World Flags

 Random prayer walk in the cool of the night.
Walking down the street praying for businesses.
A short prayer for each light up sign.
Praying for people.
Praying for families.
Praying for Love to pour through.
This city belongs to the King.
Heart began to throb and pain.
This is how He feels but much much much worse.
Came to a business sign... "International Embroidery of World Flags."
Prayed.
Random thought ...
       "Wouldn't it be awesome if every flag that was embroidered was prayed over!"
Prayed it.
The impact those prayers could make.
To the countries.
To the Nations.
Random thought...  I don't think so.   :-)

God is with me

Last night I had a dream. I don't remember all of the details of the dream, but I do remember that wherever I went there were feathers!  I remember explaining this to people in the dream.  In the dream they were not all white feathers.  Some of them weren't fluffy & white but they were very big, texturized, and darker in color.  Thats all that I remembered of the dream.


I awoke this morning in a hurry but with a chorus in my heart "I may be weak, but your Spirit is strong in me."  I jumped up humming and rushed to get ready.  I honestly did not even have time to pray, read my bible, or make coffee.  As I was walking out my door and into the elevator I prayed for strength to get through the day.  Lets just say that not all days are easy teaching days here in the UAE.  I then made my way to the ground floor to grab a Starbucks coffee.  Yes that's right, I now have a Starbucks in my building. :-)  This could be good for my mornings but bad for my pocketbook. I just have to say... "can't put a price on happiness (famous quote from my brother).


As I walked into the Starbucks, I ordered a latte and payed for my drink.  As I was waiting in line, I saw a mutual friend of a friend.  As we were waiting for our drinks, we began to discuss work and then something very strange happened.


Here is the end of our conversation:


me: Wow!

girl: What is that?

me: (with tears in my eyes) Feathers! It's feathers! Haha!  
      (stunned as I watch them float down on us)

cashier: (looking up to the ceiling in amazement!)

girl: That's crazy! You would think there was a bird up there!

me: Maybe, Maybe not (there wasn't).

me: (Walking away feeling very very special) God is with me. :-)


As I walked away from this encounter, I was amazed at how God shows up!  It's not the feathers that are so amazing (although they are pretty cool), it's that when I pray-He hears.  It's that when I pray-He speaks.  It's that when I pray-He comes.  This is the God I love.  

Back to the Basics

This evening, I was just sitting and listening to a message/sermon from IHOP.  It was a pretty good message that definitely applies to the season that I am in.  In the middle of the message the Holy Spirit spoke a simple line to me "Back to the Basics."  I repeated "Back to the Basics" a few times.  It's very simple... Love God with all my heart.  Love God with all that I have.
Sometimes I loose sight of this and get overwhelmed with life: work, thoughts of my future, friends, studying, worship, etc.
I loose focus on the simplicity of communion.
How simple it is.  How basic it is.  It really is very simple.
I hear Jesus saying "Just love Me."

I heard this amazing quote this evening...
"Let God be my preoccupation. Let God be my love affair."
May this be my prayer.

Did not our hearts burn within?

Quote of the Day

"He's gonna get you where He wants, when He wants, and how He wants and if your not there it's probably because He doesn't want you there."  Banning Liebscher

I heard this today... and totally "whoed in the spirit!"

seeing

Last weekend I had an amazing experience.  I was at a conference in Dubai held by the church that I attend.  There were a lot of manifestations of the Spirit and in all different forms.  It never fails, but when I am in this type of atmosphere I always (every single time) am the one who has some very big person fall on me.  This time was no different.  It happened again!  I usually try to find a very safe corner w/as little people as possible and soak.  I tried to do this but you tend to loose sight of people with your eyes closed.  BAMB!  It happened again! Another person fell on me! There are only two places that I feel safe, in corners or on stage. So I set up shop and put chairs around me in the corner, this worked for a short period and then it began to calm down a little bit.  For some reason, I was not feeling any sort of physical manifestations but my heart was just SCREAMING worship! worship! worship!  As Holy Spirit's scene began to calm down a bit, I sat down in front of the stage and was just soaking w/my eyes closed.  It then happened! No, no one fell on me but I saw something that can not be seen!  At first with my eyes closed, I saw these clear waves coming from the piano!  I was like "no way! what is that?"  I then opened my eyes and saw the clear waves in the present!  They were coming from the piano and coming towards me!  The ringlets came past my head and went on.  Then I began to see another set, and then another, and then another!  I was seeing sound! How cool is that?!!!

Terebinth Tree

The other night I had a dream.  In the dream I heard a voice, in which I think was the Holy Spirit.  He said "the Lord is just like a Terebinth Tree."  Immediately I awoke and began searching anything I could on Terebinth Trees.  The past few days I have been learning just how beautiful these trees are and just how Strong they are.  Here's a little something that I created this morning, while meditating on the characteristics of a Terebinth Tree. :-)

Caught up

Today I am just so caught up in the love of God.  I was reading in Deuteronomy this morning...

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength."   

Deuteronomy 6:5

This is no new scripture to me, but is very familiar.  I tend to quote this scripture to my spirit quite often but today this scripture spoke to me in a different way.  What does it really mean to love the Lord my God with all my heart, with all my soul, and with all my strength?  Is this actually something that I can possibly obtain on my own strength?  This morning when I prayed this scripture, I just began to say "Lord who am I? Who am I that You would love me with all Your heart, with all Your soul, with all Your strength?  Who am I that You would love me this way? But You do. You do love me in this way.  You love me with all that You ever had."

It's quite amazing how strong and vast God's love truly is.  I look at just who I am now, who I used to be, and who God is making me into and I just can't help to say... God loves me so much!  I don't deserve this extravagant love but I have been given it.  This is the truest, deepest love that I have and will ever experience.  I am truly grateful for God's love.  I look at were I used to be, who I used to be, and how dark my heart used to be and then I look at who I am now, where God has brought me, and how much lighter my heart is.   I just have to say that I am so in love with a Beautiful Man who has loved me in my darkness and my past, and who now loves me in my very present.  I am so in love with a Beautiful Man who will continue to bring me into His completion.  I just have to ask again "Who am I God that You, the God who created the Universe, who made the depth of the seas, and put the stars in the sky, who died on that tree to bring life to me, who am I that You chose me?"  

As I prayed this scripture this morning I was just in awe of the Presence of God in my very own living room as I spoke to Him.  His Love is simply the most beautiful thing I have ever experienced.  How I want to know Him more intimately than anything in the so called existence of life-as the world calls it.  I want to know Him more than anything in all of eternity that is and will always be.  I just couldn't help but pray "Father, help me know You.  Help me love You with all my heart. Help me love You with all my soul.  Help me love You with all my strength.  I just want to have the knowledge of You God.  I want to have a life devoted to knowing who You truly are."

I can't help to question (without wanting to truly know)...
"What would I have become if He wouldn't have given His Son?
What would I have become if He wouldn't have shed His blood on that cross?"

He sent His Son, He gave it all, He loved me with all His Heart.  He loved me with all His Soul, He loved me with all His Strength."

I pray today, "Help me Father love you this way."

Quote of the Day

"You cannot have any higher price than God giving Himself for love."  This is the greatest picture of what true love is all about. 

Not like man. Not like me.

I heard this chorus this morning...
"All man's empty promises lie broken at Your feet... but You have never broken one."
I just raised my hands and declared this (with my hair straightener in hand :-D).
 I began to sing and dance this morning ...
"When all my empty promises lie broken at Your feet...  You have never broken one."

It just reminded me that God is not like us.
He's not like man.
He's faithful. He's good. He's forever unlike anything in this World.
God is not like man. He's not like me.
He gives us beauty for ashes.
He gives us garments of praise.
He gives us infinite mercy for those who fear Him.
He opens up His Heart to us time after time after time,
He opens up His Heart even through our brokenness or broken promises.
He's not like man, He's not like me.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.


Here's the link to the video that I was playing...
http://mediasuite.multicastmedia.com/player.php?v=n656q1nf