Two years ago we bought a summer house 45 minutes from Bergen city centre. We like the new place which we just call the house in the forest so much that we plan to move and make it our permanent residence. The last three weeks we have been trying to sell our house in the city. We have had several people looking at it and we have also had some offers, but we have not yet got what we want for the house. It is very interesting to see how different people are and how they view and value things differently when they come to look at the house. The other day we had a couple where the wife was so excited for our utility room while most of the people are excited for the tremendous view we have overlooking the fjord. We believe the selling of the house is in the Lord's hand and that he will look after us even in the trivial thing of selling a house.
Month: May 2009
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Beautiful God
It is spring time in Norway. This is my favourite season. The whole nature speaks of God's beauty. The beautiful winter season is over. Now the entire landscape come alive from the sleep of death. The grass is green. The leafs of the trees are fresh in a great variation of the green colours of life. Flowers are budding everywhere. The birds are singing. Everything around me is a witness of the beautiful creator who is behind all the beauty of this wonderful world in which we live.
God is beautiful in his creativity. God is beautiful in his holiness. God is beautiful in his righteousness. God is beautiful in his goodness. God is beautiful in his graciousness. God is beautiful in his power. God is beautiful in his love.
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Precious fellowship
The last few days I have been together with my friends in the apostolic team at Gullbotn. It was a very precious time of fellowship in the presence of God. We really experienced the reality of Psalm 133 about the precious fellowship of brothers living in peace and harmony with one another. We have shared with one another from our hearts and we have been praying together and received prophetic words of encouragement and direction. We have enjoyed delicious meals prepared by Solveig. The food always tastes better when eaten in the company of covenant friends. And we have been planning for the future.
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God is up to something
We are living in exciting times. The Spirit of God is moving in new and unprecedented ways. From the four corners of the world we are receiving news of the movement of the Holy Spirit. And we Norwegians are not left out! Praise God, he is at work in Norway also! This morning at our weekly early prayer meeting we had lots of reports of what the Spirit is doing among the believers in the covenant community. Young people are on fire for God. They are witnessing for their friends and they are functioning in spiritual gifts. New people are coming to Christ and are being baptised and discipled. Healing are taking place. The level of the power of God is rising among the believers.
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A weekend in the presence of God
Friday Solveig and I flew to Skien to join the covenant community for a family retreat at Vegårstun camp site. Our long standing friends Åge and Astrid took us by car to the beautiful camp site in the forest by a lake. This is a perfect place for a retreat with the entire family.
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Extraordinary power
We are living in a day of extraordinary power. God is increasingly manifesting himself among his people in great power. The Bible speaks of the Day of His Power. This is the day in which we live. All over the world the Spirit is moving among the people of God enabling them to heal the sick and set the captives free. A new generation of Christians are being seen in the earth in these days. They are moved by the Spirit and used by God to perform wonders as the meet the needs of people around them. They care for the poor, they love people and are engaged in saving the environment of the earth.
God is giving extraordinary power to ordinary Christians who is willing to be led by the Spirit. God is certainly up to something great in these days of his power. It is exciting to serve God in a time like this.