Living on the Other Side of the Cross

          Our journey to the cross is beautiful.  At the foot of the cross, we awaken and are born again.  But our journey must not end there.  Rather, our journey must continue THROUGH the cross and onto the OTHER SIDE of the cross, where we LIVE BEYOND the cross.  It is on the other side of the cross that we are born again... again... again...  and the further we journey with and in the resurrected Christ. 

          This by no means devalues the journey to the cross and our transformation through the cross.  Rather, it legitimizes it, and makes it known as when Jesus said to His disciples, "When you see Me, you see the Father."  They still didn't understand, because they had not yet journeyed through and to the other side of the cross. 

          Therefore, let us continue on from faith to faith... grace to grace... strength to strenth... and glory to glory.... as we experience the Resurrected Life BEYOND THE CROSS...

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Lessons Learned About Suicide

1.     The Struggle is Real.  The struggle against the negative emotions of depression, condemnation, shame, worthlessness and hopelessness, along with the resulting desire to die and escape the reality of seemingly unbearable and inescapable pain is not just some powerless thought that can be ignored or wished away.  It is not a struggle that merits a “JUST GET OVER IT” response, because it cannot just be “gotten over” without true practical solutions and healing.  This includes the insufficiency of "GET OVER IT" counseling or advice re-branded as promises to "pray for you", religious cliches or Bible verses.  Rather, there is only ONE WAY to survive and thrive the very real struggle against suicide and that is to go THROUGH IT on one’s personal JOURNEY to HEALING and WHOLENESS.  I can say with verifiable assurance from my own personal experience to all…  THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SUICIDE IS REAL, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERCOME.

2.     Suicide is a fruit, not a root issue.  The struggle against suicide is connected to beliefs, emotions and thoughts that have a SOURCE, called a ROOT.  The resulting negative emotions and thoughts about dying and suicide are the FRUIT of that ROOT.  The ROOT often spreads deep and wide into many directions through an interconnected web of pieces just like the natural root of a tree.  The ROOT is not always the same from person to person, but it may include physical, mental, emotional and spiritual factors.  As a result, PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS include, but are not limited to consulting a medical doctor and/or psychologist, change of diet, increased quality sleep and rest, natural supplements, prescribed medication, spiritual counsel, prayer, meditation and personal transformation of beliefs and thought processes.  Most importantly, it is imperative to seek out help from those who are best equipped to help you.  Sometimes, those closes to a person, such as family and friends, though well meaning, are not equipped to help in one’s process to healing and wholeness.  Unfortunately, toxic relationships with those we sincerely love and value most may be a significant part of the ROOT of the struggle and issue.    

3.     You are NOT alone.  One of the biggest misconceptions and deterrents to healing and wholeness is the belief that we are all alone in our struggle.  Yes, it is true that no one else has ever “walked in our shoes” or experienced the EXACT circumstances that have led to our unique pain and struggles.  Yet, PAIN and STRUGGLE is a part of the human experience, and truthfully people all around us can actually relate and empathize with our struggles and pain more than we may ever realize.  And regardless of our faith, belief system and level of awareness of the presence of God all around us, it is a FACT that we are CREATED in His likeness and image.  The Lord’s DNA (Dynamic Divine Nature of Abba) flows through us, and we are SEVERELY LOVED by Him.  We only need to become more AWARE of His presence and love in order to experience the resulting divine encounter, healing and wholeness.

4.     There is HOPE.  Another HUGE misconception and deterrent to healing and wholeness is the negative web of beliefs that result in a sense of hopelessness.  How can I say this?  Because “living in our feelings”, especially the negative ones that are a part of the real struggle against suicide represent the choice of death, not life.  As I expressed in a recent poem, "If I Live in My Feelings", we must choose to live in our healings, not our feelings.  The VICTORY to OVERCOME the very real struggle against suicide largely depends of THIS ONE MAJOR CHOICE… to live in our healings, not our feelings.  In other words, it means to PURSUE life, truth and wholeness, rather than death, deception and brokenness.  How do we do this?  ONE THOUGHT, ONE CHOICE and ONE DECISION AT A TIME.  Yes, the struggle against depression and suicide is REAL, and it’s NOT easy, but IT IS VERY POSSIBLE and ACHIEVABLE TO OVERCOME.  So, let us choose to LIVE and NOT DIE.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH DEPRESSION OR SUICIDAL THOUGHTS REACH OUT FOR HELP! 

National Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255

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If I Lived in My Feelings

If I lived in my feelings

I wouldn’t be alive at all

I’d be on ‘da ground

With no room to even fall

I’d be six feet under

With no ability to even wonder

If there was any hope

For me to get back up and cope

If I lived in my feelings

I’d have no dealings

With a reason to live

Or a chance to even give

A single part of myself to this world

I’d be just another girl

Who called it quits

Before she took her last hit

Of oxygen through her lungs

And I know I ain’t ‘dat one

So, I refuse to live in my feelings

I’d rather live in my healings

Healing from the past

Knowing ‘dat pain doesn’t last

Always

No matter what my feelings say

Healing from the wounds

Inflicted way too soon

For me to recognize

‘Dat they came from lies

But now I’m wise

Enough to know

Some seeds never grow

To full maturity

And I can still regain my purity

As long as I live in my healings

Instead of my feelings!

Cause If I lived in my feelings

I wouldn’t be alive at all

I’d be on ‘da ground

With no room to even fall

I’d be six feet under

With no ability to even wonder

If there was any hope

For me to get back up and cope

© 2018 Christine Lombard

I Fell Still

I fell still

Against my own will

As I leaned against the window sill

Watching the pain

Fall like rain

I couldn't cease with my own brain

Knowing I was to blame

For my uncomfortable view

Cause I had broken through

My own self protective lock

By rewinding the clock

And forgetting to block

The entrance of my own heart

Now all things were falling apart

And there was no way to push restart

I had already violated the guard

And I was no longer barred

From the locked up secrets

They were published on the leaflets

Of my tears

I had held back for years

Along with pent up fears

Cause I couldn't bare

The thought of going there

Where no man had ever gone before

But I had opened the door

Crossing the threshold

Allowing the truth to unfold

That I wasn't really as bold

As I pretended to be

I wasn't even bold enough to see

The real me

Hiding behind the mask

Of the meaningless tasks

Of my life

Keeping the pain out of sight

Cause such brutal honesty just wasn't right

So, I put up a good fight

To keep everything black and white

Without any shades of gray

Come what may

The secret pain must stay

Hidden

Never bidden

To come out and play

Till that fateful day

I fell still

Against my own will

As I leaned against the window sill

Watching the pain

Fall like rain

I couldn't cease with my own brain.

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Impacting the Scribal Realm of Education

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Education belongs to the scribe!  Therefore, every scribe is in a position to make a GODLY IMPACT through the scribal realm of education.  But we must first take the limits off of our understanding of 1. Impact; 2. Scribal realm; and 3. Education. 

Impact – To make an impact simply means to influence in a way that increases the manifestation of the Kingdom culture of Heaven and the character of Christ according to His original intention in the Earth.  According to The Scribal Anointing ® curriculum authored by Apostle Theresa Harvard Johnson, the primary purposes of every Christ centered scribe is to protect the Word of God and to teach the word of God.  Obviously, the implications of this understanding include the truth that scribes have a central role in impacting or influencing education both within the congregation and throughout society.

Scribal Realm – The sphere or domain of scribal activity, whether administrative, instructional or creative as discussed in The Scribal Anointing ® curriculum authored by Apostle Theresa Harvard Johnson. 

Education – The process of each person’s becoming the fullness of the authentic image of Christ and person God created, called, ordained and sent them into the Earth to be according to God’s DNA within them.   

As we take the limits off our traditional understanding of what it means to impact the scribal realm of education, I hope that we see that one does not necessarily need to be immersed in a formal academic educational setting to impact education.  Why?  Because education is SO MUCH MORE than what takes place within classrooms and schools.  Ultimately, the apostle Paul was crying out for the EDUCATION of the believers in Galatia when he wrote the following excerpt in his letter to them.   

Galatians 4:19 Amplified Bible (AMP)

“My little children, for whom I am again in [the pains of] labor until Christ is [completely and permanently] formed within you.”

Therefore, according to Christ’s and Paul’s shared vision with Christ, education is the PROCESS of spiritual maturity through which we become SONS and HEIRS of the Kingdom through the revealing of Christ in and through a people on Earth as it is in Heaven.  Yet, at the same time, those who ARE CALLED to SERVE as EDUCATORS within academic settings have a very unique role and opportunity for impacting the scribal realm of education.  We will definitely address this and its implications for formal academic educators. 

Therefore, I want to encourage my fellow educators to maximize their impact on education through their scribal assignments, as well… while making sure that those of you who are NOT called to such do NOT feel as though this clarion call to impact the scribal realm of education does not apply to you, because it very well can still GREATLY apply to you.  Let me share just a few examples with the understanding that many of these examples can easily cross over between the formal academic educational setting and the informal nonacademic educational setting.  Likewise, many of these examples can easily cross over between administrative, instructional and creative aspects of scribal activity and ministry (service).

·       Administrative: Developing curriculum resources for adults or youth; Developing and directing educational programs for adults or youth implemented in community centers, churches, libraries or other venues outside of the traditional school building; Leading mentorship programs in or outside of the traditional school setting; Provision of services for the homeless or those seeking employment; Administration of Prison ministry; Ministry schools; Conferences and workshops; Bible study or various home groups; Financial administration and management within various educational settings; Establishing homes for displaced children and youth; schools and educational based events and ongoing programs… 

·       Instructional: Developing curriculum resources for adults or youth; Authoring children’s books or for all ages; Authoring and publishing of blogs, magazines, newsletters etc.; Formal and informal teaching in any setting; Discipleship and Mentorship of any kind and on any level; Organizing of any fellowships or groups centered around any particular interest; Various ministries within the local church, missions or services provided within the community…

·       Creative:  Any activity related to the arts or creative expression in any environment; Spoken word; Dance; Music; Drama; Martial Arts; Arts and Craft; Creative lesson planning and curriculum resource development; Development and implementation of innovative strategies and solutions within various educational settings…   

Once again, education belongs to the scribe!  Therefore, every scribe is in a position to make a GODLY IMPACT through the scribal realm of education.  In other words, every administrative, instructional and creative scribal gift that the Lord has imparted into us can be used to IMPACT the development, maturity and education of others to the end that they BECOME the fullness of who God created, called and ordained them to be in Christ.  As a result, the Kingdom of Heaven will be manifested on Earth as it is in Heaven.

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GOD IS LOOKING FOR A RETURN ON HIS INVESTMENT Part 1

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Scripture References: Genesis 1 – 2; Matthew 13:1-23; Matthew 25:14-30; Acts 17:16-33; Colossians 1:16

Acts 17:26 – “From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.”

God has made an INVESTMENT in us, and He is LOOKING for a RETURN on His investment.

In the same way that we IMPART into students / disciples / mentees and EXPECT to SEE a RESPONSE and RETURN on our investment in them, Holy Spirit is our 24/7 IN HOUSE Teacher, and God is LOOKING for a RETURN on His investment.

What kind of return is He looking for?  To answer this question, we only need to consider what He has invested in us.  Whatever He has invested in us is what He expects to see DUPLICATED and MULTIPLIED as a RETURN.

When a farmer plants apple seeds, they expect an apple tree to grow and PRODUCE A RETURN of apples.  So, the question we must ask ourselves is... what has God INVESTED in ME?  He's looking for a RETURN.

There is both a nature AND nurture aspect to this investment.

Not nature VERSUS nurture, but nature AND nurture.

What do I mean?  God breathed His DNA into us, and through “The Prophetic Art of Becoming" His DNA is purposed to develop and grow into full maturity.  Truly, God's DNA (image) is in EVERY human being whom He created and in whom He BREATHED the breath of Life.  Therefore, God INVESTED His BREATH... His LIFE... His DNA... His IMAGE in us!

The MAGNITUDE of this Truth overwhelms me sometimes. It REALLY does even now.

Oh, how He LOVES us!  How He GAZES at us and all that He has invested in us... with EXPECTATION... to RECEIVE a RETURN on His investment.

I pray that the WEIGHT of this Truth REALLY... I mean REALLY possesses us to the CORE of our being... I would that ALL would FEEL the weight of His LOVE through the depth and weight of this Truth by revelation, drawing us ALL into greater INTIMACY with Him!

Before we move onto the NURTURE aspect of God’s investment in us, the Lord desires us to more deeply consider the NATURE aspect of His investment.

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Stand at the Gate

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Pain is an unwelcomed companion

So, stand at the Gate for understanding

Cause Wisdom still raises Her voice

We just gotta make Her our choice

Where is your Gate?

Go there for goodness sake

Is it found in singing your song?

Then sing all day and night long.

Is it found in your writing?

Then with pen in hand, keep fighting!

Is it found in your night dreams

Then sleep and drink from the Living Stream

Pursue wholeness no matter the cost

At the Gate you'll never be completely lost

Yes, Pain is an unwelcomed compannion

So, stand at the Gate for understanding

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Don't Worry 'Bout a Thang!

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Don't worry 'bout a thang.

Let it rain.

Let 'da thunder BOOM

And 'da lightning fill 'da room,
But STILL don't worry 'bout a thang.

Cause ‘da One Who made

‘Da rain, thunder and lightning

Ain’t frightening

He ain’t worried

And His vision ain’t blurried

In ‘da least

So, receive His peace

And be at ease.

He sees your every hit and miss

And STILL can’t resist

Smiling and singing over you

It’s not too late

To arrive at your appointed destination

You even have time for vacation

Cause Your Creator’s got you

He never forgot you

He just patiently waited

For you to awaken

So, don’t be mistaken

You ain’t gotta

Worry ‘bout a thang!

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Prophetic Word: Accelerated Grace for an Accelerated Pace

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I awoke with an image in my mind’s eye followed by an application of the image and a message for a designated people.  I saw a moving walkway like those inside of airports that provide a means for people to accelerate their pace to their destination if they choose to walk rather than stand idly on the walkway.  Otherwise, moving walkways provide an opportunity for people to relax and be carried along to their destination, but not necessarily at an accelerated pace.

Then the Lord began to minister to me about a people whom He has given an accelerated grace for an accelerated pace in this season of their journey.  Yet, with that accelerated grace He is requiring that you keep walking forward.  Do not relax by standing idle expecting for the accelerated grace to carry you like the moving walkway in the airport.  It is time to move forward with the accelerated grace in order to accelerate your pace.  This is imperative so that you do not miss your flight that will take off at a set time in order to carry you to your ultimate destination and the possession of your inheritance as sons and heirs of God. 

For this is the appointed time for acceleration, because of the NEED for the internal luggage that you are carrying to His designated destination for the fulfillment of the very assignment for which He sent you into the Earth.  This internal luggage is what the Lord imparted into you before He sealed you and sent you into the Earth.  It is your invisible and internal inheritance.  I know it sounds strange to talk about an INTERNAL inheritance, because we are so accustomed to searching for an EXTERNAL inheritance.  After all, didn’t the Lord tell Israel to possess a land flowing with milk and honey?  This was not a figurative or invisible land.  It was a very real, visible and tangible land that they had to go to WAR to possess and inhabit as their God GIVEN inheritance.  Yet, in the New Covenant we are told that “the Kingdom of God is within” us.  It is “Christ IN US, the hope of glory” (Luke 17:21; I Colossians 1:27).  But let us go back to the very beginning to understand the relationship between our God given internal and external inheritance.

Genesis 1:27-28 – “So God created humankind in his own image; in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.  28 God blessed them: God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the air and every living creature that crawls on the earth.”

In the beginning, we were CREATED to reflect and manifest the IMAGE of God.  He instructed us to "be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, subdue it and have dominion" as co-stewards and partners with Him.  Our POSSESSION of the land and exercising of DOMINION over the EARTH causes the EARTH to reflect and manifest our IMAGE (the IMAGE of its possessor), which is equivalent to the IMAGE of the One (the Lord) who possesses us.  In other words, just as we are the Lord’s inheritance and reflect Him as IMAGE, so is the Earth our inheritance and reflects us as IMAGE.  Likewise, the internal Garden of Eden (Delight) is reflected by the external Garden of Eden (Delight), both of which are our inheritance as sons and heirs of God.   

So, fast forward to the time of Moses when the Lord sent the congregation of Israel to POSSESS the land that was flowing with milk and honey.  It was a land that was ALREADY PREPARED for them.  Thus, the Lord's INTENT was that our LAND or INHERITANCE would bear our IMAGE, the IMAGE of fruitfulness, multiplication, fullness, wholeness as a result of our possession of it and dominion over it.

Now fast forward to the book of Revelation, when Christ declared, “BEHOLD I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW.”  Also, the apostle John testified, “BEHOLD the kingdoms of the Earth have BECOME the Kingdom of our Lord and His Messiah.”  In other words, “BEHOLD My original INTENTION has come to pass.  A family of SONS who bear my image and a KINGDOM in the Earth that bears My IMAGE revealed and manifested through My SONS on Earth as it is in Heaven."

So, now the Lord is saying that He has given a remnant an accelerated grace for an accelerated pace.  For what purpose?  It is because this remnant has spent much time in the “wilderness terrain”, where Holy Spirit has been maturing the carriers of Kingdom inheritance and the internal fruit of that inheritance.  The Lord is saying that NOW IS THE TIME that the internal fruit and inheritance is RIPE and ready for harvest.  Now is the time that the internal inheritance is READY to be reflected and manifested externally through the IMAGE of an external inheritance.  For it is THIS PROCESS that the Lord was working out within the nation of Israel in the wilderness.  He was preparing them to be carriers of an internal inheritance that would be REFLECTED AS IMAGE in the land that He has already prepared in advance… an inheritance flowing with milk and honey.  But when the Lord inspected Israel’s INTERNAL FRUIT that was to be reflected as IMAGE in the land, their fruit (character) was not ready! 

Yet, the Lord says… "there is a remnant NOW in THIS GENERATION that are ready!  They have been faithful throughout the apostolic process of their lives and the internal fruit and inheritance is EVIDENT and VISIBLE.  Truly, Christ is REVEALED within them and the hope of glory is clearly seen by His ever present and all seeing eye.  Truly, Christ is MANIFEST through the character of their lives and an external inheritance has been prepared for them to possess and over which they have been given dominion in this appointed time.  It is for THIS REASON that He has given an accelerated grace for an accelerated pace."

“So, do not stop!” says the Lord.  “Rather, walk forward on the moving walkway that I have set before you.  Truly, now is YOUR TIME to possess the land that I have prepared for you… a land flowing with milk and honey (fruitfulness).”

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A Different Kind of Yes: A Letter from Christ to His Bride

DEARLY BELOVED,

I AM looking for a different kind of yes from you, a kind of yes that you have not yet given Me.  It is not that you have NOT responded “Yes” to me, but it’s that there is a GREATER “Yes” of which you are not yet aware. 

Here is the “Yes” you have already given…

Y earning and

E nduring in your

S trive to please Me

Please, understand that it is not that I am displeased with your “Yes”.  In fact, I am quite pleased with your “Yes”.  Your YEARNING is like that of the deer panting for water.  Your YEARNING is a desperation for My manifest presence.  It motivates your pursuit of Me.  Through this YEARNING you have come to know Me, and it has brought you to your current place of intimacy with Me.  Your YEARNING, hunger and thirst for Me has been your response to your reognition of who I AM as your Source and All Sufficient King.  It has been the passion in your praise and worship that has been a sweet fragrance to Me.  Know that your YEARNING for Me has brought Me tremendous joy as I have responded by revealing Myself to the depths of your heart and filling you with the Living Water of My presence for which you YEARN so greatly.  Truly, your YEARNING for Me has caused you to grow and BECOME the fullness of who you are in Me even now.  For the more that you have YEARNED for Me is the more that you have pursued Me, causing your YEARNING to increase over time.  Just know that there is something even GREATER than YEARNING, and it is this that I desire even more than your yearning…

But first… Please, understand that it is not that I am displeased with your “Yes”.  In fact, I am quite pleased with your “Yes”.  For the magnitude of your yearning has caused you to ENDURE through great hardship, never quitting or giving up in your pursuit of Me.  Because your yearning for Me has overwhelmed and consumed you beyond measure, you have ENDURED in your faithfulness to walk with Me and to know Me beyond religious rituals and obligations.  Through ENDURANCE, you have fallen but gotten back up again, pressing forward with determination to do “whatever it takes” to ENDURE to the end.  Through ENDURANCE, you have BECOME an overcomer, overcoming great obstacles, which has built the likeness of My character in you.  You have trained your mind to ENDURE with great persistency and perseverance in spite of internal wars that have waged in your soul.  You have been like a wounded warrior who forges ahead in battle in spite of the pain that pierces through their entire being.  You have ENDURED, and please, KNOW THIS…  In your ENDURANCE, I AM well pleased.  Yet, there is something even GREATER beyond ENDURANCE, and it is this that I desire even more than your ENDURANCE …

But just one more thing…  Please, understand that it is not that I am displeased with your “Yes”.  In fact, I am quite pleased with your “Yes”.  Like an Olympic runner, you have STRIVED in your strides towards the finish line of your race to please Me to the fullest.  In fact, you have come alive in your STRIVE as you have awakened to your purpose beyond the mundane aspects of life.  You have trained yourself to engage in meaningful spiritual exercises beyond religious rituals.  As a result, of your STRIVE to know Me and please Me, you have grown in your love for Me and for others.  You have been driven in your STRIVE to love, recognizing that without love all STRIVING is meaningless, because I AM Love and therefore, Love is the essence of life.  Please, know that in THIS STRIVING I AM most pleased of all.  Most importantly, in the midst of your “Yes”, Y earning and E nduring in your S trive to please me, I have MET YOU with My grace and mercy, waiting for the appointed time of your graduation to a different kind of “Yes”… a GREATER “Yes”.  Though I AM pleased with your “Yes”, I am looking for a different kind of “Yes” from you.

This different kind of “Yes”…  This GREATER “Yes” is a “Yes” you cannot give Me on your own.  It is a kind of “Yes” that must first be received before given.  It is a kind of “Yes” that is unknown to most and considered heretical in many religious circles.  Yet, it is a kind of “Yes” that I most clearly demonstrated as the Son of Man and Son of God on Earth.  It is the kind of “Yes” that I gave to the Father in the Garden of Gethsemane before He gave Me to the world on the cross.  It is the kind of “Yes” that most pleases Me and displays My glory on Earth as it is in Heaven. 

Yet, it is a kind of “Yes” that requires you to GRADUATE from YEARNING to becoming YIELDED and still enough to receive till you yearn no more!  It is a kind of “Yes” that requires you to GRADUATE from the state of ENDURING to becoming EMPTIED and settled in My peaceful presence till there be no more need to endure, because you’ve entered true rest and shalom having been FILLED with Me alone.  Finally, it is the kind of “Yes” that requires you to GRADUATE from the STRIVE to please Me to becoming fully SURRENDERED to the Liberating Truth that I AM already fully pleased with you.  So, are you fully ready to GRADUATE to this different kind of “Yes”… to this GREATER “Yes”?  Are you ready to RECEIVE this “Yes”, so that you may BECOME this “Yes”?  Are you ready to be enabled to fully give this “Yes” back to Me with a GREATER demonstration of LOVE and WORSHIP for Me?  Are you ready to perceive Me, not only as your Source and All Sufficient King, but also as Your Bridegroom, ready to receive you as His Bride!  For THIS is the “Yes” and “I do” or “I am” that I truly desire and require from you…

Y eilded

E mptied and

S urrendered ….

TO THE ONE WHO FULLY PLEASES ME AND IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED…

In Ahavah,

Christ Your Bridegroom

  

Awesome God

Our God is an awesome God!

He spoke the worlds into existence

There’s no resistance

That can stand against His authority

He doesn’t need agreement from the majority

He demonstrated the power of ONE

When He sent His Son

Into the Earth

Through a miraculous birth

And demonstrated His Love

When He watched from above

His only Son being crucified

His only Son who died

Just so that you and I could abide

In Him

Cause Love wins

Every time

And our every breath is a sign

Of His awesomeness displayed

When He made ‘da grave

His bed

And was raised from ‘da dead

His agony for our bliss

He’s ‘da Boss in this

And every other place

Dat’s why I’m so amazed

As I gaze into His face

And declare

Join me if you dare!

Our God is an awesome God!

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The Apostolic Process

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We’ve gotta learn before we TEACH.

We’ve gotta come before we go.

We’ve gotta receive before we give.

We’ve gotta eat before we digest.

We’ve gotta digest before we become what we eat.

We’ve gotta listen before we really hear.

We’ve gotta really hear before we speak.

We’ve gotta understand before we explain.

We’ve gotta become before we really represent.

We’ve gotta follow before we lead.

We’ve gotta empty ourselves before we be filled.

We’ve gotta SEE before we guide.

We’ve gotta be before we do.

We’ve gotta do before we be.

We’ve gotta stretch to overcome before we run.

We’ve gotta bend before we lift.

We’ve gotta connect before we correct.

We’ve gotta SEE Love before we become Love.

We’ve gotta become Love before we be Love.

We’ve gotta love before we parent (truly educate).

We’ve gotta prepare before we test.

We’ve gotta test before we rest.

We’ve gotta die before we live.

We’ve gotta live before we die.

We’ve gotta reach before we TEACH.

Cause THAT’S the Apostolic Process by which we fulfill

The Apostolic and Prophetic Educational Mandate!

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