“If we embrace His heart and experience the depth of His love, we can start a movement of grace and mercy that will be unstoppable. ”
The journey to a transformed heart is far from easy. The late Keith Green, a Christian musician, also penned this struggle in one of his songs. My eyes are dry, my faith is old My heart is hard, my prayers are cold And I know how I ought to be Alive to you and dead to me Oh, what can be done for an old heart like mine Soften it up with oil and wine The oil is you, Your Spirit of love Please wash me anew in the wine of your blood.
powerful spiritual movements. Our hearts are a great place for that movement to begin.
God’s Heart Surgery in My Life
William Shakespeare once penned that, “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” You may not have had a biblical prophet foretell your purpose on this earth but as God’s child, you surely have a mission.
For me to demonstrate God’s heart to the masses of Kolkata, I first had to allow God to purge me of prejudice. Before stepping for into India, I asked God for a baptism of love if I was ever to have an effective ministry there. Never did I dream how God would lovingly work that out in my life.
“I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way” – “a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’” (Mark 1:2-3)
Let me explain. I arrived in Kolkata by rail. While waiting on a railroad platform for the missionaries to pick me up, an old leper man full of sores approached me for money; he reached out and touched me.
Throughout Church history, the Holy Spirit used unusual places to begin
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