By Ryan Shaw
Ryan is the international lead facilitator for SVM2 and lives among the unreached.

As I have studied God's Word over the last several years and sought to grasp His great heart more and more through prayer and waiting upon Him, I have confidently come to believe that the deliberate cultivation of a spirit of humility is one of the most critical of attributes a follower of Jesus can pursue. In this hour, God is calling forth believers who shine brightly with humility and meekness. He is seeking those willing to be emptied of themselves in order to have the full life of God possess them. He is after Message Bearers who give up their rights in order to be a humble witness among a people group bound in lies and deceptions for hundreds of years.

Why does God put so much emphasis on humility? Because it is the bedrock of all spiritual influence! Jesus' ways are never like ours. In His kingdom the way up is down. Hu  more >

By Peter Mead

We are living in a time of constant change. All around us our cultures and sub-cultures are fluxing and morphing before our eyes. Our world is desperate for people who are able to represent and stand for the deeper realities that do not change. God is still the same God, His plans are still the same plans and He is still what this world needs. So the world needs us. It needs us if we know Him. It needs us if we are able to represent Him.

Somehow, in the increasingly hectic whirlwind of contemporary society, many of us have lost touch with what we need most at this time. If we are to represent God. If we are to truly know God, then we need to be people with a passion for knowing Him. We need to be people with a passion for His self-revelation - the Bible. In a previous century, in a different time, John Wesley cried, "Oh, give me that book! At any price give me the book of God. Let  more >