Check it out, click on the large writing :) :
LoziB - Look To Hope
[Happy me!]
And now i've got the recording fever, i'm curious. Is it possible to record, with integrity and in true praise, a live worship album alongside a clicktrack?
Monday, 27 February 2012
Recording Buzz!
I'm really excited today as I've listened to the 1st recording of my song for the first time!
Check it out, click on the large writing :) :
LoziB - Look To Hope
Check it out, click on the large writing :) :
LoziB - Look To Hope
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Making Music Jam
Had an amazing time Monday night at a stunning studio, recording one of my songs. It was a dream come true for me, I was so hyper and excited the whole time we were there! I was there for about 4 1/2hours and so it wasn't surprising that I was tired after that adrenalin rush! Looking forward to hearing the finished version of the song. For a first attempt at recording, I think it went ok...
Friday, 17 February 2012
Final Full Day, what a week!
Today we woke up and it was VERY COLD, but admittedly not as cold as i'm expecting England will be. I had some cranapple granola cereal with coconut milk which, apparently, is healthier for you because it's a nut.
Kinga and I walked up to College View Bethel Campus (3 different cars stopped to ask if we wanted a lift!) and we hung out at The Prayer House. So peaceful. I sat down next to the big stone lion for a bit and then went inside after it got a bit cold for me. A verse I felt drawn to today was Mark 7v16 which turned out to say this:
"You people who can hear me, listen!"
That's a good word right there!
Then I was looking at James chapter 2, which speaks about faith & works, and how faith without works is dead, but works alone is pretty dumb too.
When we went into the building to line up, we were behind an Australian guy. Lots of Australians here! We went in and sat down at the top of the bleachers and some guys from Switzerland sat next to us (we saw them at the Mexican place 'Chipotle'). They were friendly and are staying here for 5 weeks! They showed us some of their cool pictures of San Francisco as they'd just been there for the past week. On the other side of Kinga was sat a Romanian guy called Liviu who we had met before. He is apparently the only Romanian Bethel student here and it has been a really great cost for him to be here.
The first session was run by 4 pastors (2 ladies and 2 guys) who shared prophetic words for various people in the hall. They picked them out individually and got them to stand up and spoke out what they felt God was showing them and brought words of encouragement and purpose to them. Not knowing the people standing up it was hard to tell exactly how accurate the words were but, by the reaction of those around them, their facial expressions and feeling the accuracy of the words in the Spirit, i believe most of what they were saying was right on.
They also got everyone to stand up who was a singer/songwriter who wanted breakthrough in terms of unfinished songs, so i just stood up because i wanna receive anything good they've got coz i'm a hungry bunny!
After that, a guy called Karl/Carl spoke about Matthew 5v14-16 and not being afraid of seeming contradictions, as we are called to be a light, but also to not parade around-
"“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."
When we come across something like that, we have the privilege to go to the author of the Word and ask Him about it. What mysteries will He reveal? :)
Karl/Carl also spoke on the difference between discipline and punishment. Discipline looks forward, but punishment looks back. We also looked at identity-
The temptation is to prove who you are by what you do. When Jesus was tempted in the desert, the devil asked Him "IF you are the son of God...". When we are firm in our identity we don't respond to tricks like that, because we don't need to prove who we are by actions.
One of the most powerful things is knowing your identity, who you are in Christ. There is the knowing it in your head, knowing the verses for it, but when you start really believing it- boy, that is powerful. That's something here at Bethel that the students are trained in, realising their identity. And that is why they are so happy, because they are secure in what their Papa God says about them. (Maybe not all of them, as they're on a journey and different walks of life, but the general overview of them as I see it)
Chris Overstreet, the Evangelist dude, was taking the last sessions. It was basically testimony testimony testimony time! Amazing!
-Chris was in Holland recently and he bumped into a group of young people. He asked them if they would believe in Jesus if they experienced God. one brave girl stepped out and Chris asked her to hold out her hands. He led her to asked 'Holy Spirit, come' and she felt His prescence. He preached the gospel of Jesus and she gave her life to Jesus. The rest of her friends were saved too.
-He was out in Uganda at a school and he asked the teachers whether he could preach. They let him and as a result 15 kids got saved!
-There was a girl who we shall call 'L'. 'L' was doing kids work on a Thursday and they just had some unsstructured play with the kids. There was a tall, black guy who came in called Terence. 'L' felt drawn towards him to pray for him and so she grabbed Alex. The guy ends up giving his life to Jesus, amazing! 4 days later, there was great breakthrough in 'L's life and she was talking to her intern about the episode, who showed her a picture of the guy, and tells her that he was hit by a bus and killed. Woah. They went to the funeral with 'S' and it was like a party, there was an altar call and pretty much the whole church went forward to dedicate/rededicate their lives to Christ, about 10 people were left sitting down. There were many tears and the presence of the Holy Spirit was very strong. About 30 people were saved that day!
-'C' was out with Drew on a Treasure Hunt and there were many radical healings eg. someones back got totally healed. 'C' saw a lady down the street and went up to her. She was an alcoholic and her liver and insides were stuffed. 'C' prayed for healing and she felt a tickly feeling. 'C' asked if she wanted to give her life to Jesus. She said 'no, i want to sort my life out first'. he said 'no, that's all lies!'. 'C' told her how he used to be a drug addict and Jesus transformed his life. She said she'd go home and think about it. 'C' had a boldness come over him and said that he wasn't leaving until she got saved, and she ended up experiencing the prescence of the LORD and gave her life to Jesus. I believe her life has been transformed!
-Taylor was in Stockton at Buffalo Wild Wings. The waitress there wanted them to minister some more and told them to come back tomorrow and they'll pay for their meal! Jason saw some guys on a car and for about 15mins was getting all these words of knowledge for them, that were 100% accurate! There was a really hard looking guy who had a gun on him and the guys were calling out his purpose and how he's called to lead youth, anyhoo, he ended up being saved and filled with the Holy Spirit!
-'K' and her intercessor friends were praying for this guy who had anger issues, his 18yr old son was found in possession of a whole bunch of cocaine, and because of the amount was arrested as an adult. They prayed lots and when they tested the cocaine it turned out to just be white powder. He was freed and has been coming to bible studies.
-Liviu (Romanian guy sat next to Kinga) shared a testimony of a girl who had leukaemia who lost a leg, her flesh was eaten, she was sent to hospital and eventually ended up being declared brain dead. The guy there said 'no! In Jesus' name, wake up!' and she woke up!
-'P', 2 weeks ago, was at a kids group with around 20 kids. They were doing a skit where they were asking questions about God and the kids ended up asking genuine questions about God and Jesus and stuff. 'P' asked 'who wants to receive Jesus?' and 12 or 13 kids ended up receiving Jesus!
Testimonies are so important! They are so powerful. Remember the works of God, they help you remember who He is. Again, this is kind of linked to the identity thing earlier. Please remember the testimonies of God, share them, talk about them. It's good to remember them by yourself, but it's also good to share good news. I long for a culture of testimony sharing. Testimonies build faith. They help us remember the abundance of God.
After the last session, we said goodbye to Barry and Sarah. I love them so much. They are family to me. They are superstars and I just feel so blessed and honoured to have them as my friends. I am so happy they are here and getting transformed and blessed. :)
Kinga and I hung out at Hebrews for a while, then sat outside and finished our lunch (around 4pm!) and prayed for a bit and chatted. (Also, earlier in the bookshop, one of the girls who was in the Revival Group the other day spotted me and said 'hey, it's Favour Girl!'. She had prophesied over me and seen how God has favour over my life and i know it, and yeah, it was cool to be called 'Favour Girl'. Sounds like a superhero name!)
Then we took lots of arty photos and started to walk back to the house. About halfway there, Angie stopped by and we got a lift. Cars here are GINORMOUS! I had to literally climb inside the car! When we got back I had a vegan salad with chicken, kale, apple and pecan nuts. This week i've had so many new, healthy things, i didn't expect that in America! I think we've mainly been eating organic stuff since we've been here. Good job. Oh, but i have been eating potato chips, so that balances out :P
I feel so content in this place, like I want for nothing. Maybe that's part of the not driving a car for a week, not being distracted by cell phone texts and facebook all day and being on holiday, but, there is something about this place. It's so good to be around believing believers, around people who have faith and expectation that God will do things. I may not agree with everything at Bethel church, but I love how they honour the prescence of the Holy Spirit, how what they teach is revelatory, hopeful, faith-full, challenging, biblical but also from experience. I love how they start all their meetings (leaders meeting, meetings about media problems, any kinds of technical meetings etc) with testimony time, so that they start off being encouraged and being aware of how amazing God is, before they come to any agenda or problems or whatever. I love how beautiful the mountains are. I am so pleased I came here, and I plan to come again for a bit longer next time, maybe when it's a bit warmed too :P
Kinga and I walked up to College View Bethel Campus (3 different cars stopped to ask if we wanted a lift!) and we hung out at The Prayer House. So peaceful. I sat down next to the big stone lion for a bit and then went inside after it got a bit cold for me. A verse I felt drawn to today was Mark 7v16 which turned out to say this:
"You people who can hear me, listen!"
That's a good word right there!
Then I was looking at James chapter 2, which speaks about faith & works, and how faith without works is dead, but works alone is pretty dumb too.
When we went into the building to line up, we were behind an Australian guy. Lots of Australians here! We went in and sat down at the top of the bleachers and some guys from Switzerland sat next to us (we saw them at the Mexican place 'Chipotle'). They were friendly and are staying here for 5 weeks! They showed us some of their cool pictures of San Francisco as they'd just been there for the past week. On the other side of Kinga was sat a Romanian guy called Liviu who we had met before. He is apparently the only Romanian Bethel student here and it has been a really great cost for him to be here.
The first session was run by 4 pastors (2 ladies and 2 guys) who shared prophetic words for various people in the hall. They picked them out individually and got them to stand up and spoke out what they felt God was showing them and brought words of encouragement and purpose to them. Not knowing the people standing up it was hard to tell exactly how accurate the words were but, by the reaction of those around them, their facial expressions and feeling the accuracy of the words in the Spirit, i believe most of what they were saying was right on.
They also got everyone to stand up who was a singer/songwriter who wanted breakthrough in terms of unfinished songs, so i just stood up because i wanna receive anything good they've got coz i'm a hungry bunny!
After that, a guy called Karl/Carl spoke about Matthew 5v14-16 and not being afraid of seeming contradictions, as we are called to be a light, but also to not parade around-
"“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."
When we come across something like that, we have the privilege to go to the author of the Word and ask Him about it. What mysteries will He reveal? :)
Karl/Carl also spoke on the difference between discipline and punishment. Discipline looks forward, but punishment looks back. We also looked at identity-
The temptation is to prove who you are by what you do. When Jesus was tempted in the desert, the devil asked Him "IF you are the son of God...". When we are firm in our identity we don't respond to tricks like that, because we don't need to prove who we are by actions.
One of the most powerful things is knowing your identity, who you are in Christ. There is the knowing it in your head, knowing the verses for it, but when you start really believing it- boy, that is powerful. That's something here at Bethel that the students are trained in, realising their identity. And that is why they are so happy, because they are secure in what their Papa God says about them. (Maybe not all of them, as they're on a journey and different walks of life, but the general overview of them as I see it)
Chris Overstreet, the Evangelist dude, was taking the last sessions. It was basically testimony testimony testimony time! Amazing!
-Chris was in Holland recently and he bumped into a group of young people. He asked them if they would believe in Jesus if they experienced God. one brave girl stepped out and Chris asked her to hold out her hands. He led her to asked 'Holy Spirit, come' and she felt His prescence. He preached the gospel of Jesus and she gave her life to Jesus. The rest of her friends were saved too.
-He was out in Uganda at a school and he asked the teachers whether he could preach. They let him and as a result 15 kids got saved!
-There was a girl who we shall call 'L'. 'L' was doing kids work on a Thursday and they just had some unsstructured play with the kids. There was a tall, black guy who came in called Terence. 'L' felt drawn towards him to pray for him and so she grabbed Alex. The guy ends up giving his life to Jesus, amazing! 4 days later, there was great breakthrough in 'L's life and she was talking to her intern about the episode, who showed her a picture of the guy, and tells her that he was hit by a bus and killed. Woah. They went to the funeral with 'S' and it was like a party, there was an altar call and pretty much the whole church went forward to dedicate/rededicate their lives to Christ, about 10 people were left sitting down. There were many tears and the presence of the Holy Spirit was very strong. About 30 people were saved that day!
-'C' was out with Drew on a Treasure Hunt and there were many radical healings eg. someones back got totally healed. 'C' saw a lady down the street and went up to her. She was an alcoholic and her liver and insides were stuffed. 'C' prayed for healing and she felt a tickly feeling. 'C' asked if she wanted to give her life to Jesus. She said 'no, i want to sort my life out first'. he said 'no, that's all lies!'. 'C' told her how he used to be a drug addict and Jesus transformed his life. She said she'd go home and think about it. 'C' had a boldness come over him and said that he wasn't leaving until she got saved, and she ended up experiencing the prescence of the LORD and gave her life to Jesus. I believe her life has been transformed!
-Taylor was in Stockton at Buffalo Wild Wings. The waitress there wanted them to minister some more and told them to come back tomorrow and they'll pay for their meal! Jason saw some guys on a car and for about 15mins was getting all these words of knowledge for them, that were 100% accurate! There was a really hard looking guy who had a gun on him and the guys were calling out his purpose and how he's called to lead youth, anyhoo, he ended up being saved and filled with the Holy Spirit!
-'K' and her intercessor friends were praying for this guy who had anger issues, his 18yr old son was found in possession of a whole bunch of cocaine, and because of the amount was arrested as an adult. They prayed lots and when they tested the cocaine it turned out to just be white powder. He was freed and has been coming to bible studies.
-Liviu (Romanian guy sat next to Kinga) shared a testimony of a girl who had leukaemia who lost a leg, her flesh was eaten, she was sent to hospital and eventually ended up being declared brain dead. The guy there said 'no! In Jesus' name, wake up!' and she woke up!
-'P', 2 weeks ago, was at a kids group with around 20 kids. They were doing a skit where they were asking questions about God and the kids ended up asking genuine questions about God and Jesus and stuff. 'P' asked 'who wants to receive Jesus?' and 12 or 13 kids ended up receiving Jesus!
Testimonies are so important! They are so powerful. Remember the works of God, they help you remember who He is. Again, this is kind of linked to the identity thing earlier. Please remember the testimonies of God, share them, talk about them. It's good to remember them by yourself, but it's also good to share good news. I long for a culture of testimony sharing. Testimonies build faith. They help us remember the abundance of God.
After the last session, we said goodbye to Barry and Sarah. I love them so much. They are family to me. They are superstars and I just feel so blessed and honoured to have them as my friends. I am so happy they are here and getting transformed and blessed. :)
Kinga and I hung out at Hebrews for a while, then sat outside and finished our lunch (around 4pm!) and prayed for a bit and chatted. (Also, earlier in the bookshop, one of the girls who was in the Revival Group the other day spotted me and said 'hey, it's Favour Girl!'. She had prophesied over me and seen how God has favour over my life and i know it, and yeah, it was cool to be called 'Favour Girl'. Sounds like a superhero name!)
Then we took lots of arty photos and started to walk back to the house. About halfway there, Angie stopped by and we got a lift. Cars here are GINORMOUS! I had to literally climb inside the car! When we got back I had a vegan salad with chicken, kale, apple and pecan nuts. This week i've had so many new, healthy things, i didn't expect that in America! I think we've mainly been eating organic stuff since we've been here. Good job. Oh, but i have been eating potato chips, so that balances out :P
I feel so content in this place, like I want for nothing. Maybe that's part of the not driving a car for a week, not being distracted by cell phone texts and facebook all day and being on holiday, but, there is something about this place. It's so good to be around believing believers, around people who have faith and expectation that God will do things. I may not agree with everything at Bethel church, but I love how they honour the prescence of the Holy Spirit, how what they teach is revelatory, hopeful, faith-full, challenging, biblical but also from experience. I love how they start all their meetings (leaders meeting, meetings about media problems, any kinds of technical meetings etc) with testimony time, so that they start off being encouraged and being aware of how amazing God is, before they come to any agenda or problems or whatever. I love how beautiful the mountains are. I am so pleased I came here, and I plan to come again for a bit longer next time, maybe when it's a bit warmed too :P
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Thin Place
Today we walked to Bethel Church and went to Alabaster House (the Prayer House). The atmosphere felt so chilled, so peaceful. I lay outside next to the fountain for 10minutes listening to the rushing water. It was a bit chilly, so I went inside the building and lay on the ground, soaking. (not literally soaking wet btw) After a long time i wanted to get up but there is such peace in this place i could barely raise myself up! I was reading my bible for a bit. 2 Corinthians 3v15-17 as I recall-
"Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."
Afterwards, I went up to the church building and sat outside eating my lunch, but then it got too cold/windy so i went inside to join the visitors queue. In front of me was a pastor from Ohio who moved out to Redding to live there since 5 months, and behind me were the 2 ladies from Bath. We chatted for a bit and then Kinga came back and we soon entered the room for todays school sessions.
The first session was led by a lady called Bernie and she spoke on salvation and asked lots of students questions, so there was alot of participation from people today. The 2nd session was led by a man called Dan and he led a discussion on a book by Hugh Ross and it was to do with science and faith and creationism and evolution. It was very well done I think. Lots of cool questions and one guy asked about dinosaurs. Fun times. The 3rd session was a talk from Kris Valloton and he spoke about fear & Gods perfect love casting it out.
(Click on the large writing/link to watch Kris's talk)
Kris Vallotton - 15th Feb
After this, we went to the cafe and hung out for a little bit. We talked to a couple of girls who had come from Sheffield. We went off to the Prayer House again. I felt so peaceful, such a lovely place to just come and rest and be. I felt drawn to Psalm 91-
"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.
Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
If you make the Most High your dwelling— even the LORD, who is my refuge—
then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all yourways;
they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
Because he loves me, says the LORD, I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him.
With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation"
Afterwards, we had a lift from Barry and we went to pick up Sarah from her small group. Saw some some rainforest stuff in someone's house and oil dripping from their ceiling.
We went out to Chipotle, pretty much just like The Mission mexican place at the Riverside in Reading. I had a Burrito of something beginning with 'B' that i can't remember- and it was like the size of my face man! We had a good time calling out each others destiny.
We were dropped back to the house and had a chat with our hosts about American things and English things and Valentine things and travel things. Things.
This place feels like a thin place. The atmosphere is easy, peaceful and there is so much good stuff going on here. It feels like alot of transformation and amazingness goes on here. It feels similar to Ffald-y-Brenin, in terms of the Prayer House at least. The Alabaster Prayer House in California and the chapel at Ffald Y Brenin in West Wales are roughly the same size- very small and simple. But I experienced the same peace in both. If you're looking for peace, maybe go check out whichever one's closest to you!
The same peaceful yet powerfulness. The expectation of meeting with the LORD God Almighty. Jesus is honoured in this place. He really is. They teach about the cross and His sacrifice and all kinds. It's not about just singing love songs here. The seminar on salvation today was rich and biblical and wonderful :) I am so glad i am in this place at this time.
"Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."
Afterwards, I went up to the church building and sat outside eating my lunch, but then it got too cold/windy so i went inside to join the visitors queue. In front of me was a pastor from Ohio who moved out to Redding to live there since 5 months, and behind me were the 2 ladies from Bath. We chatted for a bit and then Kinga came back and we soon entered the room for todays school sessions.
The first session was led by a lady called Bernie and she spoke on salvation and asked lots of students questions, so there was alot of participation from people today. The 2nd session was led by a man called Dan and he led a discussion on a book by Hugh Ross and it was to do with science and faith and creationism and evolution. It was very well done I think. Lots of cool questions and one guy asked about dinosaurs. Fun times. The 3rd session was a talk from Kris Valloton and he spoke about fear & Gods perfect love casting it out.
(Click on the large writing/link to watch Kris's talk)
Kris Vallotton - 15th Feb
After this, we went to the cafe and hung out for a little bit. We talked to a couple of girls who had come from Sheffield. We went off to the Prayer House again. I felt so peaceful, such a lovely place to just come and rest and be. I felt drawn to Psalm 91-
"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.
Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
If you make the Most High your dwelling— even the LORD, who is my refuge—
then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all yourways;
they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
Because he loves me, says the LORD, I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him.
With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation"
Afterwards, we had a lift from Barry and we went to pick up Sarah from her small group. Saw some some rainforest stuff in someone's house and oil dripping from their ceiling.
We went out to Chipotle, pretty much just like The Mission mexican place at the Riverside in Reading. I had a Burrito of something beginning with 'B' that i can't remember- and it was like the size of my face man! We had a good time calling out each others destiny.
We were dropped back to the house and had a chat with our hosts about American things and English things and Valentine things and travel things. Things.
This place feels like a thin place. The atmosphere is easy, peaceful and there is so much good stuff going on here. It feels like alot of transformation and amazingness goes on here. It feels similar to Ffald-y-Brenin, in terms of the Prayer House at least. The Alabaster Prayer House in California and the chapel at Ffald Y Brenin in West Wales are roughly the same size- very small and simple. But I experienced the same peace in both. If you're looking for peace, maybe go check out whichever one's closest to you!
[chapel at Ffald-Y-Brenin]
[prayer house at Bethel]
The same peaceful yet powerfulness. The expectation of meeting with the LORD God Almighty. Jesus is honoured in this place. He really is. They teach about the cross and His sacrifice and all kinds. It's not about just singing love songs here. The seminar on salvation today was rich and biblical and wonderful :) I am so glad i am in this place at this time.
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
The Treasure of Tuesday
Today Kinga and I met up with Rita at In The Hearth cafe near Bethel Church. She is so amazing, she's a superstar. It is an honour to meet and spend time with her!
After that we went up to Bethel Church itself and we met Cody's grandparents. Old people are amazing blessings! What wealth of wisdom and insight they can bring! I realised that the atmosphere, at the very least on the hill at Bethel, is very clear. It feels like an easy place to see things prophetically. It does feel like an open space and there is such a prescence of peace here. It is a place of PEACE, EXPECTATION and FAITH.
There were some people i recognised from the Revival Group, so i went over to say hi. They were busy Treasure Hunting so i went and sat down. But before that, i remarked to one lady that i really wanted to be on someones Treasure map coz i hadn't been found by a team of Treasure Hunters before! I said this to God too, asking Him if someone could find me, and 1 minute later as i was sat at a cafe table, 2 girls came up to me and said they had 'red coat' on their Treasure map. I was wearing a red coat. I was stoked that God answered my prayer so quick! Haha!
They had words for me about songwriting in different genres (bear in mind- i didn't tell them this and nor did i have anything that would give them a clue about music stuff) and one of them said i had an 'Adele anointing', as it were. :) It's ok if you don't understand what i'm going on about. It was awesome for me! God totally gave them all kinds of words of knowledge and encouraging insight into my life. This is the normal christian life, God reveals mysteries and knows each of us to our very core. He knows who we are and He knows our darkest secrets, He loves us loves us loves us. Yay God!
After this, i tried to remember it all and wrote some stuff down. Then i went to queue up for today Bethel School session. I was behind a guy from Seattle and in front of 2 ladies from Bath who go to Andrew Leakey's church. The worship team today were a bunch of people from London...i think. At least, it was led by this lady called Karen Gibson. Somebody told her story before we kicked off the worship/praise time and it was just such an amazing testimony of Gods favour. Here's a video of her choir singing-
Worship was. amazing. so so so so so good. Just solely focussed on Jesus. Beautiful. Ah :D
After that, Bobby Conners spoke for a couple of hours. (This is the link-copy and paste-to his talk. You have to buy it after 5mins http://www.ibethel.tv/preview/1299/bssm-bobby-conner/2012/02/14 ) Loads of stories and testimonies and releasing of good stuff. Afterwards it was AMT (i think that stands for activation ministry teams?) Kinga and Sarah went to the Sozo class and I went with Barry to the Physical Healing class which was led by a guy called Chuck. It wasn't Chuck Norris, but this particular Chuck could hold his own in a battle. Everyone in this class seemed so happy and high, when people grasp the love and goodness of the love God through Jesus Christ...it just does make you happy. :) it's just how it goes. I really am enjoying and basking in this culture where people are SO encouraging and honouring to each other. Last night Barry & Sarahs Revival Group had some kind of dinner thing, and the guys all went to this place and prepared everything for the ladies to make them feel like princesses and stuff. That's the gist I got, but it's just SO ridiculously amazing here. It's so good to see the men really honouring the ladies like this. I LOVE this culture of honour- i so want to have a culture like that in England. I want the spirit of apathy in my country to die.
A bunch of people got healed of some stuff and pain and things. I had back pain and got prayed for at the end, but after the first time getting prayer, the pain got worse and moved up my back. Very weird. Then they prayed again and the pain changed again. Strange. Then i thought perhaps i have a leg shorter than the other, because i've heard of that being the case for people with back pain before. So I sat down on a chair and made sure i was sat straight on the chair, and put my legs out with my shoes off. After checking them a couple of times, it appeared that my right leg was slightly shorter and so this girl commanded the leg to grow out. I felt a sort of pulling on my leg, but she wasn't pulling my leg. The legs then matched. After that happened, i stood up and was checking out my back, and realised most of the pain had gone, and my back did feel different. Whatever was going with my legs or back or whatever, i can for sure tell with confidence that i had loads of back pain before they told my leg to grow, and afterwards most of the pain was gone.
Kinga and I walked back to the house, took only 20minutes, but i found it confusing crossing the roads and there weren't really any clear markings for where to cross. I really hope I wasn't jaywalking, coz that's illegal in this state!
We had butternut squash soup for dinner and i have been sneezing lots for some reason!
After that we went up to Bethel Church itself and we met Cody's grandparents. Old people are amazing blessings! What wealth of wisdom and insight they can bring! I realised that the atmosphere, at the very least on the hill at Bethel, is very clear. It feels like an easy place to see things prophetically. It does feel like an open space and there is such a prescence of peace here. It is a place of PEACE, EXPECTATION and FAITH.
There were some people i recognised from the Revival Group, so i went over to say hi. They were busy Treasure Hunting so i went and sat down. But before that, i remarked to one lady that i really wanted to be on someones Treasure map coz i hadn't been found by a team of Treasure Hunters before! I said this to God too, asking Him if someone could find me, and 1 minute later as i was sat at a cafe table, 2 girls came up to me and said they had 'red coat' on their Treasure map. I was wearing a red coat. I was stoked that God answered my prayer so quick! Haha!
They had words for me about songwriting in different genres (bear in mind- i didn't tell them this and nor did i have anything that would give them a clue about music stuff) and one of them said i had an 'Adele anointing', as it were. :) It's ok if you don't understand what i'm going on about. It was awesome for me! God totally gave them all kinds of words of knowledge and encouraging insight into my life. This is the normal christian life, God reveals mysteries and knows each of us to our very core. He knows who we are and He knows our darkest secrets, He loves us loves us loves us. Yay God!
After this, i tried to remember it all and wrote some stuff down. Then i went to queue up for today Bethel School session. I was behind a guy from Seattle and in front of 2 ladies from Bath who go to Andrew Leakey's church. The worship team today were a bunch of people from London...i think. At least, it was led by this lady called Karen Gibson. Somebody told her story before we kicked off the worship/praise time and it was just such an amazing testimony of Gods favour. Here's a video of her choir singing-
Worship was. amazing. so so so so so good. Just solely focussed on Jesus. Beautiful. Ah :D
After that, Bobby Conners spoke for a couple of hours. (This is the link-copy and paste-to his talk. You have to buy it after 5mins http://www.ibethel.tv/preview/1299/bssm-bobby-conner/2012/02/14 ) Loads of stories and testimonies and releasing of good stuff. Afterwards it was AMT (i think that stands for activation ministry teams?) Kinga and Sarah went to the Sozo class and I went with Barry to the Physical Healing class which was led by a guy called Chuck. It wasn't Chuck Norris, but this particular Chuck could hold his own in a battle. Everyone in this class seemed so happy and high, when people grasp the love and goodness of the love God through Jesus Christ...it just does make you happy. :) it's just how it goes. I really am enjoying and basking in this culture where people are SO encouraging and honouring to each other. Last night Barry & Sarahs Revival Group had some kind of dinner thing, and the guys all went to this place and prepared everything for the ladies to make them feel like princesses and stuff. That's the gist I got, but it's just SO ridiculously amazing here. It's so good to see the men really honouring the ladies like this. I LOVE this culture of honour- i so want to have a culture like that in England. I want the spirit of apathy in my country to die.
A bunch of people got healed of some stuff and pain and things. I had back pain and got prayed for at the end, but after the first time getting prayer, the pain got worse and moved up my back. Very weird. Then they prayed again and the pain changed again. Strange. Then i thought perhaps i have a leg shorter than the other, because i've heard of that being the case for people with back pain before. So I sat down on a chair and made sure i was sat straight on the chair, and put my legs out with my shoes off. After checking them a couple of times, it appeared that my right leg was slightly shorter and so this girl commanded the leg to grow out. I felt a sort of pulling on my leg, but she wasn't pulling my leg. The legs then matched. After that happened, i stood up and was checking out my back, and realised most of the pain had gone, and my back did feel different. Whatever was going with my legs or back or whatever, i can for sure tell with confidence that i had loads of back pain before they told my leg to grow, and afterwards most of the pain was gone.
Kinga and I walked back to the house, took only 20minutes, but i found it confusing crossing the roads and there weren't really any clear markings for where to cross. I really hope I wasn't jaywalking, coz that's illegal in this state!
We had butternut squash soup for dinner and i have been sneezing lots for some reason!
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Monday @ Bethel- Oh the glory!
Today Kinga and I had a bit of a lie-in and had healthy blueberry muffins for breakfast. We went for a drive with Angie to Trader Joe's to get some grocerys; food etc for the week. Then we stopped off at Barnes & Noble where I bought a map of the world, the Dr Seuss book Rita read over me and a funky bag made from recycled juice cartons.
I had a lunch of Caesar Chicken Salad and some 'tritip'(not sure if i'm spelling that right?) It's basically BBQ meat, so very tasty. Then a nommy mandarin and funny tasting American yoghurt.
We got a lift from Barry to go to BSSM for 12.45pm and had a worship time. I was feeling really tired and had a bit of a headache, not sure why. At one point i wanted to go because of how I was feeling, but am glad I didn't for reasons you'll read later. Then some guy with grey hair gave a Bible class- things he covered were cessasionism, speaking in tongues...it was stuff to do with Acts and so he covered different things, but one of the good things was that he was equipping and teaching different points of view but keeping the love on and appreciating where other people are coming from.
Then there was a break and a guy called Mark spoke on...i'm not entirely sure i remember what he spoke on, oops! He kept saying 'come on!' but what he said was good, i think. I just can't remember as at this point i was feeling a bit rough and was leaning against the back wall, having a bit of a doze!
At the end, it was time for Revival groups to split off (groups of 64 people) and so Kinga went off to the Prayer House to soak and I went to Sheri's Revival Group. There were 3 of us visitors there and Sheri got us to stand at the front where we were stood 1 by 1 and prophesied over by lots of people!
I was last and it was amazing. I didn't tell them anything about my life, but people were getting accurate words about things about me. For example, one lady said she clearly saw me working with preschool children, and something to do with arts and crafts. Guess what, I work at a nursery, and I particularly like doing arts and crafts with them. Good word right there. Someone saw me on a stage, another saw me as an initiator who paves the way for others. They recorded them so i can listen back to them. Just amazing. So good.
I had a lunch of Caesar Chicken Salad and some 'tritip'(not sure if i'm spelling that right?) It's basically BBQ meat, so very tasty. Then a nommy mandarin and funny tasting American yoghurt.
We got a lift from Barry to go to BSSM for 12.45pm and had a worship time. I was feeling really tired and had a bit of a headache, not sure why. At one point i wanted to go because of how I was feeling, but am glad I didn't for reasons you'll read later. Then some guy with grey hair gave a Bible class- things he covered were cessasionism, speaking in tongues...it was stuff to do with Acts and so he covered different things, but one of the good things was that he was equipping and teaching different points of view but keeping the love on and appreciating where other people are coming from.
Then there was a break and a guy called Mark spoke on...i'm not entirely sure i remember what he spoke on, oops! He kept saying 'come on!' but what he said was good, i think. I just can't remember as at this point i was feeling a bit rough and was leaning against the back wall, having a bit of a doze!
At the end, it was time for Revival groups to split off (groups of 64 people) and so Kinga went off to the Prayer House to soak and I went to Sheri's Revival Group. There were 3 of us visitors there and Sheri got us to stand at the front where we were stood 1 by 1 and prophesied over by lots of people!
I was last and it was amazing. I didn't tell them anything about my life, but people were getting accurate words about things about me. For example, one lady said she clearly saw me working with preschool children, and something to do with arts and crafts. Guess what, I work at a nursery, and I particularly like doing arts and crafts with them. Good word right there. Someone saw me on a stage, another saw me as an initiator who paves the way for others. They recorded them so i can listen back to them. Just amazing. So good.
Sunday, 12 February 2012
Sunday Services at Bethel
Today we were much more awake to appreciate the Bethel-ness.
I woke at around 5.30am, for some reason, and had some glutenfree toast and chai tea for breakfast-yummy!
We got a lift at 8am from Barry and Sarah and went to the 8.30am service at Bethel. Bill Johnson spoke on 'Love is patient' and how that patience is not about us striving to be self controlled, but actually is about focussing and waiting on God. (Click the large writing below if you wanna watch the footage of it)
Bill Johnson - Feb 12th Day of Breakthrough
Joaquin Evans shared an amazing testimony of this woman who, last April, was given 5 weeks to live as she had cancer. She came to Bethel as she had made a deal with her father who said if she came to Bethel, he would help her fulfill her bucket list of things to do before she died. Recently at the Healing Rooms, Joaquin caught up with her father who shared more of what happened. She ended up getting prayed for and the pain left. Then when she went to the doctors, they found that her white blood cell count was 9.2, whereas a normal count is apparently around 6 to 8, and hers had previously been around 2. The doctor said it was the highest count he'd ever seen!
Barry prophesied over me, i remember him saying something about dancing. That was good. It seems he is even more aware of his identity in Christ, there is a strength and authority i see in him. It is exciting and good to see transformation in someone that i've seen pre-Bethel.
We stayed around for the 2nd service which was mainly a repeat of the first, and went into the overflow room in case Rita came. Afterwards, we got a free CD of Mario Murillo from a Visitors stand, and a man there saw 'John G Lake' over me, which was funny because i had just been thinking about him and had wanted to buy a book about his life but couldn't find one in England. So, i ended up buying one that was Bill Johnson recommended in the bookshop.
We had lunch at Hebrews coffee shop- i had an m&m cookie, an apple, a cheese bagel and i bought a blueberry muffin for later. We took lots of photos of outside the church and walked down the hill to make our way back to the house we're staying at. A lady offered us a lift (friendly Americans are amazing!) and we took it, but it turned out that the house really isn't that far after all. It helped us get our bearings and lay of the land though :)
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Back at the house we chilled out (much needed!) and then got a lift at around 4.45 to Bethel. Once we were there, we entered, and it was busy already. We nabbed some seats on the left side of the room that weren't saved (majority of the seats had scarves and coats and hats on them so that people could come back to them). We went into the overflow room where the pre-service prayer meeting was going on. I've not seen anything like it before. People were walking around in a whirlpool shape praying and asking God for His Holy Spirit to come. There was a little girl dancing ballet moves too. So sweet!
We went to go find our seats afterwards, and discovered that we were sat next to the parents of the lady who had been healed of cancer and had a high white blood cell count- it was cool to hear from them the reactions of the doctor, and they were lovely people too!
I went up to the front when worship/praise time started and it was quite packed. There was such a sense of freedom and peace and purpose. Brian and Jenn were leading, i was saying, it'd be nice to meet them!
(Click link for worship session that evening)
Worship Eve - 12th Feb
Bobby Conners came up and spoke, to be honest i can't remember if he had a point to his sermon/talk, but i jotted down some testimonies he shared, somewhere! Click on this link to watch it, though you may have to buy it to listen, not sure!
Bobby Conners- 12th Feb at Bethel Church
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At the end they had a couple of fire tunnels (people line up and make archways and you can walk through the archway of people and get prayed for by them).
Kinga and I asked around for some people to give us a lift, but to no avail. I prayed for God to provide for a lift and we waited at the door. I heard an english voice coming from this guy near us and I jumped into his conversation. Turns out he's from Essex and his name is David. He happens to know Barry and Sarah as his friend lives in their house. He was kind enough to give us a lift as it was pouring down with rain. We would have walked otherwise. :P He didn't know what TOWIE was- i think, good for him.
I woke at around 5.30am, for some reason, and had some glutenfree toast and chai tea for breakfast-yummy!
We got a lift at 8am from Barry and Sarah and went to the 8.30am service at Bethel. Bill Johnson spoke on 'Love is patient' and how that patience is not about us striving to be self controlled, but actually is about focussing and waiting on God. (Click the large writing below if you wanna watch the footage of it)
Bill Johnson - Feb 12th Day of Breakthrough
Joaquin Evans shared an amazing testimony of this woman who, last April, was given 5 weeks to live as she had cancer. She came to Bethel as she had made a deal with her father who said if she came to Bethel, he would help her fulfill her bucket list of things to do before she died. Recently at the Healing Rooms, Joaquin caught up with her father who shared more of what happened. She ended up getting prayed for and the pain left. Then when she went to the doctors, they found that her white blood cell count was 9.2, whereas a normal count is apparently around 6 to 8, and hers had previously been around 2. The doctor said it was the highest count he'd ever seen!
Barry prophesied over me, i remember him saying something about dancing. That was good. It seems he is even more aware of his identity in Christ, there is a strength and authority i see in him. It is exciting and good to see transformation in someone that i've seen pre-Bethel.
We stayed around for the 2nd service which was mainly a repeat of the first, and went into the overflow room in case Rita came. Afterwards, we got a free CD of Mario Murillo from a Visitors stand, and a man there saw 'John G Lake' over me, which was funny because i had just been thinking about him and had wanted to buy a book about his life but couldn't find one in England. So, i ended up buying one that was Bill Johnson recommended in the bookshop.
We had lunch at Hebrews coffee shop- i had an m&m cookie, an apple, a cheese bagel and i bought a blueberry muffin for later. We took lots of photos of outside the church and walked down the hill to make our way back to the house we're staying at. A lady offered us a lift (friendly Americans are amazing!) and we took it, but it turned out that the house really isn't that far after all. It helped us get our bearings and lay of the land though :)
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Back at the house we chilled out (much needed!) and then got a lift at around 4.45 to Bethel. Once we were there, we entered, and it was busy already. We nabbed some seats on the left side of the room that weren't saved (majority of the seats had scarves and coats and hats on them so that people could come back to them). We went into the overflow room where the pre-service prayer meeting was going on. I've not seen anything like it before. People were walking around in a whirlpool shape praying and asking God for His Holy Spirit to come. There was a little girl dancing ballet moves too. So sweet!
We went to go find our seats afterwards, and discovered that we were sat next to the parents of the lady who had been healed of cancer and had a high white blood cell count- it was cool to hear from them the reactions of the doctor, and they were lovely people too!
I went up to the front when worship/praise time started and it was quite packed. There was such a sense of freedom and peace and purpose. Brian and Jenn were leading, i was saying, it'd be nice to meet them!
(Click link for worship session that evening)
Worship Eve - 12th Feb
Bobby Conners came up and spoke, to be honest i can't remember if he had a point to his sermon/talk, but i jotted down some testimonies he shared, somewhere! Click on this link to watch it, though you may have to buy it to listen, not sure!
Bobby Conners- 12th Feb at Bethel Church
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At the end they had a couple of fire tunnels (people line up and make archways and you can walk through the archway of people and get prayed for by them).
Kinga and I asked around for some people to give us a lift, but to no avail. I prayed for God to provide for a lift and we waited at the door. I heard an english voice coming from this guy near us and I jumped into his conversation. Turns out he's from Essex and his name is David. He happens to know Barry and Sarah as his friend lives in their house. He was kind enough to give us a lift as it was pouring down with rain. We would have walked otherwise. :P He didn't know what TOWIE was- i think, good for him.
Saturday, 11 February 2012
Saturday Shasta day!
Today we headed off to Mount Shasta to snowboard! (after a blueberry bagel & cream cheese breakfast)
The mountains were so beautiful. There was Castle Crag and Mt Shasta. Just stunning views. In America everything is so BIG!
On the mountain there was snow but not as much as usual- it was a bit like being in Austria, but with people whose language I understood. I chilled on the back of the truck and sang and played guitar. We ate sub sandwiches, chips (crisps to us english) and had Whoppers- a bit like Maltesers.
Came back down the Freeway (it's so like being in an American movie cliche- driving down the freeway in a truck after goin' up a mountain to shred some snow/playing guitar in the parking lot, casually surrounded by epic mountains and random gas stations, singingalong to dubstep, worship and country music)
Back home (Rita's) we ate some noodle stuff and a tuna melt- nom!- and packed up stuff to move on up and out to the next place.
Saying our goodbyes, we put our stuff in the truck and were driven up to the North of town and to a lovely family who host people who come over to stay in Redding.
I miss Ri & her family already after only 3 days of being there!
The mountains were so beautiful. There was Castle Crag and Mt Shasta. Just stunning views. In America everything is so BIG!
On the mountain there was snow but not as much as usual- it was a bit like being in Austria, but with people whose language I understood. I chilled on the back of the truck and sang and played guitar. We ate sub sandwiches, chips (crisps to us english) and had Whoppers- a bit like Maltesers.
Came back down the Freeway (it's so like being in an American movie cliche- driving down the freeway in a truck after goin' up a mountain to shred some snow/playing guitar in the parking lot, casually surrounded by epic mountains and random gas stations, singingalong to dubstep, worship and country music)
Back home (Rita's) we ate some noodle stuff and a tuna melt- nom!- and packed up stuff to move on up and out to the next place.
Saying our goodbyes, we put our stuff in the truck and were driven up to the North of town and to a lovely family who host people who come over to stay in Redding.
I miss Ri & her family already after only 3 days of being there!
Friday in Redding
After waking up early, jetlag still present, we hung out and sang worship songs in a Karaoke machine, fun times! We went out to the bank to change my travellers cheques and then we went to Barrys home group.
We ended up going to Downtown Redding (i got some italian chicken grilla sandwich and pb cookie for us coz we missed lunch). We sort of did treasure hunt stuff, but it fell a bit flat in that i didn't approach anyone, even though i felt we got some ideas of who to look out for and where. Felt a bit frustrated, but then felt real encouraged that Bethel treasure hunting is normal and that sometimes people strike out, but they keep going and are courageous. So i felt encouraged that this stuff can be done back home.
We got dropped back at Rita's and we hung out for a bit and then we went for our FIRST TIME to Bethel church.To be honest, we were both so tired and the worship had such an atmosphere of peace that i really had to fight to stay awake. Kevin Dedmon spoke and shared testimonies such as this...
-something happened somewhere (i can't remember the details seeing as i was nearly asleep) which sounded interesting: there was a meeting where someone had brought some leftover bacon from somewhere and said that it was 'happy hour with bacon!' Then someone (Kevin perhaps?) gave a word saying everyone who's ill or something...go over there and take some bacon and eat it and you'll be healed. And it happened. Loads of people after stepping out and eating that bacon got healed. How very weird. But then, spitting in a blind guys eye to heal him is weird, and getting a leper to wash in a polluted filthy river lots of times to get healed is also pretty weird. Jesus gave no formula, and He is the Truth and the Way.
-when a team of people were out in Haiti, a girl was preaching and telling people about how God comes with signs and wonders and heals people and is amazing and stuff. This really tall guy was listening and he was shouting her down saying "no, you are lying! this is not true! this is all lies!" and Kevin stepped in and asked the man "you've got a problem with your hip haven't you?". The man nodded. Kevin told him to walk towards him and as he walked his hip would come into alignment and be healed. The man walked towards him and was amazed as his hip came into alignment and was healed. This man had been persecuting a pastor in that place and afterwards apologised for how he treated him. He gave His life to Jesus.
-when Kevin was in NZ in Christchurch after the earthquake, he met this person (can't remember the details of how or where) and was asking him if he needed any medical assistance. the guy said no. Kevin asked if there was any illness of injury that he had prior to the earthquake but couldn't get to anywhere to get it checked out. The guy said no. Kevin then asked if he had any arthritis. The guy said no, oh wait i have in my pinky finger. So Kevin took this guys finger and commanded arthritis to go. The finger was loosened and the guy asked if Kevin could heal his back too?! This guy had a messed up back and i believe he had metal rods in there too. Kevin went to pray and touched his back. The guy ended up being able to move and touch his toes, bend over, all this stuff he couldn't do before. Kevin asked if he wanted to meet the person who healed him. Led him to ask "Come Holy Spirit" (this guy was not churched) and after saying those words starting laughing in joy as He encountered the prescence of God. Gave his life to Jesus. Amazing.
-On Sundial Bridge in Redding this week or last week, some people from Bethel approached these 2 girls, one of the girls was called Stephanie. They asked her if she had back pain. She said no. They asked if she had a leg shorter than the other. She said no, but my leg is crooked. Her leg was twisted from a break that healed wrong. They prayed, well, they declared alignment over that leg, and it started twitching alot and the leg straightened. After that, Stephanie gave her life to the LORD, as she had been agnostic before.
-Another time, a team were at a restaurant on a Treasure Hunt, and they had the place as a location and all kinds of things on their list that matched this lady working there. They showed her all these things they had and I believe she was agreeing they made sense to her but she said so what. She was quite unresponsive and closed to it. Then Kevin just simply said 'God thinks you're a good mom'. She burst into tears and was crying alot. The manager came out all guns blazing as he/she thought these people around this lady were to blame for the tears, I guess. Turns out this woman's daughter had attempted suicide recently and she was blaming herself for it. Oh, and I think this woman ended up giving her life to Jesus too.
We stayed around for a bit, missing the Fire Tunnel this time which I was a little bit bummed about, but i think i would have fallen asleep in it, i was that tired. We came home and went straight to bed. Snore!
We ended up going to Downtown Redding (i got some italian chicken grilla sandwich and pb cookie for us coz we missed lunch). We sort of did treasure hunt stuff, but it fell a bit flat in that i didn't approach anyone, even though i felt we got some ideas of who to look out for and where. Felt a bit frustrated, but then felt real encouraged that Bethel treasure hunting is normal and that sometimes people strike out, but they keep going and are courageous. So i felt encouraged that this stuff can be done back home.
We got dropped back at Rita's and we hung out for a bit and then we went for our FIRST TIME to Bethel church.To be honest, we were both so tired and the worship had such an atmosphere of peace that i really had to fight to stay awake. Kevin Dedmon spoke and shared testimonies such as this...
-something happened somewhere (i can't remember the details seeing as i was nearly asleep) which sounded interesting: there was a meeting where someone had brought some leftover bacon from somewhere and said that it was 'happy hour with bacon!' Then someone (Kevin perhaps?) gave a word saying everyone who's ill or something...go over there and take some bacon and eat it and you'll be healed. And it happened. Loads of people after stepping out and eating that bacon got healed. How very weird. But then, spitting in a blind guys eye to heal him is weird, and getting a leper to wash in a polluted filthy river lots of times to get healed is also pretty weird. Jesus gave no formula, and He is the Truth and the Way.
-when a team of people were out in Haiti, a girl was preaching and telling people about how God comes with signs and wonders and heals people and is amazing and stuff. This really tall guy was listening and he was shouting her down saying "no, you are lying! this is not true! this is all lies!" and Kevin stepped in and asked the man "you've got a problem with your hip haven't you?". The man nodded. Kevin told him to walk towards him and as he walked his hip would come into alignment and be healed. The man walked towards him and was amazed as his hip came into alignment and was healed. This man had been persecuting a pastor in that place and afterwards apologised for how he treated him. He gave His life to Jesus.
-when Kevin was in NZ in Christchurch after the earthquake, he met this person (can't remember the details of how or where) and was asking him if he needed any medical assistance. the guy said no. Kevin asked if there was any illness of injury that he had prior to the earthquake but couldn't get to anywhere to get it checked out. The guy said no. Kevin then asked if he had any arthritis. The guy said no, oh wait i have in my pinky finger. So Kevin took this guys finger and commanded arthritis to go. The finger was loosened and the guy asked if Kevin could heal his back too?! This guy had a messed up back and i believe he had metal rods in there too. Kevin went to pray and touched his back. The guy ended up being able to move and touch his toes, bend over, all this stuff he couldn't do before. Kevin asked if he wanted to meet the person who healed him. Led him to ask "Come Holy Spirit" (this guy was not churched) and after saying those words starting laughing in joy as He encountered the prescence of God. Gave his life to Jesus. Amazing.
-On Sundial Bridge in Redding this week or last week, some people from Bethel approached these 2 girls, one of the girls was called Stephanie. They asked her if she had back pain. She said no. They asked if she had a leg shorter than the other. She said no, but my leg is crooked. Her leg was twisted from a break that healed wrong. They prayed, well, they declared alignment over that leg, and it started twitching alot and the leg straightened. After that, Stephanie gave her life to the LORD, as she had been agnostic before.
-Another time, a team were at a restaurant on a Treasure Hunt, and they had the place as a location and all kinds of things on their list that matched this lady working there. They showed her all these things they had and I believe she was agreeing they made sense to her but she said so what. She was quite unresponsive and closed to it. Then Kevin just simply said 'God thinks you're a good mom'. She burst into tears and was crying alot. The manager came out all guns blazing as he/she thought these people around this lady were to blame for the tears, I guess. Turns out this woman's daughter had attempted suicide recently and she was blaming herself for it. Oh, and I think this woman ended up giving her life to Jesus too.
We stayed around for a bit, missing the Fire Tunnel this time which I was a little bit bummed about, but i think i would have fallen asleep in it, i was that tired. We came home and went straight to bed. Snore!
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Arrived in California
A friend and I decided to visit California. So here we are. We were awake, travelling, for around 24hrs. We flew on such a cool teeny weeny plane from San Francisco Airport to Redding. There were 8 of us on the plane. So cool! I was a little bit hyper and weird coz of lack of sleep.
So, now here we are, having slept lots on my friend Rita's floor and couch. I will keep you posted on what happens here on- adventures no doubt!
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It's the evening, and we've had a busy day. We went to Sundial Bridge and played worship songs, I lost my camera, we went to Whiskeytown and the Lake, the Sacramento river, the Dam, saw Mount Shasta from afar, stopped at In n Out burger for a (you guessed it) burger. We went back to Sundial and my camera had been turned in. Saw a bunch of obviously BSSM students praying on the bridge.
I feel less freaked out by being abroad today, it think l due to catching up on sleep! Been giving Cody some guitar pointers and getting to know Rita more. It's great to stay with them- the couch is comfy, the food is good and the cat makes me laugh!
I'll tell you what- I wasn't expecting to have a prophetic word of destiny from a Dr Seuss book, but it happened! How little I understand this country, but I do love the talkativeness and friendliness of folk here. England could learn some lessons from these people. People on the street actually say hello to you when you walk by! I don't believe we should use our culture as a excuse for not connecting with people. There are people in England that go days and maybe weeks with nobody smiling at them, let alone speaking and listening to them. That's not right. I need to work on this too, but i'm just saying- we need to take action & not hide away in our alleged 'englishness'. Let's speak destiny and life into people.
So, now here we are, having slept lots on my friend Rita's floor and couch. I will keep you posted on what happens here on- adventures no doubt!
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It's the evening, and we've had a busy day. We went to Sundial Bridge and played worship songs, I lost my camera, we went to Whiskeytown and the Lake, the Sacramento river, the Dam, saw Mount Shasta from afar, stopped at In n Out burger for a (you guessed it) burger. We went back to Sundial and my camera had been turned in. Saw a bunch of obviously BSSM students praying on the bridge.
I feel less freaked out by being abroad today, it think l due to catching up on sleep! Been giving Cody some guitar pointers and getting to know Rita more. It's great to stay with them- the couch is comfy, the food is good and the cat makes me laugh!
I'll tell you what- I wasn't expecting to have a prophetic word of destiny from a Dr Seuss book, but it happened! How little I understand this country, but I do love the talkativeness and friendliness of folk here. England could learn some lessons from these people. People on the street actually say hello to you when you walk by! I don't believe we should use our culture as a excuse for not connecting with people. There are people in England that go days and maybe weeks with nobody smiling at them, let alone speaking and listening to them. That's not right. I need to work on this too, but i'm just saying- we need to take action & not hide away in our alleged 'englishness'. Let's speak destiny and life into people.
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