God Provided Rent Money Plus

By the grace of God my need for rent will be met for a good while.

The Lord prompted 3 people to give generously so that I can both pay my rent at the shelter and afford to pay some in advance on the electricity in the apartment in Ennis.

The power must be on when they do the inspection for the section 8 housing. The manager suggested that I set up pay as I go.

My immediate needs are met but there is still pressure to keep moving forward to get my lessons online that will lead to income streams.

Besides the lessons I need to gain the habit of publishing a daily vlog that is a short video about my spiritual pilgrimage. This will both help me to process my many thoughts, feelings, fear, hopes, doubts, aspirations, etc. That will help keep me clear so that I can be consistently creative,

Plus there are those who have been and will be praying for me that will use these to better target their intercessions.

It feels like I am about to burst inside. There are so many lessons in my heart, mind and notes that want to go online. But these internal matters have had them blocked. When I took the 10 day video course I briefly overcame those blocks. I need to go back to that online community and get their support.

I tend to be most creative in the evenings and late night. That is when the lessons want to flow through me. But due to the 8 PM curfew and 1030 PM lights out that flow gets blocked. During that time I take lots of notes that adds to my backlog.

It is not like there is just 1 ebook or 1 ecourse inside of me that wants out. There are several that all want out at the same time. Each one is important and valuable. All are related to biblical Christianity. It will take years for most of these to become fully expressed online.

In order to help me get organized and to help those I will connect with in the future I have begun to create a website that will serve as the central hub for all these many units. The name of the website is Brother John’s Workshop. Pray for me to soon complete the basics of this and publish it online.

Even in writing this long message it is feeling clunky. Now I feels like I must start making short videos instead of these text posts.

I admit that I have a bunch of fears related to rejection. When all this starts to spill out of me it will overcome some people. There will be several kinds of lesson including on prayer, holy communion, theology, Bible basics and more. There will be ways for individuals to opt into any one or several of these. I will segment the list instead of sending it to everyone like these days.

I have been wrestling with a huge internal issue about charging a price for my lessons. Thankfully the Lord has led me to a system that has worked for others called Pay What You Want. And what they have found is that when a sliding scale is offered it leads to more income than a fixed price.

So in conclusion, God has provided me with this window of opportunity. May I leverage this time wisely. Pray for me to get into the healthy habit of publishing a short video vlog daily. That will address me internal matters. Then the creative flow will begin. After that ice breaks there will likely be a bunch of lessons coming online.

After the lessons start to flow online then I am sure they will greatly benefit others who will gladly share them. I will put into place ways for them to subscribe to several email updates. After this initial burst I hope to publish 1 lesson per week for at least 3 different email lists. That will lead to more prayers and more donations.

When I have moved out of the shelter and I can use the evenings and nights for creative expressions then there will be a steady and large flow of new materials online.

I will stop writing now. And I request your best prayers.

Shalom

Brother John