08/30/2026
It’s 4:00 p.m. here in Cape Town, South Africa—61 degrees and beautiful! 🇿🇦
We’ve had a full and glorious day ministering at Mountainside Church under the leadership of Lead Pastor Brent Edgar and Lead Evangelist Jodie Currie, followed by more wonderful fellowship with their staff.
What an amazing church plant! They are only five months in, yet they are already “full on”—up, running, and moving forward strongly! Mike and I felt so privileged and honored to pour into their lives today. I truly see great things ahead for this church!
I taught from Abraham’s journey and shared three things he needed as he traveled into the unknown.
Have you ever had to travel into the unknown? Have you ever had to step beyond your comfort zone in order to occupy all that God has for you?
Abraham demonstrated three things—and we need them too:
1. HE SET HIS HEART TO OBEY THE LORD.
“So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him…” —Genesis 12:4
Before Abraham ever took the outward step, he had made an inward decision to obey God.
We see this same principle in Ezra 7:10: “For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it…”
The Hebrew word translated “prepared” is kun. It means to establish, make firm, or settle. Ezra had set his heart—he had taken a firm, settled position and decided inwardly to seek and obey the Lord.
2. HE WAS CONFIDENT IN GOD’S STRENGTH.
It was God who had spoken, and it was God who had promised to sustain him. Abraham’s confidence was not in his own ability to understand the journey—it was in the faithfulness of the One who had called him!
3. HE MAINTAINED REGULAR CONTACT WITH GOD.
Abraham built altars! —Genesis 12:6–8
We stayed on this point for quite a while. As we sojourn through unfamiliar territory, we must have an altar in our hearts—a place where we meet with God every day.
This is crucial for our survival as we journey into the unknown!
We ended with an amazing time of ministry at the altar—and one precious young woman gave her life to Christ!
What a glorious day! We are deeply grateful for all God is doing at Mountainside Church. Great things are ahead! 🙌🔥
