My Declaration for a New Season

Because the LORD has declared that this IS a NEW season! I am NOT who I was.... I am a new creation! Here is the declaration of newness from the God of Angel Armies!

I will no longer hide.
I will no longer hide.
Though thousands, tens of thousands rise up against me!
I will not be among those who shrink back!
The LORD is my stronghold.
He is my strength.
Though my courage give way,
He will be strong.
I will not sell my confidence in Him
For He has promised me only good things.
I will no longer hide.
I cannot hide.
The glory of God is within me;
And nothing, Satan, demons, nor man
Can take that from me!
I am a new creation.
I trust the LORD.

I don't even have to try to hide my thoughts.
I can let them flow and they will not effect me.
Because the LORD is the keeper of my mind,
I will not be shaken.
I trust in the LORD.
He will direct my steps.
I will survive.
I will live a full life -- an abundant life!
This is my declaration
For a NEW season.
Amen.

Words of Refreshment from the LORD!!

Summer 2010, August 7 - #8 (New Beginnings), #7 (Completion, Rest)

-Start praying for him. Speak and declare that he would BREAK OUT, that he would be all that he is created to be and walk in the Spirit, breaking all the yokes of death!

-God is nurturing a life of prayer and speaking the Word

-You were a burden-bearer, but now you are a yoke-destroyer!

-Don't forget how powerful you are, whose image you were made in. Start shedding that fear, do not be deceived.

-Whoever you give your first fruits to, you develope intimacy with that person. Give the first fruits of your EMOTIONS to God. Talk to Him first :)

Scarlet encounter

Today I met the only righteous man who ever lived. Without a word, he cut me with a thousand memories of careless words, selfish binges, greedy endeavors and heartless acts.

"Walk with me" he said.

I knew that his path came from patience, from faithful duty completed, from honor, from sincerity and truth. I knew that his path led to spotless courage, the kind that knows no shame and makes the world more just and more bright. I also knew from where my own path led. I prayed it was still concealed in darkness.

"How can I follow you?" I said, "I come from a dark path. I am a sinful woman, my heart as dark as my path."

"Follow me" he said. His eyes looked not at my darkness, but at my own eyes. He did not seem to see the shadow I wrapped around me like a shroud.

"But look behind me," I said, "look where I'm from, look what I've done." I tried to make him see.

But as I looked behind me, my jaw nearly dropped. Where once had been shadow, graves and many bridges burned, I saw nothing but red. Crimson red, thick, full, flowing, filling, covering and poured out over everything. The lines and the landscape blurred in Scarlet hues.

I looked back at him. In contrast to the Scarlet behind, he seemed to me white like a sheet, like a tomb, like a porcelain teacup emptied out. The white called out to my shamed and battered spirit like a floodlight, a star on the dim and dusty earth.

"Where are you staying?" I asked him.

"Come and see."

a SPARK rekindled...

So, Lauren, you encouraged me to make the vision plain for a biblestudy/prayer/encouragement group for Belhaven this year. I think this is wise, so here's my attempt at putting this small spark into words.... I believe that there is a strong desire within the body of Christ for LIFE ABUNDANT. Out of that belief, an idea has stirred that can't quite die down.

I desire to encourage the believers at Belhaven University to encourage and love one another in the faith. With the enabling power of Christ, to wake up souls to the living truth which is Christ; that we, as His body, can live full lives no matter our vocation. I desire to be one administrator in encouraging the body of Christ to pray for eachother, using all spiritual gifts (according to the Bible), to exhort with the Word, to study God's Word together, and by His grace, boldly living out that truth (John 3:16). I want to provide a time and place for believers, primarily theatre department girls, to fulfill the call of Christ to keep Him close to their hearts, thus falling more deeply in love with Him. Remembering that to be in love with Jesus is greatness and everything else will simply follow....

In Jesus' name, Amen.

Unless God has another name in mind, I think I will call this vision "Stand Firm" Amen.