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Oh the Bliss of Him Whose Sins Have Been Pardoned!

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:03:08 -0500

Hey Yall! So I have been in South Africa for about 3 weeks now. God has been doing great things here. Our team spent the first 2 weeks here in rural villages of Transkei. We preached the gospel, prayed for the sick, and hung out with the poorest of the poor. It was such a special thing to share life with the poor. We slept with them, ate with them (even the weird stuff), laughed with them, prayed with them, and sang with them. It was like although we were entering into their poverty we entered much more into their joy. They seemed more happy than most American Christians I know at least. A simple life celebrating the simple gospel. During our time here we have seen salvations, healings, restoration of lives, and made some great friends. The best part is I feel like I am rediscovering all over again the beauty of grace. I’m filled with the same familiar feelings as the first time I realized this amazing grace and what the gospel was all about. Its like I took my first breath again. I remember so clearly a veil of confusion and questioning lifting. I could think clearly. All the arguments and disputes were settled. I knew that this was the good news of the happy God. All over again I am overwhelmed with the eternal smile that is our light and salvation. That we, mankind, have found favor in the sight of God. Creator is pleased with creation so that creation may be pleased with itself. We were rescued perfectly from the grip of sin and death and brought into a new world. One where there is one king, one father, that is the Father of Lights. He rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son who he loves. Brought us home. Right where we belong. Perfect harmony, the same love between the Father and the Son living in us and oozing out of us. He himself chased us. We all like sheep went astray but we celebrate God cause He is better at shepherding than we are at getting lost. Yay!

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Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:42:16 -0500

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Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:32:00 -0500

Hello everyone! So I am currently a couple of months into staffing a Discipleship Training School.What This entails is 3 months of lecture and 2 months of outreach. We are in the lecture phase and so I have been training up the students on the basics and preparing them to go into the nations! On December 13th I will be leading a team of 9 people to South Africa. We are going to be spending the first few weeks in Eastern Cape in a remote village where they are steeped in witchcraft and ancestral worship. Many of them will hear the gospel for the first time. Then we will have a 20 hour car ride to Cape Town where we will partner with a ministry called Community Transformations doing evangelism, serving needs, and helping them pioneer a new base. After 3 weeks in Cape Town we are going to Johannesburg to serve and minister with a church there for a week. We fly from Johannesburg to Boston where we will spend a month doing evangelism and having prayer and worship meetings at Harvard. As you all know my missions work is volunteer so I have to personally raise finances off of donations. I need 2700 dollars for outreach and I am leaving in just a few weeks. Consider giving as much or as little as you like.Bless you all and thank you for being part of my journey.

Laura.

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 15:30:00 -0400

A few days ago I was doing outreach in Allison Hill (the ghetto part of Harrisburg) and I met a girl named Laura. I was walking down this less than reputable street and stumbled upon a guy and a girl sitting in a car. They were sitting outside this sketchy abandoned building that is used as some kinda drug den place and it was obvious they were making a drug deal. My instinct was just to leave them alone as interrupting a drug deal is against pretty much all the rules in the ‘how to evangelize for dummies’ handbook. However a younger less “mature” girl I was with insisted that we go ask them if they want prayer. So we walk up to the window and I am not sure what it was about her but it was one of the most sad things I have ever seen. She was obviously super strung out not to mention she looked extremely afraid. She told us her name and we asked her if she wanted prayer. She said yes for her health but didn’t want to discuss the details. It tore me up even more to see how desperate she was. I mean who accepts prayer during a drug deal for Gods sake! She teared up as we said a quick prayer and then walked off. There were no angels, no miraculous healing, no booming voices from heaven or crazy conversions but somehow it left the biggest impression on me. Somehow I knew it was much more significant than that. A still small voice that says I love you at the lowest point. It shook my view on what fruitfulness in the context of evangelism really looks like. I will avoid the temptation to further break down the story and extract more information because I have found stories loose their beauty when we pick them apart for arguments sake. Just let its sit in your mind and do whatever it pleases.

Ignorance is Bliss

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:04:31 -0400

I have spent the last few years traveling as a missionary. I have preached and taught. I have discipled and been discipled. I’ve read books. I’ve studied lots of theology. I’ve studied church history. All that and I can safely say I know nothing. Wisdom is meaningless anyways cause at the end of the day we have no clue just how much we don’t know. We don’t even know what we don’t know. All I know is there is a God and I am loved. All that I can do is hope in that love.

Update Glory! Check out what is going on!

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 13:08:09 -0400

Hello all my wonderful friends and family! It has been way too long since I sent out an update as always but I have been super busy. The past few months have been amazing here in Harrisburg! From the hillside intensive, which consisted of 28 days of worship and training of young worship leaders. To Circuit Riders in Kansas City where we saw in two weeks 250 salvations on the streets as well as about 150 physical healings on the streets. God has been on the move like crazy and I wish there was time to describe all of the amazing testimonies coming from our community. It is definitely an exciting time for us as our base recently acquired a 17 bedroom gigantic mansion that we will be using to house students and staff for our schools here and our DTS will be starting in a few weeks. So that leads me to what my role will be in all of this. I decided a few days ago that I will be staffing the DTS that starts on September 27th which means I will be discipling the students, helping serve the school and then taking a team of students to a foreign country for a couple of months. I am very expectant for the next 6 months that the DTS is going on and am excited to see the lives of students changed. As well as I am excited to take this opportunity to grow as a leader. For all this to happen I will be needing lots of money coming in! I want to invite you all again to be a part of this process by donating one time or monthly! You can give one time by just clicking the donate button here or if you would like to give monthly send me an email at davidforkkio@yahoo.com and I will let you know how that works. I love you all and will attempt to keep everyone more updated!

Hello everyone. So we are like half way through the worship school Hillside Intensive and I just...

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:56:34 -0400

Hello everyone. So we are like half way through the worship school Hillside Intensive and I just thought an update was due. There has been crazy break through for the students here over the past few weeks! From people getting healed of physical sickness to depression and addictions just leaving people. Seriously there are countless stories and testimonies of students who were caught in shame and depression but are set free in His love! They are finally realizing that God loves them and believes in them. The most simple but liberating truth. We still have half of the school left and as staff we are all expectant as to whats next but have no clue what could even be next. The Lord has already done exceedingly more than we asked or imagined.

Here is the deal. It was a super rough start here and had a ton of unexpected expenses so basically I am broke. I also am now going to staff circuit riders in kansas city for 2 weeks in the beginning of august which means I need an extra 500 dollars. Help me get there and partner with what God is doing in America by donating here! Anything and everything is appreciated and needed. Bless you all. Grace love and peace. If you have any questions about donating send me an email at davidforkkio@yahoo.com

"‘Everything that is not of faith is sin’ says Paul in Rom. 14:23. In the last analysis,..."

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:30:30 -0400

“‘Everything that is not of faith is sin’ says Paul in Rom. 14:23. In the last analysis, what the New Testament sets up as the opposite of sin is not virtue; it’s faith. And how lucky that it is for us - precisely because we can no more organize our lives on good principles than we can on bad ones, and even more precisely because all the really great acts of human wickedness have always been done in the name of virtue - we are not to trust either in virtue or in our efforts to achieve it.”

- Robert Capon (kingdom, grace, and judgement)

"The Bible declares that we are “hidden with Christ in God”, not that we are hidden in Christ..."

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:51:47 -0400

“The Bible declares that we are “hidden *with* Christ *in* God”, not that we are hidden *in* Christ *from* God. Jesus is not your refuge from an angry Father, but your link to the Father’s family.”

- Jeff Turner

Hiiiiii Guyssss

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:33:00 -0400

Hello friends and family! Quick update. So I am finally here and the worship school has finally started. It has been quite a journey since moving here to Harrisburg. The first thing I did when I got here was get into a car accident. Not to mention later getting a flat tire and a parking ticket. There is no doubt it has been rough getting settled here. However last night when the school started and we began to worship together I knew it was all gonna be worth it. Something in my heart became so alive. Isn’t worship awesome like that? Seriously we should all spend a bit of more time celebrating God. its really great. Anyways its awesome seeing the students encounter God and fall in love. God is really gonna blow out all our expectations. However I must admit it has been a little hard and I am in need of a lot more finances. I am going to be here for a year which get pretty pricey. Monthly support is awesome and so are one time donations. The way to donate right now is just by hitting the donate button on my blog here. If you are giving monthly then give that same way with the donate button once a month. Bless you guys! I will give a more detailed update soon. Glory and blessings!

Next stop, H-Burg.

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:51:10 -0400

So today was my last Sunday at Rockville Church. What a blessing and honor to be a part of such a great family. I also happen to be moving to Harrisburg, Pa Tuesday to go on staff with Fire and Fragrance. Tuesday…Extremely loud and incredibly close. Anyways as a result I feel somewhat obligated to say a few words.

How awesome would it be if there was an invention that wrote down every single thought you had in a day? Since no such thing exists, at least not to my knowledge, I will attempt to write all the thoughts out manually.

Money. So obviously I am in need financially for the trip and with that it seems there is a bit of fear about finances. Funny how our minds work. I currently have more money in my bank account than I have had in a LONG time, but for some reason I still fear. Fear always has to do with the future. What might happen or what might not happen. Since it is always future tense, for me at least, i’m beginning to think fear in and of itself is an illusion. Forget fear that there might not be enough in the future. I am just gonna enjoy and devour my daily bread.

Grace. Getting what you don’t deserve. God’s entire being is love and grace. It is the mechanics and make up of His DNA. His grace is invading everything. Consuming us. Saturating humanity. He swallowed us up in Himself and since He is love and grace we are overcome on every side by goodness. You can try to resist grace all you want. Like the older brother in the parable of the prodigal son who was furious with the Fathers grace. He insisted on getting what he deserved and left the party out of his own self righteousness. He refused to be a part of a house that blessed the undeserving, the losers, the ones who never got it right. However, even if you walk out of the party the Father will be right there with you outside until you agree to come home to the party. God doesn’t give up on us. Its time we stop adding conditions on to grace because we think someone may abuse it. Lets begin to believe in loves power to change everything. Resistance is futile. Let love win.

Thank you. Thank you to everyone who made this happen. If I start making a list I will never finish, but if you are reading this you are included. I wanna cry when I think about all that people who are supporting me and my vision. Gods goodness and faithfulness are not intangible. He has been good to me.

I hate goodbyes with a fiery passion.

Updating

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:32:30 -0400

So I will be leaving in about 2 weeks to head to Harrisburg. Still in need of a lot more funds, but thus far support raising has actually went fairly well. I am so grateful to my family and friends who are helping me along the way. You all are awesome. I really see the beginning of great things. Just wanted to keep you guys posted. It is happening. I am leaving. Be sad but be happy. You all really are such a crucial part of my journey and its awesome to see you participating in what God is doing. Blessings, Joy, Love, and Glory to you all. I will leave you with a random thought: In acts Paul quotes a pagan poet saying “In Him we live and move and have our being” You have been swallowed up by God. He is all around you and in you. You have been woven into the trinity because you are in union with Him! God is so inseparable from you and your life. His presence is abiding, lasting, sweet, and peaceful. Enjoy the fact that for the rest of eternity there cannot and will not be any amount of separation between you and Him. He isn’t going anywhere.

Cheers,

David

P.S. If you would like to sow into what God is doing simply click the donate button here. Thanks

He's back!

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:07:36 -0400

Hi guys. So its been a while since I have been on here or updated anything on my life. That being said I will now attempt to recollect the last few months for you, then introduce a new step, lastly I will finish with an awkwardly blatant demand for your money, prayers and support (mostly in money form).

So my parents recently moved to Africa as full time missionaries. I am super proud slash excited for all that is happening with them. While obviously I do miss them a lot God is certainly up to something with them and I know its big. Anyways what I mean to say is that my parents moved to Africa thus leaving a few slight complications for me. I moved in with my older brother Daniel and now am experiencing the joy of paying bills and such. So I have been working at starbucks for the past 5 months now pretty much just to pay for whatever I need and stuff. Working at starbucks is awesome and all, but it has done a number on me simply because I haven’t been able to do ministry which is my greatest passion. It is like if I wanna work to have enough money for everything I need then I wont have time for ministry. If I don’t work to have enough then i’ll have time for ministry but obviously that wouldn’t exactly work out. So for the past couple months I have been praying a lot about what is next. God recently spoke.

This leads into the next portion of what is coming up. So to solve the money problems God had a brilliant idea, quit my job and do ministry full time. He gave me a super clear word (which is exactly what i needed/was asking for) that Harrisburg, Pa is the next stop for me. So this is all happening really fast, but I plan on moving to the Harrisburg YWAM fire & fragrance base around mid June to staff a worship school and then immediately following that I will be staffing a Discipleship training school.

[enter nice transition] So basically I need money for all this and moral/prayer support. If you would like to donate, there is a button here on my blog for that. Anything is appreciated and one time donations are awesome. I also though need people who are willing to support me monthly (donating a certain amount every month to support the ministry I do. Bottom line is that I am in this for the long haul and I am gonna preach the gospel around the whole world so you should be a part of it. Your money will be used as wisely as I know how and I promise you that great things will happen cause God is good and I believe what He is doing through me. If you have questions or anything send me an email at davidforkkio@yahoo.com

With tons of love,

David Forkkio

Jesus Pahhty.: Unicorns and Praying for Revival

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:16:53 -0500

Jesus Pahhty.: Unicorns and Praying for Revival:

deergoeshome:

reformationforjesus:

You know what?

If you asked me to show you ONE place in the Bible, just ONE where there’s a UNICORN…I could DO IT.

I could actually show you nine (Numbers 23:22, Numbers 24:8, Deuteronomy 33:17, Job 39:9, Job 39:10, Psalm 22:21, Psalm…

goingoutsidethebox: bird

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:43:05 -0500

goingoutsidethebox:

bird

fer1972: Franken by Paco Pomet

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:40:52 -0500

fer1972:

Franken by Paco Pomet

I Love Joe Paterno.

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:15:19 -0500

“I’d rather stand with the accused than the accuser any day”

-Bill Johnson

You can probably guess where this is going based on that quote. In light of recent happenings Christians once again have rallied around hatred of a person for there sins. It is semi hilarious and partially sad how fast Christians are to judge.

Hey remember that one time with the lady who was like committing adultery and Jesus approved of the stoning only under the condition that the person who had never sinned threw the first stone? I don’t see how we could possibly differentiate between that and this. Jesus says that no one has condemned her and neither does He, now go and no longer sin. Condemnation leads to sin and death, but grace not only teaches us to no longer sin (titus 2:11-12) but it leads to life and life in abundance.

How about this lets liberate love and grace and just see what happens. Instead of affirming the false identity people are walking under as sinners lets let them know who God says they are. It would be and often is my great pleasure to be accused of loving and accepting people too much, giving too much grace. So for all those involved in the Penn State scandal lets free them from any condemnation and any record of wrong doing as Christ has done for us.

Also in this matter I find people who stand with Paterno but at the same time they stand accusing the accusers. A form of hypocrisy which in reality is just as bad. (although i still find these people significantly more pleasant) When the ark angel Michael went to take Moses body which obviously belonged with God, Satan tried to take it as well. The bible says something really profound here that Michael “dared not bring accusation against Satan”. Wow although clearly in the wrong no accusation was brought. That can be related to why we don’t bring accusation against Joe Paterno. Furthermore Satan is “The Accuser” literally. Michael didn’t bring accusation against Satan the accuser. Which speaks to why we don’t accuse those accusing. It is not in Gods nature or His job description to accuse. Satan does a good enough job.

So I am not accusing accusers telling them that they are just as bad a Joe Paterno, nor am I accusing Joe Paterno bringing judgement against him. You all are a wonderful glorious creation. God loves you and He is not holding your sin against you. Be blessed loved and encouraged. GIVE GRACE!

Sinless?? Perfect??

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:48:00 -0500

A lot of people have problems with grace when we discuss sinless-ness and perfection. Part of the finished work of the cross. The gospel is after all referred to as a stumbling block by Paul so this is only natural. It was hard for the Jews who were stuck in their own ways of ritual sacrifices and offerings to sanctify and cleanse themselves to get past the once and for all sacrifice that is the cross. The cross is opposed to all our modern day “self-help”, “clean up your own act”, “do it yourself”, “earn your holiness”, “climb your way into heaven” theology.
   Under the old covenant the Jews lived lives under the law and had this constant struggle with sin where they would be doing great then they would mess up and have to ask for forgiveness offer some burnt offering or animal sacrifice to atone for it and make themselves clean again. Since in our days killing animals has been deemed inhumane this practice was forced to undergo s few changes in modern times. Christians in modern days are on spiritual high’s for a little while, but then they mess up and beat themselves up before the Lord, tell Him how much of a horrible sinner they are, and then plead and beg for his forgiveness under the condition they abstain from the act in the future. A process of sanctification before God which is widely accepted among most Christian believers. It is no different from the life that we once had in the old covenant.
   The bible says that Jesus “took away the sin of the world” and “put away sin” (see john 1:29 and hebrews 9:26) both imply that for believers there is no longer any sin in their lives. Jesus did not come just to cover up your sin or dust it under the rug, He came to completely eradicate it out of the believers life, to set them free once and for all. Nothing but the blood of Jesus washes us clean (not your prayers or your legalism) and to try to sanctify ourselves continually would be to say that Jesus sacrifice wasn’t enough or He needed to die more than once. Jesus was in reality the once and for all sacrifice.
“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” -Matthew 5:48
   Jesus commands us to be perfect so if you have a problem with us being perfect then you probably are rebelling against who God has made you to be. You once were a broken sinner, but now you are the righteousness of God made whole by Jesus sacrifice. If you live your life with the mindset of a broken sinner then your actions will follow. Our old sinful nature was crucified and buried with Christ two thousand years ago and three days later a new creation arose that was righteous and perfect.
   I grew up most of my life thinking that I had this sinful nature so I would always deal with sin (we are only human after all). A lie that I was force fed. There are two problems here. One the only reason this thinking exists is because in the past people have experienced sin after knowing Jesus so they built up a theology around failures. Not cool. The second problem is that it neglects the finished work of the cross and makes it an incomplete deal. Equal not cool. If we would just believe that we are who Jesus made us to be and it starts now and not on some second coming we would manifest the promise of righteousness. Faith manifests the promises of God so if you believe he took away your sin and made you the righteousness of God you will see it. On the contrary if you believe you’re a sinner and will always be until Jesus returns and slays some awful dragon while judging everyone you don’t like you will try your best to be a good little boy or girl but fail miserably in the process. Law increases sin ever time. That’s why Paul said the law was added that sin might abound. Will power can’t get you there. Just rest in the righteousness that you already have and don’t have to earn. Know that you are a holy new creation and that naughtiness isn’t who you are anymore. You have been made classy so don’t live trashy. Grace will not make you sin more. The law does a good enough job of that. The bible is clear grace does the opposite and teaches us to do good.   ”For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.” -Titus 2:11-12
   More good news even if you act trashy it wont change who you are! You are still sinless. Not only did Jesus do what no man could do, but he also did what no man can undo. If a king acts in ways less than reputable and doesn’t fulfill his duties as a king it doesn’t change the fact he is a king. Someone just needs to remind the king who he is. Grace and peace. Love you all.

Mexico to LA to DC glory fest

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:49:11 -0400

Hi friends and family its time for another update. I will be brief. I went to Mexico City with Dave Gibbons and a few other leaders of Xealot last week. To make a long story short it was amazing. We met with the leaders of a house for girls rescued from sex trafficing and prayed for them and shared vision. Got to visit the house even which was amazing. We also visited a beauty salon for women who are currently in prostitution and prayed for the owners. We did one day of outreach at Mexico’s biggest university and saw healings, salvations, and people getting wrecked by the revelation of Gods grace. The most famous Bboy in Mexico visited one of the guys apartments while we were there and he came to Christ. Also a couple of the guys we were with had the chance to minister and hang out with some people from the Mexican Embassy. That’s really brief what happened there but now I am back home in Maryland! Feels awesome to be back here. I plan on doing ministry in the area here for a long while before I leave again and getting a job of course so i can not be poor. For now I am just bringing revival in the DC area and loving it. That is all folks. Love grace and peace to you all.

fer1972: White Hair Harlequin by thienbao

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:22:33 -0400