Below illustrates how we equip others to love and serve the nations locally and globally. We often refer to this as a joy-centered, trauma-informed lifestyle. 

One Point of Intrigue  

Shalom [peace, wholeness, completeness] requires lament.
Lament constitutes 40% of all Psalms, but only 19% of the Presbyterian hymnal, 13% of the Baptist hymnal, and 13% of the hymnal for the Churches of Christ. In a 2012 study, the top 100 worship songs reveals that only 5 of the songs would qualify as a lament.
Lament is the language of suffering.

One Story

Years ago, Steve was a part of a team including Northern Africans and Middle Easterners who developed trauma healing materials for our Muslim friends. This recent story comes from one of those colleagues. 

We were glad to have Noor’s sister and two nieces join the healing group, and Noor had given me some background that Zaynab had been following [Jesus] at one point in her life, but the house church she joined turned out to be led by a shepherd who was feeding off the sheep. Zaynab stepped away from the church because of these damaging experiences, and when she came to this healing group, she was feeling pretty much at the end of her rope. Noor had taken Zaynab under her wing several times, counseling her, invited her to spend a weekend at her house…. but Zaynab had been through so much in her life, Noor said she really wanted to take her through the trauma healing process. Thankfully this opportunity came. 

Zaynab is in her early forties, and has had to work hard to survive. It was after the ladies had written their laments, that Zaynab and I took some time to talk just the two of us. She wanted to share her lament with me. 

Read Zaynab’s lament and the rest of the story HERE. 

One Practice 

Lamenting is a sign of faith, not of doubt.
Lamenting encourages people to be honest with God, to speak the truth about their feelings and doubts.
In a lament, people do not attempt to solve the problem themselves, but they cry to God for help. 

Laments could have many parts, including: 

1. Your honest expressions of pain
2. Questions for God
3. Your plea to Him or request help from God
4. The things you remember of what God is like

When was the last time you lamented? What do you need to lament today?
HERE are laments from trauma healing participants.

SUPPORT CARS NEEDED

The support cars allow the rider to focus on the race set before them. They also provide essentials for the rider to flourish within their abilities and skills. 

In this stage of our race, we are asking for more support cars in various forms. The following are ways for YOU to participate with us:

Give – Holy Spirit guided us to ask for an end-of-the-year $35,000 to propel us into the next year as we continue to equip others to love and serve the nations locally and globally. Give via our support page.

Advocate – Serve as a door-opening ambassador. Browse your contacts and ask the Holy Spirit who needs to connect with the Moses family. Simply write an intro email or group text to connect us. We desire more potential prayer intercessors, financial supporters, and advocates.  

Pray – Join our virtual prayer group via an app that gives more up-to-date and detailed requests. If you love praying with others and/or want to learn how to pray with others, then simply email us and we will add you.