Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Mo·zam·bique   [moh-zam-beek, -zuhm-]

Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts lately but we have been en route to Africa and have now been here for 3 days. The internet is as usual, a tad faster than a turtle, but we are blessed just to have a connection. We are busy setting up for the school and are super excited for Harvest School 15 and all that God has in store. Please be praying for the staff as they prepare for a lot of students to come and also for the school as we believe that God is taking it to a new place that it has never gone before.

We have been reading a really awesome book called, "In His Presence" by E.W Kenyon. God has really been rocking us with it. We want to leave you with a quote from the book to chew and meditate on.

"If we are new creations created in Christ Jesus, let us ask the Father to set the limits of that new creation, instead of allowing theologians to do it. Faith will lead you where reason cannot walk."

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Family Ties

Throughout our travels and ministry times we have come into contact with some amazing brothers and sisters in the Lord who are literally changing the world. Ever so often we are going to be taking time to quickly post about them and give people a heads up on what is going on with amazing ministries all over the world that we have had the privilege of connecting with.

In this post is a video of a ministry called TRIN (Touch, Reach and Impact the Nations) whose founder and director is a man named Mattheus Van Der Steen. Mattheus and his wife are literally Touching, Reaching and Impacting the Nations causing a changing and a shifting world wide. They are dedicated to raising up revivalists globally and seeing generations of sons and daughters walk in their dreams and destiny's. You can read more about Mattheus and TRIN at www.mattheusvandersteen.com



Thursday, September 8, 2011

I Have A Dream, Do You?

I think that perhaps the most important 4 words spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr out of all of the many speeches he delivered was, "I Have A Dream". What would have happened if Dr. King did not dream? The same thing that will happen to us if we do not dream, nothing. Nothing will happen if we do not dare to dream. Where are the dreamers of our day that will dream the dreams that are not corrupted by impossibilities and fear?

"If your memories are greater than your dreams, your already dying" -Mattheus Van Der Steen

Monday, September 5, 2011

It Gets Louder when You Listen

The other night Jes and I were laying in bed, with the windows open, falling asleep. The crickets outside were making their usual noise as the sounds of night filled our room. At that moment the Holy Spirit breathed through my lips and spoke something so profound that I would remain awake for the next 2 hours. He said, "It gets louder when you listen". It hit me like a ton of bricks because in that moment I no longer could just hear the crickets but as I listened it became a symphony of night that just had the volume turned up.

I immediately understood what God was saying to us as my heart bounced between joy and conviction. The difference between hearing and listening is when you are listening to something then you give your attention to that something. Its not the volume that God speaks to us in that determines how loud His voice is to us, its the attention that we give to His Voice. Yes, God speaks with a still small voice but if you would Listen to that still small voice then it wouldn't sound so small anymore. There is more power in a whisper to someone who knows how to listen then a shout in the ear of someone who only knows how to hear.

If listening to God's voice increases the volume of His voice in our ears, then it will also have the same affect for any other voices in our lives. Many of us wonder why the enemy's voice seems louder than Gods voice and struggle to wrap our heads around it. We must not forget that both God and the devil are speaking but we are given the freedom to choose who we listen to. If we give attention to the enemy and his lies then they too will increase in volume.

Our passivity to listening to the voice of the Lord has rendered His voice a background noise. If we would examine our prayer lives, how much of it is given to listening? How much of our attention is given to the Voice of the Lord? Whatever we give our attention to is what we truly value and what we truly value we give pre-eminence in our lives. Prayer is not only talking to God but also listening to God. Any healthy relationship is made up of good listeners. I believe that our prayer lives would be completely revolutionized if we would start to take time to listen.

"It get's louder when you listen"



Understand [this], my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick
to hear [a ready listener], slow to speak, slow to take offense and to get angry. (James 1:19 AMP)


Post this at all the intersections, dear friends: Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear. (James 1:19 MSG)

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Never Ending Joy

"Christians ought to be celebrating constantly.
We ought to be pre-occupied with parties, banquets, feasts, and merriment. We ought to give ourselves over to veritable orgies of joy because we have been liberated from the fear of life and the fear of death. We ought to attract people to the church quite literally by the fun there is in being a Christian."

-Robert Hotchkins