Daddy's Girl

Today you turn double digit. 10 years ago you came into our lives. My little sunshine. 
You are so full of life. You live with such intensity even at this early stage of life. 
You will always be my little princess. 

I love you beyond words and you make me proud to be a dad. 

Never stop being you! There will never be another you. The world needs you to be you to the full. 

Never compromise!

You have always had a strong faith in God. At every festival that you have attended you have always loved to watch and listen to the healing testimonies. At church, when you were younger, you would often be with us at the altar as we ministered to people and you were always trying to see what God was doing. Keep close to Jesus!

Born a leader. I think that even before you were able to walk, you were leading people. Every time we went to McDonald's for lunch and you went to play, it never took more than a few minutes before all the kids, no matter age, were following you and playing on "your" terms. Even the older kids would line up and take their lead from you.
Leadership is a gift from God. Something that He deposits in us even before we are born. This is a gift that can be visciously misused in life. Keep your pure heart and keep allowing God to form you into the queen you are.

God made you beautiful. Remember who you are. A child of God.

As you grow older more and more people will see your beauty. Some will love you for who you are but there are others out there that will love you selfishless and try to manipulate you into loving back. 

Just over 5 years ago something happened that at first seemed to be too much to handle. It felt unreal. You were diagnosed with juvenile diabetes (type 1). It was a hard blow. The devil was mad. He did his best to keep us from pursuing our dream - the will of God. But even after this unfair blow from the devil, you have kept shining, kept living, kept believing. Of course there have been days where you (and we) have felt low and defeated when the reality sinks in. But then you have risen up and shined. We are BELIEVING that ONE DAY you will be completely HEALED.

I will always love you, no matter what. 
I will always be there for you, no matter what. 
I will always pray for you, no matter what.
I will always believe in you, no matter what.
Stay strong. Stay pure. Stay bold. Keep shining.

Remember that God will always love you. He will always carry you in his hand. You are precious in his eyes.

I love you girl.

/Daddy Published: By: Unknown - 5:23 PM

Extraordinary

This has been an out of the ordinary trip for me. First I was able to be a part of the annual SOS Prayer Days at SOS Church Stockholm. Intense days of seeking the face of God with no agenda. We simply pushed into his presence and let Him direct our prayers. And He spoke to us all, corporately and individually. Then that Sunday a flower from Africa, a powerful evangelist preached on Healing of the broken-hearted. Mama Josephine Shoo had a word from heaven to SOS.

From there I flew to Zurich and on to Beinne. Pastor Tim and Manuelle from SOS Church Bienne picked me at the airport and they hosted me for two days. God gave us a beautiful day as we drove up to the pre-Alps and enjoyed the morning. Then in the evening I met the team that will be joining us in Sialkot, Pakistan next month. Great people, on fire for Jesus.

Bujumbura, Burundi was my final destination. Somehow, when my itinerary was forwarded to my host, Bishop Bosco, he only received my departure date and naturally assumed that was my arrival date. So there was no one at the airport to pick me. When I called him, he jumped in his car and sped to the airport to pick me up. What a host this man is. He is humble at heart and generous. God has placed him as the leader among leaders in this nation as he leads a conferedarion of all the different councils of churches in the nation. He knows most of the MPs personally and is the spiritual advisor to the current president, Mr Pierre Nkurunziza. Bishop Bosco has no flashy lifestyle but has lots of power and fire from the Holy Spirit in his life and ministry.

I had meetings with different leaders and bishops and then I preached a total of 7 times in 5 days. God moved mightly and the bishops have expressed that God used SOS and me to bring new revelation and to challenge them to do more for the Kingdom in their city.

Before leaving the city, Bishop Bosco took me to My Father's House, an orphanage that he runs. He has 7 biological children and 5 orphans in his home (the 5th one he accepted in yesterday. The FIrst Lady sent this girl to him...) and then the 43 in the orphanage call him dad as well. A big man...

Sitting writing these few lines watching the sun rise at the Brussels International Airport on my way back home to the Burgh! Tired but happy.

In the days between Christmas and New Year last year God spoke to me about this year, 2014, as I was praying and the word he spoke was: NEW. He wanted to do something new in every area of life. This means in my personal life, in our family life, in my work with SOS but as I noticed this week in Bujumbura, also in the preaching part of my life. I have never preached like I did this week, There was something NEW. The revelation, the power, the anointing, the impact - all NEW.

We might not see everything yet, but God is on the move. This year, 2014, he will do more than he has in the past and I am excited and privileged to be living now as things are speeding up in the Kingdom of God!!

Thank you Jesus for empowering us to bring your love to a lost and hurting world.

In love with Him!

C u soon somewhere in the world...

Published: By: The Almqvists - 3:13 AM