" Because you are special* to me, and I love you, I gladly give up other peoples in exchange for you; They are trivial by comparison to your weighty significance. " _Isaiah 43:4* (The Voice)

Thursday, July 11, 2013

{ Being the message, & not just saying it... }

Words, words, words... I am weary of words. I don't want to sing it, preach it, write it or debate it, I just want to be it. I want to do what John the beloved did, not only sing about it. I want to really pray, not just preach about it. I want to be like the young men who left all to follow Jesus, not just admire them. I want to be the message without saying a word. Words are important, but not enough.

To be clear, I believe preaching, singing, writing and teaching are essential. I am just feeling the gap between what I declare and what I live. I am reaching for authenticity where my words have true authority. Without words there isn’t understanding and without understanding people perish. Words are essential, but not enough. I live in a plethora of words so every now and then I have to come up for air and do a reality check in my life and heart.

_M. Edwards

{ This is your calling... }

"Whatever you are good at, that's your calling."

_S. Furtick

{ A life of rest! }

The fights in this life may be many, but your only fight is to fight to be at rest.

_J. Prince (A Life of Rest)

{ Your disqualification is your qualification! }

It's time to get back up & keep pressing on. Just because you stumbled or fell over doesn't mean you're disqualified. It means you're human.

_C.Caine

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`God chose David, because he is a man that can fail.

_J.Prince

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goes to show that Love like His, never fails.

and that is why, we won`t either, despite our natural abilities and disabilities. for Grace to chose us sinners whom were doom as a lost cause, now is reigning with a greater one which is kingdom.

{ Your least is His most! }

When you see the least and feel the least...that’s often when God is doing the most. Keep praying and believe that God is working!

_J. Meyer

{ Discomfort for growth and change }

The degree to which you are willing to embrace discomfort is the degree to which you'll continue to grow & change. Personally & organizationally.`

C. Caine

{ Where my faith stands... }

``My faith it stands on the empty grave...``

_Hillsong (You never fail)

{ A grace call to impact all! }

We believe...

God wants to transform, heal and prosper us, so that we can live blessed and victorious lives that will impact and help others.

We are called to preach the gospel to all nations.

- New Cre.

{ Set for (His)tory }


and whatever the hand of grace has written in your life cannot be unwritten or overwritten.
it is set for (His)tory.

{ God is not finished with me yet - Pt. 2 }


Grace did not cause us to just get satisfied with the temporal mortality of life,
but rather, yearning for the unseen;
things that no one yet heard or captured by any human senses,
not only by the plentiful blessings He desires to rain down on us,
but likewise for the greater stretch of hope, love and compassion for the world to experience.
this is where chains are broken,
hearts get mended,
the lost are found,
the blind can see,
the lame can walk,
and His children finally gets the taste of the Father's love.
having such light to penetrate the dark,
and salt adding flavor to the normality of the routine,
Grace never fail to cease and amazes things once again.
one cannot fall or stumble in the presence of freedom and joy of the kingdom.
truly we are made for more, for the impossible, and for the extraordinary.
i say this not because of what i have heard or even read it in His word,
or was preached at continually in a anointed setting.
all this comes from many personal experiences of simply being a daughter,
and not simply a child of any other Father out there,
but a King, whose inheritance and character is now mine with a purpose greater than oneself.
as He continues to work and perfect the gold He has set in my heart,
progressively glorifying all ruins,
beautifying all the ashes,
one cannot help but be in a position of extreme gratefulness,
that He chose me, the undeserving, the sinner.
and because of that, one can chose to see likewise in others.
here's to being worked and molded at by the hands of grace.
to be continued... (for the next chapter)

{ God is not finished with me yet! }


“There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind,
being confident, convinced and sure of this very thing,
that He who begun such a great work in you,
will not stop in mid-design but keep at it,
perfecting and bringing you to a full completion and flourishing finish,
right up to the time of Jesus, the Anointed and our liberating King,
returns to redeem the world.”

Philippians 1:6 (WordRemix: Amplified, Message, Voice)

{ DevoRepost: Delight in Him - J. Osteen }

Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.”

Psalm 37:4 (AMP)

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Are you believing God for something that seems to be taking a long time? In the natural, you may have every reason to give up on what God has placed in your heart. At times, you may be tempted to get discouraged, but remember, God knows exactly where you are. He knows the desires He’s placed within you. He knows even the hidden dreams — what the scripture calls the secret petitions of your heart. Those are the things that you haven’t told anyone about. Maybe you thought they would never work out, or you’ve buried them because they didn’t happen on your timetable. But God still has a way to bring them to pass.

Be encouraged today because God is working behind the scenes on your behalf. Delight yourself in Him — find joy in serving Him and make your heart moldable in His hands. Don’t settle for mediocrity because God knows what’s in you, and His plan is to finish the work He began in you when you delight yourself in Him!

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

{ Hillsong Conf 2012: Surrendering - Joyce Meyer }

  • Romans 6:16
  • We must learn to surrender which simply means letting go - Stop fighting with yourself, circumstances  people, places you do not want to be
  • "I surrender all..." 
  • Surrendering your will and mind at home is a whole other story, but we are going to get there and on the way, ready to give birth
  • Luke 5:1-5
  • You need to get out into the deep water that is over your head, where if Jesus does not help you, you are in deep trouble
  • You are done if He does not show up every single day
  • Never the less, if He said to do it, I surrender and here I go, into the deep
  • Learn to live a little deeper - Obey God whether you feel like doing it, don't want to do it, and don't think it is a good idea
  • Jesus is in the deepest part of us, and if we have Him comfy in our spirit, calling Him for an emergency, and in our soul, we got all the tasteless (what I think, I want, I feel)
  • But what Jesus wants is He wants to be integrated in every single bit of us, so when we are poured out we have something to give to people which have got some flavor
  • We need to shake it up a little bit, get real, deep, and making sure we are married to Jesus and not just dating Him
  • Philippians 2 - "Become obedient until death..."
  • We are not being asked to be so obedient that we die physically, but dying to our own will, living on our emotions and on the top of our head 
  • We should not just act the way we want to, or tell everyone what we think, or do what we want, but we have to go deeper and see what is going in there 
  • Do we have peace, clear conscious, God approved? Then we begin to surrender our life to God.
  • When you are married, everything of theirs becomes yours, and everything that you have becomes theirs
  • "And made a commitment... which neither none of you have walked out"
  • When you surrender to something you do not really want in your soul, it hurts
  • We are not here to be entertained but changed and molded in His image because we destined ot show His glory in the earth
  • Put a eternal yes on a contract with God, and not having any idea on what God has for you to do
  • Got to contribute to people who refuse to give up and quit
  • We want to be one of those people who are married and not just dating - Rare
  • Whatever it is, believe with all your heart that it will work out good for you - And that is when you are truly free
  • We can be calm because if God is done, there is not one thing that we can do about it
  • It would be hard to give it up or adjust, but when you go deep enough with God, you will make it 
  • He will be there with you, even the darkest and hardest and most difficult times, and we are not going to run because we are married
  • Luke 15:11
  • It is amazing when we think we want something, and we do not get it, we do not realize what a big favor He is doing for us
  • You do not have to be afraid to ask God anything, just be bold but do not pout
  • He always have a bigger plan, and we are smart enough to ask for it and we are just to trust and surrender
  • Sometimes we have what satisfies but nothing satisfies or have any joy, peace or content - That is when we thought we have what we wanted
  • Thank God we can come to ourselves - Having a meeting with yourself
  • Forget getting what you want, let Him make you who He wants you to be - His will be done and not ours
  • We can try to make it work but it gets so frustrating and confusing 
  • If it is wrong timing, He will not give it to you
  • Wake up and ask Him what can you do for Him today - To be a blessing to somebody
  • A good marriage does not work out if you always want the other person to do things for you but the other way round
  • There is too many Christians spending time on what they want and not what He wants
  • 1 Peter 2:23 
  • When people do not treat you right, used, abused, mistreated, looked over, nobody notices, hurt, betrayed, talked about, judged, criticized - Forgive people that you will even pray for them and go the extra mile when there is an opportunity
  • No matter what people do to you, or not do, God wants us to remain the same - Stablity of that kind will win the world because nobody can understand that
  • When somebody throws spears at us, we have to stop throwing spears back
  • Spear - Everything wrong that is going on, it seems to be someone else's fault
  • It is a great victory if we can be just quiet and not throw a spear back
  • God wants us to learn for us to remain the same
  • Judas did not change Jesus, he betrayed Him
  • If it changed you, God wants something better
  • If you throw a spear back, the only thing you do is ending up a bright shade of bitter
  • Jesus just remained the same - Loving, calm, peaceful, beautiful Savior
  • He does not just want to be the bottom of our lives, while we are pouring a bunch of tasteless stuff, but He wants us to be full of Him
  • "A body Holy, filled and flooded with God..."
  • Romans 12:1
  • Most of the pain that we have comes from people
  • God is in charge of our reputation and life and we are not trying to vindicate and throw spears, but we want to be like Him
  • Hebrews 5:8-9
  • The reason why we are not so obedient is because we do not want to pay the cost
  • God is preparing you where you got to have equipment and experience 
  • You can suffer eternally with one kind of misery in your soul or you can surrender and go through pain and that is where you get the baby
  • When God's favor is on you, people will love you
  • We need to get rid of our spears
  • If God is God, just let God be God - Put it back on Him
  • If you let God put you, and you are put, and nobody can bring you down

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

{ Honored promises / No turning back }

"I bow before your holy Temple as I worship.
I praise your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness;
for your promises are backed
by all the honor of your name
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Psalm 138:2

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as i come into Your presence, nothing else satisfies or free one like You do. and as one cannot phantom Your love like this, the seen and felt comes secondary, or not even close. You are enough, MORE than enough.

to think that what You say is enriched with so much truth in itself already, You decided to back it up even more with the wholeness of Your glory and honor of Your name above all names. 

as grace goes before me, there is no turning back. 

this is what life is all about. kingdom beyond earth, supernatural beyond natural, truth beyond fact, extraordinary beyond ordinary, faith beyond seen, impossible beyond possible, illogical beyond logical, and everlasting beyond temporal.

#decided&(Christ)satisfied x

{ Glorious Ruins: Christ is Enough - Hillsong }


Christ is my reward
And all of my devotion
Now there's nothing in this world
That could ever satisfy

Through every trial
My soul will sing
No turning back
I've been set free

Christ is enough for me
Christ is enough for me
Everything I need is in You
Everything I need

Christ my all in all
The joy of my salvation
And this hope will never fail
Heaven is our home

Through every storm
My soul will sing
Jesus is here
To God be the glory

I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back
No turning back

The cross before me
The world behind me
No turning back
No turning back