Email from Bruce #2

From: Bruce
To: Ronald
Subj: South Africa Crusade
Date: September 29, 2006

Hi, little brother. Back from Africa, praise Jesus. Sooo sleepy. Off to sleep the traveling off. I'll call you when I come back to life. Thanks.

From: Ronald
To: Bruce
Subj: RE: South Africa Crusade
Date: September 29, 2006

"I'll call you when I come back to life."

Will that be in three days? :-P

Happy hibernating. See ya soon.

By the way, the prayer chain is still going! And it's going strong. I feel very strengthened by the prayers, and I know these prayers are precious in the sight of our God. We're coming together in even greater unity. PRAISE JESUS.

Prayer Chain

Hello everyone :-)

While Bruce is ministering in South Africa, I thought it would be fun to start a "Blogo-Prayer-Chain," here.

(But, first a word of encouragement. The phrase, "do the things you did at the first," comes to mind. I've decided to repeat old ideas to increase awareness of JOHN. And try contacting again the people I've contacted before. "Do the things you did at the first.")

Now, here's how the prayer chain works. I'll start it off here with the first sentence or two. Then, everyone keeps adding an additional sentence (limit - 2 sentences!)

Two weeks later, I will end it with an "Amen."

Sounds like fun. Here goes...!

Heavenly Father,

Thank you for bringing us together with a passion to bring Jesus to many people through the Gospel put on film. Holy Spirit, please continue to breathe your breath of life on us...

We're on YouTube and Google Video

Bruce's video greeting is now available on

YouTube



and

Google Video



You can use these videos to email them to your friends or embed these videos on your own space, blog, or website. (Google Video even lets you download the video!)

Enjoy!

How Beautiful...

How beautiful on the mountains /Are the feet of those who bring good news / Who proclaim peace / Who bring good tidings / Who proclaim salvation / Who say to Zion / "Your God reigns!" (Isa. 52:7)

Did you receive the September John e-Newsletter in your email box today? There's so much more in the newsletter that blessed me--stories of God's people touching lives and blessing others--but, let me just share with you this little picture:

God's people are out there, armed with the free materials they ordered from the website, and talking to people! I know there are so many more "out there" in so many different ways, shape and form, spreading the word about the Word that is about to "come to life" on film! (Sorry, I had to use that pun!)

I'm running out of words adequate enough to express the joy of knowing that we're all coming together to bring the salvation and joy and love of Jesus to the hearts of many, through a "little" movie called The Gospel According To John. PRAISE JESUS.

Bruce on the RADIO #7

Bruce will be on the radio.


"Christian Water Cooler w/ Bill Gruber and Caz Taylor" on wsRadio.com
Saturday, September 9, 2006
11:00AM PDT

Click here to listen live!

Suddenly

Some of you will remember this picture. It's from an email that was sent to us from one of the John supporters:

I experienced a little bit of this kind of thing happening to me last night. I was talking with two of my good friends over the phone. (The three of us were on a "party line.") We were making all kinds of small talk, and then the conversation started turning deeper. And all of us were facing one kind of dilemma or another. And we were complaining, seeing no way out of our individual dire situations when all of a sudden, one of us said, "Wait a minute. The whole point of our Christian lives is to 'seek holiness.' That's the answer for me! I'm supposed to seek holiness, and not worry about trying to do a balancing act between living as a Christian and living in the world."

This, of course, had a ripple effect on all of us, and we were suddenly seeing the "solution" to all our so-called problems. We needed to focus on the truth that the Christian life is meant to be tough, and because of that we rely on the Holy Spirit to give us grace and strength to carry on.

Yeah, the three of us realized what had just happened: God had "snuck up on us" and had made His way into our conversation. It was amazing! I thought, this excitement was what Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego must have been feeling in the fiery furnace when they saw the "fourth man"--the preincarnate Christ--in the flames, with them.

I mean, suddenly He was there in our conversation--"without previous warning."

And is it okay if I believe, that just as suddenly, He'll make provision for John, as His people respond in giving of themselves for the saving of lives...through a "little" film called, The Gospel According To John.

So, let's keep on, in bringing about greater awareness of John throughout the body of Christ, because we'll never know what someone might do with a postcard we gave them; with a web address we gave them; or a DVD we showed them; or a brochure; or a web banner. We just never know. God can do anything.