Abraham, and Who We Will Be  There are but a few people in the Bible that had a specific encounter with God or His angels, and each time signifies a dramatic shift in the narrative of the story. Looking at the story of Abraham, from the age of 75 he encountered God and His Angels numerous times, each time painting a greater picture of what God was doing in Abraham, in his life and through it. God had a plan for Abraham, and He intervened in his life in dramatic ways to see it come about. You can see how God takes a childless foreigner and invites him on an…

The Power of Voice Did you know that each voice is unique? When you think about it, it’s not just physiology but it carries with it a long chain of influences from our history. Our voices are as unique as our fingerprints in ways I never considered before.  One factor is tone. Our vocal chambers can indeed resonate in a certain way that produces a certain timbre… from our vocal cords to our sinuses. Our physiology carries with it generations of ancestral fragments, all placed together in quite a unique way—and can even be influenced by how we have trained our own voice. This goes beyond accent. Even the way…

They Did Not Become this Way Overnight This is a little different, but today I felt I should tell a story and what I learned in the moment. I still need to remind myself of it, even today, but it was a valuable lesson for me. I have worked many jobs in the past. It took me many years to realise that God had set in my heart a job such as what I am doing now. One of my previous jobs was a postal worker. I would start at 6.30 in the morning, sort out the letters and small parcels for my run of around 1,000 delivery points, and…

The Seventy Year Plan Have you ever faced a long season and wondered if it would ever end? I (Kevin) once worked for a wholesaler, it was a good job but I was quite immature when I started. Nonetheless the manager was quite patient and it was a good environment. A year into the job the manager left, and a new manager started. I don’t know why he singled me out, but he seemed to really dislike me. He lied about me on his team reports to the regional management and would go out of his way to be unfair to me. Nonetheless – I felt God compel me to…

Ask Him a Question. Know He Replies ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’ (Jeremiah 33.3 NKJV) Some time ago I felt the Lord challenge me with something of an engineering task. It was building a 3D printer, but mostly out of parts available to me at the hardware store, and a few rods I found at a junkyard. I had some tools. Not a great collection, but enough to start working on this project. It does not sound very sacred, I know, but I have found God to be very active in my creativity and know without…

Prevailing Princes (and princesses) With God And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of Jabbok.  He took them, sent them over the brook, and sent over what he had.  Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day.  Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him.  And He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.” But he said, “I will not…

Be who you are – know who we are.  I am Kevin Vawser. A short intro for those who have not ‘met’ me yet. I am Lana’s husband and have worked with her in this ministry for almost ten years. I have studied and received my Degree and later Graduate Diploma in Ministry (focused on biblical studies) and often teach with Lana in our schools. Lana will write these posts as well, this time around I felt I had a message to share.  I was reading through 1 Corinthians today. I love reading through Paul’s epistles — I found the more time I spent repeatedly reading his texts (each as…