So my car broke down... but who cares!!! Oh my goodness.. I had an amazing, possibly life changing conversation with a friend of mine who is unsaved. Wow! God is so good. My friend was totally rocked!! He wants to come up here to see me. He's in school down in L.A. so I'm gonna see if he'll come up here... How crazy would that be... He'd be so done. He'd be saved, baptized, and slain in the Spirit by the end of the week. He'd be so done! Oh Jesus! Make it possible! Jesus is so good! Just think on that. Jesus is so good... He is so good!!! WOW!!! WHO IS THIS MAN that we worship!!! Who is this one who breaks all mindsets, all chains, all bondage, all craziness? Who is he? Just start pondering that! God you are so good!
Lord, release a fresh impartation of the awe of you! Release your heart for us and open our eyes to see you more!! Yay! Thank you God for being so wonderful. Thank you for being so good! You are our good God and we worship you!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Talking to a Witch...
Haha... So yeah... I talked to a witch for like the better part of an hour this last week at our apartment complex's hot tub. He's this really good guy originally from Vegas, but grew up in Northern Cali. I just started talking to him, asking him regular friendly questions, and he all of the sudden just started opening up to me about his life, his past, his family, his coven, his girlfriend now, her life, etc. I just about know everything about this kid. lol He's 19, and he's living with his girlfriend with her two kids. He turned to witchcraft when he was 13 after having an encounter with a couple demons that tried to kill him. Not sure why he went to witchcraft when that's like the thing that instigates communication with demons... Anyways, he began telling me that he grew up in a controlled church environment, and got tired with that. (Story of most people who have left the church...) But he understands the dynamic of healing in the name of Jesus, interestingly enough...
He was telling me this story of when he was little like 13, his mom was really sick and she asked for him to pray for her because "God always hears the prayers of little children..." So this is how he explained it to me: "I put my hand on her and I started praying for her Benny Hinn style, like on the TBN station, and rebuking a demon of sickness that was on my mom..." (Okay, HOW CRAZY IS THIS!!! When he was telling me this, inside of me was like what!!!!) Needless to say, she was healed. lol He told me that many people prophesied into his life about becoming a minister, but he had a hard time receiving that as a kid. I think it had to do with some wounds with his fathers (multiple stepfathers).
He told me all of this information about witchcraft, covens, and such things like that. As I talked to him, I was totally aware of the Presence. I knew that there were two angels sitting right next to me and I was protected from anything that he was saying. I understood that we both had power over our lives, but the one who is living in me is so much bigger than what could ever be in him. Now I wasn't being unwise, just very confident that I knew what the presence was doing.
He's now my personal prayer project. I'm praying for him, his girlfriend, and her kids. The girlfriend is a Christian, ironically, and he "left" witchcraft for this girl and says that he's a Christian, but it's more that he's saying it to appease her, I think. So I'm praying for a radical encounter with the presence for their whole family! So if you want to pray for them with me, that would be great!
His name is Christopher and the girlfriend's name is Amanda. Her girls' names are Alexis (7) and Yvonne (4). So yeah! More developments to come on that story. :)
Also, I found out that night that Redding is the #1 city in America that has the most witches per square mile. Ironic, eh? I knew that this city was spiritual because of Bethel, but interesting that it has the opposite working against it like that... So be praying for Redding as a city to come to the saving knowledge of Christ! WOOO!!
So Lord, we pray for Chris, Amanda, Alexis, and Yvonne. I ask Lord for crazy crazy love encounters with your presence in their lives! I ask that you would invade their apartment now and your word run swiftly! Angels come into that room and break open the doors. We bless their household. I bless their family. I bless that place with the presence of Jesus. Bring freedom. Set them free! Let them come to loving knowledge of you, Father! Divine encounters in Jesus name! Amen
He was telling me this story of when he was little like 13, his mom was really sick and she asked for him to pray for her because "God always hears the prayers of little children..." So this is how he explained it to me: "I put my hand on her and I started praying for her Benny Hinn style, like on the TBN station, and rebuking a demon of sickness that was on my mom..." (Okay, HOW CRAZY IS THIS!!! When he was telling me this, inside of me was like what!!!!) Needless to say, she was healed. lol He told me that many people prophesied into his life about becoming a minister, but he had a hard time receiving that as a kid. I think it had to do with some wounds with his fathers (multiple stepfathers).
He told me all of this information about witchcraft, covens, and such things like that. As I talked to him, I was totally aware of the Presence. I knew that there were two angels sitting right next to me and I was protected from anything that he was saying. I understood that we both had power over our lives, but the one who is living in me is so much bigger than what could ever be in him. Now I wasn't being unwise, just very confident that I knew what the presence was doing.
He's now my personal prayer project. I'm praying for him, his girlfriend, and her kids. The girlfriend is a Christian, ironically, and he "left" witchcraft for this girl and says that he's a Christian, but it's more that he's saying it to appease her, I think. So I'm praying for a radical encounter with the presence for their whole family! So if you want to pray for them with me, that would be great!
His name is Christopher and the girlfriend's name is Amanda. Her girls' names are Alexis (7) and Yvonne (4). So yeah! More developments to come on that story. :)
Also, I found out that night that Redding is the #1 city in America that has the most witches per square mile. Ironic, eh? I knew that this city was spiritual because of Bethel, but interesting that it has the opposite working against it like that... So be praying for Redding as a city to come to the saving knowledge of Christ! WOOO!!
So Lord, we pray for Chris, Amanda, Alexis, and Yvonne. I ask Lord for crazy crazy love encounters with your presence in their lives! I ask that you would invade their apartment now and your word run swiftly! Angels come into that room and break open the doors. We bless their household. I bless their family. I bless that place with the presence of Jesus. Bring freedom. Set them free! Let them come to loving knowledge of you, Father! Divine encounters in Jesus name! Amen
Preaching, Birthdays, and the Glory
This week was crazy!!! Amazing. Stressful. Crazy. Holy Spirit. Yeah. This week was preaching week for me! Crazy! I've never had to put a message like this together before. Usually it's someone shoving a mic in my face and saying to me "Talk". So I talk. You hand me a mic, Shannon will have something to talk about. But preparing a message like this was pretty nuts! I had incredible warfare over getting this message together, but I pressed through it and it ended up really pretty well put together. It was incredibly stretching.
What I taught on was Psalm 37:3-4, "Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the Land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight in the Lord, also, and He shall give you the desires of your heart." I taught about trusting the Father leads to Feeding on His Faithfulness, and when I feed on his Faithfulness, I will trust in Him more. But when I feed on His Faithfulness and Trust in Him, I'll delight in Him. When I delight in Him, I trust Him more and feed on His faithfulness more. It's this perpetual cycle of God's faithfulness and goodness over our lives, and as we do these things, as we Delight in Him, we WILL get the desires of our hearts.
It's a great passage if you get a chance to read it. Look at my diagram to see what I mean about the cycle. It's very self-explanatory once you see it and read what I just wrote
So I impart to you guys the drunken Glory, ooey gooey Honey Love of the Presence to be opened into your rooms and your house holds. I impart and declare for open portals of Heaven to be unlocked in your houses. We bring the presence wherever we are! We are walking Holy Spirit encounters. Lord, release a revelation of that. Thanks Jesus!
What I taught on was Psalm 37:3-4, "Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the Land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight in the Lord, also, and He shall give you the desires of your heart." I taught about trusting the Father leads to Feeding on His Faithfulness, and when I feed on his Faithfulness, I will trust in Him more. But when I feed on His Faithfulness and Trust in Him, I'll delight in Him. When I delight in Him, I trust Him more and feed on His faithfulness more. It's this perpetual cycle of God's faithfulness and goodness over our lives, and as we do these things, as we Delight in Him, we WILL get the desires of our hearts.
It's a great passage if you get a chance to read it. Look at my diagram to see what I mean about the cycle. It's very self-explanatory once you see it and read what I just wrote
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So Yeah! Great stuff! It was my roommate's birthday this weekend too. I put on a party for her. I cleared out our living room and our dining room. We had a dance party in our living room, and had everybody passed out in the Spirit in the dining room. It was super heavy tonight. The presence was so here in our house. It felt amazing! I haven't been this drunk in super long... it was amazing. I'm planning on staying on this place for a while. Let's go from Glory to Glory. :)
So I impart to you guys the drunken Glory, ooey gooey Honey Love of the Presence to be opened into your rooms and your house holds. I impart and declare for open portals of Heaven to be unlocked in your houses. We bring the presence wherever we are! We are walking Holy Spirit encounters. Lord, release a revelation of that. Thanks Jesus!
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