Heaven is Here - Justin Byrne
lyrics
Verse:
We won't stop crying out to Him
Cause He hears us every time
Yeah He hears us every time
We won't stop pouring out our love to Him
Cause He loves us every time
Cause He loves us every time
Chorus:
Wake up to normal life
You can do whatever you want to
Shake up eternal sight
cause we want you
Verse:
we won't stop going after Him
cause He meets us every time
Yeah He meets us every time
We won't stop living only for Him
cause He's faithful every time
cause He's faithful every time
Bridge:
Heaven is here now
He's all around us
Heaven is Jesus
It's the moment we meet
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Watching Bethel's Women conference! Worship is seriously the main course, and Bethel knows how to serve it well!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
It is Decided
Something rises in you when you first hear the news that your parents have decided to get a divorce. Something rises in you when your mom walks into your room, just looks at you and then just starts crying, apologizing and apologizing... "you don't have a dad"
My mom kept saying, "the relationship is dead" "it's dead". And all I can think about is "let's raise the dead". The power of the Holy Spirit is upon me, so that I can raise the dead. I know it, but I don't know if I believe it, or if I dare to believe it.
There's a passion in me that wants to explode, for the sake of the hurting people, for the sake of those suffering, I think it's a glimpse of the compassion that Jesus had for the people when He saw them. The unmistakable brokenness that people are in makes me say GOD MORE, I MUST HAVE MORE OF YOU, I MUST HAVE MORE. MORE. MORE. Because where I am at is not enough. This needs to be real. This has to become real. This has to become a reality in my life. It has nothing to do with an image. It has to do with a love that gives and keeps giving. This love is not satisfied if it does not give. I must BELIEVE who I am. Who is IN me. I MUST DARE TO BELIEVE THE BIBLE. Dare to believe its truth, dare to encounter LOVE. Dare to scour through the Word to discover who I am, what I carry, what I can give, and what is available.
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So now. I turn the page. I dare to believe. I dare to believe who He says I am. I dare to look into the face of Furious Love, and be captivated, and be changed, and be transformed, I dare to believe who I am. I dare to have faith.
When His face is all I see, when I stare into the eyes of Love, I cannot but help to see into His heart and allow it to echo into mine. I can't help but be more like Jesus, I can't help but be free. I can't help but raise the dead. I can't help but love to love.
I will run, I will run this race
And I will do it all for love
Your love compels me forward
Your love controls my heart
And I just can't, I can not get away
So I will fight, this good fight of faith
And I will do it all for love
You are my great reward
your so worth fighting for
And I cant wait to see your face
My mom kept saying, "the relationship is dead" "it's dead". And all I can think about is "let's raise the dead". The power of the Holy Spirit is upon me, so that I can raise the dead. I know it, but I don't know if I believe it, or if I dare to believe it.
There's a passion in me that wants to explode, for the sake of the hurting people, for the sake of those suffering, I think it's a glimpse of the compassion that Jesus had for the people when He saw them. The unmistakable brokenness that people are in makes me say GOD MORE, I MUST HAVE MORE OF YOU, I MUST HAVE MORE. MORE. MORE. Because where I am at is not enough. This needs to be real. This has to become real. This has to become a reality in my life. It has nothing to do with an image. It has to do with a love that gives and keeps giving. This love is not satisfied if it does not give. I must BELIEVE who I am. Who is IN me. I MUST DARE TO BELIEVE THE BIBLE. Dare to believe its truth, dare to encounter LOVE. Dare to scour through the Word to discover who I am, what I carry, what I can give, and what is available.
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So now. I turn the page. I dare to believe. I dare to believe who He says I am. I dare to look into the face of Furious Love, and be captivated, and be changed, and be transformed, I dare to believe who I am. I dare to have faith.
When His face is all I see, when I stare into the eyes of Love, I cannot but help to see into His heart and allow it to echo into mine. I can't help but be more like Jesus, I can't help but be free. I can't help but raise the dead. I can't help but love to love.
I will run, I will run this race
And I will do it all for love
Your love compels me forward
Your love controls my heart
And I just can't, I can not get away
So I will fight, this good fight of faith
And I will do it all for love
You are my great reward
your so worth fighting for
And I cant wait to see your face
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Bondage
I've been learning a bit about bondage/freedom lately.
The first time it hit me was when i was watching a revival chat with Steve DeSilva. I asked, "Where's the line between giving generously and being in debt?" And he simply answered, "It just depends on how much bondage you want to be in".
Bondage is something that restricts your freedom, in this case, my ability to give.
God's been opening my eyes to see other places of bondage in my own life. I used to play games a lot, like 4+ hours a day. I quit for a while, and then a few nights ago, i downloaded a game to try it out. I knew what i was walking into, i'd seen myself do it before. But anyway, i played it for like 12 hours in a span of 2 days, and then I came to myself, and then i deleted it. I realized the bondage I put myself in, and i had to be quick to cut it.
It bound my time, and i wanted out. Another lighter one, but bondage nonetheless... My videos. I was spending a lot of time on them and i kept checking back again and again just to see if anyone had commented/watched it. I was spending hours just looking at statistics doing really tedious stuff that was/is very unnecessary. I realized this morning, and I cut it off. I already feel more free just declaring it and establishing that.
Bondage is almost like addiction... but thank Jesus for breaking chains! woot! I feel amazing!
The first time it hit me was when i was watching a revival chat with Steve DeSilva. I asked, "Where's the line between giving generously and being in debt?" And he simply answered, "It just depends on how much bondage you want to be in".
Bondage is something that restricts your freedom, in this case, my ability to give.
God's been opening my eyes to see other places of bondage in my own life. I used to play games a lot, like 4+ hours a day. I quit for a while, and then a few nights ago, i downloaded a game to try it out. I knew what i was walking into, i'd seen myself do it before. But anyway, i played it for like 12 hours in a span of 2 days, and then I came to myself, and then i deleted it. I realized the bondage I put myself in, and i had to be quick to cut it.
It bound my time, and i wanted out. Another lighter one, but bondage nonetheless... My videos. I was spending a lot of time on them and i kept checking back again and again just to see if anyone had commented/watched it. I was spending hours just looking at statistics doing really tedious stuff that was/is very unnecessary. I realized this morning, and I cut it off. I already feel more free just declaring it and establishing that.
Bondage is almost like addiction... but thank Jesus for breaking chains! woot! I feel amazing!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
baayf #2
yesterday was day 2...
morning prayer was pretty awesome. I felt like God was telling me to pray for slam (she was outside by herself, the rest of us were at prayer meeting). I just asked her if i could pray for her, and then we ended up talking about camp. We talked about SJCAC, my first night with my campers (the last post), the legacy of baayf (juniorhigh experiences 8 years ago with jaeson)... we shared about what we felt was in store for this year at camp (there's about 350+ people total at camp this year, it was ~300 last year). she ended up praying for me too, and then we headed to breakfast.
i met up with rose/pastor craig. We were sharing about where we might have the prayer room this year, and then we suggested the fireside because there was a legacy there. And then i mentioned what slam told me, and then pastor craig started to share his side of the story with jaeson before the meeting happened. turns out they were praying before-hand, and the yboth felt the glory in the room. To quote "you could cut it with a knife". He told me how the speaker that year was completely conservative and the worship team was more tame, and then near the end, the speaker suggested that they sing a song. And then the moment they started singing, Holy Spirit showed up. Junior Highers randomly started going up to the mic confessing their sins. When the high school meeting ended, they started flocking the junior-high meeting in the fireside.
cool legacy! good thing we're going glory to glory
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that night was pretty awesome too. bunch of kids got saved...
Emily brought the Consumed CD/DVD, the wvcac kids watched it in the fireside room. Mangs that cd is sooooo friggin anointed.
morning prayer was pretty awesome. I felt like God was telling me to pray for slam (she was outside by herself, the rest of us were at prayer meeting). I just asked her if i could pray for her, and then we ended up talking about camp. We talked about SJCAC, my first night with my campers (the last post), the legacy of baayf (juniorhigh experiences 8 years ago with jaeson)... we shared about what we felt was in store for this year at camp (there's about 350+ people total at camp this year, it was ~300 last year). she ended up praying for me too, and then we headed to breakfast.
i met up with rose/pastor craig. We were sharing about where we might have the prayer room this year, and then we suggested the fireside because there was a legacy there. And then i mentioned what slam told me, and then pastor craig started to share his side of the story with jaeson before the meeting happened. turns out they were praying before-hand, and the yboth felt the glory in the room. To quote "you could cut it with a knife". He told me how the speaker that year was completely conservative and the worship team was more tame, and then near the end, the speaker suggested that they sing a song. And then the moment they started singing, Holy Spirit showed up. Junior Highers randomly started going up to the mic confessing their sins. When the high school meeting ended, they started flocking the junior-high meeting in the fireside.
cool legacy! good thing we're going glory to glory
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that night was pretty awesome too. bunch of kids got saved...
Emily brought the Consumed CD/DVD, the wvcac kids watched it in the fireside room. Mangs that cd is sooooo friggin anointed.
blog from monday.
8/3/09
last night was the first night of baayf.
when we got there, i rallied some people together to start a pryaer walk around the camp. we were bout ot get the girls in (em, joan, sam). when we got there, they said we should pray for a girl that came with crutches and messed up her ankle. we ended up sharing the disneyland testimony with her and laid hands on her, and she said there was some improvement. we left early because we wnated to go on with the prayer walk. we ended up splitting up, just me/sam/ben and we started prophecying over the cabin just to release what God had in store for camp this year.
prayer walking the camp was hilariously fun, we found joy in discovering God's plans and destinies over each cabin, soaking each door with the presence, so that people would come 'under the influence' of the Spirit as they would walk in their doors. Each cabin had something new in store... each cabin had a strong impression...this year, the girls cabins are going to be the epicenter of this revival..
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this year they're starting something new with the counselors. they have shifts for counselors to pray during the night session, 15 minute chunks to intercede for whatever may be going on during camp.
*God teach me to celebrate other people's victories, help me to see their joy and their breakthrough, and give me the grace to celebrate with them*
after the night session, we had small groups. it was supposed to be a 'get-to-know-you' kind of deal, but i guess Holy Spirit had different plans. I asked each of them what they were looking to get out of camp. And then I ended up sharing my testimony with them, kevin, quoc, jesusculture, todd bentley. and that of course led to showing them the disneyland video. After the disneyland video, I ended up asking them if they wanted more of God, more of Holy Spirit. In short, they ended up saying, "yea we want more of God". So then we just prayed and invited Holy Spirit to come, and after, some of them felt His presence come.
So yea, fun way to kick of baayf. God's got a ton in store for everyone, my cabin, everyone. all the staff/counselors.
Jesus come! Blow the place up hahaa.
last night was the first night of baayf.
when we got there, i rallied some people together to start a pryaer walk around the camp. we were bout ot get the girls in (em, joan, sam). when we got there, they said we should pray for a girl that came with crutches and messed up her ankle. we ended up sharing the disneyland testimony with her and laid hands on her, and she said there was some improvement. we left early because we wnated to go on with the prayer walk. we ended up splitting up, just me/sam/ben and we started prophecying over the cabin just to release what God had in store for camp this year.
prayer walking the camp was hilariously fun, we found joy in discovering God's plans and destinies over each cabin, soaking each door with the presence, so that people would come 'under the influence' of the Spirit as they would walk in their doors. Each cabin had something new in store... each cabin had a strong impression...this year, the girls cabins are going to be the epicenter of this revival..
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this year they're starting something new with the counselors. they have shifts for counselors to pray during the night session, 15 minute chunks to intercede for whatever may be going on during camp.
*God teach me to celebrate other people's victories, help me to see their joy and their breakthrough, and give me the grace to celebrate with them*
after the night session, we had small groups. it was supposed to be a 'get-to-know-you' kind of deal, but i guess Holy Spirit had different plans. I asked each of them what they were looking to get out of camp. And then I ended up sharing my testimony with them, kevin, quoc, jesusculture, todd bentley. and that of course led to showing them the disneyland video. After the disneyland video, I ended up asking them if they wanted more of God, more of Holy Spirit. In short, they ended up saying, "yea we want more of God". So then we just prayed and invited Holy Spirit to come, and after, some of them felt His presence come.
So yea, fun way to kick of baayf. God's got a ton in store for everyone, my cabin, everyone. all the staff/counselors.
Jesus come! Blow the place up hahaa.
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