Colombia Part 2

Tonight, in preparation for my trip to Barranquilla
(which is only just less than two weeks away!)




.... I want to give thanks.




Have we discovered how good the Lord is?
Then in us he is as good as that!
Is his power great?
Then in us it is no less great!!!!!

Praise God,

his life is as mighty as ever.

IT IS MIGHTY IN ME!

IT IS MIGHTY IN YOU!

I c a n ' t l o v e t h e s e.

I can try to show love.
I can try all I want.


and find, that I have none.
It is not natural.
I do not have a love for these people.




JESUS DOES.



I want to run outside and scream it:
JESUS DOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



And what a difference this love makes!
It redeems.
It rescues.
It protects.
It is flawless.
It is whole.
It is not selfseeking.
It is not boastful.
It is not proud.
It is not envious.
It is unchanging & neverending.


I, Bethany Hurstell... do not and cannot dissipate it.


My love is empty.


My love lacks knowledge.


But Christ's love completes!!!




O Jesus.



O Sweet Jesus,
Hear these small words of mine.


Express it.
LIVE IT OUT!


through ME!


Your Word says in Ephesians 3:16, 19...
that I am "strengthened with power through your Spirit in the inward man; ... to know the love of Christ" May this be so! What I show forth outwardly, Lord Jesus, may it be what You have put within me! I don't want to be filled with anything else. I don't wan to spill anything else. But You. YOU!!!!!!


You have given me Christ. And there is now NOTHING for me to receive outside of HIM!!



I give thanks.... because You are all I need.
You're all that I want.



And you are ALL that these people need.
Show them the reality of the emptiness of their lives.
Show them he fullness of yourself.




Touch them.



















Save them.






















Heal them.

















Give them peace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Colombians carrying the symbol of peace: a dove.. and
saying that it has been nearly 60 years since there was
any true peace in the country. More than 2 generations
have grown up only knowing horrific violence.)

I no longer live.
But Christ lives through me.


My holiness is spelled with a capital H.
My love is spelled with a capital L.
My compassion is spelled with a capital C.

Because Christ is revealed!!

I am nothing.
He is everything!!



I GIVE THANKS
FOR HE IS GREAT
HE IS GLORIOUS
HE IS MARVELOUS
HE IS WONDERFUL
HE IS POWERFUL

HE is mine. And I am His!!!!!!!!


And I will walk BOLDLY in this!

God's hand and no other

Update:

http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/print_view/23323

Barranquilla, Colombia






The overwhelming news of WE'RE GOING was almost too good to hear.
And that is just like the LORD.
:o)





I can tell you, honestly...
Anything is possible with the Lord Jesus.

Anything.

The Alpha company is going on tour to Barranquilla, Colombia August 28th through September 5th! We are dancing in the "International Ballet Festival" and are representing the United States!(Woah!!!) I am so excited and am so eager to just GO (haha!)
But this country is in need.
(our world is in need)
it is in desperate need of peace.
in desperate need of the GIVER of peace.

"As it stands, the communities in Colombia live day to day – praying and hoping for divine protection. "

To meet in his house;
a bicycle blown apart when a Christian was riding it.
It is hard to fathom the level of violence in this country,
a country in the same hemisphere as the United States.

- It is estimated that there are currently 2,800 hostages being held by rebel groups.
- 25,000-30,000 people die each year in the civil war.
- It is estimated that someone dies every 20 minutes in an act of political violence.
- 45% of the world’s disappearances occur in Colombia.
- The annual murder rate is 15 times higher than in the US, which itself has a much higher murder rate than Europe.
- Sixty percent of the murders of human rights workers throughout the world took place in Colombia

I know that the blood of Jesus is over us.
It is going before us...
and will spill over onto ALL who encouter us.
(because they are encountering HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

"Remember that in Colombia there is a
church that cries, but won't give up.
There is a church that wants to grow,
day by day, and it is
growing."

Please...we covet your prayers.
It will be none other...than JESUS to save those around us!
My Jesus.
He is IN ME!
He is in us!
HOW AWESOME IS HE!!!!!!!!!!
No other name..
No other hand..
than His.








Pray for the other ballet companies that we will
be performing NEXT TO from
ALL AROUND THE WORLD!!!
Pray for the gentleman who requested us
(literally begged!!)
Pray for safety.
Pray for DIFFERENCE!
Pray for the LIGHT to shine in the darkness.







Our God is mighty to save.