conversations that people write about with my Dad.  After I put the kids to bed, I got out my journal and explained to him my wrestling match with God.  Unlearn what you have learned and follow what He is saying in the Bible.  Read and the Holy Spirit will reveal the true meaning.  I was longing for God to change my heart and allow me to believe His truth.  My Dad read every page of my journal.  No one but my wife had been in those pages.  These were my inner most thoughts.  And so we talked for hours.  It was awesome! ...

So, God has led me to this point: I have been given a gift of the Holy Spirit. That same spirit is the spirit that raised Christ from the dead and he lives within me. God said, The truth is, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. As the Father sent me, so I send you. Luk 9:2 KJV - And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. Last year a man named Andres Spyker came to speak at my church.  He was preaching about how God chooses to use us to reveal himself to the world.  We are called to spread the good news of his kingdom.  Not only that but to reveal his power.  1Cr 4:20 NLT - For the Kingdom of God is not just fancy talk; it is living by God's power.  Andres set out a challenge that stuck with me.  He challenged us to pray for everyone that we saw had a physical need.  That ment everywhere, in the grocery store, at the bank, at work...

I am totally confident that God speaks to individuals daily.  He has spoken to me all of my life, but I didn't really know it was Him until about 10 years ago.  That's when I read these words from the book of John: Jhn 10:14-16 KJV - I am the good shepherd, and know my [sheep], and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice ; and there shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd. This scripture changed my life.  I remember thinking, "I am a sheep."  "I'm one of the other sheep that He is bringing in."  God says, "they shall hear my voice".  I must be able to hear His voice. So the next day I went to the Christian book store, paused at the door before entering and asked God, "please show me a book, a title, a cover picture, something that will stop me in my tracks so I know...