Last Ditch Efforts

Enemy. You are going down. No more messing around. Period. 

I've had it with his foolish antics. Why does he think that he can run us away from our promises. We will break through into the new wineskin. We will birth a movement of love. 

I just hate that his attacks are so timely. Paul and I are trying to faithfully walk out this transition. Living in the fine balance of faith and action. In the middle of looking for jobs, where does he attack....finances. 

Well, I've had enough. I am making a declaration to all who hear. We won't be detered. We won't turn back, and we will advance into everything He has for us. We will be a Cyrus. We will shift. We will. 

Oh yeah, and stop messing with my friends too.

Good Friends

Sometimes all the day needs is some time with good friends. 

In a season of releasing performance in relationships, I've had a longing in my heart for deep friendship. Have you ever been in a room of people that you feel deeply connected to in mission and in purpose, but still feel lonely? I've been there recently. At first I felt that it might have been an attack from the enemy trying to isolate me, and there might have been some of that going on... but sometimes the Lord allows an area of life to get frustrated so that you are willing to break into a deeper level of that area.

So the the frustration is driving me to a deeper level of intimacy with people, specifically in the area of friendship. Our relationships must dive deeper than a common purpose, they must encompass risk and vulnerability so that we have true friendship....the kind that scares you and entices you. 

It's easy to think about friendship with people you have known forever, but to Develop friendship is totally different. It must be intentional and raw, able to change with the tides, ready to weap, and anxious to rejoice. 

You must take on the task of making and developing these friendships, because if you want friends, show yourself friendly. 

So to those of you who have been intentional with me and Paul, thank you. We love you and welcome your friendships. And know that we plan on being just as intentional in getting into your family's world! 

So Lord, come and be our friend that we may know how to truly enter into deep friendship.

Glory

What a wonderful word. Some revelations are awesome and such, but some revelations just seem to speak your DNA. Revelations with or about the word "GLORY" do that for me.

So this blog may touch on glory often. What it is, how we display it, and the effects of it.

But for tonight I wanted to expound a certain thought.

We as the body of Christ can't just contemplate the glory of God. We must display it. The world is contemplating it, and it's our job to give them something to talk/think about.

We must be the carrier of His glory....the jars of clay that show this curious world just what the "Light of Life" looks like.

So how do I not just get religious about talking about glory. It's by experiencing it and letting it change me. It's by the encounter of the pressence of the one true living God. Then we "expand" and allow glory to flow.