Childhood
I was raised on the mission field in a Godly & Spirit filled home where God’s Holy Spirit & Presence were abundantly and evidently experienced and recognized by all. This home and family was one where the WORD was rich, where worship was vibrant, where love and discipline, hard work, excellence, diligence and ministry were hallmarks. (Audio backstory)
There are so many things to share in regard to all these experiences. I confessed Christ as LORD & Savior from a young age of 8 and was baptized in water. I was marinated and saturated in God’s Presence and by His powerful Holy Spirit in full grace, goodness, fear and admonition.
I remember dad starting me in daily Bible reading when I was 10, and being challenged by others at various points in areas of daily prayer times, stille tijd and intercession. I remember a particular year devoted to early 4am departures to daily morning prayer meetings.
Calling age 14
I can still see myself in my upper room with a clear understanding of this calling:
Called to a ministry of discipleship, to growing and challenging others to maturity in this faith journey.
The key verse which remains focal in this from that time and to this very day is
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
1 Peter 2:2-3
Filling age 15
I was surrounded by God’s Spirit and kept being filled. I was deeply impacted by the powerful anointing of the LORD’S Holy Spirit at a particular home meeting standing in a time of worship at the Centrum Ranch in Pahrump, NV when I was 15. I distinctly remember a brief vision of God’s holiness, worshiping there at His feet, deeply impacted even seeing only His feet, overcome by His glory.
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Wisdom in the WORD 