WEEK FIVE. 2/8 - 2/14 freedom & love

Week five, I took a dive. (:

Brian Brent was our speaker this week and he was SO good.  We got a freedom manual, which Brian co-wrote, and through it we broke away from different areas in our life which held us back from full freedom. 

pineapple fried rice in a pineapple <3

When strongholds, areas in life where sin concentrates, develop, we need to break those strongholds.  They prevent us from being free with our Father.  We can break free from this sin by repenting, receiving, rebuking, and replacing.  Basically, recognize the sin, turn away from it, receive God's love and forgiveness, return to the place of authority by continuously separating yourself from that sin, and then replace all those lies in your life with the truth about who you are!  You are dearly loved. (:

I draw faces on napkins.

So in short, that's what I learned this week haha.

On Monday, my outreach team did original design for each other.  Original design is super cool because it shows what God was thinking as he created YOU and what His purpose and plan for your life is.  Basically, as a team we asked God what he put into another's life, and then we tell that person what we heard. 

When my team prayed over me they got that I was a fighter, always wanting more of God.  That I was a lighthouse, people we're attracted to my light and that it guided others in the right direction.  And that I noticed all people, even the ones who are usually overlooked.  Original design is so fun and encouraging, and it's just great to see how much love and thought God put into you as he created you!

Autumn, Sunset, and I

Ministry Night was cool because I feel like I've been holding back a bit from letting myself encounter the fullness of God, just since I don't really know what I'm getting myself into.  But then I had this revelation that he is PURELY LOVE.  I'm not afraid of love at all, and so I just let his love overwhelm me and I felt so much joy!  It was awesome (:

Throughout this week His love has become like a theme for me.  Lisa suggested that I read 1 John and now I can't stop reading it haha, I read it every day.  One of my favorite verses in it is 4:12 which says "No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us."  That verse has made God so much more real to me, to know that He is love and that I can see him through love every day!

Friday night we started our 24 HOUR burn, which means 24 hours of worship in the prayer room.  It started at 8 pm Friday and until 8 pm Saturday, someone was in the prayer room, playing music, worshiping the Lord.

I joined the security team with Kyle ;)

I had my own set with, Tim, Aria and Celine.  It was really cool because originally, Aria and Celine were just going to play while I sang along, but Tim just so happened to have the same set time as us.  So we got put together randomly, and it ended up being such a great time of worship.  Now we meet regularly, once a week.  Tim's a really good guitar player so he's helping Aria become a stronger leader.  Celine and I have fun singing spontaneously, whatever's on our hearts.  Worshiping with these guys has been such a blessing!

not really, but we'd make a
great team haha (:

In a Burn you dedicate a lot of time to the Lord, and you can't expect anything back.  Yet, of course, if you ask to encounter Him, he's going to reveal things to you, so I got a lot out of it(:

During the last two house of the Burn, we had corporate worship.  A world map was placed out on the prayer room floor.  I looked down at the map and I just saw of all of the love God has for these nations!  And then I saw everyone in the prayer room joined together, God smiling down at us, we were joined by His love.  I made that my prayer, that by the end of the night we would be joined together by His love. 

my dreads turned 6 MONTHS old on the tenth!

Then we prayed over our outreach teams and stood where our country, the Marshall Islands, was on the map.  It was a lot of fun.  First, we prayed for unity and then we were told to pray for LOVE! 

I was so excited because at the start of the week I had the revelation that God is love, and I had been reading 1 John all week, and then we close out praying for God's love to pour out, on us and on all of the nations.

With His love came so much joy.  As Matt was leading worship, he told us all to join arms... and so everyone was joined together through God's love, like the picture I had seen earlier!  Our Father loves so much.  I pray everyone experiences His love , even just the smallest bit.

If it's in your heart to partner with me or to continue to support me please do!  I only have 6 more weeks until I go on outreach to the MARSHALL ISLANDS!  You can donate through my paypal OR If you'd like to DIRECTLY donate to my account (not through paypal or checks) you can through this link HERE.

"We love because he first loved us." 1 John 4:19

Lecture Funds: 4235.00 /4235.00 !!!
MARSHALL ISLANDS Funds: 2031 / 4000-6000
Total Funded: $6,266.00 


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