Come look with new eyes... Come listen with new ears...

I awoke Christmas Eve to a chorus being sung into my heart... one which gave me hope and filled me with joy~ Holy Spirit speaks to me how He best knows I receive from Him straight to my heart. Funny thing is that I thought the chorus was from a Christmas Carol... but I'm not sure it is...

"Hark the heaven's angels sing,
a new King born today,
and now I live forevermore because of Christmas day..."

Is that from a Christmas carol?

(I actually have never really liked Christmas day... it carried so many other pressures and no real enjoyment but this year Abba wanted me to look with new eyes.. therefore meant doing things a little different yet finding so much more... this song was one coat of the revelation God gave me this Christmas... He is truly faithful to us!)

My spirit began to contemplate and these words flowed forth...

'Can you hear the song from heaven, singing all glory all honor all power be unto the Lamb...
I can hear the sound throughout every nation..
Glory Honor Power be unto His name.'

Contemplating this, how beautiful, the nations joining with the angels and heavenly hosts singing a song of praise and honor to our King who once came as a baby to speak of His love and the love of the Father to us... dying upon a cross... defeating the works of sin and death... conquering the grave... rising again... revealing His glorified body risen walking the earth to speak of His victory to His beloved ones... then ascending to heaven where He is now seated beside Abba... sending the Holy SPirit so that we have a divine Helper Counsellor Strength who is God Himself... then once more our King is returning for the most extravagant finale ever to be seen before... this is a song that is filled with all of these truths and promises and that is why to me it is such a beautiful hope producing song that we join together with heaven to sing a song of love to our King calling Him to come... come and do what He longs to do... make all the wrong things right and establish His Kingdom here on earth... and walk amongst us again.


This Christmas day was very humble... yet like I said God was teaching me so much... and in the undistinguished appearance of it all I found it to be quiet beautiful... possibly even the best one yet.

Having breakfast with the friends I live with, opening our one flat gift together and moving on to read the Christmas story in both english and german. We read from Isaiah 9 and Luke 2:1-40. We shared what spoke to us the most in hearing this precious news... it was funny as some parts for me was if I had never read them before and was new for my ears to hear... perhaps this is true... that God wanted me to hear it anew... new eyes and new ears to hear of His Christmas. I shared about how the Shepherds... how our God could have chosen anyone to come and proclaim this good news to, but He chose those who were nameless faceless humble people... the Angel of the Lord appeared to them the glory of the Lord shone around them... speaking of the Messiah and where they could find Him... and if that isn't beautiful enough a great company of heavenly host appeared with the angel and had a time of worship and praise with them unto the King... that which is about to be seen in magnitude was seen in a small portion this night... I love our God I love His enduring steadfastness seen throughout the ages. Beautiful.

As different ones filtered into rooms for rest or stretched out upon the couch... I sat, the cool breeze surrounded me pushing back the warmth of the day, and listened to what had been poured into my heart filling the pages of this journal I had begun a year ago.

Here I ponder...

The culmination of the Ages...
The unifying of all of life's stories...
The sound of rushing mighty wind breathing upon the dry bones...
The eternal Word bringing forth His bride from the nations...
Resounding with the glory of their Maker, their Beloved.
Arising to meet Him as the earth shakes with violence and the face of many grow pale...

Merciful Maker

I see the color fading from this sunburnt land.
Years of pain, seem to rumble through this nation,
As anger and frustration arise, tormenting a broken generation.

Confusion runs across the minds of many and settles,
As if this is it's home.

A grey cloud filters their gaze,
Causing a dark heavy shadow to fall upon hearts.
Torn inside wanting to escape, yet weak under the power of this darkness.

Merciful Maker,
Would You come shine Your Light
Shatter the darkness of despair.

Merciful Maker,
Come bring Your life into this dark and hurting land.

Merciful Maker,
Call Your Church to "Arise"
Take their stand, Shake off abandonment and rejection of old.

Merciful Maker,
Come clothe Your bride in Your beauty and Your strength,
Wrapped in Your love, Knowing she'd accepted in her Beloved One.

Merciful Maker,
Would You come heal this broken generation,
And the scars that have marred this weary land.

Merciful Maker,
I cry mercy, forgive me and my nation for our stubbornness and pride,
We cry have mercy, would You have mercy,
Come have Your way in this nation,

Destroy the wicked in this land,
Call Your people to come seek Your face,
To humble themselves and pray.







If you have found your eyes upon this page would you join with me in interceding for a nation, Australia the nation God Sovereignly chose for me to be born, a nation in great need of mercy from their Maker, in great need of a Saviour, in great need of knowing they are excepted in the Beloved Lamb of God Jesus Christ, knowing they have been accepted by our Heavenly Father the One who sent His only begotten Son the One who took the spear that they would know He loves them and wants them to eternally live in His Family adopted sons and daughters no longer orphans but sons and daughters of the Living God.... Holy Spirit would You flood this land with Truth would You Abba Father send forth Your Word that Your Son Jesus Christ would be glorified that He would be made known to a broken generation that is in desperate need of the giver of Life eternal the One who made a way for us to enter His Kingdom of Love and of Light forevermore... the One who holds all beauty, the One who gives pleasure forevermore, the only One who can bring this generation from death to life... my King would You arise in this generation and cause this nation to seek Your face, Jesus let Your face shine brightly over this dry and barren land. Have mercy on the nation of Australia, forgive us for our sins and the sins of our fathers, I bring the precious Blood of Jesus before Your throne and cry have mercy on this nation, send Your precious Holy SPirit to flood hearts awaken eyes and cause your loved ones to arise.

Thank you for joining me in prayer please continue to pray for Australia, that we would arise and step into our God given calling. May the Lord strengthen you, may His grace and peace be with you and your family always.

BE BOLD BE COURAGEOUS!!!

"...Then the churches throughout all of Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied." Acts 9:31

This month i have been reading through the book of Acts and pondering our forefathers and the way they walked in this foreign land we dwell in... it was normal to see healing, to be transported in the Spirit, or at least know of a Brother or Sister who had witnessed this reality... they BOLDLY proclaimed and preached the Word of the Lord they walked soberly and in the fear of the LORD. I guess i have been stirred to seek after God in this and challenged to search my heart and ask questions as to why we are not seeing this throughout the body of CHrist... when God's Word is to be is to be BOLDLY proclaimed that signs and wonders may follow... am i living in fear (reverence) of the LORD or the fear (intimidation) of man?

A hunger is being stirred in me to see the church of today walk in the same anointing and greater works and anointing then the Acts church, and i believe this is the desire of God also to be glorified in and through us His body and to add to His (and our) inheritance of eternal worth and value, that is to see men and women worldwide to be added to His Kingdom, His family, sons of the Living God chosen in the Beloved... so go forth and multiply... proclaim with all boldness the Word of the LORD in the name of Jesus Christ that power may come from the Father, Jesus stretching forth His hand that signs and wonders may follow...

BE BOLD BE COURAGEOUS

Proclaim the Man of Truth, God HImself.
May Jesus be lifted high this day.

Truth... Reality... Love... Will you know Him?

Pondering what the Lord spoke to me and challenged me a couple of years ago that is still relevant for today and wanted to share it with those who find their eyes upon this page.... may you be challenged to seek Him out, just as i am.

[From Thursday, June 21, 2007]

the question...
Recently I was asked a question and upon pondering it I thought perhaps it would be a good thing to share with all you who also are following along with me on this journey… and let you all know things have not always been roses, but I'm learning to see that the thorns are just as important as those sweet smelling, extremely beautiful flowers… that is the breath takingly beautiful times with God, are just as significant as the times of wounding and drawing ever so close to the One who knows how being wounded feels. Even in my complete state of brokenness I see the beauty and wisdom of Jesus, the Messiah who chose to be a Bondservant wounded for us, heart broken, and afflicted, pierced upon a cross… so that we might know Love.


My Question?

"How has this internship and time in the prayer room changed your life?"

FIRSTLY… I thought this is a pretty big call_ 'changed your life', but after contemplating the question I would have to say it is extremely TRUE.

RECENTLY God has been talking to me about foolishness and wisdom…

I've become very much aware of the worlds view on just how foolish my lifestyle is in their eyes and how completely unwise it is to not be working and getting yourself a career… how completely foolish it is to be sitting in a room with other people days on end… because this is all they can see… and to tell you the truth, when I first walked into this prayer room that is all I could see until I gave God the time to awaken me to truth.

You see God has been showing me lately that MANY will say I am a fool, just as they said to Noah, just as they called Paul crazy and John a madman… so I will be know by many… BUT am I willing to be a fool in the eyes of the world? Would I listen to the shouts of the world or will I listen to the still quiet voice of my God, who is wiser then men, and even in His weakest state He is far stronger then men… and God in His wisdom has called me to come and sit at His feet, to give Him the time… that He may pour out His wisdom, that HE may pour out His truth to me, awakening me to my true reality… of WHO HE IS and WHO I am to Him… You see I've become more and more aware that all you see on earth is fading away and will fade away and fail at some point the only certainty we have is the Word of God, His Son and His very Spirit knowing the Father has given all these to us as the most precious, extravagant, most expensive gifts you will ever receive, why? Because He loves you.

We read in Matthew 24:1-13 of the wise and foolish virgins… so as God has revealed to me… He has placed me in a house where I am storing up oil, where I am watching and praying, waiting for Him my Maker, my Husband, my Saviour and Friend... Jesus… so here I sit… here I wait… knowing I am exactly where I am meant to be for His Spirit will continue to lead and guide me… and if I am meant to be doing anything else other then what I am doing, than He will most definitely let me know. I trust in His guiding hand.

SO the three questions I felt God asking me…

"What are you doing with your time? All have been given equal time… what are you using your time for? You will be held accountable for the way you have spent your time… how are you using your time?"

"How much do you know My word? Truly know My word? Know that My very breath of life is upon these words… if you truly love Me you would long to find out all about Me… do you know My heart behind these words… the very reason why I expressed these words?"

The last question was… "Do you know Me, My child? Do you know Me as your Father? Do you know Me as your Husband, for I am a jealous Bridegroom who is jealous for your gaze… where are you looking this day? Who has your attention in this hour? For I am jealous for My bride… Do you know that about Me? Do you know ME? Do you know that I am not a taskmaster, but a Lover of you? How well do you know Me? Will you be offended by Me because you didn't know Me, and turn from Me in your offence? Search Me out now while you still can… for a time is coming… an hour is closing in on us, that time will be no more… and you will be accountable… you will be confronted, will you know Me? I want you to recognise Me… so come to Me now, allow Me to offend you now… that you may be un offended on that day."



I have a urgency within my spirit, that we cannot waste our time anymore! So just as I have been challenged I feel it is my responsibility to challenge others…

So my question to you is…

How are you spending your time?

Do you have any oil? Do you know the intimacy of our LORD, Jesus?
Do you know Him, and will you allow Him to offend you now… that you may know Him in a greater way?
Do you know His word, and the heart beat behind those words?
Do you spend times of watching and praying?

Will you allow Him to break into your comfort zones? For in His love He knows you must know Him in ALL areas of your life… Will you allow Him to love you in ALL areas of your life??


We must not turn from the realities we are living in, and try and numb them out with other lovers, be it food, entertainment, people's wisdom, careers, wealth, success, sleeping, reputation or prestige... You know those things that you turn to when things get tough… the other lovers in your life…



Where is your focus?
Who has your gaze?



We need to live in the true reality of the times we are living in and be turning to our One True Love, the One who first loved us, the One who is Faithful and True, the One who will never fail us is ALWAYS true to His word…. For a day is coming when we will know if we have stored up oil to endure the dark hours of the night… that we may recognise the face of our Lover when we see Him.

Please hear my heart, do not waste that which has been given to you upon those things which will fail you, which will pass away… for we need to be awakened to our TRUE REALITY… We need to be shaken, so as all that is not of eternal value, not of our King Jesus will fall away. That all will remain is TRUTH & HIS GREAT LOVE.




WILL YOU SEE THE STORM COMING?

Or will you be like the ones of Noah's day… who said, 'it will never rain'.

Matthew 25

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

1 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
6 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming;[a] go out to meet him!’ 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour[b] in which the Son of Man is coming.

Desert Fathers have alot we can gain...

Souls that love truth and God, that long with much hope and faith 
to put on Christ completely, do not need so much to be put in re
membrance by others, nor do they endure, even for a while, to be 
deprived of the heavenly desire and of passionate affection to the 
Lord; but being wholly and entirely nailed to the cross of Christ, 
they perceive in themselves day by day a sense of spiritual 
advance towards the spiritual Bridegroom.

 

St. Macarius the Great 


That Bridegroom is for real... may i too learn to be wholly nailed to the cross of Christ that i may also be wholly risen as He is... "abide in Me, for here is safety, for here is life, for here is love, for here is freedom" I hear the voice of my Beloved speaking over me..." remain in Me for there is safety... for there I will cover you"

Man, how i love the Living breathing God who came and made the Way... who betrothed me to Himself... who calls me His own that i too may call Him my own... i am my Beloveds and His desire is towards me... this is a perfect mystery that i may be one with my Maker... such a beautiful BEAUTIFUL reality.

Today i smile, knowing my Maker loves me and has called me His own, beloved, and i now am a daughter of the Most High Living God the Holy One He has called me His own. 8)

BEAUTY & GLORY

FOR BEAUTY and FOR GLORY
That we as vessels, holy vessels, consecrated by the precious blood of Jesus... a holy priesthood... the chosen bride for Your Son, Abba, carry the beauty and the glory of Your Son Jesus Christ... that the beauty of holiness, the glory of His entire being is made manifest in and through our lives... such a beautiful mystery. That we may be called the bride of Christ and called Your children, Abba.
The beautiful story and tapestry, You O Lord, have been weaving from the beginning of time. The priesthood. The vessels. Initially contained in one place, which in and of itself was glorious and beautiful. Chosen by a holy God to be consecrated, a representative of Himself, to be one who enters into the holy place to commune with the beautiful holy God. Chosen to carry that which was deemed holy to the One who is HOLINESS, God.
This being only a very small insight, to Your bigger picture, the reality of this truth going forth into all nations... that vessels would not be simply clay, wood or gold; but they would be living breathing beings which You O Lord created with the bigger picture in mind: that which You had painted from before time began. That we, Your holy vessels, Your beloved Bride, Your chosen priesthood would be ones who carry Your very beauty and Your very glory. The completely alluring, intricate yet extremely stunning story You have written us into... that we would be called by Your name. Accepted in the Beloved, Jesus Christ.
“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling; what is the riches of His inheritance in the saints; and what is the exceeding greatness of His power towards us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked when He raised Jesus from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places..” Ephesians 1:17-20

* Romans 9 * Exodus 28 * 1 Peter 2

Eternal Weight of Glory

“While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4:18






To look beyond the here and now, to see through the eyes of our heavenly Father, to know the hope to which His Beloved Son has called us into, to walk in a way that speaks of another Kingdom an eternal Kingdom, to know that though our earthly tent is being destroyed but that we have a building from God- a house not made with hands- eternal in the heavens.

Yes, we who are in these tents groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven. We groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us His precious Spirit as a guarantee, so we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we are walking by faith, by a realization of things hoped for and a confidence of things which are yet seen... we are not walking by sight of the things which we can see here and now, those temporal things which are passing away, but we lift our gaze setting our heart upon our true reality one of another Kingdom one of eternity one of Glory and Love forevermore ruling and reigning with our Maker our Husband... seated with our Father of glory, seated with our Beloved Bridegroom Jesus Christ. This is why we set our hearts to be well pleasing to Him.

We were once blinded and in complete darkness, but the light of the gospel the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, has shone upon our hearts. It is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone into our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of His Son our Beloved Saviour, that is Jesus Christ. Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward body is perishing, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

This has been my ponderings of late... our eternal glory... and therefore my heart of gratitude to my King.

HE IS FAITHFUL!!!!!!!

I will update shortly....

Take some time to let these truths go deep into your soul,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqtUqSBYxqQ

Holy Spirit strengthened my inner man my weak heart in hearing these truths which these faithful saints sang both over me and you if you choose to listen and unto God... Jesus is so Faithful Abba Father is so faithful His SPirit is so faithful in bringing the fullness of knowing Him His truths that we would be freed from any lies or deception... His Truth being revealed in His word the scriptures speak so clearly....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqtUqSBYxqQ