People kept asking me if retreat changed my life and I would just kinda look at them and think, "Are they serious? Nothing changes my life that easy."
But all of them were serious. And several of them had crazy encounters with the Lord, so I began to self exam to see if there was a change. One of the nights of retreat we talked about love. The speaker said that we need to let others pay a price to love us and be willing to pay that price in return. She also talked about how not seeing others as God sees them is a violation of love, and she gave practical advice for improving. As an example she gave a conversation with her husband where she had teased him and said "Ye of little faith." Later the Spirit convicted her and showed her this was a violation of love, so she went back to her husband, repented, and said that she did not want to speak death over his life and that he is a man of God with great faith.
This blew my mind. To be that careful, is it that necessary? But God's really been convicting me that the standard has been set and the expectation is I will meet it. With the Lord's help I have been stewarding my mouth, the giver of life and death, and the fruit I've seen in such a short time is amazing! Everything that is spoken has incredible power. So yeah, retreat changed my life, the bar has been raised.
She also talked about how God is the God of seeds and babies. He loves the process. I think so many see the journey as finding that God is real. That is where you hop on the road, it is not the journey. Yes, it is vitally important, but God doesn't want us to be stuck there. There is no end to God's ability to increase. Woo can't wait for heaven where the increase in our encounters with God will NEVER end!
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Clay Street Prayer Walk Night....amazing!
Tonight we didn't actually end up walking, but we did pray. ;) There was a girl who had mild scoliosis and her right leg was about 3/4 inch shorter than her left. A powerful second year told me to tell the right leg to grow, so I placed my hand on her foot and said, "Right leg grow out!" And it did haha. It was the weirdest looking thing I've seen in a loong time. I didn't even pull on it, it just grew. It grew out!? After a couple more prayers and having her sit against a wall we saw it was sure that her legs were the same length. God is so amazing, praise Him for His good works, restoration, and desire to encounter us! Also someone else prayed for her back which felt better and had electric shocks. Her ankle diminished to almost no pain after spraining it as well. Praise God for that miracle in progress.
On another very random note, I think the majority of people here see angels. I do not...but I am not particularly attuned to the spiritual realm (or not for long Jesus willing). But it's quite interesting, they show up all the time...and I think they have free time cause apparently they paint things and have made silly faces at people in the past....I don't even know, but God is good!
Oh, by the by, I apologize for the lack of grammatical structure on all the posts I've made and will make in the future. Love love YOU!
:D
Tonight we didn't actually end up walking, but we did pray. ;) There was a girl who had mild scoliosis and her right leg was about 3/4 inch shorter than her left. A powerful second year told me to tell the right leg to grow, so I placed my hand on her foot and said, "Right leg grow out!" And it did haha. It was the weirdest looking thing I've seen in a loong time. I didn't even pull on it, it just grew. It grew out!? After a couple more prayers and having her sit against a wall we saw it was sure that her legs were the same length. God is so amazing, praise Him for His good works, restoration, and desire to encounter us! Also someone else prayed for her back which felt better and had electric shocks. Her ankle diminished to almost no pain after spraining it as well. Praise God for that miracle in progress.
On another very random note, I think the majority of people here see angels. I do not...but I am not particularly attuned to the spiritual realm (or not for long Jesus willing). But it's quite interesting, they show up all the time...and I think they have free time cause apparently they paint things and have made silly faces at people in the past....I don't even know, but God is good!
Oh, by the by, I apologize for the lack of grammatical structure on all the posts I've made and will make in the future. Love love YOU!
:D
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Hello lovely loved ones!
I have to admit, this one week at Bethel is giving me growing pains. :) I have been stretched at such a ridiculous rate! God has been so good, and so many people have been healed, but I am going to share a personal breakthrough.
My Revival Group Pastor told us that the thing we fear most is the thing we need to pursue. She said it's the enemy trying to take away the word of the Lord from our hearts. They also prayed and released us from fear. I didn't feel anything, but God did remind me of my harp. I have a fear of playing my harp in front of people. My hands shake, I feel like crying, and usually I am exhausted by the end of the first song.
Last night, for my apartmentmate's birthday, they asked me to play for a soaking session/prophetic word time. I only said yes because God had told me to step out in this area. I couldn't even start, I just didn't have the courage. I had to have help starting from a guitarist. When I finally got over the bump of how to begin my hands were flowing and my face was burning, something that occasionally happens when God's presence is in the room. I played for about an hour, in front of maybe 20ish people, and it was entirely spontaneous music. He backed me up man, He came into that room.
God is breaking my fear of man. Haha I didn't believe He could. God forgive me my fear was bigger in my mind than He was. He still choose to bless me because faith comes from hearing, and hearing from the word of God. After hearing God I stepped out and took action and God did the miraculous. Amen. If God did this, then God can do anything! ;) So good so so good to me.
Love you all!
I have to admit, this one week at Bethel is giving me growing pains. :) I have been stretched at such a ridiculous rate! God has been so good, and so many people have been healed, but I am going to share a personal breakthrough.
My Revival Group Pastor told us that the thing we fear most is the thing we need to pursue. She said it's the enemy trying to take away the word of the Lord from our hearts. They also prayed and released us from fear. I didn't feel anything, but God did remind me of my harp. I have a fear of playing my harp in front of people. My hands shake, I feel like crying, and usually I am exhausted by the end of the first song.
Last night, for my apartmentmate's birthday, they asked me to play for a soaking session/prophetic word time. I only said yes because God had told me to step out in this area. I couldn't even start, I just didn't have the courage. I had to have help starting from a guitarist. When I finally got over the bump of how to begin my hands were flowing and my face was burning, something that occasionally happens when God's presence is in the room. I played for about an hour, in front of maybe 20ish people, and it was entirely spontaneous music. He backed me up man, He came into that room.
God is breaking my fear of man. Haha I didn't believe He could. God forgive me my fear was bigger in my mind than He was. He still choose to bless me because faith comes from hearing, and hearing from the word of God. After hearing God I stepped out and took action and God did the miraculous. Amen. If God did this, then God can do anything! ;) So good so so good to me.
Love you all!
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