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?

http://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word/7750

intimacy.

draw closer to Me.

and all these things, shall be added.

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Press Play - Angels Sing

fill this place.

Amos 9

¹¹ “ On that day I will raise up
The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down,
And repair its damages;
I will raise up its ruins,
And rebuild it as in the days of old;

¹² That they may possess the remnant of Edom,
And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,”
Says the LORD who does this thing.

i relooked the chapter and realized what a vision Amos must have seen. Israel's destruction and her eventual resurrection. v8 says "...Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob..."

Bill Johnson spoke about the 30 year dream he had, and the rebuilding of the tabernacle of David, a place where it was just the ark. where people were drawn to worship. and to be in awe. a place of 24 hour worship! a tabernacle so radically different from the tabernacle of Moses with all its adornments.

and the fruit? v12 "That they may possess the remnant of Edom (the world)". Bill does emphasize that the possession of the remnant is a fruit. it's not the main thing. the main thing's worship. and as we worship:

Isaiah 60

¹ Arise, shine;
For your light has come!
And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.
² For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
And deep darkness the people;
But the LORD will arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.

³ The Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
⁴ “ Lift up your eyes all around, and see:

They all gather together, they come to you;
Your sons shall come from afar,
And your daughters shall be nursed at your side.
⁵ Then you shall see and become radiant,
And your heart shall swell with joy;
Because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you.

something Bill said was so profound: "we as worshippers are positioned to summon nations to their destinies."

we worship, we obey. God does the rest : )

so much more.

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Press Play - Fill This Place

no coincidence.

i was walking around by myself just outside the security check-in counter inside Orlando airport, just looking at the people go by, sitting at the cafes, dragging their luggages past me. 

then what jem said some days ago hit me again. there is no true coincidence. even the seemingly random presence of the kid sitting opposite you at the mcCafe while you're munching down on that mcSpicy burger of yours. no coincidence. he's just...

...there.

even if God doesn't tell you to do something about that person sitting right next to you in the busy subway train, that doesn't mean that person's there by coincidence. :) 

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waiting for our flight back to nyc...

no one. :)

in all of the earth, and all of the heavens

we found there is no one, no one like You. 

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=)

Brian & Jen Johnson - I Was Created to Worship