--- title: Blog - YWAM Oxford New Zealand | God description: God | Journey along with us as we adventure, travel, bring freedom and healing, and make an impact in the world. We invite you to read some of the stories and testimonies of what God is doing through our base, YWAM Oxford. We hope you can also find some helpful direction and guidance through our blog. --- **** [![ywam-oxford-logo-wide-white-1](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hs-fs/hubfs/ywam-oxford-logo-wide-white-1.png?width=600&height=214&name=ywam-oxford-logo-wide-white-1.png) ![ywam-oxford-logo-wide-color-dark-1](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hs-fs/hubfs/ywam-oxford-logo-wide-color-dark-1.png?width=600&height=214&name=ywam-oxford-logo-wide-color-dark-1.png) ](https://www.ywamoxford.org) [![Apply](https://hubspot-no-cache-ap1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/4885590/8c91b457-0e75-4379-b39a-91448a02b269.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-ap1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/4885590/8c91b457-0e75-4379-b39a-91448a02b269) ###### 4 min read ## [WHY YOU SHOULD COME DO A DTS WITH US!](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/why-you-should-come-do-a-dts-with-us) By [MiCaela Grzelak](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/author/micaela-grzelak) on August 7, 2022 9:15:00 AM NZST [![](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hubfs/7B445FB9-ABD6-4F01-B97D-7EAD8CA7AA57.jpg) ](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/why-you-should-come-do-a-dts-with-us) Being unsure of what you’re supposed to do next or where your suppose to go can be pretty daunting! Is a gap year the right choice? We’re here to say it’s totally worth it! Our gap year program, a Discipleship Training School, is designed to take you on an adventure! If you take the time to do our school you’ll travel and see the world, make an impact, experience something new, grow in your relationship with God, and it will be a total game changer! ###### Topics: [Missions](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/missions) [Travel](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/travel) [God](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/god) [Personal Growth](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/personal-growth) [Gap Year](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/gap-year) ###### 2 min read ## [The Art of Creation](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/art-of-creation) By [Alisha Tripp](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/author/alisha-tripp) on March 5, 2022 9:15:00 AM NZDT [![](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hubfs/IMG_8473-2.jpg) ](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/art-of-creation)   ###### Topics: [Bible](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/bible) [God](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/god) [Personal Growth](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/personal-growth) [Faith](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/faith) [Truth](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/truth) ###### 2 min read ## [The Living Bible](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/the-living-bible) By [Emmalea Lubben](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/author/emmalea-lubben) on December 7, 2021 9:00:00 AM NZDT [![](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hubfs/IMG_1375.jpg) ](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/the-living-bible)   ###### Topics: [Bible](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/bible) [God](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/god) [Personal Growth](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/personal-growth) [Faith](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/faith) [Truth](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/truth) ###### 6 min read ## [What's my Purpose?: Finding Meaning in Your Moment](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/whats-my-purpose) By [Lindsey Brown](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/author/lindsey-brown) on April 22, 2021 8:26:05 AM NZST [![](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hubfs/untitled-9.jpg) ](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/whats-my-purpose)   ###### Topics: [Bible](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/bible) [God](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/god) [Personal Growth](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/personal-growth) ###### 4 min read ## [Here I am, Send me](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/here-i-am-send-me) By [Celeste Miller](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/author/celeste-miller) on March 18, 2021 10:40:22 AM NZDT [![](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hubfs/IMG_6928.jpg) ](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/here-i-am-send-me)   ###### Topics: [Missions](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/missions) [God](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/god) [Personal Growth](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/personal-growth) ###### 4 min read ## [Tips for Reading the Bible Daily](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/tips-for-reading-the-bible-daily) By [Rebecca Estenson](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/author/rebecca-estenson) on February 12, 2021 2:59:47 PM NZDT [![](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hubfs/IMG_8763.jpg) ](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/tips-for-reading-the-bible-daily)   ###### Topics: [Bible](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/bible) [Devotional](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/devotional) [God](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/god) [Personal Growth](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/personal-growth) [Faith](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/faith) ###### 3 min read ## [How to Walk on Water](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/how-to-walk-on-water) By [Lindsey Brown](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/author/lindsey-brown) on January 7, 2021 4:21:20 PM NZDT [![](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hubfs/robert-metz-UODKtkGzc9U-unsplash.jpg) ](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/how-to-walk-on-water)   ###### Topics: [God](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/god) [Personal Growth](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/personal-growth) [Faith](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/faith) ###### 3 min read ## [HOW TO BECOME A WORLD CHANGER](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/how-to-become-a-world-changer) By [Indy Korff](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/author/indy-korff) on December 9, 2020 4:05:48 PM NZDT [![](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hubfs/priscilla-du-preez-4Gx7d6f58Jo-unsplash.jpg) ](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/how-to-become-a-world-changer) Over this past year God has been speaking to me a lot about prayer and just how important it is. Even at the start of the year, the words ‘prayer warrior’ and ‘intercessor’ always invoked for me the image of a group of elderly women gathered together in a room once a week or so and praying because that’s literally all they can offer God’s kingdom. So when God began to speak to me about wanting to grow me in the areas of prayer and intercession, I got really offended. I’m twenty seven years old, not eighty seven and I wanted God to use me in an area that would actually help the great commission.   If people ever commented that I seemed to have a strong prayer life and that I had a gift in that area, I honestly took it as an insult. I wanted a cooler gift like being able to lead a room in worship or give out amazing words of knowledge to others. Gifts that in my mind, actually helped bring people closer to God. **There have been countless times when I have acknowledged the power of prayer, yet deep down in my heart I didn’t really think it could make much of a difference**, particularly coming from someone who is soft spoken and more often than not, lacking in eloquence. ###### Topics: [God](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/god) [Testimony](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/testimony) [Prayer](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/prayer) ###### 2 min read ## [Jubilee, Jesus, and Jump-Starting Your New Beginning](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/jubilee-jesus-and-jump-starting-your-new-beginning) By [Morgan Blankenship](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/author/morgan-blankenship) on October 16, 2020 10:03:43 AM NZDT [![](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hubfs/IMG_0305.jpg) ](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/jubilee-jesus-and-jump-starting-your-new-beginning)   ###### Topics: [Missions](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/missions) [God](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/god) [Personal Growth](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/personal-growth) [Gap Year](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/gap-year) ###### 3 min read ## [Freely Given, Freely Give](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/freely-given-freely-give) By [Taylor Phillips](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/author/taylor-phillips) on September 10, 2020 12:31:01 PM NZST [![](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hubfs/change%20edited-1.jpg) ](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/freely-given-freely-give) When I first was introduced into missions, I was very turned off by the idea of having to raise my own money. Who does that? That was not the way I was raised or the type of job I went to college for. I have a college degree and plenty of work experience. But, when I thought about it there was a deeper-rooted issue of independence. **I thought that my way of earning money was better because I could do it, and I could control every step of the way: where I worked, how much I earned, how much I was able to give away, and what I bought. But that is not God’s heart for me.** I had to give up every concept of earning that I was taught from a young age ###### Topics: [Fundraising](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/fundraising) [Missions](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/missions) [God](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/god) [Testimony](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/testimony) ###### 3 min read ## [How I Got $8K for my DTS in 2 Weeks](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/how-i-got-8k-for-my-dts-in-2-weeks) By [Anna Martin](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/author/anna-martin) on August 31, 2020 3:20:50 PM NZST [![](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hubfs/omid-armin-ESsGNnhUiCg-unsplash.jpg) ](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/how-i-got-8k-for-my-dts-in-2-weeks) My senior year of high school I decided to take a gap year after graduation and really focus on deepening my relationship with God. I applied for the backpackers DTS and began the process of fundraising, planning and getting excited for the journey ahead of me! I did support letters, spoke at church, sent emails, Facebook posts, and after awhile I started losing hope. The money wasn’t coming in. I was confused and my self doubt was growing- I remember thinking **“Okay God, you said DTS. Why isn’t this happening?”**  ###### Topics: [Fundraising](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/fundraising) [God](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/god) [Testimony](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/testimony) ###### 5 min read ## [5 Ways You Can Grow With God While YOU Wait for Your DTS to Start](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/5-ways-you-can-grow-with-god-while-you-wait-for-your-dts-to-start) By [MiCaela Grzelak](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/author/micaela-grzelak) on June 17, 2020 4:27:00 PM NZST [![](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hubfs/fotografierende-333oj7zFsdg-unsplash.jpg) ](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/5-ways-you-can-grow-with-god-while-you-wait-for-your-dts-to-start) Discipleship Training Schools all over the world have been postponed or cancelled; I'm sure there's a bit of hesitancy in many of your hearts wondering if you heard from God correctly. You might be wondering if you are still supposed to do a DTS. Maybe you feel a crazy anticipation for your DTS that has been postponed, but you're in a rut right now and not sure how to get out of it! ###### Topics: [Missions](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/missions) [God](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/god) [Personal Growth](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/personal-growth) ###### 4 min read ## [The Right Decision: College or Gap Year?](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/whats-the-right-decision-college-or-gap-year) By [MiCaela Grzelak](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/author/micaela-grzelak) on May 21, 2020 5:34:25 PM NZST [![](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hubfs/burst-aoN3HWLbhdI-unsplash.jpg) ](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/whats-the-right-decision-college-or-gap-year) ***'What if it’s the wrong choice?' ******'What if I’m actually supposed to go to college?' 'What if my gap year becomes a waste of time or money?'*** We so often find ourselves getting caught up in **what is the right answer** - what does God want me to do? Sometimes we feel like we can’t hear his voice; we get confused and have no idea what decision to make. ###### Topics: [Missions](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/missions) [Travel](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/travel) [God](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/god) [Personal Growth](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/personal-growth) [Gap Year](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/gap-year) ###### 3 min read ## [The Insanity of God - Bible Devotional](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/the-insanity-of-god-bible-devotional) By [Alec Kemper](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/author/alec-kemper) on April 22, 2020 8:00:00 AM NZST [![](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/hubfs/francisco-moreno-wuo8KnyCm4I-unsplash.jpg) ](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/the-insanity-of-god-bible-devotional) **Revelation 15:2-4 (ESV)** ***2*** And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands. ***3*** And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and amazing are your deeds,     O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways,     O King of the nations! ***4*** Who will not fear, O Lord,     and glorify your name? For you alone are holy.     All nations will come     and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.” ###### Topics: [Bible](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/bible) [Devotional](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/devotional) [God](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/god) [Personal Growth](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/topic/personal-growth) [All posts](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/all) ##### Missions Training Missions Training ##### About About ##### More More ##### Office Hours Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm NZDT   ##### Phone Number [+64-3-312-4951](tel:+64-3-312-4951) ##### Want to Learn More? 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