"He who knew no sin became sin that we might become the righteousness of God."
These kids understand that. This precious lamb was slain that we may have life and not death. Over the past couple months, I've been given the amazing opportunity to work with these kids and God has shown me so much not only through this drama and the powerful words but also through the child-like faith of these kids.
At first they were a little uncomfortable and not so sure about the whole idea, but once we got in there and they started learning the song, God began to do a work their shyness turned to boldness. In Joel, it says "in those last days I will pour out my spirit on all flesh, your sons and daughters will prophecy, your young men will see visions and your old men will dream dreams." This is the day we are living in. The spirit of God is being poured out to the young, to those who are passionately abandoned. To the sons and daughters of God,, to the young and to the old. They are going to be the ones who rise up and change a nation, they are going to be the ones to rise up and with the power of Christ in them, break off religiosity and raise people from the dead. This generation is going to lay hands on the sick and they will be healed, they will walk through the streets and the light will shine so bright through them, they will overtake the darkness that surrounds. This generation is our future.
As you watch this, remember what Christ has done, He took on the sin of the world that we could have not only life but an abundant life. Allow Him to speak to your heart through the worship of these amazing Children of God.
Love and blessings,
Elizabeth Danielle
Also check out the younger ones, they are on the track to be worshipers.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Here I go Again
Talking about the rain,
and mulling over things that wont live past today.
Its been quite some time since I've been into this whole blogging thing but I think I'm going to get back into it just because.
So the picture above is down in the Uwgeno Valley. A small village in Tanzania and near Mt. Kilimanjaro. There is a centre of excellence being built there named Nyota Star Christian Centre. I have been communicating with the lady who started this for about 4 years now and God has done so much there. Since the first days of talking with her until this very day, this village has been my hearts cry. The children, of which I've only seen pictures, have captured my heart, the land is etched within my memory, every time I get alone with God, He never fails to remind me of these precious people in the Uwgeno valley.
Many things are going on, there is a local church that was finished in 2006, there is a nursery school with about 50 children enrolled, they have been given bikes along with a repair shop, they have a corn processor and in the past few years since Christ has been brought to this people, their land has begun to flourish, the rains have returned and life is flowing where there used to be death.
There are many plans and projects going on two of which are to eventually get a higher level of school and eventually a hospital up and running employing the adults as well as giving hope of a future to the young ones coming up.
Many years ago (before college that is), a dream was planted in my heart to become a doctor and become a missionary. Right now I'm not so sure about the doctor part, but I am pursuing a degree in Biology which could lead into the medical field (if my grades are good enough).
Enough of my rambling, Just sharing my heart... oh yea Here is a link to the webpage, Check it out and keep this centre in your hearts and prayers. God is doing a mighty work and if you are able, I urge you to donate to this cause as well. http://www.nyotastar.com/projects.htm
Love and blessings,
Elizabeth Danielle
Friday, November 28, 2008
Remembering today one of my all time favorite worship songs. Its "Take me in" and I think that Kutless sings it. It was my favorite in highschool. It was what I lived for. What I wanted of my life. To be in the presence of the Lord. To go into the Holy of Holies without bondage. Past all the religion past the fakeness past everything and into the heart of God. Into the holy place. To go in by the blood of the lamb and show those that they could get in to. That the veil had been torn. There is freedom in Christ. I dreamed of making a difference. I dreamed of helping awaken a generation. I longed to see the abandoned, the hurt, the neglected find hope. I desired to show them a way to release that abandonment into worship. To show them the heartbeat of the Father. To let them know that they are priceless. To see this town radically changed. To see the veil over this town ripped and the bondage of religion broken off. To be a voice. To make a difference. To show Jesus to those around. To see this town healed. To see an outlet for the kids of this town. to see an equipping center. People coming here to be sent out. People coming to this town to find out what this freedom is. To see why the violence rate went down. To see why the schools are no longer filled with drugs and alcohol but filled with the love of Christ.
I gave all that away when people hurt me. I ran from God and now the longings and desires of Him are still etched so deeply within that it seems my life will not be what I want or even happy as it could be unless I step back into that purpose and into those dreams and into the woman He saw when He created me. Its time to get back on track. No more playing around, no more pretending.
I gave all that away when people hurt me. I ran from God and now the longings and desires of Him are still etched so deeply within that it seems my life will not be what I want or even happy as it could be unless I step back into that purpose and into those dreams and into the woman He saw when He created me. Its time to get back on track. No more playing around, no more pretending.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
MCers Rock!
So this group of students that are inovlved with this thing called massters commission are hanging out with my church this weekend. In ninth and tenth grade I really wanted to go to a MC program after I graduated, spend a couple years seeking God and serving people then go into ministry. Well I changed my mind about that when all the people that I personally knew who had gone to a MC program seemed so fony and I was like no way do I want to be a part of that. So with the urging of my parents and other family members I changed direction and now I'm in my second year of college.
Back when I was in youth we used the gym for our services. and there were a couple of us who would be really seeking God going after him 100% dancing and weeping and sometimes even getting "trapped" in the bathroom full of laughter. Sometimes we would just stay in the gym walking around praying for hours with a cd on or pastor rob singing/playing the guitar. When I first walked in these masters kids were doing that. the were walking around some were on the floor some were at the wall they were seeking God. There was something about them that seemed so familiar yet so different.
Last night we had an amazing service. I was there really early and talking to this one girl in the group. We talked for a while and it was a little awkward at first. Being around all of them was awkward. Why I dont know. It was like they could see right through me to my soul. I dont let people in and I like keeping to myself but she seemed so real that it was so hard for me.Then during worship these students were so passionate. Even the highschoolers and the adults from our church helping out were really getting into it. It was so incredible. I kept thinking about all the other youth and college age students in this town and just became so overwhelmed. They were dancing. I was like what. Not that I dont dance when i have worhsip music blaring and the house to myself but they were doing it in public. I used to do that but supressed that urge when attending a school where it was kind of against the rules and all that jazz. They did some fun skits and the message was good. I cant wait till the dogeball tournment today and whats gonna go on at service tonight!
Back when I was in youth we used the gym for our services. and there were a couple of us who would be really seeking God going after him 100% dancing and weeping and sometimes even getting "trapped" in the bathroom full of laughter. Sometimes we would just stay in the gym walking around praying for hours with a cd on or pastor rob singing/playing the guitar. When I first walked in these masters kids were doing that. the were walking around some were on the floor some were at the wall they were seeking God. There was something about them that seemed so familiar yet so different.
Last night we had an amazing service. I was there really early and talking to this one girl in the group. We talked for a while and it was a little awkward at first. Being around all of them was awkward. Why I dont know. It was like they could see right through me to my soul. I dont let people in and I like keeping to myself but she seemed so real that it was so hard for me.Then during worship these students were so passionate. Even the highschoolers and the adults from our church helping out were really getting into it. It was so incredible. I kept thinking about all the other youth and college age students in this town and just became so overwhelmed. They were dancing. I was like what. Not that I dont dance when i have worhsip music blaring and the house to myself but they were doing it in public. I used to do that but supressed that urge when attending a school where it was kind of against the rules and all that jazz. They did some fun skits and the message was good. I cant wait till the dogeball tournment today and whats gonna go on at service tonight!
Friday, October 17, 2008
looking for direction...
Right now I don't know what I'm doing with my life. I'm going to school with a major in biology just because I like biology and that's the only thing that really interests me. I've been back in my hometown for a little over 2 months now and its so great to be back.
Since I've been back I've been fighting a few things in my life.The past couple weeks I have been praying and seeking God out on a lot of stuff I'm dealing with right now. I really felt the urge to go back through my journals I started to journal and draw in 2005. In looking through them I have found some interesting stuff. A lot of stuff that I had forgotten that were spoken to me. Dreams and visions and prophecies that the Lord had given me. In reading some of it I would just begin weeping. Remembering how much in love with my king that i was I am ashamed at how I have forsaken that for what I thought was better.
so here I am in a Podunk town way down south Georgia. I really feel the Lord urging me into ministry with the teens and college age students. The kids here have nothing to do no outlet. They sit around in different parking lots or better yet random fields doing all types of things that is leading to their destruction. I see the state of the kids in this city and it just breaks my heart. Something needs to be done. We have so many churches and kids who go to church but they don't know Jesus. I really feel like there needs to be a central ground a place where the religion just falls away.Where they can come as they are and end up washed by Jesus. a place where they feel safe, a place where they don't have to worry about being abandoned but they can abandon themselves to Christ. To prepare the leaders of this generation. To awaken a mighty generation. For the Bible belt to be destroyed and turned into a ring of fire.
This is something that the Lord has been showing me for a while now but I haven't felt like little me could do anything about it. In a vision the Lord gave me about a year ago, He was showing me some things, a lot I still dont understand and some that have become more clear in the past year.
This vision occurred at the call Nashville on july 7th 2007 when 300 shofars were being sounded. before those 300 were sounded, there was a single shofar being sounded. it was sounded 6 times before the rest joined in. I believe that the Lord was showing me through this that He wants me to sound an alarm be His voice for those who have no voice as a wakeup call to the church to bring repentance and change or judgment to the body of Christ concerning the things on His heart, His children. I know there are a lot all over and they are sounding alarms in their cities, their states and nations.
I feel like this firstly is a call to sound an alarm for my city. There is this one place, an old building that has been empty for years and eveytime I pass it espically on a friday or saturday night I can just see hundreds of kids leaving the field parties, the parking lots and coming here having their lives radically changed by the hand of Jesus and never going back to their old ways. I can see them in the parking lot waiting and praying. Inside worshipping completely abandoned to the Lord.
There is so much potential here and we can already see it in some of pastors of the churches binding together and the young people could really care less who goes to what church If we all bind together as one. as the body of Christ, people can be set free, we can see deliverance, miracles the gangs becoming less of a problem. If the church here stopped worrying about themselves and their religious ideals and their little god in the box things could happen, the Real God, The Living God would show up and shake everything that can be shaken. but before the church can go out and preach repentance, they need repentance within themselves.
Since I've been back I've been fighting a few things in my life.The past couple weeks I have been praying and seeking God out on a lot of stuff I'm dealing with right now. I really felt the urge to go back through my journals I started to journal and draw in 2005. In looking through them I have found some interesting stuff. A lot of stuff that I had forgotten that were spoken to me. Dreams and visions and prophecies that the Lord had given me. In reading some of it I would just begin weeping. Remembering how much in love with my king that i was I am ashamed at how I have forsaken that for what I thought was better.
so here I am in a Podunk town way down south Georgia. I really feel the Lord urging me into ministry with the teens and college age students. The kids here have nothing to do no outlet. They sit around in different parking lots or better yet random fields doing all types of things that is leading to their destruction. I see the state of the kids in this city and it just breaks my heart. Something needs to be done. We have so many churches and kids who go to church but they don't know Jesus. I really feel like there needs to be a central ground a place where the religion just falls away.Where they can come as they are and end up washed by Jesus. a place where they feel safe, a place where they don't have to worry about being abandoned but they can abandon themselves to Christ. To prepare the leaders of this generation. To awaken a mighty generation. For the Bible belt to be destroyed and turned into a ring of fire.
This is something that the Lord has been showing me for a while now but I haven't felt like little me could do anything about it. In a vision the Lord gave me about a year ago, He was showing me some things, a lot I still dont understand and some that have become more clear in the past year.
This vision occurred at the call Nashville on july 7th 2007 when 300 shofars were being sounded. before those 300 were sounded, there was a single shofar being sounded. it was sounded 6 times before the rest joined in. I believe that the Lord was showing me through this that He wants me to sound an alarm be His voice for those who have no voice as a wakeup call to the church to bring repentance and change or judgment to the body of Christ concerning the things on His heart, His children. I know there are a lot all over and they are sounding alarms in their cities, their states and nations.
I feel like this firstly is a call to sound an alarm for my city. There is this one place, an old building that has been empty for years and eveytime I pass it espically on a friday or saturday night I can just see hundreds of kids leaving the field parties, the parking lots and coming here having their lives radically changed by the hand of Jesus and never going back to their old ways. I can see them in the parking lot waiting and praying. Inside worshipping completely abandoned to the Lord.
There is so much potential here and we can already see it in some of pastors of the churches binding together and the young people could really care less who goes to what church If we all bind together as one. as the body of Christ, people can be set free, we can see deliverance, miracles the gangs becoming less of a problem. If the church here stopped worrying about themselves and their religious ideals and their little god in the box things could happen, the Real God, The Living God would show up and shake everything that can be shaken. but before the church can go out and preach repentance, they need repentance within themselves.
Monday, September 29, 2008
"radical worship"/ the lords generation
Its arising all around. We see these kids and teenagers get saved and freed and radically transformed. The Lord is doing something amazing in their lives and their worship is unlike anything the church has seen. These kids are being set free from crack, depression, prostitution, alcoholism, anything you can think of these kids have been there done that. They experience God and they go after Him with everything they have. We are seeing it more and more. They are gathering in the masses the sound coming out of them is something new. They aren't singing of what they are going to get from God or what they are going to do when they get to heaven but they are singing about war, they are dancing whole heatedly, when they don't know what else to say they say "HOLY HOLY HOLY" "WORTHY WORTHY" They live to praise the King of all.
The church calls this "radical worship" they call it "crazy kids" they call it a "phase" they say its not of God we shouldn't have someone who was a crack addict yesterday in our church jumping around. But in the bible it says that "those are forgiven much love much and those who are forgiven little love little" 1. Luke 7:47. I don't think its a matter of how much one has sinned or came out of but how much they realize it. They know that if He hadn't rescued them that they would be dead or dying. It also is not limited to the arising generation, there are people from every generation alive who are experiencing the Spirit of God in this way.
I think that when this worship/intercession/danci ng is labeled as "radical worship it is totally wrong. I believe that what is arising is not some new fad or some type of cultural thing that is occurring but that it is the Spirit of God being poured out as in Joel 2. That we are embarking on war. This "type" of worship is nothing new. In the old testament we see it always coming before the presence of the Lord. When David and his "crew" were taking the ark of the covenant they went before it dancing and worshiping so hard that David lost his clothing and his wife told him that he made a fool out of himself. During a time of war, the worshipers were always put on the front lines.
Its in our bones. Its something etched so deep within us that when given the opportunity to let it out it just flows. We are that front line going into battle.
This video kinda sums it up what I'm trying to say. We are the Lords generation. The people who name generations decided to call us Generation Next. They don't know what is going to happen with this generation. Its time for this generation to awaken. They have killed 1/3 of us. They look at us and they see all the junk, all the addictions, the rebellion and they don't know what to do with us, they see us as hopeless as dry bones. But its time for those who are dead and dying spiritually to arise, to awaken. Although the church may see us as dead, beyond hope we can see an ARMY ARISING! May we be awakened! OH and if you see me jumping its because the Lord set me free!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi-Brg-B_kw
The church calls this "radical worship" they call it "crazy kids" they call it a "phase" they say its not of God we shouldn't have someone who was a crack addict yesterday in our church jumping around. But in the bible it says that "those are forgiven much love much and those who are forgiven little love little" 1. Luke 7:47. I don't think its a matter of how much one has sinned or came out of but how much they realize it. They know that if He hadn't rescued them that they would be dead or dying. It also is not limited to the arising generation, there are people from every generation alive who are experiencing the Spirit of God in this way.
I think that when this worship/intercession/danci ng is labeled as "radical worship it is totally wrong. I believe that what is arising is not some new fad or some type of cultural thing that is occurring but that it is the Spirit of God being poured out as in Joel 2. That we are embarking on war. This "type" of worship is nothing new. In the old testament we see it always coming before the presence of the Lord. When David and his "crew" were taking the ark of the covenant they went before it dancing and worshiping so hard that David lost his clothing and his wife told him that he made a fool out of himself. During a time of war, the worshipers were always put on the front lines.
Its in our bones. Its something etched so deep within us that when given the opportunity to let it out it just flows. We are that front line going into battle.
This video kinda sums it up what I'm trying to say. We are the Lords generation. The people who name generations decided to call us Generation Next. They don't know what is going to happen with this generation. Its time for this generation to awaken. They have killed 1/3 of us. They look at us and they see all the junk, all the addictions, the rebellion and they don't know what to do with us, they see us as hopeless as dry bones. But its time for those who are dead and dying spiritually to arise, to awaken. Although the church may see us as dead, beyond hope we can see an ARMY ARISING! May we be awakened! OH and if you see me jumping its because the Lord set me free!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi-Brg-B_kw
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