I feel the waves crashing about me
I look up and see the stillness of the stars
Is it true that the light Im seeing is from the past
that it was pushed out by violent storms and heat?
I feel you in my trouble Jacob
Iv wrestled with you before
my father we're children marked from birth by our calling
travailing everyday to be born
is it true we're not so different me and you?
Im reaching up at the stars for you
Its the generations that keep me steady
When I look to the upward calling
I look up to the stars
and I see the past
Im a posterity
a child of your light
I look up and see your faces
now shinning in the firmament
every step I take is a prayer you prayed
out of joy, pain, death, and sorrow
Its the whisper of eternity that keeps drawing us to Him
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Everything I needed to learn about Jesus I learned in kindergarden
I was just thinking about the book of acts and how the disciples and apostles ate bread together in simplicity and went from house to house and gathered at the synagogue. Its a beautiful picture. If theirs one thing Iv noticed since Iv been saved, at least Iv noticed this in Canada is; this searching for the real thing. What is real Christianity? what does it really look like? Its like everyone is asking this question and running back and forth.
I think if anything we need Fathers right now. Definitely we don't need anymore preachers or teachings, its like the writer of Hebrews said " by now you should be teachers" with all our information and resources by now we should be examples to the world. If Christianity were a complex math problem or a formula I'm telling you we would have this thing figured out! but the problem is....it's not. Its not something we just need to figure out like an engine. Because its about people, God's building a temple out of people and what holds us together is love. How can you do a teaching on love? We have so much info and books, heres my question :
When does it become real?
I think a huge part of our problem in this part of the world is that we have had community and friendship and family stolen from us. We dont even know what it means anymore. To be a Friend even when they offend you to stick it out with someone even if they hurt you soo bad. Faithful are the wounds of a Friend Solomon once wrote.
I have only seen a few, maybe three, people in my life who just exuded love I mean they were the real deal you could tell they care.
coming back to the father issue, I was dreaming today of men who preached but weren't preachers. What I mean is I have seen this hunger especially in young people for someone who preaches but then gets down off the pulpit and comes into there world and doesn't just run out the back door.
I think of these fathers in the natural who have given up there lives and had it ruff so they could provide a better life for there children. I think of our fathers in the faith from Hebrews 11, how they gave up there lives to provide "something better for us"(vs 40). I think that's the difference between a father and a preacher, a preacher is doing it for himself and a father is doing it for the children. "You have many teachers in the faith, but not many fathers".
Family, community, breaking bread in simplicity.
Anyway let me know what you think or if you have anything to add I would like some feedback on this one.
I think if anything we need Fathers right now. Definitely we don't need anymore preachers or teachings, its like the writer of Hebrews said " by now you should be teachers" with all our information and resources by now we should be examples to the world. If Christianity were a complex math problem or a formula I'm telling you we would have this thing figured out! but the problem is....it's not. Its not something we just need to figure out like an engine. Because its about people, God's building a temple out of people and what holds us together is love. How can you do a teaching on love? We have so much info and books, heres my question :
When does it become real?
I think a huge part of our problem in this part of the world is that we have had community and friendship and family stolen from us. We dont even know what it means anymore. To be a Friend even when they offend you to stick it out with someone even if they hurt you soo bad. Faithful are the wounds of a Friend Solomon once wrote.
I have only seen a few, maybe three, people in my life who just exuded love I mean they were the real deal you could tell they care.
coming back to the father issue, I was dreaming today of men who preached but weren't preachers. What I mean is I have seen this hunger especially in young people for someone who preaches but then gets down off the pulpit and comes into there world and doesn't just run out the back door.
I think of these fathers in the natural who have given up there lives and had it ruff so they could provide a better life for there children. I think of our fathers in the faith from Hebrews 11, how they gave up there lives to provide "something better for us"(vs 40). I think that's the difference between a father and a preacher, a preacher is doing it for himself and a father is doing it for the children. "You have many teachers in the faith, but not many fathers".
Family, community, breaking bread in simplicity.
Anyway let me know what you think or if you have anything to add I would like some feedback on this one.
whoever does the word of the Lord shall live by it.
I was questioned recently by someone about why I would paint a room in someones house for free. I asked "why wouldn't I?" they responded "you need to make a living." I simply said " I don't live by the work of my hands."
From there lost point of view this makes no sense. But the fact is I now live by faith and I dont rely on the work of my own hands to provide for myself. Like the two sons of adam: Cain and Abel, one brought the work of his hands and the other brought a sacrifice of faith.
This clearly is a picture of two kinds of people in the earth, one who trusts in himself and his abilities to provide for Himself and the other who trusts in the lord for his daily bread. Basically put: I don't receive my living from working, I receive my living from obeying the voice of God. This is not to say I don't work, I do, I work a full time job yet that is not the source of my provision. If all the jobs would be gone tomorrow I know as long as I obey the voice of my God I will always have my daily bread, this is the difference.
Oh Mr. Trump you got nothin' on a simple sparrow lol. That little sparrow has more faith than He does!! lol. So once again we have the tree of life(faith) vrs the tree of knowledge(works).
Just a few examples:
I gave away my van to a family who needed it and a short time later a pastor who didnt know my situation called me and said the Lord told Him in prayer to give His pathhfinder to me....
I have cheaper rent and cheaper insurance than I think anyone I know and Im under 25 (usually insc is quite high before 25)!
All the glory to God! how did this happen? I didnt even try to make these things happen all I did was seek the kingdom.
O yea one other thing the van I gave away was an answer to prayer the next day after my truck had broken down, again the person who gave had no knowledge of my need.
So I just wanted to share the goodness of the Lordwith you. Dont just trust Him with salvation, trust Him with everything!
I was questioned recently by someone about why I would paint a room in someones house for free. I asked "why wouldn't I?" they responded "you need to make a living." I simply said " I don't live by the work of my hands."
From there lost point of view this makes no sense. But the fact is I now live by faith and I dont rely on the work of my own hands to provide for myself. Like the two sons of adam: Cain and Abel, one brought the work of his hands and the other brought a sacrifice of faith.
This clearly is a picture of two kinds of people in the earth, one who trusts in himself and his abilities to provide for Himself and the other who trusts in the lord for his daily bread. Basically put: I don't receive my living from working, I receive my living from obeying the voice of God. This is not to say I don't work, I do, I work a full time job yet that is not the source of my provision. If all the jobs would be gone tomorrow I know as long as I obey the voice of my God I will always have my daily bread, this is the difference.
Oh Mr. Trump you got nothin' on a simple sparrow lol. That little sparrow has more faith than He does!! lol. So once again we have the tree of life(faith) vrs the tree of knowledge(works).
Just a few examples:
I gave away my van to a family who needed it and a short time later a pastor who didnt know my situation called me and said the Lord told Him in prayer to give His pathhfinder to me....
I have cheaper rent and cheaper insurance than I think anyone I know and Im under 25 (usually insc is quite high before 25)!
All the glory to God! how did this happen? I didnt even try to make these things happen all I did was seek the kingdom.
O yea one other thing the van I gave away was an answer to prayer the next day after my truck had broken down, again the person who gave had no knowledge of my need.
So I just wanted to share the goodness of the Lordwith you. Dont just trust Him with salvation, trust Him with everything!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
is your mother the slave or the free woman?
This was a word I had for a freind but now that i think of it it....it's for all of us.
the orphan spirit of suburbia wants you to be obsessed with your progress because it makes you feel like thats where your value is.
But the adoption Spirit of God wants you to stand out because your blessed in who you are.
A child isnt any better at 2 years old than 5 even if he knows how to do a few more things.
Hes blessed and loved because he's a child.
thats whats going to make you stand out.
You being blessed in your being, even in your failures.
your identity is not in how much you progress or how much you succeed.
your identity is in your Father your identity is in being His child.
I call you out of the yoke of the orphan spirit, I call you out of the heavy yoke of having your identity wrapped up in your progress, I call you out into the freedom to show the world what it means to be a child.
I call you into the freedom of the adoption Spirit.
remember; the first thing Jesus taught his disciples to say when they asked Him how to pray was "Father".
The vain tradition of our Fathers is not Judaism and the law but its striving to find value and identity in our own effort and ability to succeed, and the heavy load of having our whole identity wrapped up in how people around us see us.
What the world doesnt understand is a child.
God loved us before the foundation of the world, before we did any right or wrong.....before the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
the orphan spirit of suburbia wants you to be obsessed with your progress because it makes you feel like thats where your value is.
But the adoption Spirit of God wants you to stand out because your blessed in who you are.
A child isnt any better at 2 years old than 5 even if he knows how to do a few more things.
Hes blessed and loved because he's a child.
thats whats going to make you stand out.
You being blessed in your being, even in your failures.
your identity is not in how much you progress or how much you succeed.
your identity is in your Father your identity is in being His child.
I call you out of the yoke of the orphan spirit, I call you out of the heavy yoke of having your identity wrapped up in your progress, I call you out into the freedom to show the world what it means to be a child.
I call you into the freedom of the adoption Spirit.
remember; the first thing Jesus taught his disciples to say when they asked Him how to pray was "Father".
The vain tradition of our Fathers is not Judaism and the law but its striving to find value and identity in our own effort and ability to succeed, and the heavy load of having our whole identity wrapped up in how people around us see us.
What the world doesnt understand is a child.
God loved us before the foundation of the world, before we did any right or wrong.....before the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Friday, January 30, 2009
the voice
The word of the Lord is more than words, it's substance. We need to follow the word. It needs to overpower you . It needs to be in you to direct you, it needs to be the strongest force and the loudest sound in you. It's an overcoming fire. You need to give it such precedence over your own life where you are no longer in control, where the power of the word literally overpowers you and masters you. Until you are the voice, you are what God is saying in the earth, until there is no part of you that has not been conquered by the word. Every desire is layed down, every thought is layed down and you are the carrier of the word of God and you are a fire and a hammer wielded by the hand of God Himself. And you will bear the stripes of the word and you will be brought through the valley of the shadow of death with the word and you will be hated with the word. You gotta hear it. You gotta hear the word. He who has ears to hear let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. The word has gone out and God is directing his army and some heads are going to hear it and bow but those who do not hear it will not bow and they will be destroyed. There is a call that's gone out and the word of God has been sent. Either you will bow and let the word overtake you and rule you or the word will consume you. That still small voice has to made louder than the world around you, has to influence you more than anything around you, has to drive you and push you forward. It'll make you burn with life "I have come to cast fire on the earth and how I wish that it were already kindled." You keep it a whisper in your life so you can push it away. I pray it becomes louder and louder until you cant sleep, until you cant rest in anything but Him, until His word shakes us until everything that can be shaken; all the compromise, all the false comforts break off us and we are brought to nothing before Him and His power is released in us.
The voice...can you hear it
The voice...can you hear it
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
I heard it said that God doesnt exalt His voice. Everyone in the world was waiting for an exalted voice. The stars dont make a sound but night after night the bible sais they sing. Creation sings of this great God. But He doesnt exalt His voice, He doesnt have to, He knows He's God. He knoews who He is. As the youngest of four I was always lifting up my voice because I was insecure wanted to be heard just like this fallen world exalts its voice to hide whats inside.
when the word of God came into the earth He came in a manger in the back country somewhere, a still small voice. The People were waiting for an exalted voice and they asked "Is this not Jesus, the carpenters son?", and many didnt hear Him. But the sound of The Lord has gone out over the earth and the humble and meek will hear it and rejoice and lift up there heads.
Are you still waiting for an exalted voice?
The Lord declares His love over His children every morning and rejoices over them with singing. A still small voice finds its home in a gentle heart.
Psalm 131
To him who has ears to hear, let him hear.
when the word of God came into the earth He came in a manger in the back country somewhere, a still small voice. The People were waiting for an exalted voice and they asked "Is this not Jesus, the carpenters son?", and many didnt hear Him. But the sound of The Lord has gone out over the earth and the humble and meek will hear it and rejoice and lift up there heads.
Are you still waiting for an exalted voice?
The Lord declares His love over His children every morning and rejoices over them with singing. A still small voice finds its home in a gentle heart.
Psalm 131
To him who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
people for sale
this has really been on my heart recently, this issue about being for sale. I was day dreaming the other day about what God's plans may be for some people and I was day dreaming about some certain young people and what God may want for there lives. I dreamt of things like taking care of orphanes and things like this. Then I started to think about these people and wondered if they would be bought, what I mean is; what if the right man or woman comes along or they get involved in being popular and the desire to be accepted and they never find out what God's plan for there life was? It just breaks my heart to think of. I mean how cheap.
Can the world purchase you? How about if it offers you the right carreer? the one youv always wanted? What about for the American dream?
In the process of coming to Jesus I was given 2 dreams in one night, they are in the order as follows:
The first dream started with me laying in bed and I had just woke up. I looked at myself and my body was almost in perfect shape. I also had brand new really nice tattoos. I got out of bed and I had lots of freinds in this very nice house and people were calling me and they were inviting me to parties. Then the dream ended.
This dream represented all i wanted in life before getting saved: tattoos, physically fit, freinds, popularity etc.
Then I had this second dream: In this dream i was being escorted around an orphanage that was also a home for sick kids by a middle aged woman who took me room to room. Finally we came to a closed door and before she opened it the lady turned to me and said "be careful how you act, in this room is a young girl who is dying." When the door opened I saw a small girl with straight brown hair, maybe 7 or 8 sitting on her bed. When she saw us come in I could tell by the look on her face that she was constantly treated by people as a dying person and she was nervous of visitors. I said to myself in my heart "Im going to show her Jesus", so I gave her the biggest smile and when I did she looked suprised for a minute but i felt the love of God enter the room.
Then I woke up
That night my heart made a choice. Behold two dreams; mine..........and God's.
Can you be bought?
Lord Jesus I pray right now for every heart that is struggling to lay down there old life, I pray for every person wondering why they are here that you would visit them with your dreams O God and invade this generation with your plans. God I pray right now for a sold out people, a people so desperatley after your heart that all the fleeting pleasures of this world are seen as garbage compared to knowing you Jesus.
Can the world purchase you? How about if it offers you the right carreer? the one youv always wanted? What about for the American dream?
In the process of coming to Jesus I was given 2 dreams in one night, they are in the order as follows:
The first dream started with me laying in bed and I had just woke up. I looked at myself and my body was almost in perfect shape. I also had brand new really nice tattoos. I got out of bed and I had lots of freinds in this very nice house and people were calling me and they were inviting me to parties. Then the dream ended.
This dream represented all i wanted in life before getting saved: tattoos, physically fit, freinds, popularity etc.
Then I had this second dream: In this dream i was being escorted around an orphanage that was also a home for sick kids by a middle aged woman who took me room to room. Finally we came to a closed door and before she opened it the lady turned to me and said "be careful how you act, in this room is a young girl who is dying." When the door opened I saw a small girl with straight brown hair, maybe 7 or 8 sitting on her bed. When she saw us come in I could tell by the look on her face that she was constantly treated by people as a dying person and she was nervous of visitors. I said to myself in my heart "Im going to show her Jesus", so I gave her the biggest smile and when I did she looked suprised for a minute but i felt the love of God enter the room.
Then I woke up
That night my heart made a choice. Behold two dreams; mine..........and God's.
Can you be bought?
Lord Jesus I pray right now for every heart that is struggling to lay down there old life, I pray for every person wondering why they are here that you would visit them with your dreams O God and invade this generation with your plans. God I pray right now for a sold out people, a people so desperatley after your heart that all the fleeting pleasures of this world are seen as garbage compared to knowing you Jesus.
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