Teenagers/Jesus

Here I am listening to some music...yes it's E.T. by Katy Perry and of course some Bruno Mars, etc. I am not going to lie, I can really feel heaven in some of those songs. But as I sit hear listening to music (this one is Skyscraper by Lovato) I simply must write a bit about the teenagers I've been around.

I have grown up in a church where I used to help lead a kid's group. I've grown up with these kids and love them dearly and have seen them become God loving teenagers who really enjoy real Jesus. Now I pop in at their youth group some times and keep relationships with them. I see so much glory in them and am sooo refreshed by them because they are soooo real! Anyhozers we had a just girl's sleepover prayer thing Friday night. God blew me away with those girls. I ended up staying up til 2 am joining the girls as they opened up and received love and prayers through one another. They also prayed for me and I received words from God and sooooo much love! Now that is heaven on earth.

Lately I have also been joining the teen class as a support to their young teacher, to be around them, and to be honest... because I get bored during the sermon. I love it because they are so open for Jesus to move. And God has used me to give the teens a little nudge when it comes to healing. I encouraged them to just declare the healing and keep it simple. Well over the past few weeks a kid got his back healed instantly and just today a girl got instantly healed from her headache and another from her knee! But what was most awesome to me was to see the kids step up and let Jesus use them and how excited they got when it worked! Praise God! 

So now I am going to lead the teen Sunday school class next quarter and I am pumped. I just can't wait to tell them what Jesus has done for them on the cross, to tell to them more about the Good News, and to empower them and let them lead. I haven't felt this thrilled and excited in awhile. If you want to pray for me and these teens I'll totally take it. (Readers feel free to share your own Jesus-ness in the comments too and pray. You all got Jesus and His light!) It is so true that when the older generation bends down to lift up the younger you feel soooooooo good! It is truly exhilarating. I feel soooo alive right now. It is probably also because God reminded me through the gals prayers that night what an influence I have made on the girls. Sometimes we just don't realize how much we shine and it is soooo encouraging to hear it. Praise God. We are His lights. We can enjoy Him, He enjoys us, we enjoy others, and they enjoy us. Let's do it! Go Generation by Generation!!!

Jesus Guy

Hey, here's another Jesus guy I highly recommend. He has a wonderful understanding of grace and the Word and totally lives heaven's reality. His name is Benjamin Dunn and he wrote one of my favorite books "The Happy Gospel." I had the privilege of helping host his band last year. He is sweet and down to earth in person  and treats everyone with love and respect. Check him out. Enjoy.

A Random Adventure

I just have to tell ya'll about a fun little adventure I just had today... such a sweet little Jesus blessing.

So Katie, a sweet young friend of mine and also my brother's girlfriend decided to take me on a little adventure today. I was given no details except that it would be Saturday at 5. And what a hilarious, fun adventure it was.

It began with us stopping at a family's house we both knew and giving away some Panera bread that her job let the employees have. I had no idea how that worked with what she had plan. Then we gave more bread away to my spiritual little brother. And then she decided to take me to Dunkin Donuts where we ran into my friend Alanna who just happened to be there. I was so confused and had no idea what Katie had planned. May I also say she was so hilarious, silly, and goofy the entire time. Finally... after she drove around in random spots and circling back, she ended up taking me to the true destination... Chipotle. Yummy!! It turned out everything beforehand was just a decoy, but yet it played out so well.

Well after gulping down a huge burrito we decided to continue our adventure by adding another person. We jokingly called it "kidnapping". This black guy started talking to us as we stopped at our "victim's" apartment. The guy asked if me and Katie were drunk. I replied that we did not need that to be happy. (I find it funny that that was not the first time I've been asked such things).We picked up my spiritual little brother Jesse (he is with me in my latest video) and we drove around talking. Then we stop at Burger King and Katie bought Jesse food and we continued great conversation which led to us praying for one another. I love Jesus and fast food. And I can't help get teary eyed when people so sweetly pray for me. We then literally ran to the car.

Our adventure was not over. We decided to go to Marcs and give more bread away to my little sister who was working there and other peeps we knew- mind you we had like ten minutes before the store was going to close. Then we headed to Walmart to find something for my sick brother Sam (also Katie's boyfriend). We found the perfect stuffed cow. Praise Jesus.

It's those delightful, simple things that are heaven on earth. Nothing beats just chilling with sweet people, talking about life and God, and praying and encouraging each other. And there was Jesus showing me Himself today... by living through a sweet girl who wanted to take me on an adventure and by living through my lil bro Jesse too. JESUS is awesome!!!!

May Jesus bless you with your own random little adventures. May you receive them and initiate them. :) Jesus loves you!!!

Yummy Instruments

Hi Ya'll,
It's been a little while. God recently got me out of feeling blue and getting lost in a dumb dumb pool of negativity. That happens when you listen to lies. But praise Jesus He uses people to remind you of who you really are. Now I am delightfully feeling like my real self again and enjoying the present and excited about the future.
Anyhozers... this is my first video welcoming my little brother in Christ, Jesse. I met Jesse at a Bible study and he is a true blessing and a delightful, fun little brother. Don't underestimate the young people folks. Jesus tastes great on anybody no matter age, race, color, etc.
This is a little revelation God gave me about instruments and God showed Jesse things too. I actually asked God to remind me the other day of who I was in Him and God sure did. Enjoy.
And remember you are all unique, beautiful, perfect little instruments in Christ and Jesus makes you sound sooooo wonderful and you are a delight to Him and blessing to everyone!!! May He tune you to understand who you are because of what He has done for you. Praise JESUS!!!!!

Winnie Banov

I love this lady Winnie and her husband Georgian. They led our trip to Mozambique. If you want to learn from somebody look up the Banovs. They are parents of joy.
I will never forget in Africa how I got so drunk in the Spirit after Winnie shared the good news. I went over to her and hugged her and said, "Thank you for believing." Her response to me was, "Thank you for believing." I hope you enjoy how Jesus tastes off of this lovely lady.

Manifesting Love

I had a sweet time with the Lord Saturday morning. The past few months I'd felt so tired and drained. See my focus for awhile had been on taking care of all my children (preschoolers and spiritual children). Saturday was the start of my two week Christmas break and I just looked at Daddy exhausted. He so sweetly wrapped His arms around me and told me, "We've been so busy with the kids haven't we." I replied mildly, "yah." He then told me how He would spoil me over the next couple weeks and we could enjoy each other. He wanted to simply love on me. It reminded me of married couples who finally take a break from the kids. Then God began to unravel to me a beautiful revelation... one that I am still meditating on.

Fruit naturally results from love. When couples are wildly in love all they are concerned about is loving one another and in their love for one another wonderful little surprises can happen along the way. Love cannot help but to manifest itself. And the greatest moments of love bliss is where the manifestation of love starts. Now I am in no way saying that we have physical, marriage intimacy with the Lord, but I am saying that marriage is simply a representation of the greater union we share with Christ. This glorious union began with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and could not help but manifest in the lives of all human beings and could not help but also fix every human being through the cross. I cannot imagine the fellowship Father, Son, and Holy Spirit had! And now we are joined to that union through Christ! It no longer becomes an effort to love others. We just be ourselves and enjoy being loved on by our God and loving Him back and naturally you will produce the greatest fruit. A father and mother cannot help but radically adore their new born baby and pour everything into it. And every person God wants to love on and birth life out of. He wants His children to have their mother's eyes, similar quirks, and more. Truly He allows us to become Fathers and Mothers of His children.

The whole reason Jesus died and fixed us was so we could enjoy love and love. It is who we are now. It is the most wonderful thing. Simply let Jesus love you. He always has and He always will. And enjoy being His love slave and enjoy the manifested results of love. Maybe you will see druggies and prostitutes turn from old ways and be soooo happy and drunk on Jesus, maybe you will adopt an orphaned child, maybe you will write books that lift up hearts of people around you, maybe you will create movies that stir the soul, maybe you will build houses for the poor, maybe you will be an ear to the elderly, or anything. There are no limits and rules on LOVE. And then when you get a little too wrapped up in the "kids", your loving Husband will pull you aside and assure you He will take care of the children, get you to let go all your concerns, and just love you.

Something yummy from McVey

A friend/big brother in Christ had this posted on his facebook. I just had to repost it. Steve McVey is another wonderful guy with deep revelation of the grace of Christ. A few more peeps I like and trust are Georgian and Winnie Banov, Heidi and Rolland Baker, John Crowder, Benjamin Dunn, Steve McVey, and John Eldridge. 


"Grace throws parties for returning prodigals without saying a word about their sins. Grace pays everybody the same regardless of what time of day they began to work. Grace restores dignity to whores that everybody else wants to stone. Grace hugs the diseased leper (or AIDS patient) that nobody else wants to touch. Grace looks past a person’s behavior and sees the person for who they are in the eyes of God. Grace is irrational to the thinker. It is unfair to the judge. Grace is foolishness to the achiever. It is a waste to the selfish. Grace is a mistake to the disciplinarian. It is shame to the religionist. But it is a stream of water to the thirsty. It’s freedom to the imprisoned. It is life to the dead. Grace is rest to the tired. It is another chance to the failed. It is hope to the despondent. It is a way out for the lost and a way in for those who can see the Door. Grace. It’s not a theological premise. It’s not a doctrine. It’s not a philosophy. It’s not something to be balanced with anything else. It’s not even the most important thing. It’s The One Thing – The Only Thing. It’s a Person – a Person who has held you in His heart before the first molecule existed and One who will never let you go."


 Steve McVey