So, tonight Gods been showing me himself throughout my life. He's revealed to me how much he has loved me and how much the people around me have loved me my whole life. But I never knew how to receive it or hold onto it because I self sabotaged. Some people physically cut their bodies, I cut my spirit. So that every time love would come to me I would cut my heart and the love that was given that was meant to last would pour out of me wasted.
I can't be the only one and that's part of why I'm writing this. But what's got my mind spinning more than the "emotional cutting" I did to myself for years was the incessant pouring out of love that Papa did to me. Even though I either had gaping open wounds that the love would trickle out of or I was about to right after he showed his love to me, he never stopped loving me.
A lot of times we stop loving with our actions and say, "Oh, I still love you but..." Love has no buts. It didn't matter how "wasteful" his love seemed, he kept loving me. Even though I chose not to keep the love he gave. He still saw value and worth in showing me love even if I was going to just let that previous love fall carelessly to the ground as if it meant nothing. I'm sure that had to hurt. You pour out everything for someone and they just let it spill to the ground as if it has no value. And yet he keeps pouring.
I have so many good people in my life right now and I'm going to keep it that way. I'm not going to let another person get burnt out of pouring into me just to have me forget that I'm loved and make them and their love feel worthless. Sometimes the most loving thing we can do is to hold onto the love we're given and never let it go.
I'm so thankful Papa is so kind to me to show me my shortcomings so he can fix them. And to show me his faithfulness despite my human imperfection. He always covers the lack and bridges the gap. What an amazing God we love.
Monday, October 5, 2015
How Was Your Day?
So, this weekend I had a pretty intense encounter with heaven. I wrote it all down and have been going back to it trying to unpack the fullness of it. I was asking questions and writing down what I heard heaven telling me. As I sat down tonight, I was about to jump right back in and start asking questions and learning more about what Papa had for me when a different thought took over me. Instead of just selfishly digging out what I was seeking I asked a different question, "How was your day today?"
His answer surprised me. It was like I could hear and "feel" his thoughts and he considered the flood in South Carolina, starvation throughout the world, suffering and abuse. After thinking about all those things, he said this:
"Today was a good day. It's always a good day to me. We don't have bad days here in heaven. Yes, I know there are terrible things going on in the world. And my heart breaks and I am far from ignorant or unaware. But I choose to focus on the good things. Today people were healed all over the world. Today people were set free. Today people thought differently about me, more towards the way I truly am."
Wow! This is pretty incredible to me. God is not unhappy. Even on the most atrocious days he chooses to find the good in it and say, "Today was a good day." I want to do the same.
His answer surprised me. It was like I could hear and "feel" his thoughts and he considered the flood in South Carolina, starvation throughout the world, suffering and abuse. After thinking about all those things, he said this:
"Today was a good day. It's always a good day to me. We don't have bad days here in heaven. Yes, I know there are terrible things going on in the world. And my heart breaks and I am far from ignorant or unaware. But I choose to focus on the good things. Today people were healed all over the world. Today people were set free. Today people thought differently about me, more towards the way I truly am."
Wow! This is pretty incredible to me. God is not unhappy. Even on the most atrocious days he chooses to find the good in it and say, "Today was a good day." I want to do the same.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
A Moment in Time
There are times in life where everything falls into place. Nothing changes. Yet at the same time everything does. It comes suddenly, unexpectedly. You could be riding the bus to work or having dinner with friends when WHAM!!! the realization that everything you have been waiting on, all the work all the patience, has suddenly paid off.
I remember back roughly 2 years ago when I encountered God in a more powerful and intimate way than I had ever done before. I believe I had accepted the free gift of salvation prior to this, but I hadn't truly given my life to him until this point. I quit my band, which, if you knew me at all during this timeframe you knew that was where the fullness of my identity lied, in music. A couple months later, at the leading of the Holy Spirit, I quit my jobs. A couple months later after some intense times of prayer and worship, I was off on my journey of faith, headed to Nashville Tennessee. In order to go, I gave up everything of value I had at the time: my hope of a music career, my relationship with my family, my music equipment, my vehicle, everything I had, he required of me.
December of 2013, me and Ben Miller headed out of town to go to a music festival in Iowa where I was scheduled to speak. The morning we left I looked at Ben and said something to the affect of, "You know if we do this, everything changes and we can never come back." I was speaking metaphorically of course but little did I know how literal that statement would become. We headed off and had a car that shouldn't have been taken out of town much less out of state. And we only had $30 cash to our names between the two of us. We left without even enough gas money to get where we intended to go. But we had faith. Unshakeable faith.
One thing after another, miraculously and right on time, God provided all we needed. We not only got to Iowa for me to speak at the small music festival which ironically was called Leap of Faith, we made it on to our next assignment in Nashville. I can still remember that first night driving down into the city on highway 65. As you start to come into the city, you come down a hill. As you come over the crest of the hill and make the descent into the city you see the beautiful skyline. It's gorgeous at night. One of the most beautiful sights in the world, to me at least. I knew the moment my eyes beheld that beautiful skyline that I was home. And not only was I home, but this would always be home.
Tonight I made that drive again. What started out being an awesome night with my roommate Jono and myself heading to our friends David and Vicki's house turned into a night I will never forget. I don't know if it hit me while I was eating desert, or maybe it was on the ride home, I'll never be sure of the exact moment. But at some point tonight, everything froze as I realized everything was about to change. Everything had changed.
I gave up everything when I left Wisconsin, and it's always been worth it. But tonight in the presence of even more world changers I realized that everyone in my life, everyone close to me is royalty. As I thought about that a bit more, I realized that royalty hangs out with royalty. And if I'm looking around and all I see is royalty, then I must be royalty too. Everything made sense. Everything I am called to do, I am positioned for. I have the most amazing people in my life. Not just the ones I mentioned tonight.
I am home. Everything is about to change. Everything has changed. I was the first one to realize it. Now everyone around me will start to realize it as the things that have been prepared start to happen in bigger and more amazing ways. But as my destiny unfolds and all things I'm dreaming about begin to come to pass, I realize I have more than I could ever have dreamed for. Living life with people who are kings and queens.
I remember back roughly 2 years ago when I encountered God in a more powerful and intimate way than I had ever done before. I believe I had accepted the free gift of salvation prior to this, but I hadn't truly given my life to him until this point. I quit my band, which, if you knew me at all during this timeframe you knew that was where the fullness of my identity lied, in music. A couple months later, at the leading of the Holy Spirit, I quit my jobs. A couple months later after some intense times of prayer and worship, I was off on my journey of faith, headed to Nashville Tennessee. In order to go, I gave up everything of value I had at the time: my hope of a music career, my relationship with my family, my music equipment, my vehicle, everything I had, he required of me.
December of 2013, me and Ben Miller headed out of town to go to a music festival in Iowa where I was scheduled to speak. The morning we left I looked at Ben and said something to the affect of, "You know if we do this, everything changes and we can never come back." I was speaking metaphorically of course but little did I know how literal that statement would become. We headed off and had a car that shouldn't have been taken out of town much less out of state. And we only had $30 cash to our names between the two of us. We left without even enough gas money to get where we intended to go. But we had faith. Unshakeable faith.
One thing after another, miraculously and right on time, God provided all we needed. We not only got to Iowa for me to speak at the small music festival which ironically was called Leap of Faith, we made it on to our next assignment in Nashville. I can still remember that first night driving down into the city on highway 65. As you start to come into the city, you come down a hill. As you come over the crest of the hill and make the descent into the city you see the beautiful skyline. It's gorgeous at night. One of the most beautiful sights in the world, to me at least. I knew the moment my eyes beheld that beautiful skyline that I was home. And not only was I home, but this would always be home.
Tonight I made that drive again. What started out being an awesome night with my roommate Jono and myself heading to our friends David and Vicki's house turned into a night I will never forget. I don't know if it hit me while I was eating desert, or maybe it was on the ride home, I'll never be sure of the exact moment. But at some point tonight, everything froze as I realized everything was about to change. Everything had changed.
I gave up everything when I left Wisconsin, and it's always been worth it. But tonight in the presence of even more world changers I realized that everyone in my life, everyone close to me is royalty. As I thought about that a bit more, I realized that royalty hangs out with royalty. And if I'm looking around and all I see is royalty, then I must be royalty too. Everything made sense. Everything I am called to do, I am positioned for. I have the most amazing people in my life. Not just the ones I mentioned tonight.
I am home. Everything is about to change. Everything has changed. I was the first one to realize it. Now everyone around me will start to realize it as the things that have been prepared start to happen in bigger and more amazing ways. But as my destiny unfolds and all things I'm dreaming about begin to come to pass, I realize I have more than I could ever have dreamed for. Living life with people who are kings and queens.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Encounter at Work
So today I was at work and shortly after I came back from lunch a coworker was telling me a story about how she had gotten some deliverance since the last time I saw her and God just rocked her. Now, for those of you who don't know, my spirit is very sensitive to the touch of God. That doesn't make me better or worse than anyone else, just how I'm wired.
Anyways, I turn back to my desk and instantly I feel the tangible presence of God. I start shaking and buckling over in my chair and I start asking God what he's doing. He tells me that he can move anytime, anywhere. Regardless of the atmosphere. Regardless of the faith in the room. His power and presence can come invade and change a room at anytime. The point he was trying to make was we don't have to only go to a revival service or a glory/impartation/healing meeting to see him come shake things up. (Nothing against any of those places. They are some of my favorite places/atmospheres to be in.).
He then gives me this word that I had to write down right then and there that I want to share with you now.
"I am coming.
I am coming this month to change everything.
Everything is about to change.
Much like the flood transformed the earth as it was known, I am about to change this world. This year ushers in the most radical change that the world is seen in 100 years. The shaking is happening now to release my leaders and to break the ground they have been hidden under. They have stewarded the secret place and the wilderness well and now I am bringing them out and elevating them. My leaders for this generation have been groomed. They have suffered. They have prepared in faith having only their redeemed imagination to see. I have seen it all. I will honor those who have honored me. All are about to see the ones I trust. They will come from no where and be thrust into the spotlight. Not because they have ever desired the spotlight but because they desired me. Because they desired me, they got me. And I am on and in their lives. I am putting them in the spotlight even now to shine the light on me. To shine the light of my glory upon them. These ones I am lifting up are the canvasses. I am the art.
A wave of my glory is coming. A wave much like a tsunami that will come and rearrange things. Many of my prophets and kids who have leaned into my chest to hear what my heart is saying have heard the change that's coming. There are some that have prepared and have positioned themselves by building an ark where there has never been rain. They have been mocked and ridiculed. But those who stayed the course, those who stayed in position, are the very ones who I will elevate for their faithful obedience. They will rise as my tsunami wave of glory comes. They will ride what many see as a storm into the positions of influence and authority I have prepared for them.
Now is the time."
Hopefully that is encouraging to you guys as it was to me. Till next time...
Anyways, I turn back to my desk and instantly I feel the tangible presence of God. I start shaking and buckling over in my chair and I start asking God what he's doing. He tells me that he can move anytime, anywhere. Regardless of the atmosphere. Regardless of the faith in the room. His power and presence can come invade and change a room at anytime. The point he was trying to make was we don't have to only go to a revival service or a glory/impartation/healing meeting to see him come shake things up. (Nothing against any of those places. They are some of my favorite places/atmospheres to be in.).
He then gives me this word that I had to write down right then and there that I want to share with you now.
"I am coming.
I am coming this month to change everything.
Everything is about to change.
Much like the flood transformed the earth as it was known, I am about to change this world. This year ushers in the most radical change that the world is seen in 100 years. The shaking is happening now to release my leaders and to break the ground they have been hidden under. They have stewarded the secret place and the wilderness well and now I am bringing them out and elevating them. My leaders for this generation have been groomed. They have suffered. They have prepared in faith having only their redeemed imagination to see. I have seen it all. I will honor those who have honored me. All are about to see the ones I trust. They will come from no where and be thrust into the spotlight. Not because they have ever desired the spotlight but because they desired me. Because they desired me, they got me. And I am on and in their lives. I am putting them in the spotlight even now to shine the light on me. To shine the light of my glory upon them. These ones I am lifting up are the canvasses. I am the art.
A wave of my glory is coming. A wave much like a tsunami that will come and rearrange things. Many of my prophets and kids who have leaned into my chest to hear what my heart is saying have heard the change that's coming. There are some that have prepared and have positioned themselves by building an ark where there has never been rain. They have been mocked and ridiculed. But those who stayed the course, those who stayed in position, are the very ones who I will elevate for their faithful obedience. They will rise as my tsunami wave of glory comes. They will ride what many see as a storm into the positions of influence and authority I have prepared for them.
Now is the time."
Hopefully that is encouraging to you guys as it was to me. Till next time...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
A New Dream For A New Season
So, I want to share a dream I had a couple nights ago. And before i start, I want to clarify that I don't dream often. And if I do, I never wake up remembering it. So the fact that I remember it in such detail is pretty significant to me. I believe God gave me this dream to share a message with you all.
The dream starts off with me at a wave pool. Before I could even get in, I ran into my old tattoo artist and good friend from Wisconsin. He had a booth set up there and told me to come by. When I did, he told me to sit down and he was going to give me a free tattoo. About half-way through the tattoo, he has to get up and go do something. So, I'm left with half a skeleton hand tattooed on my forearm.
I waited for awhile and he wasn't returning so I went to go get some food. I took my bicycle and rode it a couple blocks away. I was worried about my bike getting stolen so I brought it around back and hid it in the basement. I go upstairs and see, unexpectedly, some friends of mine merch table set up. Surprised they were around, I knew this wasn't where I was trying to go so I went right back downstairs to grab my bike and it was gone. I was confused, but never panicked as I scoured the basement for my bike. It wasn't to be found.
So, I headed upstairs and found my mom sitting comfortably at the bar watching my dad play guitar in the band that was there. I told her about my bike being stolen and my intent to walk back and get my free tattoo finished. Before she could respond a man sitting in front of her turned around and told me to wait while he made a phone call. He came back and said that it was his kids who stole the bike and he would get it back to me.
I gave him my phone to punch his information into and he did it while looking the other way. There was something supernatural about him and in the dream I was pretty sure he was an angel. Before he left he asked me what it would take to get the bike off my hands. I thought about it and told him $1,000. He said ok! And handed me the money. And the dream ended.
Now that can seem really random and pointless, but let me give you what I believe the interpretation of it is. First off, there were so many unexpected surprises in the dream. At every turn I was getting free stuff or running into people I had no expectation to see. The wave pool represents seeking the presence of the Holy Spirit. Water is often used to describe the presence of God and my intention was to seek him. That's where I was headed when I ran into my friend who had a blessing for me. I believe God is revealing to us that he has blessings waiting for us as we seek him. "Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added to you."
The tattoo of a skeleton hand to me represents resurrection power. It being tattooed on me represents an outpouring of a new level of power. God is imprinting us with a new level of his power. "And you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you."
The interruption of my friend in the middle of the tattoo I believe is the enemy coming to steal or delay what God has intended to pour out on us. The same with the bike being stolen later in the dream. "The thief has come to steal, kill, and destroy. But I have come that they may have life and life abundantly."
Seeing my parents at the bar was very significant because that's not a place they are usually seen. My Dad plays guitar in the worship band at church. Seeing him play in the bar represents the kingdom being taken into the world and demonstrating Gods power and glory and carrying his presence from the place of worship into the darkness to change it. "You are the light of the world."
The father of the children or angel, as I perceived, was significant because God is releasing his angels right now to bring justice and restoration of all that was stolen. In the dream I knew the bike was around a $150 bike. So 150 x 7 = 1050. The enemy has to repay 7 times what he steals from us.
I am very excited about this dream and what God is saying and declaring. It is a season of suddenlies and unexpected surprises. It is a season of advancing and having influence in new territories. It is a season of repayment for all the enemy has stolen. Expect abundance. Expect release. Expect power and favor. But the most important part is that this all comes through intimacy with the Holy Spirit.
Love you all! Hope this is encouraging!
The dream starts off with me at a wave pool. Before I could even get in, I ran into my old tattoo artist and good friend from Wisconsin. He had a booth set up there and told me to come by. When I did, he told me to sit down and he was going to give me a free tattoo. About half-way through the tattoo, he has to get up and go do something. So, I'm left with half a skeleton hand tattooed on my forearm.
I waited for awhile and he wasn't returning so I went to go get some food. I took my bicycle and rode it a couple blocks away. I was worried about my bike getting stolen so I brought it around back and hid it in the basement. I go upstairs and see, unexpectedly, some friends of mine merch table set up. Surprised they were around, I knew this wasn't where I was trying to go so I went right back downstairs to grab my bike and it was gone. I was confused, but never panicked as I scoured the basement for my bike. It wasn't to be found.
So, I headed upstairs and found my mom sitting comfortably at the bar watching my dad play guitar in the band that was there. I told her about my bike being stolen and my intent to walk back and get my free tattoo finished. Before she could respond a man sitting in front of her turned around and told me to wait while he made a phone call. He came back and said that it was his kids who stole the bike and he would get it back to me.
I gave him my phone to punch his information into and he did it while looking the other way. There was something supernatural about him and in the dream I was pretty sure he was an angel. Before he left he asked me what it would take to get the bike off my hands. I thought about it and told him $1,000. He said ok! And handed me the money. And the dream ended.
Now that can seem really random and pointless, but let me give you what I believe the interpretation of it is. First off, there were so many unexpected surprises in the dream. At every turn I was getting free stuff or running into people I had no expectation to see. The wave pool represents seeking the presence of the Holy Spirit. Water is often used to describe the presence of God and my intention was to seek him. That's where I was headed when I ran into my friend who had a blessing for me. I believe God is revealing to us that he has blessings waiting for us as we seek him. "Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added to you."
The tattoo of a skeleton hand to me represents resurrection power. It being tattooed on me represents an outpouring of a new level of power. God is imprinting us with a new level of his power. "And you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you."
The interruption of my friend in the middle of the tattoo I believe is the enemy coming to steal or delay what God has intended to pour out on us. The same with the bike being stolen later in the dream. "The thief has come to steal, kill, and destroy. But I have come that they may have life and life abundantly."
Seeing my parents at the bar was very significant because that's not a place they are usually seen. My Dad plays guitar in the worship band at church. Seeing him play in the bar represents the kingdom being taken into the world and demonstrating Gods power and glory and carrying his presence from the place of worship into the darkness to change it. "You are the light of the world."
The father of the children or angel, as I perceived, was significant because God is releasing his angels right now to bring justice and restoration of all that was stolen. In the dream I knew the bike was around a $150 bike. So 150 x 7 = 1050. The enemy has to repay 7 times what he steals from us.
I am very excited about this dream and what God is saying and declaring. It is a season of suddenlies and unexpected surprises. It is a season of advancing and having influence in new territories. It is a season of repayment for all the enemy has stolen. Expect abundance. Expect release. Expect power and favor. But the most important part is that this all comes through intimacy with the Holy Spirit.
Love you all! Hope this is encouraging!
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Do Not Fear the Storm
So, currently my commute to work consists of an hour walk to the bus stop in the morning. Before you all freak out, it's not as bad as it sounds. It's great prayer time and it's much needed exercise as I sit at a desk all day. Today, I walk out of the house at a little before 5, aaaannnddd it's raining. Great.
So, I start my normal routine of praying in the Spirit as I walk. About halfway there, as all these cars are passing me I start "nudging" God with things like, "Hey, I wouldn't mind if someone gave me a ride to the bus stop today." Or maybe something a little bit more subtly manipulating, "God, I thank you for giving me a ride to the bus stop today and getting me out of this rain."
Somewhere in here I start to see lightning and hear the thunder. I keep walking. Getting more wet by the minute. And then the most amazing thing happened. (No, I didn't get a ride. That would make this story far less interesting.) A song started coming off my lips.
Do not fear the storm
Do not fear the storm
You were made to rise above
You were born to overcome
Do not fear the storm
I sang it over and over again. As I continued to sing Holy Spirit began to speak to me and remind me about the time Jesus came to the disciples walking on the water. He was above the storm. The storm wasn't above him. The next thing he showed me absolutely floored me. He said, "Do not fear the storm, for the storm fears you." Wow! If we understood, truly understood who we are in Christ, the storms around us wouldn't bother us.
As I was nearing the end of my morning journey, it started to downpour. Haha. I guess he wanted to see how well I had learned what he just taught me. Sure, I'm still pretty wet as it is, but it's just water and I'll dry off. And now, as I'm typing this, the rain has completely stopped. Mere minutes after I've arrived at the bus stop. It's as if when the storm could no longer touch me, it stopped. When it could no longer affect me, it stopped trying. So it is with storms in life. The longer we give the storm power, the longer it rages. But as soon as we realize who we are and stand in it unafraid, it tries one last time to regain the power of your fear (the downpour), and then stops if you stand firm.
It's amazing to me how I was so desperate to get out of the storm this morning and now I'm glad I experienced it. I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm actually thankful for the storm this morning. I've got a better picture of who I am and what I'm capable of and hopefully you do too. The only cost was some damp clothes and being willing to listen to Holy Spirit when he spoke.
I hope this encourages you and causes you to rise above the storms in your life right now.
Until next time,
God bless
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Love > ___
The devil loves hate because it is not love.
It is the antithesis of love.
He hates love in us because it makes us look like the one he hates.
Love is the most powerful weapon over darkness.
"Love covers over a multitude of sins."
Why? Because love by nature, is selfless. It serves and promotes the best interests/wants/needs/desires of another. Love creates community. Love is the way of life and light.
Hate, on the other hand is naturally selfish. It serves and promotes the best interests/wants/needs/desires of itself. Hate creates isolation. Hate is the way of death and darkness.
I'm completely messed up tonight by the contrast of love and anything else. Love is greater. I mean, let's look at love and law. The law is powerful. But love came along and rose as a higher standard, a greater law if you will. Look at the law of gravity. It binds things to the earth and it's gravitational pull. But! Now look at the law of aerodynamics. It trumps the law of gravity and allows flight or freedom from gravity.
Through love then, we have access to freedom. Love is a new dimension we have access to and can remain in if we choose to. Love is greater than ___. Insert the rule or law of your choosing.
Wow. We've missed it. Jesus didn't come to get us into heaven once we stumble through a brutal experience called life. He came to open the door to a whole new dimension of higher possibility! I'll end my rambling tonight with this question, "Why do we choose to continue walking and imposing our chosen state of walking on others when we've been given the ability to fly?"
It is the antithesis of love.
He hates love in us because it makes us look like the one he hates.
Love is the most powerful weapon over darkness.
"Love covers over a multitude of sins."
Why? Because love by nature, is selfless. It serves and promotes the best interests/wants/needs/desires of another. Love creates community. Love is the way of life and light.
Hate, on the other hand is naturally selfish. It serves and promotes the best interests/wants/needs/desires of itself. Hate creates isolation. Hate is the way of death and darkness.
I'm completely messed up tonight by the contrast of love and anything else. Love is greater. I mean, let's look at love and law. The law is powerful. But love came along and rose as a higher standard, a greater law if you will. Look at the law of gravity. It binds things to the earth and it's gravitational pull. But! Now look at the law of aerodynamics. It trumps the law of gravity and allows flight or freedom from gravity.
Through love then, we have access to freedom. Love is a new dimension we have access to and can remain in if we choose to. Love is greater than ___. Insert the rule or law of your choosing.
Wow. We've missed it. Jesus didn't come to get us into heaven once we stumble through a brutal experience called life. He came to open the door to a whole new dimension of higher possibility! I'll end my rambling tonight with this question, "Why do we choose to continue walking and imposing our chosen state of walking on others when we've been given the ability to fly?"
Friday, July 24, 2015
The Glory of Kedar Will Come to an End
This morning Papa brought me to Isaiah 21:16-17. "For thus the Lord said to me, 'Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end. And the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel has spoken.'"
Kedar means blackness or sorrow.
This is a word for right now. Within a year the glory, or reign or influence of darkness and sadness will come to an end. What's left of the arrows or words of darkness will be few.
This year has been a year of shifting. A year of birthing from one dimension into the other. When a baby is born, it is pushed through a portal or a door that is too small to comfortably pass through. In the past few weeks especially, there has been an intensity in the pressure. That just means the labor has started! Don't quit now! You are on the verge of entering into a new dimension of life and a new dimension of your destiny.
The Lord says that the glory of darkness and sadness in your life is over. It is time to enter into his glory of light and joy. As we finish out the last 5 months of the year, there will be an increased grace for the favor that's been growing in individuals to manifest. The seeds that have been sown in the first part of the year will begin to reap a harvest far greater than you could have ever imagined.
Because of the faithfulness of those who endured through the desert of the process, there are many anointed ones coming out with power. And just like Jesus was met with angels to supernaturally restore him after his 40 days were over, so there will be a supernatural refreshing and restoration seeking you out even today.
There are many who did not endure. Many who removed themselves from the process and the position. Those of you who are being promoted be gracious to those who let go of their inheiritance. Encourage and give lift to those around you and "beneath" you. That is what promotion is for.
The time of darkness and sadness is ending! Get ready for your days of life, light, and abounding joy!
Kedar means blackness or sorrow.
This is a word for right now. Within a year the glory, or reign or influence of darkness and sadness will come to an end. What's left of the arrows or words of darkness will be few.
This year has been a year of shifting. A year of birthing from one dimension into the other. When a baby is born, it is pushed through a portal or a door that is too small to comfortably pass through. In the past few weeks especially, there has been an intensity in the pressure. That just means the labor has started! Don't quit now! You are on the verge of entering into a new dimension of life and a new dimension of your destiny.
The Lord says that the glory of darkness and sadness in your life is over. It is time to enter into his glory of light and joy. As we finish out the last 5 months of the year, there will be an increased grace for the favor that's been growing in individuals to manifest. The seeds that have been sown in the first part of the year will begin to reap a harvest far greater than you could have ever imagined.
Because of the faithfulness of those who endured through the desert of the process, there are many anointed ones coming out with power. And just like Jesus was met with angels to supernaturally restore him after his 40 days were over, so there will be a supernatural refreshing and restoration seeking you out even today.
There are many who did not endure. Many who removed themselves from the process and the position. Those of you who are being promoted be gracious to those who let go of their inheiritance. Encourage and give lift to those around you and "beneath" you. That is what promotion is for.
The time of darkness and sadness is ending! Get ready for your days of life, light, and abounding joy!
Saturday, July 18, 2015
So today I woke up and the devil told me it was going to be a shitty day. And honestly, for the first couple hours of the day I believed him. As I got dressed I also put on the huge backpack of fear of the future. I put on the heavy bags of guilt and shame and countless other burdens and I went about my day.
As I drove to work, I put on some worship music and prayed some weak prayers begging God to help me. Prayers out of a place of forgotten identity. I forgot who I was and whose I was. I begged God for what he already had for me and wanted to give me...again.
The exchange that followed over the next 6 hours or so I was completely oblivious to. Slowly as I checked in patients and got them ready to go back and see the doctor (I'm currently playing receptionist on the weekends for an optometrist) I had my weights removed. Worship music still playing to set the atmosphere, it became lighter. Jesus came and slowly took off each burden I dressed myself with earlier that morning. He wasn't angry, disappointed, or ashamed of me for dressing myself with darkness yet again. Especially after we have been in relationship for so long, you think he would have had some negative emotion towards me. But not an ounce of shame or condemnation came to me from him.
As the day went on, I didn't realize the weight falling off me. Or the power, life, and glory returning. Not until I told my buddy I wouldn't be able to make it to his wedding this evening (which broke my heart) and sent him a prayer and blessing through text. It was then I started to realize what God was up to. About an hour later a friend had posted on facebook they were having a rough day and could use some encouragement. So I sent her a message. And as I felt and saw Gods words of life flowing out of me and not mine i truly realized the exchange that happened.
The thing that's got me all messed up is that God was faithful to come to me and start exchanging my junk for his glory even when I had no clue he was doing it! Even though I should be at a place in my life where I "should know better" he didn't hold that against me or make me jump through some hoops to get free ...again. The truth is I already was set free, he just had to walk me back to the place of identity. He graciously reminded me who I was.
That's truly Gods heart for each of us. He has GOOD intentions toward us all and his love and grace is always gentle and restoring in nature. Even when we should know better. So if you're in the midst of transition and you don't feel like anything is changing, be encouraged. Because you just might be having your junk removed piece by piece and not be able to tell it yet.
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