If you are anything like me when you hear someone say "Be Jesus", "Be the image of God" I think loving the unlovable and being nice to everyone. Those things are true but it is so much deeper than that.
The other day in class I was thanking one of my teachers for being respectful of her students and she said, "of course! Do some teachers not respect you?" I said, "No, therefore if they cant respect me I will not respect them." She responded with, "Jesus stills respects those people." Whoa. So true. I was thrown back by her comment and it was very eye opening.
Personally, when someone hurts me or throws my heart on the side of the road I get mad and I dont want to talk them ever again because of the pain they have caused me. If someone hurts me and they dont realize it I start waiting for an apology and hold anger against them till they have realized it. How many times could God do that to us? Every day God could forget us and say you have hurt me so many times that im done with you. I will not love you anymore. Go on your way. Or he could easily say you still havent apologized for that one night or that one sin so im done pursuing you and hold anger towards us. Here is the thing, He doesnt do that.
God keeps pursuing me when I dont reflect him in the best ways. He still loves me. He still wants the best for me. When I havent asked for forgivness yet, he makes me white as snow. He never leaves when I dont do my best for him. Praise God for that.
Abba God,
Transform me to be more like you and I mean really like you. Take every part of my life and my thoughts and consume them. Overcome my flesh and fill me up with you. I want to be a true reflection of you.
"Let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God's life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, "I am Holy; you be Holy." -1 Peter 1:15-16 (MSG)
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
My Inheritance
Yesterday, I had the oppurutnity to do something that was far bigger than myself. I spoke in Girls chapel. This is something I have always planned on doing but not until my senior year. God had some other plans. Abba placed in me this passion and told me I needed to tell more girls about it.
I had a few weeks to prepare and let me tell you though it wasnt easy. Satan was completley against me because he knew I was doing something to advance the Kingdom of God. Satan constantly whispered lies to me Nobody wants to hear what you have to say. You arent really passionate about this. Its too much trouble to let this happen. Give up now. Do you really believe in that big and powerful God? I wasnt going to let Satan win, I fought against the lies and prayed fervently for God to speak truth over me.
The day finally came and God filled me up with HIS spirit and I'm completley convinced it was Him who was talking through me. I asked everyone to bring their bibles so they could follow along with me. We camped out in Genesis 25:29-34:
"Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. 30 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!”
Esau is starving. He has a big appetite. Just as in our lives we all hunger and crave for something. Maybe its acceptance, Maybe all you want is to be loved, Maybe all you desire is winning, Maybe you just want to be recongnized. We look to the world for all of this things when God already gives them to us. We can stop seeking. HE accepts you just the way you are. HE Loves you with an everlasting love and there is nothing you can do that could make him love you any less. God wins. HE has already won the ultimate battle for us. God reconizes you. For the things you do for his kingdom. He calls you by name. Appetites are never going to go away. They are never fully satisfied. Its like going to your favorite restaurant and eating your favorite meal and you are so stuffed that you say you are never eating again. Then 3 hours later you are looking in the pantry.
"31Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.” 32 “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?” 33 But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.So Esau despised his birthright."
Having the birthright is a big deal. There are 3 things taht come along with having the birthright. If you had the birthright you got a double portion of the inheritance. You also got to be the judge of the family after the parents were gone and also with it came a sense of blessing. As I was reading this I thought who does that? who sales their birthright for a bowl of stew? You do. Everyday we trade our inheritance from God for something that we think is more important. Such as gossip, we are too worried about knowing the latest news or spending more time with your boyfriend than you do God or having sex with your boyfriend or cheating, because you want to do good on that really hard test or lying or wanting to be envied even for our faith. I think one that I struggle with is spending more time on facebook than with God. Satan does a great job of making these things look good and makes us think they will fill us but it is just a cheap imidation of the real treasure.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by God's power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time." -1 Peter 1:3-5 HCSB
Dont trade your inheritance ftom God for a temporary bowl of stew because you have no idea how God may use you to change the world. Think of the day when finally reach home and you are in the presence of God in all its glory and you see Jesus face to face. You run and embrace him and he embraces you. He looks you in the eyes and says "Well done my good and faithful servant." What a beautiful reunion it will be. So I ask you what is in your bowl of stew? Whats keeping you from God?
I played the song My inheritance by Ronnie Freeman
The response was overwhelming. So many people came to give me hug and feed me words of praise and encouragement. Today I recieved an envelope full of cards from some of the middle school girls.
God assured me that his voice was heard. Its not because of anything I have done, but because of who God is. This is the power of Christ in me. I am merely a hole in the flute that God breathes through. I have only stood along the shore of God's beauty and goodness.
I'm not trading anything for the inheritance of God because he is my very great reward and nothing compares to knowing and loving Him.
I had a few weeks to prepare and let me tell you though it wasnt easy. Satan was completley against me because he knew I was doing something to advance the Kingdom of God. Satan constantly whispered lies to me Nobody wants to hear what you have to say. You arent really passionate about this. Its too much trouble to let this happen. Give up now. Do you really believe in that big and powerful God? I wasnt going to let Satan win, I fought against the lies and prayed fervently for God to speak truth over me.
The day finally came and God filled me up with HIS spirit and I'm completley convinced it was Him who was talking through me. I asked everyone to bring their bibles so they could follow along with me. We camped out in Genesis 25:29-34:
"Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. 30 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!”
Esau is starving. He has a big appetite. Just as in our lives we all hunger and crave for something. Maybe its acceptance, Maybe all you want is to be loved, Maybe all you desire is winning, Maybe you just want to be recongnized. We look to the world for all of this things when God already gives them to us. We can stop seeking. HE accepts you just the way you are. HE Loves you with an everlasting love and there is nothing you can do that could make him love you any less. God wins. HE has already won the ultimate battle for us. God reconizes you. For the things you do for his kingdom. He calls you by name. Appetites are never going to go away. They are never fully satisfied. Its like going to your favorite restaurant and eating your favorite meal and you are so stuffed that you say you are never eating again. Then 3 hours later you are looking in the pantry.
"31Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.” 32 “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?” 33 But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.So Esau despised his birthright."
Having the birthright is a big deal. There are 3 things taht come along with having the birthright. If you had the birthright you got a double portion of the inheritance. You also got to be the judge of the family after the parents were gone and also with it came a sense of blessing. As I was reading this I thought who does that? who sales their birthright for a bowl of stew? You do. Everyday we trade our inheritance from God for something that we think is more important. Such as gossip, we are too worried about knowing the latest news or spending more time with your boyfriend than you do God or having sex with your boyfriend or cheating, because you want to do good on that really hard test or lying or wanting to be envied even for our faith. I think one that I struggle with is spending more time on facebook than with God. Satan does a great job of making these things look good and makes us think they will fill us but it is just a cheap imidation of the real treasure.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by God's power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time." -1 Peter 1:3-5 HCSB
Dont trade your inheritance ftom God for a temporary bowl of stew because you have no idea how God may use you to change the world. Think of the day when finally reach home and you are in the presence of God in all its glory and you see Jesus face to face. You run and embrace him and he embraces you. He looks you in the eyes and says "Well done my good and faithful servant." What a beautiful reunion it will be. So I ask you what is in your bowl of stew? Whats keeping you from God?
I played the song My inheritance by Ronnie Freeman
The response was overwhelming. So many people came to give me hug and feed me words of praise and encouragement. Today I recieved an envelope full of cards from some of the middle school girls.
God assured me that his voice was heard. Its not because of anything I have done, but because of who God is. This is the power of Christ in me. I am merely a hole in the flute that God breathes through. I have only stood along the shore of God's beauty and goodness.
I'm not trading anything for the inheritance of God because he is my very great reward and nothing compares to knowing and loving Him.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Happiness Inspires Hope
Wow. Where to start with my week at Give Kids the World. God put together the perfect team. Our job was to be joyful and I learned that through being happy it gave them hope. It was the most draining trip emotionally and physically. At first I thought the trip was going to be emotionally draining because of hearing the stories and of what I saw but it wasnt that at all. I feel like I gave all of myself, everything was about the families and the kids. Completley had to take yourself out of the picture. I realized that is what Jesus did for us, He gave His all so we could have joy and have a hope of spending eternity with Him.
The first morning I was nervous and I didnt know what to expect. My job was working in the gingerbread house which is the place where the families eat. I had the job of carrying their trays to the table. Let me tell you they didnt expect it and their faces lit up when you served them. I had the best job, I was able to talk with the families and just get to know them. Many of the kids didnt look sick in fact it was hard to even tell who the sick child was in the family, but then there were many who looked very sick and it was hard but I tried my best to look at them through God's eyes. While serving donuts later on in the morning a mom asked Mckenna and I come over to her table and all she wanted was to tell us the story of her son. Her son was diagnosed with lymphoma disease. The doctors told them that he had two weeks to live and they had the choice of letting him go or try to do an aggressive treatment and had the possibility of dying in the process. They choose the aggressive treatment and it worked, he was healed. It has been a year and a half and he is doing great.
I have many stories and memories I can tell. I could talk for hours on how magical this place is. In one of my previous posts I talked about how we werent allowed to talk about God publicly. I am certain that God's voice was heard this week and it was loud. In the chapel there are journals where families, volunteers and staff could pray and write. I went through both of the journals and read every entry. It was hard to read them but at the same time it was very uplifting. Many parents expressed that they had lost all faith in God when their child became sick but they said that being able to go to Give Kids the World seeing their child happy and being able to relax restored their faith. Give Kids the World Village is God's place. One prayer that touched me was written by a 10 year old girl named Olivia and she wrote how thankful she was for God healing her. She said "thanks to you Jesus Im fine now, im more than fine, Im great. I cant wait to spend eternity with you."
One of my favorite moments was the last night when I was working the big splash bash I meet a 10 year old boy named Brody from Austrailia. Im not sure what his illness was but that didnt matter. All he wanted to do was dance. He grabbed my hands and we started dancing. He even taught me some new dance moves. He had the biggest smile that melted my heart.
Writing this was hard but also easy at the same time. It was hard because I long to be with those kids and the families. It was easy because it was the best week and I feel in love with that place. If its God's will, I hope to return many times there.
"Stand up and praise the LORD your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting. "Blessed be your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you." -Nehemiah 9:5b-6
The first morning I was nervous and I didnt know what to expect. My job was working in the gingerbread house which is the place where the families eat. I had the job of carrying their trays to the table. Let me tell you they didnt expect it and their faces lit up when you served them. I had the best job, I was able to talk with the families and just get to know them. Many of the kids didnt look sick in fact it was hard to even tell who the sick child was in the family, but then there were many who looked very sick and it was hard but I tried my best to look at them through God's eyes. While serving donuts later on in the morning a mom asked Mckenna and I come over to her table and all she wanted was to tell us the story of her son. Her son was diagnosed with lymphoma disease. The doctors told them that he had two weeks to live and they had the choice of letting him go or try to do an aggressive treatment and had the possibility of dying in the process. They choose the aggressive treatment and it worked, he was healed. It has been a year and a half and he is doing great.
I have many stories and memories I can tell. I could talk for hours on how magical this place is. In one of my previous posts I talked about how we werent allowed to talk about God publicly. I am certain that God's voice was heard this week and it was loud. In the chapel there are journals where families, volunteers and staff could pray and write. I went through both of the journals and read every entry. It was hard to read them but at the same time it was very uplifting. Many parents expressed that they had lost all faith in God when their child became sick but they said that being able to go to Give Kids the World seeing their child happy and being able to relax restored their faith. Give Kids the World Village is God's place. One prayer that touched me was written by a 10 year old girl named Olivia and she wrote how thankful she was for God healing her. She said "thanks to you Jesus Im fine now, im more than fine, Im great. I cant wait to spend eternity with you."
One of my favorite moments was the last night when I was working the big splash bash I meet a 10 year old boy named Brody from Austrailia. Im not sure what his illness was but that didnt matter. All he wanted to do was dance. He grabbed my hands and we started dancing. He even taught me some new dance moves. He had the biggest smile that melted my heart.
Writing this was hard but also easy at the same time. It was hard because I long to be with those kids and the families. It was easy because it was the best week and I feel in love with that place. If its God's will, I hope to return many times there.
"Stand up and praise the LORD your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting. "Blessed be your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you." -Nehemiah 9:5b-6
Monday, September 27, 2010
1 Day
Wednesday morning I make my way down to Flordia, right outside of Orlando for a mission trip to Give Kids The World. It is part of the Make a Wish Foundation and is a huge resort for Kids who have a life-threatening illness.I cannot wait to be down there. I know going into this trip that it is going to be emotionally draining but that isnt my biggest worry or obstacle that I will be facing. While we are down there we arent allowed to speak about God unless someone brings it up first. When they first told us that, it was something really hard to understand. I am so used to going to Mexico or wherever and the whole point of the trip is to spread the name of God. Trying to process this through my mind I knew I had to go straight to God with this. God filled my mind with the perfect thoughts and mind set of going into this.
Abba Father,
I pray for the trip down to Give Kids the World, despite the fact that we cant speak of you, your name is still able to be heard! May we love those kids with your love Father. Open my eyes to the things unseen. Even though some of the people may not know you and thats hard for us to process, God let me know that you know what you are doing and the best thing we can do is pray because prayer changes things. Make me strong God, let your joy flow out of me, in hopes of letting people see you. Just because we cant speak of you, that doesnt make you unpresent. You are always with me. I pray that I seek out your strength and your love. You have put each of us on this team for a reason and im so excited about what you are going to do. Prepare our hearts Oh Lord...Let me go unafraid...
"You are a letter from Chirst..written not with ink but with the spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts." -2 Corinthians 3:3
Abba Father,
I pray for the trip down to Give Kids the World, despite the fact that we cant speak of you, your name is still able to be heard! May we love those kids with your love Father. Open my eyes to the things unseen. Even though some of the people may not know you and thats hard for us to process, God let me know that you know what you are doing and the best thing we can do is pray because prayer changes things. Make me strong God, let your joy flow out of me, in hopes of letting people see you. Just because we cant speak of you, that doesnt make you unpresent. You are always with me. I pray that I seek out your strength and your love. You have put each of us on this team for a reason and im so excited about what you are going to do. Prepare our hearts Oh Lord...Let me go unafraid...
"You are a letter from Chirst..written not with ink but with the spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts." -2 Corinthians 3:3
Friday, July 23, 2010
You have the chance to fly
Francis Chan quotes in his book Forgotten God, "I want to live so that I am truly submitted to the spirits leading on a daily basis. I dont want to keep crawling when I have the chance to fly." I feel like we put too much trust in people and then when something goes wrong you end up getting hurt. Many people will let you down and disappoint you but your Savior never will. So shouldnt that encourage us to fall in love with God? The thought of heaven seems so far away so we let ourselves live the lifes we want and we'll worry about God later. The kingdom is here; it is now. Why dont we live like it? If your best freind was being talked about behind their back and you had the oppurtunity to protect their name wouldnt you? Why isnt it like that with the name of Christ? We go and watch movies, listen to music and do things that arent lifting up the name of Jesus. We do the very things that put Him on the cross. I feel like when you are completly in love with God it would become so natural to you that you would want to do everything to protect and hold up the name of Jesus. So hear is my question: Why would you crawl when you have the chance to fly?
"Oh Great God, be glorified. Our lives laid down yours magnified. Oh great God, be lifted high. There is none like You. Jesus, Savior, God's own Son. Risen, Reigning, Lord. Sustainer of the universe. By the power of Your Word. And when we see Your matchless face, in speechless awe we'll stand. And there we'll bow with ...grateful hearts. Unto the great I Am."
"Oh Great God, be glorified. Our lives laid down yours magnified. Oh great God, be lifted high. There is none like You. Jesus, Savior, God's own Son. Risen, Reigning, Lord. Sustainer of the universe. By the power of Your Word. And when we see Your matchless face, in speechless awe we'll stand. And there we'll bow with ...grateful hearts. Unto the great I Am."
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Holy Spirit Come
"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever—the Spirit of truth." -John 14:17-18
Whenever weget baptized we are baptized in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I feel like too often me miss or dont even recongnize the Holy Spirit within us. As Francis Chan says in his book Forgotten God, "I believe this missing something is actually a missing someone namely the Holy Spirit. Without Him people operate in their own strength and only accomplish human size results." Knowing that the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in me; Shouldnt that change or affect the way I live? I would hope that you could tell my life apart from a non-believers. Whenever I die I dont want people questioning if I was a follower of Christ, I want it to be evident in my life. I think Francis Chan's words this thought just beautifully. "I dont want my life to be explainable with the Holy Spirit. I want people to look at my life and know that I couldn't be doing this by my own power. I want to live in such a way that I am desperate for him to come through. That if he doesnt come through; Im screwed.". "When I am living in a way that requires me to depend on the Holy Spirit people respond by praising my Father in Heaven." Last night I could feel the Power of the Holy Spirit. We went to different stations and had quiet time with God. In one of the stations it was suggested to send a text to someone to encourage them. Usually, I would have choosen one of my best friends and wouldn't have really thought about anyone else. I told God, I wanted it to be your time, speak through me. God moved me to send a text to someone who would have probably been at the end of list. But I knew I needed to do it. Then we were told to write a letter to someone. The name of the person who God wanted me to write to immediately popped onto my head. I got my paper, not completley sure if what to say. But God was making my pen move to words I could have never thought of. they were completley HIS. He knew what this person needed to hear. In this moment I have never felt the Holy spirit so present in my life. This summer God has taught and showed me a lot about His love and at that moment an overwhelming feeling of his love for me and for his children came over me. I just wanted to just cry at how beautiful His love for us is. Just wow. His love is alive and is so beautiful. "No matter where you live and what your days look like; you have the choice each day to depend on yourself to live safely, to try to control your life or you can live as you were created to live as a temple of the Holy Spirit of God, as a person dependent on Him;desperate for God to show up and make a difference. When you begin living a life characterized by walking with the spirit, that is when people will begin to not look to you but to our Father in heaven and give Him praise." -Francis Chan. Abba God, I pray that I am always aware of the Holy Spirit and what He is doing around and in me. Give me the strength oh God, to be everything that I'm called to be. I pray that my life would me different because the Holy Spirit is within me. I'm all yours God, lead me to what our want me to do. Never stop pulling me to you. Draw me deeper Lord...
Whenever weget baptized we are baptized in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I feel like too often me miss or dont even recongnize the Holy Spirit within us. As Francis Chan says in his book Forgotten God, "I believe this missing something is actually a missing someone namely the Holy Spirit. Without Him people operate in their own strength and only accomplish human size results." Knowing that the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in me; Shouldnt that change or affect the way I live? I would hope that you could tell my life apart from a non-believers. Whenever I die I dont want people questioning if I was a follower of Christ, I want it to be evident in my life. I think Francis Chan's words this thought just beautifully. "I dont want my life to be explainable with the Holy Spirit. I want people to look at my life and know that I couldn't be doing this by my own power. I want to live in such a way that I am desperate for him to come through. That if he doesnt come through; Im screwed.". "When I am living in a way that requires me to depend on the Holy Spirit people respond by praising my Father in Heaven." Last night I could feel the Power of the Holy Spirit. We went to different stations and had quiet time with God. In one of the stations it was suggested to send a text to someone to encourage them. Usually, I would have choosen one of my best friends and wouldn't have really thought about anyone else. I told God, I wanted it to be your time, speak through me. God moved me to send a text to someone who would have probably been at the end of list. But I knew I needed to do it. Then we were told to write a letter to someone. The name of the person who God wanted me to write to immediately popped onto my head. I got my paper, not completley sure if what to say. But God was making my pen move to words I could have never thought of. they were completley HIS. He knew what this person needed to hear. In this moment I have never felt the Holy spirit so present in my life. This summer God has taught and showed me a lot about His love and at that moment an overwhelming feeling of his love for me and for his children came over me. I just wanted to just cry at how beautiful His love for us is. Just wow. His love is alive and is so beautiful. "No matter where you live and what your days look like; you have the choice each day to depend on yourself to live safely, to try to control your life or you can live as you were created to live as a temple of the Holy Spirit of God, as a person dependent on Him;desperate for God to show up and make a difference. When you begin living a life characterized by walking with the spirit, that is when people will begin to not look to you but to our Father in heaven and give Him praise." -Francis Chan. Abba God, I pray that I am always aware of the Holy Spirit and what He is doing around and in me. Give me the strength oh God, to be everything that I'm called to be. I pray that my life would me different because the Holy Spirit is within me. I'm all yours God, lead me to what our want me to do. Never stop pulling me to you. Draw me deeper Lord...
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Silent
This week my goal has been to try to be silent before God and just sit at His throne and let Him speak to me. I seem to always have a lot to say to God but I hardly ever let Him do the talking. Let me tell you, God has a LOT to say and I encourage you to listen. He was countless promsises and words that He wants to tell His children."Speak God. I'm your servant. Im ready to listen." -1 Samuel 3:9b
"Sometimes the best words we can speak is no words at all. Standing in the silence letting God speak to you, He wants your heart. So if you have no words to speak, Then sit in HIS silence and let HIM speak. It's in the quietness of our hearts when we just stand before HIM amazed. Thats when we can hear Him speak to us." -Jason Upton
God has used everything that I have come in contact with this week as a way to speak to me. Such as the t.v. I randomly recorded Joel Osteen and watched it and His lesson was exactly what I needed to hear. Through conversations with friends God is preparing my heart for Mexico. God has been showing me some awesome things from His word.
"May the Lord lead your heart into a full unerstanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ." -2 Thessalonians 3:5
"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life." -Psalm 139:23-24
This is my prayer:
Abba God, I pray that I leave myself here on Friday. I want it to be all of you. Move me out of the way and hide me behind the cross. God Im going to be honest im slighty nervous and scared since we havent done much to plan and we are just going down there and going where you lead us. But if you are with me God then Whom then shall I fear? Knowing that you are the same yesterday, today, and forever lets me know that I can trust you fully. If there is anything that is in my heart that isnt of you God, I pray that you get rid of it. May every word that comes from my mouth bring honor to your name. I'm all yours God. Use me, and lead me to where you want me to go. Instead of Praying God be with me, I pray that I am with you God and that I walk hand and hand with you forever.
"Sometimes the best words we can speak is no words at all. Standing in the silence letting God speak to you, He wants your heart. So if you have no words to speak, Then sit in HIS silence and let HIM speak. It's in the quietness of our hearts when we just stand before HIM amazed. Thats when we can hear Him speak to us." -Jason Upton
God has used everything that I have come in contact with this week as a way to speak to me. Such as the t.v. I randomly recorded Joel Osteen and watched it and His lesson was exactly what I needed to hear. Through conversations with friends God is preparing my heart for Mexico. God has been showing me some awesome things from His word.
"May the Lord lead your heart into a full unerstanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ." -2 Thessalonians 3:5
"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life." -Psalm 139:23-24
This is my prayer:
Abba God, I pray that I leave myself here on Friday. I want it to be all of you. Move me out of the way and hide me behind the cross. God Im going to be honest im slighty nervous and scared since we havent done much to plan and we are just going down there and going where you lead us. But if you are with me God then Whom then shall I fear? Knowing that you are the same yesterday, today, and forever lets me know that I can trust you fully. If there is anything that is in my heart that isnt of you God, I pray that you get rid of it. May every word that comes from my mouth bring honor to your name. I'm all yours God. Use me, and lead me to where you want me to go. Instead of Praying God be with me, I pray that I am with you God and that I walk hand and hand with you forever.
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