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In…But Not Of

09 Wednesday Dec 2015

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American, culture, Foreigners, Malaysia, Values

John 17:14 “…they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.”

As Americans, one of our core values is that of giving people the benefit of the doubt. We tend to err on the side of trusting people rather than being suspicious of them. We are an authentic culture that is open about what we think, feel and believe, whether it is always appropriate to share or not, we want people to know where we stand. As Americans, we are so accustomed to this, that we assume everyone that comes to this country will be that way. The challenge is, most other cultures are not nearly as loud as we are, nor are they are open about their thoughts and feelings as we are. One of the gifts of democracy is the freedom of speech and we speak and we speak it loud at times. But because we are Americans, living in America and this is our modus operandi, we assume anyone who claims to be an American will live with the same core values. However, the truth is, culture and values come more from family than they do a country.

I lived in Malaysia for 9 years as a missionary. While living there, I did what I could to understand the culture and operate according to their rules and regulations, rather than my own. But one thing I did not do in 9 years of living there, was become Malaysian or take on the Malaysian value system, the reason was, because I am American, I love authenticity, I love sharing my opinion, I love freedom of speech. But Malaysia on the other hand, values saving face, not sharing what they are really thinking and not wanting to rock the boat. For an American, living in Asia was like living with people I never really knew.  But now that I am home, in America, and I hear the political rhetoric about the challenges that face our nation as it pertains to borders, visas and refugees, I realized I carried one piece of the puzzle, which might be helpful. They are in our country, but they are not of our country.

My son was born in Malaysia, but on his Malaysian birth certificate it says, non-citizen, because his mother is not a Malaysian. Malaysia understands that the values a child carries with them throughout life comes more from family than it does from the country they live in. Our home in Malaysia was very American, we ate American food, we spoke English, we lived culturally as Americans in our home, even though we lived in Malaysia. I think what we are seeing is people who have come to America for the financial benefits and other freedoms of our country, but they have not necessarily taken on the American value system.

One thing we need to understand is that values do not come from the country you live in, they come from the family in which you are raised. I know a lot of people who go to church, but they have never taken on the value system of the kingdom of God. So, we see the in…but not of idea in many aspects of our world. As Americans, who have American values, I think it is important for us to educate ourselves about other cultures, rather than let others tell us what they think we need to know or what we should believe about other people. Being American means celebrating diversity, but it also means our value systems.

Ignorance is not an option in a Google/Wikipedia world. We must realize that other cultures are not like our own. Most other nations do not allow freedom of speech, they do not like democracy and they are operating out of a religious and political belief system that is intricately tied together, where we have one that has been constitutionally separated and is becoming more obviously opposed to one another. Living in another country for 9 years helped me to realize that we can live in…but not be of. And for Christians, is this not what Jesus told us to do, to live in the world but not to be of the world? If you have wondered how to do this, now you know, keep your values that you learned at home in your life no matter what that the country you live in says or does. Remember, this is just one piece of the puzzle.

Two Words…Two Nations

14 Saturday Nov 2015

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American, Awakening, Europe, France, Revival, Truth

As I was in prayer for France this morning the Lord spoke to me and said, “Europe went from awakened to asleep and while they slept the enemy sowed tares among them. Europe is about to experience another great awakening.” Some of the greatest revivalists that many in the world today admire were born in Europe, there are wells of revival that have been stopped up so the people could not drink, but God is about to open them once again. Men like John and Charles Wesley; Duncan Campbell (Hebrides Revival); Smith Wigglesworth; Evan Roberts and John Dowie. As this nation experiences a great awakening, these seeds of revival that are so much apart of the DNA of this continent are going to arise. Europe is on the cusp of a major awakening and the current situations that are coming against them will wake up this nation. Europe will re-dig the wells of their fathers, just as Isaac did in Genesis 26, watch Europe for the beginning of another Great Awakening and for revivalists to come from there and go to the nations yet again.
As I finished praying for France, the Lord led me to pray for America and what I heard the Lord say was, “America has relinquished her authority, it was not stolen from her, she was deceived into giving it away. I have made America a storehouse (distribution center) of truth for the nations and she will become that again.” America has been a storehouse for the nations for many years, but as we have been slowly being deceived, we have relinquished our authority out of our ignorance. Galatians 3:1 says, “You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you?…”  Paul had spoken the truth to the people of Galatia, but they had become deceived, for they started believing a lie, rather than the truth. America is just like Galatia, we have been bewitched, we have been deceived by the anti-Christ spirit. But God has created this nation to be a storehouse for the nations, so there is going to be a revival of truth in this land. America will know the truth and the truth will set her free (John 8:32). Once we have a revival of truth, we will see a revival of our authority, for truth and authority are inseparable.
Finally, I believe that when Europe has a great awakening and America has a revival of truth, the two nations will become like wonder twin powers that activate the greatest move of God the world has ever seen. America will distribute truth to the nations again and Europe will release revivalists to the world again, we are on the verge of a revival of truth that is going to look a lot like Mt. Carmel (I Kings 18), where the fire fell and the people said, Yahweh is God! Yahweh is God! Two nations…two words

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