What Does Love Look Like?

Camp Fresh Wind

We just wanted to give a heads up that we will be speaking at 'Camp Fresh Wind' at the end of July / beginning of August.  We feel so blessed to be sent by our heavenly daddy to amazing places and amazing people to see his kingdom come.  

If you are a youth grade 7-12, check out this link

 http://www.ctftoronto.com/event?id=8037

A Solemn Promise

To vow is something quite concrete. To boil the definition down it means a solemn promise, something not to be taken lightly but rather a well thought out commitment. Something that is intended to withstand the tests of time regardless of how many things are changing day by day. For our anniversary and in light of so many weddings and engagements Luke and I have decided to share our wedding vows with you. Whether you are in a relationship or not I believe these words can be a reminder of how we wish to live our lives, the intention that we sometimes loose sight of some days. We hope you enjoy them as much a we do. 

I promise to create an atmosphere in our house to believe and to foster the anointing in your life, in our life and not control it.

I promise to never accept the man made stereotypes placed on marriage but to pursue you every day with a fervency fueled by true love.

I promise to love you, as the Father intended.  To place your life above my own.

I promise to always respect and honor you.  That I would be quick to listen, slow to speak.

I promise to always protect you and keep you safe, naturally and spiritually.

I promise to speak life and not death.  That the words of my mouth may build up and not tear down.

I promise to enjoy every moment with you and appreciate it for the blessing that it is.  To rejoice with thanksgiving for every new day spent together.

I promise to cultivate the gifts that the Father has placed in you.  To not only praise and boast of those gifts, but to encourage you in the will of God for those gifts.

I promise to always pick you up when you are down and to reach out to your hand when I am.  To be a walking example of Ecclesiastes 4, two are better then one.

I promise to walk worthy of the calling of the Lord on our lives.  That we would live and walk being set apart for Him.

I promise to walk in whatever ministries the Lord has for us hand in hand, together.  To never get ahead of one another and to never value ministry above each other. 

I promise to always kiss you hello and goodbye and everything in between.  That every kiss may not be out of duty or routine, but of purpose.

(Luke)

I promise to be the head of the house as Christ is the head of the church.  Who loved the church and laid down his life for her.

I promise to always guard my heart from offences.  And if ever I am offended I promise to always be quick to offer and receive forgiveness.

I promise that God will always be number 1 our life.  That we would not only walk in the  light of His salvation but also in the goodness of His Lordship

True Love is not an emotion and it is not a feeling.  True love is not a kiss and it is not a hug.  It is not shaken by the winds of time.  True love does not grow old, though our body’s may.  It is steady and constant.  True love is a choice that is made every second of every day.  It is the decision of the heart to pursue you with reckless abandon no matter feeling or circumstances.  When times seem right or when times seem wrong, I promise I will always love you.  When I feel and when I don’t feel, I promise I will always love you.  When years go by and we grow old, I promise I will always love you.  

Story Of A Prophesy Given In 1930

Story of a prophesy given in 1930 – Bob Jones Birth year.

Several years ago I was in Wales. I was doing an Elijah list conference. After the conference I went to North Wales, to visit an old friend, Arthur Burt. Arthur has been in the ministry for about 85 years. He was part of a tremendous revival years ago around the 1930's.

When I came back to the U.S. I called Bob Jones to see if he had any word for Wales. He said, "No, but I have a word for an old man in Wales and you were just in his house." "That must be Arthur Burt," I said as that was the only older man whose house I had been in. Bob didn’t know who Arthur Burt was at that time.

"What’s the word?" I asked. "Tell him, he will see the word," Bob said.

"He will see what word?" I asked.

"Bob said " I don’t know, you will have to ask him what word he received. He received it years ago. It was given to a group of people and they are all dead now except for him. But tell him he will see it."

So of course I called Arthur Burt in Wales. Had a conversation like this:

"Arthur, this is Kathie Walters. Did you receive a word years ago among a group of people and you are waiting to see it?"

"Yes, we did receive a word." "Good," I said, "What was the word?"

Arthur replied "They are all dead now, the people in that group, I am the only one left."

"Yes, I know Arthur; what was the word?" I asked again

"I can hear it now like it was then. I keep it in my pocket you know" Arthur said.

"ARTHUR, WHAT WAS THE WORD?" I practically yelled at him then.

This is the word that he read to me over the phone: remember that the promise to Arthur was that he would see this revival before he died. He is now 97 [in early 2009].

GIVEN TO A GROUP (Arthur Burt was a part of this group) 1930 - Bob's Jones birth year!

"THERE SHALL COME A BREATH AND THE BREATH SHALL BRING THE WIND AND THE WIND SHALL BRING THE RAIN AND THE RAIN SHALL BRING THE FLOODS AND FLOODS AND FLOODS AND THE FLOODS SHALL BRING THE TORRENTS AND TORRENTS AND TORRENTS.

SO SHALL THEY BE SAVED LIKE FALLING LEAVES FROM THE MIGHTY OAKS SWEPT BY A HURRICANE IN A GREAT FOREST. ARMS AND LEGS SHALL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND THERE SHALL BE NO EBB."

Bob Jones, speaking at a conference in 2009 [and again in 2011], said the FLOODS are movements of the Lord, the Torrents have to do with the end time revival of a BILLION people which the Lord told Bob about in 1975.

A Torrent is a river in extreme flood that cannot be stopped. The parallel of a word being given to a man who is very old, who is told he won't die before the word comes to pass is the story of Simeon in the gospel of Luke, chapter 2.

If I Had My Life To Live Over Again

"I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained and the sofa faded.  I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried about grass stains.  I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.  When my child kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, "Later.  Now get washed up for dinner."  There would have been more I love yous, more I'm sorrys, but mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute, look at it and really see it, live it, and never give it back."

-Erma Bombeck [from a column written called, 'If I Had My Life to Live Over Again']

The Ragamuffin Gospel

SON

This morning as I was reading Hebrews, it was as if God poked me with a revelation that He had shown me while in Africa almost 2 years ago.  The fun thing about it was that it was just as fresh this morning when it hit me as it was then.  You would think that 2 years later this bread might be a little stale but it was as if it just came out of the oven, warm, soft and tasty.  

There was a grocery store here in Canada called Dominion which had the slogan, "We're Fresh Obsessed".  I can't forget the day when I drove by that grocery store, saw the slogan and heard my heavenly daddy speak that very slogan to me, "Son, I'm Fresh Obsessed".  When we bake fresh bread here on earth it can only stay fresh for a short amount of time due to drying out.  But the bread of heaven is God, He is the Word and it never dries out and the word He spoke thousands of years ago is just as fresh today as it was then.  

Hebrews 1:4 says, 'Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they'.  First off, if we go back a few verses we quickly learn that this verse is speaking of Jesus and telling us that He has by inheritance received a name that was more excellent than even the angels.  But this is the thing, the author sets us up with this verse and we know that it is speaking of Jesus but when he reveals this name it is not the name Jesus, it is the name SON.  Hebrews 1:5, 'For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee?  And again, I will be to him a Father and he shall be to me a Son?'  Jesus was made so much better than the angels and He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than the angels which is the name SON.  1 Peter 1:12 tells us that the Gospel was so good that the angels desired to look into it, why?  Because up until that moment God had no children (I think a 'selah' would be appropriate right about now).  The angels will never know what it will be like to be Sons of our Heavenly Daddy but they saw how awesome it was that they could not help but look into salvation and the fruit of it, Sonship.    

The next verse in Hebrews 1 is even more revealing, Hebrews 1:6, 'And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him'.  The word that brings this all together is the word "firstbegotten" which literally means "the first born".  Now if the word first born is used it doesn't take a biblical scholar to realize that that means there will be others that will follow.  There will be a second born and a third born and so on.  If we jump down a few verses we will see who those who follow the first born are.  Hebrews 1:14, "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?"  HEIRS OF SALVATION.  An heir is someone who will obtain something through inheritance.  Jesus obtained the name of SON through inheritance, becoming the first born of many SONS who will receive this name through salvation by inheritance.  

The name Son is not just a name it is a relational stance.  It means that God is not just God but Father and that means I now relate to Him as a Father and He relates to me as a Son.  This totally changes everything and how we used to relate to God through the law in the old testament.  Think of the law as a father as well but one who keeps his children in line using rules and regulations without love or grace or mercy.  Do you know what we would call that in real life, a disfunctional parent.  The law was disfuntional, it was the very opposite of a Father Son relationship.  The radical result of the happy, too good to be true gospel is this, we were slaves but now we are Son's.

This is a revelation that is immune to becoming stale, ever remaining fresh and leaving us eternally satisfied because we have by inheritance obtained a new name, SONS.

You Are More Beautiful Than You Think