John 15:1-17

A little prophetic art I did that turned out to be the message of John 15!

The tree is from Psalm 1. He is abiding in us, and His love coming through us, back into the ocean that we are abiding in. (John 15) The winds are the North and South wind that the Shulamite calls in Song of Solomon to blow upon her garden, so that the scent of the fruit and spices therein would flow out. (SoS 4:16)

I thought that it would be nice if I could cut it shorter, but there's nothing in there that can be left out! So much good stuff all through it!!!

JOHN 15:1 - “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.

² Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

³ You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

⁴ Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

⁵ “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

⁶ If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

⁷ If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

⁸ By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

⁹ “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.

¹⁰ If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

¹¹ “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

¹² This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ¹³ Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.

¹⁴ You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

¹⁵ No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.

¹⁶ You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.

¹⁷ These things I command you, that you love one another.

He is my Healer

I was riding in the car on the way home from a party and everything was hurting.  As I was sitting there deep in thought the song "Healer" came on my ipod.  "You hold my every moment.  You calm my raging seas.  You walk with me through fire.  You heal all my desease.  I trust it You.  I trust in You.  I believe that You're my healer.  I believe that You are all I need.  I believe that You're my portion.  I believe You're more than enough for me.  Jesus You're all I need."  As these words played over and over in my mind God began to  trasform my heart.  I poured my heart out to Him.  God no matter what's going on You're bigger.  You are my healer.  You are all that I need.  When I don't understand what's going on you are bigger!  You are my portion!  Even when the storm is raging You are my strong refuge.  Even in the fire you are holding my hand.  I run to you!  I trust in You!!  I trust in You!  That's what faith is.  Faith is believing in something not yet seen.  I believe that He is my healer even though I haven't seen my healing yet.  He is my strength even when all I feel is weakness.  "Nothing is impossible for you.  Nothing is impossible.  Nothing is impossible for you.  You hold my world in Your hands.  Nothing is impossible for You.  Nothing is impossible.  Nothing is impossible for You.  You hold my world in Your hands.  I believe that You're my healer.  I believe that You are all I need.  I believe that You're my portion.  I believe you're more than enough for me.  Jesus You're all I need."  Nothing is impossible for You!!  Jesus, You hold my world in Your hands.  You are more than enough for me.  You make all things new.  I seek You above all else.  You are with me.  I am so overwhelmed by the love that you have for me.  He brought this verse to mind: 

"Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine.  When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.  When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you.  For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel,  your Savior."  Isaiah 43:1-3

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!

Today I listened to a song called: "Like a Father" by Jason Roberson.

Wow.

Papa showed me that He has NEVER been ashamed of me! When I mess up, make a joke at the expense of others, fall from pride, rep Him wrong, He looks at me and shouts with all His might: "THAT ONE is My beloved son, in whom I am VERY WELL pleased!"

I hear that, and... what? What did You say God? You are... pleased with me?

"Yes! I am VERY WELL pleased! You totally ROCK son!"

At that point I begin to look at myself through His eyes. It's crazy, but I begin to see it as more than a possibility. Yet I see yuck. I see sin, and death, and misery.

He looks at me and tells me I am utterly perfect, beautiful, lovely, pure, spotless, fun, awesome, ravishing. He reveals to me that it's true, and that I don't have to do anything to get it, because it has already been given to me.

I accept it by faith, and begin to feel clean, holy, pure... full of JOY because HE LOVES ME!!!

NOTHING is even CLOSE to the LOVE of OUR FATHER!!! His love for us is the only true satisfaction, the only true hope, the only true life, the only reason we are here! To LOVE HIM with EVERYTHING in us!!!

He made YOU specifically how you are, because He is RAVISHED by you! He made a calling, a work, just for you, because He knew you would LOVE doing it, and it would fit you PERFECTLY! He has called you to... get this:

To love Him, and to love Him in others.

Every man and woman ever made was built with an unquenchable desire to give everything possible, (imperfect love) and receive perfect love in return, no matter the circumstance. We as humans try to find that perfection in other people, in new technology or entertainment, in drugs, in schooling, in work or anything else.

But it's not there.

Sometimes we think that it's harder to get satisfaction from God than from the things of this world, but in reality, it's much easier, but much more... real. We have to actually trust that He is real, and build our lives around that fact, whether we can prove it or not. If He is real, and Jesus really is coming back for His bride, and He really loves us with everything and gives His life to us every single day in intercession, why do we wait for Him to... upgrade us to the person we've always wanted to be?

Daddy gave us His Son, so that we could be like Him. Jesus tells us to be perfect, as God is perfect. He may as well have told us to walk on water! Oh wait, Peter did that, didn't he? Okay, then maybe He could have told us to simply... raise the dead! Or move mountains! Those go against the laws of nature themselves! But wait, He said we could do that too! Maybe... maybe He actually meant that we don't have to wait for perfection... that perfection came to us over 2,000 years ago, and died for us so we can live like Him!

He became our sin, and made us into His righteousness!

This is GOOD NEWS!!!

"I LOOOVE YOU!!!"

I looove You too Dad!!!

"I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!"

I love you soooo much too!!!

... and on and on it goes, getting better, and better, and better. Never ceasing to wow us, never growing old. Never dying out, never ever growing anything but louder, clearer, stronger.


The grace and peace of Jesus Christ rest on you all this week!!! And may Papa just WRECK your lives with His LOVE!!!

Don't stop, My beautiful one!

Walk, keep walking.
Don't turn around, don't look behind.
Run, never stopping.
Your strength won't fail, you are Mine.

I haven't left a single child for a moment,
I'm not about to start with you, broken though you may be.
Close your eyes and lean into My chest,
Feel My love, My burning heart, that  beats so rapidly.

Hold My hand, My love, hold on tight!
I don't want to see you fall!
I AM the way, so don't fear the night!
Trust Me, I'll take you safely through it all!

I see your beautiful smile,
Even through your tears of pain,
Believe Me every tear you shed
I see and feel and shed the same.

I didn't come to make a way for perfection,
But to take you into the Holy place.
I didn't die to raise you to heaven,
But to show that heaven's in My Father's gaze.

You are worthy My child,
Worthy of everything I gave!
You're the reason I lay down My life
In prayer to the Father each day!

I gave it all for you that once, and got it all again!
I haven't stopped giving all, and will continue to the end!

The wonder of who He is my encounter.  His face is my breakthrough. I am soo awed by His GLORY!! Its overwhelming me!!!!!!!!!!! “I long to look on the face of the one that I love!”  Show me you’re Glory PAPA!!!!! His faithfulness brings me to my knees. Not the fact that I am a Christian! I SEE THE CLOUD!!!  I JUMP IN!!!!  I approach His throne with boldness and enthusiasm!!!!!!! JOY fills my soul!!! I was made for LOVE, made to rest in Him, made to belong!!!!!!!!!! IN HIM!!!!!!!!  

We dont incorporate God into your life, you surrender your whole being to Him!  The only reason the devil squeezes us is because he is used to anything but Jesus coming out!  When we get squeezed Christ should come out, Why? because we denied ourselves and took up our crosses. So I dont have issues anymore, I have Love!  "LEAN NOT ON YOU'RE OWN UNDERSTANDING." Prov 3:5-6  So it doesn't matter if this makes sense to you, just believe it in faith!! And when I am surrendered to Him there are no worries because NOTHING CAN SEPARATE ME FROM thE LOVE OF CHRIST and we shouldn't be worried about anything else!     

Nothing's more beautiful!

Tonight, at New Life church, I worshipped my God, seeking His face with all that I am and all that I have. Yet, as much as I continued giving my all for Him, I felt (and knew) there was something in the way of our relationship.

Now believe me, when you are in that place of worship, and you can feel His presence, nothing is worth keeping if it's hindering you from love.

He told me what it was. I decided I was getting rid of whatever was enabling me to stay in that place. It's not that He doesn't love me and want me to have something that's good, it's that He knows what's better and tries to give it to me.

He came (and keeps coming) as far as He can until it crosses with our free will.

Picture this:
It's Christmas. You are sitting on the couch next to your favorite brother and your best friend. Your Daddy comes into the room, and you run to His arms, screaming with joy! He picks you up and holds you tight. You can feel the rhythm of His heart beating against your chest. He sets you down, looks you in the eye and tells you He's going to get you a present real quick. You stand there waiting, as your bestest, favoritest Daddy goes out to the garage to get your gift. You are holding a sweet, beautiful card in one hand that was given you by Jesus and Holy, and in the other hand you have an old shredded blanket that has significant sentimental value, as that was the first thing you remember getting from your Daddy. You stand there waiting, and your Daddy comes back in, carrying a huge, wonderful gift. He brings it in, smiling. You hold out your arms to receive, and He says to you: "You won't be able to hold this unless your drop the other things you're holding." Obviously, what do you do?

That's up to you. This card is beautiful, and you don't want to stop looking at it, because you think that would seem ungrateful. You don't want to put down the blanket, because you have never been without it and you don't know if you'll be able to live without it as your source of identity. Plus, you really like both of these items, and don't see a need to let them go.

Why can't Daddy just give me the gift? He wants to, and I want Him to, so, what's keeping Him from that?

The gift is big. Really big. He knows that if He drops it on you now, it's hurt you rather than please you. He wants you to take it, but knows that you can't until you drop everything you now own.

It's not cruel, it's loving. He knows what He has is better than what you have. He knows what is inside the package.

Do you trust Him enough to be empty? Do you trust Him enough to wait? Do you trust Him with your future? All of it? Even if it's painful His way?

Don't think too hard. Just say yes! Right here, right now, whatever is keeping you from the entirety of Him is NOT worth it at all! No matter how wonderful it is, He is more wonderful! No matter how wholesome it is, He is more wholesome! No matter how much you think it will hurt to let it go, He is the bestest Healer! No matter how beautiful it is, He is the MOST beautiful!

Nothing's more worth your time, energy and passion, than our AMAZING, LOVING, BEAUTIFUL Daddy!!!!!

Nothing but the Blood Of Jesus

So often we take communion and ask God to cleanse us of our sins, but never truly focus on what that blood and bread actually means.  

Matthew 26: 27-28 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you.  For this is my blood OF THE NEW COVENANT, WHICH IS SHED FOR MANY FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS!!!

For the Jewish people it was a tradition of betrothal to drink wine from a cup and share it with the betrothed.  It was the final seal of the covenant.  When they both drank from the cup they were setting themselves apart.  They were agreeing to someday be married.  When we take communion it is so much more than just drinking some grape juice.  We are remembering the sacrifice that Christ made for the church, His bride.  We are sealing the covenant.  We are agreeing to be set apart.  His blood is the "blood of the new covenant".  The blood that makes everything right, between God and man.

Colossians 1:13-14 "He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins."

So he delivered us from the power of darkness and didn't only bring us into the power of his love, but the Kingdom of the Son of His love.  We have redemption through HIS BLOOD!!  We are forgiven because He was slain.  

Colossians 1:19-22  For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.  And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight.

He CHOSE to reconcile us to Himself.  He chose to give us peace through His blood.  Through His blood He gave us a way to enter into His presence.  He didn't die to just give us life and love and peace and to let us enter into His kingdom.  He died so that we might receive the adoption as His kids!!  God sent His Son so that His lost kids could come home.    

"The Son of God became the Son of man, so the sons of man could become sons of God." ~Some awesome preacher once

Galatians 4:4-7 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.  And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Romans 8:14-17  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

"His blood is enough to break every chain, oh, His blood is enough to break every chain.  His blood is enough to break every chain, His blood is enough to break every chain."

There is so much power through the cross of Christ.  Power to forgive, to redeem, to adopt, to heal.  So much power in Christ.  Without Him I am nothing.  I just need Him more and more every day.  I am so incredibly blessed to be called a child of God.  in Christ we are forgiven, redeemed, adopted, healed, and loved. He invites us to walk with Him, He invites us into His presence all because of the sacrifice of His Son.  The Holy and spotless Lamb.  

 "He didn't die just to save us from our sins, He died to restore us to who we were created to be because we were never created to be sinners."

"I'm always here for you!"

"I know you feel tired, but you're so close to amazing breakthrough! Don't give up My child, My love!"

I sing to my Daddy even when the song doesn't rhyme, doesn't have good diction or meter, doesn't sound amazing. Because there's nothing my Daddy would rather hear than the sound of me singing my joy, my pain, my love, my praise, my life to Him.

"You don't feel you can go on,
But all you have to do is say yes to Me,
And I'll carry you just as long
As you need Me to, I carried you this far
Don't give up, My child,
I'm watching you struggle, watching you fight
Helping you every hour, every scary night
When you needed Me, I carried you this far
Don't give up, My child, don't give up.
I'll never, ever, EVER, let you down!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=722zPX1npcA&feature=player_embedded

Adoption

Galatians 4

verse:
4 - But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 - to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
6 - And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"
7 - Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Simple Complex Love

Amazing, that the Almighty, Most High God looks at me and sees me as completely pure and spotless clean! I don't even get the half of it, but what I do get is too much to comprehend! He sees my sins, but chooses not to, Jesus died because I was unworthy, but He says I'm worthy of Him! He never runs anywhere but straight toward me, He never gives me anything less than all I can hold, and He always tells me the truth: I am completely pure, completely clean, completely holy, right now, right here, and forever!

When we understand this, how can our response be anything less than everything?
How can anything other than His love still be valuable to us?

God is sooo good!  In the midst of happy days and sad days,  I will praise you!!  In the midst of excitement and disappointment I will praise you!!!!  because you are so worthy!!!!! Jesus wont you hold my hand!!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmOhjQIG7_g     

You are all I need

How could I ever be self-focused when I'm staring into Your eyes?  How could I ever wonder if You're really there when you are carrying me?  How could I ever doubt Your love for me when I'm looking into Your heart?  How could I ever forget all of Your goodness and all the mercy You have shown when I'm listening to Your voice?  How could I ever want someone else when I'm wrapped in Your arms?  How could I ever lose my way and forget You when You're holding my hand?  How could I ever be bound by chains or prison bars when You're right by my side?  How could I ever be satisfied when You have so much more to show me?  How could I ever doubt who I am when You're saying my name?  How could I ever run after another when You are pursuing my heart?  How could I ever doubt that I'm forgiven when I see You on the cross?  So let me look into Your eyes.  Carry me.  Let me look into Your heart.  Let me listen to your voice.  Wrap me in Your arms.  Hold my hand.  Let me feel You right by my side.  Show me what You have for me.  Say my name.  Pursue my heart.  I choose You.  I choose to trust You with all that's inside of me.  Your love is better than life.  I'm Yours.  I'm Yours.

Wow God is AMAZING!!!!!  The Desperation conference in colorado springs was amazing in so many ways!!!!!  I have found myself more in love with Jesus than ever before.  Ephesians 4:21-24 "If indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as truth is in Jesus: That you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness."  that last part says put on the new man according to God so He created the new man In true righteousness and holiness so that we dont have to live in the ways of the old man but as he ordained we can put on the new man!!  so I challenge you to spend yourself on God, put off the old man because God planned it that way. So do you think it breaks His heart when we go back to who we were? 2 Corinthians 5:17  "Therefore if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation old things have passed away, behold all things have become new!!!!!!!"

AHHHHH!!!!!

This is the heart of our cry. YES PAPA!!!!  Make us ready!!!!

HE IS FAITHFUL

Last summer God showed me through worship and through His word that He is faithful. He showed me that no matter what, He is there. He showed me that He delights in me and that He chooses to love me. He taught me about His faithfulness through experience. He taught me that even when I run away, He is there. Even when I want nothing to do with Him, He wants everything to do with me. "I could run away, You would never leave. You will always stay right by my side" I will never be the same. "He has paid the highest price, He has proven His great love for us. We will praise Him with our lives. And proclaim our love for Him." There's nothing like worship. When you give all of yourself through worship, Jesus changes everything. At Jesus Culture last summer God taught me so much about worship and about His faithfulness. I will never be the same. He has captured my heart by showing me His love for me. There's nothing like experiencing the love of God. And the best part about it is that no matter how much you experience this crazy, awesome love you can never get enough of it. It satisfies the hunger for love, by making you more hungry for this love. He will never leave. He is faithful. He has paid the highest price. There's nothing and no one greater than this love. He is love. When you experience this nothing can hold you back from worshiping Him with all that's inside of you. There aren't words to express the way Jesus captivates my heart with this love. I can't even grasp it. That's how beautiful He is. He is worthy of my everything. Worship comes from the realization of an incredible and powerful God who loves us where we are at. He loves us in the middle of our weakness and in the middle of our pain. He chose to save us and to allow us to experience His love. He looked at our broken and messed up hearts and said, "That's the heart I want to save. That's the heart that I want to burn for me." He's the Holy one, but He still loves me. Worship is a response to His holiness. He never disappoints, He Never Runs away. He never turns His back. He will never be ashamed. That's the love that He gives. He's the best Daddy ever. His love never fails. I can't even begin to express the incredible hope that I've found. When I was lost and depressed, He came to me right where I was at and told me of His love. He came to me before I wanted to seek Him, He found me in the dark and saved my heart. He set me on fire. He took the mess I was in and turned it into beauty. His love is better than life itself. I can't wait to worship Him for all of eternity. He is so worthy. He brings freedom and life and joy. In Him I am made new. In Him I am free. I worship Him because He is worthy.

Forever Faithful

(This is a post I posted about six months ago on my friends blog, and I thought I would put it on here too.)

“1 Corinthians 1:9 - God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.”

“He’s faithful to the end. He’s faithful to my heart. He’s faithful to the end. He will come and marry me.”

He is faithful. He has called us into fellowship with His Son. 

The dictionary definition of faithful is “worthy of trust; doing one’s duty; keeping one’s promise; loyal; true”. He goes way beyond the dictionary definition of faithful. 

He is faithful to us when we turn away. He isn’t faithful out of obligation. He is faithful because He wants to be. He is faithful out of love. He is one-hundred percent above and beyond worthy of our trust, because He did what He had to do, He died for us, but He didn’t do it out of duty. He died simply because He is faithful, and He is love.. He always keeps His promises. 

He isn’t faithful just part of the time. 

He is always faithful. 

Faithfulness is part of who He is, and if He was were to be unfaithful to just one of His children He would be being unfaithful to Himself. 

He would be disowning Himself. 

He is faithful even when we turn away and forsake Him. 

He is faithful to us even when we want nothing to do with Him. 

Even though we are messed up and broken sinners He still keeps His promises. 

He doesn’t forsake us when we walk away from Him,

 He’s always right there with us through our doubts and our pain, because He is faithful, He is true. 

He goes beyond our definition of loyalty.

 The dictionary defines loyalty as, “True and faithful to love; true and faithful to one’s promise.” 

He is loyal to His love for us, there’s nothing we can do to make Him love us any less. 

He looks at our hurting and messed up hearts and is overcome with love. 

He’s faithful to our hearts, because He is faithful to His love.

 Even when we leave Him behind and chase after other things to satisfy us, when we chase after the things of this world looking for love, He is faithful, even then He is faithful. To do something out of love is doing something simply because of love, not to get anything in return. Having the desire for the other person’s happiness.


 The dictionary defines true as “real, genuine, faithful, loyal, exact, unchanging." 


His faithfulness is real, it’s genuine, it never changes. It is exactly what He says it is.

God’s faithfulness is always the same, it’s unconditional.

It doesn’t change base on the reaction He gets from us.

It doesn’t change based on the condition of our hearts.

It’s always there.

          He chooses to call us his beloved. The love God has for His bride cannot be untied, it is the only eternal love. His love is faithful to the end. It never gives up. It will never end, because it has no end. He is faithful today and He always will be faithful. His faithful is out of His eternal love. 

There is no love apart from God. 

He “has called us into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 1:9)” The fellowship he has called us into is ongoing, it’s eternal. It isn’t just a one-time hanging out with Him kinda thing. It’s a relationship with Him that never stops. It goes on and on. It’s meant for everyday. He’s always there with us, in fellowship with us, because we have the Holy Spirit inside of us. We are called to be set apart for Christ. He is forever faithful.

 Jesus holds us in an intimate fellowship with Him constantly. He cannot let us go. And even when we mess up and are unworthy of his love He’s not going to leave us behind for someone else. He’s going to pick us back up and carry us through. We don’t have to be worthy of his love, because He is worthy. He is forever faithful. Faithfulness and trust go hand in hand. Faithfulness is who God is and always will be and trust is us learning to place everything in His hands, in His love, and in his faithfulness.


Listen to “He’s Always Been Faithful” by Sarah Groves

REVIVAL!!!

Four members of my family caught 69 fish in one day!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sooo fun! this is a prophetic sign that revival is coming! Kyle and I would sit there and ask God "where do we cast our lines next" it felt like every other cast was a catch! All of the other people at the lake that we talked to hadn't caught a thing!!! We are called to be fishers of men we ask God "whats next?" and when we listen amazing things happen!! be prepared for the revival. IT IS COMING!!!!!!

LOVE IT!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTWXXItDjvE
  Wow!!  This song talks about how no matter what I will praise Jesus! in the good times and the bad He is the only one in my spotlight.

WORSHIP!

wow worship was so good im amazed yet again by The King, and My DADDY who is always faithful, always true, always loving, always good to me!  while I was singing this song it struck me, truly how awesome He is.... My God is an awesome God, HE  REIGNS with Wisdom Power and LOVE! that is the key piece He reigns with LOVE. We will never be separated from that love!  2 Samuel 22:2-3 The lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer. The God of my strength in whom I will trust!  I will never be afraid!

                  Thanks Daddy!!!!!!

My Savior

There's a Love that takes all my pain
And walks with me through the rain
There's a Hope that comes and holds my hand
And tells me it's okay to stand
There's a God who wipes away all my tears
And chases away my greatest fears
There's a Peace that overtakes my heart
And a Light that chases away the dark
There's a Joy that overcomes all strife
And is so much better than all this life
There's a Grace that covers all my sin
And changes me from within
There's a Rock in whom I put my trust
And a King who picked me up from the dust
There's a Daddy who calls me his own
And everything to Him I owe
There's a Strength that carries me day by day
And a Savior who goes with me all the way
He's the one far better than all the rest
His beautiful name is Jesus

~Ashley Kempers

Identity!

We are dead to sin.  (Colossians 3:3) and Christ is our life!  Now the God of peace Himself has sanctified us completely and our spirit, soul, and body. Will be preserved BLAMELESS until He returns. (1 Thessalonians 5:23) Romans 5:1-11 He died for us so now we are justified by His blood so shall we be saved! Another key piece of our identity is found in psalm 23 He is with us in every part of our life's Leading us in paths of righteousness. This is part of who we are because he is part of us! Romans 6:5-8 Christ is in us and we are now dead to sin and baptized into His death! We need to forget what is behind us and press foreword to what is beautiful! Sin is no longer a part of me! That is why I put it off!!!! We are no longer under the law but under grace. Sin is no longer my master! He loves me so I am changed!     

A journal entry!

In this life I will live.  In this life I will give, but only to one will I give, and only with one will I live.  So don't awaken me.  Don't awaken me because I only want to be ready.  Don't awaken me because I will be happy with who you are.  All that I need is all that you are.  So I'll trust you with my dreams because you're all I need.
~Tyler Kempers~God bless~

I Will Exalt

Your presence is all I need

It's all I want, all I seek

Without it, without it there's no meaning

Your presence is the air I breath

The song I sing, the love I need

Without it, without it I'm not living

I will exalt You, Lord, I will exalt You, Lord

There is no one like You God

I will exalt You, Lord, I will exalt You, Lord

No other name be lifted high

There will be no one like You

And no one beside You

You alone are worthy of all praise

There will be no one like You

And no one beside You

You alone are worthy of all praise

Jesus' Perfect Love

My love is stronger than any raging sea, and it rages for you.  I have a beautiful plan for you.  My love runs deeper than any pain or sorrow.  And it covers all.  My love is there to keep you standing, My love will never let you fall.  My love will captivate your heart.  Me love is always holding your hand.  It is your source of life.  My love is far better than anything you could ever dream.  My love goes further than the eye can see.  My love goes beyond time.  My love will always be enough for you, it will uphold you and strengthen you.  My love will cover you and guide you.  You will never have to go a moment without my love.  Nothing could ever separate you from this sweet love.  My love will fill you and will be your constant source of joy.  My love longs to hold you and will never let go of you.  My love is more beautiful than anything you could ever imagine.  It's better than any treasure, it's better than life itself.  My love will keep you going when you can't continue on.  My love will comfort you when the pain is more than you can stand.  My love casts out all fears and brings light in the darkest of nights.  My love rejoices in your beauty and showers you with peace.  It heals the deepest wounds, and catches every fallen tear.  My love speaks truth and dances over you.  My love chose you, My love wants you.  There's nothing on earth or in heaven that can contain my love.  My love leads you when you can't see and holds you when you can't breathe.  My love will fill your deepest needs.  My love sees you and knows the deepest things in your heart.  It stills your heart.  My love is sufficient.  My love will be with you always.  It protects you and constantly surrounds you.  My love will give you hope in desperation.  My love enables you to do the impossible.  It will never forget you.  My love finds you holy and pure.  My love is for you and never against you.  It is your portion.  My love is enough.

Completely Loved Eternally Perfected

I was sitting in worship spending time with my Daddy, He told me to ask Him the questions "How much do you love me? And what were you thinking when you created me?"  So I asked.  "How much do you love me?"  I saw a picture of Jesus sitting and I was laying on His chest, like the disciple John.  I asked Him, "What were you thinking when you created me."  He showed me a cross necklace with the word C-L-E-P.  He told me that each letter stood for a different word.  The words that He showed me were:  Completely Loved Eternally Perfected.

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