HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Ah it's good to be back! Hope everyone had a great christmas and new year! Made any resolutions yet? I haven't made nearly so many as usual I think I could some them all up in the sentence: This year I want to live a life compelled by love.


Awesome things are happening for the first week of 2012! It can only get better!


So recently I haven't been spending as much time with God, mainly because I've been distracted by 6th form, work, my boyfriend and all the new things that are happening, for instance my 2 best friends moved away :( Very sad but they're both doing what God wants and are enjoying it immensely, and we keep in touch... Anyhoo, so yeah then this week I randomly put on some worship music and looked back through my old prayer diaries (which were the main reason for starting this blog so it would all be in one place!) and yeah God just totally revealed himself! It was incredible! I heard his voice internally but so clearly, he told me: "I am not finished with you, my work in you is only just starting. I will use you. You will be used as a path for my glory in this nation. I have great things planned for you. When I look at you I see Jesus, this is not of you but a gift from me and when others look at you they will also see Jesus in you for my Holy Spirit is within you. Do not worry about doing right, I will not leave you."
How awesome is that?! Then I opened my bible and read: '"From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret; at the time it happens, I am there." And now the sovereign Lord has sent me, with his spirit. This is what the Lord says- your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go."
I was filled with His Spirit and felt renewed and encouraged by the things he said and the things I had written about my college from last year. I wanted Him to use me more so I prayed for lots of things, school, friends, family, etc.


Yesterday, I felt God challenge me to pray over my friends for words of knowledge/prophecies at school so I prayed and text my 2 christian friends asking if they could also pray but not much happened in terms of witnessing. Then today I woke up and felt God say "speak about my love" and I felt like I would talk to large groups of people because that is what I had been reading in my prayer diary, it was one of the prophecies spoken over me that I would witness to large groups of people and not to be afraid. And today, that oppertunity arose; we were all talking about God and one of my friends who has sprained his hip and has crutches, said he met some Christians when he was out for halloween and one of them spoke about healing and he said to me "Ah I kind of wish I had my hip thing then because they could have prayed for me" so I said "Do you want to be prayed for?" and he was like "Yeah okay then" and so I asked if I could put my hand on his hip and prayed and nothing happened so I asked him to stand and prayed again and nothing happened so I prayed again and this time I got indignant and prayed God 've just made myself look like an idiot here, no, I won't take no for an answer, heal him now in the name of Jesus! And he wiggled his hips and was like "Whoah, I'm healed!" And I asked if he felt any pain and he said no! So I said "You're sure? You're not just saying this?" And he was like "no it doesn't hurt! I'm going on a run tonight now!" PRAISE GOD!
Then he preceeded to tell his friends that God had healed him! He put it on facebook/twitter and wasn't afraid to tell the world that he was healed BY GOD! Awesome!!!!!


Thank you Lord! That is the first person I've prayed for who has been healed! Glory to God! Thank you for using me, for fulfilling prophecies over me for showing your great love and mercy! Thank you so much! Please speak to his heart and everyone around us who witnessed your mercy, please show them who you are, reveal Jesus to them and use me I pray! I pray for words of knowledge as I'm sitting with them, shine your light in our school God! Increase the number of people at the prayer meetings! Do more miracles! Thank you LORD! You are so good to us!


More Lord! Bring revival to this place! Bring my friends to church! Lord do more in our nation! I love you more than anything in the world! Let your will be done!


AMEN!

Revive Prayer Meeting!

We now have a permanent room for our school prayer meeting (Revive)! We were meeting in a maths room but people kept disturbing us or the teacher forgot and locked the door so we couldn't go in. Well, we decided it was time we found a more suitable spot so we are now meeting somewhere permanently until April/ Easter then we can find another permanent spot from there on out. We meet every Monday lunch and sometimes Thursday lunches. Now that we have a room of our own, we can publicise it, so we are going to make some posters and/or handouts- Keep praying that loads of people will be interested in praying with us for our school!

Why can I think of absolutely nothing to say?! Oh well, I guess this one will have to be short! Expect more news very soon!

There is always enough... and more!

I have been reading Heidi and Rolland Baker's book "There is always enough" and have found it life-changing. I believe God has given me a spiritual compassion for children - especially orphans - and that he wants me to work with them in the future. This means that every time I see a poor child I cry. Well, this book is all about the Baker's work with orphans in Mozambique and at least once in every chapter I have wept. The miracles they see on a regular basis, and the work they do helping those children is astounding. Last night I started reading this book and I was crying at some of the stories in there. I think I told you about the weekend away I went to where God spoke to me about helping the orphans sooner than I thought, well he spoke to me some more. I put down the book and prayed that God would really speak to me that night (I was thinking it would be a dream but God's ways are higher than our ways!) and I felt God say: "Are you ready? Because I am coming." I thought "Well, I'm not that ready but I still want you to come, Lord." Then I had a vision (like a picture but moving, and very vivid). I didn't tell you this before but I had a vision when I was away at the conference too, it was of a little girl and I felt like I had to go and help her. Her name was Laura. Well last night I had a vision of her on the streets, unhappy and starving. She was about to get into danger and I was weeping and crying out to stop her but she couldn't hear me. Then it finished. I don't know what happened to her but I really feel as though she will have a big impact on my life somehow so I started praying for her. I thought there was more to it than that though, I felt like God would speak about my future again. He did. I was asleep and my 6 year old brother was sleepwalking, he came into our room and  climbed into my bed. I was half-asleep so I just thought "Oh, my brother's in my bed" before drifting back off to sleep. Then a while later, I woke up again, my brother rolled over, taking my nice warm duvet with him! I got a bit cross at being woken up as it was extremely cold so I tugged the duvet back over myself. Then it occurred to me "What on earth was my little brother doing sleeping in my bed? He should be in his own bed!" I thought that maybe I should move him to his own room but I didn't want to get our of my cosy, warm bed into the cold, dark hallway. I felt like God said "You have a choice. What are you going to do?" So I decided it was probably better if my brother was in his own bed, I picked him up and carried him into his own room. It was freezing outside of my comfortable bed! But I managed to get him to where he belonged without waking him up. I then went to my own bed and felt God interpret what had just happened. I didn't want to leave my "comfort zone", where it was warm and cosy to put my brother into his bed because it was too cold and dark. I decided that if it meant helping others, I would leave my comfort zone. Afterwards, I went to sleep and had a most peaceful sleep! I really believe God was saying that I need to leave this nice "warm" culture and go to a place which is cold and dark but where the people need my help. It was still very vivid when I woke up this morning.


I told my friend what had happened but could hardly get the words out when I told her about Laura; this compassion thing really gets me crying!! But she understood, it's great to have amazing friends, I really believe God has put us in our school and church together to be friends and through that bring people into his Kingdom. We had a prayer meeting with 2 of our other Christian friends and the holy spirit and used that opportunity to pray for each other. We took it in turns to sit in the middle whilst the rest of us lay hands on them and prayed. It was really amazing. I had another vision, this time of me and Jesus walking through a garden and he was pointing out the most beautiful flowers to me. He picked up a rose and handed it to me, it had the name of one of my friends on it. He then handed me a tulip, it had a name of another friend on it. He kept handing me these beautiful flowers with different names on it (which I have written down to pray for them) and told me to "make a bouquet from them". It was so amazing! Two of my friends had pictures/words for me which I have also written down, they were so beautiful. I love my Jesus!


After the prayer meeting, the holy spirit continued to work throughout my day. I went to academic tutoring to talk to my tutor. I sat in a computer room for about half an hour waiting for my turn and I just felt the Lord's presence, I literally felt oil being poured over my head. I then went to speak to my tutor (who is also a Christian) and told him the story of my "call and confirmations" (see beginning of this blog!). He gave me some advice, for instance he suggested trying to do a first aid course which would be really useful for working with children. So I am trying to research where I could do that. It was a really good chat about the future and it was nice to get a Christian teachers point of view. So today and yesterday were pretty awesome! More Lord! Amen!


I can't wait! There is going to be some awesome stuff happening soon!! Be prepared or you might miss out!

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!

God is good! He is great!

Wow! I didn't think it could get much better than this?!!


This week has been amazing... one of the best in my life!
On Sunday I wrote a list of expectations, I want God to do in my life but particularly for the next week (this week). Most of the expectations were about more amazing conversations with my friends and to be a witness for Christ. Every single expectation was met, to the fullest possible way that it could have been!!!


Monday:
Had 2 different conversations about God and Forgiveness and Grace with about 8 people in total!


Tuesday:
Told 2 guys who didn't know before about my faith and why I believe in him and about hearing God speak!


Wednesday:
This was amazing!!! In my chemistry class we were "debating" God vs Science. It was me (and God!) against a class of 32 students. I stood in front of my class and said: "I believe in God, I believe in Jesus. I believe that Jesus came down and saved the world" So I got to witness to 32 people!!!!! Thank you God!!!!


Thursday:
Even more amazing!!! I had R.E; it was a different class, about half the people who were in my chemistry were there and half from another class were there. We were talking about witnessing to people, everyone was asking me questions about my faith and my church and how I knew there was a God and why do people go to Heaven or hell!! It was another amazing God-given opportunity!!!


Friday:
Talked to 2 of my friends who are coming to my youth group tonight, we just had a great time of talking about prayer and one of them even asked me to pray for something!!!


This week was a blessing and a joy. Thank you God for choosing me to share your gospel to the people in my school this week! I pray that something of what I said would really speak to them, make them consider you, I pray for tonight as well at youth group that loads of people would be added to your kingdom! I pray that you would be glorified tonight!


I feel that God is on the verge of doing some really amazing works in our school and youth group!! Keep praying for us!! 


PRAISE GOD, THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, LORD OF LORDS AND KING OF KINGS! HALLELUJAH!!!

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! 

:D

Wow!

Wow! Today something happened which I didn't know if I'd see happen for a long time. My friend became a Christian! He was talking to me about Christianity and said that he believes in God and Jesus and heaven and hell but doesn't go to church or read the bible. Well, I was saying to him that just by going to church and reading the bible doesn't make anyone a Christian, it's what they believe. He asked me what you believe and I said you have to believe in God, that he has a son Jesus who came to earth and died on the cross to save us and he rose from the dead and he is living with God in heaven right now. I said all you have to do is pray to God, say that you believe these things and you are sorry for the wrong things you have done and ask him to come into your life. So he said he does believe that, and he did, he became a Christian :) Thank you God!! So now, there is a party going on in heaven for him! And I have completed my new year's goal/resolution to bring someone to God this year! But I hope God doesn't stop there! I pray that he will continue using me to spread his love throughout the world! We have about 140 school days left, I pray that amazing things will happen in that time! Amen! I have another couple of friends who are so close, I just pray that God would reveal himself to them soon! Thank you Lord!!! :D