Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you!
Brief Update
We’ve been ministering in Canada, doing some meetings in Victoria
and Vancouver, and have been blessed to be experiencing the Holy Spirit moving
powerfully! It is always such a huge blessing to experience the Lord pour out
His presence in such a way!!
Irish History
Well, a little Irish history here for St Patrick's day: The
Irish city of Dublin was actually named by the Vikings who during their invasions
called it Dubhlind meaning “black pool” due to that dark-looking water with
all the peat moss runoff in it. The Romans had avoided going north to Ireland in
their day and had labeled Ireland Hybernia,
which means “land of endless winter.” Well, it does rain an awful lot, so they weren't
that far off! Anyways, Ireland didn't have the defenses built by Roman infrastructure
of the past like many other parts of Europe, and it made it more vulnerable to
invasion.
The British Isles’ history is quite intertwined with the
Vikings. The Vikings’ first invasions began in Lindisfarne, aka Holy Island, which
was an outpost of Celtic monks in Northumberland, in AD 793, and thus began the
Viking age. The Vikings soon after began to invade Ireland.
Some of the Celtic monks were being taken captive back to Scandinavia.
As the Scriptures say: “The weakness of God is greater than man’s strength.” (1
Cor 1: 25) Like their great spiritual ancestor Patrick, however, they relied on
God in their position of weakness and eventually spiritually overcame their
captors by leading many of the Vikings to Christ in a land few missionaries
dared to go. As captives amongst the dreaded Norsemen, they overcame in their
weakness by relying on the power of the Holy Spirit.
We have a few videos on these topics, including:
The Real St. Patrick Page on our website
Check them out and Happy St Patrick's Day to you!
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