March 8th:
You gave me a vision last week. i was standing in the middle of a wet dirt path. it didn’t look wet but the trail of footprints stretched out before me were a definite indication. those footprints were much bigger than any ones that i could make; and since there was nothing else before me, i followed. each one of my steps landed in the footprints leaving behind a smaller one within the pre-existing ones. as i followed the trail of footprints along this dirt path i notices that in several places it stopped. the first stop i came to was a home. One i would see in a poor neighborhood. poorly constructed with a definite need for maintenance; the thing that caught me eye though was the red hand print left on the door. it wasnt old and faded but looked new and fresh. There were also kids sitting on the steps. they looked happy and content. The footprints moved on. It wound around another corner and stopped @ a man that was sitting near the side of the road. He looked as though he had lived a hard life. Not friendly, not mean, he seemed to just exist, and there on his arm was a red handprint. the footprints moved on. They continued wrapping around corners and going up hills; based on the previous two stops i had assumed another one was shortly to follow. It wasnt short; but eventualy another stop was made. This time i didnt see a red handprint anywhere. There at my feet was just a pool of red, and looking up was a cross. bloody for sure, but empty of any body that may have been held by it. and on the other side of that pool of red..... the footprints continued on- ....where? to many places, many more stops im sure but that is where my vision ended.
Later that same day i hear a song for the very first time, it seemed to corrolate with that vision you gave me. What perfect timing you have, and How good you are to confirm your words within me.
The interpretation was as such:
The footprints were that of Jesus and the road that he walked. by following in his footsteps i got to see the things that he cares about. the first was: The children, the poor, the needy, the hurt and dying - Im sure he didnt ask why one was poor or why one was hurting, or why one was dying; he simply saw what was before Him reached out his hand and touched the need. He left behind a mark. The second was: the man on the side of the road. He didn’t ask the man sitting if he got touched would he get up and go do something with himself besides sit there. No. He was still sitting there, even after he was touched by the hand of God. But he was touched. The third was this, the footprints don’t end at the cross. so many times we think that that is the destination on the trail when in all actuality its simply another stop along the way. a most important one for sure but the footprints continue on. His blood covers everything before the cross and everything after the cross in your life. What He cares about He wants us to care about. We carry his blood. He wants us to leave a mark. Greater things are yet to come. Healings are in his blood. Miracles are in his blood. Salvation is in his blood! Follow in His footprints and see what He truly cares about, Who he truly cares for, what he spends his time doing and also what he walks by. Noticed where he didn't stop. The routes that he took. God has a way about Him and His steps are never wrong. He is never lost. There is purpose in every footstep. So I am lead to believe that if I follow in the footsteps of Jesus there is a purpose in every one of mine as well. He knew that if He left a trail, I would follow.
You do know me best Lord.
March 15th:
Thank you. thank you for the worship. for giving us a song to sing. and a reason to sing it. Thank you for giving me an offering to share. thank you for blessing me with friends that have your wisdom. your mind and your heart. Thank you God for watching out for me. in every area of my life you have been more than faithful. I just read a report that i wrote a while ago and in it was the story of joseph. it reminded me of how you are faithful to us when we are unfaithful, like joseph's brothers, and you are faithful when we are faithful, like Joseph. You are constant in your character. Thank you. I dearly love you. I want to show other people who you are.
Times are changing. People are getting older and new people are arriving. Times are changing. Other religions are not the power in this city anymore but The love of the Lord is rising in the hearts of your children. times are changing. worship isn't half hearted and complacent anymore. times are changing, the church and all its hands and feet and voices are beginning to move in uniform. The voices are getting louder and more desperate. The atmosphere cannot hold to what it was- its changing. you have a plan for this city. it is in a strategic place. these people are in the perfect place. Lord prepare this city for what you have already begun to prepare Us for. Times are changing. Get bodies ready to be healed, get hearts ready to be touched. Get minds ready to be transformed. get the church ready to be filled to overflowing. Lord times are changing and we dont want to miss what you have for us. Thank you for your faithfulness!!!
March:
run into the darkness as fearless lovers of God. He feels free to move his power through the ones that lay low before his feet, poor in spirit. Someone who is desperate. I have to have God. I have to have heaven. I am so laid low and in need of him, then kingdom shows up. fruitfulness flows from intimacy. I want my Jesus more and more. He wants us to eat fresh bread from his table every day. living every moment in full worship. every moment. HE Lives in ME. He watches over everything we see. Into the water, into the truth in your reflection. he Lives in you.
April:
Teach me Lord to move in purpose and confidence. you are faithful. you are my shepherd. Take my hand Lord. restore my soul, refresh my spirit and my strength in you. Lord i praise you because you are the Best thing in the whole world, and outside the world. you have poured so much into me that needs poured into others. your mercy and grace is where i want to dwell.
May 27th:
May 27th:
Lord take me to the place where you satisfy. take me to the River. oh how i need to drink from your spirit, everything that seems good is salt on my lips, burning and leaving an even greater thirsty in its wake. Lord i need your refreshing. i want others to drink from the fountain of Life that your pour out of me, but right now it is simply a dried oasis that is lost in the vast desert. people pass by without looking because there is nothing for them to be refreshed by. Lord i want to be an oasis of Life where people traveling in their desert can stop and be refreshed by your spirit overflowing inside of me. you are the spirit of Life living inside of me. spring up o well within me!
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