It starts with one

...One word spoken
One life changed
One prayer offered
One Soul Saved.....
~Crystal Huff~

It starts with one... I have to admit that often during my day when I feel God leading me to do something, I will almost always talk myself out of it. Things like this often go through my head: "God didn't tell me that. I think that idea was for someone else, not me. I heard God wrong, I'm too scared, I'm too shy, I'm irrelevant, they won't listen anyway." That thought train came screeching to a halt a few days ago as I prayed and heard God speaking quietly to me the phrase "It Starts With One." It came at the perfect moment when I was almost complaining to God about a vision I feel he has given me. I was asking the questions "where do you even begin with this kind of vision. Do I have to capacity to do this thing you are laying on my heart?" Then there it was "It starts with one." Then I had to ask "Does it start with me?" I knew the answer before I could even finish thinking the thought. It starts with me. It starts with You.

I see the cry,
Imagine, I can
The city's strong holds
Drugs, Witchcraft, complacency,
Are trampled, broken, and defeated
Cancer, Depression, And suicide
Have fled, no longer gripping the lives of so many

The students have risen up
Mighty worriers of prayer and praise
They will not remain silent
I will not remain silent
They will run when You say move
They will rise up at the sound of Your call
They will wait when You say "be still'
They will Follow as You lead
The walls are broken
The barrier breached
The fire is blazing
Your love is reigning
Your hope is here
The mountains will tremble
Springs of living water will burst in the desert places.
An outpouring of Your spirit
and it starts with One.
One word spoken
One life changed
One prayer offered
One Soul Saved.

Imagine? I Can

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This is how God showed His love among us....
1 John 4:9

“What would you have me share about the ministry you are doing here?” Is what I am asking God as I sit here staring at my computer screen. Outside the sun is shining it’s a beautiful afternoon. There is a group of boys outside skate boarding in the street. I can hear the sound of their laughter from where I sit. I am in my house here in Orlando. A house that for the moment I share with six other girls. I was very nervous the first few days I was here. All the random thoughts go running through your head. “ Will my house mates like me? Will I like them? Will we be able to live together peacefully? Why do I suddenly feel like I am in JR.High again?” As the first week ran into the second, and the second became the third I began to realize an amazing thing. I am here doing a school with twenty seven other students. Each student came here with very different family, and religious backgrounds. Also with different agendas. Now I see twenty seven students who without realizing it have bonded and formed a single unit with one goal in mind: “To know God, and to make Him known.”
The last four weeks have taken me on an incredible journey, a journey through my own heart and what I really believe. I have been challenged to dive further into God and who God says I am, as well as challenged to embrace the true character and depth of God’s overwhelming Love. In fact I believe God has out right challenged me to live a life of love: unconditional, unlimited, and absolute .
1 John 4:7-10 says: God Is Love, My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn't know the first thing about God, because God is love—so you can't know him if you don't love. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about—not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they've done to our relationship with God.
This is the life I am setting out to live.
For the next two months I, along with the other YWAM students and staff members will be learning, dramas, dances, and techniques that will help us convey the message of Jesus Christ to the people in India. Along with learning these things I have been given the opportunity to lead and prepare a worship team to lead our team during our times of worship while in India. This team will also be doing praise and worship for the children we will meet while in the mission field.
I am so excited for this and at the same time completely nervous, but I know God is so faithful and will guide me as I look to Him. I love you all so much and I cannot tell you enough how thankful I am for your prayers and support. I would like to take a moment to ask if you would pray for some specific things that God has shown us. As a team we are praying and asking God to help us stay united, to break down the walls of pride, give us energy and strength that we would not be fatigued, to lean not on our own understanding but seek God first in everything. We are coming against unbelief , strife and division, and fear and distrust. Pray that God will open doors for us to minister in ways that people will hear , know and understand. God is doing an amazing work here in me and in this team. I am so blessed for this tremendous opportunity. I will keep you updated as often as I am able. Again thank you so much for your prayers and support.

Building His Kingdom,

Crystal Huff


(Top left pic are the girls I live with also my house parents Barbara and Marni)
(Bottom right pic is my small group girls)