M300 Ministries - Home of the Mighty Warriors

Friday, 04 September 2009

    Just to catch you up a bit on the Brazil Mission Trip...Day 1 We left from N.E. Georgia this morning around 6 am and drove down to Atlanta and then flew down to Miami, Florida. For some reason I decided to read the entire book of Revelations on the flight. I think it was part a leading and part something that I had never done. I had read chapters and verses and studied portions but I never just sat an read the whole thing straight through. This was the opportunity to do it. At first when I finished reading it I didn't thing I had gotten anything other than a general feel for the whole diffulcult book of Revelations. I know many have interpreted it in many different ways and surely it is hard to understand in some portions.
    Reading it at 40,000 feet and 600 miles per hour did give a new perspective to me and the perspective is first that God is soverign in all things in the life of those who believe and secondly that His promises are "covenant promises" and are true.
    Now it is 8:30 pm and we are still waiting for a few of the guys to show up from Texas, West Virginia and other far flung places. Most of these guys and gals have been on this trip before and some are even "veterans". This is good and exciting, but as it is with each group there are those who have never made the trek to Brazil. The element of being a "Newbie" adds excitement to the atmosphere of the mission trip.
   Alone in the back seat of a small Toyota care I couldn't help but think the following thoughts today as we drove into Atlanta, Georgia:

"This is my sweet spot" Missions
"This is my groove" Missions
"This is what I am made for" Missions
"This is the fit that powers me up...to be on mission"

    My middle sone is a fanatic for hunting and it strongly dominates his mind and his passion and I see in his fanaticism for hunting the same fanaticism that God has installed in me for international missions. it is dominating and good....real good!    Just thought I would share that with you from a hotel in Miami, which by the way is nearly a foreign country to some people. As we talked in the hotel lobby and got acquainted with each other a strong thunderstorm brewed up outside. I mentioned to Darrin that I hope that tomorrow would be better weather for the flight down to Brazil. Shortly after that the rain broke and a "rainbow promise" appeared in the sky.
    You might say that rainbows happen frequently and they do! Amen but this was a "missions rainbow with a jet airplane flying through it". Did you catch that, "A Missions Rainbow"? Rainbows are always a "sign" from God that He is faithful to His promises. I invite you to be faithful to your covenant and promise to pray for us and this mission trip to Brazil.
    Be faithful to your own promises. When we travel from one dominion to another to share God's word and to speak about Jesus Christ we are mindful that on Earth there are dominions, principalities and powers that are spiritual in nature and that we at times pass from one spiritual dominion to another as we travel. You want evidence??? Can't give it in this writing due to time, but will consider it at another writing.
    It suffices to say that our battle is not against flesh and blood but against dominions and principalities in the spiritual realms. Do battle with us confirmed by God's promise that He goes ahead of us to dominate and subdue strongholds for His own glory. Ok enough for now... be blessed and look for a tweet or two tommorow or the next day. We leave hotel at 5 am and are due into our location at Brazil at about midnight. Let's see how I can find a way to tweet something that wont' cost alot of money. This is the challenge and the fun part...together we will see how God finds the way to work it out.

Be Blessed,
Wayne Gaines
M300 Ministries
(PS. this is a CMU organized Mission Trip...look up Christian Missions Unlimited out of Alabama to learn more....)