Rushing Water

Last week we had Aaron Walsh speak. He runs an International House of Prayer in New Zealand. He brought so much revelations and power into lectures; we left all fired up. All the students were just rocked; thoroughly enjoying the week.

God has been putting these burdens on my heart. I would pray for them feeling the anguish of His heart and then Aaron would speak them out. GOD MOVES when we PRAY!!! Gods presence has been so thick on this campus. I just walk around and feel the goodness of the Lord. I'm not sure I can describe it better than that. He has been going deep into peoples hearts, bringing healing to areas that have plagued them their whole life; including myself. I feel like I am on the surgery table and the doctor just made a large incision...it hurts and all I can do is just lay there letting him take out all of the hurt. God is so good, so gracious, so compassionate. There is so much to say but yet I'm not even sure how to formulate how to say it. I am falling more in love and more in awe of God everyday. In Psalms 27:4 it says One thing I ask from the Lord this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. We have been seeking to see his beauty, to know him more. So that we may abide in him!!! God delights in when we choose to delight in him. My heart has known this for a while but when I truly ask to see his beauty there's something about it that seems too simple and my mind wants to make it more complicated. Last night a few of the girls that I am staffing with felt like there were angels in the room. So we just asked the Lord to reveal his beauty and whatever he wanted to show us. I was a little nervous to be honest because it was SO REAL! I felt the fear of the Lord rising up inside of me. He is so real, so Holy, and so BEAUTIFUL. We just felt his presence there. We would put our hands up and our fingertips would tingle, it almost felt like someone else finger tips were touching mine. Our hands almost seemed to disappear in this cloud type thing above us. My legs would get warm and tingle and then cool. We were just experiencing God. Just simply delighting in him. At one point we looked up and there were like little balls of light, it was almost as if we were looking at the stars or in space itself. We could even scoop it up in our hands and I could see this light. It didn't feel like anything but I was seeing something. I am just simply amazed. The more I learn about God the more I realize that I hardly know anything. I feel so humbled. We serve a powerful, awesome and beautiful God. I probably say the phrase "I don't even know" more in the last couple of weeks than I probably ever have. I am ready for this next week which is about Prayer and Intercession.

Psalms 42:1-2 As the deer pants for the streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the Living God. When can I go and meet with God?
42:7-8 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me. By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me-a prayer to the God of my life.

Childlike

We are two weeks into this DTS and God has done things beyond expectations!!! The first week was about hearing Gods voice and the second, Fear of the Lord. We have had some powerful and thought provoking speakers! Monday of Last week we watched a movie called "Finger of God." Its a documentary about all the crazy things that God does; the supernatural things that might scare us or things that we just think are plain odd. We were going to announce the outreach locations to all the students but God had other plans, which I am so completely grateful and in awe of! As Andrew was about to bring up the announcement a student sitting in complete bewilderment had GOLD DUST all over his arms! Everyone immediately rushed over to see what was happening! We were all a little bit in shock! Is this really happening?!?! What on earth are we supposed to do with this??! This is AMAZING! We then decided to just pray for anyone that needed prayer. So a few people went to the front and people began to pray! I stood back and watched everyone and most people were so engaged and proactive! And this was only the FIRST DAY OF THE SECOND WEEK! This doesn't normally happen! God what are you up to ?!?!! I was FILLED with joy and excitement, I couldn't stop jumping! As people began to pray for healing, GOD came and HEALED PEOPLE! Right in our midst!! God healed scoliosis, knee pain, and all sorts! He grew a girls leg out and now can run and kneel as normal! WHOA!!! We were all so filled with faith that night! God has been setting the stage! Hes called our dts the AWAKEN DTS and he has only begun! Hes doing all this now and I believe will begin to do even more in the nations as we go out! HE is making himself known, he warned us but we truly have no idea what he wants that to look like! The one thing he keeps repeating to me is having childlike faith. A young child is so dependent. They always believe and trust that they can do anything! They aren't critical, they just walk and follow what their parents say or do. He wants us to just trust and follow. He wants our minds to return to that child like faith, we CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST! ALL THINGS... not just what we think but ALL THINGS! Lets challenge ourselves to think that way.

Even though I have done a DTS already God has been working on my own heart! Its not the easiest process but God is so worth it all! He has been putting certain burdens on my heart that literally burn inside of me. I asked for his heart and hes giving it to me. Its not what I thought it would look like...go figure that one! His heart aches for his people! I wish I could explain to you all that God has been showing me and doing here on this campus! I fall more and more in love with him everyday. And I pray that these blogs encourage you and challenge you to RUN in complete abandonment to Jesus.

Prayer
-I have some sort of infection on my legs that has been there for about 2 1/2 weeks. I'm praying for healing but in the mean time I need money so I can see a doctor.

-Outreach fees:the exact amount right now is unknown, pray that every need will be met

-Pray for unity amongst the staff as well each individual outreach team. With out being in one heart and mind we loose the boldness to move out in power

-Fall head over heels in love with Jesus without that all of what we do is done for nothing

I apologize to any of you that have been waiting for my Pay pal missions account to be available to you. I have had some difficulties putting that together. I'm trying my hardest to get that set up this week.

I pray for you that God would encounter in a way that you have never known before! Every doubt or fear would be wiped away and replaced with HIS POWERFUL love! I invite you to come walk this journey with me because it is that best adventure that has ever occurred on this earth.

One Accord

There is fire in my inmost being! I wish I could take out this feeling and give it to you so you know what is truly going on! THERE IS SO MUCH!I have been just meditating on this verse Rev 1:14 "His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow and his eyes were like blazing fire." His eyes of fire are penetrating into everything that comes to HINDER! Today was our first official day of the DTS! God has been speaking about how he is AWAKENING us to his love! As some leaders have prayed, God began to speak of HIS Tsunami of love that is coming to this campus! I believe whatever he is bringing to this campus will be multiplied and carried out into the NATIONS!! You guys there IS NOTHING LIKE HIS LOVE!

Every Monday morning we have morning worship. Everyone from campus comes to one place to worship our KING. His presence was so thick this morning. I am so in awe that this is only DAY ONE and he showed up! THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING! WE were completely surprised and blessed to have Mike Bickle, Allen Hood, and Lou Engle come and prayer over us! I don't even know what God has planned all I know is that its big and its coming! As we worshiped I was reminded of a dream God had given me about how holy he is and he is COMING BACK! I just see a generation that will rise up with the fear of the Lord and in them will lack nothing!

I am so stirred right now! God has put this burden on my heart, my heart truly breaks every time I look around and see any sort of division in the Lord. I am so SICK of lukewarmness! I am so tired of walking into a room of Christians and have a disagreement on a belief in who God is, his ways and character!! I TRULY HATE IT WITH ALL MY HEART! I long to see a people group rise up in holiness and just run after Jesus. I'm not perfect and not there yet... but I strongly desire to see the day where we are all in ONE ACCORD! As Phil 2:1-3 says "If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves." Please stay posted as there is so much more to come! Please come and be a part of what GOD IS DOING!

Guys Jesus is coming back and I want to be ready!

Field of Flowers

I dont even know where to begin! God! WOW! He brings me to my knees and then lifts me up again in joyful laughter! Everything he does just SCREAMS "I LOVE YOU!" Why do we doubt his goodness!?! Everytime I commit to something there is always some sort of anxiousness and fear. Why would I be fearful of giving Jesus my life?! Why would I be afraid of taking that next step in faith, when hes always been good? Always been faithful? When he has the BEST in mind? Every time I fall of that cliff with him, I fall more deeply in love with him. My heart, the deepest part of me yearns and hungers more for him! Ah the day I get to just BE in his arms, to gaze in his eyes...oh my heart aches for it!

Free Falling

Free falling... that's what my life seems to feel like lately! Living a life for Jesus definitely dares you to live on the edge! That is the best I can explain it, jumping off a cliff and just...free falling. Its all in faith. Trusting Jesus. God has made it clear he wants me to stay and staff the Summer DTS. This is an exciting season but one that requires ALL of Jesus! I will be having one on ones, girls I will be discipling and pouring into! I am so so excited for that! I then will be going on outreach with a team. This is going to be very stretching but I am eager to grow! I am so in awe of Gods plan, its so much better than my own. He fills my hearts desire but STILL uses what I LOVE for his purpose and glory! But I am still falling...falling...falling...into his perfect plan with faith that he will provide and take care of me.I am looking forward to this school, I believe God is going to move in powerful ways! He is doing something new in the earth and am excited that we get to be a part of it!

This season of nannying has been such an amazing season! As it comes to a close, I look back and see how richly God has poured blessing into me! He has constantly been changing my paradigm and giving new revelations! I thought I knew what a relationship with Jesus looked like but hes taking that so much deeper! I asked for all of my religion to be gone and its as though my eyes can see farther into the distance than I once was capable of. We say its all about relationship, but do we truly believe that we are in a seriously deep relationship with GOD!?! He is real! No SERIOUSLY! Think about it! YOu have friends, relationships in this world...and GOD desires a relationship with us! He wants to be in constant communion with us! I cant even put into words how deep this revelation to me was. I could hear Gods voice and pray and read his word, but there was still something blinding me. It seemed like a "real relationship" but I was forgetting that I'm INTERACTING with GOD! God who has all POWER. GOD who literally died and rose again for me! THAT'S FACT! Whoa Im not just falling love with God but am compelled to worship him in a whole different way. If I do not give my life away I WILL loose it! This life here on earth has NO other purpose than to prepare it for Gods kingdom to come! And that is why I am here at YWAM KONA; to build up others in Jesus so that we may tell more about Gods Kingdom! If that doesn't change how we live I don't know what would! Its not the most comfortable thing when we enjoy our lives but that is the reality. I want my heart to be fully aligned with Gods truth.

I am falling, loosing all control. Gods wind is blowing me in the ways in which I should go. Please pray for me as I venture on this journey. I want to be led by the Holy Spirit and his truth to be always on the tip of my tongue. Pray for Provision. I strongly believe that God WILL provide for my every need. Please pray about partnering with me. I need monthly supporters as well as one time donations. You can send money to the address that is in my contact information or in my previous post. As I get more information about better receiving money, I will update ASAP. If you have any questions please feel free to email me or call me. If there is something I can pray for you about please let me know!

school dates: July 8 2010-December 17 2010

YWAM KONA

Hello ALL! This DTS is already hit the halfway mark! Which means, the season of my nannying is almost over. I have been seeking God on what his next step for me is and I believe he is calling me to stay on as staff. What particular staffing position? I am not sure of that yet. Either way I will be needing support financially and in prayer! I just found out to live on base is $350 a month and I believe that includes food. Although I will still need to buy my own toiletries and personal needs, so it would be a bit more. God wants to set the peoples hearts on this base on fire for HIM. If you would like to partner with me in in pouring in to those around me to dive deep into Gods heart and power please call or email me. You may also send checks or cash to the following address


Shawna Schlenker
University of the Nations
75-5851 Kuakini Highway #430
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
96740-2199 USA

God bless YOU!!!

~Shawna~

He is the ALL consuming FIRE!

It has already been a month since we have arrived!! Whoa! It feels like its been so long but yet so short! I have thoroughly enjoyed being here.

God is on the move! He is doing so much in people and around the world it blows my mind. God is truly so much bigger than my mind can even dream up!!! In the past couple of weeks we have heard Mike Bickle and Lauren Cunnigham speak. They have been able to bring a bigger picture of what God is doing and going to do worldwide! HE'S not just a western world GOD! He is the King of KINGS and LORD OF LORDS!!! My mind cant even be wrapped around that thought! Hes soo big, soo powerful and yet so gracious! I have so many sporadic thoughts running through my mind, so I will try to narrow them down to the revelations and experiences I have been encountering.

Every Tuesday one of the schools on base have a specific time set out to spread Jesus in the community. I have been able to join them the past couple of weeks, but last week turned out a bit different than I was expecting. I was walking with 3 other people and we were waiting for the spirit to lead us in any direction that he pleased. We came across two ladies that were looking after their shops downtown, so we said hello. They were friendly of course because they wanted customers, but they knew already who we were and what we were doing. (YWAMER's tend to have that vibe about them.) They pretty much let us know that they didn't want anything to do with Jesus. I was trying to discern the situation and continue to linger and talk or to move on. We all chose to stay. We found out very quickly that one of the women was a "good" witch and had 9 children. This woman was very critical of anyone that walked by, filled pride and had false sense of power. This woman was very broken. We continued to listen to her talk about her family and what the tattooed pentagram on her arm meant. To be honest I had no idea how to respond to her. She didn't want anything we could offer her. So we just listened hoping that she would begin to see Jesus in us. She said that we were all very sweet and that she liked us but when someone in our group asked her if she needed prayer for anything, she very confidently said "no I dont need anything, I'm fine." This woman was very clearly deceived because she hasn't encountered the TRUE love and power of GOD! As we were about to leave she got up and hugged us and kissed us on the cheek. When she got to me she held on to me and began to curse me! It may have seemed innocent but it was very very demonic. She began to tell me how I was a closed off person, I dont trust people, Im a shy person, and that its ok for me to be cautious because I can't trust everyone. WOW I felt like firey arrows coming at me. I was almost in a shock sort of state. It was the most awkward situation! The people around me were trying to protect me but yet she just kept going. It was good to know and understand that Satan tries to use sensitive areas and slight truths and twist them to try and defeat us!

We walked away and immediately began to break off curses and anything else she tried to put on us while we were talking! I still was battling the idea that I was shy since Ive been told that for years. But I know God did not create me to be that way! So I kept reaffirming truth over my life! As I mediated on this, God began to give me revelation! He has created all of us with an original design and Satan is out to steal it away from us! God came to restore WHAT was lost! I may have come across as shy or closed off in the past but that was never what God has intended for me! Satan tried to STEAL my boldness and confidence through situations in my life since I was a baby!! BUT GOD IS RESTORING THAT!!! This revelation blew my mind!!!

Satan is a LIAR!!! Its so simple but yet so profound! I've heard over and over again how he came to kill, steal, and destroy. But I have never understood it this clearly! He is so evil! God would never ever say anything like that to his children! He knows who we are but Satan sees what he has stolen and declares those failures over us! JESUS IS GOOD!!! The SPIRITUAL BATTLE IS REAL!!! Wow! I am so thankful that God is in me!! Ive grown from this experience! If God wasn't working in me then Satan would have no reason to come and attack me! Praise JESUS!!

I am getting so excited what God has next! His plans far exceed what I can fathom! And I know he has something great for me! Although I am in Hawaii, it may seem like easy paradise but the battle is just as real as it is in the darkest places. God wants to set the Islands and this base on FIRE for him! He is doing a new thing! So we are singing a NEW SONG!

I have heard the insults of Moab and the taunts of the Ammonites, who insulted my people and made threats against their land. Therefore, as surely as I live," declares the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, "surely Moab will become like Sodom, the Ammonites like Gomorrah- a place of weeds and salt pits, a wasteland forever. The remnant of my people will plunder them; the survivors of my nation will inherit their land." This is what they will get in return for their pride, for insulting and mocking the people of the Lord Almighty. The Lord will be awesome to them when he destroys all the gods of the earth. Zeph 2:9-11