Kevin’s come down with a cold, and last night neither of us got much sleep. I got out of bed around 1:30 and went into the spare room where I talked to God and fell asleep and proceeded to go in and out of sleep for the next three hours before I went back to bed. Didn’t really sleep after that either. But there’s something about going on site that just energizes me :) Today’s focus was the cross. Ben had us start off with a half hour of complete silence, just contemplating what Jesus did for us. After that the lights came up and we saw there were stations around the room. One of them was a cross lying on the floor with Galatians 2:20 and another verse printed off above it. One by one the students came and laid down on it each, I’m sure, offering up their thanks for His sacrifice. There was another station with a box in which we threw crumpled notes. On those notes students had written the things the enemy keeps telling us that don’t agree with what God says. There’s also a prophetic art station and a computer set up for people to write down prophetic words. At the end of the day we had communion together and then some of the students who stayed overnight at the ARC shared some testimonies. I wanted to stay there tonight but Kevin said no. ~sigh~
I had a session with Richard this week and he told me I need to push against fear in my life. I did that last week when I decided to go to the nursing home and pray despite the nasty GI bug that was spreading quickly among the residents. The real challenge for me, though, is prophetic words. So he encouraged me, reminding me that Global is a safe place to practice, and I realized he was right. It’s a gift you choose to grow in…or not. So today I chose to grow and gave three. The first was to an online friend who is there this week as well. When I asked God to give me a picture for her I saw a dolphin swimming in the water. I like dolphins (who doesn’t?!) and shared some of what I know about them and how I felt it applied to her (for instance, they are very intelligent and use echolocation like bats do). I got to thinking later about echolocation as their form of “hearing” but it’s also a “seeing” thing. They have physical eyes but they also have the ability to “see” things through their radar. She’s a seer, so that makes sense :) There were other things too but I forget them. The cool thing is she said it’s not the first time she’s gotten words that have to do with the ocean/sea. Kind of a confirmation for me that I was on the right track. The second lady I actually had thought about the night before when I was reading about Anna, the widow whose husband died young and she spent the rest of her days in prayer at fasting at the temple. This woman had tragedy in her life just like Anna did, and though she doesn’t have an external temple to go to she has a temple of God inside of her and she has learned to live from there. It seems that everything she does flows out of her love for Him. I believe she, like Anna, is going to see Jesus face to face. The third was to Jason, the guy who gave me a word last Friday. I was thinking of him (again, the night before) and got this brief flash of a big crane with a wrecking ball. I shared that with him today, how I saw him at the controls just having the time of his life while he swung this thing around and crashed into walls that were strongholds. They weren’t his strongholds, though, they were other people’s, and the wrecking ball was the prophetic words that he shares with others. He is helping tear down strongholds in their lives with his words. All three of them thanked me, and Jason said that he’s gotten words about hammers, drills, sledgehammers, etc., but this was a first. It fits, though, because he said the best part of construction is demolition, and he loves demolition :) I’m looking forward to tomorrow. Perhaps I’ll get to practice a little more. Hard to say though, because I don’t know what’s planned. I do want to keep on working at it though.
Tonight I went to Perry Village for an hour. I visited two ladies. The first has macular degeneration and can only see light and dark. She recently fell because of that and broke her hip. I asked if I could pray for her and that opened up a lively conversation about healing. I shared some stories from Brazil with her. Although nothing appeared to have happened after I prayed, she said not to give up and I told her I’d pray for her again when I came in. She said every prayer counts :) The other lady had had a couple of strokes and had some problems with her memory but otherwise was pretty good (a little hard of hearing perhaps). She had some back pain though and I prayed for her before I left. Both said to come back for a visit sometime. I hope to go there once a week for now, perhaps more in the future.
Btw no headache today, which is wonderful. I’m also not as cold. Come to think of it that could have been one of the reasons for that as headaches tend to mess with my “thermostat.” One more day of fasting and then I can eat again on Saturday. But I’ve been reading a book by Mahesh Chavda called “The Hidden Power of Prayer and Fasting” and have pretty much decided I need to fast one day a week. The Lord may call me to longer fasts occasionally but that’s the plan for now. Guess I ought to get to bed soon. Hope we sleep better tonight!
