Sunday, November 21, 2010

Lincoln feels the Lord’s presence

Since landing here in Pennsylvania, I have recently joined the worship team at Soul Fire youth group. Every Wednesday night in between practice and service, KelLee and I have been praying in one of the side rooms for the Lord to break in on the leadership with the urgency of the hour and revelations of intimacy for the students. This past Wednesday night, Kels and I were going about our usual routine of praying before service and these 12 year olds randomly wander in. They grabbed two chairs and joined us in our petitions to the Lord. As KelLee began to pray, I felt the Lord’s presence rest on my frame and my spirit began to groan in travail. After her prayer was finished one of the girls (Emily) looks to me and says,” Are you alright?! Were you dancing?!”
Here’s a very important piece of information. This entire church has never seen anything like that before. There’s no new wine or healing and deliverance going on here. This church is stuck in their hymn books and enjoys it intensely. They are okay with the daily grind and never needing to experience the presence of the Lord. So I have to look like some kind of weirdo saying that the Lord sent me here and rocking back and forward during prayer.
I began to explain to them the presence of the Lord and why I move around during prayer. At one point during my description, Holy Spirit began touching me and I manifested in the spirit. That didn’t help anything at all!! So Kels and I are trying to put this into simplistic terms and finally I looked at Lincoln (the second girl) and said, “Do you want to feel what I feel?” She nodded and closed her eyes as I began to pray for her. I never placed my hands on her and I left enough room between my hands and her head that everyone in the room could see that. As I prayed for her, she grasped and jerked backwards.
When I asked her what she felt, she said, “I felt these hands pushing me backwards!!”
Kels and I looked at each other in amazement! The Lord had revealed Himself to her in a small way but powerful way. We believe that this is only the beginning of what He wanted to do with this youth group and this generation! Bless the Lord.  

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Psalm 45 Chronicles



Swaying to the Movement of His Fragrance 






John 3:8 "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 

I never expected to move to Pennsylvania. I don't recall knowing where Pennsylvania was on a US map. I prayed earnestly about going on this trip before jumping in the van that I'd spent so much time praying/crying/sweating and travailing in last year. I hadn't seen the Jesus van since Amanda Bell had left for California almost an exact year ago in it. And here Amanda was again in Kansas City with the Jesus van and  her new fiancĂ©, Dustin Bell talking to me about making it on time to their own wedding. As of that point was I homeless. It seemed to be the best option at the time. My only option really. Nothing was clear to me. I felt as if  I were being pushed out of Missouri. Away from the foundation that I'd spent so much time building. Away from my family and friends. I had no clue where I'd land. Remember, at the point, I was homeless. The money for rent in October hadn't come in. I knew it wasn't going to. The Lord had been preparing me heart to not be offended Him by pressing me on all sides.


The transition to where I am now was quite peaceful really. As I stated earlier on, I never expected to move to Pennsylvania. I jumped in the van on my way to a wedding in North Carolina.We were running out of time. We needed to be there by the 4th and it was now the 2nd. We picked up Steve May and off we went. Visiting KelLee Warren in Pennsylvania was a very last minute decision. Yeah, she meant a lot me and I hadn't seen her since July. Why not??

I spent two weeks with her in Pennsylvania and then it became evident what the Lord wanted from me. Before I left in the van, I'd bought a ticket back to my life. Back to normality. Business as usual for me. The busyness of a packed schedule and no sleep. The stress of not having time at all. The weightiness of living and not being able to provide for myself. What the Lord wanted me to do was help a small youth group 2,000 miles from all that was me. IN THE BOONIES!!  WHAT JESUS?! WHY LEWISBERRY, PA?! THEY HAVE HORSES AS PETS HERE!! AND THEY RIDE THEM AS A MEANS OF FORE FILLING A NEED FOR ENTRAINMENT!!

So here I am. PENNSYLVANIA!! Loving my life. Riding horses as a means of fore filling desire of entertainment!! Pouring into this youth group as a leader and being closer to KelLee has brought more joy than I can imagine. I am swaying to the movement of His fragrance. Allowing my life to be poured out as a drink offering at His feet. I've done more traveling in a month than I've done in my entire life but everywhere His fragrance leads, I am compelled to follow. To me its not a command. Its a means of living.


Matt 4:4-"But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’"