Minun Jumalani. Tärkein ja arvokkain. Syvä kaipaukseni sinun puoleesi erottaa minut. Ja sinun rakkautesi minua kohtaan merkitsee minut, voitelee minut ja pyhittää minut. Sinä käännät kasvosi minun puoleesi. Yhä syvemmin sinä tavoittelet minun rakkauttani –– ja minä vastaan sinulle iloiten: tulen luoksesi juosten. Tulen luoksesi laulaen ja riemuiten. Sinä olet Minun Jumalani. Kallein ja arvokkain. (Julkaisen uudelleen kolme vuotta kirjoittamani tekstin!!) Mikä saa ihmisen jättämään kaiken ja seuraamaan sinua? kysyn vavisten, sillä tiedän vastauksen. Murrun sen painon alla, sillä tiedän, että Sinua voi seurata vain kaiken antaen. Vain Sinä voit saada ihmisen myymään kaiken omaisuutensa, jotta hän voisi omistaa sen, mikä todella sydämen täyttää. Ymmärrän, että puhe Jeesuksesta on hullutus tälle maailmalle. Ja silti, maailmakin sen jo aavistaa, että vain Todellinen Rakkaus voi saada meidät nousemaan vuorille. Vain Todellinen Rakkaus saa ihmisen sukeltamaan syvyyksiin, kulkemaan läpi autiomaan, seilaamaan läpi valtamerten ja uskomaan siihen, että HÄN ON. Hän on vielä enemmän. Hän on kaiken uhrauksen arvoinen. Ystäväni, luulen, että joskus unohdamme opetuksessamme Jeesuksen opetuslapseudesta ja seuraamisesta rakkauden. Minut on kasvatettu tuntemaan lain paino: sinä kuuntelet ja sinä tottelet. Piste. Tiedän varsin hyvin sen olevan totta: sain kuolla ja maailman orjuudesta antautua Kristukselle ja tulla hänen orjakseen, palvelijakseen –– ja että jokaisen meistä täytyy kulkea Jumalan valtakuntaan kapeasta portista, jonka suulla riisutaan kaikki, sillä pelastus on yksin armosta uskon kautta. Ei ole toista tietä, ja se joka niin väittääkin on valehtelija, eikä tunnusta Jeesusta Herraksi. Kuitenkin, tahdon jakaa sinulle seuraavaa: suuren salaisuuden Jumalan rakkaudesta. Totuus ei lopu tähän, vaan se vain kasvaa ja syvenee. Taivaallinen Isämme tahtoo palauttaa tuhlaajapojan paikalleen, vaikka poika tiesi, ettei enää olisi ollut arvollinen kutsuttavaksi hänen pojakseen. Jumala on antanut meille ihmeellisen armonsa kautta lapsen aseman, eikä Jeesus häpeä kutsua meitä veljikseen (Hepr. 2:11)! Tervetuloa Jumalan valtakuntaan, jonka kulttuuri ja toimintaperjaatteet eivät löydä maallista vastinetta. Jeesuksen seuraaminen näyttää ulkopuolisen silmin täysin erilaiselta kuin valtakunnan sisältä tarkasteltuna. Teurasuhria ja ruokauhria sinä et halua – korvani sinä avasit – polttouhria ja syntiuhria sinä et vaadi. Sinun tahtosi, Jumala, minä teen mielelläni, ja sinun opetuksesi on sisimmässäni. (Psalmi 40:7,9)
Tiedän, että sinäkin tunnet uhrauksen painon. Se saa olon epävarmaksi ja epämukavaksi, kunnes astumme siihen sisälle ja päätämme seurata Kutsujaa. Raamattu sanoo, että Jeesus kärsi ristin edessään olevan ilon vuoksi. (Hepr 12:2) Jeesus kärsi ristin kuoleman — edessään olevan ilon tähden. Välillä rakkaus sattuu syvältä, eikä se ole helppoa, mutta se antaa meille suuremman ilon kuin kukaan voi saada "viinin tai viljan runsaudesta". Instant-gratification-kulttuurissa voi välillä olla vaikeaa käsittää, että meidät on kutsuttu keräämään aarteita taivaisiin. Tiedämme, että tämä tie vie yltäkylläiseen ja rikkaaseen elämään Kuninkaan lapsina. Voit varmaan jo nähdä, mistä puhun? Totuus on, että sydämeni rakastaa saada kulkea hänen tiensä. Se on täyttymyksen ja lupausten tie. Meidän Jumalamme itse antoi Jeesuksessa täydellisen esimerkin rakkaudesta, uhraamisesta, nöyryydestä ja kuuliaisuudesta. Vain hullu rakentaa elämänsä sille, mikä ruostuu (Luuk. 12:15). Koin kerran hiljaisen kysymyksen hengessäni: Heidi, tahdotko seurata minua tässä? ja tuossa hetkessä tiesin, mitä vastaus KYLLÄ tarkoittaisi. Kyyneleet valuivat poskilleni kun ymmärsin kysymyksen vaatimuksen, joka oli liian suuri minun yksin täyttää. Ihmettelin, miten Jumala, vaikka tiesi tämän varsin hyvin, silti tahtoi kysyä sitä minulta. Miten oli mahdollista, että hän tahtoi antaa minulle rakkauden ja voiman seurata häntä, jotta voisi palkita minut siitä, että kuljen hänen voimassaan? Vastaan yhä tänäkin päivänä: Jeesus, sinä tiedät, että rakastan sinua. Sinä tiedät, miten tuo rakkaus merkitsee minut ja mitä se vaatii ja saa minut tekemään. Annan kaikkeni, jotta voisin olla lähellä sinua. Jeesus, minä tahdon koko sydämestäni seurata sinua.
There are lovers and there are workers. Lovers get more work done than do workers. A passionate lover will always outperform a good servant in pleasing Him. / Mike Bickle Rukoilen, että tämä teksti saa sinut pohtimaan sydämessäsi, mitä Jeesuksen seuraaminen sinulle merkitsee. Kun laskit kustannukset, mitä koit sisälläsi ja mitä tapahtui elämässäsi? Onko elämä Jumalan lapsena sinulle raskasta työtä ja arvaamattoman Isän miellyttämistä? Tai oletko kokenut sen, että rakastat häntä niin paljon että on ihan sama, miltä se näyttää ja mitä se maksaa? En ole vielä perillä. ♥ Ystäväni, me ollaan tällä matkalla yhdessä ja Jeesus itse kävelee meidän vierellä! Hän on HYVÄ PAIMEN. What would a man give for love? the Spirit is asking.
If a man gave for love all the wealth of his house, he would utterly despise the recognition. If a man gave all that he had for love, he would count it all as nothing in the end. Because love loves to love And the reward of love.. it is love! I will tell you mystery, I'm speaking about Christ, Christ and His bride. For this reason he left His Father's house – How then should we respond? You set your love on me I can feel it, I can feel it: Be the fire in my heart, be the fire in my soul, Immortal. We want to love Him and give Him His inheritance. We want to give You Your heart's desire: To give You what You're looking for. To please You, we want to love God on God's terms.
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Feelings are the energy of motivation. They inspire us, compel us, push us, encourage us, they bring us down and they lift us up. Feelings are typically likened to "a weather" whereas a person's mood could be seen as "the climate" where emotions arise. This "climate" describes what kind of weather (read: emotions, reactions, responses) is typical for a person but, as we all know so well (this may surprise): one can sometimes experience a really hot day in Finland — even though it's not that common! (the science of motivation goes a lot deeper than I mentioned in this paragraph! just saying, it's complex and fascinating!) Why is it important to understand your own feelings? More than being our motivators (for the good and the bad) they help us make decisions and build intimacy. Emotions are from God. He created them. He made us into His own image so emotions didn't just "happen" but the ability to experience them was purposefully crafted into our hearts. We can see Jesus be a pretty emotional guy! I limit my observations to him, for when we see Jesus, we've seen our Father who really, really cares for us. Jesus CRIED when Lazarus died and was sad over the loss of his friend (women like men that show their feelings yes!), he rejoiced when he was happy (like: At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight. Luke 10:21.), he got angry when the pharisees were misrepresenting the Kingdom of God, he was loving towards children and women and he expressed compassion without shame. Jesus definitely was moved by what he saw. Emotions are spontaneous. We cannot strategically plan to have them but actors can fake them. Certain environments can stir them up but we can decide to numb them down. A loving act towards me arouses feelings of being noticed, cherished and valued. (Yes, feelings are a fundamental part of expressing and receiving love but there's more to love than the feeling that follows. Love is a very vulnerable, sacrificial decision to be made.) On the other hand, a violent act toward someone can bring that person such pain that they can shut down if they aren't able to process it. Feelings are a precious gift from God! Crying-sadness and laughter-joy are two of the most powerful whole body emotional responses we use daily to process and express what's going on inside us. Positive emotions do more than provide psychological comfort, however. According to University College of London’s Sophie K. Scott and colleagues (2014): I find it fascinating that some Finnish researchers found what happens in our body when we feel different emotions! (Science Daily) All the above is important and good to know about emotions — but the truth has a deeper, beautiful, relieving (!) dimension to it: we are led by the Spirit, not by emotions and feelings. The truth that God loves me doesn't change whether I feel it or not. Haha! That's GOOD news. The Holy Spirit moving is more than a hype. The Holy Spirit leading is not always fun either, sorry. :D Few months after I came to Redding I saw a dream where I had a battle inside of me. In the dream I consciously decided to set the Spirit of God in the throne of my life and to be led by the Spirit. In that encounter I submitted myself to Jesus' Lordship in my life: I surrendered my will to His and it required an intentional decision that didn't "just happen" (this goes to the category "experiences impossible to explain with words"). I'm yet to fully understand what that meant but after that day I've felt it easier to practice spiritual disciplines in my life. In the morning after I found myself just flowing in prayer and wondered how easy it was! What matters is Who leads me and Who gets to influence and fuel my heart where the emotions are born. Emotions can be trained for unrighteousness in which case they can start leading us away from Christ OR they can be cultivated in a redeemed heart for righteousness... when they eventually will serve our well-being and the Kingdom of God! Many people spend their lives being guided by their feelings. When their feelings change they are convinced their heart has changed. But feelings are rooted in emotion, not truth. A virtuous person lives out of their convictions and expects their feelings to follow. Feelings are great servants but terrible masters. If you stop following them, they will follow you. // Kris Vallotton I have an exercise for you to develop healthy self-awareness! This will help you to pay attention to RED FLAGS (such like loneliness, unworthiness, shame, rejection, powerlessness...) that can trigger behavior that you don't wish, such like finding yourself browsing porn sites in search of intimacy? Binge eating to fill up emptiness? Love the journey of getting to know your heart! You have been given a NEW one and it's time to discover what makes your heart flourish. Ah, I'm glad to share these things with you that I have been learning and have found really beneficial over the past year. Check yourself when waking up/leaving the house/coming back home/going to bed/whenever. 1. How am I feeling? 2. Why am I feeling like that? 3. What happened? 4. Ask the Holy Spirit what to do with the information you become aware of. Becoming conscious of your "normal" helps you to meet your needs in a healthy way! It helps you to not to punish yourself for being a human, to love yourself and to love Jesus and your neighbor with all your heart. xoxoxoxo My parents came for a visit! AH wow. Loved it. I enjoy that I finally get to be the one hosting and serving them. Sure I did fill the dishwasher when I still lived home but it's different this way. I get to make them feel welcome in my place and I get to invite them to my life. I've been struck with a feeling of deep, deep love toward my closest people. I want the best for them. And I want to be involved in getting them there. I want to invest in my relationships and serve my loved ones so that they would feel loved when they are with me. One of the most significant things I've learned is that love looks like remembering details. It looks like being mindful of what my friends like, what they don't, what they love to talk about, what makes them happy, what disturbs them... Knowing your buddy's love language is a KEY to a relationship where people's needs are going to be met. It would be tragic if I neglected my friend's love language of words of affirmation if mine was acts of service – and all I did was love them with doing stuff for them and never affirming their value with my words. I would be thinking that I spend all this time loving them—and they never notice my sacrifice and on the other hand: they would be thinking that I have totally forgotten them! Happens all the time. If you're interested in what love languages are, you can read more about them here. (Do the test!) I can briefly say that there are five love languages: words of affirmation, acts of service, physical touch, receiving gifts and quality time. Your language is the one that you give and receive love. My opinion is that the more healed you get, the more rounded you get, and the more ways you will be receiving and giving love. We need all of them. Languages can be mistreated and wounded (e.g. abuse vs. the language of touch) and it take times until the language can be fully expressed again. For instance, in CA I had this one neighbor who couldn't hug for a very long time because of the memories that begun to arise when she did. So, to honor her we kept our hugs short. I wouldn't make a strict law out of love languages because some people freak out when they "are everything" or can't understand the "purpose of naming them". Relax, it may take time to understand what yours is if you haven't payed attention to it before. (I just heard this from Abi Stumvoll; she pointed out that the father of the prodigal son threw his son a huge party when he returned, which definitely was his son's love language — c'mon somebody! Why not!) Knowing your top love languages will help you lots! They are a great tool to be used in building healthy relationships. It's beneficial to be aware that with some people you might have to make more effort to make them feel loved and to speak some of the languages that you are not that used to speaking. Love your neighbor as yourself. So, after wondering what to offer to a person with a sensitive stomach... This was my choice! A chocolate avocado-banana mousse with whipped coconut cream. It was really, really delicious! Thanks God for creating us mouths to taste all this goodness....
Scoop the mousse into pretty glasses and place the cream on top. Decorate with chocolate chips! Leave in the fridge until they will be served and enjoyed with good friends and chai tea, just because. ♥
I LOVE JESUS CHRIST more and more each day. His love is contagious, outrageous, relentless, unceasing, inspiring, motivating, soo wrecking yet gentle, kind, encouraging, exhorting... Amazing. What have I been learning here? TO TRUST GOD. I have encountered His love and gentleness. I have begun to see the supremacy of God and His greatness. Not that I didn't before but my perspective has been widening up and my heart has been stretched out and filled UP UP UP. This amazing God has taken up residence in me and He actually likes it. He is the most encouraging person I've ever known! What do we even study in a school called the School of Supernatural Ministry? "BSSM is committed to the truth that God loves people, gave Himself for them and has given His Church supernatural power to bring individuals and nations into wholeness. The mission of BSSM is to equip and deploy revivalists who passionately pursue world-wide transformation in their God-given spheres of influence. Students are trained to continue in the ministry style of Jesus: to enjoy the presence of God, say what He is saying, and do what He is doing." We have not yet seen a whole nation discipled but we're getting there! Our goal is to disciple the nations. Our days are built up of many kinds of lectures, classes and sessions. Kingdom Foundations is a course where we study the Bible! BOOM, Dann Farrely has such a good humor and with him we've by far explored the wonders of the gospels. In main sessions we get equipped and taught by our pastors Bill Johnson, Kris Vallotton, Mark Brookes and visitors. For instance, Canon Andrew White is coming to speak to us at the end of October! We are 1,200 first year students in our class and we have been divided into smaller groups (revival groups), which consist of around 60–70 revivalists. We have monthly one-o-one meetings with our interns, small groups and small group meetings with our own revival group pastors. It's amazing how well everything is organized! What is more, we can choose specific Advanced Ministry Classes, which vary a LOT from prophetic arts to intercession to missions training to faith and politics to healing courses! Then we also got to apply to a weekly City Service team. My AMT choice for the first term was coaching classes. Ah, they have been really useful and are already transforming my communication styles! I've learned to believe in people, listen to their hearts and to ask great, powerful questions (yeah, just like Jesus did). And we've got some amazing testimonies in the class already! PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEEPLY TOUCHED BY GOD through students applying the skills they learnt in the class! YES! My weekly City Service is Home Gatherings, which is a home church held in my own neighborhood starting from next week. We will be moving in the whole five-fold ministry to disciple our friends here, teaching them to know Christ and to live a life of a worshipper. Many residents in my own neighborhood have found Jesus through yielded students who have been radically loving them! AND I NOW GET TO STEP INTO THIS STORY! Please watch the testimony video at the end of this post because THAT is what I'll be doing this year. I also chose an extra AMT on Church Planting that will be held as a seminar at the beginning of November. I might also be taking a deeper course on inner healing, SOZO and counseling. SOUNDS INCREDIBLY AMAZING. Let's see what will happen. We also got to apply for a missions trip for the spring. These are the locations our revivalists are going to bless this year: I really appreciate your prayers for me and can't even describe how much they impact my life! THANK YOU! Keep me updated with what's happening in Finland and where ever you're from! MUCH LOVE xoxo Picture from Pintrest. I want to share you a Bible verse that has been bringing tears into my eyes lately: And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Genesis 3:8
My question is today: is it possible? Is it still possible to walk with God? Is it still possible to yield to His Spirit and follow Him? I believe it is and it changes everything. It changes the way I live my every day life! And I can't talk myself out of it — we are called to walk with God DAILY. We have been invited to fellowship with God and to know His heart! God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. I should probably copy paste here the whole Bible, but go study and find out yourself what FRIENDSHIP with God means! It will blow your mind! YES! I mean, the God of the Universe wants to call you His friend? Not just a slave or a servant... which itself would have been wonderful (like John Bevere often says)! If He had wanted to have robots, surely He would have created us that way. Instead, He gave us hearts to feel, think and freely choose whether or not to love Him. I’m no longer calling you servants because servants don’t understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I’ve named you friends because I’ve let you in on everything I’ve heard from the Father. John 15:15 Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. JESUS DID THAT FOR US. To sum up, I have an honor to share a beautiful dream my friend had recently. I pray it awakens IN YOU the desire to know God intimately! Be blessed! In the dream my friend was with a bunch of people who were talking about what they'd like to have written on their gravestone. They kept talking and talking and didn't let my friend have an opportunity to say what she had on her heart. But... when she finally got her chance, she said: <<My gravestone will say: "God is a friend.">> Pic 1 is my own. Pic 2. Pic 3. Did you like my title? I'm sorry if it's uncomfortable. :D The Bible encourages us to observe the nature and learn from it. We all know that even the flowers and birds can teach us about God's faithfulness! We do also learn a lot through observing the lives of the wise and... the unwise, just like Solomon did in the book of Proverbs. This awesome man of God, Mika Yrjölä (miehen koskettava elämäntarina Youtubesta), shared the lessons he'd learned in spending time with drunk people in one of his latest sermons. Mika brought up 12 good points in his message and my post today is a summary of them. (The original video was hilarious and still available here in Finnish) I do not support drunkenness and I encourage every Christian to pursue holiness in their personal life relating to alcohol. Ask God what it means to you! Alcoholism is a painful, tormenting obsession and it can destroy one's life. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. —— And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” But others mocking said, “They are filled with new wine.”Acts 2 Isn't it supposed to mean something that people mistook the Holy Spirit for new wine? "OH, THE GOOD OLD DAYS! THE GOOD OLD WINE!" I bet you too have heard people longing for "those days" when the Spirit was poured out and it was all well. Are some Christians suffering from hangover? And more importantly, why? And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’ Luke 5:37—39. Did we forget what it feels like to taste fresh anointing? How fulfilling it is! How GOOD it is! What alcoholics say about the hangover is that the best way to avoid it is to stay drunk. Will Jesus find us burning, not lukewarm, when He comes back? We must find out how to sustain the fire. It was the priests in the Old Testament who kept the fire burning on the altar. What is our responsibility? Remember, the fire must be kept burning on the altar at all times. It must never go out. Leviticus 6:6 Here are Mika's 12 points: 1) Drunkenness will change your speech Even the Finnish people (who are well-known from their quietness) will suddenly find it incredibly easy to share their deepest feelings when they get drunk. Drunk people don't have any shame on any subject and they love to talk a LOT. Remember also the "new tounges". ➝ The Spirit of God invates us into vulnerability! He also breaks the fear of men when He comes. 2) Ugly becomes beautiful Drunk people complement one another and they really mean what they say! "You'rrrre beautifulll..." When will our vision change and when will we start to see the Kingdom of God, the church and our lives as beautiful? 3) They are willing to give away anything at any time Drunk people don't count their odds. If their friend needs a coat and they have what to give, they will help. 4) They don't want to drink alone Drunk people want everyone to join them. They will try to make you "taste even one" and refuse to understand why you would restrain yourself from drinking. ➝ When we taste the GOODNESS of our God, we will start to feel the necessity to share what we've experienced. 5) There's always a reason to have one The reason for drinking can be anything: a deep mourning, loss or celebration. There's always a good reason to drink. If not, they'll make up one. 6) They always know where to go to get it And where not. Alcoholics know by heart the opening times of Alko (liquid store) and they know where to get alcohol after the stores close. — Enough said. We should go for it all in, not counting the cost. 7) They aren't proud And that's why it's impossible to offend them. 8) They never have problems Except the one (=drinking, auch!). All the worries disappear when people fill their minds with that miracle substance. ➝ Jesus taught us not to worry. We will get things into the right perspective when the Spirit of God gets to fill us and begin to reveal the true nature of our amazing God. 9) They love e v e r y o n e And they loooove the world! THEY LOVE THE WORLD! C'mon, so did God when He gave us His one and only Son. 10) They love to fight We also need fearless Christians! 11) They believe in impossibilities E v e r y t h i n g is possible for them! And so much so that it seems crazy. — Which is something we should learn too: all things are possible for God and nothing is too hard for Him. 12) They are willing to do anything to get more Are we satisfied? Are we willing to seek Him? How to be content and still always hunger for more? There is a great mystery right there. God wants us full and overflowing! I have experienced the Spirit of God come powerfully upon me a few times during my life and those encounters marked me forever. But... we can't survive with the yesterday's presence. We need His breath every day. Jesus longs to build a relationship with us and it is He's desire to give us power to do all that He asks us to do (heal the sick, cast our devils and raise the dead, anyone?). God wants to fill us up and we NEED HIM. So, let's wait upon Him with eager expectation of the fulfillment of Jesus' promise in our hearts, just like the apostles did in Acts — even though it contains a risk (I won't go there but you can perhaps easily think of all kinds of risks). I'll leave you with this question and bless you with massive God-encounters! Pic 1. Pic 2. Pic 3. "Now faith is the evidence of things not seen. It is being sure of what we cannot see. God was pleased with the men who had faith who lived long ago." I'm so glad to announce that I'm going to attend Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry next fall! California, here I come! BSSM is a big school of 2,000 students from 64 different countries. Their mission is to equip and deploy revivalists who passionately pursue world-wide transformation in their God-given spheres of influence. Students are trained to continue in the ministry style of Jesus: to enjoy the presence of God, say what He is saying, and do what He is doing. There is a strong emphasis on healing, developing a prophetic culture, and demonstrating the gospel with power. This was one of the reasons I decided to launch a new blog: so that I might be able so share my journey with you! Your support and encouragement means A LOT to me and I'm blessed to have you in my life! (I wouldn't be going without you, that's for sure.) ♡ I'm really excited about this blog too, because I honesty think that this will also encourage you a lot! God has really led me to make this decision and I'm going to share some of my testimonies here in this blog in the future. I write about things that have transformed me, touched me and what I've personally experienced, but one of the best things about having a blog is that God often times tests my heart about the things I've boldly declared here––leading me to live out my faith over and over again. This post, for instance, Tuhlaan kaikkeni sinuun (I waste it all on you) increased God's radical moves and power in my life (I'm going to repost that in English in the future). Had I been told about the sacrifices God was going to ask me to make, I wouldn't necessarily have believed them then. But now, (once again) in the middle of laying down my life and dreams for Jesus, I have NEVER felt so blessed, favored and safe! Sacrifice feels really good. Painful, yes, but really good. All I want is to give something valuable to my King, who I'm madly in love with! When people look at sacrifice on the outside, they many times miss to perceive the love and affection that causes givers to give. In the end, the price of following Jesus is ridiculous compared to what we will receive! Ah, what else could we give to God when we see Him? HE IS SO WORTHY! My desire is to give Him more than He ever even asks me to give! I am not my own anymore and He owns all of me, but I have still found out that there's a difference between the sacrifice that He compels us to give and the sacrifice of thanksgiving that we willingly make out of love, affection and gratefulness toward Him. (Check out David in the OT for instance!) I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN ME ON THIS ADVENTURE! I welcome you to like Gold Poured Out on Facebook to stay tuned! You can give without loving, but you can't love without giving. On suuri ilo kertoa teille, että lähden syksyllä Kaliforniaan Bethel-kouluun! Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry -kouluun saapuu vuosittain 2 000 opiskelijaa jopa 64 eri maasta. BSSM:n näky on kouluttaa, valmentaa ja lähettää herätyksen kantajia kaikkialle maailmaan: ihmisiä, jotka haluavat nähdä Jumalan valtakunnan tulevan todeksi kaikilla elämän osa-alueilla. Opiskelijoita valmennetaan elämään kuten Jeesus eli: nauttimaan Jumalan läsnäolosta ja tekemään niitä tekoja, joita Isä tekee. Opetuksessa painottuu Valtakunta tässä ja nyt: parantuminen, profetaalinen kulttuuri ja evankeliumin voima. Tämä oli yksi syy sille, että aloitin uuden blogin: että voisin jakaa matkaani myös teidän kanssanne! Kiitos tuestanne ystävät, en lähtisi ilman teitä! ♡ Olen todella innoissani myös tästä blogista, sillä uskon, että kirjoitukseni tulevat rohkaisemaan sinua paljon! Jumala on todella kutsunut minua lähtemään ja jaan aiheesta hieman enemmän joskus myöhemmin. Kirjoitan blogissani kokemuksista, jotka ovat muuttaneet, koskettaneet ja lävistäneet oman sydämeni. Yksi parhaista jutuista blogin pitämisessä on se, että Jumala testaa minua aina uudelleen asioista, joista kirjoitan ja laittaa minut todella elämään ne todeksi. Esimerkiksi postaus Tuhlaan kaikkeni sinuun, huh, todella lisäsi Jumalan voimaa elämässäni. Jos joku olisi aikaisemmin kertonut minulle uhrauksista, joita Jumala pyytäisi minua tekemään, en olisi välttämättä heti uskonut heitä. Mutta nyt, keskellä oman elämäni syvintä palvontaa ja antautumista, en ole koskaan kokenut oloani siunatummaksi. En tiennyt sen olevan tälläistä. Kukaan ei kertonut, että antaminen ja luopuminen on ihanaa! Kivuliasta, kyllä, mutta ihanaa. Jos katselemme toistemme uhrauksia huokaillen tai arvostellen niitä mielessämme, meiltä jää huomaamatta se siunaus, rakkaus ja ilo, mikä saa uhrin antajan antamaan. Minusta parasta maailmassa on antaa Jumalalle jotain sellaista, mitä itse pidän arvokkaana. Jeesuksen seuraamisesta maksettava hinta on lopulta naurettava verrattuna siihen, mitä saamme! Kun näemme Jumalan, emme edes halua muuta kuin antaa hänelle ihan kaiken! HÄN ON NIIN ARVOLLINEN! Suurin haluni on antaa hänelle enemmän kuin hän edes koskaan pyytää minulta. En enää omista itseäni ja hän omistaa kaiken, mitä olen, mutta uskon silti, että on olemassa ero uhrilla, jotka annamme sen tähden, että Jeesuksen rakkaus velvoittaa ja pakottaa meitä tekemään niin, ja kiitosuhrilla, joita annamme suuresta rakkaudesta, ilosta ja ihastuksestamme häneen. (Tsekkaa esim. Daavid!) Minusta olisi ihanaa, jos jäisit seuraamaan blogiani ja matkaani myös Betheliin! Voit tykätä Gold Poured Out:sta Facebookissa, niin näet päivitykset sieltäkin suoraan! AWESUM!! Encountering us Christians should be encountering JESUS!
Will you become a revivalist in your own community?
The picture was taken from "BSSM memes" Facebook page.
Just recently I saw a dream where there was a man trying to give someone the Gospel. I listened to what he was saying: "I can't promise that your life will change if you accept Jesus." Now that made me really upset, so I interrupted him and declared: "No! Your life WILL CHANGE. Jesus wants to possess your life!" And I'm serious as I'm sharing this with you. The message of the Gospel is POWERFUL! The same resurrection power that raised Jesus from the death will come to live inside of you as you decide to give your life to Him! That's crazy! And it's awesome! Did you know that there is power in the name of Jesus to break EVERY chain in your life? I mean it. Every chain! There's no sin, addiction or problem that can stand before Jesus, our glorious King and Savior. Do you want to give it all up to Him? HE can do it. When I was a teenager no one really told me about this power available and I found myself struggling with some issues constantly. (At least I didn't let the Word pierce my heart and thought it was not meant for me?) And over and over again I felt shame and disgust because I just couldn't make it on my own! At times I felt unworthy, powerless and weak – not realizing that He had given ME authority over all the power of the enemy. (Luke 10:19) I can picture Him in my mind eagerly waiting for us to use what we've been entrusted with. He's given us the sword of Truth to reveal and cut off every lie in our lives. Let us cleanse our armor from dust. Wow. I remember that one day, in the morning, I was reading the Bible and it talked about the power of grace. That Jesus broke the curse of sin for me. Ah, and right there, something rose within me and I made war! I ate the WORD and it became flesh in my life. It was glorious!!! I became FREE right there, alone in my room by the true power of the Cross. This is the message we should be giving out. Not excusing sin in our lives! Jesus is alive and so should we. I can't apologize for genuinely believing the whole gospel and it's power. I understand that some things may be deeply rooted in our thinking and lives, which is the reason we shouldn't just cut off the bad fruit but dig deeper into the root system, which requires humbling ourselves and letting go of our pride and self-sufficiency. GOD will do it if we ask Him to! Come out of your cage. There's so much more for you to see and live in – a life of abundance in Christ Jesus. ♥ Listen to this song and experience the POWER OF GRACE. He who the Son sets free is free indeed. John 8:36 Jos siis Poika vapauttaa teidät, te olette todella vapaita. Johannes 8:36 Näin hiljattain unta, jossa eräs mies koetti kertoa ilosanomaa jollekulle. Kuuntelin, mitä hän sanoi: "En voi luvata, että elämäsi muuttuu kun otat Jeesuksen vastaan." Ah, silloin turhauduin ja korjasin: "Ei! Elämäsi TULEE MUUTTUMAAN TÄYSIN! Jeesus haluaa omistaa sinut kokonaan!" Olen vakavissani kun jaan tämän sinulle. Evankeliumin sanoma on VOIMAKAS! Sama voima, joka herätti Jeesuksen kuolleista, tulee asumaan Sinun sisällesi kun päätät antaa elämäsi hänelle. Se on ihan hullua! Ja upeaa! Tiesitkö, että Jeesuksen nimessä on voima katkaista jokainen kahle ja side elämässäsi? Tarkoitan sitä. Jokainen kahle! Mikään synti, riippuvuus tai ongelma ei yksinkertaisesti vain kestä Jeesuksen, meidän Pelastajamme ja Kuninkaamme, edessä. Haluatko antaa itsesi hänelle? Kun olin nuorempi, en ymmärtänyt tätä voimaa ja ihmettelin, miksi jatkuvasti pyörin samojen juttujen keskellä (ainakaan en antanut sanan lävistää sydäntäni). Ja niin yhä uudestaan ja uudestaan tunsin itseni syylliseksi ja likaiseksi, sillä en vain kyennyt elämään niin kuin olisin halunnut! Ajoittain koin itseni arvottomaksi, voimattomaksi ja heikoksi – sillä en nähnyt, että Jeesus oli antanut MINULLE auktoriteetin paholaisen voiman yli. (Luuk. 10:19) Voin kuvitella Jumalan vain niiiiiin odottavan meidän todella ottavan käyttöön kaiken sen, mitä hän on meille antanut. Hän antoi meille totuuden miekan, jolla voimme lävistää ja leikata kaikki valheet elämistämme. Olemme vapaita hänessä! On aika puhdistaa taisteluvarustuksemme pölystä. Vau. Muistan, kun eräänä aamuna luin Raamatusta armon voimasta. Siitä, että Jeesus rikkoi synnin kahleen elämästäni, ja että olin vapaa hänessä. Jotain nousi sisälläni silloin ja nousin vastustamaan vihollista! Minä söin SANAN ja se tuli lihaksi minussa. Se oli mieletöntä! Ja minusta tuli VAPAA juuri sinä hetkessä, yksin huoneessani, Jeesuksen ristin voiman kautta. Tämä on se uutinen, mitä meidän tulisi jakaa. Ei selitellä syntiä elämässämme, sillä Jeesus elää ja niin tulisi meidänkin. En voi pyytää anteeksi sitä, että uskon evankeliumin voimaan. Se toimii, sillä Jumala rakastaa meitä! Tiedostan, että jotkin jutut ovat juurtuneet syvälle elämissämme ja ajattelutavoissamme, mutta se onkin aivan erityinen syy sille, miksi emme voi vain leikata huonoja hedelmiä pois, vaan mennä syvemmälle ongelmien juuristoon. Se vaatii nöyrtymistä ja itseriittoisuudesta luopumista. JUMALA on voimallinen auttamaan meitä, kun vain pyydämme häntä! "See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!" God's love is so extravagant and outrageous. Come on! Just think about Jesus... He displayed the radical love of the Father perfectly. And God is still today calling his children to come back home. "That is the freakiest thing... this is nuts, dude!" "And blessed is the one who is not offended by me." said Jesus in Matthew 11:6. Try it out! Fill in the gap: "Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the ––––– of God leads you to repentance?" Romans 2:4 "Dude, this is not just preaching the gospel, this is doing the gospel! Can I shake your hand?" |
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