Holy Spirit is moving in the Nations

     Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Matthew 9:37

My view of where I am standing pales in comparison to the works I have witnessed over this last couple of months. I have promised I would fill you in as I go, yet the activities of the road left me  a little to excited to sit and write or really tired. So here goes a snap shot of my  trip around the world.

Japan: Christine and I were hosted by a lovely japanese family, the daughter was a exchange student of Christines about 10 years ago. Erika was so pleased to take us to some of her favorite places in Tokyo, Japan. As we walked the streets eating street food, seeing temples and taking trains, we got to know her heart. As Christine and I began to share our love for God we could see Erika getting more and more curious asking us questions about Jesus. In the moment, I was really excited to see answered prayer from god to send us people ready to hear His truth. We were able to encourage her to seek out the truth, proof of this working is some of the emails to Christine sharing her new journey with God.

Me, Erica, Christine on the subway in Tokyo Japan

While also in Tokyo Japan we were able to connect with a church called Jesus Life House . The vision of the church is “To love God, and reach and influence the world, by building a large, Bible-based contemporary Church, building strong relationships and empowering people to fulfill their destiny in every sphere of life”. Well they are doing a great job of making that happen by taking  what they learn to the streets of Japan. Some of the women we got to meet were so on fire for Jesus the joy, love and hope rang loud through the time we got to spend with them. (I would show you a picture of the service, but in respect for the church and its patrons I am unable to. So, I leave you a link to the web site for you to check out Jesus Life House.)

        “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? Luke 15:4

Hong Kong: I’ll call this story  the “Lost boy” in reference to Peter Pan lost boys. Hong Kong is a bustling fast pace work work work city. Yet while staying at our hostel in the middle of it all we meet a young man of the age of 26. Whom lives in Nepal, yet is from the UK. As we got to know him we find out he is injured from a drunken fall the night before. Christine with her gift of healing tells Oliver she’ll help clean his wounds. He was taken back a little but allowed her to un-bandage the wounds clean them put neosporin on them and of course pray for God to heal them. When Christine got to the wound on his ring finger, I could see in his face a look of dread come over him, so I looked at the tattoo that is on the ring finger. I recognized the symbol but asked Oli what it was. He told us it was the anti christ symbol. Christine then shows her ring tattoo on her ring finger which is the symbol for God as Husband in Hebrew. He then began to shake and sweat was coming from his for head. He began to feel convicted, guilty and shameful for having the symbol on his finger after the love and healing Christine was ministering for him. He then shared with me latter that he felt so bad having it on especially after all the love that Christine was pouring on him. I told him God still loves him even with that symbol on his finger, which opened up the conversation about Who Jesus is and what He did for this “lost boy” who I believe is found.

 

 

Christine dying Olivers hair

 

      Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. Hebrews 7:25

Taiwan: Reunited with a friend from America… After leaving Japan we made our way to Taiwan, a city full of extraverts, expressing all sorts of creativity. The blessing of this part of the trip is Christine and I got to reconnect with a friend of ours from America. Peter is a Christian who married a buddhist woman a few years back, we have been praying for her to come to the Lord ever since. Our friend took us out to a restaurant on the 85th floor that serves traditional Taiwanese food. As we enjoyed the fellowship and food, Peter shared that his wife has given her life to the Lord and has been going to the biggest church in Taiwan ever since. Kiyata!!!

 

 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 6:24

Shanghai: Taking down the Bull…I really fell in love with Shanghai, specifically The Bund. The Shanghai Bund has dozens of historical buildings, lining the Huangpu River, that once housed numerous banks and trading houses from all over the world. Its an area along the  Huangpu river in the middle of Shanghai. Christine and I spent one of our evenings walking along The Bound on Zhongshan Road. As we were walking we started feeling the Lords heart for this area. I noticed that on the Bund they had a huge statue of a bull like we do in the states on wall street. I could feel God saying “they love money more then me”. So I walked up to the bull laid hands on it and claimed China for God, praying the Fathers prayer . I felt the joy of the Lord over both Christine and I as we began to dance and sing in the rain over China.

Here I am taking down the Bull in Jesus

 

 

Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him. Matthew 4:11

Singapore: Meeting with the Angel…. After being on the road for awhile Christine and I were feeling a little tired, worn out and in need of what came next. We were both chilling in our dorm room resting when a lady came in from her shower into the dorm. Immediately Ednas joy for the love of God spread over the room. She didn’t waste time to share her missions work with God. How she spent 2 years in Cairo, Egypt. Where she bared witness to a muslim man, through her love for God she was able to lead this man to the Lord and give him a bible. It was such an encouragement from God to have this woman who is a missionary like us spreading the gospel meet us right when she did. We all three prayed over each others mission ahead, leaving each other refreshed in energy to do Gods will.

Thank you for all your prayers and support, this couldn’t be going as awesome as it is with out your help.

I will be filling you all in about Thailand and Vietnam in its own post in the near future.

God bless you all

Sara

 

 

On the Road Again and Finding My Heart on the Way

 My heart needs a washing of Holy Spirit love. I want to love with all my heart. Right now I feel as though my love is selfish, I say yes to God, cause its all I know how to keep from falling out of love.

  Day 22 of a 8 month missions trip already been sick and at the same time getting to know my heart better. how? You ask allow me to tell you. I have been in Japan for 13days going to all sorts of temples and Shrines thus being exposed to a whole new world of how people seek God. As this exposer was accruing a piercing little thorn of ugliness called judgment was being revealed in my heart. In my time in these temples/chorines I was beginning to judge the temples, Shrines and people. My friend Christine who is on this trip with me was quick in love to rebuke me 🙂 In loving words of affirmation saying “You can’t just judge people for their way of seeking god, unless you did your own research of the culture and have it biblically backed”. She is right I didn’t know the history of these temples and who or who these people are praying to. I was making a judgement on my fears and lack of study. God didn’t call me to judge, He called me to love my neighbors Matthew 22:39.Walking that second commandment is hard if my heart is full of judgement. 1st off I won’t be able to see what God is doing in these houses of prayer if i’m standing there thinking He’s not even there. Why do I think that? Cause there isn’t a cross or statute of Mother Mary hanging on every door way or alter. If God was so worried about where I was praying before I knew Him He wouldn’t have had me with a drunk on wine and chocolate telling a lady I barely knew God was number 3 on my list. She then after that led me to the Lord (another story for another blog).God hears our prayers no matter where we are praying them. Yes, having a relationship with Christ Jesus gives us relationship that no other religion can offer. But if I close my heart to see the path of others to find this relationship I’m closing my heart to love them where they are and who they are. I limit myself to build a relationship with people to open up share whats in there heart. Which then makes Matthew 28:19harder.God is so good, He only reveals these things so He can remove what hinders love. He has shown me time and time again how when I am convicted of my hinderance of love how easy it is to turn to Him to seek out the truth.

Another friend Soleil Brigham said something that was pretty good too…

“Instead of finding fault in others, look at the fault in yourself, hug it close, have compassion and then let it go. That might help with diminishing judgement. Often when we judge others its because its easier then doing the work on ourselves. Discernment is the wisdom that will guide you away from negative influences, judgement is your own negativity. If we judge people on their humanity we might be disappointed, if we remember to see them in their true image and likeness then we are bearing witness. But to see others that way you have to be standing in that recognition of yourself First. You have to KNOW who YOU truly are. And that’s a journey. So lighten up. “

I leave you with this my friend Paul Eastman rapped it:

The work is finished–the glory cannot be diminished–its time for the removal of all religion that serves man’s approval–Jesus died on the cross–brutal–and with Him i was crucified–buried with Him in baptism–raised with Him all the way to the ascension–now im seated in Christ and there is zero tension–this is my bank account! This is my pension! Ive been given all things that pertain to life and godliness–not through man’s tradition–but through the divine petition-John 3:16–why you still teaching religious rules! Makes me wanna scream! Im actually living in the Fathers dream. Psalm 139--my life is not mine–i have become one with Jesus–my body is perishing–my spirit shines. Treasure in jars of clay–Spirit inside of me–longing for that Day–that i see the completion of my perfection–Jesus Christ-Son of God–have all of my affection–all of my attention! Its no longer i who live-but Christ that lives in me–and Him im set apart–sancitified-with a new heart! This is the gospel–the best news ever told!–break the whole church out of the religious mold! Even charismatics obsessed with the 5 fold–the righteous are bold! Just like a lion! And i want stop rappin till i appear before God in Zion!

Meiji Jingu Shrine

Harajuku Station

Arashiyama Temple with Garden

Shibuya station

Our travel itinerary is packed full of nations we’ll be going to.

Asia- Japan, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taiwan, Thailand, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Loas.

Europe- France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, England, Ireland, Germany, Poland and Norway to name a few.

Japan is the 1st of these nations and will forever have my heart. I finally was able to see Tokyo.

 

The trip hasn’t even started yet & I’m already over it…

     As dead lines come up I feel like I’m still sooo far away…I don’t have all my gear, insurance, travel tickets and well patents anymore…

I wonder if anyone has these issues as I do…

   I keep feeling maybe its to soon for Sept?…Could I push back for January route?…I have already changed routes from July, which to be honest made me feel defeated. I am at a point where I feel like God is just messing with me right now. I know, I know God doesn’t put things in your heart only to take them away.

 If I had 5$ for every time I told someone about my trip and the response was “whoa thats awesome, I hope you get the money” or I get the awkward look cause I’m a christian missionary, I would have my founds by now…

 I can’t help feel I am not doing everything I can be doing to be getting the support. Maybe I don’t want to go. Can I be honest as to say that I may be at my end with this support raising…

 Plus the new friends I have to make on Facebook and hangout times which I don’t attend cause I’m either working or have other engagements the times I see a team mates statues saying “hey lets hang out”.

  I have seen other opportunities to come up for travel that seem so much closer to my goal then this beast of an 11month trip.

  I don’t want to seem like i’m in a “Ooohh poor sara!!! time”. Heck no…

If anything I know God is still along side me showing me His character through this whole thing.

  Showing me how He is growing me in character, hope, & faith Romans 5 .

  Also showing me the counterfeit of obedience is a state of mind in which you create your own opportunities to sacrifice yourself, and your zeal and enthusiasm are mistaken for discernment. It is easier to sacrifice yourself than to fulfill your spiritual destiny, which is stated in Romans 12:1-2. It is much better to fulfill the purpose of God in your life by discerning His will than it is to perform great acts of self-sacrifice. “Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice . . .” (1 Samuel 15:22). Beware of paying attention or going back to what you once were, when God wants you to be something that you have never been. “If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know . . .” (John 7:17).

 I guess what I am saying is that the preparation for this trip is taking its toll on me…I wish I had all the money I needed that I felt safe saying I am going in September. I need a miracle, I need 15,500$ for the whole trip I need supports to see what God is doing sending me to the nations who instead of saying “I hope you get the money” actually give money.

  I know God is not messing with me, I believe He is sending me.

 

Let your fears go, you might find you’re not lost

“Let your fears go, you might find that you’re not lost.“

When reading Luke 10 so many things run throughout my mind like when Jesus says “I send you out as lambs among wolves.⁴ Carry neither money bag, knapsack, nor sandals;” Jesus You crazy!! You could just say “hey go naked into the den of lion’s rubbed with BBQ sauce singing “If you’re hungry for a hunk of fat and juicy meat Eat my buddy Pumbaa here because he is a treat” Lion King. Even as I say this I lol cause as a disciple my little faith shows how much I still don’t know Who this Man is Who would send me as a lamb. I hear Him say 

“I am the Lord your God,
I go before you now.
I stand beside you
I’m all around you
And though you feel I’m far away
I’m closer than your breath
I am with you
More than you know” (song Come to me..Bethel Music)

David knew who God was in Psalms 27:1  “The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whomshall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?”

Then Jesus goes and say’s “But whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ ⁶ And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on it; if not, it will return to you.” Now I think to my self “God you want be to go and live with these people in peace no less”… Then I hear God…

“I am the Lord your peace
No evil will conquer you
Steady now your heart and mind
Come into my rest
And oh, let your faith arise
And lift up your weary head
I am with you
Wherever you go” (Bethel Music- Come to Me)

I look at the list of things I need for the 11 month 11 country mission trip and think how is this going to be possible to leave everything behind; friends, family and comfort. God has already been preparing me for the last 5years in discomfort , leaving friends and family all to say:

“Come to me, I’m all you need
Come to me, I’m your everything
Come to me, I’m all you need
Come to me, I’m your everything” (Bethel Music- Come to Me) 

I am SUPER excited to meet my teammates in May during training. We have already been meeting on Google + Hangouts praying for each other and getting to know each other. Thank God for technology. God is so Good to use the song above to be a theme song to my heart right now as I seek the Word of God for my daily bread and prepare for this Journey ahead. Yes the harvest is many, but I say Yes God send me…WOOP WOOP

Its spring woop woop for Flowers

 

Meeting up with God in Japan

Yes Its been almost a year since I went to Japan. Yes I am lame for not posting about it sooner. So I will use this post as a practice for future stories of my travels with God.

1st I want to start off by saying I didn’t go to Japan last June 2011 to play hero to the earth quack victims, I choose to go before the earth quack hit Japan.

I was able to go for a month and the 11 others from my team went for 2 months. I wanted to go cause I wanted to see Gods love over this nation, let me tell you God did not disappoint.

The story behind the photo below. God didn’t waste time showing His power and love over the people we came to serve. the 1st night of worship, ministry and teaching, Angie and I meet a lady who told us she had back issues for 10 years plus 4years earlier is had gotten worst. So, what do 2 girls do who came to see God move? We pray!

Left to right- Woman healed of her 10year back pain, Angie, Me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the 1st few mins the lady told us the pain had moved and gotten worse. Angie discerned the woman maybe needed to Ask God for any un-forgiveness maybe in the family or herself. Now remember we are in need of a translator so its even more interesting to pause while praying so the woman can understand. I would get a word of knowledge the woman would ask God if I was on the right page, Humbling really. 30mins in the translator gets a word tells the woman and the woman prays and after this the woman seems to be expressing something different. I was like What! what! tell us..The translator told us she felt the woman needed to ask for forgiveness of her families generational stone worship. When the woman did this felt the pain go away. PRAISE GOD! 10years of pain gone. WOOP WOOP.

Salvation served w/a side of Oc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now the Picture above is a story of divine appointment. My team and I were spending the day in Kobe with the youth of the church site seeing, encouraging the youth to be their Jesus loving selfs out side of the walls of the church. Some of my teammates talked to this joyful vender in passing, little did we know God was going to have some of my teammates  run into him again at a latter time at the train station. My teammate Anthony gave the vender a track to take home. Latter that night we felt we should do a follow up with the vender. So we did, not only did we eat amazing food we asked the vender did you read the track, understood it and knew Jesus. All on an app translated on a phone. The man ran in the back brought out his wallet showed us the track and in broken english said after reading it that night we gave it to him, he fell on his knees and gave his life to Christ. WOOP WOOP we were all so happy for him, prayed over him and the next day some of the guys on the team gave him a bible and had him make contact with the youth leader of the church we were serving. Incase you wanted to see what we ate at this Venders place…

Takoyaki (たこ焼き or 蛸焼?, literally fried or grilled octopus)

Takoyaki (たこ焼き or 蛸焼?, literally fried or grilled octopus)

 

Ok So one more story here is an illustration for you 1st

Grandma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This story gets me every time. Gods love will shine no matter if you speak the same language. Gods love has no boundary. Irene and I wanted some authentic Japanese cooking so we walked into a restaurant thats menus were in Japanese .

The Menu

The woman who greeted us (i’ll call her grandma) was the host, server, and cook seen above. I nor Irene spoke Japanese and the menu didn’t have pic’s. So after fumbling around on what we wanted we let grandma do her thing. The moment we walked in to this woman’s restaurant she greeted us with the biggest smile, as if we had been a returning friend. I could feel she had no care that we didn’t speak her language. Irene asked me if I had a track, if it was ok to hug her, we wanted to connect with her cause she was asking us questions and we just started blankly. After we ate we took pics with her on my cam and she then wanted a pic on her camera, we extended our arms for hugs and she gave a big squeeze to both of us and we gave her track.

Irene kept getting from the Lord that we can speak through our actions, I really felt that its true. We stopped by 2 times after to say hi before we left. The 3rd time we gave her another track and sat with her as she was reading it.

I began to ask God for the super national download of Japanese cause I wanted to communicate to her. God did even better He showed me how much He loves her. I began to weep in front of this woman. We got her info so the church could follow through with her. I truly believe Irene and I planted seeds that will grow as we pray for her and open a door for her to accept Christ. All because our action in love to see this woman 3 times.

My experience in Japan can not be justified in words so I leave you with some of the pics of my journey and let them tell the story. Enjoy!!!!

Me with the youth

 

Rice patties in Osaka

West Kobe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good times at the Yogurtland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A favorite Pic.

A man I meet on the Train

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The World Race the Journey ahead

When I started this blog page 4 years ago to chronicle my journey with God, I would never have thought it would have taken me where it has. I learned over the years Gods plans for me are bigger then mine for myself are, and that I dream to small. Its ok though cause God loves to show Himself in all His majesty to us if we willing to Ask, Seek, Knock Matthew 7:7.

I am excited to share about a new adventure I will be embarking with God. As you already know I want to see the book of Acts work through the nations. After praying about it for a few years now, I feel that the season is here. I am excited to tell you that I have been accepted to go on a missions trip over seas for 11months. Through the Adventures in Missions ministries I have chosen to do The World Race.

The World Race is a stretching journey into 11 countries in 11 months to serve “the least of these” while amongst real and raw community. This unique Mission Trip is a challenging adventure for young adults to abandon worldly possessions and a traditional lifestyle in exchange for an understanding that it’s not about you; it’s about the Kingdom. The Country’s I will be going to…

India, Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, Vietnam, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Latvia, Estonia/ Lithuania the 11th country is to be a challenge, as in we will make our own path as a team in Asia.

Here is a video of a one of the racers out in the field now…

Stephanie May- Three generations of salvation and healing- Uganda

Every day in the field will look different. Some days will be packed full with construction, building relationships with orphans, or praying for the sick at a hospital, and ministering to sex traffic girls. As well as going door to door and having church services every night. On slower days spending time praying for the community we walk through, getting our grocery’s, cooking for the team.

As I read the Blogs of previous world racers I saw a recurring theme, every moment of a racers day was spent on Glorifying Jesus Christ. Whether it was with a passenger in a bus, plan, or boat. Shopping at the local markets, street venders, or taxi drivers. It’s a classroom where the gifts God gives people and the realities of how those gifts were intended to shape and shake the world come together, completely changing a life, spanning the globe through relationship after relationship. They were really walking out what Jesus did when He walked the earth. And I Sara Martin want to do what Jesus did. I want to see Gods power move through me to heal the sick, blind see, deaf hear, and raise the dead. As I read the testimonies of the racer before and how God during this mission trip changed their lives, I say YES! God me too.

So I invite you now to follow along with me on this race to save souls in 11 nations. To help bring the Kingdom of God down on earth as it is in Heaven. To proclaim the Savior and Lord Jesus Christ to all the tribes tongues and nations. You can also follow along at saramartin.theworldrace.org .

Woop Woop to the journey ahead, I look forward to sharing my adventure with you…

Agape in Christ

Sara Martin

 

Joy of being love sick….

pic...just found on google

God is continually showing me how jealous He is for my time, friendship, love, & attention…
It is not easy cause my flesh is screaming for attention from all the wrong things.
I am having to see that in my weak yes, weak step and weak seeking of
the God Who hung on a tree for me, actually is ravished be this gift of effort…
I want to come to Him with accomplishes of things I have done.
I find my self seeking the things that used to bring me pleasure, then feeling just empty.
So as I am being purged of things that hinder me form love.
I run around in the hamster wheel till I am dizzy fall out and am in the arms of my beloved, Exhausted, cut up, bruised and
beaten cause I was after the false lover who only seeks to destroy me.
My prayer…
God let me seek you in time of need, want, Joy, love and comfort…Help me fill the ache in my heart with You.
Break the chains that hinder me from Love.
Let me hunger and thirst for You and only You. Give me ears to hear Your call. Give me Joy that is Your strength.
Show me what its truly means to be lovesick bride.
God help me pray to You as a friend, lover. Grace, give me grace to be humble, weak, poor in spirit for you alone.
Christ name Jesus
Amen

I love this rendition of this song cause it has Heidi Baker in it. Her laugh is so contagious.

Song makes me cry every time…

“There’s a harp in my heart,
and only you can play it
There’s a song in my broken soul,
and only you can sing it
You’re so unpredictable, God,
just like the rhythm, the rhythm of weeping
And my life is so upside down
But you keep on coming, coming around
You keep on loving, I still let you down

 

I knew what I was getting into when I called you…

“I knew what I was getting into when I called you” From Misty Edwards song “I Knew What I Was Getting Into” Album Joy -Live

Still seems like a phrase that is hard to swallow…I have in the last past few months fell in a dark night of faith…It didn’t matter what people would say, I hated everything: work, God and me. Yup!! I said it out loud peeps I was pissed at God again… Its really only cause I still think God is shocked about who I am. As if He doesn’t know who I am.

My favorite Quote was “I QUIT” apparentlly you can’t quit life…I asked my boss “HA…NO’ was her response.

Bitterness is a new companion the last few months, about where I think I should be in life.

Ok! The truth is I have a fear of rejection in the area of intimacy. If I get intimate with God He will pull away…Its jacked up I know. But its how I feel. I keep feeling that if God sees me intimate with Him, He will reject My intimacy. So I poured my self hard in my work. Then when I wasn’t getting what I wanted in my work I felt rejected, so I shut down in that area as well. Thinking whats the point of pouring my self out in what I do if I get rejected. It seemed to be in every area in my life; friends, parents, sister and leadership.

As everything I feel around me is being taken away, friends leaving, friends death, cats death and sets in the prayer room being removed from my schedule, I am left with a void only God can fill…God loves this place where you are dry in a corner with no where to turn but to Him. I’m in a dessert looking at the oasis but staying where I am. Some how when I wasn’t looking the oasis got closer. God is sneaky waiting ever so passionately for me to give in a little before coming in.

I am learning God will not reject my intimacy with Him…

“And I am not shocked by your weakness.
And I am not shocked even by your sin.
And I am not shocked by your brokenness.” Misty Edwards” I Knew What I Was Getting Into” Album Joy-Live

In fact He is waiting to have every ounce of intimacy I have to be poured unto Him now matter how little it is…It brings Him great delight…A delight I want to know so much more… in fact in a Intimate way…

I found a video of the prayer room of Misty Edwards singing this Oracle…..It spells out everything I have been feeling this last few months…

 

I will say though, I would rather be in my walk with God going through the ups and downs then not having God going through the ups and downs. I don’t know how I would have gone through some of the seasons in my life with out Him.

 

I have a God who will finish the race with me no matter what place I finish

“Frustration is the first step towards improvement. I have no incentive to improve if I’m content with what I can do and if I’m completely satisfied with my pace, distance and form as a runner. It’s only when I face frustration and use it to fuel my dedication that I feel myself moving forwards.”

John Bingham

As I come into my second year of being a Media Missionary, in which I have spent the last 4 months trying to move on to the new thing. Thinking I am done with what God has for me here in KC. I have probably made my boss a little stressed, worried, and possibly GRR at me, cause I seem to have the fun of teasing her that I will go to Australia.( Along with placing her on the big screen so the world can see her.)

All to say I have been in avoidance of my heart issues with God. My fig leaf at the moment is staying in the timed schedule, hiding behind work and television. I have come close more then once in quitting. I have also avoided writing in my journal, reading my bible and praying is a bare minimal.

YUP!!! folks I have been avoiding God…”don’t get your pitch forks just yet” Cause we all do it, enjoy the dessert over the well spring of wine.

The awakening that as been going on for a few months, has been more work then enjoying the refreshing that God has been pouring out to His bride. I hide behind the camera in my director chair wanting God to move in someones life anywhere around the world but mine. I have become a spectator, something Wes Hall (the steward of the awakening) has said not to be.

I am scared to trust God….I’ll say it again “I am scared to trust God”….. Well maybe its a cop-out to say that. If I didn’t trust God I wouldn’t have come out to KC with just a suit case full of cloths and no where to live for 4days…So what is my issue… I allow the enemy to plant lies in my head that I am not worthy or I am going back wards cause I haven’t done anything perfect to get Gods love. Lies LIES lieS…..grr….which then make me feel shame and condemnation…(play violin for poor sara sound track insert here). I have then begone to have emotional out busts and want to say bad words and just hate everything.

While all this is going on God has still been there with me, showing up in ways of people with words of encouragement and good old suck it up Love…Also when not focusing on what I have not done but what I am and still doing has shown me that even though In my imperfect yes to God to stay and continue to do what it is I am doing. I have been moving forward with Him and making it to the finish line.

God is showing me that He is equipping me to be in the race for the long-hall, to do what ever He calls me to do for how ever long, but also do be in a relationship journey with Him with endurance. I have always loved being a sprint runner when doing anything cause its done sooner then later. God has also shown me to go back to the heart of worship. which reminds me that its a great weapon against the attacks of the enemy look to God and seek His face with thanksgiving and praise…Woop! Woop!…God is with me no matter how perfectly I do things. whether I am I first in the race or last He just wants to see me through the end, being my leader and coach. God is good at  helping you out. Gods love is endless for His beloved, seeing her being prepared for His return on earth is a delight for Him. Hearing me say yes’s even when I feel I can’t do it or making the choose to sit with Him and chat rather then watch the next episode of the week.

I am tired of feeling unworthy and want more of Gods presence in my life. Running a race with out water is SUCKY!!! Filling myself up with the things of this world to try to fill the void and then run with it. Is a reminder to me that God can only fill my tank with what I need to run the race with endurance. Making the step by step, day to day, yes by yes, choice by choice to walk it out with Gods living water is better then being dehydrated and not finishing the race of life at all. I rebuke you satan and your lies and nasty water….I choose God………….

So any who, that is my thought for the day and it all started with the video below….

 

University Student Awakening

International House of Prayer University Student Awakening

On November 11, during a 9:00am class of first-year students, led by Allen Hood and Wes Hall at International House of Prayer University (IHOPU), the Spirit moved in their midst with physical healings, deliverance, and a spirit of joy. That class, on November 11, continued for more than 15 hours. The word spread quickly, and over 2,000 people spontaneously gathered in the auditorium from all over the Kansas City area, as deliverance and physical healings increased. The meeting continued well past midnight. Recognizing that the Spirit was moving, the leadership of IHOPU canceled all classes for the next few days so that we could gather to receive all that the Spirit wanted to do.

We recognize that the Holy Spirit is awakening our students and many others. In each of these meetings, many people are being set free from addictions, shame, depression, demonic activity, and every sort of emotional pain. We are also witnessing an increase of physical healings, as God is touching and restoring bodies inside the building, as well as healing people watching via the webstream. Moreover, we greatly rejoice as we are seeing lost souls being added to the kingdom of God during these meetings. We are receiving many testimonies and reports that this move of the Spirit is spreading to other churches and prayer rooms that are joining with us each night via the webstream.

It all began on November 4, on the last day of the monthly Global Bridegroom Fast at the International House of Prayer of Kansas City (IHOP–KC). A move of the Holy Spirit began to stir during the student chapel at IHOPU, as students testified about receiving deliverance from self-hatred, shame, and depression. Students began to experience supernatural joy at the revelation of God’s love for them. A powerful spirit of joy rested on many the next day at the IHOPU student-led 6:00am prayer meeting, and the Spirit continued to move throughout the week in our classes and during the faculty meetings.

What started during our IHOPU student chapel on November 4 is continuing today. Visitors are pouring in from many places, with some driving over 1,000 miles overnight to participate in these meetings. Consequently, on November 12, we moved the Prayer Room to our Forerunner School of Ministry sanctuary from 6:00pm to midnight each night, to accommodate more people. We will continue to hold nightly meetings through 2010 for as long as the Lord leads. We earnestly pray that this awakening will continue, as our nation is in desperate need of another great awakening in this hour.

Throughout history, college and university campuses in our nation have been an epicenter and a catalyst for spiritual awakening. Since the 1700s, our nation has witnessed multiple moves of the Holy Spirit that have touched and awakened students on college campuses, including Princeton University, Yale University, Asbury College, Wheaton College, and more than a dozen other college campuses. These spiritual awakenings often progressed beyond the campuses and resulted in a great number of souls being added to the kingdom of God. History also attests to a strong correlation between spiritual awakening and missionary movements. We pray that this spiritual awakening that is touching IHOPU and the rest of our IHOP–KC Missions Base will break out all over our nation in different cities.