Through the praise of children and infants 
   you have established a stronghold against your enemies, 
   to silence the foe and the avenger. 

Psalm 8:2

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SOS Church Storms Forward!

Preached at home at our celebration downtown today! Many saved. Many new visitors. 12 people came to our gathering for new members after service. Our church members are generous and aggressive givers; I'm so proud of how much you give into the Kingdom every Sunday!

We have baptized 54 newly saved so far this year, next Sunday we are baptizing again. Our faith goal is to baptize 70 in 2011, we are soon there :)!

We are moving forward! Love our people! God is good, fair and restores! Enjoying all the lives that are changed in the presence of Jesus!

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Awesome Saturday!

I took my Adam to the barber today, he has such a cool hairstyle now! Made Italien tortellini for lunch with a South European salad based on tomatoes, olives and onions. Ate this while listening to love songs by Brian Adams, and coffee after lunch of course.

Worked on my message for tomorrow's celebration at SOS Church, it will be so much fun to preach again! You'll be there, right?!

Now the gym awaits, the press bench, free weights and smell of sweat - lovely ;). I'm not doing anything beneficial tonight at all! Will just gormandize in news papers, watch movies and fall asleep on my couch.

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Success in Everything!

I'm a priest at home in Stockholm again... Love this city and the church God has trusted me with! Gatherings with the Pastoral Team, our Leadership team for the youth ministry, briefings with staff and coworkers... Fun! Exciting and progressive at the same time!

I am meditating today on that God wants us to succeed!

God said to Joshua;

Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.

Jos 1:8a

In other words; speak the Word of God, mumble and mutter the promises of God all the time, day and night. Love the Bible and all its promises for you...

Then you will be prosperous and successful. 

Jos 1:8b

The Bible says; but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, 
   and who meditates on his law day and night. 

Ps 1:2

That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, 
   which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. 

Ps 1:3a

And then it says it AGAIN! Listen!

...whatever they do prospers. 

Ps 1:3b

We have successful and healthy marriages! We succeed in raising our kids to become godly men and women! We succeed at at being healthy, both mentally and physically! We succeed at having our day off and take vacations! We succeed at reaching our goals!

We succeed at setting time off for the gym, serve the car, clean the house and help our kids with their homework ;). We succeed at evangelizing, missions and discipling people! Our finances are a success! We succeed at doing a good job, being liked by our collegues, be promoted and do sucessful business! We succeed in everything!

Thank you God for your Promises!

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My Mentor Ron

I meet with my mentor, Ron Johnson, twice every year. We have deep conversations, he asks me questions, we cry and pray together... He helps me to be a husband, daddy, pastor and just human being. Oh, how I appriciate him! Ron helps me to see clearly think new. Ron pushes me, spurs me to move on, forward and develop. I am more in love with Jesus and want to take the whole world when we have been together! I am a better leader when I get to be a son just for a few days. Thank you for four unforgettable days together with you and your Sandy in Orlando, Florida! Ron, you are the best!

Everyone needs a mentor, but not everyone has the luxury of having the best one ;)! Some of us are really spoiled! Thank you Jesus!

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Greeting from Orlando

Orlando

I'm visiting my mentor, Ron Johnson's church, Markham Woods Church in Orlando, Florida this weekend... Sooo good to see Ron and Sandy again! I'm also enjoying spending some time with my faithful coworker Peter...

Reading the Bible, praying and working out. Preaching, serving and listening to the Spirit...

We are riding motorcycles along beautiful beaches and allies with swaying palm trees...The sun is shining and it's Scandinavian summer temperatures...

Love my life. Still longing for Stockholm though... Will be nice to come home soon.

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Video Campus Night Dar es Salaam

Tanzania 2011 from Mission SOS on Vimeo.

Holy Spirit Explosion and Safari!

Preached at Victory Christian Center at my good friend, Pastor Huruma Nkone's church on Sunday... Oh how I enjoyed that!

We prayed with a little more than 40 East Africans to the baptism of the Holy Spirit on Sunday night here in Dar es Salaam. They all started speaking in new spiritual languages (tongues)!

Today the Bestul and Amritzer family flew from Dar es Salaam to Kilimajaro. We'll go on a safari in the national park Ngorongoro! Fun with some African wildlife experiences as well :)!

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Six Deaf Ears Opened!

Youth Conference in Dar-es-Salaam. About 13,000 wild teenagers were gathered last night and about 300 of them responded to the salvation invitation! Six people with one deaf ear each started to hear after we prayed for them on stage; the Holy Spirit said; "Demonstrate My power for the audience! Heal them directly on stage!"

The results are not bad considering that SOS is not holding a festival here. We are just guest  here with our festival equipment, festival band and me as guest speaker at a local Christian youth conference... We are very happy!

Fun to hear rap artists from Uganda and Tanzania and soul and gospel music from Kenya! I left the festival ground at 3 am this morning, but the program went on until at least 5 am :)...

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Tanzania

Enjoyed a great great celebration at SOS Church Stockholm yesterday. Emma Gustafsson as emcee, Walter Zuniga spoke and our prayer leader, Jorge Santos lead worship! Lovely! Power! Joy! Full house! Several saved, baby dedication and water baptism! Thank you Jesus for all the fine people, faithful disciples of Jesus and pillars in the church that You lead, build and bless!

We are now at Arlanda International Airport. The entire Amritzer family is sitting by gate F32 soon to boad a plane that will first take us to Zurich and then on to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania! East Africa; here we come! We'll meet up with best friends from Norway in Zurich; Aslak, Ellen, Sofie and Emma Bestul. We are on a mission-adveture-trip; huge youth festival, the most white beaches and then safari! Jesus will save, perform miracles and baptize in His Holy Spirit! We want to serve Him, make Him known and follow Him on adventures!


The festival band, festival equipment and technicians are already there! Soon the team will be complete!


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Travelling

I'm constantly travelling; Norway - Sweden - Israel - Sweden - Tanzania - USA - Sweden etc... Love it, since it gives me a lot of time to pray, meditate on the Bible and reflect. Even if I always preach and teach when I am in a new place, travelling there, the flights, airports and hotels are lovely places to strengthen your inner life!

I miss my family when I'm on the road though; both the small and big one :). I am a real family person; love the Amritzer family and SOS Church with all my heart! I always miss you guys sooo much when I'm travelling, don't believe anything else. Sometimes I miss our kitchen in Tullinge that it hurts... Love our kitchen; everyone gathered, food, card games, chess, magazines, laughter, coffee, the kids, Maria and our friends! A sign right by our dining room table says; "Good Food. Good Friends. Good Times."

Today I met the church real quick. Tomorrow my family and I fly to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania! On the agenda; Youth Conference and sarafi :)!

Thank you God for life!

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Working Out in Tel Aviv

Staying at the City Hotel in Tel Aviv tonight... It's Shabbath and I will eat good... Flew domestic from Eilat today after a service this morning and lunch after right by the Read Sea's beach... Many were baptized in the Holy Spirit today!

I am meeting my good friend Pastor Tommy Lilja from Sölvesborg tomorrow. He is having services in collaboration with several Messianic churches here in Tel Aviv, Israel. Fun! Trying to work out here too before I take a taxi to the Ben Gurion Airport. I fly home to Stockholm tomorrow. It will be good to be home a few hours :)...

A small oasis in the Judah dessert, the cliffs of En Ghedi...

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Eilat

Just traveled from Jerusalem (the capital of the world) down to the beach resort Eilat by the Red Sea today... Eating at the Nova Hotel right now.

We did the Judah desert and stopped for a walk in the En Gedhis national park, which is the mountain area where David and his heroes hid from king Saul... Cliffs, beautiful water falls and caves! Great wilderness :)!

I got to know a wonderful Israeli Arab from Nazareth by the Dead Sea, we laughed until tears flowed:). Lovely person!

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Jerusalem

Had a layover in Vienna on my way to Israel yesterday. Ate Milka white chocolate, bought some new Austrian Card games and found a novel by my favorite author Heinz G Konsalik - childish happiness and relaxation... Reached my hotel in Jerusalem at 3:30 am and fell asleep at 4:15 am...

The Garden Tomb...

Today we've toured Jerusalem - the Mount of Olives, Gethsemane, Calvary and the Garden Tomb... 15 precious Israel tourists in our group of 90 people wanted to pray a salvation prayer! Tonight I've played chess with Göran Duveskog - and lost ;). Great day!

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