Last night

Well, there is a group called Youth With A Mission that is working with us this week. They are from South Korea, parts of Canada, the US & England. They went to school together and are here in Montreal doing an evangelism trip before the head off to Africa for 5 and a half weeks.
So, yesterday, we were out on the streets, sharing Jesus with people. What a great encouragement it was for me, to get to work with some people my age, and see them excited and also timid about going out into the unknown. But God is good, and He provided conversations for them, and gave them some learning experiences that they would never be able to receive in a classroom or learning setting. God is so good.
So, we went out in the afternoon as well, and as I was picking up something for us to use on the streets, they were on the corner waiting, and "Lucifer" came and met them. A guy that claimed to be Satan came and tried to put fear into these people - but praise God that they trust in Jesus and that He is in full control, and the guy just kept on going after he said his little piece. But it's a reality that we are in a battle - a battle not between flesh, but among principalities of this world. There is a spiritual reality to all this, so please be in prayer for this.
Lately, I've been getting people in conversation that I haven't known exactly what to say to them. Last night after the streets, I went home questioning what was going on. I really felt like I should read the story of the Rich Young Ruler. In the story, the dude appeared to have everything together, but when Jesus got to the heart of the issue and brought out the thing inside of the man that would keep him from following Jesus, the man left disappointed that he would have to sell everything. As I was talking with Tony this morning about this new level of conversation that I've been having, I really feel that I need to get to down to personal things with these people that have all the right answers and can even say that they believe all the things that we are talking with them about - but I really believe that it is self, it is them, that is blocking them from opening up. This is easy to think about in theory, but on the spot trying to figure this all out is so different. It makes me rely on God for the words.
So, please pray for me in my conversations. I really believe that I will have more opportunities to get into these deeper things with people and tell them what Jesus said in Luke 9:23-25:
"If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, his is the one who will save it. For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?"
And in Galatians 2:20, "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me."
May God give us wisdom to answer the people that seem to have all the answers, but it feels like there is something missing. May the Spirit give us words to say - and may we lose ourselves in Him.

Seeking Wisdom in Christ.
Dwight