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!!!!!