Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Consumed Freedom

Im pretty sure that is has been about 3 weeks since I have posted something! So much has happened! 2 weeks ago we had Andy Byrd speak and brought us into deeper breakthrough! That week I saw a spark lit inside of our students! People began praying out loud and declaring life over themselves! Bondages were being broken! We began to lay down our rights to things and any thing that hinders us from fully running after Jesus. Nothing is a sacrifice to lay down in comparison to knowing God! Sometimes it doesn't always seem like it is the reality but its the truth! He is that GOOD!

Last week, we learned about evangelism, freedom and revival! Brian Brennt walked us through breaking down strongholds and we took authority over our fear and passivity! We shouted from the top of our lungs for freedom. I have never heard a room that loud before! We do not want to settle for anything less, GOD! We want the fullness that God has. He died to set us free fully, not half way! My heart has been stirred with the fact that we really can be totally free! If we can't have a life free of fear, insecurities, and the like... the gospel isn't real! Jesus has all authority! I have been so challenged with that! I want to be fully convinced of His power... because if it isn't true... then all of this would be meaningless!

At the end of last week, we had the privilege to have Lou Engle come and share what God is doing! I have never in my life felt more convinced of who God is than I was on those 3 days! My mind was so focused on Jesus and the passion and zeal that I have felt in my heart for so long was being released! Fear of man tried to creep in but I pressed in because I wanted JESUS! I longed to be more on fire for Jesus than I had than ever before! He is so worth it. People might think that I am crazy... people might think that this whole campus is crazy but God is so worth it! What if we started to act like Jesus was standing right before us... how would we respond?

This week, our speaker canceled on us so instead, we had the students go on a faith journey around the island with not much structure. Many students had meals paid for, got to preach the gospel and bless many people. The testimonies were amazing. Some of the students on my outreach team even were blessed with a helicopter ride around the whole island for free... and she was able to pray and bless the people on that flight!  The rest of the week, we are having a burn, which is where we pray and minister to God without stopping for a certain amount of time. In our case we are going 50 hours. Students are required to have at least spent minimum of 6 hours over the next 2 1/2 days in the prayer room. God is doing  much and we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for his grace! He is so good!


Prayers

  • Healing, I have been sick for the last 5 or so days... 
  • Focus, I want my mind to be so consumed with Jesus so that everything else that is of this world will fade away. I desire for him to be my ALL
  • Love, I really want to love people and see people the way God does.
Needs
  • $700 for rent through September
  • $2000 for ground fees for outreach (September-December)
  •  Running shoes
  • Sunglasses
Thank you all for walking through this journey! Isnt God GOOD?!