Drenched in God

I love God! He is Amazing! I've been trying to spend time with God more regularly which is such a blessing to my life. I would love to do that in the mornings but school gets in the way! I need to force myself to get up earlier because I want to start and end my day with God! 

I am so excited about what God is doing and about to do! I want to be completely undone by God's love! I want to experience his powerful love everyday! I want to be completely submerged in his water of life and spirit but at the moment, the water is only washing over my feet, but hey Jesus started by washing his disciples feet!!! I want to be drenched in him and worship in his presence! It has to be more than just twice a week at church and youth group! I need him I want him I desire him I want to be captivated by my Jesus!

People may have noticed a change in me through my writing since the beginning of this blog. That is Jesus! It isn't some weird "stage" in my life, it's the power of Jesus coming into my life! May it never stop! People can call me weird but I don't care, the most important thing to me is to remain in Jesus: And what shall separate us from the love of God? NOTHING! I love Jesus with a passion! I love my family and friends too but Jesus will always come first (I hope!) 

I want to see miracles every day, I want to see revival hit and break open this town I want to walk down a street and see groups of people praying together and worshipping the Lord! I know some of what I'm saying sound like Jackie Pullinger and Heidi Baker, I've been reading their books and found them to be truly life-changing. I have also been reading the bible and found that to be life-changing too! I know Jesus wants me to surrender to his love so that he can use me for his Kingdom come! He wants that for everyone!

Christmas is coming up and I can't wait! This year it isn't all about the presents, I want to celebrate the birth of Jesus! I don't think I have ever really done that before,  Christmas was all about family and fun and presents (Which it should be!!) But it should also be about God's amazing plan to save us and celebrating that and being thankful to God!

I pray that Jesus would drenched me his love! He wants everyone to be! I pray that he would use me for great works so that his light may shine through me! May Jesus name be glorified!!

Living everyday.

Haven't written in here for a while! I've had a topsy turvy couple of weeks so far! My parents went to India a little over a week ago to help over there with some children as a church mission thing. It's been really nice for them, we had a couple of emails and a phone call from them which was sweet, they sound as though they're really enjoying themselves. I can't wait for them to come back though! We've been praying for them as they're away and so far so good!


Over the weekend I went away to Poole for a Christian conference about being a missionary in our schools, it was really good! I went with my best friend and it was great to be built up with passion for God at the same time! On Monday, we had our usual prayer meetings which was great; we went out on a mini- outreach trip and prayed for some people who were on crutches, unfortunately we didn't see any healings as only one person was willing to be prayed for.
After the conference, I planned to get up earlier in the mornings and spend more time with God, but it has't worked out so far. Sometimes we just get tired or busy and distracted by the world. It's so annoying! I wish I was full-time in the presence of God, worshipping him all the time, but that's what Heaven is for! I get tired easily but I know that God is waiting for me to come and talk to him so he can speak to me. I'm not making excuses, but we shouldn't condemn ourselves for not having our "devotional time" with God. We just pick it up again. The thing is, I really want to be listening and talking to God, I just forget or get distracted! I do want to try harder, but I need your help God!


Over that week-end I also believed that God was telling me to go to Ukraine sooner than I imagined. We watched a DVD called Compassion which is an organisation that sponsors children over the world. I was watching it, and just felt an urge to go and help the children who are suffering. I wanted to go as soon as I left school. I really felt that it would be sooner than I thought anyway (which goes with a word which I received at Newday). I prayed about it and asked God for confirmations, I also told my Friend about it. Then we went into groups and were given a series of discussion topics. After completing these, I asked what people wanted to do when they had left school and college. Then in reply, they asked me. So I said I think I'm going to go to Ukraine. At that moment one of our leaders came and sat down and said "Oh I love Ukraine, it's awesome!" So I replied (with Shock!) "Wait? You've been to Ukraine?!" He said that he had and I said that I had always wanted to go there and he told me of loads of English Christian friends who he knew who had moved out there! THEN he said that he could give me their contact details if I wanted!!! What a great confirmation! I didn't actually end up taking the details because we never got around to it, but the conversation was there! Then, after that, we were sitting in a room reading books and bibles and stuff when I started thinking "Actually, maybe I shouldn't go that soon, I'm really young, I'm a woman, I don't really know what I'm doing, I'm one person - I can't do this on my own. (This was all said in my thoughts!) Then my friend turned around from her book and said "Oh wow! Listen to this! It's so cool!" She then read out the following:

"When it comes to serving God, we must never focus our attention on the size of the task, for it will squash our vision and enthusiasm, we should always place our eyes on the size of our Lord. What he says will happen always takes place in his perfect timing and nothing can stop the Lord's will being done on earth or in Heaven." ~ Brother Yun

How cool is that! Exactly what I was thinking! Then... Later, I sat down on a chair and opened my bible which opened on this verse: 

Judges 18:6

The Priest answered them, "Go in peace. Your journey had the Lord's approval."

So that was really awesome confirmations! Also, I opened a book and found the Lyrics to Steven Curtis Chapman's song "What now?"However, I still don't know if soon is 16 or 18 or maybe a bit after that? I just know it's soon. I really wanted to trust in God for this though and assuming it was as soon as possible, I decided not to create any back-up plans and go by faith alone (like Jackie Pullinger!). That didn't really last long. My school 6th form open evening was last night and  wasn't going to go but then I was convinced that it would be okay and I would just look around and not decide anything. I looked around a lot of topics and could only find 2 which I wanted to do- 'French' and 'Religion, Philosophy and Ethics' Plus an extra-curricular course called tEfl (teaching English as a foreign language). They looked really good but I had to find two others. I looked and looked, I eventually came up with Sociology but wasn't amazed by that. I then decided on a random other to do because I had to and before I knew it I had created a backup plan. So I was a bit annoyed at myself and angry that there weren't enough good options and wanted God to tell me what to do! I'm still not entirely sure but I'm just going to wait and see, I have 2 months before I have to give in my application form for college or 6th form so hopefully God will reveal his plan to me by then! I'm excited by the future but I also know God wants me to be a missionary now in my school for him. 

Lord, I thank you for the many promises you give to us. I thank you that you speak to us, even today. I pray that you would reveal to me your plan for my life. I pray that you would tell me when I'm on the right path and when I'm about to swerve. Please tell me the thing I need to know in your amazing and perfect timing. I pray you would give me supernatural energy when I'm tired and revive me! I pray for a revival in this nation Lord! I truly believe you are about to move in a massive way! Keep me awake and alert so I don't miss the works you are about to do. Use me for your glory Lord. I pray for Mum and Dad whilst they are in India, that they would be a blessing to the community there and they would be blessed as they outreach to the people there. I pray for your protection over them against any illnesses or attacks. In your great name, I pray. Amen!

Keep praying for the work in my school, that the people would be impacted so greatly by the work God does through us and that they would be willing to be prayed for or simply talk about God with us. Pray for a revival! It's going to hit this community so greatly!!

P.S. A few days ago I had a picture of these people floating in the water of a beach and they were sleeping, just floating in the water. Then, they started to rise up and became a massive army, they were revived! God is going to awaken an army of people who will be used greatly for his Kingdom come! Wake up or you'll miss it!!

Amazing Youth Group!!!!!

I don't know what to say... I am so grateful to God, he does the most amazing stuff just because he can!

Last night was WOW! Me and my friend spoke about surrender to our youth group and then we waited to see what God wanted to do, we had some prophetic words for some people so we read those out and we put on some music and let God lead. Had loads of responses, people were praying on their own who weren't Christians and the Christians were praying on their own and for each other, it was incredible! I went to pray for 2 of my school friends who have started coming to youth group and they both broke down into tears, had some pictures and words for them and I prayed over them and asked if there was anything specific to pray for so I prayed again for that. It was truly incredible! I never thought it would happen! They both gave their lives to God and became Christians!!! Praise God!

Need to pray for these 2 but also everyone who turned up last night that did and didn't respond, I truly believe they are now one step closer to God! Keep praying for these youth, God is doing some amazing stuff in our school and youth group! We need to be praying for them to be strengthened in the Lord and protection over them that they continue to follow God. Amen!

Nah nah nah nah nah... I'm loving it!!

The title of this post says it all!!! Had 3 conversations with about 12 people in total about God and his saving grace!! I've invited them to youth group on Friday so hopefully they'll be there! More God!

I love God so much, don't you? He is 

INDESCRIBABLE!!

You know that really amazing thing called prophecy? Where God speaks his heart through humans? Well, I'm starting to understand it a bit more! When someone came up to me on the 13th May and said "God's going to give you the gift of prophecy" I didn't even know what it meant?! Since last year really, it got clearer and then about 2 weeks ago, I was at a prayer meeting and I was being prayed for (and prophesied over) and a lady said to me that she feels that God has given me the gift of discernment, to know when God is speaking and when it's the world, and to discern between what's right and wrong. How COOL is that?! That's what I needed!! Thank you God! Since that week, I have been hearing from God about really random things such as what my day is going to be like or pointing a song out on the Saturday and God says You're going to sing that tomorrow! Things that wouldn't effect my life whatsoever really, except... they come true! Every time! Boost of faith or what?! It's like God is saying random things to me to get me started, to tell me how to listen for his voice. Then on Friday night, I had a dream where a person was prophesying over me; she said that it was time for bigger and better things and to start prophesying over the church and individuals- in the background this guy was throwing something which I thought to be 'manna' over the church. I'm not sure what the latter meant but I really believe this dream was from God because I remember it in such great detail. Thank you God! I also wrote a list of "expectations" down, things I wanted God to do in my life, but mainly for this week- this was yesterday; since then I have had 2 great conversations with different friends about God (one of my expectations on the list was to have many more great conversations with my friends about the Lord!). Praise God! 
Anyway, that's the update on moi (Yeah I love speaking in French too!)


By the way, anyone know where I could get a 'not-too-expensive' Ukrainian-English dictionary from? I checked WH Smith but they don't sell them, not surprisingly-the lady at the desk didn't even know it was a country!!


Another prayer request: a friend of mine (no names) is "half-way" there to giving her life to God, she finds it hard to understand how and why God forgives her, I have tried to explain it but she still seems a bit wary on that and other things, so would you please pray for her this week and also for any other friends who come on Friday evening to youth group that they would hear the message and it would really speak to them! 

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Prophecy

I realised I was writing a bit about prophecy but maybe someone reading may not know what that is so here goes;


Basically Prophecy is God speaking to us through pictures, words, impressions, visions, dreams, messages and bible passages. God never stops talking to his people but some times we don't know how to "tune in" to what he's saying.


Prophecy has been quite a big part of my life, especially recently when I felt God speak to me through Prophecy. The thing with prophecy is that God doesn't pick out the most holy people to speak to, he speaks to everyone, in fact the bible says "In the last days, God says, I will pour out my spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophecy." This means that in the last days (from when Jesus first came- to when he will come again) all his people will prophecy, although some churches don't want it because they are scared that it isn't reliable.


I beleive God speaks to us more often than we give him credit for.


Anyway, this is how I knew that God was 'calling' me to go to the Ukraine. Through prophecy.
Let me tell you the whole story...