love.

"You can give and not love, but you can't love and not give." -Kris Vallotton
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Judy came up with a brilliant, spontaneous idea to buy some of the office cleaning staff surprise presents for Christmas and the New Year, and I absolutely loved it. The smiles received were precious, especially from the 2 aunties who work in the canteen. So many of us walk past these office unsung heroes every day, we look right past them, so much so that when I approached the first aunty, she was a little taken aback. Looking into her eyes, I tried to explain as best I could why I was giving her a present, and then to the other, as she emerged from the washroom. No agendas, no strings attached. Just to show a little love. Just to let her know that she's appreciated. Just to deposit a little of His Kingdom.

Yet every single day we travel to work, looking past every single person on the train, on the bus. We see life's imbalances and we pretend that they don't matter. ... and yet the fullness of the Holy Spirit, You have given to us, Your power to wield.

What is this love You have for us, O God? that we'd never be able to fully grasp? even so, Your Kingdom is so full. Too full to be able to be contained. So complete. And so beautiful.

Let this power of Your new anointing fall.

Love, Just Because.

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Pastor Matthew Barnett of the LA Dream Center: "I used to think of preaching to thousands, but now when I preach, I'm always thinking about the one."

Kris Vallotton: "People's opinion(s) [contrary to our own] doesn't give me the right to not love them, in a felt way...", "We're not called to pound seed into concrete..." and "Love is going to move us from invasion, to invitation..."

Kim Walker: "We're never the same after we encounter the love of God..."

Apostle Paul: "...and now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

Jesus: "...whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."

encounter.

King of Kings.

even more so, Bro of Bros. =) 
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 Oh, how He loves us!

"His presence, His love is so, thick, and tangible, in this room, tonight. And there, are some of you here that have not encountered the love of God. And tonight, God wants to encounter you. And wants you to feel, His love. His amazing love. Without it, these are just songs, these are just words, these are just instruments, without the love of God it's just like we're just up here, making noise. But the love of God changes us. And we're never the same, we're never the same after we encounter the love of God. We're never the same after we encounter the love of God. And right now, if you haven't encountered the love of God--and you would know, because you wouldn't be the same, you would never be the same again. And if you, if you wanna encounter the love of God right now, you'd better just brace yourself...because He's just about to blow in this place! And we're going to encounter the love of God, right now, so God, I speak to all the hearts, and I ask God that every heart be opened right now, every heart be opened, every spirit be opened up, to You God, to You, and a love encounter, a love encounter from You tonight. A love encounter from You tonight!"
         --Kim Walker

Heaven's Priority.

Please to listen to this: http://www.ibethelmedia4.org/sotw/files/heavens_priority_92009_11_00am_96.mp3

I can't say it any better.

Show the love of Christ.
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Matt 12: ³⁰"He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

this way and that.

Numbers
 ²¹ But Moses said, "Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, 'I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!' ²² Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?"
 ²³ The LORD answered Moses, "Is the LORD's arm too short? You will now see whether or not what I say will come true for you."
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Personal experiences are often used as references to what should/should not happen; what should/should not be done. It's sad but true--that we dimensionalize God that way. We believe that He should work this way, and no other. Until He throws a curveball answer to your prayer.

I've been thinking about this for some time now, thought i'd take some time to pen down my thoughts. It's tough--even the great healing evangelist Benny Hinn has been maligned for dabbling in sorcery when all he did was to cast a demon out of a woman, albeit forcefully. Just because you haven't seen a demon cast out in this way before doesn't mean it's all a hoax. In the same way, if you haven't seen the anointing and power of the Holy Spirit, it doesn't mean that He isn't real. The Holy Spirit inside of us will separate the meat from the bones. He is closer to us than we think. And He doesn't humiliate. He's pure love.

Don't dimensionalize Him. How do you limit someone who's limitless? it's mind-boggling.

William Seymour prophesied a greater awakening a 100 years from 1909. A greater awakening as compared to the Azusa Street revival. A revival with greater creative miracles and a greater outpouring of love? I can't wait. : )

more on mills.

the glory realm.



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God's not just hearsay. =D