How does God work?

There are a lot of things about life that I don’t understand. Some things are mysterious and make me laugh; others are a little less funny. Some things push me to press in to the Lord, others I overcome with simple faith. At the end of the day, God is good and I don’t have to understand everything. God is God, and he can do whatever is pleasing to him. Now that’s freeing!

How God transforms us, regenerates us, restores us, makes us a new creation…how does He do that? I mean, A NEW CREATION! What in the world?

At SOZO on Tuesday a young man preached. I can’t give you his name, but I will give you his story. He’s about 20, got radically saved a couple months ago, saved out of drugs, gangs, tons of violence, literally saved from death and the brink of Hell. He’s a new creation! He smiles all the time, loves people, loves God, and wants everyone to know the crazy transformation that’s taken place in him. It’s awesome! He’s awesome! He’s had revelation that God is real, loves him like crazy, protects him, has a plan for his life on earth, and wants to spend eternity with him.

After he was done preaching on Tuesday, he was talking to one of my girls. She brought her ultrasound pictures this week to show friends her baby. He noticed them in her hand and said, “I’m kinda mad. I want you to have my baby.” No shame at all, even in front of leaders. I just have to laugh and love him! He hasn’t had revelation on every topic, but he’s preaching on the ones he has had, and preaching with authority, bringing conviction and seeing the Holy Spirit stir peoples hearts.

What revelation have you had lately? How is he transforming you? Preach it (and leave a comment here)! What revelation are you waiting on? Fast and pray for it! He’s coming to visit you SOON!

My current realizations on HEALING!

I received an interesting email this week, in response to a facebook status I posted. I found it to be a fun exchange, and enjoying explaining myself so...I'm sharing it with you!

I updated my facebook status to get ready for a session at the prayer room last week. "Then Jesus called together the twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases, He sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to bring healing....departing, they went about from village to village, preaching the Gospel and restoring the afflicted to health everywhere." This is what will happen at the prayer room tonight from 7-9, in case you were wondering what it's all about! =)

If this doesn't sit well with you, let me explain. But you might need to brace yourself; this is straight out of the bible!

The term I used, "preaching the Gospel"; was quoted from the book of Luke, chapter 9, verses 1 and 2, and verse 6. I took this from the amplified version, but I looked it up in five versions. One said the "news of Christ" and another "the good news", and the rest? "Preaching the Gospel"! The word Gospel simply means the teaching or revelation of Christ. The disciples went from town to town, telling people, preaching and teaching, that the Messiah had come, they could be saved from sin and death and hell. That sure is good news! They were telling the story of the life of Christ and what it means for those who were hearing it and their lives. That's what I do almost everyday, it's the best! Okay, going to verse 1 "Jesus gave them authority over all demons and to cure diseases". God didn't create the world with any sort of infirmity; it entered when we, humans, turned our back on God. Jesus came to make it possible for us to be in right relationship with God again, and to return things to the way God had created them, which means returning those who were sick, back to health. God doesn't need doctors and medicine to cure, he created the human body and can heal it all by himself, and that's exactly what Jesus was doing. He had the power to heal, and he still does. The scripture makes it clear that Jesus gave us authority, so it's okay that Jesus is no longer walking on the earth, because he taught us how to do what he was doing.

So, let me tell you about the prayer time I was going to. For the month of February, we were focusing our Friday even prayer meetings on healing. Anyone who wanted to receive prayer for healing was welcome, and people from my church came to pray. I went to the four Friday meetings in February, and lived out these scriptures. Jesus came, not to give only the twelve authority, but all who believe on His name. That means me! I exercised my authority to bind demons and cure diseases through the power of the Holy Spirit. And let me tell you, demons were bound and people were healed...and it was FUN!