OH, Prophetic Woman!

http://www.xpmedia.com/article?artId=109

Deborah - article by Jill Austin, I found from while ago

AWAKE, DEBORAH, AWAKE!

Part 1.

The body of Christ is in a radical transition time, due to global shaking that is happening all over the world. The acceleration and the advancement of radical Islam throughout the earth, the new surge of power with the Hamas, and the critical dangers that face Israel every single day, will only be won on our knees.

Intimacy with God is the highest purpose for which we were created but are we REALLY seeking His highest purpose for our lives? If we really understood God's love and heart for us, we'd be making radical choices to be with him more than any other activity in life! If we had a revelation of His true jealousy to have uninterrupted time with us, we'd turn the world upside down like His disciples did!

But instead, we've been lulled to sleep or are enamoured with the trinkets of life while missing the real treasures of God. Many believers are experiencing hope deferred make the heart sick so they're leaving the church because they have no passion, no purpose, no power and no sense of His presence but they have no secret life in God either! Will it take a crisis to bring us into an intimate relationship with Jesus?

What was it about Deborah that caught His gaze? Her uncompromising dedication moved the very heart of God and He changed the very heart of Deborah. She spent SO much time in the temple of prayer and worship that she was dripping with oil. Because of that, she could hear the Lord's voice clearly, operate with keen discernment for the times and seasons she faced as well as her daily decisions with the people, and when the call to battle came, she was absolutely ready!

Deborah was being prepared for battle in the secret place! This is where the true victory lies in communing with Him one-on-one. That is our place of safety and truth!

It is time to stop talking about intimacy with God --- it's time to REALLY do it!

WHO WAS DEBORAH?

Allow me to introduce to you our unlikely candidate and heroine of the faith: Deborah. I have heard very little being taught about her. I always hear about Gideon, Samuel and some of the other judges, but when I studied Deborah, I fell in love with her. Deborah is very unique and a little controversial because she was a woman who held the highest executive office in the land of Canaan, or Israel, at the time.

An ancient Joan of Ark, Deborah appears in the sacred annals of Israel's history as the nations 4th judge, the third woman prophetess (after Miriam and Rachel) and a deliverer of God's people. Deborah was in a class of her own; her leadership role was unprecedented and unparalleled! She was a woman who led a nation to victory against all odds. And she did this in a patriarchal era where there was no precedent for woman leaders.

Part 2. CYCLES OF ISRAEL'S REBELLION AND DELIVERANCE

The whole book of Judges covered approximately 325 years. After the Israelites entered the Promised Land, Joshua and the elders died and the 12 tribes of Israel were separated in the land of Canaan. The tragic pattern of the book of Judges is this: the people went into rebellion they worshipped other gods and intermarried into pagan tribes.

The Lord brought judgement against them. They cried out to God for deliverance. The Lord would raise up a judge, there would be a battle, Israel would be delivered and peace would be on the land for a season. After the judge died, the people went back to rebellion and the Lord once again brought heavy oppression. This cycle happened six different times!

Gwen Shaw accurately pens in her book, Deborah and Jael:

"Their homes were raided and ransacked, their crops plundered, their maidens raped, their fathers mocked and their sons murdered. People could not walk in the highways any more. They were locked up in their homes, and some even had to forsake their lands and dwellings because the enemy took possession of them. They lived in caves and dens. Their sheep and goats were stolen from the; their harvests were carried off as soon as they were reaped. They lost olives, dates, figs, grapes, wheat, barley, and their pomegranates. This left them hungry, destitute, and desperate. They throw God out of their schools, laws, their hearts and lives, claiming they don't need him. But when they are in trouble, they wonder where He is, and why he didn't save them and prevent tragedy."

The Lord is so jealous for each one of us to love Him and know Him. When we start to move away from Him, He allows evil kings to oppress us. The Word tells us that God is the one who appoints evil kings and magistrates, but He also raises up the godly judges and kings! Deborah was the fourth judge and for the first 20 years of her 40-year reign, the nation was oppressed by one of history's most powerful and cruel Canaanite Kings, Jabin, and his cunning military commander, Sisera. (Judges 4:1-4)

DEBORAH CAPTURED THE GAZE OF GOD

What is astounding is that the Lord raised up a woman to deliver a nation! What is especially surprising is that it happened in the Middle East thousands of years ago! Deborah was not only a wife, mother, intercessor and prophetess but also a judge and a national deliverer. This is not a bad resume for a middle-ages woman living in that oppressive Middle Eastern culture.

Against great odds, God used her powerfull. Deborah broke outside of her culture but she wasn't in rebellion, she was in obedience -- to her God. She was used radically and set her people free, and the people loved her. It's a wonderful story of faith in God, and it champions men and women partnering together in a war to save their nation from great oppression.

When we read about this radical prophetess and judge, it expands our theology of women being allowed to lead governmentally. But I really feel that God is raising up a company of end-time Deborah's. There is great global shaking that has only begun, and the Lord is calling not only the men, but also the women of God! The Lord is saying "Wake up, Deborah, be part of the army of the Lord!"

God's eyes are searching to and fro over the earth looking for a heart that is fully His (2 Chronicles 16:9). What caught His gaze when He came to Deborah? Was it that uncompromising fire of holiness, an unwavering faith or an unrelenting love that set her apart? Was it something about the integrity of her character, the otherworldliness of her wisdom and the richness of her kindness which bred confidence in both men and women?

There are two root words for consecrate in Hebrew: naver (separating from) and kadesh (separating unto). Deborah, like the other champions of the faith, was separated from the world and unto God. She did nothing on her own but spoke just what the Father taught her. This is where the true victory lies in listening to Him.

Part 3. DEBORAH'S RESUME

INTERCESSOR

Many scholars believe that one of Deborah's roles before becoming judge were being a lamp lighter in the temple. In the Bible, oil is often a symbol for the Holy Spirit. Deborah was married to Lapidoth, whose name means, shine, lamp, flame, burning lamp, lightening, torch. Isn't it interesting? He, too was a lamp that had oil!

Deborah was keeper of the oil and light, gingerly tending the lamps. This shows us that she was a woman who was passionately spending long hours dwelling in the temple. She was a woman of prayer and of worship. She lived between two villages, Ramah and Bethel, in Ephramin, which means the valley of fruitfulness. Biblical names often have profound prophetic meanings. The ancient village of Ramah was known to be the seat of high adultery. Bethel was known as the house of the Lord with open heavens, where Jacob had his ladder experience in Genesis 28. She stood in the gap interceding between the seat of high idolatry and pagan worship and the house of Bethel with its open heavens.

Now the imagery becomes a little clearer, Deborah was raised up by God to intercede against idolatry (Ramah). She wanted to turn the hearts of the children of Israel back to the house of God (Bethel) to inherit a double portion of fruit (Ephraim).

Deborah's relationship with the Lord was very precious and intensely intimate. I believe that in those twenty years of captivity, Deborah stood in the gap and interceded to change the course of Israel. God promised Abraham, in Genesis 18, that He would save a nation for the sake of ten righteous men. I believe that the righteous prayers of Deborah availed much!

She worshipped and had a deep intercessory life with God. She would go into the temple and fill the lamps with oil and ask God for revelation for people around her in great darkness. She was prepared in this secret place as she stood in the gap in radical intercession for her people and her nation. She would hear from God and would bring down great wisdom and counsel. She spent long hours in the temple. This dedication moved the very heart of God and changed the very heart of Deborah. He led, she followed. She led, Israel followed.

Oftentimes we have the misunderstanding what worship is merely the thirty-minute time slot before the sermon when we sing songs of devotion to God. this is part of worship. But doing small things with great love unto Him is living a life of worship. Deborah was a worshipper who loved the oil of lamps, Holy Spirit.

We need to be like Deborah, a people of prayer. Sincere and passionate prayer is the key to unlock our relationship Almighty God. Many struggle with praying because they feel that their intercession is not much more than empty cries to an invisible God who seems so distant. We think that our prayers bounce off the ceiling and back to us unheard and unanswered. But beloved, God loves communing with you! He promises that He will hear you and answer! It takes only a few seconds of a face-to-face encounter with God to change the course of human history for ., your city, or your nation.

In fact, communing with god is the highest purpose for which you were created! This is eternal life to know Me. (John 17:3) Our hunger for God is what fuels our prayer life. When His presence is our passion and our hunger is for His heart, we can approach the throne of god bodly with the confidence that our Daddy loves our preayers, but having the first love is so important.

For Deborah, intercession was a dialogue in which He began to download strategic war plans, blue prints from heaven, and keys to open doors that no man can shut and shut doors that no man can open. (Isaiah 22:22) How else could she wisely judge so many civil cases with the Israelites?

JUDGE

Ehud was the third judge of Israel. After his death, Israel was without a strong leader and once again fell into idolatry and sexual perversion. They were desperately in need of godly leadership. It was the role of the judge to hear and resolve the disputes of the people, but they also attempted to keep the nation from idolatry (Exodus 18:20; Judges 2:17), they taught God's Word (Exodus 18:20; Judges 2:17; Isaiah 12:23), and they interceded for thie rpeople (Deuteronomy 9:18-20, 25-29; Deuteronomy 10:10; Isaiah 12:23).

The scripture tells us that judges were raised up by God to that office (Judges 2:16). All the judges before and after Deborah were men. So Deborah must have walked in quite an unusual and unique grace to be chosen as both the natural and spiritual leader of Israel. The Word says that she was a judge for 40 years. She held her court sitting under the palm tree, which represents righteousness.

In ancient Israeli culture, ther was not the separation of Church and state that now exists in our governmental infrastructures. To be appointed as the judge over a nation was equivalent to also being established as the spiritual head over the country. Great responsibility came with great authority. She took care to the civil disputes of men, women and children. We aren't just talking about the little local judge down at your courthouse. We are talking about the executive leader over the whole nation of Israel. She was leading Israel (Judges 4:4-5).

PROPHETESS

Deborah operated in a heavenly dimension of a spirit of wisdom and revelation. It was almost as if God had supernaturally implanted a divine compass in her, always guiding her to Him. She walked in such dependence upon every move of the Omnipotent One. The judging that Deborah did so well might have been because of her gift as a prophetess. She would have been able to make wise decisions if she saw well in the Spirit. Although it isn't certain, many theologians feel that Deborah was from the tribe of Issachar, which means that she knew the times and the seasons. Samuel was the only other judge listed as a prophet.

In Matthew Henry's Commentary, he writes:

She was a woman of illuminations, or of splendours, one extraordinary known and wise, and so came to be eminent and illustrious. she was intimately acquainted with God, she was a prophetess, and one that instructed others in divine knowledge by the inspiration of the Spirit of God, and had gifts of wisdom, to which she attained not in an ordinary way; she heard words of God, and she probably saw visions of the Almighty. She was totally devoted to Israel. After Jehovah, Israel was her first love.

Deborah means bee or wasp or Queen bee. She was one who would set things in order and bring honey, but also bring the sting if a bee when necessary. A basic principle in spiritual warfare is that our level of attack against the devil must be intimately related to our level of authority and intimacy in our relationship with God.

Deborah was one who received fresh mandates from heaven, and though she knew how evil the oppression of King Jabin was, she also knew that with God anything is possible! Something in Deborah knew how to pull on the resources of heaven, stand in the counsels of the Lord (Jeremiah 23) and open her mouth and let Him fill it (Psalm 81:10)

MOTHER OF ISRAEL

What made this woman a mother of Israel? Deborah loved well. The Lord must have peered over the balcony of heaven, looked through the lattice of time and watched the way that she so tenderly stopped for the one. Imagine facing the seemingly unending line of people all needing a touch of heaven. I imagine her tired eyes stretched out on faces of His creation as she felt the ache in their hearts for God. They had come so far, how could they leave empty handed? The eleven other dispersed tribes of Israel walked for miles and literally risked their lives on the dangerous highways as they pushed through to hear from God, through Deborah's voice.

The highways were deserted, and the travellers walked along the byways. Village life ceased, it eased in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, Arose a mother in Israel. They chose new gods; Then there was war in the gates. (Judges 5:6-8).

I believe that Deborah could hear the groans of the Israelites who were oppressed for 2- years and feel the pounding pain in God's heart over His people's sin and oppression. I believe that it was her ability to hear His heartbeat that allowed her to save a nation in a day. Deborah ruled with the sword of a prophet but the staff of a shepherd -- she truly loved God's people. She always led well. She led by loving.

DELIVERER/MILITARY STRATEGIST

Deborah was more than a judge; she was used to deliver Israel from the second longest captivity. As a prophetess and military strategist, she called the nation to war. She was a military strategist who not only wielded the hand of God but also operated with the heart of God. You see, Deborah was a deliverer! She loved the people and they loved her. She delivered them from a great enemy.

The Lord literally dropped a clear prophetic word to summon Barak, the Israeli commander, to rally the rag-tag troops for battle against insurmountable odds. The Hebrews had no weapons -- none. They had all been confiscated by the Canaanites.

The famous historian, Josepheus, writes about the enemy force:

Under the command of his general, Sisera, he had 300,000 footmen, 10,000 horsemen and 900 chariots of iron. These chariots not only controlled the highways and roads of the land, they could be driven through an army of men and with the swords in their wheels, they could cut off the legs of the strongest and bravest of soldiers. They were feared, as tanks are today. The people of Israel had no answer to such deadly weapons of mass destruction, forged in the bowels of hell.

God showed her revelations of how to win the battle. Seeing in the heavens and moving with the prophetic proclamations, she released the warrior angels of the Lord to fight ancient demonic principalities. She knew the enemy's schemes and helped to empower the war in the heavens, destroying the enemy. She brought holy reversal to the evil plans. In her moment of crisis, she decreed the Word of the Lord and creation bowed to her command. Her prayers and military governmental leadership shifted the course of history and saved the nation of Israel. When the city gates were at war, Deborah, a mother of Israel who was willing to lay down her life for God and county, arose.

Part 4. GOD'S WORD BRINGS A SHIFT IN ROLES

Deborah sent for Barak and told him the Lord commanded him to take 10,00 men of Naphtali and lead them to Mount Tabor. There the Lord would lure Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, with his chariots and troops, to the Kishon River and would put him into his hands. Barak was a military commander of Israel. He was a man of war, but he lacked courage. He said, If you will go with me, I will go! But if you don't go, I won't go! Very well, Deborah said, I will go with you, but because of the way you are going about this, the honour will not be yours for the Lord will hand Sisera over to a woman. (Judges 4:9)

He was dealing with heavy oppression and he did not have the faith to go. He needed Deborah to be his salvation or he would not have gotten into place for his calling. How many of you are willing to be Deborah's to help to put the Barak's in place governmentally?

So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed them. You see, she gave a prophetic word and it started to launch, shift and change not only Barak's and Israel's destiny, but also her own destiny. It shifted her out of sitting under the palm tree and lighting the lamps in the tabernacle. Suddenly she was getting on a horse and was thrust onto the front lines of the battle.

REVIVAL AND WAR ARE RUNNING MATES

When we are dealing with this great oppression int eh land, when we are crying out for revival, we need to understand that revival and war lock hands. Revival and war are running mates. Our intercession and our prayers tip the bowls of justice from Heaven and fire falls down. when you are crying out for freedom and break-through, you are tippling the bowls in Heaven that contain justice. So on one hand we want to see a mighty outpouring of God to set people free, but when you are crying out desperate prayers of revival and visitation, you are also crying out for God's justice to come. When this happens, you are also bringing war to your families, to your churches and to governmental structures.

Out of their brokenness, they needed a miracle. With 10,00 soldiers, they were going on a suicide mission. But Deborah stood as a prophetic symbol; a signpost as a woman who was weak, but she had the word of God! she had a history of going in and lighting the lamps. She had a history of hearing the voice of God in the secret place. So suddenly when the hour came for her literally to go into war like a Joan of Arc, she was ready. She was in the place to say yes because she knew the voice of her God. She knew she had the living word of her Lord and 10,000 men believed her enough to risk their lives too.

War is on the horizon. God is going to put many of us on the battlefield. Many of us will lose our lives in the years ahead. There will be famines and diseases hitting America. We will be dealing with military police, one world government and tyranny. We are in a season of great warfare, but in the midst of it, will you be like a Deborah where you can hear God's voice and give radical mandates to men, women and children for such an hour as this?

Do you love the Lord so much that when you hear the cries of the suffering and oppressed around you, that you will volunteer to be a mother of Israel? Is there a cry in you that says I am willing to stand against sexual pornography, sin and abortion? I am willing to stand in the house of prayer with angels ascending and descending. I will be a woman who will stand in the gap and go before God and cry out in intercession. Lord, we need revival! Lord, we need the Kingdom of God to break in with the resurrection power of life! This is a call of war! This is a call for you to say that you want to hear the voice of God from the secret place.

Lord, we want to make a fresh holy covenant with You. We want to move as holy revolutionists, but we want to move with purity and humility. We want to be ones that will come out of the secret place and wrestle with a holy desperation and go to the place of war.

The journey of Deborah is a testimony of the power of just ONE life fully set apart for God. May her song be an invitation to you that a revolution can begin -- with one person.

Karol Rich - Once again I come

Once again I come. Oh Lord hear the cry of my heart, for once again the cares of life and the distractions of my soul have pulled me aside. Once again my flesh wars to come into the quiet of you, to rest in your sweet fragrance and to know that, all is well. My heart cries out for it knows your small sweet whisper to come. Come unto me and I will give you rest. Rest for your day, rest for your body, rest for your mind and rest for your soul. I hear your words of love, cast all your cares on me, for I care for you. I say, be still my soul and know your God. Once again you draw me with your love, taking the fragments of my scattered life bringing them into the wholeness of you. For you were always near, you have never left, but stood by my side, waiting. Waiting for me to hear your whispered call, and take the heart to turn once again. Knowing beyond a shadow of doubt that you are there. Once again restoring, once again refreshing, once again with arms open wide enfolding me in the love of you. I lean in, knowing in your arms, is the only place I find completeness and rest. And so, once again, my Lord, I come.

Karol Rich - His Heartbeat

"Lion listen, listen to my heart beat", says the Lord

"As you put your ear to my heart, can you hear it? Do you sense my cry? Do you feel my mercy? Do you know my heart? How close do you really want to be? Close enough to be consumed by me? Or, just a light touch? Just a light touch when, needed by your soul? Why are you afraid to hear my heart? Are you afraid it will reveal too much of you, when you hear its steady rhythm? Are you afraid its love for you will over take you, and rob you? I ask, rob you from whom? ...Yourself? Wont you come now and listen to my heartbeat? Lean in a little closer! Hear it say "I love you my child." Come rest your head on me and listen, listen to my heartbeat of love."

Today

Today me and Debbie had an awesome day, we went up Birmingham and did loadsa productive shopping hehe. Firssst we went to Selfridges and ate some yummy chinese, next we erm, I can't remember, but the awesome Yum Yum shop was awesome. Debbie bought some very high, steep whatever you call it shoes xD. All was good, I got some shoes too C: It started to pour down a bit later, so we went to Starbucks for a caramel thing, ginger snaps and Lucky Charms! They were amazing!
Today was a good day, bit cold but good.

Thanks for the day Debbie!
Nikki :)xx

My new Song - Jesus oh my Jesus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrsQjuKFTU8

xxx

NEW MOON FILM

Did you notice the error inb the film?? And she said "She can stay as long as you like" duhhh its "She can stay as long as she likes"

Anyways, this was the terrible viewing of the new TWILIGHT film new moon *said in a low mysterious voice* ... nahh It wasn't that terrible. Well I think the popcorn throwing made it not terrible!

.... friends friends friends

THE END

Amazing website!

http://www.ps27fr.org/

thought this was awesome since in last post bout worship :)

Dream Big conference

IT WAS AMAZING!!

http://www.supernaturalliving.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2009/11/5_Dream_Big_Conference.html

Rachels post

it's not debbie, it's her friend rachel ;) debbie asked me to right a blog so here i am ...

this evening we were in cafe nero and just randomly chatting - as you do. we were talking about the worship at our church compared to another one and saying how pants it was, and how the holy spirit doesn't come. We figured that the leader and the worship leader have to be in tune with one another so that the holy spirit can come. Cuz, someone can only teach to where they are, no-one can teach something that they havn't experienced or don't understand. And it's the same with worship, if a worship leader doean't worship then what on earth is the point in showing other people how to worship? And if the leader and the worship leader are both intune with the holy spirit, then the holy spirit is gonna be welcome to come to the congregation. right? He is going to turn up in a powerful way, and actually be wanted! Some churches only have one of the two. so they're half way there. it is vital to have both, as a pair - and if the worship leader and leader are both in tune with the spirit and each other then voila!!! - can't spell!!

Anyways - i wasn't supposed to talk about that - i was mean't to be doing it on us!! Rant over!!!

friends - friends are amazing!! ... i honestly think friends are the most important key of making someones personality. If it wasn't for all of my friends, then i wouldn't be the same person. full stop! ... friends are amazing - they can make you laugh or cry, happy or sad etc, they're there for you when you need someone to talk to, and are always there when we're feeling sad. I thank god every day for my friends. If i hadn't had a certain friend, i wouldn't have ever told someone i was a Christian, if i hadn't had another friend, i wouldn't be a Christian!! ... do you get what i mean? friends are what makes you you!!! HALLELUJAH FOR FRIENDS!!!!!

I'm done!!

thanks

x

Love ... well kinda love (I dont suppose you can call it love)

So ...

I don't really know how to write this, without including the peoples names, and all the details. I dunno where to begin either - but somehow Im going to end this post by saying how ridiculous some people are when they like other people, but dont say anything cos they're 'too scared', or 'dont know what to say???' or 'they might say no!!'

But sometimes it not even love, well to be honest I dont think it could be love if people have only known each other for 2 years or so. Other people will agree with me on this - strong love, is when love grows overtime. Weak love, is when its just an attraction.

To be honest I think this whole thing of 'going out' is ridiculous anyway. Whats the point of 'going out' with each other, if you dont think of you getting married in the future. People say oohh I love her so much, then next week people say ooo I never really liked her in the first place. How pathetic!

Anyways, I am just expressing my opinion! hehe

Over and out

Confirmation - Future

So now I'm an official Anglican ... well meant to be! I don't think I could ever be a proper Anglican, its all religious, which is not good cause that's not what Christianity is about. Which is a bit odd for me to say that cause that's what my Dad preaches, yet all the time people will complain: cos the worships too loud, or songs are too repetitive, or we don't sing enough hymns, or read enough of the liturgy.

I think all those comments are totally pointless, except I suppose if the worship is actually too loud. But the rest are ridiculous. If people think the lyrics of songs are repetitive they just check out Heaven "Holy, Holy, Holy Lord Almighty. Who was and is and is to come." And that's going on for eternity! Hymns aren't everything you know, there are some amazing words in some modern songs. Church is not all about reading liturgy and saying the stuff that half of the people have no idea what it means, and most of the rest are just saying cos they say it every Sunday. I never want to be grouped/stereotyped. I hate that!! I hate religion! The Devil tries to show people that Christianity is not about relationship, that its not about power, that its bout rules and regulations. Its the total opposite - its all about Jesus and having a relationship with Him! All about knowing him more intimately and deeply.

I was talking to William, and what he says, and does and who he is, is really making me realise how important it is to keep your eyes off the things of this world; to keep your eyes off distractions; to keep your eyes off religious things and to stay focused on Jesus, to keep in tune with Him and His voice at all times.

In the past 2 weeks I have had two prophecies, and words from God, off amazing people I love ... both of them said God is asking me if I am prepared to be pure for him, to be pure to walk with Jesus and let him use me to my full potential. However, I'm going to be totally honest, and say that I have recently found it really difficult to keep my eyes totally fixed on Jesus. To not worry about situations, to not worry about people, to not worry about my 'reputation'. School has been heavier on me lately, so its been easier to just feel like I'm stuck in a corner and just cry - which is what I did once at school. I pray that God teaches me the difficult lessons now, not in the future. So I can walk in my destiny instead of learning important lessons that I should have learnt ages ago. (I hope that makes sense)

Its so important, especially my generation, that they walk out of the worldly wisdom, worldly thinking, and remember that we have been born out of the supernatural realm and that we only live temporally on Earth. My generation has such a job! Wow! With what's around you, you can tell - drugs, alcohol, abuse, rape, self - harm, suicide, murders, paedophilia, vandalism, homeless, poverty, religion ... the list could go on ... war, debt, sickness, homosexuality, hatred. You know to list all of these, I am just looking at a list of the names of God and what God is, and saying the opposite. love, strong, righteous, deliverer, power, comfort, guide, healer, joy, Father.

We have all been called to fight for Justice. We have all been called to live for peace. We have all been called to love. We have all been called to stand for Jesus. We have all been called to live in Gods glory and reveal His heart to the lost.

Now if a 16 year old girl, who lives in Stourbridge can do it .... empowered by the Holy Spirit, ANYONE can do it!!

My goal in life

I suppose my main goal is to do what Jesus wants me to do ...
To fufill my destiny
To walk in my gifts
To walk in the prophetic
To lead people to Jesus
To have a lovely family
And thats it ....

11th October - life

I asked my friends today what I should write about. My friend Emily said, write about who you are, how you feel, what you dream of, abit about you, something you have noticed, why you do things. So here is the response to my buddy. The first question she said I should answer "Why are you a Christian?"
You know I think its great how everybody at school and around, knows that I am a Christian. Sometimes its ridiculous cos they will say "ooo Debbie you shouldn't be doing that, you're a Christian." But I suppose thats pretty cool, cause it always challenges you to stay on track with God and always makes you look at yourself. So Anyways, Why am I a Christian?
I suppose it helped that my parents are Christians, but that still didn't make me be who I am. The experiences that I have had in life have shaped who I am and what I believe. Nevertheless when I was in the darkest point in my life, I searched for God myself and asked him to change my life. And He has - Thats why I am a Christian. Because God saved me, I realise now what Jesus has done for me. The extent He paid just for me, and even if it was just me on the world, He still would have come and suffered and died for me. But how amazing is this - not only did He die for me, He rose again. I hear you say WHAT??? He was dead, then rose from the dead? YEAHH How AWESOME. You know everytime I take the wine at communion it always hits me, and the Holy Spirit always reveals to me new things. He always hits me with the power of Jesus. It says in the Bible, "The same Spirit that rose Jesus from the dead, lives in you." Now people say, "why do you shake at Church?" When the Holy Spirit comes over me, and reveals deep things, realising I have the same Spirit that rose Jesus from the dead, I shake.
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Anyways, the next question is What does music mean to you?
Well music means alot to me, not only cos I play the piano, guitar and sing its cos its my natural being. We have been created to praise, created to worship. So thats what I love. You know in Heaven, constantly - the angels say "Holy, Holy Holy is the Lord Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come"
Thats worship, in Heaven thats all we will do. Worship God - and oh how amazing that will be!

I won the lyrics competition at Church

Haha ... I wrote this song around 2 years ago, maybe 3 at New Wine. It was my first attempt to write some lyrics properly and I think they're pretty good for first try. Anyways here is how it goes...

-Nails in your hands

Nails in your feet

Died on that cross

To set me free

-The pain you took

On that tree

You gave your life

And died for me

CHORUS

-You shed your blood

Gave me life

You rose again

Your awesome might

-You washed me

Whiter than a cloud

You took my sin

And threw it away

-Nails in your hands

Nails in your feet

Died on that cross

To make me clean

Song called Inheritance - by Ruth Chamberlain

I see your face, It's lovely
You hold your hand in mine
You tell me that you love me
You cause your face to shine
Upon the deepest places
My Spirit, where you dwell
Forever in these moments
You tell me all is well

CHORUS
And you show me love and mercy
And you cause my eyes to see
All the wonder of your kingdom
That is kept in Heaven for me
So I ak you now to come and free
Everything Im meant to be
Release my holy destiny
Please Jesus

I love to feel your presence
Your eyes that burn with fire
You take me up in glory
You cause me to go higher
I soar above with eagles
In pathways you have shown
I sit in Heavenly places
Eternally enthroned

So Jesus come and capture
My heart. I want to know
The river of your glory
And the throne from where it flows
In you is all my treasure
My essence through and through
Dear Jesus, I receive now
My inheritance in you.

Abit of revelation I had a while ago ...

29th March 2009

At Church this morning, I felt the heavens open, but people weren't stretching up or even had that longing to meet Jesus. All the songs were about when I stand in glory, we will see his face, and meeting him when we go to heaven when we die. But isn't it all about having that relationship with Jesus now. Seeing him now, having that hunger to see him face, to face.

I also noticed that St. Michaels Church believe in the word (well the majority of it) but never actually experience it, or step into that place because of Jesus' invitation. Dad spoke today on John 12:20-33, he was talking about what things have been defeated at the cross. He mentioned healing about once. I know we have to take under consideration that God sometimes takes people home, making us think that He hasn't 'healed' them, but God told us to stand on his word. When their was a storm and Jesus and his followers were in a boat. I believe he was teaching them and testing them.

Luke 8:22-25. "One day Jesus and his followers got into a boat, and he said to them, "Let's go across the lake." And so they started across. While they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep (what a coinsidence) A very strong wind blew p on the lake, causing the boat to fill with water, and they were in danger. The followers went to Jesus and woke him, syaing "Master. Master. We will drown" Jesus got up and gave a command to the wind and the waves. They stopped, and it became calm. Jesus said to his followers, "where is your faith?" The followers were afraid and amazed and said to each other "Who is this that commands even the wind and the water, and they obey him?""

Jesus taught about standing in faith and commanding even the wind and water to stop. The Bible says his followers, meaning all of us, his followers, should stand with Jesus and command things to calm in Jesus name.

This goes for healing aswell. The Church has been feed in a way that now they believe in healing they do not walk with the authority of Jesus commanding bodies to be healed. the Church has been taught so many times that God can heal. They have never seen with their own eyes that God does and will heal.

We get this theory/idea by using just our natural eyes. If we are constantly looking through the natural perspective, then we will not see God's plan/will/desire for us. Even sometimes we will go against what His word tells us. We see in the natural world that through science some cancer may be impossible to cure. But through our Spiritual eyes God's work and power is possible to heal any disease/illness. I was talking to a friend of mine from Coventry, his name is Jimmy, he reminded me that you need to open your spiritual eyes to see spiritual things (1 Thess) and reminded me that Healing is a Spiritual gift (Galatians 5:22) so what we can do is ask God to open our Spiritual eyes becuase no-one can understand or stand by God's work using their natural eyes/insights. AMEN

New Wine 2009
Last Week I went to New Wine in Shepton Mallet – Devon – what an experience. I went to last year and had an amazing week packed full of teaching and challenges. This year it was more teaching, more challenges and the most amazing worship by David Ruis. I hadn’t heard of the guy till I went to New Wine, but I had heard most of his songs the classics I will worship; Every move I make; Mercy is Falling. He is the most amazing worshipper. I went to his seminar in the afternoon as well and He talked all about true worship – how its not about the amount of instruments you have, about If someone likes or dislikes the drums etc. He gave the example 2 Corinthians 2:15 “For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.” He said in reply to this that we are not the aroma of Christ to non-Christians (we should not be making our worship so that non-Christians ‘like it’) we are the aroma of Christ to GOD. YES AND AMEN