Pra*ise the L*ord family!
This week has been massive breakthrough in the authority and unity that our school beholds. We had a speaker share with us on Tuesday night about the authority that has been given to us. Ah, so much revelation. One thing he talked about was how G*od gave authority to Adma and Eve and then they gave it back to sa*tan. Then Jesus walked the earth for 33 years, winning the authority back through dying on the cr*oss and then hands it back to us. We have all auhtoiryt on hea*ven and earth to bind and loose. G*od has given us the keys of the kingdom. That means we can unlock those who are enchained, we can release a sp*irit of freedom over strong*holds of darkness, we can he*al the sick, make decisions in parliament. Ah, incredible! All I need to do is act upon it. I did see a headache healed this week, 24 hours of pra*yer be planned in 3 days and thousands of dollars released through pra*yer for a specific ministry after I took a hold of this. This is supposed to be the norm. Signs and wonders are to follow us.
As we enter labour rooms and places beckoning for hea*ling, this is what we as G*od fearing midwives need to have mastered. We must practice our pra*yer, intercession, essentially, grow spir*itual muscles. If I’m not comfortable speaking out hea*ling—I need to get comfortable. If I am used to prayers of passivity, speaking in pleases and thank yous to the enemy, I need to recognize authority and defeat him with it. This teaching flowed into the teaching we received as a class on unity and team dynamics. I have realized how many small excuses I can make, “I just am an internal processor, I don’t like to share out loud”---the enemy is going to speak for me or to me if I don’t claim what I learned and communicate to those around me. How many times have I had a relaxed face on (which looks sometimes grumpy or uninterested) just because I was relaxing and didn’t share my thoughts because I wasn’t sure of them and before I know it, I have, without saying a word, not contributed to the unity, nor cultivated G*oddly thoughts, nor claimed what I am learning and people can easily think I don’t want to share with them, that I don’t feel comfortable sharing…i.e. not the best unity builder. And the thing is, I can become better at this, this is something I can excel at, if I just practice…I can contribute or deteriorate the unity. This is such a big deal because almost every problem in the world is a relationship problem. You can replace the word s*in with “relationship breaker”… I am beginning to recognize that G*od takes friendships/relationships just as seriously as relationship with him…we are all mini reflections of him, if he have distorted visions of each other…well…
Thoughts? Anyone? It’s still fresh…and I could keep on…
Anyway! I am amazed by the dedication and excitement of the students. The way they ask questions to the speakers and study with eagerness. I am blessed to be learning alongside them. One of my favourite parts of being in their lives as a leader is reading their journals…”G*od spoke to me about being in obstructed labour”, “G*od spoke to me about repairing the breech”, they have taken a hold of the powerful imagery of labour.
This week we have a Dr. who has specialized in tropical medicine and has been serving the needy for decades. He speaks with great convicition and as a servant leader. Really looking forward to the impartation of his wisdom.
One of my special roles as a staff is co-leading wor*ship. Shocker, possibly. Although I am not musically inclined, I get to be a part of the planning with an amazing friend of mine, becca. Today we were brainstorming about the quote “Let jus*tice and wor*ship kiss” for our wor*ship time…maybe I should get into this one later. I am still trying to figure out the extent of it (maybe the rest of my life I will) but I know they are supposed to be intricately woven together.
A lot of thoughts. A lot is happening. Please send me some questions via comments or some things that you would like to know about, etc. I love to hear from you guys.
Oh, staff debt is down to 160,000! That’s 141,000 in!
thanks for the read guys!
4 comments:
oh so lovely. I"m so glad to be on this journey of dancing with God together. You make my heart smile and I'm so glad you came over tonight. Amazing blog. love you
As Corrie ten Boom said, "Hallelujah, what a Saviour!". Your post evokes a hallelujah in me, Bek, because I can see His hand in all your word pictures. Such a fab point about verbally taking hold of our God given power, lest it be taken from us by the one who roams the earth.
Also lurve the justice/worship kiss idea. Tell me more. As someone who does help lead worship, I realize what a huge gift and responsibility it is. We're not leading songs--we're telling the One who created our inner most beings and the entire universe that we love Him, and glorify His name. May every act in your students' lives grow to be an act of worship.
Okay...comment hogged long enough. Hugs, friend.
Gretchen…you are such a faithful reader. Thank you. I have decided that I need to begin responding more to comments. So as dear faithful…here’s to you,
Jus*tice-to give people what they need, not what they deserve
Wor*ship-to glo*rify G*od.
Jus*tice and Wor*ship…G*od gave me a picture of the llama and the emperor in a scene from the emperor’s new groove, they were climbing up back to back from the bottom of a ravine to the top, using one another’s backs as leverage to climb higher. From the bottom, our feet are on the ground with limited vision, but as we begin to climb, our view expands, our peripherals become useful…a fuller image is established as the two push against one another to climb to higher heights.
This is a representation of the marriage of jus*tice and wor*ship. (I am referring to the wor*ship lifestyle, not corporate wor*ship events...although not excluded.) So this means, to stop singing songs with your team, in order to give a pregnant mom a check up, is fully wor*shipping G*od. This division of what is and what is not wor*ship needs refinement in my heart. I don’t want to stay at the bottom of the ravine, happy with the view. I want to climb to higher heights. To know G*od deeper as he refines my thoughts of what does and does not honour or glorify him.
Bek, Scripture says that whatEVER you do, do it to the Glory of God. That means whatEVER. Worship is in the "whatever"s of life...whether singing or delivering a babe or cleaning the kitchen...or (ick) killing a chicken for dinner.
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I have seen many things change when God's people have spoken out, declared the situation/person/etc for God, and given Satan his walking papers! Satan can't read our minds, remember, so we need to speak out with the authority God has given us! Sometimes Christians are far-too timid.
Love your posts! God is blessing you with amazing insights, and sharing them with us is a blessing for us!
luv u,
pam
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