I didn't travel much until I was 25 years old. Now, I have been all over the USA and to other countries as well. I know now, God has a divine purpose everywhere I go, more than what I can see. Go into all the earth with purpose.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
As far as I can remember ...
This morning I was praying and I thought about something that touched me when i was a little kid, and it As far as I can remember God has given me His heart of compassion but for many years I used it for all the wrong reasons, but I was still searching for love. Even as I roamed the streets aimlessly, God had a plan for my life. When I tried to drown out my pain with drugs he was there and when I attempted to hurt others because of the pain in my heart He was there for me, as I know He is there for you today.
As far as I can remember whenever I would see someone without a family, or a movie with orphans in it especially when they were not being cared for properly I would begin to cry inside, and sometimes tears would stream my face in the bathroom where no one else was. This desire to see the lost saved was planted by God and no devil in hell can stop the plans of God amen!
If I was hurting you would know and if I was joyful you would know, but the compassion for people, for souls has always been there I just tucked it aside. I love God so much now and I truly love people I just cannot walk by them without giving them a real genuine hope for eternal life. Gods love burns inside me like a furnace and as far as I can remember it always has and it always will!
My problem for many years was I opened up my heart and life to corruption and sin. When Jesus radically saved me, I saw that He not only had a great plan for my life, but I realized i would go through levels of persecution and suffering. I would need to view my life as not my own but His. I would need to live to love Him and love others genuinely and sacrificially.
James 1:27 [NLT] "pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you."
Isaiah 61:1-2 [NLT] "The Spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners freed. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord favor has come, and with it, the day of Gods anger against their enemies."
Psalm 68:4-6 [NLT] "Sing praises to God and to His name! Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds. His name is the Lord - rejoice in His presence! Father to the fatherless, defender of widows - this is God whose dwelling is holy. God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy, but he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land."
As I was typing these scriptures and even as I have been thinking and praying this morning I realized just how much pain I brought myself through and put others through. It was all meaningless and selfish. But Gods grace and Gods plans are so much better, because it didn't
stop there.
He has called me out, and I have responded to His call. I cannot take credit for what he has done, I can only declare that as I bowed my knees to Jesus He saved me, He healed me and He delivered me from the grip of satan and darkness. Now I am honored to preach the Gospel, the greatest news about Jesus the Messiah everywhere I am gifted an open door, and I am not ashamed, I am blessed.
So no matter where you find yourself today, rest assured that God has a place for you in His Kingdom, in His family. Don't roam around in a sun-scorched land. God will come through and He will take care of your enemies even if there are many He will raise up an army for His dear beloved child. Seek Him while He may be found and He will give you rest.
Dont let the dreams and the visions God has given you fade away. Also help raise up others to know Jesus it is the greatest relationship anyone will ever enter into. Pray and seek the Lord, let the Holy Spirit fill you up completely and let God clean you up. You are never to dirty for Jesus to love you and heal you.
I want to share with you this link, it is to my book, which is in pre-order status right now. It is a raw and real version of my life, and how God radically set me free from sin's power. You can view more about this book HERE - JEDSBOOK.COM
Loving God and Loving people,
Jed Lindstrom
Evangelist / Missionary
jed@letsgoministry.com
612.483.8793
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Simply Jesus
I want to live my life every day, 24/7, for the glory of the Lord. In fact, today I was sitting at my computer thinking to myself, can I type and trust the Lord to make this late night spontaneous writing to bless someones life. I believe that as you read this tonight, you will honestly be encouraged and blessed!
Many times in the last two years I have wanted to give up on the dreams and visions God gave to me. Every time God gave me hope! Sometimes it was a little glimpse, other times it was clear but I always step out and risk making a fool of myself, that Jesus will simply be exalted through my life.
I know the life I now life I live by faith in the Son of God, and I cannot give up. I dont always see clearly but i can see. As a husband and a father, there is a deep responsibility to love and lead like i never have before. Others are watching, they want to see if this life I live now, is truly by faith, or is it on my own. Am I truly walking with God, or alone? Can others see what God has shown to me, am I really living this out, that it really is simply Jesus loving on me and loving through me.
Galatians 2:20 (NLT) "My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
Luke 18: 7-8 (NLT) "Now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? “I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”
John 3:30 (NLT) "He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less."
The CRY OF MY HEART - is what I bring to the Lord at the end of my life, worthy of His death on the cross and beautiful Resurrection! i desire the fruit of my labor, and for Him to say "Well done good and faithful servant" Will there be even one effort in faith that was of Kingdom value? I ask Holy Spirit to please reveal Your heart in this matter. AMEN. Will you give me grace today, to be a witness that lives my life to serve the Gospel to a lost and dying generation. Today in Jesus name.
Today and every day, may our lives be lived out, to bring honor and glory to the name of Jesus.
On Fire for Jesus,
Jed Lindstrom
www.letsgoministry.com
Friday, March 6, 2015
God's goodness and power
The greatest hope is only confirmed by God's goodness and power in Jesus, and in you and I by the power if the Holy Spirit ...
Romans 8:18-39 is the passage I read this morning. And great peace has swept over me. The peace of God.
We walk by faith in hope of what we are being led in to will be exactly how God revealed it to be. The hope of redemption and salvation is a great hope and even though we have not seen it with our own eyes we see evidence all around us by the grace of God.
God leaves us evidence of His greatness and power, so we can conclude that there is no one greater or more powerful than He is. In fact, we do see miracles every day glory to God! By the power of the Holy Spirit. Even when evil arises, the goodness and power of God will prevail as greater than evil - rescuing the inocent, bringing justice to the afflicted and delivering the prisoner from iron bars! But you must wait on the Lord, and He shall renew your strength
Romans 8:26-30 NLT
And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory.
Monday, March 2, 2015
Live Holy
Friday, January 2, 2015
#NYC2015 Recon #1 mission
It seems like it was yesterday I was praying for many families, and youth in the streets and subways of NYC and boldly declaring the Gospel message with wonderful fruit. The reason I am writing you tonight, is to share my heart, and a few needs we have for this mission. Please pray with me, and join us on another great harvest of souls through the Subways marketplace and Streets of NYC.
People need to know someone actually cares about every area of their life. Jesus really does care, and so do we! It’s not just a melting pot of religion it’s a place where God is now touching lives, healing bodies and calling a nation to a real love relationship with their heavenly Father! My hope and desire returning to NYC is to share with the body of Christ two items: 1. The Great Commandment – Intimacy with Jesus 2. The Great commission – Preach the Gospel / Reach the lost / Disciple those reached.. ..
IMPORTANT MESSAGE BELOW ----