Gideon was the a young lad who was the least of the family from from the least of families from the least of the tribes of Israel.
He had a self esteem problem as he did not see himself to be worthy in anything he did.
God saw Gideon in a different light. He called him a mighty man of fearless courage before he even had gone into a battle.
The Lord told Gideon that he’d be with him… But, Gideon still doubted God and asked him for a sign. Well, after about 3 signs, Gideon finally believed God would do what He said he would do. Gideon finally saw himself as able because of God.

The Lord delivered Israel through Gideon…

Gideon had an excellent Spirit…. who will help him see success…..

King Nebuchadnezzar made a decree when the sound of music was heard, that the people were to fall down and worshp the golden image that he set up. There were three young lads named Shadrach, Meshach and Abendego refused to depart from the one True living God and bow their knee.

The King was in a rage about it. He called the three before him and told them for them to bow down or be thrown into the furnace. He challenged them further saying “WHO IS THAT GOD WHO CAN DELIVER YOU OUT OF MY HANDS?”

Well the three of them said, it was not necessary for them to answer on that point. If the God who they served is able to deliver them out of the buring fiery furnace, He will deliver them out of the hand of the King. If not, it wouldn’t matter, they still would never serve the god that he set up.

This put the king in a fury and he ordered that the furnace be heated Seven times hotter than it usually was heated.
He had them bound up and strong men throw them into the furnace. The furnace was so hot that the men who threw them in died with out going in.

But Shadrach, Meshach and Abendego landed in the furnace and were loosed with a fourth man in the furnace that “Looked like the Son of God.”

The King saw this and called them out. They saw that the fire had no power upon their bodies, their hair was not singed, their garmets were not scorched and the smell of smoke did not cling to them.

The King changed his position (a new desire was sparked) and said “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abendego, Who has sent HIS angel and delivered his servents who believed in, trusted in and relied on Him!

Shadrach, Meshach and Abendego had an excellent Spirit… who kept them from the fire and sparked a new desire…

Ok, we had Easter Break here… Good Friday and Easter Monday.. So I’m back teaching about cultivating an excellent Spirit and the ability to stand firm in the faith even when you are threatened to be thrown into a lion’s den.

Daniel had an excellent spirit and others took notice about how he was different and “marked” by it. They were jealous and wanted to harm Daniel and remove him from the picture. The story goes, there was a decree that was made by the King (he was tricked into signing it) that any one caught praying to their own God, would be thrown into the Lions den. This threat did not deter Daniel praying to his God. Daniel had faith in God so he threw open his windows and continued to pray during the day and loudly at that. Daniel was brought before the King, the King had to fulfill the sentence (grieved in his heart about it) and had Daniel put into the lion’s den. The Angel of the Lord shut the mouths of the lions, kept Daniel safe at night. When the King arrived in the morning and found Daniel safe from harm, he made a new decree for those to serve the God of Daniel.

Daniel had an excellent spirit. It kept him through the night!

To my favorite older sister… This is your day. Celebrate and eat ice cream and cake. We’ll have a special celebration when I come back! God Bless and Love you… K

Today, I celebrated Easter with my Fiji family, Indian, Bolu (Father), Namala (Mother), Anthony, Jordan and Sunam.

I guess you could say it was a non-traditional Easter dinner for me. Curried Fish, Roti (tortilla kind of), cucumber/carrot salad. Delighted that I had a family to share it with. It is sweet fellowship and I’m honored to call them family.

I baked a banana cake for Namala and we celebrated her birthday that was yesterday. They all enjoyed it.

To those who back home who have enjoyed my banana cake… well, let’s just say the Fijian bananas add to the experience. They are so delightfully tasty that it is so hard to eat bananas back there anyway, but the cake… oh how splendid it was!!!