Yesterday was a great school day. We had an awesome worship time with Chris and Brian had an amazing vision. Then we sang Holy God over and over as we sang for the people and the nations who could not sing for themselves. It was amazing. I started out on the London Bridge, and then every time I sang Holy God I switched to new places. I went to the streets and saw the sex trade happening around me with children. Drug deals happening, Children being kidnapped in the Congo, Bullets flying by me in Iraq, and as I kept singing the Lord took me to dark, scary places and all these things were happening around me and I was singing Holy God. It was amazing. It was awesome. I also asked God what orange was and I kept getting purifying and refining.
Dan McCollam had a wonderful discussion that I recommend everyone watch. It is free on ibethel.tv from 7-7-10. It talked about the 3 types of heaven we know about. And what we do with them. It was awesome to understand the scriptural basis for where we get the idea of heavens. A quick rundown in 1st heaven is the heaven Jesus paid the price for and bought back for man. 2nd heaven is the realm of the fallen. 3rd heaven is where God dwells. I loved this class. 1st heaven is we need to saturate the heaven with the glory of the Lord, 2nd heaven we need to displace the atmosphere and 3rd heaven is we delight.
Then I took the worship big class and it rocked! Practical application of worship in the heavens.
We need to remember that our battle is for the atmosphere.
1) Establish and practice your internal atmosphere. We need to become a tabernacle.
- Practice connecting with God in non-church settings
- Practice connecting in dark places or scary places or places of stress
My authority over the external realm is in direct connection to my internal realm authority.
Many people have learned to ride a wave of he spirit but the time has come to make a wave of the spirit. We carry the kingdom inside of us. Peace, righteousness, and joy. I can carry these things into any situation. I am looking forward to learning better how to do this.
So to do this I will be taking captive every thought against the fact that I am righteous. Don't try to do righteous, be righteous. And of course this works for anything don't try and do holy things be holy.
Do not adjust your expectations to the atmosphere.
The scripture in James "count it all joy." Count it means a military term: general. Meaning let joy be your general. If you can maintain this joy, peace and righteousness it is easier to hear God's voice.
2) Establish and overthrow the atmosphere. Maintain your internal kingdom. This is how we worship to the size of our room. The devil likes to magnify himself and we can add to it if we are not careful. To magnify the Lord you need to take a magnifying glass and look close. Believe that where there is a demon there are at least 2 angels in the room waiting for assignment. Let's not allow them to continue to sit idle. We need to focus not on what was but what is there. A simple example is this. Let's say you go into a hotel room and you feel a nasty presence don't focus on the old presence focus on the fact that you as a person who carries the kingdom and glory are now changing the atmosphere and you feel sorry for the next person in the room!
Some ways to do this is praise in place, proclamations, impartations, fruit f the spirit, prayer and intercession, repentance and gifts. These are ways to release the kingdom into the atmosphere. Once you have a handle on this you can begin to worship bigger than the room. You need to adjust the measure of your receiving. Example. You want to make a lunch for 1 person you would not make 12 sandwiches. So you need to make enough for the amount of people you are feeding. So I want to receive enough for 100 people because I know that is what I will be praying for. I receive and then I take more. Then I need to learn to give my praise an assignment. So case in point would be if I was at a church and they were singing a song that did not pertain to me at the time I would ask the Lord who this song is for and who should I be singing for. So we need to have a vertical track going with the Lord and then a horizontal assignment. Now this does not happen every time but is good to know about and understand so we don't miss opportunities to make change. So worshiping bigger than the room means worship for more than just yourself.
I hope this all makes sense. I am sorry if this is disjointed but I am feeling very ill. I have graduation tomorrow. All main classes have ended and this will probably e my last blog about school. There are a few of the teachings online in the free media on ibethel.tv and you can watch the graduation service for free at the same website tomorrow evening. I hope this blessed you and gave you a little hint of all I am learning.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Bethel Day 13/14
Okay, I know I haven't written anything in a while. There wasn't tons to write since I was gone for the fourth in Oregon. Last Friday I only attended a main session before heading off. It was Ray Hughes talking about David. He is a man that has studied David and has some great revelation about David. He spoke to us about being a Davidic generation and then what that was going to mean for us. The largest part was we needed to seek the Lord for everything. How can we create the atmosphere that God can't stay away from? David didn't presume about how to do anything after the occasion of Uzza touching the arc and dying. The scriptures say he inquired of the Lord all the time. You cannot rest on what you did. New revelation for each situation is needed. This means that you don't have to strive for your future destiny. This way you are walking out your destiny. These are just ways of being a Davidic generation.
Here are some great and different points he talked about.
Surround yourself with Godly people and people who understand your heart.
Where there is no revelation my people cast off restraint. (scriptural)
Where there is no vision my people parish. (not scriptural)
We need to remember we are on a journey.
Unity for unity sake is unity.
True unity is corporate humility, we know why we are together and why He is here.
He then talked about about the sound of all the musicians as one unified sound. God won't inhabit a place unprepared for Him. We need to understand the seriousness of releasing our sound. We need corporate unity to prepare so the Lord can come.
Here are some general points to ponder. They may seem disjointed but you can listen to some of his teaching for free on ibethel.tv.
No matter what the old day looked like good or bad it is a new day, and that is what we need to focus on. New revelation everyday.
Don't spend time cursing the darkness. (like feeling 20 yrs behind the times in worship.)
Light up the darkness and don't worry. Stop being afraid of the rest and show them the Creator.
If we have a fresh revelation everyday we will be on the cutting edge of whatever we choose.
David grabbed the muddy, dirty, slimy people and places. This is who we need to go after. God will set us up for the dirty slimy places.
Responsibility = the ability to respond
Here is a word the Lord gave him to give to us. "You are highly skilled, you're greatly anointed, you're called to fight for others and you're equipped to win." This was an awesome word. I loved it.
Here is another side bit. Lily means trumpet. Look at the flower(shape of trumpet) God will release the sound. The trumpets sound and the king rides in. What a great name!
Yesterday we had a Q&A with the worship leaders of the church. It was fun. Nothing major revealed mostly questions about how to work through stuff.
In the afternoon I took prophetic song with Jenn. Now I bet you're thinking this was a class about how to make that happen or get better at it. Not really. So I will give you some points and some questions asked and answered.
Every person on the worship teams needs to tap into the prophetic.
Be uplifting, edifying and encouraging musically or vocally.
Team needs to flow or learn how to flow.
Risk going after Him no matter the sound. As you keep doing it and learning your craft you will sound better. Don't let the sound stop you from doing what the Lord said to do.
Tune into what sound you're hearing.
Create a relationship where we are watching each other often so we can follow and encourage each other.
Break off fear!!!!
Rise above the stuff in your life. You can either try and work through it or rise above it and take it higher to the Lord. He will show you the right perspective on your problems.
Never let the worship hat come off. We are worshippers no matter what else.
Do not bring others into your crap!
If you have sinned or have a problem make it right quickly. Take it to a leader or go to the person you have a problem with.
Each time we lead we need to come into it with clean hands and a pure heart. So do what you need to do, but remember God loves you. He does not punish you.
Ways to become more intentional in prophetic song. 1)Set up the team so we can practice. 2)It is ok to not be perfect. We need to obey not worry.
You cannot judge the response. We never know what people are thinking or how they are reacting whether they show it or not.
Don't 2nd guess the feeling you are getting based on response.
There is more but I will save it.
In the late afternoon I went to how to tap into the third heaven class. This was an easy class. Some awesome testimonies of autism healed, an allergic reaction to even touching dairy healed. Just fun things like that. Then she put on soaking music and asked us to picture Jesus in front of us. So as we were walking through ,meeting with Jesus and talking to Jesus then we asked Him to take us to our garden He made for us. So as we were doing this she asked people what Jesus did when they walked up to Him and then what he said. Some said He hugged them, said I love you, son, dance, etc. So now I will tell you what happened to me.
I saw Jesus in front of me. I walked up to Him and hugged Him and then he tucked my arm into his and looked down at me and said, "Are you ready to be a firecracker?" I totally understood this question. I laughed and then I asked Him to show me my garden. This cracked me up to. My normal brain thought it was going to have flowers and trees and what most would think of as a garden. But my garden was a maze. It was a maze cut out of bushes. So we walked arm in arm and talked about what the fireworks from me would look like. And as we walked around some corners there was something funny or silly and it made it enjoyable to look around the next bend to try and spot something. Then I asked about the fire mom saw in my hand and I saw it and it began to move up my arm and then I began lighting candles out of no where and the skies changed to the night sky that I love at home and then she called us back. It was a fun thing to do. I am looking forward to honing this skill and seeing all that He wants to show us. As you can tell through all my blog entries Jesus is revealing himself as my lover over everything else He is. It is great! I realize that all the scenes He reveals to me are lover like and romantic. The maze was a perfect garden for me. Simple yet intriguing and thought provoking. So this was the end of my day. I hope all of you can try this exercise and I will bet most of you have been there and didn't even know it! Have a wonderful week. This is my last week of school. I have a few more classes and then it turns into graduation and impartation! Hopefully some of you will be able to watch it on Friday. Have a blessed week.
Here are some great and different points he talked about.
Surround yourself with Godly people and people who understand your heart.
Where there is no revelation my people cast off restraint. (scriptural)
Where there is no vision my people parish. (not scriptural)
We need to remember we are on a journey.
Unity for unity sake is unity.
True unity is corporate humility, we know why we are together and why He is here.
He then talked about about the sound of all the musicians as one unified sound. God won't inhabit a place unprepared for Him. We need to understand the seriousness of releasing our sound. We need corporate unity to prepare so the Lord can come.
Here are some general points to ponder. They may seem disjointed but you can listen to some of his teaching for free on ibethel.tv.
No matter what the old day looked like good or bad it is a new day, and that is what we need to focus on. New revelation everyday.
Don't spend time cursing the darkness. (like feeling 20 yrs behind the times in worship.)
Light up the darkness and don't worry. Stop being afraid of the rest and show them the Creator.
If we have a fresh revelation everyday we will be on the cutting edge of whatever we choose.
David grabbed the muddy, dirty, slimy people and places. This is who we need to go after. God will set us up for the dirty slimy places.
Responsibility = the ability to respond
Here is a word the Lord gave him to give to us. "You are highly skilled, you're greatly anointed, you're called to fight for others and you're equipped to win." This was an awesome word. I loved it.
Here is another side bit. Lily means trumpet. Look at the flower(shape of trumpet) God will release the sound. The trumpets sound and the king rides in. What a great name!
Yesterday we had a Q&A with the worship leaders of the church. It was fun. Nothing major revealed mostly questions about how to work through stuff.
In the afternoon I took prophetic song with Jenn. Now I bet you're thinking this was a class about how to make that happen or get better at it. Not really. So I will give you some points and some questions asked and answered.
Every person on the worship teams needs to tap into the prophetic.
Be uplifting, edifying and encouraging musically or vocally.
Team needs to flow or learn how to flow.
Risk going after Him no matter the sound. As you keep doing it and learning your craft you will sound better. Don't let the sound stop you from doing what the Lord said to do.
Tune into what sound you're hearing.
Create a relationship where we are watching each other often so we can follow and encourage each other.
Break off fear!!!!
Rise above the stuff in your life. You can either try and work through it or rise above it and take it higher to the Lord. He will show you the right perspective on your problems.
Never let the worship hat come off. We are worshippers no matter what else.
Do not bring others into your crap!
If you have sinned or have a problem make it right quickly. Take it to a leader or go to the person you have a problem with.
Each time we lead we need to come into it with clean hands and a pure heart. So do what you need to do, but remember God loves you. He does not punish you.
Ways to become more intentional in prophetic song. 1)Set up the team so we can practice. 2)It is ok to not be perfect. We need to obey not worry.
You cannot judge the response. We never know what people are thinking or how they are reacting whether they show it or not.
Don't 2nd guess the feeling you are getting based on response.
There is more but I will save it.
In the late afternoon I went to how to tap into the third heaven class. This was an easy class. Some awesome testimonies of autism healed, an allergic reaction to even touching dairy healed. Just fun things like that. Then she put on soaking music and asked us to picture Jesus in front of us. So as we were walking through ,meeting with Jesus and talking to Jesus then we asked Him to take us to our garden He made for us. So as we were doing this she asked people what Jesus did when they walked up to Him and then what he said. Some said He hugged them, said I love you, son, dance, etc. So now I will tell you what happened to me.
I saw Jesus in front of me. I walked up to Him and hugged Him and then he tucked my arm into his and looked down at me and said, "Are you ready to be a firecracker?" I totally understood this question. I laughed and then I asked Him to show me my garden. This cracked me up to. My normal brain thought it was going to have flowers and trees and what most would think of as a garden. But my garden was a maze. It was a maze cut out of bushes. So we walked arm in arm and talked about what the fireworks from me would look like. And as we walked around some corners there was something funny or silly and it made it enjoyable to look around the next bend to try and spot something. Then I asked about the fire mom saw in my hand and I saw it and it began to move up my arm and then I began lighting candles out of no where and the skies changed to the night sky that I love at home and then she called us back. It was a fun thing to do. I am looking forward to honing this skill and seeing all that He wants to show us. As you can tell through all my blog entries Jesus is revealing himself as my lover over everything else He is. It is great! I realize that all the scenes He reveals to me are lover like and romantic. The maze was a perfect garden for me. Simple yet intriguing and thought provoking. So this was the end of my day. I hope all of you can try this exercise and I will bet most of you have been there and didn't even know it! Have a wonderful week. This is my last week of school. I have a few more classes and then it turns into graduation and impartation! Hopefully some of you will be able to watch it on Friday. Have a blessed week.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Bethel Day 11/12
So yesterday started out nicely. I went to breakfast at Black Bear Diner with a friend and it was a great real breakfast. It was much needed. Then off to school for a fun filled day of revelation. So worship was great. Will Mathews led and he has written some neat, fun, energetic songs that I know some of you would love. So during worship I decided to ask the lord a silly question. It was God what color is Hope? I heard a male voice say to me green and then He showed me that as I was taking a step green would grow like a rolled out carpet of the softest grass. It was interpreted that as long as I allow Him to direct each step and I take it one step at a time then hope abounds. Then He showed me in the normal world how green works. Like in commercials about future investments the arrows that show people the way are green, I gave a woman money for food yesterday and He reminded me of the hope that lit her eyes when she saw green money and that everyone stirs after the winter at the first sight of anything green. So then there is a hope that Spring is on the way. It was a really neat revelation.
Then Dan McCollam spoke on worship (of course) and about the new generation and new song the Lord has instilled in us. He was a very energetic teacher and it was a really fun class hearing how the Lord is changing the nations. That has seemed to be a little about this weeks teaching. Sound creates and that we need to be true to who God created us to be. Dan travels the world releasing the new sound to the nations. This means he is giving permission back to them to take their native tongue and traditions and release them to their people in glory to God. This was a really neat testimony class of what God is doing everywhere. Some amazing things are happening around the world and I can't wait till our people out there come back and tell us.
The the big news is that I intended to watch the band session I tried to get into. I had decided to tell the Lord I was not going to promote myself and if the space opened great if not then it was needed for someone else. So I'm watching and Kathy Vallotton asks if there is anybody wanting to lead worship. A few hands went up but mine did not. Then she asked a girl if she was on any of the band session lists and she said no so if there was someone who was they should go first and Kathy called my name out. So the song I sang was See His Love. Everyone keeps asking who was in the band. I don't know their names but the piano player was a little red haired girl. The drummer and guitarist I think played last Sunday so watch worship and Brandon the main bass player was teaching the bass students. They were awesome. I ended up being the last person to go out of 7 and was the fastest song, and it was fun. The class and the band were apparently having a good time and just rocking out. It was such a nice gift from the Lord to me.
Then I took another amazing class from Dan McCollam on the new song. It was so helpful to understand that the new song is not always new but that it means refreshing, renewal, redemptive, restoring. It was a fantastic class filled with some really great tools to use and to take the pressure off of trying to do it on our own. This is a partnership with the Lord and we go back and forth. I can't wait for Doug to take a class or two. He is teaching at the school of prophets. Actually, today I took his class on the 5 types of prophetic song. It was awesome because we practiced what he was teaching about. So we got to sing in the spirit and travel the world allowing the Lord to give us the languages of the nations, then we sang melodies from the heart. This is no words and I loved it. I didn't want to stop. Maybe something to with my word about the Lord playing my heart and me to him. Then we did spontaneous song. Then we did Harp and Bowl and then prophetic singing over people on the spot. And God is so faithful that the words were dead on. When we mix music and words they change the world. he taught about how if we will spend time just practicing for an hour a day the top 3 we will begin to know when the atmosphere has changed. When the spirit of healing has walked in a room, or peace, or faith or whatever. I am looking forward to this challenge and passing it on to each of you! You can start now. He says 1 day sing in the spirit and travel the world asking God to give you the languages of the nations or to reveal what it sounds like for warfare, peace, intimacy or whatever. Next day do 1 hour of singing melodies from the heart. This mean no words just let your heart sing and only sing in 2 or three vowel sounds. Next day sing spontaneous worship in your native language to the Lord. Then do this for a month and you will have greater understanding. Even in the practice you could feel the difference between the three of the spirit , body and mind. It was awesome.
This is both days. You probably won't get another blog from me till next week after the 4th. I am blessed to be able to drive up to OR to see most of my mom's side of the family. Another neat gift from the Lord. So I will be spending the 4th with family. Once back I have 4 days of school left and will be graduating next Friday evening. Yes, I believe you can watch the ibethel.tv site if you have a membership and see the graduation. Don't know what it looks like but hey maybe you can see what I see. I also recommend to you all who can to catch Kim Walker's worship set and teaching from Monday.
May you all have a blessed 4th of July and time at church. Doug and Janet I pray blessing on the wedding and your daughter. I miss you all and am excited to get home, but I still have a little more time here and I am going to make the most of it. Please keep praying for more revelation and more glory to fall. I am excited that we finally get to have Chris Quilala lead us in worship! I know good things are in store. I'm hoping to bring back lots of amazing songs so get ready! Love you all.
Then Dan McCollam spoke on worship (of course) and about the new generation and new song the Lord has instilled in us. He was a very energetic teacher and it was a really fun class hearing how the Lord is changing the nations. That has seemed to be a little about this weeks teaching. Sound creates and that we need to be true to who God created us to be. Dan travels the world releasing the new sound to the nations. This means he is giving permission back to them to take their native tongue and traditions and release them to their people in glory to God. This was a really neat testimony class of what God is doing everywhere. Some amazing things are happening around the world and I can't wait till our people out there come back and tell us.
The the big news is that I intended to watch the band session I tried to get into. I had decided to tell the Lord I was not going to promote myself and if the space opened great if not then it was needed for someone else. So I'm watching and Kathy Vallotton asks if there is anybody wanting to lead worship. A few hands went up but mine did not. Then she asked a girl if she was on any of the band session lists and she said no so if there was someone who was they should go first and Kathy called my name out. So the song I sang was See His Love. Everyone keeps asking who was in the band. I don't know their names but the piano player was a little red haired girl. The drummer and guitarist I think played last Sunday so watch worship and Brandon the main bass player was teaching the bass students. They were awesome. I ended up being the last person to go out of 7 and was the fastest song, and it was fun. The class and the band were apparently having a good time and just rocking out. It was such a nice gift from the Lord to me.
Then I took another amazing class from Dan McCollam on the new song. It was so helpful to understand that the new song is not always new but that it means refreshing, renewal, redemptive, restoring. It was a fantastic class filled with some really great tools to use and to take the pressure off of trying to do it on our own. This is a partnership with the Lord and we go back and forth. I can't wait for Doug to take a class or two. He is teaching at the school of prophets. Actually, today I took his class on the 5 types of prophetic song. It was awesome because we practiced what he was teaching about. So we got to sing in the spirit and travel the world allowing the Lord to give us the languages of the nations, then we sang melodies from the heart. This is no words and I loved it. I didn't want to stop. Maybe something to with my word about the Lord playing my heart and me to him. Then we did spontaneous song. Then we did Harp and Bowl and then prophetic singing over people on the spot. And God is so faithful that the words were dead on. When we mix music and words they change the world. he taught about how if we will spend time just practicing for an hour a day the top 3 we will begin to know when the atmosphere has changed. When the spirit of healing has walked in a room, or peace, or faith or whatever. I am looking forward to this challenge and passing it on to each of you! You can start now. He says 1 day sing in the spirit and travel the world asking God to give you the languages of the nations or to reveal what it sounds like for warfare, peace, intimacy or whatever. Next day do 1 hour of singing melodies from the heart. This mean no words just let your heart sing and only sing in 2 or three vowel sounds. Next day sing spontaneous worship in your native language to the Lord. Then do this for a month and you will have greater understanding. Even in the practice you could feel the difference between the three of the spirit , body and mind. It was awesome.
This is both days. You probably won't get another blog from me till next week after the 4th. I am blessed to be able to drive up to OR to see most of my mom's side of the family. Another neat gift from the Lord. So I will be spending the 4th with family. Once back I have 4 days of school left and will be graduating next Friday evening. Yes, I believe you can watch the ibethel.tv site if you have a membership and see the graduation. Don't know what it looks like but hey maybe you can see what I see. I also recommend to you all who can to catch Kim Walker's worship set and teaching from Monday.
May you all have a blessed 4th of July and time at church. Doug and Janet I pray blessing on the wedding and your daughter. I miss you all and am excited to get home, but I still have a little more time here and I am going to make the most of it. Please keep praying for more revelation and more glory to fall. I am excited that we finally get to have Chris Quilala lead us in worship! I know good things are in store. I'm hoping to bring back lots of amazing songs so get ready! Love you all.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Bethel Day 10
Okay I wish I could explain what we learned today, but I don't think I can convey it in a written message. Let me just say quantum physics was taught and everything about sound and how sound can form and create. It was mind blowing and is really intriguing on how I look at the world now. Do you know that DNA has a song and it is as unique to us as our fingerprint or that when you slow the speed of cricket song down to a human level of sound they sound like a choir on angels of people worshiping the Lord with low and high notes and with crescendos and a knowledge of how and when to bring them in. It was so beautiful. Or that Jupiter and Alpha Sentari create musical sounds. Jupiter's is more different tones and Alpha Sentari is percussive. It is amazing and again can I say that this teaching resonated with me about my voice and that the gates of hell would tremble. I watched a video of a bridge in Toronto similar to the Golden Gate style bridge that because of the wind blowing through the wires it created the resonate sound of the concrete and the bridge began to flow like water and big waves and moving side to side in it's attempt to keep up with it's own resonating until it collapsed like an earthquake had hit it. It was and awesome day of these type of classes all about sound and vibrations and that God created all things.
We the church have a tendency to look at things as being bad if they are not heavenly or they are used by others that may give the glory to the wrong entity. Just a quick example is how new-agers believe that crystals have energy and can heal. Well, the truth is crystals do have energy and they carry vibrations. They are used in watches, computer mother boards and you can even create radio's with them. So we need to begin to cultivate a relationship born out of our similarities rather than our differences. The priests wore crystals on their chest and that is how the armies knew what to do. We just need to believe that God created all of creation and when we say something is bad or evil we are saying that God created something evil. This doesn't mean that it cannot be used for an evil purpose but we need to be the sound that goes into the darkness and the sound becomes light.
I wish I could really explain all this or that this teaching was on DVD because of all the visual parts but even if you just listen you will be blown away. It was awesome and I have yet to figure out how to tell you about it so it really makes sense, but let me the that creation is worshiping it's creator out of love. It is amazing.
The Lord is on a mission of redemption and we are a tool that will redeem the things the enemy had tried to steal from creation! I am looking forward to being my unique sound that will build mountains or tear down bridges.
I am off to have a wonderful real breakfast this morning and a day full of fun classes. Enjoy and I'll let you know how today was tomorrow!
We the church have a tendency to look at things as being bad if they are not heavenly or they are used by others that may give the glory to the wrong entity. Just a quick example is how new-agers believe that crystals have energy and can heal. Well, the truth is crystals do have energy and they carry vibrations. They are used in watches, computer mother boards and you can even create radio's with them. So we need to begin to cultivate a relationship born out of our similarities rather than our differences. The priests wore crystals on their chest and that is how the armies knew what to do. We just need to believe that God created all of creation and when we say something is bad or evil we are saying that God created something evil. This doesn't mean that it cannot be used for an evil purpose but we need to be the sound that goes into the darkness and the sound becomes light.
I wish I could really explain all this or that this teaching was on DVD because of all the visual parts but even if you just listen you will be blown away. It was awesome and I have yet to figure out how to tell you about it so it really makes sense, but let me the that creation is worshiping it's creator out of love. It is amazing.
The Lord is on a mission of redemption and we are a tool that will redeem the things the enemy had tried to steal from creation! I am looking forward to being my unique sound that will build mountains or tear down bridges.
I am off to have a wonderful real breakfast this morning and a day full of fun classes. Enjoy and I'll let you know how today was tomorrow!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Day 9 Kim Walker-Smith
So the morning started out great. Kim led worship and it was wonderful. Mostly since the first day here I have been asking the Lord questions during worship and waiting to hear the answer. I decided not to ask any specific question during this worship time. It was great. We were singing Your Presence and we just pushed deeper and deeper into the presence and then I saw myself as a little girl and Father was way down this cloud tunnel and I began to run and He swung me up and spun me around and was laughing and then Father turned into Jesus and I became an adult and then it was like those shots of a soldier who came home and Jesus spun me around and then I gave him big kiss. I was laughing uncontrollably. After a while I came out of it and realized I was bawling my eyes out. It was great fun.
Then Kim talked at our main session and this was a teaching I had heard before. Still a great teaching about worship is our connection to Jesus. All the other things are just ways we show it. She talked about having an encounter with God's love and if we actually had a real encounter we would not help but be crazy for Him and we would have to worship Him. Remember that we love Him because He first loved us. She also talked about a couple ways to fight for or contend for the connection with the Lord all the time. 1)Keep an unoffended heart. Just because it doesn't look the way we want it to look doesn't mean we have the right to be offended with God. 2) Having an encounter with God's love. Now the way to do this is to ask.
So it was a great teaching and just fun to watch. She is very animated and just herself. Just on a side note they are moving back to Redding, CA! This means hopefully we will see her leading a little more frequently. Also, they did tape this one with the main cameras so you never know but it could be on the website. You may want to check it out.
Then for the worship leading class she hit on points and then some q and a. 1st point is honor between pastors and worship leader/pastors. Again, I stress how lucky I am in this situation. I cannot tell you how tangable the honor between Brian and Bill is in the Bethel church, and how much it affects the people. It's great! 2nd point communication is key. It is key between the leaders and between the team members. Again this takes honor! 3rd point is to be accountable to the pastor. In this you have lots of freedom and then when someone dumps all over you you can just direct them to your covering and they get to deal with it.
Then she talked about the difference in her mind between Spontaneous and Prophetic songs.
She looks at spontaneous song as being full(=overflowing) with your connection to the Lord and that is what comes out. Just what you feel aout who He is. Prophetic is when you hit on a point and then the annointing comes over you and you release it. This means it is okay to repeat things over and over because is comes like a wave and you catch it first and then the congregation will begin to catch it. If you don't know what the annointing feels like then start to pay attention and figure it out. She talked about how to do spontaneous song if your new to it and you don't want to sing one note the whole time. She said mostly keep practicing and doing it.
Another point, quit being afraid of making mistakes. They are going to happen no matter what. So either don't worry about it or make enough that they don't phase you anymore. This is not an excuse to be lazy and not strive for excellence.
I really loved this point. Worship is the connection. Certain songs cannot or don't draw you to Jesus. Worship is not my worship it is His and for Him! The rest I can share when I get back.
The late afternoon we had Ben Armstrong who is a pastor at the school of ministry. He talked to us about dreams and also about how God created us with 5 senses and that we miss lots of things in the spiritual because we do not use those senses and how the mutli-dimentional levels of prophetic are on the rise. I'll keep this one short. This is easier to talk about in person.
1)Value your dreams. The Lord is giving dreams to us and we began to seperate things out as just being a dream but they aren't. You see an angel in a dream it's probably not just a dream but a real angel. Start to pay attention to your dreams.
2) Begin to practice your senses. Do not box yourself in to saying you are a feeler, seer or whatever but start to use all the senses. I have a project we can do once I am home to prove this point.
It was a really neat class. Today we are having some visual presentations. I am excited to check out that side of worship. I also want you to know they put the sign-ups for leaders up and I went out right away and they were all filled by the time I got there. I had told the Lord that if this was just flesh or something that I didn't need and someone else really did that I would be okay not making it on the list. It's all good. I am still on a secondary list for Wed. and I will be attending the class to see how they instruct instead of being instructed. I am actually looking forward to that. Have a great day.
Then Kim talked at our main session and this was a teaching I had heard before. Still a great teaching about worship is our connection to Jesus. All the other things are just ways we show it. She talked about having an encounter with God's love and if we actually had a real encounter we would not help but be crazy for Him and we would have to worship Him. Remember that we love Him because He first loved us. She also talked about a couple ways to fight for or contend for the connection with the Lord all the time. 1)Keep an unoffended heart. Just because it doesn't look the way we want it to look doesn't mean we have the right to be offended with God. 2) Having an encounter with God's love. Now the way to do this is to ask.
So it was a great teaching and just fun to watch. She is very animated and just herself. Just on a side note they are moving back to Redding, CA! This means hopefully we will see her leading a little more frequently. Also, they did tape this one with the main cameras so you never know but it could be on the website. You may want to check it out.
Then for the worship leading class she hit on points and then some q and a. 1st point is honor between pastors and worship leader/pastors. Again, I stress how lucky I am in this situation. I cannot tell you how tangable the honor between Brian and Bill is in the Bethel church, and how much it affects the people. It's great! 2nd point communication is key. It is key between the leaders and between the team members. Again this takes honor! 3rd point is to be accountable to the pastor. In this you have lots of freedom and then when someone dumps all over you you can just direct them to your covering and they get to deal with it.
Then she talked about the difference in her mind between Spontaneous and Prophetic songs.
She looks at spontaneous song as being full(=overflowing) with your connection to the Lord and that is what comes out. Just what you feel aout who He is. Prophetic is when you hit on a point and then the annointing comes over you and you release it. This means it is okay to repeat things over and over because is comes like a wave and you catch it first and then the congregation will begin to catch it. If you don't know what the annointing feels like then start to pay attention and figure it out. She talked about how to do spontaneous song if your new to it and you don't want to sing one note the whole time. She said mostly keep practicing and doing it.
Another point, quit being afraid of making mistakes. They are going to happen no matter what. So either don't worry about it or make enough that they don't phase you anymore. This is not an excuse to be lazy and not strive for excellence.
I really loved this point. Worship is the connection. Certain songs cannot or don't draw you to Jesus. Worship is not my worship it is His and for Him! The rest I can share when I get back.
The late afternoon we had Ben Armstrong who is a pastor at the school of ministry. He talked to us about dreams and also about how God created us with 5 senses and that we miss lots of things in the spiritual because we do not use those senses and how the mutli-dimentional levels of prophetic are on the rise. I'll keep this one short. This is easier to talk about in person.
1)Value your dreams. The Lord is giving dreams to us and we began to seperate things out as just being a dream but they aren't. You see an angel in a dream it's probably not just a dream but a real angel. Start to pay attention to your dreams.
2) Begin to practice your senses. Do not box yourself in to saying you are a feeler, seer or whatever but start to use all the senses. I have a project we can do once I am home to prove this point.
It was a really neat class. Today we are having some visual presentations. I am excited to check out that side of worship. I also want you to know they put the sign-ups for leaders up and I went out right away and they were all filled by the time I got there. I had told the Lord that if this was just flesh or something that I didn't need and someone else really did that I would be okay not making it on the list. It's all good. I am still on a secondary list for Wed. and I will be attending the class to see how they instruct instead of being instructed. I am actually looking forward to that. Have a great day.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Bethel Day 8 Kingdom Culture
Okay so on Friday I missed the first session. I was talking to family and was writing down some crazy dreams I have been having. I went to the midday session and was asking the Lord how to teach people how to say no and why it is okay to say no. Then Danny Silk got up and spoke about that subject. It was wonderful and so helpful. I really am going to encourage you all to listen to that teaching about love and what that really looks like. Things it doesn't look like are control, manipulation, pouting or any other way to try and get people to do what you want. It also looks like self-control and boundaries. One great statement was if you never say no then you can't ever say yes. Even if you say yes it become an obligation. It was the best practical teaching I've heard so far. I will be buying it if it is not online.
I then volunteered at the resource room during the conference and that was fun. A great way to meet lots of people from around the world. Then I went back to the Twin View campus and bumped into a car. I was so bummed. I wrote a note and then went into worship. It was great fun and lots of deliverance. There was a specific word to the spirit of suicide and self mutilation. At first they said that those people could stand up on another word so they would not be embarrassed, but then it was realized that the enemy wanted to bring a spirit of shame so they asked those people to stand and walk to the front just as an act to break that off. So we all waited for a little bit and I was blessed to see a guy of about 18 stand and walk alone to the front. It was powerful! Then after a little bit about 20 people went forward. It was awesome.
After that we got to hear Banning. He was so funny I laughed so hard I cried. He had amazing points on how to carry a prophecy. It is understood that we can hear them but we don't carry them so well. He talked about Hannah and Eli and it was great. He gave some easy to follow points. Unfortunately, Friday was a hard day for me. I was feeling sick, hit a car and was way tired. I ended up having to leave at 10:00. So I will get the rest of the notes tomorrow.
I struggled with being homesick on Friday and Saturday morning. With the crazy schedules of everyone, even me, I was unable to talk to family like normal, and that was rougher than I thought. So Saturday morning I decided to go walk the Sundial Bridge. I took pictures and put them on Facebook. It was great fun but very hot so I headed home and stayed in the whole day. Then I got to watch Joyland's service. It was a big help and yes, the Lord answered my question. Sunday was a day of laundry and hanging out in front of the fan. I did normal things like watch some shows and play some games and talk to family.
I am very excited about Monday. Kim Walker-Smith leading worship, speaking at the general session and then a worship leading workshop after lunch. Tomorrow is my most looked forward to day. Next will be if I can get into Brian's worship leading band session. So thanks for all your prayers.
I then volunteered at the resource room during the conference and that was fun. A great way to meet lots of people from around the world. Then I went back to the Twin View campus and bumped into a car. I was so bummed. I wrote a note and then went into worship. It was great fun and lots of deliverance. There was a specific word to the spirit of suicide and self mutilation. At first they said that those people could stand up on another word so they would not be embarrassed, but then it was realized that the enemy wanted to bring a spirit of shame so they asked those people to stand and walk to the front just as an act to break that off. So we all waited for a little bit and I was blessed to see a guy of about 18 stand and walk alone to the front. It was powerful! Then after a little bit about 20 people went forward. It was awesome.
After that we got to hear Banning. He was so funny I laughed so hard I cried. He had amazing points on how to carry a prophecy. It is understood that we can hear them but we don't carry them so well. He talked about Hannah and Eli and it was great. He gave some easy to follow points. Unfortunately, Friday was a hard day for me. I was feeling sick, hit a car and was way tired. I ended up having to leave at 10:00. So I will get the rest of the notes tomorrow.
I struggled with being homesick on Friday and Saturday morning. With the crazy schedules of everyone, even me, I was unable to talk to family like normal, and that was rougher than I thought. So Saturday morning I decided to go walk the Sundial Bridge. I took pictures and put them on Facebook. It was great fun but very hot so I headed home and stayed in the whole day. Then I got to watch Joyland's service. It was a big help and yes, the Lord answered my question. Sunday was a day of laundry and hanging out in front of the fan. I did normal things like watch some shows and play some games and talk to family.
I am very excited about Monday. Kim Walker-Smith leading worship, speaking at the general session and then a worship leading workshop after lunch. Tomorrow is my most looked forward to day. Next will be if I can get into Brian's worship leading band session. So thanks for all your prayers.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Bethel Day 7
So much happened at the Kingdom Culture Conference. It has been wonderful, but I think I am going to share what God has been sharing with me. In worship I saw again the vision of my heart. The one from earlier that he was sewing together with his. Now the stitches were gone and where there would normally be a scar was nothing but now our hearts were one. They beat together and were completely one. Then I saw Him playing me as the bow to a violin. It was awesome!
Then I had a vision of all of us core Joylanders going up to Pikes Peak and just taking some guitars, drums and anything really that we could play and just gathering in a circle singing worship to the Lord. These were songs about His love and Goodness. Mostly what we sing on a Saturday, but not like war songs or victory chants or anything like that. While this was happening people were milling about just visiting the peak. So after a while the Heavens opened and the glory light came down upon us and the mountain. As I am writing this I realize it is the open heaven concept and wherever we go we have an open heaven over us. So then that was shining on us and then the mountain began to smile. It smiled a mountain smile and it was as if it was happy to be free and returned home or like yes this is what I was originally created for. I believe when that woman wrote that first song at the top of the Peak it was in worship and now it was happy to be what it was created to be again. So anyone up for worship when I get back?!
I had a crazy dream last night that I told my mom and am hoping to get help interpreting. I think this will be easier to share in person, but remind me. I wrote it down.
Yesterday we got to hear from Beni, Kris and Bill. It was awesome. I walked through and got an impartation for church ministry and this gal said one thing to me success, great success. Not sure what this means yet. She was the one that seemed to get very specific things for people as they passed through and others released more general impartations about grace and a love for people. I will try and summarize in short what each speaker spoke about.
Beni-The drought is over. We are in the final stage of transition and we are birthing a baby. The Lord is waiting on the church to see the outcome of the years after 2012 and there outcomes depend on us. She also said that it is the time for the owl and the eagle's time is passed. The seers will see crazy things and we need to act or we will second guess and talk ourselves out of it So for all seers feel good that you are not alone with what you are seeing it is crazy stuff all over the world.
Kris - Believing in people and believing in yourself. He talked about David and that we need to believe what God says about us whether we have any other support. He also talked about how Jesus allowed Judas to be the treasurer even though he knew Judas was stealing. He was seeing him in his heavenly persona. With this means you can hang yourself or become an apostle. He also talked about Barnabas and how he mentored Paul until Paul was greater than him and that even when they split over Mark, and then Mark wrote a gospel after Barnabas mentored him. That is was amazing to be a Barnabas in someones life.
Bill - How to ever talk about what Bill talked about. Largest point for me. The teaching that dad taught on months ago that when Jesus was baptized the heavens opened the Spirit came upon him, and the Lord spoke this is my son in whom I am well pleased. And then He went into the desert and was tempted with "if you are the son of God." Bill said that we have the spirit come upon us but people don't want to be led into the desert for fear of the temptations. He said the word of God has to be opposed for 2 reasons. 1) To know the strength of the word and 2) we must have experiences contrary to the word. We must have the opportunity to believe even in direct opposition to the word. There must be a choice so that He can reward you.
A lot was about a transformed mind. I need to read that book. Risk is equal to what we believe. Faith discovers. Then he talked about wrong thoughts lead to wrong prayers. It was phenomenal. Here will be my last thought for today. The Holy Spirit is with us because the rending of heaven. So the enemy wants us to have an exaggerated awareness of the devil and his plans because then he sets our agenda. Therefore instead of living in response to God we live is reaction to the devil.
So I hope this helps. The Lord was gracious to me to allow me to sleep in later than usual and get some rest. So I missed the first session and will probably have to buy it next week or watch once I am home. So I will be going to the last 2 sessions and then taking the weekend off to do laundry and the everyday life stuff.
Miss you all!
Then I had a vision of all of us core Joylanders going up to Pikes Peak and just taking some guitars, drums and anything really that we could play and just gathering in a circle singing worship to the Lord. These were songs about His love and Goodness. Mostly what we sing on a Saturday, but not like war songs or victory chants or anything like that. While this was happening people were milling about just visiting the peak. So after a while the Heavens opened and the glory light came down upon us and the mountain. As I am writing this I realize it is the open heaven concept and wherever we go we have an open heaven over us. So then that was shining on us and then the mountain began to smile. It smiled a mountain smile and it was as if it was happy to be free and returned home or like yes this is what I was originally created for. I believe when that woman wrote that first song at the top of the Peak it was in worship and now it was happy to be what it was created to be again. So anyone up for worship when I get back?!
I had a crazy dream last night that I told my mom and am hoping to get help interpreting. I think this will be easier to share in person, but remind me. I wrote it down.
Yesterday we got to hear from Beni, Kris and Bill. It was awesome. I walked through and got an impartation for church ministry and this gal said one thing to me success, great success. Not sure what this means yet. She was the one that seemed to get very specific things for people as they passed through and others released more general impartations about grace and a love for people. I will try and summarize in short what each speaker spoke about.
Beni-The drought is over. We are in the final stage of transition and we are birthing a baby. The Lord is waiting on the church to see the outcome of the years after 2012 and there outcomes depend on us. She also said that it is the time for the owl and the eagle's time is passed. The seers will see crazy things and we need to act or we will second guess and talk ourselves out of it So for all seers feel good that you are not alone with what you are seeing it is crazy stuff all over the world.
Kris - Believing in people and believing in yourself. He talked about David and that we need to believe what God says about us whether we have any other support. He also talked about how Jesus allowed Judas to be the treasurer even though he knew Judas was stealing. He was seeing him in his heavenly persona. With this means you can hang yourself or become an apostle. He also talked about Barnabas and how he mentored Paul until Paul was greater than him and that even when they split over Mark, and then Mark wrote a gospel after Barnabas mentored him. That is was amazing to be a Barnabas in someones life.
Bill - How to ever talk about what Bill talked about. Largest point for me. The teaching that dad taught on months ago that when Jesus was baptized the heavens opened the Spirit came upon him, and the Lord spoke this is my son in whom I am well pleased. And then He went into the desert and was tempted with "if you are the son of God." Bill said that we have the spirit come upon us but people don't want to be led into the desert for fear of the temptations. He said the word of God has to be opposed for 2 reasons. 1) To know the strength of the word and 2) we must have experiences contrary to the word. We must have the opportunity to believe even in direct opposition to the word. There must be a choice so that He can reward you.
A lot was about a transformed mind. I need to read that book. Risk is equal to what we believe. Faith discovers. Then he talked about wrong thoughts lead to wrong prayers. It was phenomenal. Here will be my last thought for today. The Holy Spirit is with us because the rending of heaven. So the enemy wants us to have an exaggerated awareness of the devil and his plans because then he sets our agenda. Therefore instead of living in response to God we live is reaction to the devil.
So I hope this helps. The Lord was gracious to me to allow me to sleep in later than usual and get some rest. So I missed the first session and will probably have to buy it next week or watch once I am home. So I will be going to the last 2 sessions and then taking the weekend off to do laundry and the everyday life stuff.
Miss you all!
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