Blogging World seems to be Fading

Well...I don't update much because it seems pointless...there isn't many people keeping up anymore. So my plan is to keep checking up to see everyone elses blogs every great while and if it seems as though people are updating I may just update on what is going on in my life. But until then I hope all is going well for everyone and that everyone is growing closer and closer with God everyday of their life!

God Bless
And live everyday to the fullest...because each day is a gift my friends!

The Holy Spirit is Here and His Power is Real !!!

I don't even know how to begin to put into words what I want to share with you all.....

This past weekend was amazing! With the Silje's parents here this past weekend there was so much revelation of God and so much spurring on that came with the week! We had Arne (sp?) on Wednesday night....and both of them on Friday night for Discipleship group...and Arne again Saturday morning, and Chriesty (sp??) on Saturday night at Desire meeting....then we had them both on Sunday morning of course! Every moment spent with them was so enlighting and encouraging! Seeing how they really move in evangleism they really encouraged us and shared with us the keys to successful evangelism. It was so amazing how complicated we make things and how simple God really is! Arne really encouraged us to keep culitvating, planting seed, and watering the soil....but reminded us that there is always a harvest in front of all us now that is ripe! So needless to say God opened our eyes wide this week!

So at the end of the meeting on Sunday after Arne shared with us how to be in fellowship with the Holy Spirit He prayed a general prayer that we would all come to be more and more in tune with the Holy Spirit and to move in the Spirit like never before......

Well....God anwered that prayer!!!!

Sunday after the meeting and after a couple baptisms....a bunch of us young adults went out to eat and hung out for a while....after people began leaving God had tugged on my heart to invite two of the people that were there to come over to our house, and hang out and watch a movie with James and I.

Domoinic and Ivory were these people. Domoinic is a guy that started coming to our church in September I believe. He is from Swittzerland and just turned 27. He found out about our church through Amanda who is Micheal Krafts girlfriend...and he has been coming ever since and became a member a month ago. Ivory came to know about our church last year around this time when he came to the Holy Spirit conference last year. And has been coming on and off due to other commitments to his church, and has recently been coming more consistently and feels like God would have him here at this season. James and I have already been getting to know Domoinic through life group and have had him over once before.

So directly after the resturtant Dominic came over and Ivory was going to come after he went to help His mom move.....

James dropped me off at home and once Domoinic got there James and Domoinic went to get the movie. While I was waiting my knee and hip started hurting really bad...which has been and issue for a while along with my back pains.....While they were out I got out my heating pad and sat with it on my knee and started praying....as I prayed God reminded me of how a year ago I found out that one of my legs was a half an inch longer than the other (thanks to Lousie c.)
So I sat down against a wall in my livingroom and checked again to make sure that it was still the case...and it was. So I sat back on the couch and said another prayer. Then God reminded me of how two and half years ago when Annette hope was here which was Arne's last visit....Arne prayed for Annette's leg which had the same problem ( which I was not yet aware of my leg).And I thought to myself how I wish I would have remembered my leg during church this past sunday morning so I could have asked for healing!

However God had a better plan!

James and Domoinic came back and as they sat down Dominic asked me about what was on my knee and I started telling him about my knee hurting...and only becuase God had remined me of the problem with my leg shortly before....had I thought to share it with Domoinic. As I shared it with him I went back to that spot against the wall and showed him....

God had been orchestrating this all day....

First Domoinic shared with me how during church he felt such a burden and desire to heal someone ....but didn't feel it was the right timing while the elders and Arne were praying for people.....then he shared with me how when he was at bible college there was a time of healing once and how this guy who was praying looked at Domoinic head to toe and asked Domoinic if he had one leg longer than the other and Domoinic didn't know and come to find out he did and the guy prayed for him and his leg grew and he was healed. Then shortly after Domoinic finished his bible schooling he had got together with one of his friends to catch up and se how he was....and it had turned out that all the back pains that this guy had were connected to the fact that he had one leg longer than the other....so Domoinic asked his friend if he wanted to be healed and they prayed and his friend was healed....Domoinic said that his friend thought that domoinic was pulling on his leg since he felt stretching and pulling on His leg but as he looked Domoinic wasn't. So of course....I knew what God was in the midst of doing. So We all put the pieces of day together and prayed....Domoinic asked me to pray first....then James prayed...and then Domoinic prayed.....and I can't even begin to put into words what God did, and what I felt as He did it! When we stopped praying and looked it over....we noticed that it had grown...but that it was just a tiny tiny bit shorter still....so we prayed and believed and asked of our God who is a complete and abundtant God for a complete healing and when we were done my legs were exactly the same length!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All I could do was cry with overwhelming joy and amazement of my God! God is so awesome! And looking back at all the things that God did inorder to get the three of us to that divine moment is even more amazing!

So of course that would have been enough for the night.......but God thought otherwise!!!!

So after that we started the movie and Ivory showed up shortly after that and we all watched the movie! Then when the movie was done we had a chance to share with Ivory what had happened before he got there. And after that he had said to us, "while God is answering prayers can we pray for my situation." So from there God continued to do what He had planned for the night! And we ended up praying for everyone! The Holy spirit was on a role....can I just say that when we hold nothing back the Holy spirit is unstoppable! I can say that everyone of us couldn't help but cry with overwhelming amazement with the clearity and direction that God brought to each of us through each other! God's power works through all of us just as much as all the amazing leaders that go from church to church...the difference is the availablity that we give to the spirit!

So those of you who are still reading this really really long post....I pray that you are encouraged and that The Holy Spirit moves more and more in your life as well!

And just to follow up on God's healing power....as I write this today I am overwhelmed with such thankfulness and uncontable happiness, to be completely with out pain today, I don't even have the bareable small ounce of pain that I have on a good day! And for the first time in a long time, with out praying to have a good night sleep I slept so well last night with out any back pain waking me up! I feel 21 rather than 50! Thank you Jesus!

I pray for an out pouring of God's spirit on all of you!
And I would love to hear the testimonies of the Spirit moving in your lives! So please share!!!!
God Bless,
Lynnsy

HURRY LOU HURRY!!!

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT OUR DEAREST, LOVELY,BEAUTIFUL, SWEET, FABULOUS, LOU WILL BE WITH US ALL THIS WEEKEND! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HER....IT IS A GOOD THING THAT I AM ALREADY UP EARLY ON SUNDAYS IN ORDER TO BE TO CHURCH BY 8:30AM....BECAUSE I AM SURE THAT I WILL WAKE UP EARLY UNABLE TO SLEEP DUE TO SUCH UNCONTAINABLE EXCITEMENT!

I LOVE MY LOU!!!!!! NO MORE BEING BLUE FOR LOU....WELL UNTIL SHE LEAVES AGAIN THAT IS! BUT I AM NOT GOING TO THINK ABOUT THAT...I AM JUST GOING TO THINK ABOUT SPENDING FIVE DAYS IN A ROW WITH HER!!!!

HURRY LOU....I CAN BARELY STAND THE WAIT!!!

The Joy of the Lord

Warning this is a long one....for those of you who don't like to read the long ones...you can stop now! :0)

"The Joy of the Lord shall be my Strength"

When you think of this scripture what does the part " Joy of the Lord" mean to you
Does it mean a Joy that only the Lord can give.....Does it mean a joy that comes from salvation and being of the Lord....Does it mean a joy that comes from the Lord being apart of our lives...Could it be all of the above and more?

Although God is obviously many, many, many things to me in many different ways....if I had to choose one thing about God that has seemed to be so largely evident time and time again....it would be the Joy of the Lord! Through all the bumps in the road, I can look back and say that the joy of the Lord has always been what pulls me through! I have always, through the joy of the Lord been able to, at some point, be positive about each trial that has come my way! And because of the Joy of the Lord, I have come to a place that I wouldn't take away the things that I have been through because of what I have learned, how I have grown, and how it has all brought me closer to my God! The Joy of the Lord has a way of numbing the pain as it is going on around us...he doesn't take it away because it must come to cause us to grow. It is like having an operation...no one wants one...however we know we must in order better ourselves...however there are shots and medicines that can numb us or knock us out while it takes place....although we do not feel it, it is however still taking place. The joy of the Lord is like the shot, it helps us be able to get through the circumstances that life brings and that God allows for the growth of our character and walk with Him!

As the new year has rolled in, I have been praying about the "Constant" that God has for me this year....I know that everyday is new, and that I am going to be growing in new ways and will face new trials...however I found that with God there tends to always be something that seems to be a thread through it all, something that is the glue to all the pieces that God has for the year. Today as I have been working at my desk and listening to God and asking more of Him....two songs came on the radio within a 20min time frame, both in which were about the Joy of the Lord. And as I listened God spoke. God told me that this year the Joy of the Lord will be my strength. At first I wondered....and thought to myself..."now I am not complaining or anything...but I was excited for something new in my life...seeing how it is a new year and it is usually exciting to experience something new and all." Then God spoke again....(which is the part when we realize that we should of just listened a bit longer and trusted that God had nothing but the best in store for us)... God said that in the past my strength has come by finding joy in all that God is, and all the things that God He has been teaching me, and in all that God has been doing in my life. All that God has been to me, gives me joy and in turn has given me strength for any situation.
Then God revealed the new part....He opened my eyes to understand something new.That this is a year that I will receive strength when I find joy in the things that my Father finds joy in! Not that the Father doesn't find joy in the fact, that I find joy in Him, however there are many things that our Father finds joy in that we don't know about or that we don't naturally think of as something that could bring Joy. God, I believe is going to open my eyes to bigger things this year...things that bring Him joy. Things that may not seem like things that bring me joy, but will in turn become a joy to me as well. I have a feeling that it is going to be a year of dying to self more than I ever have....because I believe that God is going to reveal to me things that He finds joy in that are going to require me, to give my time to in order to bring that very joy to God. I can't really put all this into words so if this confused anyone I am not surprised. However if anyone did understand this long entry and is experiencing God speaking to you for the year as well, I would love to hear what God is speaking to all of my friends about this year. I am excited to hear just an ounce of what our Father has in store for you!

So Excited and I Just Can't Hide It!!!!

Congrats to my dear friends Caleb and Alix! I am so excited for you guys! You better plan the wedding at a time that flights are lower, since I know that you guys want to have the wedding in England and all, and James and I want to be there soooooo very badly!

Well of course have the wedding when ever you want since it is the day that is all about you guys ( and Jesus of course since it is all his doing)! But I hope so very much that we will be able to be there to help you guys celebrate! It will be so fun to be there and support you two since we got to see the first sparks fly on the GAP team!

I Love you guys very much and wanted to write a post just for you, and also to vent out some of this uncontainable excitement that I have for the two of you! It is awesome to think that the huge distance between you two is coming closer and closer to an end!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS MY DEAR FRIENDS!

Purify Me Lord

As I am going through a season with God of being purified and being molded to be more like Him....I find myself being reminded of the natural process of purification. I think about how gold doesn't start off shiny and perfect...and that it takes much heat and detailed purifying to become so beautiful! Without the heat the imperfections can not come to the surface to be removed....it takes intense heat to separate the
imperfections from the true treasure of gold!

So as I am being faced with things that God wants to remove in my life and things that I must grow in....I think to myself....that even though it is painful and even though God is heating me up to separate the imperfections in my life from the good that he has already crafted within me....it is so worth it to know that with each pain and each humbling from God....I am beginning to look more like my Father. And I am coming to a place that God is able to receive more Glory because of it!

Thank you Father that you are making me more like you...not for myself...but all for your glory and for your Kingdom!

AMEN

"Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked"

~Psalm 84:10

There is not only no place like God's presence, but there is no place like the personal special place that we each have with God in His presence!

I am so very thankful for the place I so often find myself in, where I am awe-struck and completely covered by the grace and love of God so thick I can't hardly move! I love my God and the fact that He takes time to spend special and intimate time with me that is unique and personal! God gave me a picture once of a place that he sits and waits for me to come running into His arms to spend time with Him.....As I was praying once I saw myself walking on a trail that led to a garden door....and I walked into the garden and it was breathtaking....God has picked such a beautiful place for just Him and I! And I can never put into words how vivid and real this place is to me....and how much it means.....But knowing our God you all have one of these places uniquely for just you and God too!

There is NO place like the being in the presence of our God....and because of what I experience in His presence I would rather be a doorkeeper in His Kingdom than dwelling in the tents of the wicked....Because of God's presence that is always open to me...there is never a reason to desire anything more extravagant than what and where God would have me be in His Kingdom!!
AMEN!