Last week I spent in Kansas City, Missouri at Onething conference put on my International House of Prayer (IHOP). It was beyond amazing! Not going to life the experience was amazing, but that's not where the glory goes. The glory goes to Jesus. His name was so much glorified in that place and I was reminded so much of his faithfulness, love, goodness, etc...
I won't go into every single detail considering that would take hours, but I'll touch on a few things. I fell in love with Jesus again. The hard thing about conferences is that they get you all hyped up, and when you get home it's gone. But I've found this love that does not fade with time. It doesn't fade with emotion. It's unconditional and genuine. This semester I am putting myself on a rigorous schedule of seeking God.
Corey Russel (leader at IHOPU) charged us to go to bed at 10 and wake up at 6 and spend two hours before school with Jesus. This message really got to me. Corey explained that this generation has a spirit of complacency and laziness on them. We are always on facebook, watching TV, texting, etc... He also explained that after ten p.m. we are more vulnerable to the enemy for multiple reasons. That message totally collided with me! I was convicted of my ever going flippancy. So this new year I am committing to pleading with the Lord to give me a spirit of sobriety. So this week I began digging in the word and worship and prayer.
I also got prophesied over on Thursday afternoon. I won't go into that, but God is always faithful! He is so good! Everything lined up with what God had been speaking to me initially!
The worship was amazing! I've literally listened to the Forerunner music non stop since last Saturday! It's so powerful, real, and fun (yes, I find worship a lot of fun!). One of the forerunner worship leaders is Misty Edwards. She spoke on how our mind is sacred space. We always have things running through our minds and conversations with my mind. She made the point that the people we have conversations with, well, they can't even hear us anyways, so why not keep that sacred space for you and God? Good point!
Another sermon was by Stephen Venable. He spoke on Luke 9. This is where Jesus says to take up our crosses and deny ourselves and follow Him. This one is convicting hardcore! And I've realized that I can't have anything without that right there. I can't go on and live a full and genuine faith if I won't surrender my very own life.
Okay, that's about it on that note. You all should really go experience IHOP for your own selves since a blog post will not give it justice. No, scratch that. Yes, IHOP is great and their mission is fantastic and so biblical, but I want to encourage you all to not give up. Don't give up. Don't give in. If you don't quit, you win, you win.
Keep running hard after Jesus. Stop what you are doing and make yourself a prayer schedule or schedule time during the day to actually BE with God. He longs for you. He loves you. He is ravished over you. And you don't need a conference to find Jesus. He is right here. His presence is always there! So keep running after Him! He is far more worth it then anything this world could offer! Promise! He is so fulfilling and so full of love and grace and freedom and Joy and peace and satisfaction. Friends we were made for Him. We were created for him, by him and through Him.
Tonight I'm hosting a dinner party. Yep, super exciting and quite a step as I mature into an adult.
I leave for Ireland in 4 days! Yikes! I'm ready for another adventure. I will tell you one of the things prophesied over me was i was going to go on adventures this year with the Lord. I was stirring the apple cidar when it dawned on me. "Woah! I was made for adventure!" I was made for adventures. I've always been adventurous. ever since I was an itty bitty thing. I'm excited!
So I think that's it. I'm about to go dig into Jeremiah.
I love you all! The joy of the Lord is our strength!
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