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Welcome to SoundLife — the web site of the Johnson Family.

Joe, Pam, Justin and Jared

Hello Friend,

Welcome to our web site. Since we've started this site the Lord has really been working in our lives and on our hearts, bringing us closer to Him and to a place where we are ready to make a substantial change in our lives.

After several years of praying that God would prepare us for full time service, Pam and I (Joe) have become convinced that seminary training would be best. Therefore, over the past several months we have been looking at different schools and praying for wisdom. We rejoice and praise God that we have recently found out that I have been accepted to begin classes this Fall at The Master's Seminary in Sun Valley California. We are excited to be able to take this step, and quite honestly, a little intimidated. We are confident that the training we receive at TMS will help prepare us to be more effective ministers of God's Word and catapult us into a future ministry. We're not sure exactly what that might entail, but we do know Who is in charge, and lay ourselves at His feet to do with us as He will. (see related archive notes on why we chose TMS)

"Where is the church going to get strong leaders? It has to build them by being committed to knowing the Word and then entrusting the Word to faithful men. Unless this sacred trust is taken seriously, the church will fail to pass on the mantle to the next generation of leaders. It's not an option. It is a mandate."

Dr. John MacArthur

We are very excited about this opportunity and privilege. God is indeed gracious, and has proven so in a huge way, not only in revealing Himself to us for His own good pleasure, but also in allowing us the chance to pursue a life of service to him and His people by the ministry of His Word.

We know that this is not a calling to be taken lightly. It is a tremendous blessing, and a tremendous responsibility. We step forth in obedience knowing that this is the only course for us, and that God will provide for our every need, according to His purposes and for His glory.

As we prepare to move we will have many prayer needs. We know that prayer is infinitely more powerful than any other sacrifice that you can make on our behalf. The sacrifice of your prayers is the most valuable way we can be ministered to. As you place this sacrifice on the altar, it can never be taken back, it can never be stolen and it is backed by the infinite resources of the Almighty Creator. How could anything be more of a blessing or more powerful than that?

Please pray that we will honor God in this step.

Specifically we ask that you pray that:

we receive wisdom and discernment.

we will be disciplined.

we all stay focused on God as the center of our lives. Not just things about God, but on God Himself and our relationship with Him.

our family has a hedge of protection around it.

we will be given ministry opportunities.

all the little details for our move will be taken care of.

God will provide accomodations for us in Sun Valley (cost of living is very high, we're praying for a live-in or work in exchange for rent situation).

all our needs are met.

we will be effective ministers to those we come in contact with.

we hold nothing back from God, but lay it all on the altar for Him to do as He pleases, including and especially our lives.

"I am not speaking of things positively wicked; I am not speaking of things which are stigmatized as sinful; but of those things which Christian people recognize as innocent, and yet, in a thousand ways, they fetter the heart and bind it to earth. Perfect suffering will untie the heart, and gently loosen every cord that binds us to our foes or friends-to all our possessions; to all the things of the past; to all attractive sights and sounds-and give us such perfect inward liberty from everything on earth that the things of heaven can flow down into us, until we feel that we are citizens of the New Jerusalem a hundred times more powerfully than that we are the citizens of any earthly city or country. We feel deep in our hearts that, like St. Paul, we have already "come to an innumerable company of angels, and the Church of the first-born, and the spirits of just men made perfect." The coming of the Lord is so real to us, our whole being is pervaded with the sweet, attractive powers of the world to come. Like the detached balloon, we float toward the supernatural. The heavenly world comes into us exactly in proportion as all the affairs of earth are emptied out of us, and nothing so perfectly empties us and detaches us as perfect suffering. It is in this way that God makes our perfect crucifixion our crown of unfading joy."

How to Die to Self G.D. Watson

Please click here and write us a message to join the Johnson's Prayer Team! We'll keep you updated on our progress and share any special prayer requests we have. If you would like a prayer card please include your request and address.

The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Proverbs 15:29

Thank you for your faithful prayer.

Our hope is in the Lord, For His sake, for His glory,

Joe, Pam, Justin and Jared Johnson

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