Mountain Tops

I opened my bible to Matthew chapter 5 with the intention of reading the sermon on the mount. I read the first  verses and came full stop.

One day Jesus saw a vast crowd of people gathering to hear him, so he went up the slope of a hill and sat down. With his followers and disciples spread over the hillside,  Jesus began to teach them: (The Passion Translation)

Weird place to stop? Perhaps. I have read the Beatitudes and the sermon on the mount many times so what exactly was it that caught me this time?

The first thing I noticed was the where. Jesus was surrounded by a vast crowd and went up the mount. Where else do we see mountain top experiences? And why is this important? Lets take a look at 5 mountain tops

First Mt. Sinai, here we find Moses in Exodus leading the Israelite's out of Egypt. Moses went up the mountain to commune with Father God. But in stark contrast to what we see with Jesus, Moses was alone. This was where in fire, God came down and with His finger wrote the 10 commandments in stone. Of interest, it is believed that the 10 commandments, or the absolute moral law, was given on the same date of the Pentecost. (You can read about the Mt.Sinai experience in Exodus 24)

So now we have Jesus at Mt. Beatitudes, and he is inviting us up the Mt with him!

Can we stop for a moment and appreciate how beautiful / important / overwhelming that really is?

Jesus actions are telling us, this isn't just for the worthy. This isn't just for the very select, this is for everyone. He wants to invite us all in. Jesus includes the broken, the sinners, the misunderstood. We are all being invited to commune with The Father through Jesus. I am going to say that a little louder for those in the back.

We are all being invited into communion with The Father through Jesus.

If we look at what Jesus was teaching we see more parallels with Moses. Remember Moses was given the absolute Moral law, and here we have Jesus teaching the heart of the law. Who is qualified to teach what the heart of the law is? Let me say, only The One who gave the law could ever be qualified to teach what the heart of that law is. He alone could explain the attitude inside and behind the law.

Next let's glance for a moment at the mount of Calvary. Calvary was the place where Jesus hung on a cross and died as the perfect sacrifice (the spotless lamb) to atone for the sins of all mankind. Jesus was raised from the grave 3 days later having overcome death and making a way for us to be in eternal communion with our Father in heaven.

Again we see a mount that can only ever be climbed by one alone. There has, and will only ever will be One who is without sin that could meet the impossibly high standards to take away the sins of the world and restore us into right relationship with Abba, our Father in heaven.

Only the one who gave the law could ever atone / meet the standard of the law.

Jesus promised us a helper, The Holy Spirit. Mt.Zion is our next mountain top experience. Acts 2 is where we can read about this in detail. Here we are seeing the power of God coming upon masses. We again are being invited in because of what Jesus has done for us.

On the day Pentecost was being fulfilled, all the disciples were gathered in one place. Suddenly they heard the sound of a violent blast of wind rushing into the house from out of the heavenly realm. The roar of the wind was so overpowering it was all anyone could bear! Then all at once a pillar of fire appeared before their eyes. It separated into tongues of fire that engulfed each one of them. They were all filled and equipped with the Holy Spirit and were inspired to speak in tongues—empowered by the Spirit to speak in languages they had never learned! (The Passion Translation)

I can not begin to fathom what people were thinking or feeling. Here we see part of the God head coming in fire once again! Now what was once only for Jesus is now accessible to all who call on Him. What a glorious gift that is available for us to receive.

There is one more mount I want to touch on, the Mt. of Olives. He is the one who was, who is, and is yet to come. We have a promise that Jesus is yet to return. He alone once again will be the only one qualified for the work yet to come.

Obama Dream October 3, 2016

I had a dream October 3, 2016 that I would like to share.


I was working in the white house. I had an office but I think I was a secretary. I was on the phone with a new mom and warning her to have an emergency kit both in her home and another hidden in the mountains. She needed to have food diapers and formula prepared. The stockpile for the wilderness was because many would not be able to return home to get supplies when it was needed. After I was off the phone Obama asked me what I told her. I answered and he said that was wise. He had kind of a smirk on his face as he left. (He entered through a room on my right and exited on my left) A little while later he came back through door on my right again and asked when I thought everything would happen that people would need to be prepared for. I started to answer that I figured a few more things needed to happen still but as I spoke he left again through the door on my left. Once he was gone I saw smoke. I got up walked around the desk and where the chair was were blue mats haphazardly placed, and on top a letter (3 fold) that was burning. I blew it out (top left corner) and see it was written in Obama's handwriting. It said fire fire fire fire fire fire ffffffffiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrreeeee. Over and over the handwritten word fire. The paper caught fire again, it wouldn't go out. What he had put into place could not be undone now.

Soak it in

Some days can leave you drained. it can feel like you have nothing left. I find a good "Soak" helps.

Tell me what you think

Power in Prayer

How would your life change if you really believed in the power of prayer?

I'm not suggesting you don't pray or that you don't superficially believe there is power in prayer. I am sure there are many people like me.

I have even said there is power in prayer, and that when we get to heaven one of our greatest regrets will be not having prayed more. Then why do I struggle to dedicate time to prayer? I will often pray throughout the day, but carving out time to dedicate strictly to prayer can be a challenge for me.

There is always an excuse. Life is hard. It's busy. I'm a single parent with 2 kids, I work full time, there is always a to do list that requires more hours in the day than I have and way more energy than I can possibly expend. There are days I try to have that time at the end of the day to dedicate to prayer and meditation and fall asleep. I feel like the apostles in the garden of gethsemane, there's the Lord asking me to stay with him and pray just one hour, and there I am, failing miserably.

The good news, God is great in His unending mercy! My Lord God almighty continues to speak to me and work in me, and I pray, through me.

God spoke to me saying:

 "You have not prayed in power out of fear. I will greatly expand your faith."
"I give you the power to move mountains, you only need believe and it would be so."

It is both a rebuke (which I deserve) and also a beautiful promise which demonstrates God's great mercy. (How has he not given up on me?) Amazing how He meets us right where we are.

What is there to be afraid of? How amazing to see miracles first hand to be a powerful intercessor that changes the face of this earth, to help restore people to God.

But then.... I look weird. I don't fit in. I look like an extremist.

But then.... I need to fully surrender to God. I need to be willing to give up my worldly desires for comfort.

But then... I need to fully submit, I need to rely on God's strength and not my own.

But then... I need to step out in faith. I need to fully trust God, I need to be OK that He knows where I am going and give up my own plans.

It's easy to say I need to have control because I need to make sure my children have a roof over their heads and food in their bellies. I need to make sure the bills are paid and the laundry is done. Excuses are a dime a dozen. Bottom line they are excuses.

There are a few questions I have needed to ask myself.

Do I want to stand with the world or do I want to stand with God?

Do I want to surrender to God or do I want to be comfortable?

Do I want to rely on God's strength or my own?

Do I really trust God? Do I really believe He is going to meet my needs (and my families), and that His plans for me are good?

Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you." declares the Lord. "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future."

Matthew 6:25-3425 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

So really isn't the question Do I really believe the bible is the inerrant word of God? Because really if I do doesn't that mean I am going to live my life differently? As one set apart? 

Isn't the priority in my life to be set upon things of God and not things of man?

If my priority is set on God, won't I make sure I have time every day to seek God the way He has called me to?

Mark 9:24Immediately the boys father exclaimed, "I do believe, help me overcome my unbelief."

October 2015 Dream

I had another powerful dream.

Let me start by giving the context of time and place in this dream. It was end times, there was heavy persecution of Christians and there was a group of us gathered together in a safe house, about 20 or so.

This house was a very large white farm house with windows that extended from the floor up two stories. Out these windows were wheat fields as far as the eye could see. (I'm a west coast girl myself, surrounded by mountains I've never actually seen wheat fields or prairies in person) Inside the downstairs was a very open concept and very sparse, I don't actually remember any furniture at all. There were high ceilings, about 1/2 the downstairs was high enough to be 2 floors, the other 1/2 did have an upstairs and you could see the railing to an upstairs hallway.

Everyday conveniences were no longer taken for granted. Things like access to electricity were sparse. You couldn't just plug your phone in to charge it, you needed to conserve as much as possible.Those of gathered in this home knew we were being supernaturally cared for.

I looked out the window and saw a twister heading towards the house. My i-phone had battery life on it so I grabbed it and told the others I was going to record this. I went over to the kitchen window that extended up 2 stories and the twister stopped there, hovering in place as I watched. I then saw this large funnel change before my eyes into an angel that stood close to 20 ft tall. It absolutely glowed this golden hue like nothing I have ever seen before. It was a warrior and had a sword and shield, It was dressed in battle gear wearing a breastplate and helmet.

At this point I could see 5 or 6 more twisters in the distance also coming our way. The angel declared that these were the judgements of God being unleashed upon the earth.

I am going to pause and interject here a little. My brother whom I have always been close with is currently walking away from God. He has justified his actions largely by twisting scripture. I won't go into details here about this but I want to note this because my brother was a part of this dream although I never saw him in it.

In my dream I understood that my brother was in this same house although he was upstairs and I did not see him. I also understood that when these angels bearing the judgements of God came, my brother would be in danger.

This was a call to prayer. All of us who were downstairs gathered in prayer. It was absolutely paramount that we provide prayer covering for our brothers and sisters in Christ that they return to Him immediately. it was with such urgency and fervency that we gathered all of us falling prostrate on the ground before our God. We also knew that much like the exodus all who were in Christ being cleansed by the blood of the Lamb would be spared.

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, pray. Pray for one another, pray for those who have strayed, pray for those who are lost. Just don't stop praying. Pray together, agree with one another in prayer. There is more power there than we realize. Pray for my brother and please share with me your requests and I will agree with you in prayer too.

The Day After...

Many were talking of September 23, 2015, and what it would bring. 

Some said there would be great earthquakes, others claimed there would be nuclear attacks on the United States. Still others claimed it would be the rapture. Everywhere I would turn I would hear people proclaiming the end of the world as we know it.

Today is September 24, 2015. I am still here and nothing of any significance had changed. 

Yes I did write about September as well. I did not proclaim anything specific, just pointed out the spiritual and historical significance of the blood moon tetrad as well as the word I received from The Lord (do not fear for I am with you, stand firm, pray without ceasing) 

The bible warns is to be aware of false prophets. It tells us many will come in His name and will deceive even the elect of that is possible. We must guard our hearts and minds against such things. 

The beautiful part of prophecy is that if it comes from God it will be verifiable through the living word of God. We are very clearly told only Father God knows when Christ's return will be. So any man proclaiming to know the day should be considered rather dubious. 

All of this and I don't want you to think I have so many answers. I think we need to be careful believing we know how things will happen. The Pharisees and Sadducees thought they knew what they were looking for in a messiah, they were looking for a warrior to overthrow the Romans, to free Israel. Being so focused on what they were sure they were looking for they missed Jesus. 

I look forward to the day Jesus comes again. Will there be a rapture where I meet Him in the sky? I don't know. Reading through Mathew 24, I see the elect being turned over. I see the for the sake of the elect days being shortened. I don't see them being raptured. I could be wrong, I hope I am wrong. But if in Gods infinite wisdom we are called to remain during the tribulation period than so be it. 

I have a dear friend who I was discussing this with. She brought up that the word rapture is gathering. Much like Noah's family was gathered and given Gods protection during the flood. Shadrak Meshak and Abendigo (ok I am quite sure I spelled the names wrong) were given Gods protection when in a fiery furnace but not spared the brutality itself. Daniel still was thrown into the lions den. She said she believes God will gather His church together and will provide for us. 

There is much to look at and study. For know go and read Mathew 7:15-20 to help discern false prophecy and teaching. Then go look up Deuteronomy 18:21-22 Mathew 24:24, 2Peter 2:1 and 1John 4:1. 

May God bless you and keep you 

FEAR NOT,STAND FIRM, PRAY WITHOUT CEASING

There is a lot of discussion about September 2015, Now only a week away. Is this the end of the world? I
doubt it. Does it point towards end times? I'm sure it does.

I don't think I need to write out another exhaustive list of things to take place in September, I'm sure by this point we have all been inundated with it. If by chance you would like a list here's one for you.

Mathew 24:42 reminds us "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come."

I was spending some time this morning pondering all of these things and I asked God, "what do you want me to know about this time." and the answer was clear. First and foremost, "Fear not for the Lord your God is with you." The second thing spoken was "Stand Firm"  and lastly but by no means least, "Pray without ceasing."

How many times does the bible tell us not to fear? 365. Yes 365 times. Once for every day of the year. Anything repeated more than once has got to be important so really this is an incredibly important element to remember. And you know it is so true. I don't need to be afraid and neither do you because guess what? We already know how this is going to end! I have the ultimate cheat notes on how thing are going to play out and you know what some of it is pretty down right scary stuff, BUT I don't need to be afraid because the Lord my God is with me and even more so He has a plan to prosper me and not to harm me, a plan to give me a hope and a future. That future just so happens to include eternity with Him.

The book of Ephesians jumps to mind when I hear stand firm although the term is used 15 times in scriptures. Ephesians 6:10-18 tells us

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

First lets note in verse 10 that we can be strong in the Lord, it is in His mighty power not in mine.

I think one of the reasons this passage jumps to mind so quickly is that we are talking about events that are leading into the end times revelations. This is a spiritual battle that is being waged, and we need to be prepared to stand on God's promises and fight on our knees. We need to prepare for spiritual battle by first preparing our hearts and minds. Meditate on Gods word and in all sincerity put on the full armor of God.

Verse 12: For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realm. - These battles are won or lost on our knees with holy hands raised high.

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I have been spending time in Mathew 24 and those words that many will turn from God in those days breaks my heart. To be running this race of endurance and to be so close to finishing only to give up moments before the finishing line... Stand Firm. You can do this. Pray without ceasing. Pray for your brothers and sisters in Christ that the shield of Faith would be on them. Pray that we do not be deceived by the great deceiver but that we finish this race and that in the end we receive our great reward, to hear He who created us declare, "Well done good and faithful servant."