N.C. Dream Center

(Occassional thoughts of Dream Center Interns, and of course, a few friends)

November 30, 2003

Clarity in my words!

God has really been stirring me in the areas of intimacy and fellowship. In many ways they are individual desires, but also they lived out by sharing these gifts with others. I have been so enlightened with the depths that God is desiring to take His Bride. I just got finished listening to the "The 7 Perils of the Bridegroom Fast", by Mike Bickle. What an inspiring, eye opening revelation about our hearts towards living a fasted lifestyle. I am so encouraged by what the Holy Spirit is doing throughout the earth. I am starting to see a people who are desiring to be a genuine representation of what Jesus has always desired. Of course, that goes along side of my very limited and immature understanding of Who He is. Thank you God for Your patient heart, and long suffering with me. Think about it, God created us to be in intimate fellowship with Him, and then to share that intimate fellowship with others (1st/2nd Commandment). I met this guy on PBR's blog, and his name is Thom. I don't know this guy at all, but I can tell you that I love him. Thom if you're reading, please know that my heart is genuine towards you. I really enjoyed the conversations that we had. What I see is that our current revelation of what is going on is defined by many factors. Some of those factors are: how we grew up, are social environment, school/work experiences, and even our past church experience (both positive and negative). Many times our differences really aren't a differing belief, but most of the time our differences are merely communcitaionally. The way we communicate our hearts is so important to God, and unfortunately he uses peoples personalities to bring those revelations through. We must desire to be more intimate with each other, we must strive to live in fellowship with each other. I need to learn to communicate better with other, not so much for my sake, but for theirs as well. I shouldn't expect everyone to think the way I think, or understand the way I put things all the time. There are some big differences even in locality, and ethnicity. Wow, if we could only commune together, so then we would know each others hearts. Thanks Thom, for keeping me accountable to bringing understanding to my words, because those who don't know my heart, might misrepresent it!

November 27, 2003

Unsatisfied!

As you can see, I have taken some time away from my blog. I have been going through some deep introspection, and what I have come to understand is that I am incredibly unsatisfied with my personal walk, and with the face of Church as we know it. As we work out on the streets, I realize that it is only through the deepening my commitent and understanding of who Jesus Christ is in my life. I find myself looking at the immaturity of my heart and even in my love for the Lord. We are on the 38th day of our 40 day liquid fast, and God has revealed so many things to me, mostly God has shown me the wickedness and the immaturity of my own heart. It has been a very good revelation, don't get me wrong. I know if I am going to boast, I need to boast in my weakness. I have also gotten a new revelation of God's Grace in my life. I love His Grace, it is only His Grace that allows me to do anything. I am very excited about some new revelation God has given me from the standpoint of the fluidness of His Church. I will reveal more later as God allows me to share it more. I believe that He is preparing a wineskin that will greatly increase the effectiveness of His NT Church. It is really exciting. So stay tuned. Anyway, I don't ever want to be satisfied with my walk, I desire to long after Him, and to pursue and prepare the way for my Bridegroom King! I'll write more later!