End of week 4...this week was very nice...it definitely warmed up. i just hope it will stay like this...!! :D Some friends and i went to the beach this afternoon...it was amazing. Another good thing about this weekend--i found out for sure that i'm going to Swaziland and Thailand for outreach..I'm pretty excited about that!

This week's lecture topic was intercession and worship. It was interesting...i learned a lot of new things. Before coming to YWAM i'd never really heard of or understood the topic of intercession. I find it amazing that we can actually release God to work in the life of a non-believer, or to push satan away from a person through intercession. My DTS is currently praying for the places we are going and the people we will be in contact with on our outreach locations. We ask God what He wants us to pray for, He tells us and then we pray for those things. I love that i can know exactly what a person or place needs prayer for instead of just praying a general prayer.

The other topic of the week was worship. There was a lot of good information presented in the three days of worship lecture but something that really stood out to me the most was the fact that worship should be a lifestyle and not just something we do before the sermon at church. We should be praising God and worshipping His holiness in everything we do--even cleaning toilets...just praise God for the fact that we have toilets!! haha. But really, God convicted me of not leading a life of complete worship...He is totally worthy of our praise at all times and in every situation--good or bad.

So that's my little speech of the week--i decided to keep it shorter this time. : ) Continued prayer would be much apprectiated!! Some things to be praying for are that finances for my outreach would come in, that i would be able to put into practice all that i'm learning, that my DTS would continue to mesh well with one another and that God would continue to work in us to prepare us for outreach. Thanks so much for reading!! I love you all...

Rachel