Lesson on marriage?
Mmm. Yep. And many other thoughts/lessons from this week (haven't written in forever!)
We were all made for love.
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He wants our all. Because He has everything in return for us.
Understanding that God is the ultimate lover changes things up.
He is our Judge, our King, our Father, AND the Bridegroom.
And God has this fiery, fervent, unwavering, passionate, jealous love for us.
He is currently preparing us for intimacy that is entailed in such a relationship.
This crushes Satan schemes to make us fall or wander off. Because! God is madly in love with us! He won't ever give up on us.
When we say yes to him- its saying yes to Truth. Saying yes to life, saying yes to trust, saying yes to the definition of love.
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On Sunday City Central and the pleasure of hearing John Dawson. Not gonna lie, I never know these famous Christians who we have been super blessed to hear speak while I've been here in WA! But I do know I am blessed! We had Allen Hood last week (am I name dropping) haha. The appropriate term for this time in Tacoma has been related to drinking out of a fire hose. We've just been straight up blasted with prophetic teaching, life changing messages, and actual life change!
It's been a pretty wild ride. And has gone by SO fast. I must say Tacoma is doing some things "right" in my book. They have an incredible community, whom I will miss dearly -come to AZ next people!- hah and truly yearn for a life lived the way God intended it AND there is such fruit! In marriages, kids, ministries. Man, GOD is proud of these people!
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I've always known life was like a song to me, but in a recent message I heard life being compared to a poem. Written by God, flowing, strengthened and moved by God, powerful and convicting, passionate.
We all have a story. This elaborate human story is being written simultaneously all over the world. And as we play a certain role, others have roles. We have different characteristics, varying backgrounds, belonging to somewhere and some people- but all playing a role in the same film. We all have room for redemption and saving. And never could say we have enough love.
The director and main character is God and He is madly in love with us.
It's the best love story ever told, and he's the greatest fighter you'll ever know. He loves to fight and fights to love. Never settling for our flesh's limitations.
"If we all were the same, we would have nothing to offer each other- therefore our differences are what attract us to each other- our differences are what is beautiful" John Dawson
As I am about a day away from being in South Korea, I start to really experience the reality of this whole deal. I'm getting on a plane tomorrow at 2pm for South Korea for around a week (going to be teaching English! Eek pray for me, hah) and then off to Cambodia (we will be in villages peaching the Gospel and teaching English) until the last week of August! It's a beautiful beautiful thing getting to be able to do this.
Never thought I'd have a heart for Asia, but God does work in some funny ways.
I'm thinking God is about to blow my mind...
To God be aaall the glory!
Keep me in your prayers! Love you and miss you all!
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Hello game changer
Don't give up.
We are called to keep on keeping on.
God promises that He is faithful to good servants. In Galatians 6:9 It is instructed that we must not grow weary of doing good, for in due time we will reap, IF we do not give up.
Let me be the first one to tell you that God is faithful and His promises endure!!
When we are hungry or thirsty, He's there pouring out just waiting for us to turn to Him.
I've had the gift this week, to receive even more understanding of what God has called our generation to do and it is so awe-inspiring-powerful-beautiful.
Nobody wants lukewarm, nobody wants just a Sunday activity, a conscience cleaner, or a low maintenance religion-
Our generation is a generation that seeks and is Finding! Finding God! Finding that He is real and He is Big! Finding that there is more to be found. And knowing that no matter how hard it is to get out of bed some mornings or how dry certain days feel- that God is working. God is building up like a humid day builds up clouds- like where it gets so hot and sticky before it just POURS!
God is starting to pour, preparing hearts so He can pour, and changing the game up.
During worship on Friday night, people began dropping to their knees and just releasing a full on surrender to God. Talk about powerful. We don't want anything to do with our flesh, we want pure hearts and to do God's will.
We are contending for the ultimate greatness.
"Forgive our debt, as we have forgiven our debtors" Matthew 6:12 we've gotta forgive or else were carrying around baggage that wasn't meant for us to carry- therefore it weighs us downnnn.
Matthew 16:12 the disciples were freakin' because they forgot bread. Jesus lays down the law and reminds them of the times He had just provided bread for thousands of people and that they need to have faith! Jesus tells us to be aware of false teaching and the spirit of religion over people.
It is so funny how dumb we are. As people (living in America especially) we are going day to day in no desperate need of really anything- because we so overly indulge in everything. It seems as if it is so simple to forget the basics.
Being thankful!! Remembering His hand throughout life, seeing answered prayers, signs and wonders, knowing that as He has provided He will continue to provide. He is Provider, and that will never change.
Intimacy is what we all need and long for. That intimacy is what switches the game up. Intimacy with God, our daddy! The Redeemer, Our hope, Forever, and the Greatest.
We are called to keep on keeping on.
God promises that He is faithful to good servants. In Galatians 6:9 It is instructed that we must not grow weary of doing good, for in due time we will reap, IF we do not give up.
Let me be the first one to tell you that God is faithful and His promises endure!!
When we are hungry or thirsty, He's there pouring out just waiting for us to turn to Him.
I've had the gift this week, to receive even more understanding of what God has called our generation to do and it is so awe-inspiring-powerful-beautiful.
Nobody wants lukewarm, nobody wants just a Sunday activity, a conscience cleaner, or a low maintenance religion-
Our generation is a generation that seeks and is Finding! Finding God! Finding that He is real and He is Big! Finding that there is more to be found. And knowing that no matter how hard it is to get out of bed some mornings or how dry certain days feel- that God is working. God is building up like a humid day builds up clouds- like where it gets so hot and sticky before it just POURS!
God is starting to pour, preparing hearts so He can pour, and changing the game up.
During worship on Friday night, people began dropping to their knees and just releasing a full on surrender to God. Talk about powerful. We don't want anything to do with our flesh, we want pure hearts and to do God's will.
We are contending for the ultimate greatness.
"Forgive our debt, as we have forgiven our debtors" Matthew 6:12 we've gotta forgive or else were carrying around baggage that wasn't meant for us to carry- therefore it weighs us downnnn.
Matthew 16:12 the disciples were freakin' because they forgot bread. Jesus lays down the law and reminds them of the times He had just provided bread for thousands of people and that they need to have faith! Jesus tells us to be aware of false teaching and the spirit of religion over people.
It is so funny how dumb we are. As people (living in America especially) we are going day to day in no desperate need of really anything- because we so overly indulge in everything. It seems as if it is so simple to forget the basics.
Being thankful!! Remembering His hand throughout life, seeing answered prayers, signs and wonders, knowing that as He has provided He will continue to provide. He is Provider, and that will never change.
Intimacy is what we all need and long for. That intimacy is what switches the game up. Intimacy with God, our daddy! The Redeemer, Our hope, Forever, and the Greatest.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
The Goal; Reliance
RELIANCE: The faith, confidence, or trust felt by one who relies; dependence. See Synonyms at trust.
It appears that the act of relying on one outside of one's self is a difficult concept to live by as many are raised in ways that force them to be independent. I'm not saying that independence is horribly bad, but it definitely is part of the problem. Reliance has turned into painful memories of people not coming through creating the lie that "if you don't look out for yourself, no one else will". Walls are built up, reenforcing independence.
Life is about reliance!
We weren't made to live on our own. We weren't made by just one parent. We weren't made to hurt on our own. We weren't made to be silent. We weren't made to just love ourself.
We were made to be enjoyed by others. We were made to share life with others. In order to experience life with one another- reliance is a must!
Life wasn't intended to feel completely safe all of the time. It takes faith and trust in something beyond yourself to get through it. We must trust others' words, emotions, and promises.
We're living in a world where everything is telling you to run away and defend yourself and reliance means leaning towards and opening up. I understand this is hard. Even painful. Because people have and are going to run when you have leaned on them,
AND that is exactly why it is our duty to be the difference- to take a stand and hold fast to our promises and Commitments. To be faithful to one another. To truly love another. To depend on one another.
Weighing the pros and cons of putting yourself out there and experiencing that pain rather than never experiencing pain and living a life of seclusion and safety- there is love that results from putting yourself out there, taking risks, and relying on another!
"For it is better to have loved and be hurt, then to have never loved at all"
So why not yearn for reliance on one another. Let us be a generation that loves dangerously.
That loves even when we might not be loved back.
And how will we be able to rely on one another, even when we are broken, hurt, and weak-????
by relying on God first and foremost.
For His promise is to never leave us nor forsake us,
To rely on Him and ask Him questions and He will Answer!
His promise is that the sacrifice might be painful, but the reward is GREAT!
He promises to keep us safe, to lead us in paths of righteousness.
To love us.
To restore everything into perfection.
He is our reliance, our hope, our trust, our peace, our confidence.
Beginning and End.
Therefore we must be rooted in our reliance upon Him to also be rooted in others.
How sweet life is when it's shared eh?
Even sweeter when it's shared in such purity.
It appears that the act of relying on one outside of one's self is a difficult concept to live by as many are raised in ways that force them to be independent. I'm not saying that independence is horribly bad, but it definitely is part of the problem. Reliance has turned into painful memories of people not coming through creating the lie that "if you don't look out for yourself, no one else will". Walls are built up, reenforcing independence.
Life is about reliance!
We weren't made to live on our own. We weren't made by just one parent. We weren't made to hurt on our own. We weren't made to be silent. We weren't made to just love ourself.
We were made to be enjoyed by others. We were made to share life with others. In order to experience life with one another- reliance is a must!
Life wasn't intended to feel completely safe all of the time. It takes faith and trust in something beyond yourself to get through it. We must trust others' words, emotions, and promises.
We're living in a world where everything is telling you to run away and defend yourself and reliance means leaning towards and opening up. I understand this is hard. Even painful. Because people have and are going to run when you have leaned on them,
AND that is exactly why it is our duty to be the difference- to take a stand and hold fast to our promises and Commitments. To be faithful to one another. To truly love another. To depend on one another.
Weighing the pros and cons of putting yourself out there and experiencing that pain rather than never experiencing pain and living a life of seclusion and safety- there is love that results from putting yourself out there, taking risks, and relying on another!
"For it is better to have loved and be hurt, then to have never loved at all"
So why not yearn for reliance on one another. Let us be a generation that loves dangerously.
That loves even when we might not be loved back.
And how will we be able to rely on one another, even when we are broken, hurt, and weak-????
by relying on God first and foremost.
For His promise is to never leave us nor forsake us,
To rely on Him and ask Him questions and He will Answer!
His promise is that the sacrifice might be painful, but the reward is GREAT!
He promises to keep us safe, to lead us in paths of righteousness.
To love us.
To restore everything into perfection.
He is our reliance, our hope, our trust, our peace, our confidence.
Beginning and End.
Therefore we must be rooted in our reliance upon Him to also be rooted in others.
How sweet life is when it's shared eh?
Even sweeter when it's shared in such purity.
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