Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Holy
It is really hard to choose what to write about for this blog, but I'm just going to do my best to let God have the reigns. What I feel that I am supposed to talk about is having a holy desperation for God. We just a read book about the Welsh revival that happened in 1904-1905, it was started by a bunch of uneducated young adults... A key player in this revival was a 26 year old coal miner. Could be a 20 whatever year old soccer player/coach/barista/ student/ you fill in the blank. But these kids were just hungry as all get out for more of God, they cried out for God to pour out His Spirit. The culture at the time that these kids cried out in was dark, their country and city was over run by all sorts of darkness and corruption. And when revival hit, it spread into every single sphere of society to the point where the prisons were absolutely emptied of all its prisoners.
I have only been here for two weeks, and there is too much to try to explain and describe all that I am learning and thinking about. But I am becoming increasingly aware of the ferocity of God's love, His all-consuming jealousy to be our hearts desire, and the incredible intimacy we were created for. I am also becoming increasingly aware that He is seeking those who are abandoned to His purposes. For those who hunger and thirst for Him and His righteousness, "for they will be satisfied." It's a promise.
Being here for these two weeks has wet my appetite at the potential I see all around me, we are a precious holy loved royal people who have all of heaven on their side to "let His will be done His kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven" with the promise from Jesus, that we would do greater works than He. (john 14:10ish). The potential all around me is almost unbearable for this earthen vessel to contain, actually it was meant to overflow with His presence so I guess thats normal:) We can and I'm realizing are responsible for what happens in our homes, cities, and countries, we can take ownership over them in prayer. I read a really good idea once, that there was a group who just prayed over articles they read in the newspaper taking ownership over what happens in their city like when God said to Joshua "Wherever the sole of you foot treads I will give to you"Joshua1:3
They have been talking to us about sharing testimony to what God has done in the past, because when we release what God has done it becomes prophecy to what He can do. And I want to claim that revival, that 26 year old uneducated coal miner along with his "unqualified" friends started a revival with hunger that only He could satisfy, let that testimony be our prophecy.
I have only been here for two weeks, and there is too much to try to explain and describe all that I am learning and thinking about. But I am becoming increasingly aware of the ferocity of God's love, His all-consuming jealousy to be our hearts desire, and the incredible intimacy we were created for. I am also becoming increasingly aware that He is seeking those who are abandoned to His purposes. For those who hunger and thirst for Him and His righteousness, "for they will be satisfied." It's a promise.
Being here for these two weeks has wet my appetite at the potential I see all around me, we are a precious holy loved royal people who have all of heaven on their side to "let His will be done His kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven" with the promise from Jesus, that we would do greater works than He. (john 14:10ish). The potential all around me is almost unbearable for this earthen vessel to contain, actually it was meant to overflow with His presence so I guess thats normal:) We can and I'm realizing are responsible for what happens in our homes, cities, and countries, we can take ownership over them in prayer. I read a really good idea once, that there was a group who just prayed over articles they read in the newspaper taking ownership over what happens in their city like when God said to Joshua "Wherever the sole of you foot treads I will give to you"Joshua1:3
They have been talking to us about sharing testimony to what God has done in the past, because when we release what God has done it becomes prophecy to what He can do. And I want to claim that revival, that 26 year old uneducated coal miner along with his "unqualified" friends started a revival with hunger that only He could satisfy, let that testimony be our prophecy.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Got to begin somewhere....
Let me all Thy love accepting,
Love Thee, ever all my days;
Let me seek Thy kingdom only
And my life be to Thy praise;
Thou alone shalt be my glory,
Nothing in the world I see.
Thou hast cleansed and sanctified me,
Thou Thyself hast set me free.
In Thy truth Thou dost direct me
By Thy Spirit through Thy Word;
And Thy grace my need is meeting,
As I trust in Thee, my Lord.
Of Thy fullness Thou art pouring
Thy great love and power on me,
Without measure, full and boundless,
Drawing out my heart to Thee.
And the story begins. This adventure begain burning in my heart the first time I heard this hymn, and was confirmed the day I arrived in Redding when it was played during worship at my first Sunday morning service at Bethel. It was a precious moment to me. And it this hymn that explains my pursuit at this place. To seek the "fullness Thou art pouring Thy great love and power on me, without measure, full and boundless". I have to believe that the same Spirit which was sent from the Father on the day of Pentacost that came in power like a might rushing wind, .... is in me. That it is with this Spirit that Jesus has sent us to "Go and make disciples of all nations" the same way He did. As the Father sent Him, He sends us. He said that greater works than He that we will also do in His name. I have to believe that I am precious to God, that I was worth dying for, and that because of Him who is in me, I now ache for those and that which is lost in the world.
So thank you so much for reading, I fully realize that I did not get here on my own, and am not here for myself, I take so many loved ones with me and miss my family that God has given me these past two years, I am here for them too. So any questions, concerns, interests anything ask it and I will seek it out. Whatever you want to know or here about please tell me so I know what to share:) Any prayer requests, please tell me I want to lift it up and pray with you.
I have been in school here one week and feel as though I have learned so much already more than I think I can even process in such a short time. But I just wanted to share a few things to start as this journey begins. This is place and verse that God has given me repeatedly:
John 5:19 "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do NOTHING of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in a like manner."
If Jesus was completely reliant upon the Father and could do nothing within the limitations of being fully man, (as we are) then, boy.... I am realizing the magnitude to which I am to be reliant upon and in INTIMATE relationship and encounter with the Spirit.
Moving on from that thought and perhaps making it more clear, our pastor shared regarding the story of Mary and Martha, that Martha was busy making sandwiches that Jesus didn't order and is not going to eat. But Mary chose what was better, she chose relationship, intimacy. instead of running around doing things that are certainly good, but maybe not necesarily what the Spirit is doing. And the Spirit is always doing something, I know that I don't want to do what God isn't doing. I am realizing that it is from this sweet intimacy that we find out who we are, who God is, what Jesus did and what He is doing.
Then the next and last thing that has been brewing and coming up this week is that we have a God on our side, in a good mood all the time, who is supernatural, eternal, infinite, delighted in us, in love with us, is romancing us, is the person of truth, limitless in wisdom, love, mercy and grace, whose ways are outside of our capability to understand or imagine. And so with that being said I am being prodded and poked and stretch to think bigger, believe bigger in everyway possible. This God is in me, we are the tabernacle of this living God dying to make Himself known to the world. We must think bigger, we must tackle the impossible with the possible God. Whatever seems impossible to you, lift it up to Him and then we are talking about walking in faith, God is dying to show up to heal people, to bring finances from anywhere, to save a city and a nation, to save and set free. The impossible. I challenge you to think of something impossible in your life right now and lift it up to Him. Essentially I am being pushed to risk BIG! If you have nothing you can think of ask God what He wants to do. He will tell you.
That is all for now, thank you so much reading. please comment or ask questions or encourage, I could use it:) With infinite love, holly
ps. please excuse grammatical and spelling/typing mistakes. please be advised that i will make a lot.
pps. The first book we had to read is "When Heaven Invades Earth" by Bill Johnson. It was pretty awesome, it gives a pretty accurate picture of the heart of Bethel.
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Love Thee, ever all my days;
Let me seek Thy kingdom only
And my life be to Thy praise;
Thou alone shalt be my glory,
Nothing in the world I see.
Thou hast cleansed and sanctified me,
Thou Thyself hast set me free.
In Thy truth Thou dost direct me
By Thy Spirit through Thy Word;
And Thy grace my need is meeting,
As I trust in Thee, my Lord.
Of Thy fullness Thou art pouring
Thy great love and power on me,
Without measure, full and boundless,
Drawing out my heart to Thee.
And the story begins. This adventure begain burning in my heart the first time I heard this hymn, and was confirmed the day I arrived in Redding when it was played during worship at my first Sunday morning service at Bethel. It was a precious moment to me. And it this hymn that explains my pursuit at this place. To seek the "fullness Thou art pouring Thy great love and power on me, without measure, full and boundless". I have to believe that the same Spirit which was sent from the Father on the day of Pentacost that came in power like a might rushing wind, .... is in me. That it is with this Spirit that Jesus has sent us to "Go and make disciples of all nations" the same way He did. As the Father sent Him, He sends us. He said that greater works than He that we will also do in His name. I have to believe that I am precious to God, that I was worth dying for, and that because of Him who is in me, I now ache for those and that which is lost in the world.
So thank you so much for reading, I fully realize that I did not get here on my own, and am not here for myself, I take so many loved ones with me and miss my family that God has given me these past two years, I am here for them too. So any questions, concerns, interests anything ask it and I will seek it out. Whatever you want to know or here about please tell me so I know what to share:) Any prayer requests, please tell me I want to lift it up and pray with you.
I have been in school here one week and feel as though I have learned so much already more than I think I can even process in such a short time. But I just wanted to share a few things to start as this journey begins. This is place and verse that God has given me repeatedly:
John 5:19 "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do NOTHING of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in a like manner."
If Jesus was completely reliant upon the Father and could do nothing within the limitations of being fully man, (as we are) then, boy.... I am realizing the magnitude to which I am to be reliant upon and in INTIMATE relationship and encounter with the Spirit.
Moving on from that thought and perhaps making it more clear, our pastor shared regarding the story of Mary and Martha, that Martha was busy making sandwiches that Jesus didn't order and is not going to eat. But Mary chose what was better, she chose relationship, intimacy. instead of running around doing things that are certainly good, but maybe not necesarily what the Spirit is doing. And the Spirit is always doing something, I know that I don't want to do what God isn't doing. I am realizing that it is from this sweet intimacy that we find out who we are, who God is, what Jesus did and what He is doing.
Then the next and last thing that has been brewing and coming up this week is that we have a God on our side, in a good mood all the time, who is supernatural, eternal, infinite, delighted in us, in love with us, is romancing us, is the person of truth, limitless in wisdom, love, mercy and grace, whose ways are outside of our capability to understand or imagine. And so with that being said I am being prodded and poked and stretch to think bigger, believe bigger in everyway possible. This God is in me, we are the tabernacle of this living God dying to make Himself known to the world. We must think bigger, we must tackle the impossible with the possible God. Whatever seems impossible to you, lift it up to Him and then we are talking about walking in faith, God is dying to show up to heal people, to bring finances from anywhere, to save a city and a nation, to save and set free. The impossible. I challenge you to think of something impossible in your life right now and lift it up to Him. Essentially I am being pushed to risk BIG! If you have nothing you can think of ask God what He wants to do. He will tell you.
That is all for now, thank you so much reading. please comment or ask questions or encourage, I could use it:) With infinite love, holly
ps. please excuse grammatical and spelling/typing mistakes. please be advised that i will make a lot.
pps. The first book we had to read is "When Heaven Invades Earth" by Bill Johnson. It was pretty awesome, it gives a pretty accurate picture of the heart of Bethel.
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