The Invasion Of Hell’s Empire
Anticipation is an interesting feeling. There can be so much tied up into this single feeling. Love has depths to it, hate has levels, fear has an ever strengthening or weakening grip, but anticipation can have them all, and even more tied into it, all vying for their place. The idea that a person can be both excited and afraid of their future is, in all honesty, a strange concept, but here I am. There is on one hand a longing, a drive and passion to go to Japan, to do the work that the Lord is calling me to. In this there is such excitement, such longing to just drop what I’m doing now and get in the car, drive to the airport, run up to the ticket counter and slam my debit card down demanding a one way ticket. How easy that would be right?
Though life seems to rarely ever be that easy, and this is not one of those times. I long to go, but as I keep taking one step closer to actually going, I look back and realize that I’m one step farther from home, one step farther from my family. And like a child stepping onto the high dive at the pool, looking down, or back in my case, my heart fills with instant fear at the idea of my future. Something that was so joyful a moment ago, or a thought back, all the sudden fills me with fear. Fear at the idea that my parents will grow old, and I won't be around. Fear that my brother and I won’t be able to go out and do fun (probably stupid, but fun) things together. My nephews and niece will grow up without really knowing me beyond a gift at Christmas and their birthdays. I won’t get to spend time with my sister, and one that hurts the most, I won’t be around for all the holidays and special occasions. This is hard for my heart to accept.
I knew when I started down this path, that this would not be easy, after all I’m asking to go to a land that satan has held for thousands of years unchallenged, a stronghold in the modern world. Unfortunately my plans for just that have not been kept secret from him, he knows I plan to invade, for there is no better word for it than invade. To invade his domain and pry it from his hands soul by soul, person by person. Can I pry it from him? No, I haven’t the wisdom or strength to contend with one far smarter and more experienced in this fight, but I know the Lord is guiding me, and with His guidance how can I fail? But with satan’s gaze on me, and my desire to be used by God known to him, he struck first, and the battle has already started. Though the islands of Japan are far from here, the enemy has already stretched out his hand to strike me, and it is in the form of discouragement and fear of the future. And there appears to be a lot to go around, though by God’s grace I am still moving forward.
Preparation for the invasion has started on my end, and I have left my home back in Nevada and moved down to Yorba Linda California, and will be here for the next year attending the MTS (Missions Training School) program with Calvary Chapel Saving Grace. There are many hurdles I need to over come before I can go, some physical, and some spiritual. And some to just move ahead with my walk with the Lord in the next year. None of this is easy, and all of it is overwhelming, and I do feel very alone in it, but I know God hears my prayers and is with me.
I would like to ask you for prayer, I am in desperate need of it, of people to continually lift me up to the Lord. So if I may ask, please pray for me. Please share my newsletter with friends, and family, with your church and prayer groups, I know with prayer and the Lord near me, the enemy will have no choice but to flee and give ground to this invasion of these unreached lands. Satan has had ample time to dig into the land, hearts and minds of the people where I am going, and will not give them up without a fight, a fight that is as brutal and underhanded as he can muster. To hold these people is his prize, and I am making myself an obstacle to this dark prize of his. This letter may sound dark, it may have no joyful bible verses in bright letters, or pictures of maps, or people and places. All this is because it is simply a cry for help, a cry for prayer, for myself yes, but also the ministry. So please remember to pray for myself and the ministry that all the obstacles might be removed, and the invasion can start.
God bless you my friend.
~Bryan Barrow
Prayer Requests
I cannot go to Japan till I meet my financial goals to do so. My Church won’t send me, nor will the Japanese government allow me a visa if I do not meet this goal. So I ask for prayer in meeting this goal.
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This ministry is not just my ministry, it’s our ministry. When you come along side me in prayer, encouragement, or financial support, you reap the rewards of this ministry and store up treasures in heaven. As these are the rewards of the ministry. This is just as much your ministry as mine, as I am the hands and you become the arms when you join with me. So thank you.
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