Tracy's: August 2011

"It's not too late, your race can start again."

We were encouraged with these words as we celebrated His People Tokai's 9th birthday recently. These are the words of Jesus spoken as a vision for our church at this time. This is an encouragement for everyone to experience a fresh start regardless of where they find themselves in their spiritual race today. So to all who are injured, tired or distracted, Jesus is walking among us on the race track and firing the starter's pistol, signalling a brand new beginning for each of us.

Be inspired by these words of hope to get back in the race so that we eventually can declare with Paul "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith"(2 Timothy 4:7). Paul came to the end of his life knowing that he had accomplished all that God had purposed for him to do. Jesus says something similar in John 17 v 4 where he says that he has brought God glory on earth by completing the work God gave him to do. Let's follow their example and grab a fresh chance to start again, regardless of where we find ourselves on life's track and finish our race.

My lovely colleagues Marion (centre) and Lizelle (right)

In June I had the chance to join the Every Nation School of Campus Ministry to do a 2-week intensive course called Perspectives. It was here that I met the team co-ordinating another Perspectives course and was invited to join them. : )

I've since been enjoying meeting once a week and watching a new class discover the material in the course. I've been leading the prayer for the nations segment of the evenings so am gaining fresh insight into God's heart for nations. The course takes a very broad look at what God has accomplished in the world through missions and at the same time also looks at the task remaining. It explains how God is unfolding His ancient story and invites us to join Him on the journey!

Below I've included some pics of friends I've been blessed to spend time with lately!