i have talked about this before i think, but it is so cool how when God does give us His life, that Life works in and through us to bring about desires. Now our choice is whether we live out of that Life or out of our fear and own reasoning. (Which is a very human thing to do) God wants us to know that we have ALL we need in Christ Jesus if we'll just depend on Him. Depend on him? Yes, wait on Him, listen to Him, and obey Him. But I think the more you depend on Him it's more natural to obey or to walk in truth... not fear and anxiety.

Just a word from Father mades the world. Just a word from Him stops my world and turns it all around so that my eyes are on Him and I can let Him do anything to me, with me, through me for His glory- surrendered to Him.

And now He's speaking...

It's so cool how He speaks to the hearts of his children and How he uses that to unite them. It's like you can get a glimpse of how He is doing something bigger than us by just talking to other believers and hearing the heartbeat that He's place in them. And then you find yourself exclaiming "Yeah! Yeah! I was just thinking that! I was just teaching about that! I just heard that message the other day, God has really been working on me with that, He has been romancing me too with that! " And community is formed b/c we see we are all from the same Father, with the same heart, and who wouldn't wanna join up for the cause of Dad? Especially when He is stirring hearts like He has been.

I love what April said about what God is doing in her heart and speaking over her life:
"I do not know how long my life will be....i have entered into my 2nd quarter of life and already feel as if the days are moving by to fast. I don't just want my days here on earth to whisper the greatness of God, i want them to boldy proclaim and declare His greatness all over the earth."
I think many share that feeling. Oh He is so worth giving our lives. Our short little lives that He takes much pleasure in. It's funny that we are here, but we are with Him... seated in Christ at the right hand of Father. Eternity and Life today. Rest today. Confidence in Him alone, the Famous and Great God, today, that will hopefully overflow onto the whole earth.

The heartbeats are the same because the Father is the same Father who wills and works in each believer for His purposes great (for His glory!) and small.

i thought i might post some scripture to go along w/ what i've been saying... i have quoted some but not all is obvious and i have put forth the ideas that are contained but not given the references... so here they are:

Romans 5:8But God (O)demonstrates (P)His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, (Q)Christ died for us.
9Much more then, having now been justified (R)by His blood, we shall be saved (S)from the wrath of God through Him.
10For if while we were (T)enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved (U)by His life. (from the greek verb zao: meaning
to live, breathe, be among the living (not lifeless, not dead)
to enjoy real life
to have true life and worthy of the name
active, blessed, endless in the kingdom of God
to live i.e. pass life, in the manner of the living and acting
of mortals or character
living water, having vital power in itself and exerting the same upon the soul
metaph. to be in full vigour
to be fresh, strong, efficient,
as adj. active, powerful, efficacious - and to think we receive "true life" and all that comes with it at salvation!!!)
And there's more:
11(V)And not only this, but we also exult(boast or glory) in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received (W)the reconciliation. (nasb)


Romans6: 8Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,
9Because we know that Christ (the Anointed One), being once raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him.
10For by the death He died, He died to sin [ending His relation to it] once for all; and the life that He lives, He is living to God [in unbroken fellowship with Him].
11Even so consider yourselves also dead to sin and your relation to it broken, but alive to God [living in unbroken fellowship with Him] in Christ Jesus. (amp)

Your old life has no power over you- as a believer, you are secured in Him- unbroken fellowship. Sin makes it feel like it's broken but He never leaves or turns His face- You are totally forgiven! The wrath of God was poured out on Jesus so He CAN have unbroken fellowship with us!

"God gave His life FOR us in order to give His life TO us, in order that He might live His life THROUGH us!"
-Grace Life Manual

Let the gospel change you and how you see things today! It's so relevant to every part of life. It's one thing to believe it, it's another when your walls are broken down and it changes your whole life. What does the gospel mean to YOU? Why is it good news? or is it?

I am seeing a common theme among believers lately: a passion that is unique and an urgency to wholly know Father and then a HUGE motivation for others to know... and brokenness because they down. I think SG is on the same page, most the people i have talked to lately, and several other recent books... so... no doubt God is moving His people to love Him and receive HIS love which, when you WHOLLY experience this, you can't help but want others to know the One who is the substance of your life. i love this song b/c it paints a cool picture of the journey of recognizing that I am a new creation: the old has gone and the new has come. It reminds me of how I am crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives within me. and we are saved BY HIS LIFE. He gives us our very life- the one that is born of the Spirit- brand new and growing for eternity... and yet " I cannot make it, or fake it, and I can't afford it (there's NO way I can earn this life, yet somehow....) It's Mine!
Mine? really? I can have it? But I... I didn't do anything. Don't I owe you something? Don't I...
Really?
It's mine?
I can't believe that.
well that's what faith is for!
But it makes no sense
my ways are not your ways!
Lord?

If it's too good to be true... it JUST MIGHT BE the GOSPEL!


"something changed"

something changed inside me, broke wide open, all spilled out, til i had no doubt that something changed
and every word, i believed it, until I felt it in my own heart, in the deepest part
The healing came

and I cannot make it
and I cannot fake it
and I can't afford it
but it's Mine!

something so amazing in our hearts so dark and dim, when the walls fall
down,
and the Light comes in

(sara groves)

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You Are the Sun
by Sara Groves and Matt Bronlewee

You are the sun shining down on everyone
Light of the world giving light to everything I see
Beauty so brilliant I can hardly take it in
And everywhere you are is warmth and light

And I am the moon with no light of my own
Still you have made me to shine
And as I glow in this cold dark night
I know I can't be a light unless I turn my face to you

Shine on me with your light
Without you I'm a cold dark stone
Shine on me I have no light of my own

You are the sun, you are the sun, you are the sun
And I am the moon

Oh please take this to heart! I think the Lord is just painting a picture of who He is and how He is everywhere with this light analogy: You can't escape it! ANYTHING that we see physically is because light enters our eyes and reflects the shapes and colors, even if it's minimal. And everything we understand spiritually is a result of LIGHT Himself revealing it as He illuminates it to our hearts. He is illuminating light to me. It's very very rare that I am in such physical darkness that I can't see to take a step. He always grants enough and sometimes it's more thank enough- sometimes blinding! And the times when it's just a shade lighter than pitch black He grants us the courage to walk forward, but it's strictly because of Light that we can move forward. Just like light, HE is all around us. He is everywhere showing us more about all that we face. I don't wanna miss it. I don't wanna take it for granted, and if I am the moon, I long to be illuminated by Him to the brightest possible light that He may be glorified, but remember that I am nothing compared to the sun, the source, the creator of all light and beauty that we get to see with our very eyes. (and couldn't see without the light for that matter) gosh i so desire to be a light... the Lord has had me in that place where His presense is overwhelming and life-sustaining and I ache for others to know it.
HOW WILL THEY KNOW?
"i will never be a light unless i turn my face to YOU"
Only in His power and mercy can I be a part of others seeing Him. Lord- Let it be so! Please join me in praying for this! That we'll be so consumed with this Light that we are reflecting it everywhere, all over ourselves and those around us. And that we will see the value and NECESSITY of our Source, our Light.

walk in the light as He is in the light...
wake up o sleeper arise from the dead and CHRIST will shine on you (that's a promise)
will you believe it?


ps- sara groves just put out a cd with incredible lyrics- it's my new fave, especially this song and "loving a person" you gotta check it out :)