MIND OF TRUTH

Mark Batterson hit the mark again with his blog post "A Fresh Anointing" . I've been feeling the same thing that there is way more God has for me and I want it. More than ever before we need a fresh hunger and desire for intimacy with God to overwhelm our complacency. We don't need the latest and greatest man idea, we just need to find ourselves rooted in a place of humble submission to the voice of the Holy Spirit. Mark said "Be filled with His Spirit. Be filled with His Word. And watch Him do things in your life that are way beyond your human ability!"

“The gospel is absurd and the life of Jesus is meaningless unless we believe that He lived, died, and rose again with but one purpose in mind: to make brand-new creations. Not to make people with better morals, but to create a community of prophets and professional lovers, men and women who would surrender to the mystery of the fire of the Spirit that burns within, who would live in even greater fidelity to the omnipresent Word of God, who would enter into the center of the flame that consumes, purifies, and sets everything aglow with peace, joy, boldness, and extravagant, furious love. This, my friends, is what it really means to be a Christian. Our religion never begins with what we do for God. It always starts with what God has done for us, the great and wondrous things that God dreamed of and achieved for us in Christ Jesus.” - Brennan Manning - The Furious Longing of God

Hab 2:1 "I will stand on my guard post And station myself on the rampart; And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me, And how I may reply when I am reproved." Today we need to cry out o God and lay everything at His feet. Let go of the fear, the pressure, the doubt, the expectations, the stresses of life. Take your life, your failures, your shortcomings, your weaknesses and shout them out to God and get it all out. Have the courage to stand up before God and say everything your thinking and feeling. Then quit your spirit and wait. Take up your place on the rampart, on the watchtower and wait for God to speak. Brace yourself and be prepared for God to correct and reprove you. Know that all the miserable failures that you laid at His feet deserve to be laid at your feet, but know that He takes it all because He is merciful, gracious, and loves you. He takes our fears and gives us love in return. He takes failure and gives us a miracle. He takes our complain

Hab. 2:2 And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it." We took a look at Hab 2:1-4 Wednesday night and its an amazing passage. I know we quote 2:2 a lot and God has been giving revelation and showing us how to run with it, but I've been wondering about that middle part "Witting down the revelation". I know we need to process, journal, and meditate on the revelation, I agree with that. I know we need to write out a plan to stay focused and run with purpose. I agree with all that, but I saw another aspect of it as I was studying Wednesday. God wants us to write the revelation on our life so that "he who reads it" can run. My life should be a living, breathing revelation of the Word of God. People should know what God has spoken because it is written all over my life. They can read it on my face, they can read it in my marriage, and in my children, and in the work I do. Revelation changes everythin

Today is my birthday. Spiritual birthday that is. 33 years ago on an Easter Sunday Jesus called me and said come follow me. I've been running with Him every since. He has never left me, He has never given up on me and His patience is amazing. He has shared His precious Word with me and given me privileges that I never deserved. I would give my whole entire life just to have one moment of revelation of who He is. I would give everything just to speak one Word of His truth, yet He gives me new revelation day after day and allows me to speak and teach His Word over and over again. I will follow Him anywhere and give everything to know Him more and more. What an amazing, wonderful God who gave Himself for me not only this day long, long ago, but every day! Thank You Jesus.

I'm teaching on Galatians 3:3 and Hebrews 12:1 tomorrow night at LIFE House Church Bethel. Gonna be good because God is speaking. I was just thinking that when God gives us revelation we need to run with confidence. I have encountered a few people lately who share with me the revelation God has given them and they seem a little hesitant and a little unsure about running with it. I know it is because we place our confidence in self and not in Christ. I will always be unsure about running in my own strength but running with Christ is another matter. He lifts me up and fills me with strength and endurance. His Spirit helps me cast aside every weight that slows me down. He empowers me and gives me the resource I need to run to win. When you get that revelation, that Word that He whispers into your heart, boldly step up to the line, set your focus, and get ready to run like the wind.

A thought occurred to me yesterday, sparked by something my Pastor said (Not sure if he knows, but he does that a lot. Thanks PT). I thought there is a lot more to running at a new level that we realize at first. The first thing you feel is scared out of your mind. All the walls are gone, God has expanded your boarders and taken away the nice cozy, snuggley place you were living in, and the reality of nothingness hits you big time. But like I said before, He has big plans to fill up that space with good things, so brace yourself, step up to the line, and keep running. Next you feel excited when you begin to realize what God is doing. You go around telling everyone your at a new level now, and you can feel the old things loosing their grip on your mind. You start looking forward to things you didn't think were possible before. You start dusting off those dreams God has whispered into your heart in times past. Then you realize that your heart is running way ahead of everythng

Isaiah 30: 21 And your ears will hear a word behind you, "This is the way, walk in it," whenever you turn to the right or to the left. I just can't get this verse out of my mind. I used this Wednesday night while teaching from Galatians 3 and God used it. I could feel Him take everything to another level when I shared this verse. God wants to speak to His people. More than ever before He is wants us to receive revelation from His heart to ours. No matter what we may be doing or where we are running, God's Word will catch up to us and we will hear Him speaking behind us, directing us, and guiding our steps. We will not fall, or stumble, or slow down in any way. His Words illuminate the path before us and His Word will run with us wherever His will takes us. I am encouraged by this Word from the Lord. Now is the time to receive His revelation. Now is the time to write it down and run with it. Time is short and I want to spend all my time building the Kingdom o

Seth is growing up so fast. It hit me on Wednesday as he turned 9 that this critical season of time I have with him while he is still in our home is half over. He has such strength and courage that I need to continue to develop. I've decided this year I'm making a covenant agreement with him for us to accomplish certain goals this year. Got the idea from Mark Batterson and I know the Lord will bless it. We'll set some physical and spiritual goals to accomplish together. We need to plan some camping and hiking, finish reading the Chronicles of Narnia, and plan a trip to go somewhere we have never been before. We have also set a goal for our family to raise 1k to buy a well in India. I am very excited about that one. I hope to take Seth over there in a few years. Its a life changing experience. Looking forward to my date with Abbey next week. We are going to see the Hannah Montana movie.

I read this today and felt like it summed up for me what the Lord is doing now. He wants to reveal Himself to His people. He wants to give us new revelation and speak direction into our life so that we may walk in His ways and build His Kingdom. If we are willing to cast aside all other priorities and false gods in our life, He will pour out His abundance, enlarge our territory, and bring blessing. Isa 30:18 ¶ Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him. 19 O people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you. 20 Although the Lord has given you bread of privation and water of oppression, [He,] your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher. 21 And your ears will hear a word behind you, "This i