My dear friends and bloggreaders.

I wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

I just came back from church and the food is soon on the table. I can't wait to taste! It is so good to be with the family again. Christmas is a wonderful time. What a day we celebrate, that Jesus Christ came from heaven, born here on earth. God became a man, fully God and fully man. What a miracle it was, and still is!

Enjoy the Christmas-time.

Hei! Here you see the whole group of people that attends the pastorscourse! It is such a blessing to be a part of all of this. Every day I can feel the presence of God that fills this place. It is amazig to listen to the teaching I recieve here, it brightens my view in many ways. This week we had about doctrines and ethics, and it has been some of the best days so far. To morrow will the pastor of Word of Life in Sweden, Robert Ekh, come. He will teach about the Christian family, which I heard is very good. It's is all so good, so it is hard to categories the different modules.

But even though I'm enjoying the time here, I am looking forward to Christmas like never before. I haven't seen my family for 4 months, so it will be good to give them all a hug. The 22nd of desember I land in Norway.

Adeos!

Hei!

The last days have been very hectical so I haven't been able to write on my blogg. Right now I am in Slovkia. I arrived last night, and it felt good to be back again. It is really God's grace that I have the chance to be here. I was reminded to day that this is really a time that I'll never receive again, a time to let God speak to me through His word, a time to fellowship with him and get to know Him more intimate. Very often God gives you great gifts in life. He can put you in a position where you have the change to grow and be stronger. But then it is up to you how we use the posibilites God is giving us. Those situation can either give you nothing, or it can change your life forever! It is all up to you;)

I have mention that the previous sunday we had a concert in the prison! It was better than I taught it should be. We had all the prisoners (85 guys) in the sporthall and a team from the church sung and played for them. Then one evangelist called Villy Vork was invited to preach the Gosple that night. And it was so good! Many prisoners took a real descision to follow Jesus! Many bow the head, closed their eyes and prayed the salvation prayer! A great sight. Then we served everyone "gløgg" (christmasdrink) and cake, which they really appreciated. Later, Villy, dressed as the St. Claus and he gave every one a christmasgift. They were for sure shocked when the saw St.Claus in the prison..hehe..
In the evening we showed a Christian movie on a big screen in the sport hall. A touching movie about the reality of heaven and hell. That the life can suddenly be over and then..what then?

It was a great time there. I talked with several prisoners and I could see that they had receive something strong from God. The power of the Gospel is what people longs for!

(We were not allowed to take any picture inside the prison this time, so I am not able to give you any pictures.)

You here from me sooner or later, be blessed!

Hei!

The last days have been very hectical so I haven't been able to write on my blogg. Right now I am in Slovkia. I arrived last night, and it felt good to be back again. It is really God's grace that I have the chance to be here. I was reminded to day that this is really a time that I'll never receive again, a time to let God speak to me through His word, a time to fellowship with him and get to know Him more intimate. Very often God gives you great gifts in life. He can put you in a position where you have the change to grow and be stronger. But then it is up to you how we use the posibilites God is giving us. Those situation can either give you nothing, or it can change your life forever! It is all up to you;)

I have mention that the previous sunday we had a concert in the prison! It was better than I taught it should be. We had all the prisoners (85 guys) in the sporthall and a team from the church sung and played for them. Then one evangelist called Villy Vork was invited to preach the Gosple that night. And it was so good! Many prisoners took a real descision to follow Jesus! Many bow the head, closed their eyes and prayed the salvation prayer! A great sight. Then we served everyone "gløgg" (christmasdrink) and cake, which they really appreciated. Later, Villy, dressed as the St. Claus and he gave every one a christmasgift. They were for sure shocked when the saw St.Claus in the prison..hehe..
In the evening we showed a Christian movie on a big screen in the sport hall. A touching movie about the reality of heaven and hell. That the life can suddenly be over and then..what then?

It was a great time there. I talked with several prisoners and I could see that they had receive something strong from God. The power of the Gospel is what people longs for!

(We were not allowed to take any picture inside the prison this time, so I am not able to give you any pictures.)

You here from me sooner or later, be blessed!

This day was an intersting day. I was invited by the coverment to visit an old prison in Tallinn. The reason I was invited was because I work as a volantaire in a prison, so I was together with several other prisonworkers also. But that prison is one of the most terrible places I've ever seen. It was built in the 18th century and was closed in 2002. I went into rooms where prisoners have been killed, and it was still marks of blood on the floor! They didn't know how many who have been killed there. During the communist time, thousands were arrested, and the prisons were overbooked. One room, for instance, was made for 16 people, but they had sometimes 50 prisoners inside of that room. They had to sleep in a certain position in order for everyone to fit in. And during the night the guard woke up everyone and told them to change position of sleeping. Grazy..! I also have to add that they slept on the floor without any bed, and druing the winter it could be freezing cold, because the heatingsystem seldom worked...


After visiting that prison, many of us went to a covermentbuilding to eate and talked togehter about the situation in different prisoners. It was good, and I had the chance to share from my own experiences. The main leader for all of the prisoners is a Christian, which make it easy for us to do spread the word of God in prisons.

Believe me, after visiting that prison in Tallinn, you would be more than thankful that you are a free person! Let us use our freedom and our lives to glorify God!

Amen.

On this picture you see some of the guys from the prison. This week I've been there Tuesday and Thursday, and it is a blessing to be there. There is not much happening in the prison, so the prisoners are coming where things are happening -in the prisonchapel. Many of the prisoners are coming from difficult circumstances, and some are in there for many years. But through that time they hear the Gospel preached and they get the word of God on the inside of them.

Personally I can see big changes in peoples life. Some of them can be difficult to get along with in the beginning, but as the time goes by they are getting more and more soft. You can see that the word of God and His love changes them! The word of God never returns back empty!

On the left side of the picture you see the prisonpriest. He is doing an amazing job. He is like a father to all those guy there, and he has such a respect among the prisoners. It is a privildge to work with him.

Next Sunday we will go with a big group of youth from my church and have a Christmas-concert there. We did that last year also and it was a big success!

A powerful norwegian psalm

Sometimes I read in a psalmbook that my grandpartens gave me some years ago. Most of the melodies of those psalms don't fit my ear. But the lyricks is so powerful! So now and then I read from this psalmbook. And I did that to night. I just want to share a psalm that was written in 1680, by Joachim Neander:

Jesus, du har brakt Guds rike Nær i ord og
sakrament! For dets makt må Satan vike, Troens
djerve ild er tent. Nakent kors og åpen grav Er de seiertegn du gav.

Mild og sterk på nådens trone Triumferer du, Guds
Lam! Som et tre med mektig krone Skal ditt rike vokse
fram. Over hav og kontinent Skal din seier gjøres kjent.

Jesus, kom og vær til stede, Døp ditt folk med Ånd og
ild! Fyll vårt liv med ekte glede Så vi lever slik du vil.
Rust oss ut til ærlig strid, Til å gå mens det er tid.

(I am sorry for you english-speaking people...you better get hold of a norwegian to help you translate..)

Back from some fantastic days in Slovakia.

Yesterday night I came back to Estonia! It has been some amazing days in Slovakia. It's getting better and better. The pastorscourse gives me more than I could imagine. This week I listened to teaching about the Church history. It was really interesting and it made me understand that God has been moving all through the centuries. Mighty things have happended. One example is a church father called, Ireneus (130-202), who was casting out demons, gave sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf. Even dead persons were raised up! The Church was moving strong!!

But later the Church splitted up, and miracles ceased. But still God used different people in mighty ways! It is intersting to see how God has restored things back to his original plan. And that we live in a time where God gives us insight about his will, so will can start to live like the early Church. A Church that manifested the Glory of God.

Yesterday I had also the chance to see Prague for the first time. I had to wait on the airport for many hours, so I descided to see Prague. God blessed me! On the airplane from Slovakia I sat next to a missionary from Spain. (You see her on my left side. The picture above is also from Prague) She was together with some school teachers from Spain and helped them interpreting. They invited me to join them in the city. They had to wait for a plane too. So they guided me around to famous places. We had such a good time together. And I want to learn Spanish as never before!!

It's good to be back in Estonia. And I will run fast now, the time before Christmas!

Be blessed;)

22 years old to day

Yes, so to day I am finally 22 years of age...I guess it's a good age, or? Let's say so. At least I am happy to be here attending this pastorscourse. This morning at the breakfast, they sung the birthdaysong first in english, then in russian, greek, spanish and swedish...Never experience that before;) I feel so blessed to be here. Sometimes I feel that God is too good to me! And he is..that's why I want to serve Him with all of my heart!

This day have been just great. Most of the pastors went to the church, and I just love this church! Then we went some people to downtown, where we relaxed and eate some ice-cream on Mc Donald's.

Yesterday we move to an other place for the lessons. The building (where the picture is taken from, to the left) was actually a former cummunism school! But thank God for the fall of the communist regime, and to day the building is used to teach pastors!! Hallelujah, that's what I call victory!

The next coming week we will have teaching in church history. I have heard that this course is very special and a great blessing. So I am looking forward to it!

Ok, that was a shorte update! Be blessed!

Tuesday I landed in Slovakia and when I came out of the airplane, I was surprised of the warm temperature. No sign of the winter yet... Very good to be back and to meet the others again. This week we're learing about "Modern Humanism". It might sound boring, but it is intersting to learn about how people have been thinking and acting through history. You see how it has influenced the church and their way of thinking. Even to day we are influenced by what happend in the 18th century. So this subjcet covers the time from the 17th-20th century. It is amazing to see how God has been moving, and how he has restored things back step by step. After listening to this teaching, I realize that we live in really special times, where God has settled things in order for Jesus' return. Still there is a job to be done before that happen, but we live in interesting times, that's for sure! And soon and very soon, we are going to see the King!! That is a reality.

Yesterday the soccer team from my city, Fredrikstad, won the cup in Norway!! They beat the other team, Sandefjord, 3-0!! And guess what?! Two of those goals were made of an ESTONIAN player named, Raio Piiroja! So even here in Estonia people are celebration Raio and FFK for their victory!

Hei! Now I just came back from the church in Polva. Because to day I had the priviledge to preach there. It was a blessing to be there and share the word. I shared about the Living water that flows on the inside of us. From reading in John 4:10,14, you see Jesus talking with the samaritan woman. So I used this story to learn from what Jesus did. Jesus new He was a gift from God, He knew he possessed Living water, and He knew that he could give it away! If you want to know more, get the tape hehe..God is so good! I love that church and the people there were so hungry for God, you could just sence it. Next to me is my dear friend, Tom, who was helping me interpreting. He did a great job!

Yesterday I invited my friends to celebrate by my 22nd birthday. My real birthday is on the 19th, but then I am in Slovakia for the pastorscourse. That was actually the second time I had my birthday in Estonia. Maybe more in the future, who knows? It was a blessing for me to have them over! I am getting older guys...but I'm getting closer and closer to heaven.

Earlier the same day, many of the youths from Polva went down to the marketplace in the city. It was a great time for all of us. For some of the youths it was the first time reaching out to other people. So we had baked a lof of cakes and served tea and coffee. A good opportunity to talk to people and sow into their lives. It is important for us Christians to be visible to people. This way was a good start for the Polva youths, and it's something that we'II continue with!

Tuesday I will go to Slovakia and I'm looking forward to it. It was such a blessing for me last time. I am thankful to God for his provision and that I am able to go there. What an a wonderful God we serve!! You hear from me later;)

Yes, yes, I know there has been a while since I updated my blogg, but be mercyful to me, dear friends. After being here in Estonia for about 9 months, I have discovered my great mission. When you look at that picture you might think that I've move into a new apartment, but you're wrong. It is inside the church. The winter has arrived and it's getting colder and colder (last winter it was -30 and windy..ohhohææ) So the bulding needs to be heated up. And it is not done through electricity or gass, but through wood. It is done in the hard way, the old Russian way. So this week I've offered to help out, and so far have I been there for 20 hours. Missionwork is not just from the pulpit preaching, but ALL what is necesarry for the church to function. The Bible say that if you are faithful in the small Jesus sets you over more. So when I am making fire to heat up the church, I am getting ready to spread the Holy Ghost fire all over the world..hehe..I like to do this thing, because I am there on my own, it is quiet and great time for prayer. Sometimes I think I have the same feeling as king David on the sheperdfield. During those silent hours on his own, he discovered God in a mighty way. Most of his written psalms came from those times. Ps. 86:10-12 is one great example:

"For you are great and work wonders! You alone are God.
Teach me Your way, O Lord, I will walk in your truth: unite my heart to fear your Name.
I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; and I will glorify you name forevermore."

Let the fire of God burn on the inside of you! People are freezing to death because of lack of fire. Must you be the one that enlights the fire of Jesus Christ on the inside of peoples lives!

Be blessed!

Right now I am in Slovakia and attending a pastorcourse! I have been here for about a week and on Friday I'II return back to Estonia. It has been such a blessing to be here. There are about 85 pastors and leaders here, representing 20 different nations. So I have got to know many wonderful people. I am the only one from Norway and the youngest one too, but that is great:) The first day of the week, Ulf Ekman was teaching and it was outstanding as usual. Teachers from Word of life University like; Svante Rumar, Paul Burge and Birgitta Andersson have been here too. And every day has given me so much revelation in the word. It has been amazingly good! On the picture on the top you see the word of life church in Bratislava (the city where I am in). The worship was heavnly and fresh, a church full of life! The other picture is of all of the pastors in the classroom...

Cellgroup:

I just wanted to show you the guys in my cellgroup. Yesterday we had the gathering in my place and we had a great time together. The theme was "worship". Both Andrus (the one in red shirt) and I shared from our heart. We had a blessed time together!

Yesterday I went to the youthprison in Viljandi for the first time after arriving here in Estonia. It was so good to see those guys again. There were many familiar faces, but also some new. It is special to see those prisoners who are born again, because they are really like brothers to me. Because we have all Jesus as our Lord. We had a great time together and I guess there were over 10 guys gathered in the churchroom. Both the prisonpriest and I shared the word! I will go there every Tuesday, but I will try to go more often also if I'm able to. I am a bit depended on having a interpreter with me (which I will on tuesdays). Some of the prisoners and the priest speaks ok english, but it is a little hard for them to interpret! But it was wonderful to be back again!

You can see the University building pictured. The reason is that I will try to start a evangelistic work among the students this year. So to day I put up posters on the different faculties which invited the christian students for a meeting. I want to see how many Christians there are among the 20 000 students! Imagine just to lead 1% of the students to Jesus? That equals 200 souls!! I will at least start now and then I have to trust God for His guidance and favour! This year, the Name of Jesus will be lifted up and known among the students in Tartu! Amen.

Visitation from Norway!

This weekend Tom and Sara came to Tartu. We had such a good time together. They came on Friday and Tom preached at the youthmeeting, and on Saturday he had a seminar called "pastoral care". Sunday he also had the morning service in church. Tom has a very important role in the Word of Life church, and he means a lot for the pastor and the congregation! This was his 41th time in Estonia and he will travel to Estonia on a regular basis in the coming future. He will actually come back in three weeks and also in November and in Januray. Unfortunately I won't see him so much, because I'II be on the pastor course when he is here. That's life my friends. Sometimes you can't make everything. Ok, that was just a short update on what was happeing this weekend!

Remember, Jesus is Lord!!

Dear friend!

Just want to say hello and tell you that this sunday Anette and I went to Riga in Latvia. Ulf Ekman was preaching in one of the churches there (a huge and good looking church) It was so inspireing to listen to Ulf preaching about the spirit of faith! Right now I am reading his book "Faith that overcomes the world", a powerful book that all christians should read! Yeah, so we came to Latvia just before the service 11am and then we spent the rest of the day in Riga. What a nice city it is?! I will actually travel to this city every month this year. As you know I will take the pastorcourse in Slovakia, and I realized that the cheapest way to get there, is to travel from Riga Airport. You see, to take the buss from Tartu to Riga (back and forth) will only cost me 70NOR!!! A ride for free allmost...Jupp, that was all I had to say for this time, but you hear from me soon;)

Yesterday I came back from an awsome trip! I feel so blessed after being travelling with Carl Gustav. We spent first two days in Bulgaria, where it was a confernece. And it was just great! It was such a breakthrough and the messages that where preached went straight into the peoples heart. A strong faith atmosphere filled everyone! EARLY Saturday morning we went to Albania (we didn't get much sleep during those days hehe..), where he had two services! It was four intensive days where I experienced a lot. I met so many wonderful people. I believe it is impossible to not start to love them!! They are filled with life and joy. The best experience was to get to know Carl Gustav through hours on the airplane and different places. Sunday night we played bowling with an other pastor couple, and on the picutre you see him making a strike. He is such a man to honour and a person I respect more and more. A great example to follow. It is amazing to see how many people that get blessed through a man who has given his life to God! Let us all give our lives 100% to God, let us give ALL we have, and let us bless others with our lives.

I have also descided to attend the pastor course Livets Ord is arranging in Slovenia in the city called Brattislava. It is a intensive course for pastors and leaders, with subjects like Church history, Couseling, Mission strategies and much more. It will be one week every month from october until mai. I am looking so forward to it and I believe it will develop me a lot. After being in Estonia I understand more and more that I need more knowledge and traning. Training time is neve wasted time! But I believe it will be a perfect combination to get practical training here in Estonia and receive strong academical traning on this pastor course!

God is good! This afternoon I also arrived in Taru, and it feels much better than I thought to come back to Estonia! I am so excited for the coming months that awaits me! You'II here from me soon;)

Hei!

Just want to send a brief update to what I have done lately. This past week, one of my best friends (from England) visited me and spent one week in Norway. He is one of the guys I lived together with during the Bibleschoolyear in USA. So I desided to let him discover some of the beautiful parts of Norway. So we drove the car first to my family in Sogn og Fjordane, then to Bergen and visited my onkle and aunt, then to Haugesund to see some of our friends from Bibleschool and finally in Stavanger where we also stayed with a young couple we both knew from the Bibleschool year. One the picture you see us on the famous place called "Prekestolen". What a place? Oh God, what a creator He is!! On the way over the mountain of Hemsedal we suddenly saw a couch that somebody had forgot (they must have been in a big hurry..)But we thought if was funny, so we took a rest there..

To morrow I am going to Uppsala in Sweden, because on Thurday I will travel with Carl Gustav to Albania and Bulgaria. I am so excited for what God has in store! So next week on the 12th of September I am returning back to Estonia! It is an honour to serve my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ and be use by Him.

Be blessed my friends, and check out the blog now and then in the future to come;)

Hei hei hei!

I know I haven't been good at updating my blog this summer. The reason is that I haven't used much time infront of my computer...But I am still alive! Juhuuu..I have worked a lot this summer, even though I have had some free time to relax. But there have been some houses painted this summer. Some don't understand how I can stand to paint house after house, summer in and summer out. But I do it with for one main reason, and that is to earn money for the coming year in Estonia..And God has blessed me with great painting projects. I thank God for his goodness!! So the 12th of Septembe I'II return back to Estonia. Hallelujah;) For how long I don't know yet, but I guess until christmas time. I know God wants me to go back, so I am excited to follow His guidance and be where He wants me to be. But before I move to Estonia I am so lucky to travel with Carl Gustav Severin. He is my hero and I man of God that I highly respect. I feel SO BLESSED to be able to travel with him to Albania and Bulgaria Thursday to Sunday the first week of September. I can't wait to go!! A great year is ahead of us and God has wonderful things in store for us all. Let us obey His calling for our life and surrender ourselves wholehearted to Him!
Be blessed!

Titt tei (hello in norwegian.)

One picture describes more than 1000 words, so I don't need to write too much this time (let's see hehe). This picture was taken yesterday, when two of my friends and I went out with the boat. Just look at this picture and the view I have behind me. I might also introduce my dear friend standing behind me, Ole Thorbjørn. Life is so good here in Norway at the moment and the weather is outstanding. When that picture was taken, I am about to jump into the water which holds a temperature around 20C, and it's getting warmer..johoo. There is no doubt about it, the summer has arrived to the viking land.

In the evening that same day we went some more guys to a youthconferance in a place called Hedmarktoppen, about 200km north of my hometown. The missionary, Johannes Amritzer was preaching (you find his website adress below on the lift side.) It was such a powerful evening where close to 100 youth received Jesus into their hearts and about 100 youths were baptized in the Holy Spirit. Johannes was preaching about how much ONE LIFE is worth. How much is it worth for you? I am not able to refere to all what he said, but my desire to live my life for others grew even more.

So many people all over the world are crying out for the Saviour who can help them and meet their needs. Are you willing to offer your "good"reputation, your own dreams for others? Are you willing to lay down your life for Jesus Christ so that he can use you to reach people in need? To day there are more than 6 billion people on the face of the earth, which means that there are more people on this planet than there are people in heaven!! God desires to reap this great harvest and bring as many as possible to heaven!! But He can do NOTHING without your willing heart, without your feet, arms and mouth in action! God is depending on YOU! One day you will stand face to face with Jesus, and he will ask you; "What did you use your life for, did you just live to please yourself, or did you live to lead soul after soul to heaven?" You can choose what to answer;)

Have a great summer!!

Summer moves on!

Now a days I am working and working here in Norway. Last week I made ready our boat wood (it is actually from 1938!! But it looks good ..) So I am looking forward for some nice boat trips this summer. Nothing is like listening to the sound from this old boat while driving on the ocean. These last days I have started to paint, which I will work with during this summer. I stared to paint my first house when I was 15-16 years old and since then I have been painting houses...but I like it and at least it is a good way to earn "big" money..hehe..But one of the problems is that I am not very good to clean my hands after a day of painting so all through the summer you see me with red, or white (all the colors of the rainbow) painiting spots on my hands..

But life is good and God is great! Something I like very much by painting is that I get a lot of time to think about life, about God and His word. Yeh, yeh..See you later then my dear blogg-reader! Enjoy the summer. You hear from me sooner or later:)

A great weekend!

This weekend my dear youthpastor from Norway, Tom Jensen, came to Estonia. I have been so blessed by his stay here in Tartu. One reason is that he lived together with me in my apartment, and we had such a good time. To day we went to buy food..and he told me: "Sigurd, just feel free and find whatever you need of food and I will pay for it. Just be bold." Can you imagine? So I did what he said..hehe..and I feel like a blessed man to day. I won't starve for some weeks now hehe.. But I was fed spiritually as well. Friday Tom had the youthservice, and the Holy Spirit was greatly manifested that night. It was just wonderful! Saturday, all the youthleaders were gathered and Tom had a leadermeeting about "Vision". How important it is to go with the vision that God has given you, and Tom shared many different aspects around this theme! It was so encouraging! This morning he had the sundayservice in church, and once again many people were toughed by God.

I tell you folks, God is working here in Estonia. Something is about to happen here. You can just sence it...And I am so thankful to God that I can be a part of what He does here in Estonia:)

Live radical for the Lord and be a wessel of fire for God! You are the carrier of the revival of God. You are carrying the presence and power of God, and you can give it to others. There are so many to day that needs to experience the LIVING God! And you are the one that God will use...if you want to. Be a part of what God is doing these last days! You don't want to miss out...

Hei! Yesterday I had a wonderful day! We went three cars packed with people to Põlva and watched motorcross! It was so exciting to look at, and if I have had a crosser I would have participated hehe.. On this picture you see how they were jumping, and I guess some of their jumps were about 30 meter long. They were flying...!

After some hours watching, we went to pastor Einos countryside
and barbecued. And I got to taste my favourite meat, called Sachlek...I can't describe how tasteful it is, and it you haven't tasted it, you have missed something very vital in your life;) I also have to say that I took my first bath (outside) this year, and it was veeeery refreshing!!

Be blessed then, dear blogg reader.

Hei everyone!

I guess you think I have left the planet since I haven't updated the blogg for a while. But I am still on this planet Earth and still in Estonia. I went on an Easter vecation to Norway. Actually I stayed at a place called Drevdagen on the swedish side, close to Trysil. Ten friends of mine went up there and rented 6 snowscooters. I think it was the most fun Easter vecation I have had in my entire life! We had so much fun...and drove scooters on the top of mountains and through forests. It was just a great experinence. In the evening we went on meetings (powerful Holy Ghost meetings)! God, friends and snowscooters are a good combination...

Wednesday night I arrived in Estonia! Here in Estonia is the summer closer than in Norway. Yesterday I could have worn T-shirt and shorts, it was awesome weather! By the way, the time is flying, and soon I will leave Estonia for the summer. Can you believe it?! So I just have to give all that I have this last part. It has been a blessed time here in Estonia! I know I'm not the same as I was when I started in Estonia. It has been a time where I have gained a lot of experience and matured. This year has given me a stronger desire to serve the Lord and to commit my life to Him! But what God wants me to do next year I will not tell you yet;) I will come back to that...Be blessed then my dear friends. Stay tuned to heaven!!

The Name Above All Other Names -The Name of Jesus!

"Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and those under the earth,
and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
(Phil. 2:9-11)

I love those verses! When God rose Jesus from the pit of hell, the Name of Jesus was given to Him. Jesus Christ won the full victory over sin and death, and defeated the devil once and for all. Jesus took back everything that the devil had stolen and disarmed him completely! To day there is nothing that has dominion of this Name! Everything has to bow down before this Name. A believers and ambassadors of the Kingdom of God, we have been given the right to use this Name (Mark 16;17) We are the carriers of this wonderful name! You are possessing all authority in heaven and earth! When you speak out that Name, all darkness, all fear, all sickness, all depression, all hate have to bow down down. When you speak out this Name, the Glory of God takes place and all darkness have to flee!! Halleluja. This Name has been given you, and God wants you to use it.

Live in victory, and stand strong in the Lord!

A norwegian psalm:

Lev for Jesus, for alt annet er ei verdt å kalles liv!
Til den vennen fremfor andre helt og fult ditt hjerte giv!

Lev for Jesus, samle sjeler, Fylk dem under korsets flagg! Skynd deg før enn natten kommer, Virk mens ennå det er dag!

Tusen, tusen arme sjeler Lengter etter liv og fred,
Si dem noen ord om Jesus Før enn livets sol går ned!

Si dem hva du selv har funnet, Vitne om hva Gud deg gav!
Vis dem kjærlighetens kilde, Nådens hav du øser av!

Lev for Jesus, gi din Frelser Livets vakre ungdoms vår!
Gi ham og din manndoms styrke, Gi ham alderdommens år!

Gi deg helt! For han som ber deg, Selv har gitt seg helt
for deg. Da han fattig og foraktet gikk her nede korsets vei.

Gi deg helt! Og vit at ingen, Ingen der har angret på!
Lev for Jesus til du salig får inn til hans hvile gå!

(Written by Linda Sandell 1873, Sangboken)

The presence of God.

"I will extol You, My God, O King; And I will bless your name forever and ever.
Every day I will bless you, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised.
And His greatness is unsearchable."
Ps. 145:1-3

Yesterday there was a worshipnight in Word of Life Church in Tartu. It was just heavenly! The presence of God was so precious. It is nothing as dwelling in the presence of the Lord, to taste His goodness! The same God that Abraham, Moses or King David worshiped, is the same God that we can worship to day. When I think of that, I need to give my God some of my time and start praising Him. He wants us to walk with Him and adore Him all the days of our lives! So let us give Him our attention and spend some time in His wonderful presence!

Have a blessed day!

Heisann heisann!

This weekend I was on a youthcamp with youths from the church in Taru. And it turned out to be real success! Friday evening we arrived on a peaceful area, one hour south of Taru. That night we had a woundeful time together with social activites and barbecue. When everyone had went to bed, three other guys and I went to the sauna. After that I was relaxed and more than ready for a good night sleep:) Saturday we woke up to a dream-weather and many went for skiing. In the evening we had a youthservice where pastor Eino was preaching. Actually he didn't preach so much that evening because the Holy Spirit had other plans. The Holy Spirit took over and the presence of God was greatly manifested. Youths were praying for eachother and they were all met by God! It was a wonderful eveing! That's the best thing with youthcamps like this, when youths that maybe never have met God personally, can meet Him in a strong way and their lifes are changed forever!

I am so glad I can serve a God who is alive to day, a God that loves us and desire the best for us! Sunday, the last day of the camp, we visited a Baptist church in that city. In the morning Eino was preaching (the Holy Spirit was there still, and He had some words from Heaven to give us..). In the evening I had the priveledge to preach at the youthservice (I don't know if I ever will have the chance to preach in a Baptist church...maybe..hehe..) I was speaking about how God has equiped us and made us ready to spread His Kingdom to the ends of the earth!

Be blessed brothers and sisters!

Jesus is Lord!!

Vecation in Norway!!

I figured out it was time to let you know that I am still alive...Right now I'm actually in Norway. I came Saturday, but next Monday I'II return to Estonia..I can't stay too long here;) So now a days I am working and saving up some extra money (In April I will go on trip to Russia, and some extra money is needed..) My mum got me bussy, and she have a long list of things she wants me to do...The last couple of days I have ironed my dads shirts..and yes, it took about two days to finish. And still there is more to do (we have a iron-room at home, and it is unfolded clothes everywhere!!) But to day I went over to the kitchen and washed the shelves there...You are probably not intersting in reading a list of what I am doing the whole day. I need to say that I was skiing about 20 km to day. There is so much snow here in Norway, it is beautiful! They say it hasn't been like this for 40 years!! So next time it will experience this, I might be around 60 years old. So I better enjoy this before my stomach gets too big, and my hair too grey;) Life is good! This coming weekend, Ulf Ekman is coming to Zoè Church, and I have great expectations for it! Stay blessed!!

VALENTINES DAY:

This Tuesday was not like any others days, it was the Valentines Day! Instead of wasting time and money on a date with a girl, I wanted to do something radical...maybe not very radical, but it was funny. Together with some other youths from church we went to downtown Tartu. There we handed out warm tea, and chocolate for people passing by. We also gave them a red Valeintines-card formed as a heart, and the scripture from Joh 3:16 was written on.

We had a really good time, and people enjoyed it a lot. Many wondered why we did this for them, what kind of people we were. This opened the door to tell the Gospel to them! I like this kind of thing, and we should do this more often. As Christians we should be much more visible to people! So this was a good way to celebrate Valentines day, wasn't it?

Be a witness for Jesus;)

Heisann! This evening Mihkel and I went to prison (not because we robed a bank..). We had such a blessed time as always. We never know how it turns out to be, but God is faithful and leads the way -as always! First we visited an "open cell". A cell with six prisoners who are allowed to work, and have more "freedom" than the rest of the prisoners. Majority of those are released from prison in some months...So to day we actually discussed marrige;) And I have a lof of experience hehe,...not. But we had some good conversations! Then we went to our churchroom and gathered about 20 prisoners. Mihkel shared about "the believers authority", and it was very good! We are now planning to start some kind of a bibleschool. Our goal is then to start a training program for the christian prisoners, and teach them the word of God! Then we will also have gatherings for the rest of the prisoners, with focus on evangelism! So I believe great things are about to happen! Please pray for us and the prison ministry;) Bless you all!!

Here you see my bedroom hehe..no, here I cut my firewood. Now a days wood is needed big time! It is so cold outside..this morning it was 25 degrees below freezing! You can't stay outside more than 10 minutes before you need some warm air...People say that in a couple of days it will be even colder outside, probably 30-35 degrees below freezing! This room(pictured) actually keeps the same temperature inside as outside:) Missionlife is hard, don't you think?

Praise God!
This evening I have been in the prison. We had a wonderful time together with the guys. It is so amazing to both feel and see that God is working in the midst of us! To day we ministered to 10 prisoners. And guess what, 8 of those invited Jesus into their heart! Isn't that amazing?! I think this is just a glimbs of what we will see, what God has in His heart to do. Now we have a group of people that we can start to train and help them grow in the Lord!!

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek." Rom 1:16

Here you see some pictures from prison! Those pictures are taken in descember when we came with a team...We had such a good time there, and the prisoners really enjoyed it too. The guy next to me in orange shirt, is Mihkel. He is helping me to interpet to Estonian. So both of us minister in the prison every weekend. (The other guy interpet from Estonian to Russian..so I never know how my words will turn out in the end..hehe)

This weekend we continuing in the prison:) I am so excited about the time that is ahead! Many prisoners will meet God and be changed for lifetime!!

This picture is not taken in Estonia for sure. The tallest mountain here is about 300 meter over the sea. But this picture is taken from a place in Norway, called Norefjell. It takes about 3 hours to drive north from my hometown, Fredrikstad. My brother, sister and I were driving slalom. I can do that forever, it is so much fun! And as you can see, the weather wasn't that bad either:)

I just wanted you to see my dear family..Here you see us around the table, eating some good food one of the christmasdays...The picture is not the best maybe, but you can see my parents in the front, Ove and Gro, and my three brothers, Mikael, Daniel and Benjamin(behind the candels). In the left corner you see my only dear sister, Lise!

Happy New Year everyone! Now I am back in Estonia, and a great time is waiting. I had a wonderful time in Norway together with my family and friends. But it is feels very good to be back. I am so excited for what's ahead and what God has in store! After Christmas I returned to Estonia with a team from Zoè Church (you can see all of us on the picture..) We had a wonderful time together and it was sad to let them go. It is a pleasure to fellowship with brothers and sister in the Lord and longs to serve Him!

Let us run the race that Jesus had set before us this year! I heard one say;"Life is too short so I have to run!" We live in important times, and there is no time to lose.

God bless you all!