REAL...REAL DEEP...DIFFERENT

REAL...REAL DEEP...DIFFERENT

I FEEL LIKE THIS WEEK GOD AND I HAVE GONE DEEPER. I TRULY LOVE FEELING CLOSE TO THE LORD. IT'S STILL DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS BEFORE, I BELIEVE IT IS DIFFERENT IN A GOOD WAY. I DO NOT THINK I WILL GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE. I THINK I AM AT A NEW LEVEL WITH THE LORD. OLD WAYS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE. SMALL AMOUNTS OF TIME WITH THE LORD ARE NOT GOING TO SUFFICE ANY LONGER. THE TIME HAS COME TO BE DEEP WITH THE LORD AND TO STEP UP TO THIS NEW LEVEL HE IS CALLING ME TO.

I HAVE A CHOICE. I CAN CHOOSE TO STAY WHERE I WAS - WHICH IN ALL REALITY WAS NOT A BAD PLACE TO BE. OR, I CAN CHOOSE TO RISE TO THIS NEW LEVEL WITH THE LORD AND GAIN ALL HE HAS FOR ME THERE.

KNOW WHAT? NO WAY AM I GOING TO CHOOSE TO STAY WHERE I WAS. I HAVE NEVER BEEN ONE TO TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT WITH GOD. I CHOOSE TO RISE TO THIS NEW LEVEL WITH GOD. I CHOOSE DEEP TIMES WITH HIM, I CHOOSE TIME IN HIS WORD AND IN HIS PRESENCE, I CHOOSE TIMES TO WORSHIP HIM OUTSIDE OF WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY AT CHURCH, I CHOOSE TO DO THE WORK TO HAVE A DEEP RELATIONSHIP WITH MY LORD AND SAVIOR.

IT'S FUNNY SOMETIMES THE THINGS YOU EXPECT TO GET FROM THE LORD VERSUS THE THINGS YOU ACTUALLY DO GET FROM THE LORD. GOD KNOWS WHAT WE NEED AND WHERE WE ARE EVEN WHEN WE DONT KNOW WHERE WE ARE. THAT WAS MY QUESTION LAST WEEK...WHERE AM I...EVEN WHEN I COULD NOT FIND MYSELF, MY FATHER KNEW EXACTLY WHERE I WAS AND EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED. I WAS NEVER LOST TO HIM.

THINGS RARELY EVER TURN OUT LIKE I EXPECT THEM TO. I AM OKAY WITH THAT, IT IS DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY SINCE I AM A PLANNER, BUT I AM OKAY WITH IT. AND YES I DO TRY TO PLAN GOD AND HIS RESPONSES, LOL. SILLY SILLY ME.

THESE 4.5 DAYS HAVE NOT REVEALED THE THINGS I THOUGHT THEY WOULD. GOD HAS REVEALED TO ME THE THINGS I NEEDED NOT THE THINGS I EXPECTED. I KNOW THERE IS STILL MORE TO COME IN FOLLOWING 4.5 DAYS. I SIMPLY WANT TO HEAR THE THINGS GOD WANTS TO SHARE WITH ME AND DO THE THINGS HE WANTS ME TO DO.

KIDS CRUSADE UPDATE:
LAST NIGHT WENT REALLY GOOD. THE SERVICE FLOWED SO WELL EXCEPT FOR ONE PART, BUT GOD WAS IN CONTROL THE WHOLE TIME. ALTAR TIME WAS GREAT GOD MOVED AND SPOKE AND I KNOW LIVES WERE CHANGED AND TOUCHED!! WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THE KIDS AND WITH GOD LAST NIGHT!!!! I AM EXPECTING EVEN GREATER THINGS TONIGHT. HERE'S WHAT'S COOL. EVEN WE CAN NOT GET IN THE WAY OF GOD - THANK YOU LORD FOR THAT!!!

FATHER, I OPEN MYSELF UP TO YOU TODAY COMPLETELY. I AM YOURS. YOUR WILL BE DONE. I AM LISTENING INTENTLY TO YOU. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE THINGS YOU WANT TO REVEAL. I LOVE YOU WITH MY WHOLE HEART FATHER. YOU ARE WORTHY OF ALL PRAISE AND HONOR AND GLORY. LET ME SHINE YOUR LIGHT AND POUR OUT YOUR LOVE TODAY. IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME I PRAY. AMEN.