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Monday, 17 December 2007
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A passion is stirring in my heart.
A dream too big for these small hands to carry out
An injustice I’m willing to give all I am to see ended
I’ve had other dreams, a big one I’ve carried for six years
But I’ve never known such passion.
I’ve never cried the tears of others day after day
Never carried a burden in my heart
Never been so willing to give my all
I’ve had other dreams.
Dreams I could see these hands fulfilling
Dreams where my life was not risked but my name received the glory
I’ve carried other burdens, on my lips but never in my heart
I’ve loved a nation for my glory but never for their salvation
I’m desperate. Desperate for a hopeless land to find the Hope their hearts long for. I’m longing for a lost childhood to be restored to a generation. I’m crying for peace in the midst of horrendous acts. I’m hungry for revival and I can taste change. And I’m ready. I’m ready to fight. I’m ready to do whatever it takes. I’m ready to pour out my blood if that is the cost of revival for a nation. I’m ready to pour out my heart in love for a wounded land. I’m ready to battle with prayers stronger than the weapons they use and love that will stop evil from swinging another machete.
I believe that the prayers of intercessors have been stored up before us. The bowls of intercession are full and ready to be poured out over the people of this earth. (Rev 5:8) Our mothers in the faith have cried out to God for the ending of abortion and this generation can go in and reap their fruit. Our ancestors have fasted and prayed for revival in Africa and we can bring that bit of heaven to earth. It is our time. It is time to not just go for the outskirts. There is a place for standing in abortion clinic parking lots and saving babies one at a time, but I believe that we are equipped to end abortion. There is a place for building orphanages to rescue children of aids and war, but I believe we are called to bring an end to these wars that are orphaning children and the immorality that is causing their parents to die of aids. There is a place for foster parenting and adoption, but God is calling us to dream bigger. We can live a comfortable life and save a couple people. Or we can take on the mantle that Christ is offering us and save a tribe, a generation, a nation.
If you could give up the next three years of your life before you begin doing what you want to do to fight for an area of injustice in the world and be guaranteed that it would be ended, what would you fight for? Maybe it is worth giving up a few years to see poverty ended in Asia. Maybe it's worth living below where you have always dreamed of living so that you can see a generation of unborn babies live. Maybe it’s worth giving your whole life for…
Monday, 17 September 2007
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Hey all!!
Sorry for the lapse in entries! The internet has been down all week and life's been a bit busy!
I am LOVING Canada and especially what God is doing in my heart!
I am so ready for what He has for me, even the hard things!
I have made some great friends and am having a blast!
And God has already taken me to new places in Him!
I know this is really broad, but I will share more later!For now...here's a picture of my roommates!
It was at the social we had the first week and we had to dress sci-fi...
You can't tell in the pic but we all had bottles or cups in our hair to make our hair stick out.
So fun!!
Ok, that's all for now folks!
Draw near to the Lord!
He is closer than you think, ready to take you deeper than you have ever dreamed!
Run into the freedom of His arms!
Thursday, 23 August 2007
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Come break the chains, the chains that hinder love
All that remains of yester-year.
Come break the chains, the chains that pull me down,
Come break the chains and draw me near
And let Your fire burn consuming me,
Let Your jealous flame come take away, everything
Let Your fire burn consuming me
Let Your jealous flame come and write Your name upon my heart
'Til all that remains is the light of Your countenance
And I will be satisfied when I awaken, as a lover of You."
~ Misty Edwards, "Come Break the Chains"
This is the process I am in right now.
My will and plans,
Pride, focus on self,
Fear, doubt,
Dependency on anything except God,
The need to have a backup plan,
My need to understand,
These things are being burned.
Faith when I can't see,
dependency on Him alone,
A vessel that God can flow through,
Trust rooted in love,
Feet that He can direct,
A heart that is set on Him.
Love pouring out.
Selflessness,
A mind that thinks of others.
These will be built in the end so that I can arise as a lover of God!
My faith is being stretched, my mind wants to focus on what I can see, but my Lover is calling my name, asking me to look beyond how I have been programed and into His beautiful face. When I do that, this seems easy.
I'm so in love. So hungry, so in need.
He is my best friend!
So faithful to meet me where I am.
I am loved by the King!
Within two weeks I will receive a miracle!
Friday, 17 August 2007
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Read this song! Or go to this link to get the full effect: http://www.francischan.org/media_player.php?f=Think%20of%20Me%2Emov
It's from the perspective of a mom in a third world country.
Think of MeI have a name; You can know itIt's been awhile since anybody asked.I love to laugh just like you doAnd my family also means the world to me.
So as you choose what to wear, remember I fight to stay warm.As you decide where to eat, It's my children who mourn.Think of me.Let me live in your mind; keep loving mewhile others play blind.Show true religion, 'cause words don't relieve.Your actions - they heal me.
Show that you believe.Think of me.
You have a life; I understand.God has blessed you, so enjoy what he has given.Your hurts are real, as mine are.Possessions never shield a life from earthly pain.As you consider your life, would you think about mine?As you remember my tears, maybe yours disappear...
How easy it is to forget the ones God is crying for.
How easy it is to walk by ignoring that their pain is as real as ours.
Let us not forget the poor! Church, we have to wake up!
The God we love is weeping for these ones. Will we hear their call?
Or will we feel a little sympathy, maybe cry a few tears and move on?
As one body we have to respond to this call.
This is our purpose.
Without this there is no point in walking in the church doors on Sunday
This is true and faultless religion. (James 1:27)
This is our worship to the King who is worthy!!
Let's do it!
heh...now I'm going to go play Nerts with my sisters. I hope that's pleasing to the Lord as well. :)
Thursday, 16 August 2007
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HOME SWEET HOME!
Well so far it's been an amazing summer!
my time with my family is decreasing as we spread out across the globe, so I am so thankful for this time with them!! a few arguments :) but mostly lots of laughs and fun memories. lots of pictures too but it is too late for me to try to put them up here.
over the past several months i've struggled with what i see in the american church. i knew that God had not given up on us, but as i saw the vast differences between the heart of the early Church and where our focus lies now, I had a hard time not becoming discouraged and confused. On top of that, the people that the Lord has broken my heart for and who I see over and over in Scripture as being highly valued are the ones being neglected as churches build their huge buildings and focus on programs.
as i have tried to come to terms with all of this, i have met people who are longing to be the Church. People who may never plant physical roots in another country, but desire to see the Gospel preached to the ends of the earth as badly as i do. a couple rearranging their finances so they can give more for the sake of the gospel. a lady faithfully praying for a nation that burdens her heart as she watches a friend prepare to head to that land knowing she may never go. a pastor unwilling to continue doing the church program unless there is something else. a church giving up a huge building project so they can feed the hungry. through this God has begun to expand my vision of who the church is. the church is those who are going, giving up every comfort and security so others can know him. the church is the child who gives his lunch to a friend who forgot his. the church is us as we begin to step out into who God has called us to be. we can be excited to be apart of something that great!
i am becoming so excited about the future! not just for the school in canada, but for the rest of my life. the dream of going to india has always seemed so far away, but the past couple of months i have began to sense that it is getting close. i don't know what that means as far as number of months or years since God's timing is so different than ours, but i know He is preparing me for something greater! i can't wait for the day when i can pick up a little child making her mat on the street and tell her she does not have to sleep there tonight and risk being bullied or worse. but she can come home to a house with a bath, supper, and a place to sleep, and a Daddy who loves her more than she has ever know. Soon...!
we must be desperate people! so little happens when we do it on our own. i want to be a girl who ushers in the presence of God. that when i cry out, heaven pauses to listen and angels spring into action. that when my head bows, His glory comes.
Daddy, i need to know that You would come just for me
i've seen you in the sanctuary.
i felt your presence so strongly in meetings i could not walk
i've seen you heal through the hands of man
i've heard great prophesies and visions that have confirmed so much in the hearts of your people
there have been times when i've known you are in the room with me
times when fresh wind blows out of parts of scripture i've read many times
answers to prayer, miraculous provision, divine connections.
i've seen so much
but i am still so desperate.
i need to know you will come with me
alone in india trying to pull a nation from the gates of hell, will you send you manifest presence?
in my prayer room as i pour out my soul, will you be there?
in walmart, praying for the crippled man, will you release healing through these hands?
i need to be one with you!
choose me to be apart of what You are doing.
i think this was a little long and maybe a little randomly put together. but it's late and i haven't posted in awhile so that's what it is. hopefully i'll have something insightful to say before i leave the country, but if not i'll post from canada eh??
Mucho amor amigos!!
poured_out_in_prayer
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- Name: Amy
- Birthday: 10/10/1984
- Gender: Female
- Member Since: 5/8/2005
