the body.

Romans 12
⁴ For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, ⁵ so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.

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the body of Christ has been on my mind of late and these verses are so apt. it's interesting noting the reactions from a couple friends recently, having shared with them the things i've experienced and seen, coming from where i come from, having tasted what the Spirit has allowed me to.

Restoration to the Church has come in many forms and i do agree that we as unique members of the body, have our individual part to play in God's inevitable plan, even for those of us who haven't fully embraced the new things that the move of the Spirit has initiated in these last days. i, myself, am guilty of judging others and i do pray for new mercies and understanding as i grapple with these concepts. it really is difficult, and i'm starting to feel a tinge of sadness for the sometimes divisive nature of our words which stem from our own individual beliefs. i need to be reminded that we all have our own part to play. we all are unique members. we all are mighty tools because God Himself is mighty, and Jesus Himself is inside us.

This is my season of intimacy. What does it mean to "need God"? He told me, "I don't want to share this intimacy I have with you, with others". Does it matter to me if someone doesn't get the same revelation, enjoy the same music, get the same words, that i do? does it matter to me if someone else doesn't experience God the way i do? does it matter to me that the other person sees God the way i do? i find myself doing that all the time, getting defensive whenever someone cautions me that i should be doing re-checks on what i'm feeding myself, feeling a need for someone to look at things frommy perspective. but is it enough for me to know for myself? Oh how He craves intimacy with me. it's so raw and personal. you don't share these things!

oh Spirit guide me. Even now, I miss the Dreamcenter back in LA, and also the Bethel experience, even though that was only for a day. but it's as if a portion of the spirit from these 2 awesomely different churches now lives in me, infused with my 7 years back home. a new spirit-man perhaps. i don't know what to expect anymore. : )

"Hold on to intimacy. Does it matter to you what downloads other people are getting from Me? and what downloads I'm giving to You?"

is this surrender?

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