New Blog

I am officially moving my blog to wordpress. With a new laptop at my disposal i thought it was time for something fresh that I can play around with. It will still be called A Voice In The Wilderness


I will leave this blog up and running for a short time and then I will continue only using the new site.

Thanksgiving 10

1. I am truly thankful for my Lord and Savior, brother and father Jesus Christ

2. I am truly blessed and thankful to have family and friends whom I love, and know that love me. I am thankful for great relationships.

3. I am thankful that all of my needs are truly met, and I actually have more than what I really need to survive.

4. I am thankful that I've had the opportunity to have an impact in this life for Jesus. Even if it has been small and inconsistent, it is unmerrited and that's awesome.

5. I am thankful to be coaching basketball this year and getting to have influence in the lives of young men. It's a part of my destiny.

6.I am thankful that I can be thankful. It's so easy for us humans to think about all of the problems. But I'm thankful I can be thankful. It's good for the heart

7. I am thankful for coffee!

8. I am thankful for crativity (when used in a positive way) . It is creativity that has inspired and given me the joy's of music, art and literature.

9. I am thankful that God is who He is. He could have been like anything. But to have this majestic being as my father, full of mercy, grace and justice, I am thankful.

10. I am thankful for the new labtop I'm using to write this. Without which you would not be reading this post

Signing Back Up

I am simply making it official by putting this in a public writing forum. I'm signing back up. Signing back up for wholeheartedness. My heart has grown cold in several areas and it's time to place it next to the fire again and give the Lord time to do His thing. I really haven't been in a steady season of walking with the Lord for about a year. I am encouraged in the fact that He has still been persuing me, speaking to me and correcting me. There's affection in His correction! But I have tasted and seen that He is good, and I'm ruined. There is no other place for me to be but in the center of His heart. So today I'm signing back up for wholeheartedness. May my heart burn, and my faith result in obedience to the voice of God

A long time coming

I just recieved via UPS, my first owned computer. It's a Dell Laptop and I like it! It's not the very best in the computer world, but it's by far enough for me, at least for now. My long absence from the blogging world has simply been due to lack of internet access. The desktop computer that I had been using at the house of prayer is out of commission. So needless to say, this is a blessing. I will hopefully be doing a lot of things on this site.

What A View

While with my mother yesterday in Chicago, we sat along lake Michigan and looked at what is called "the Magnificent Mile." It's a mile stretch of the skyline in Chicago, featuring some of the worlds largest and most unique skyscrapers and buildings. Surrounded by the color of fall trees, with gentle waves sweeping against the rocks, it doesn't get much better.

We also went to the top of the sears tower at night and saw life's view from the third tallest building in the world. It was great. Besides that we did a lot of walking, took a boat ride on lake Michigan and had lots of good food.

Martyrdom

Most people would think it was odd, I actually find it interesting myself, but I actually think about dying for Jesus quite often. Not in a morbid way at all, but in a sober way. I ask myself questions like; If someone put a gun to your head and told you to renounce Christ, what would you do? Is my heart rooted and grounded enough in His to stand? Do I really love Him like that? ect. I think most people and myself say, well that's a possibility, but do you really have to think about it, or actually prepare to die? And sometimes it seems odd, but then I think about Jesus who was born to die. He thought about it and talked about it well before it happened. And He was prepared for it. I guess were all born to die, the question is only what for. The reality is a lot of my generation has thought these thoughts because many of us will suffer persecution and martyrdom.

I went through an experience this week that brought me closer to death than I have ever been before. Through my suffering, the revelation of Jesus suffering, and death for me, have been so sweet it's all worth it! It's also caused me to really look deep within my heart and ask do I really have the stuff to live out true christianity? I don't think we have a clue in the west what true christianity is at all. And the question of who can stand bears weight beyond what we can now know.

From my own notebook

I'm going to share here random different writings and observations found in my notebook from times of prayer. Enjoy!

The Cross
Sitting at the foot of the cross beholding the beauty of mercy and justice, the heart is won for love. Here men are marked forever, changed from sinners to saints, from cowards to bond-slaves


URGENCY
Am I walking in urgency? Am I really sober and awake? Am I urgent and desiring the holiness and righteousness of Christ? Am I urgent to be prepared for His appearing? Am I urgent to hasten it's day? Am I urgent in my prayer life for revival and salvation?

End Times
I love how when I read about Jesus Mellineal Kingdom, how my heart burns with longing and zeal to see that day. I am bolstered with hope and this is why it is important to study these realities. In thinking about the End Times, my heart trembles with a sense of mourning for my own lack of preperation, sorrow for humanity and urgency in my spirit to be prepared. The lie in my own heart and in the hearts of western culture is that we just need to calm down, not be so hyped up. But where in the bible concerning the end-times does it say to just relax about it?

Joel 2

Today starts the bridegroom fast here at IHOP KC. I am so thankful for my time here in KC. It has been wonderful to sit under some awesome teaching and soak in the house of prayer. Today my excellencies of Christ class also starts our guided study project which will be a lot of fun. (hopefully I can write more about that later) I'm participating in the Bridegroom fast and then extending my fast a little bit. I'm going to be praying Joel 2 quite a bit because I need to rend my heart and re-align with Jesus and the truth of His word, and so does the nation. We need urgency, to be awake, alert, sober in this hour.