I love that the Holy Spirit is so active in our lives! Just knowing that the creator of the Universe loves me enough to reach down and spend time with me is mind blowing!! Sometimes it's in a major encounter and other times it's the sweet feeling of peace that I feel as I lay in the sun. I feel His love in everything from a prophetic word given to me by a friend to receiving revelation about myself to just listening to worship music and journaling. He knows me better than even I know myself. He knows the way I think and how I'm feeling. He knows what stirs my heart and loves to make me smile. I cannot imagine my life without Him and I cannot fathom giving my life to anyone else. It doesn't matter how scary the situation is or how hopeless it may seem, I know He will see me through any storm. Even when things look humanly impossible, He will never leave me hanging and I will always have Him to lean on. I trust Him with my finances, with my safety, with my heart, and with my entire life. I need $1,000 by next week to go with my team on outreach and that's not to mention the other $3,000 I'll need in a couple weeks after that. But when I look at everything He's done in my heart, my circumstances, and my life to this point, I don't have a shadow of a doubt that He will provide completely. Last night, we had our Thursday night service and the Holy Spirit totally showed up! Two of our girls got encountered and ended up laying on the floor in His presence far after the service was over and the building cleaned up. I loved sitting with them and another one of our students as we prayed for them and listened to what they were saying. God encountered their hearts in such different and sweet ways, it was so fun to stay up till all hours of the night laughing and praying as sisters! He was speaking to their hearts and filling them both up with His love and joy and it could not help but spill out on us as well. It's moments like that that I truly treasure. At the same time that that was happening, a few of our guys went to go swim at the beach at night. BAD IDEA. The waves grew to be (according to them) 13' to 15' high and a rip tide suddenly pulled one of them out to sea in the dark. A couple others got so tossed around that they swallow enough sea water to make them sick and disoriented. When one of the guys went to save our friend who had gotten pulled out, he was so tired by the time he got out there that he was not strong enough to fight the waves and get them both back to safety. By the grace of God, another student saw them even though they were far out to sea and in the dark. He managed to swim to them and pull them each back to shore individually. If God hadn't been there last night, I dread to think what might have happened. Three of them almost died and it is truly a miracle that they all made it home safely. His hand of protection was so over them, it was a frightening story yet such an incredible testimony! He provides healing, He provides safety, He provides community, and He will most certainly provide finances!!!
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