Progress...

Hello to all my friends! If you're reading this, please know how much I appreciate your support and encouragement as I continue on this new adventure.

It's been a few weeks since my last post and I wanted to update you all on some new developments (I do this so you can know what's up and be praying about it).

I have been working on finding a job to meet my needs while at the same time trying to book speaking gigs. I have a few leads on jobs this week including an interview to work at Kohls...yep, pretty much my lifelong dream right there. I joke about the Kohl's job, but in all reality I am thankful that God provides for me and I will be willing to do what I must to follow His calling.

I am very excited to announce that I have two speaking engagements for the month of October! On October 19, I will be speaking at a campus ministry called Prepare. They meet at the University of Minnesota Duluth. I am very excited to have this opportunity to speak! It is especially exciting to be able to communicate the truths of God's Word to my peers! I would appreciate your prayers as this will be more of a teaching environment. For whatever reason, I tend to get more nervous for those. However, I know God will bring His "A" game...because let's be real...that's the only game He's got! Then on October 27, Duluth Gospel Tabernacle is having their Pioneer Prayer Partner Night (this is the boys ministry K-6). I have been asked to speak that evening and am super stoked about that! It will be fun to speak to the boys and share with them what God lays on my heart!

In addition to these gigs, I have been working hard on developing my mission and vision for the speaking ministry. At this time, I wish to not share all the details. Please pray that God would continue to open up doors as I attempt to get this ministry off the ground.

In summary please be praying for the following things:
1. God's guidance for a name and vision
2. Prepare Ministries Speaking Engagement (October 19)
3. DGT Pray Partners Speaking Engagement (October 27)
4. That I would receive more speaking opportunities
5. Please pray what Paul writes in Ephesians 6:19-20 for me

Lastly, I offer you the take away...this is the new part of my blog where I give you a random devotional thought.

I thank God for the doors He has shut, the doors that He is opening, and the doors that He will open in the future. Sometimes we get upset when things don't work out or don't go our way. We feel that God isn't being fair. We feel that our most carefully laid plans are falling apart. Yet, most often when I look back on the events of the past I realize that certain things fell apart for a reason. Certain doors were left closed, so that others could be opened and other doors are shut because it's not His timing. Upon observing God's faithfulness played out time and time again, I find it best to stop prying at the doors that I want to see opened and just trust God with my future. His word says that He works out all things together for the good of those who love Him and who have been called according to His purpose. I highlighted the word love because it's crucial! If I truly love Christ, this means that I will TRUST Him to be who He says He is. This means that if His Word says that He is working things out for my good, I SHOULD BELIEVE THAT!! So the next time you find yourself frustrated with life and you feel your best laid plans have failed you, instead of getting upset or down, TRUST in the promises of His Word and know that He has your best interests in mind. I trust this week you will see that the doors He has shut in your life have been shut for your benefit and the ones He is opening are part of His good, pleasing, and perfect will! And that my friends is your take away for the day!

In His Grip,

Levi Bordes