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!
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Friday, 6 January 2012
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Developing Your Call day!
Had an AMAZING weekend! I went to Bedford with 3 beautiful people to go to a developing your call day. It was so much fun! We heard some testimonies of some guys who had been out to other countries to do mission work or church plant and we also got some great practical tips of things to do before you leave.
Someone had a picture for me, they said they saw me stepping onto an escalator and going straight to the top, they said they believe my call will develop and progress quickly, that it doesn't mean tomorrow, but it won't be 10 years either, that it will be sooner than I think!
Thought that was really cool as it goes with what someone prophesied over me in 2007/8 saying "I feel you're going to be a missionary and it will be sooner than you think", so that was rather awesome!
Went to a church in Bedford too, which was great! It was really lively and they had loads of young people there.
I've been back at school for 3 days now doing lots of exams for my GCSE's! English Language is now finished forever! Yes! Just 10 more exams to go!
I'm going to try and complete the Tefl Course as well next year because that would be a good entry route into The Ukraine :) Had a good week-end and good week! Hope it's been the same for you! Bye!
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Time to start posting!!
Hey again! Long time no write.. I realised that I haven't been on here enough lately so I have returned!
Things have started up again this week.. I have just finished a book called "Love has a face" which is absolutely amazing! I really want to love people like Jesus loves them! Any way, I woke up on Monday morning and the book said 1. Get up, 2. Ask God what he is doing, 3. Go and do it with him. So I woke up and asked God what he was doing and felt him say "Healing the sick" so I prayed for divine appointments this weeks where God would send me to the lost, lonely, hurting and the sick. Any way, Had a really cool prayer meeting on Monday which was superb! And then yesterday, I was sitting with a group of friends and one of my friend's friends complained that she felt awful. So seizing the opportunity, I asked her what was wrong and she said she had really saw blocked ears so I asked if I could pray for her. She said that it was fine, so I asked if I could put my hands on here ears and she was like "Yeah, sure, if you want to" So I prayed for her ears to be healed in Jesus' name! She said thanks and said she'd let me know if it made a difference. I thought "Wahoo! Thank you Jesus!" He gave me an opportunity, courage to take it and through that, one more person knows about Jesus!
It's amazing what can happen when you take out your bible and read it at school. A flock of people gathered round and started to ask me "What on earth are you reading? Oh my word, is that the bible?!" So I had another opportunity there to share about the bible nd answer some of their questions about the old and new testaments and explained why I thought it was a really exciting book and definitely not boring, etc.
Then today, I prayed for another divine appointment and opportunities to heal people and went downstairs and my dad's daily reading was open on "Bringing Healing" so I read it and it asked what I was confident about regarding healing. It also had this amazing bible verse on it from John 14:12-14, which I love!!
So I went to school completely sure that whatever I asked God for he would give; I asked him for opportunities to pray with people. Anyway, first lesson, my friend told me that her boyfriend was in court this morning fighting with his ex-girlfriend about who gets custody of the child. So I asked if I could pray for them because she seemed worried about it. So let her know that I was praying and asked God to do what was best for the child.
This same friend asks me to pray for her for things quite regularly because she said that every time she asks me to pray the prayers are answered! Thank you God! I really pray that you would do more in our school! I ask that everyday you can use me to do your will and share the Love of Jesus with my classmates!
Things have started up again this week.. I have just finished a book called "Love has a face" which is absolutely amazing! I really want to love people like Jesus loves them! Any way, I woke up on Monday morning and the book said 1. Get up, 2. Ask God what he is doing, 3. Go and do it with him. So I woke up and asked God what he was doing and felt him say "Healing the sick" so I prayed for divine appointments this weeks where God would send me to the lost, lonely, hurting and the sick. Any way, Had a really cool prayer meeting on Monday which was superb! And then yesterday, I was sitting with a group of friends and one of my friend's friends complained that she felt awful. So seizing the opportunity, I asked her what was wrong and she said she had really saw blocked ears so I asked if I could pray for her. She said that it was fine, so I asked if I could put my hands on here ears and she was like "Yeah, sure, if you want to" So I prayed for her ears to be healed in Jesus' name! She said thanks and said she'd let me know if it made a difference. I thought "Wahoo! Thank you Jesus!" He gave me an opportunity, courage to take it and through that, one more person knows about Jesus!
It's amazing what can happen when you take out your bible and read it at school. A flock of people gathered round and started to ask me "What on earth are you reading? Oh my word, is that the bible?!" So I had another opportunity there to share about the bible nd answer some of their questions about the old and new testaments and explained why I thought it was a really exciting book and definitely not boring, etc.
Then today, I prayed for another divine appointment and opportunities to heal people and went downstairs and my dad's daily reading was open on "Bringing Healing" so I read it and it asked what I was confident about regarding healing. It also had this amazing bible verse on it from John 14:12-14, which I love!!
So I went to school completely sure that whatever I asked God for he would give; I asked him for opportunities to pray with people. Anyway, first lesson, my friend told me that her boyfriend was in court this morning fighting with his ex-girlfriend about who gets custody of the child. So I asked if I could pray for them because she seemed worried about it. So let her know that I was praying and asked God to do what was best for the child.
This same friend asks me to pray for her for things quite regularly because she said that every time she asks me to pray the prayers are answered! Thank you God! I really pray that you would do more in our school! I ask that everyday you can use me to do your will and share the Love of Jesus with my classmates!
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
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!
Monday, 13 December 2010
Nearly a new year...
The realisation hit me earlier today... it is almost the end of the year! At the beginning of this year there were a lot of prophecies about this being a new year and amazing things happening to the youth, and those promises have been fulfilled. My new year's resolution to bring someone to Christ has been fulfilled also! I can't wait to write next years resolution!! I wonder where I will be this time next year and what I will be doing. I think I have a rough idea but it's up to God; I'm waiting to see where he leads me! I am so excited!
I was in Biology today and I was thinking about how my teacher was teaching and I imagined teaching children at some point, specifically poor children who have no homes or families, and I thought that there are so many children and what would be a nice number to take off the streets and look after and I thought to myself: "8? Yes, 8 is a nice number, I can do 8" And as soon as I said it I just felt God laugh! It was so hearty that I started laughing too in the middle of my lesson! I don't think many people noticed but it was very funny. So I am thinking that God has a lot more children in mind than just 8!
I have also been thinking of mission trips and I am interested in doing one next summer, it is for a week and I have signed up for it. There is a selection process so I suppose if God wants me to go then I'll get through and be able to raise the money! It's all so exciting. I would love to be involved with a church plant as well, to watch a church's growth from the beginning. I think that would be so exciting! I think my family might be taking part in one pretty soon!
It would be so cool if a stranger walked up to me and handed me plane tickets to Ukraine with the date on that I was supposed to go but it doesn't always happen like that! Sometimes it does and that is so cool when that happens but I had a dream that my mum told me to start saving for the Ukraine flight now, I woke up and I remembered it very clearly. So, I need to start saving my pocket money! I can't wait until we go back to school next year! My last school year and it's going to be amazing! I know that God has some huge plans ahead and he has written his name on our school as his so we wait for him to spread his revival fire!
Saturday, 11 December 2010
The fire is back!
Wahoooo!!! God is so awesome! I love him so much! Last night, we had Youth Group and it was one of the best! The worship was incredible! God really spoke throughout and I really felt his presence! Then we all prayed for each other, someone would sit in the middle and we gathered round and prayed and prophesied over each other. These were the words people prophesied over me: "I see you on the front lines, people have been placed by the enemy to taunt you but you have a huge smile on your face, let joy be your strength. God will use that to overpower." And; "You are on a surf-board on a big wave, surfing- you are panicking a bit. Focus on God, enjoy the ride, don't fret. Enjoy the exhilaration of being on the wave." Also; "Being fired up isn't just a phase, 'to he who has, more will be given'."
They were really spot on because I have been panicking about the future a bit- the deadlines for handing in applications for 6th form is coming up and I really need to make sure I'm doing what God wants me to do, and follow him. And also, a lot of people at school are being rude to me about me being a Christian, so that was really cool as well! And I want to be continuously fired up for Jesus so they all hit the spot!
I got home and opened the bible- I couldn't wait to read more of God's word! It opened in the psalms and I read the first few sentences which said "Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all nations, the taunts with which your enemies have mocked every step of your anointed one. Praise be to the Lord forever! Amen and Amen." (Psalm 89:50-52)
My eyes then brushed over the last few sentences on the page and read "The seas have lifted up, O Lord, the seas have lifted up their voice; the seas have lifted up their pounding waves. Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea- the Lord on high is mighty." (Psalm 93:3-4)
I thought that was so cool! How both those verses were the things prophesied over me! I love how God does things like that!
And apart from being sick at 10 to 3 in the morning I am feeling great! I am listening to some worship music whilst my family has gone out for my little brothers birthday, I love it when I have the house to myself, it's so freeing! Well, that's all my news for now. I will update shortly because God is still holding our school in his hands and he is going to do some amazing things! He hasn't forgotten! Expect the unexpected!!
They were really spot on because I have been panicking about the future a bit- the deadlines for handing in applications for 6th form is coming up and I really need to make sure I'm doing what God wants me to do, and follow him. And also, a lot of people at school are being rude to me about me being a Christian, so that was really cool as well! And I want to be continuously fired up for Jesus so they all hit the spot!
I got home and opened the bible- I couldn't wait to read more of God's word! It opened in the psalms and I read the first few sentences which said "Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all nations, the taunts with which your enemies have mocked every step of your anointed one. Praise be to the Lord forever! Amen and Amen." (Psalm 89:50-52)
My eyes then brushed over the last few sentences on the page and read "The seas have lifted up, O Lord, the seas have lifted up their voice; the seas have lifted up their pounding waves. Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea- the Lord on high is mighty." (Psalm 93:3-4)
I thought that was so cool! How both those verses were the things prophesied over me! I love how God does things like that!
And apart from being sick at 10 to 3 in the morning I am feeling great! I am listening to some worship music whilst my family has gone out for my little brothers birthday, I love it when I have the house to myself, it's so freeing! Well, that's all my news for now. I will update shortly because God is still holding our school in his hands and he is going to do some amazing things! He hasn't forgotten! Expect the unexpected!!
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Running out of blog titles.....
An entire week of Mock exams! They are finally over! In a years time I will never have to do exams if I choose not to continue further education... a scary thought! What if I don't continue education.. what if God has other plans? I think he's starting to reveal them bit by bit. It's so exciting to be part of an amazing plan that glorifies God!! I don't know how may people will support the idea of stopping "education" but I'm going to do what God says and let some one else worry about other people's views!
In December the United Nations are voting on the "defamation of religious expression" which basically means that if it goes through, each government will be able to decide which restrictions they put on religious freedom. Basically, making the persecution of Christians legal. It might not happen, only God knows. But, it is very possible. There are already a huge number of Christians being persecuted all over the world and it's only going to get bigger. I'm not afraid. If God says it's going to happen, it will happen. It may not necessarily be in my lifetime. It's hard to imagine so many things changing but eventually, change will be inevitable. I'm not sounding too grim am I? It's not supposed to be! Jesus is our rock and our fortress, he has given us spiritual armour so that we may run the race of life. Don't worry! Jesus has already won!! The whole battle was won when Jesus rose from the grave! The bible says "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" The road is prepared. It's going to happen with or without you, but Jesus wants you! Are you prepared to follow him, allow him to use your life as a reflector of his glory? Then tell him! Let him know! He wants to hear you say that you'll do anything and go anywhere for him! If you tell him that, he will use you to bring people to him.
In a world of darkness it's our time to shine! Let the love of God be our road map and the spirit be our guide. Think something is impossible? Nothing is impossible with God. Think you can't do it? 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 says; 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. In our weakness, God is strong. Sometime (not always!) it's great when we don't know anything. People always say to me that I need to bring something with me when I go to Ukraine; some qualification to help the people. And you know what? That's great when people go as nurses or teachers! But sometimes God just wants us as we are. I feel, for me, I don't have the time to go to University before I go to Ukraine. But I have something for them which saves lives too, and it will never run out or dry up. Jesus. He is never ending! His love will never run out! They can just keep passing it on and on to others! I may not know how to save some one's physical body from dying, but I know how to save their spirit and you don't need a degree in that! I think it's great when people learn first aid but I don't want to bring bandages and medicines! I want to bring the healing power of Jesus! If I knew how to resuscitate someone, I would. But because I don't, I would have to pray for them! So in this case it's a good job I don't know other things to rely on. It's such a great adventure because it means relying on God alone! This is going to be a massive leap of faith, but Jesus told me that when I can't walk on water he will carry me. I never want to walk alone! And I will never have to. Jesus promised us that he would never leave us! I'm not worried about it even though it does seem quite scary. I have Jesus and he is my rock. My protector. We are immortal until God calls us home, I know God is going to use me for his glory so I will not die for any other reason than him! I need you to pray that the people around me will see this as being faithful to the call of God and not some lunatic adventure! (Even if it seems that way!) There will be a lot of opposition, I know. Especially from people I love most. But God is my highest authority. What he says goes. So I will obey him before anyone else. (Obviously I will make sure that what he is saying to me is really from him!) I know people will think I'm crazy but I care what God thinks not what other people think. Although it would be great to have their support too! ;)
I do need to be spending more time with God so I continue hearing him speak. I really want to but I'm so tired in the morning that I set my alarm and then turn it off and go back to sleep!! Any one got any ideas of how to wake up?!!! Maybe I should get a friend who is an early riser to phone me and not go away until I am out of bed! It's not that I think I have to but I really want to! The evenings aren't as good because its a good end to your day but not a good start!
So that's it from me really for now. A friend and I are doing a prayer day on Saturday for our school and friends and such so if you would like to pray too then please do so for our school! We are looking for God to start a revival wind in our school and that his love would rest upon us and he would start speaking to us about the school :D
Thank you!
In December the United Nations are voting on the "defamation of religious expression" which basically means that if it goes through, each government will be able to decide which restrictions they put on religious freedom. Basically, making the persecution of Christians legal. It might not happen, only God knows. But, it is very possible. There are already a huge number of Christians being persecuted all over the world and it's only going to get bigger. I'm not afraid. If God says it's going to happen, it will happen. It may not necessarily be in my lifetime. It's hard to imagine so many things changing but eventually, change will be inevitable. I'm not sounding too grim am I? It's not supposed to be! Jesus is our rock and our fortress, he has given us spiritual armour so that we may run the race of life. Don't worry! Jesus has already won!! The whole battle was won when Jesus rose from the grave! The bible says "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" The road is prepared. It's going to happen with or without you, but Jesus wants you! Are you prepared to follow him, allow him to use your life as a reflector of his glory? Then tell him! Let him know! He wants to hear you say that you'll do anything and go anywhere for him! If you tell him that, he will use you to bring people to him.
In a world of darkness it's our time to shine! Let the love of God be our road map and the spirit be our guide. Think something is impossible? Nothing is impossible with God. Think you can't do it? 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 says; 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. In our weakness, God is strong. Sometime (not always!) it's great when we don't know anything. People always say to me that I need to bring something with me when I go to Ukraine; some qualification to help the people. And you know what? That's great when people go as nurses or teachers! But sometimes God just wants us as we are. I feel, for me, I don't have the time to go to University before I go to Ukraine. But I have something for them which saves lives too, and it will never run out or dry up. Jesus. He is never ending! His love will never run out! They can just keep passing it on and on to others! I may not know how to save some one's physical body from dying, but I know how to save their spirit and you don't need a degree in that! I think it's great when people learn first aid but I don't want to bring bandages and medicines! I want to bring the healing power of Jesus! If I knew how to resuscitate someone, I would. But because I don't, I would have to pray for them! So in this case it's a good job I don't know other things to rely on. It's such a great adventure because it means relying on God alone! This is going to be a massive leap of faith, but Jesus told me that when I can't walk on water he will carry me. I never want to walk alone! And I will never have to. Jesus promised us that he would never leave us! I'm not worried about it even though it does seem quite scary. I have Jesus and he is my rock. My protector. We are immortal until God calls us home, I know God is going to use me for his glory so I will not die for any other reason than him! I need you to pray that the people around me will see this as being faithful to the call of God and not some lunatic adventure! (Even if it seems that way!) There will be a lot of opposition, I know. Especially from people I love most. But God is my highest authority. What he says goes. So I will obey him before anyone else. (Obviously I will make sure that what he is saying to me is really from him!) I know people will think I'm crazy but I care what God thinks not what other people think. Although it would be great to have their support too! ;)
I do need to be spending more time with God so I continue hearing him speak. I really want to but I'm so tired in the morning that I set my alarm and then turn it off and go back to sleep!! Any one got any ideas of how to wake up?!!! Maybe I should get a friend who is an early riser to phone me and not go away until I am out of bed! It's not that I think I have to but I really want to! The evenings aren't as good because its a good end to your day but not a good start!
So that's it from me really for now. A friend and I are doing a prayer day on Saturday for our school and friends and such so if you would like to pray too then please do so for our school! We are looking for God to start a revival wind in our school and that his love would rest upon us and he would start speaking to us about the school :D
Thank you!
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
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:
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!!
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Another day...
Had another awesome conversation in R.E today with the class, only one more day before half term!!! In exactly one week and 4 days my parents will be in India for 2 weeks and some family friends are looking after us. I heard about this Christian youth thing happening for a weekend but it is whilst the are away so I'm not sure if I can go yet :/
I'm really excited about it though; it's aimed at youth who really want to see a change in their schools and communities, which is exactly the type of thing I want to see more of in this school! It looks really good, I just pray that I'll be allowed to go! I know I've said this before, but God is really doing some amazing stuff in my life and in this school so it would be a great opportunity to get equipped for what God is going to continue to do!
Change of conversation, but sometimes I just want to get out of this culture, to go somewhere else where people aren't driven by their job or clothes or money or any other material, worldly 'goods'! But to be driven by Jesus!! Or rather, I do want to be in that type of culture, to help change it and tell it about Jesus so that they will be driven by God but I want to be surrounded by change; change God's way, to really see the difference that God is making through me. I know, I know I've seen 3 of my friends saved this year, what more can I expect, yeah? Well I do expect more!!! God is absolutely amazing!!! He loves us sooo much, so obviously he's going to want to talk to us and wants us to talk back. "Ask and it shall be given". I'll tell you something; If you expect God to do great things every day in your life and you just simply ask him, he is going to do it!! In Mark 16 vs 15-18 it says: 15He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. 16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."
Doesn't that say it all? I expect God to be changing classes at a time! For there to be healing on the field and in the classrooms, for people to be baptised in the holy spirit and for our whole school to be crying out praise to our the Lord our God! Phew! Went on a bit of a ramble there.. but I'm not sorry!!! God deserves our undying attention, he craves everything we have! When we get rid of all the worldly junk in our hearts, it gives God the room to work, to fill us with his love, grace and mercy! God has given us authority to heal!!! "In my name.. they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well." Praise God!! He meant it then, and he means it now, it didn't stop 2000 years ago, it is just as real today as it was then, and we have a bigger population now! If everyone on your street became a Christian and then each of those told someone about God, and it just carries on and on and on! Jesus said he's coming back after the whole world has heard about God; what are you waiting for?!!! Pray for opportunities to speak with people about God, and then pray for more!!!
Seriously,
I'm really excited about it though; it's aimed at youth who really want to see a change in their schools and communities, which is exactly the type of thing I want to see more of in this school! It looks really good, I just pray that I'll be allowed to go! I know I've said this before, but God is really doing some amazing stuff in my life and in this school so it would be a great opportunity to get equipped for what God is going to continue to do!
Change of conversation, but sometimes I just want to get out of this culture, to go somewhere else where people aren't driven by their job or clothes or money or any other material, worldly 'goods'! But to be driven by Jesus!! Or rather, I do want to be in that type of culture, to help change it and tell it about Jesus so that they will be driven by God but I want to be surrounded by change; change God's way, to really see the difference that God is making through me. I know, I know I've seen 3 of my friends saved this year, what more can I expect, yeah? Well I do expect more!!! God is absolutely amazing!!! He loves us sooo much, so obviously he's going to want to talk to us and wants us to talk back. "Ask and it shall be given". I'll tell you something; If you expect God to do great things every day in your life and you just simply ask him, he is going to do it!! In Mark 16 vs 15-18 it says: 15He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. 16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."
Doesn't that say it all? I expect God to be changing classes at a time! For there to be healing on the field and in the classrooms, for people to be baptised in the holy spirit and for our whole school to be crying out praise to our the Lord our God! Phew! Went on a bit of a ramble there.. but I'm not sorry!!! God deserves our undying attention, he craves everything we have! When we get rid of all the worldly junk in our hearts, it gives God the room to work, to fill us with his love, grace and mercy! God has given us authority to heal!!! "In my name.. they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well." Praise God!! He meant it then, and he means it now, it didn't stop 2000 years ago, it is just as real today as it was then, and we have a bigger population now! If everyone on your street became a Christian and then each of those told someone about God, and it just carries on and on and on! Jesus said he's coming back after the whole world has heard about God; what are you waiting for?!!! Pray for opportunities to speak with people about God, and then pray for more!!!
Seriously,
What are you waiting for?
Friday, 15 October 2010
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!!!
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!!!
Sunday, 5 September 2010
Back to school
Hi,
This is just a short post just to say that I am going back to school tomorrow, the start of year 11- time has flown by! A couple of Friends and I are continuing with our Monday lunchtimes prayer meetings, so if there are any Christians reading this; you can pray for us as we start living radically in our school, being lights for Jesus and that we have many additions to the prayer meeting. So, hopefully, this will be the start of some amazing conversations and experiences which I can write down here! Hope to write more soon.
This is just a short post just to say that I am going back to school tomorrow, the start of year 11- time has flown by! A couple of Friends and I are continuing with our Monday lunchtimes prayer meetings, so if there are any Christians reading this; you can pray for us as we start living radically in our school, being lights for Jesus and that we have many additions to the prayer meeting. So, hopefully, this will be the start of some amazing conversations and experiences which I can write down here! Hope to write more soon.
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