Sweden!

God loves family! I mean, think about it... He does have a lot of children. A whole lot! :) I love family too, and last week, God blessed me with an opportunity of introducing my DOW family to my parents as well as my Church family - for guess what... We went to Sweden!

Pappas Hus:
We ministered in the city of Östersund (Jämtland), in my home Church: Pappas Hus, an evening with worship, and where we together saught God's heart for the area.  He has truly seen the devoted hearts of the people there and He has not forgotten them. Neither has He ever ignored their prayers! The best is yet to come: more of His beautiful presence and greater amounts of His glory!
2 Chronicles 16:9: "For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him."

Nursing home:
We also had the privilege of playing at a Nursing home in Hallen. It was not a worship setting where we actually led worship, but we played praise and worship songs. Our focus of going there was not to have them convert and get saved. Of course we want them to get to know Jesus and find life, but Isomething that I  love, is how we as Christians can just love people and that is enough! That's all we have to do. As we love, we show Jesus to them.. I talked to some of the people who were there and listened to us, and they were blessed by it! At least to me, this can seem like a small thing and not a big deal. But as I reflect on the love that the Lord has for each one of these people, that He sent His beloved son to die for each one of them: how much must this not have pleasured His heart! And from our side, playing those songs without focusing on leading worship with them, this was still an act of worship to Him as it blessed His hearts! We also know, after learning about and getting more revelation on the power sound, that the atmosphere in that building - there's a restaurant, and where people live and many people work - was impacted sith the light of God's presence.



The nature in that place is beautiful, and one sfternoon we drove up to the mountains and prayed. This ended in us writing a song in Swedish. A worship song to put on the lips of the body of Christ in Sweden.. A song of recognizing Him as a good and faithful God, and as a response to that surrendering our lives to Him.

Praise God for the nation of Sweden and its wonderful people. We thank Him for His promises, which will come to pass in Jesus name!

- Amelia Joy