Give Me This Mountain

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Give Me This Mountain". worldmissionbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21 . Retrieved 2016-12-09. What was the solution to this raging war? 'At last, broken-hearted, I confessed to God my pride, and told him 'Yes, I only want Jesus - not "Jesus plus."' In confessing her pride, and fixing her gaze on Jesus as the one who can meet all our needs, Helen experienced God's peace restored in her heart. longing to know Christ better I would go across to the other side and then say to him, “Do you know my best friend?” He says, “Who?” I say, “Jesus.” “No,” he says. “Can I introduce you to him?” “Yes,” he says. And we sit down on the grassy bank, and we talk for two, three, maybe four hours. He is in no hurry. To him time doesn’t matter. Born in 1925, in Hertfordshire, England, Helen first learned about World Missions as a child in her Anglican Church Sunday School. Her heart stirred as her teacher shared of the work in India. Helen decided at a tender young age that she would become a missionary too. Her father gave a high priority to education, and so she poured herself into academics, which propelled her to pursue medicine at Cambridge University. But as she matured into adulthood, Helen became aware of a gnawing void in her soul. She never strayed from her Anglican upbringing but longed for something more than the comfortable life she knew as a child. It was at University that the Lord reached out to her in the form of a classmate who invited her to join the local Christian Union. The prayer meetings and Bible studies inspired Helen to read through the entire New Testament, for the very first time.

Next I thought of Blandina, a slave girl — fragile in body, timid in mind. She was subjected to every kind of torture during the first century, yet she could not be compelled to deny her faith before they ultimately butchered her to death. So age is of no account: a young slave and a bishop at the end of his life — both were sold out to following Jesus to the end. Hebrews 12 In 1953, she travelled to the north-eastern region of the Congo, where she founded a training school for nurses – who would operate as evangelists at the same time. The author provides a refreshing and honest account for those who are under the impression that missionaries are saints who have received "the call from God." Helen admits that she almost failed missionary school due to her pride, stubbornness, know-it-all attitude, and inability to work with others. With an appropriate sense of humour, Helen discusses why such attributes made her a liability and how she overcame these flaws.Exhausted, Helen returned to England in 1958 for a furlough, during which time she received further medical training. Through the brutal heartbreaking experience of rape, God met with me—with outstretched arms of love. It was an unbelievable experience: He was so utterly there, so totally understanding, his comfort was so complete—and suddenly I knew—I really knew that his love was unutterably sufficient. He did love me! He didunderstand! Linked to this lesson in dependence on God's grace was a battle against pride. In a 1975 sermon entitled 'The Cost of Declaring His Glory', Helen said 'The first major cost was to my pride.' (17) She writes of her early years in the Congo, 'I was so often critical and proud in my outlook. Along with this my communion with the Lord shrivelled… I longed for liberation and peace and joy.' (18) By 1964 the Simba uprising brought real danger. Rebel soldiers carried out unspeakable acts. Helen and several co-workers were placed under arrest for five months, not knowing if and when death would come, amid savage beatings and, for Helen, rape. Through the dark abuse of these months, she sensed the Lord saying: ‘These are not your sufferings. They’re mine. All I ask of you is the loan of your body.’ She wrote later of her ‘overwhelming sense of privilege, that Almighty God would stoop to ask of me, a mere nobody in a forest clearing in the jungles of Africa, something he needed.’ Helen studied medicine at Cambridge University, and then spent six months training at the Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade College in London.

I have been working out that verse ever since. “Make this valley full of ditches.” What I have come to realize is that God doesn’t actually need you and me. He is sovereign. He is almighty. He doesn’t need us to reach the unreached peoples of the world. But he chooses, in his gracious mercy, to use us. He chooses to use you and me. He wants us to be spades in his hand. He wants us to be willing to dig his ditches, using us as his spades wherever he places us. That is amazing, quite amazing. Somebody recently asked me, “Who are your heroes?” I had to stop and think. I really don’t have any heroes except Jesus. But I realize that in one sense, Caleb is one of my heroes. He was still going strong at eighty-five years of age, still prepared to fight for a mountain that was inhabited by giants with fortified cities. He went for it. He did not give up. Polycarp Further, the word *make is active. “Make this valley full of ditches.” We have to do something, and we have to do it actively. It may well be hard work. We may well get blistered hands. We’ll become thirsty, and we might get no thanks for our work. “Make this valley full of ditches.” Her support of the GCU for many years, which involved her being a camp leader well into her 80s, had a similar impact on many young women. Also, her solid commitment to her local church in Belfast remains an example and inspiration to many who belong to that fellowship. But she would be embarrassed by these accolades and would simply point a finger upwards — it’s all because of Him!During an interview for the London Women's Convention in 2010, she was asked for any advice to share with the next generation of women. Her response is filled with passion and wisdom: 'Have you fallen in love with Jesus? I know you know he died to save you; I know you know you ought to love him. But do you love the Lord Jesus? Not just as Saviour and Friend, but as Lord and Master. Is he all in all to you?… Are you allowing God to be totally in control of everything, because of your love for him?' (23) conclusion One of the major problems I had was in learning to live a consistent Christian life wherever God put me. I spent twenty years in Congo in Central Africa, where in many ways it was very easy to be a Christian — I was the only pale-skin among some eighty thousand dark-skinned people. Living Fellowship". worldmissionbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21 . Retrieved 2016-12-09. That is partly why Caleb became a pattern for me in my life — to love the Lord and to follow him wholeheartedly. As I started Bible study daily, I came to verses like Romans 8:1, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” And, “There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). There is only Jesus. He is our unique, lovely, beautiful Savior. As a young woman, Helen felt an increased sense of calling to the mission field and once announced publicly: “I’ll go anywhere God wants me to, whatever the cost”.

In March 1953, she travelled to north eastern Congo, where she spent the next two years setting up a training school for nurses and nurse-evangelists. This was a highly strategic work, not just in terms of clinics, but also for the spread of the gospel. The new facility had 100 beds and served mothers, children and people affected by leprosy, as well as operating as a training facility for paramedics. Arrest The words spoken at the end of Helen’s funeral were: ‘Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory’ (Revelation 19:6-7).Dr. Helen Roseveare was born in Hailebury, Herts, England in 1925. She became a Christian as a medical student in Cambridge University in 1945. She continued to have strong links with the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union and was designated as the "CICCU missionary" during the 1950s and 1960s. She built a combination hospital/ training center in Ibambi in the early 1950s, then relocated to Nebobongo, living in an old leprosy camp, where she built another hospital. After conflict with other staff at the hospital, she returned to England in 1958.

CFP | Living Faith: Willing to be Stirred as a Pot of Paint | Helen Roseveare". www.christianfocus.com . Retrieved 2016-12-09. Tragically, when civil war broke out in 1964 all of the medical facilities Helen had established were destroyed, and she was put under house arrest.

The Doctor Who Kept Going No Matter What

She felt an increased sense of calling toward missions, and publicly declared during a missionary gathering in North England, “I’ll go anywhere God wants me to, whatever the cost.” That demands that we come down into the valleys. We cannot fulfill God’s purpose for our lives up on the mountaintop. The disciples saw the transfigured Jesus in all his glory and radiance on the mountaintop. His garments were shining; his eyes were shining. They were in the very presence of the glory of God. Then they came down into the valley, where there was a crowd. In the crowd was a father with his epileptic (or demonized) son. That was where the work was done. I love that this collection of books features a different color on each cover, making it a fun collection to display in our daughter’s library. While the book appeals to my daughter, I think it will just as easily appeal to little boys as well and be a great addition to a church or school library and for homeschooling families! Now we will consider the second “one thing.” In Philippians 3:13 Paul writes, “I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do . . .” “One thing I do” is in the present tense — the present-active tense. “One thing I am doing. Forgetting what is behind, straining to what is ahead, I am pressing on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me.” Hosea 6:3 says, “Keep on keeping on.” That is a literal translation from my Swahili Bible — “Keep on keeping on.” Don’t give up; rather, follow on to know the Lord to the end. Jesus said, “You will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved” (Matthew 10:22).