A blog by Lindsey Burton.
Called out of the shallows and into the depths.
I see the Ocean and i see my God. Beautiful, powerful, refreshing, captivating, mysterious, and so much bigger than me. God has won my heart and transformed my life. He has taken me from a place of shallow living to now craving the depths of a relationship with Him. It can be uncomfortable at times, but worth it. I want to inspire, teach, communicate, love, laugh, share and learn. Come with me :)
YWAM Gold Coast
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February 2015 - August 2015 I was able to be a student on a School of Worship (SOW) at Youth With A Mission Gold Coast in Australia. It was an amazing privilege to be serving as a missionary through YWAM once again and to be in an amazing community of Missionaries.
SOW 2015
During the School we learned about God's heart for worship, about worship leading, musicianship, teamwork, song writing, biblical foundations of worship, how the church has changed in it's expressions of worship, worship in missions and so much more. We served practically on the base and in the community and served through leading people into the presence of God. We all grew to love God more and learned to love each other as family. We wrote songs and grew in our gifts while working together and serving each others vision. We sought God for our community and local churches and fought for breakthrough in peoples lives and hearts. We also prayed and worshiped in cities as a way to honor God and believe in faith for revival.
Worshiping over Queenstown, NZ
On our School of Worship Outreach we served both in Australia and in Queenstown New Zealand. We worked with ywam bases and local churches to support them and encourage them in what they were doing. It was amazing to see how we could bless the body of Christ and challenge her towards greater intimacy with God. I loved the opportunities we had to share what God had done in our lives and also share from our experiences as ywam staff.
Personally, I grew so much in worship leading and in finding value in my gifts. I never believed I would be able to lead worship or write songs for a community. God has helped me find confidence and express my heart in both. Also, God has been so faithful!! At the beginning of the year this was just a desire God put on my heart. I didn't have the finances and I didn't know what to expect. God provided for the school, and I have been so blessed by serving there. I think we can be so afraid to take chances because we know there will be discomfort. However discomfort can force us to make choices and work hard for what we desire. In the end the chance can lead to amazing experiences that change your life and people who grow your heart. God is good.
Worship in DC, USA
I also returned to the Gold Coast February 2016 to help facilitate the next School of Worship. We went to the USA for our outreach, and spent the 8 weeks traveling from state to state doing worship ministry and partnering with churches and communities across the country
Here is a link if you would like to listen or download the songs we recorded as a SOW. I hope you enjoy them!!
Hey everyone! Our MAD DTS 2013 began February 13. We have 9 staff and 17 students. Week one of the dts was on the Character and Nature of God. We had our lectures with the Beach 2 Bush and Sports DTSs as well. It was an amazing first week. Last week The MAD school had teachings on Hearing the Voice of God. Jason Salari, who was my DTS school leader, was the speaker. He has amazing communication skills and is a man who lives what He teaches. I want to take some time to explain more of our weekly schedule here on the MAD DTS. I hope this gives you a better picture of what we are doing here in Brisbane!!! Monday: (7:30-8:00) - The MAD staff get together and pray (8:00-10:30) - We do some base wide cleaning together and then have a community meeting (10:30-12:30)- Lecture time for students and staff (2:30-3:30) - Family time as a school (3:30-5:30) - Students work on homework and the Staff have a meeting (7:30-9:00) - Some sort of school activity or teaching ...
Here are some moments from my life in Mozambique!! Going into villages means there are lots of new friends to spend time with. We sing songs and dance together. We paint their nails and they give us mangoes. While leaving one of the villages, the locals were singing outside our caravan. So of coarse, being a Mozambican, this little guy started to dance!!! He was so cheeky but he had good moves. As 250 people from 30 different nations came together for this season with Iris Global, Mozambican pastors from all over the country also came to get training at a Bible School Iris offers. We had so much fun coming together in the presence of God. Mozambicans have so much passion and joy. It is beautiful!! Life looks very different in the cities then in the village. Because we were a truck load of while people, many would come to sell us fruit, bread, cokes and fried food. Sometimes it was exactly what we needed to get through our road trips ...
Part of Worshiping God is testifying what He is doing and give Him the glory for those things. Sometimes this is much easier to do when God has come through and we look back and declare His goodness. But what about when you are in the middle of a challenging situation, how do you testify in the waiting. I don't really know the answer but I think Faith and the Holy Spirit's leading has to do with it. God can give you hope in your situation and His voice gives us what is needed to hold to the vision and persevere through the hard times. So this brings me to what I want to share. I honestly didn't want to make it public that I booked my flights last week. I was afraid. Afraid of what people would think. Afraid of what could happen. Not a good place to be friends. So as I begin a new week and am moving forwards, I felt that I needed to testify to what God is doing! I need to have faith. After buying my tickets I had about $100 in my bank account. Because of being given th...
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