Tag: Joy

Hunger Pains

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You know that feeling when you are hungry, I mean really hungry. It is as though you could chew through the walls just to eat something. Most people do not fast, let alone miss a meal, but there are people who are so busy they forget to eat. Hunger is a force that drives us to get what we need which in many cases is food. There is an internal mechanism that says, I am hungry inside of us and we answer its call by going into a drive through, throwing something into the microwave or preheating the oven for. Our natural hunger for food is satisfied with putting something in our mouth. Most of us do not need anyone else to satisfy our hunger for food, so we just eat when we are hungry.

There is another hunger in us that needs other people and God to satisfy. People are manifesting their hunger, but most people do not see or can not hear the cry of a hungry person. It is not because we are deaf to their cry, it is because they are not speaking it out, they are acting it out. I was with some friends yesterday shopping and while walking around the mall I could see the hunger for attention coming from people. They were not hungry for physical food, they were hungry for attention. Hungry for people to enjoy what they enjoy, hear what they were saying, take an interest in what interested them. The hunger for attention was obvious to me and all they wanted was some focused attention.

When people are hungry for love, attention, time, touch, whatever it may be they act differently that they are designed to because they are hungry. Think about when you are physically hungry how your attitude changes, your energy wanes, your thoughts wander. The same is true for people who are hungry for time, touch, talk, attention, they act not according to design, but from a place of being hungry. When they are fed they smile big smiles, laugh, play, enjoy life, respect people and obey instructions. It is amazing to me how many times we have used behavior modification techniques when people were just trying to tell us they are hungry and we had the food they needed.

Church may we be the people who are connected to abundance so when we are doing life with hungry people we are not distracted by behavior but feed the hungry soul. They may need attention, time, physical touch or someone that enjoys them. It is amazing how something so simple can take a hungry person and fill them up in a way nothing else can. As we tap into the unlimited resources of God’s love we become distributors of that love to others who are hungry in ways they can not communicate but desperately want us to see.

Joy Is Manifesting

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It is not coming, it is here! There is a move of God happening in our midst of the likes we have not heard or seen before. It is not a weeping revival; it is not a you and Jesus only revolution; it is not an evangelistic crusade; it is not a wave your hands and people fall down situation; no this is a move of proximity to God and people. He is not coming, He is here. It is not on the horizon, it is upon us. Can you see it? Can you hear it? Can you feel it? The change has happened. The manifestation of the new is here and oh my my my it is filled with joy, celebration and liberation.

We sang a song yesterday in church called Give Me Jesus. The bridge says, “I don’t want anyone else, I don’t need anyone else, You are my one thing, You are my one thing.” I was struggling to sing that line, because I do need other people, I do need other things. As the Lord and I were discussing this song, He said, “If you have Me, you get all those other things.” I knew He was saying remember Matthew 6:33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you.” I leaned over to my friend Lauren, who was standing next to me at church and I said, “When we get Jesus we get all the other people and things as well. He just has to be priority one.” She smiled a huge smile and we both shouted, “Give me Jesus! Give me Jesus! You can have all this world, you can have all this world.”

Psalm 34 says, “Join me, everyone! Let’s praise the Lord together. Let’s make him famous! Let’s make his name glorious to all.” My friends, this is a corporate-body move. This is about proximity to God and to people. This is not a me and Jesus move, this is an us and Jesus move of God and it is coming with joy unspeakable. We were not meant to do life alone, we were meant to do life together. One final thing happened at church yesterday, for the first time, we literally had a conga line happening all around the building as joy broke out in the house. It was kids and parents, friends and families, it was old and young, it was a whole string of people singing, dancing, waving their scarfs, it was joy unspeakable. This has not happened before but I am sure it will happen again for this proximity revolution is here with joy, praise and healing and it has already begun to manifest.

Walking With God

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Walking with God through this life is more enjoyable than anything else we could ever do. It reminds me of the hymn we used to sing in our Lutheran Church in Redmond, WA that says, “Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus and to take Him at His word; just to rest upon His promise, and to know, “Thus saith the Lord.”” I can hear the organ playing in the background even as these lyrics run through my soul. These words are true, very true for those who truly trust in Jesus. It is no longer a song we sing, but a life we live, and in doing so we become the song and the song becomes us.

Yesterday, I went to Walmart to buy some coolant for my radiator, because my car overheated on Wednesday night and then again on Friday afternoon, after some diagnostic work, I realized my thermostat was bad. My friend Jenn and I put in a new thermostat on Friday night but I needed coolant for the radiator, so to Walmart I went. While at Walmart in the same automotive section I had been to over and over again for a year now, here in Franklin, TN, I never saw they had a tire and oil change center. It was as though it was hidden from me until yesterday. I had been looking at two new tires for my truck, and was going to drive 45 minutes to the only Walmart service center I knew of in Columbia, TN, so, to have this one appear before my eyes yesterday, in the store I shop in consistently, was a “miracle” for me. Then to be able to get the tires done right then and there with only a 90 minute wait was another “miracle”.

I don’t tell you all that so you know I fix my own car, but to say, when we walk with God, when we trust God, He opens up opportunities right in front of us, along our path He knows we are thinking about. It may seem small to you, but it was a God wink for me knowing the Lord is involved in all the details of life. I was looking at getting into a loan on another car, but God had a much cheaper fix for me, $10 thermostat and $300 tires and we are one alignment away from rolling down the road again in our faithful red truck. Walking with Jesus does not mean driving a new car that puts you in debt, it means creative ways to keep you moving until the money comes in to buy that car with cash. Contentment and gratitude are the keys to joy. I am grateful for the honor of walking with God.

Calling To Cities

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Calling to Cities 2.28.17
 
While in prayer today for our nation, the Lord began to give me the eyes to see what He is saying about some of our cities and states. As I saw what He was saying, I began to write as fast as I could what I heard Him saying and the images that He was releasing to me about these cities. Here is what I heard and saw today…
 
Spokane, WA: Hot Tub of Healing, it will be the healthiest city in the US again. He is going to flow from Spokane to Seattle and they will be sister cities of healing.
 
Los Angeles, CA: Storehouse of heavenly messengers. God houses the heavenly messengers for America in LA and when they are called upon to fulfill and assignment they are sent from here.
 
Redding, CA: Financial Mountain. This city will be a financial epi-center inside the mountain which is Redding. Just like we cannot see the activity that is present inside a volcano, this city is going to explode financially.
 
Kentucky: This state is going to win the Triple Crown over sickness, poverty and divorce. The three crowns they will get are health, wealth and covenant.
 
Detroit, MI: The motor city will power the nation. There is going to be so much power coming out of this city, the whole nation will look here as the power source of our nation.
 
New York: Niagara Falls is like the voice of many rushing waters. There is going to be many voices that come out of this state, loud voices that proclaim truth.
 
Kansas City, MO: Heart of America, out of the abundance of the heart the mouth will speak. Oracles, mouthpieces, and a new wave of prophetic voices will arise from here.
 
Colorado Springs, CO: Ministry mecca. There will be word ministries that carry revelation coming out of this city. Revelation light will shine again in this city.
 
Las Vegas, NV: Currently known as sin city. Where people once came for pleasure, the Lord is making it a place where people come to be in plumbline. It’s going to be a plumbline city for the nation.
 
Chicago, IL: This is a city of entrepreneurs, leaders, influencers and builders. It will become the government hub of the United States. The kingdom of God will reign in this city.
 
Minneapolis, MN: This is a city of musical geniuses. Worship music will arise from here on the level of Beethoven and Mozart. Listen for new sounds to arise out of this city.
Des Moines, IA: This city will be giving a state of the harvest address to the nation. They will produce new forms of energy, far beyond ethanol. There’s going to be an agricultural revolution that comes out of Iowa.
 
New Orleans, LA: There is a river of revelation coming out of this city, that is going to bring healing to the nations.
South Carolina: This state is going to be an exporter of sons. They will begin to build schools of sonship to train, equip and deploy sons of the kingdom.
 
Dallas, TX: America’s 5-fold ministry team will come out of this city. This team will be the 5 – fold ministry team for the nation.
 
Houston, TX: You have been known for physical oil, but now you will be known for the oil of joy that breaks the spirit of heaviness. There is an oil coming on this city that will loose that city from the spirit of heaviness.
 
Atlanta, GA: You are an International Apostolic Center that will be like a harbor boss for the South.
 
Phoenix, AZ: Is a watchman city. You will sound the alarm, blow the trumpet, alert the nation to any enemy that may try to invade.
 
Salt Lake City, UT: You are currently a dead sea city, but just like in Ezekiel 37, this city will live again and be an exporter of salt believers to the nations. You are a sending city of salt shakers to the nations.
 
Isaiah 61:6-7 says, “You will be known as the ones specially chosen by the Eternal as priests;
people will speak of you as ministers of our God.
And the wealth of nations will come to you for your delight and enrichment.
7 Many called you disgraced and defiled and said that shame should be your share of things.
Yet you suffered doubly and lived in disgrace;
So double will be your share, and with joy everlasting.