"You can have pain without love. But you cannot have love without pain."
- Kris V.
Just finished listening to the Bethel weekly sermon. The topic was, "Love suffers long". Kris V. was sharing about the time when he was in extreme amount of pain and he couldn't understand why. His friend told him, "It's normal. You love much that's why you have much pain. Love suffers long."
"Love is patient..."
1 Corinthians 13:4
It is translated as "Love suffers long" in the King James version. I have been learning about this lesson ever since this year has begun. However, I still don't quite grasp the true meaning of this phrase. If you love, you will suffer in pain for sure. It's impossible to have love completely without any pain. These two go together hand in hand. This is the way of the Kingdom. Lord, teach me Your way and show me Your path.
I need prayers. I cannot do it by myself. I feel lost like I'm in a darkroom, unable to distinguish north, south, east, and west. I need someone to guide me. Yes I have a lot of things to do at hand, but... where is my spiritual growth leading to?? Which path am I to take next?? Lord shine Your light upon me. Reveal to me Your heart... I want to be closer with You, Jesus. I want to be a weeper once again...
This whole week, there have been a group of preachers preaching the gospel loudly at our Belltower every single day. You can hear them 20 feet away... "You are going to hell!! God hates you!! Do you expect to be with the Holy God when you still have sins in you??..." I don't know. Yes, everything that they are preaching is the truth, it's the Word. (Most of it) Yes, their motives are right - To proclaim the truth and to bring salvation to the students. But, are their words bringing life or death into people? Our words are extremely powerful, and most people don't realize that.
A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold
is a wise man's rebuke to a listening ear.
Like the coolness of snow at harvest time
is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him;
he refreshes the spirit of his masters.
Like clouds and wind without rain
is a man who boasts of gifts he does not give.
Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,
and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
(Proverbs 25:11-15)
The first verse is actually the first verse ever that I've memorized. I remember Jack would always remind us to "throw the gold apple", which means to speak good words unto others. Recently I've been teaching this to many others, due to those preachers. They need to learn how to preach from LOVE! Though I do admire their boldness. So many false religions and false preachers are stepping out boldly to proclaim their believes, what are we, the children of God who understand the true meaning of the gospel and His love, doing?? Spread out our wings of eagles and lead us out there to fight a good fight, Lord! It doesn't matter how well you are trained if you don't have the courage to fight...
"Having a burning love for God produces in you the compassion that will run out to defeat the enemy no matter how impossible the circumstances may seem." - David D'Louhy
Got that from one of Jesus Culture's articles on their site. Check it out if you'd like. The title is "Compassion Burn".
Ps. Pray for me that I get all the classes I needed to get into... and that I can find an internship for the summer. Also for my financial issue... Lord, if You want me to go out there, provide me financially!!! I love You!
-sala<3
Friday, May 30, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
MSNBC Article on Florida Outpouring
Check out this article...
"Revivalist claims hundreds of healing"
http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/29/1075189.aspx
Read the comments and pray for Todd and the ministry team!!
-sala<3
"Revivalist claims hundreds of healing"
http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/29/1075189.aspx
Read the comments and pray for Todd and the ministry team!!
-sala<3
Friday, May 23, 2008
Mayday!! Mayday!! I AM Landing......
I would ask myself this question every time, before I go up to anyone to pray for them.
"Do you have a compassion for him/her? Are you doing this because you love him/her?"
On Monday morning when I was walking to class, I was already late, I first saw a woman on a wheelchair, then I saw a girl with a cast on her left arm. I didn't approach to any one of them, simply because the answer to my question was, "No."
I sat down on a bench after leaving my class and started to pray for love and compassion. I said to God, "Please fill me up with Your love because I simply cannot love them with my own love. If You would fill my heart once again with that fiery love of Yours for people, I will go pray for that girl with a cast. That is, if You let me see her again."
Guess what happened. He filled my heart with that tender love, and He made that girl with cast walked toward me and sat down right in front of me. So I went up to her... here's my testimony.
Prayed for a girl who fell off from her skateboard last Monday. She couldn't stretch or bend her elbow all the way. After I prayed, she could bend it all the way. Praise Jesus! She is a believer too and she really appreciated my prayer. She said the doctor doesn't even know what's wrong with her arm, but it would hurt when she twists her wrist and bend her arm. The pain went away. I will pray for her again if I see her. I believe Jesus has already healed her though... :)
She has beautiful eyes, and a gentle heart. I realize that I really do love her after I asked my Father for that love. Even now when I think about it, I can feel that compassion for her from Jesus. It's simply God.
Went to IV on Wednesday and Daniel shared with me how God's been saying that same message about LOVE to him as well. He said he received a vision a few days ago. It was a landing ground for planes, and God's going to land at UCR very soon. So get hungry, get thirsty, and get desperate for Him!! It's time to gather His people for a massive repentance fast and pray. God said to him, "Repentance is the key. It's what's to be done first and foremost." I don't know about you but I was so excited when I heard this from him. I went home and prayed for an hour. Totally laid myself down and cried out before Him, for myself, for the leaders, for all Christians, for our campus... First time in a few weeks that I've shed tears before His throne. "Crack this heart of stone!!!" (I need to wash my bedsheets... too much tear on it. sigh*)
Keep crying out for your school!! Gather people who have the heart for His kingdom to invade your campus and cry out together!! Even if you can only find ONE PERSON. He says, "When two or three gather together in My Name, I will be there with them..." Press in!!!
How about a small, "THE CALL", on UCR.
-sala<3
"Do you have a compassion for him/her? Are you doing this because you love him/her?"
On Monday morning when I was walking to class, I was already late, I first saw a woman on a wheelchair, then I saw a girl with a cast on her left arm. I didn't approach to any one of them, simply because the answer to my question was, "No."
I sat down on a bench after leaving my class and started to pray for love and compassion. I said to God, "Please fill me up with Your love because I simply cannot love them with my own love. If You would fill my heart once again with that fiery love of Yours for people, I will go pray for that girl with a cast. That is, if You let me see her again."
Guess what happened. He filled my heart with that tender love, and He made that girl with cast walked toward me and sat down right in front of me. So I went up to her... here's my testimony.
Prayed for a girl who fell off from her skateboard last Monday. She couldn't stretch or bend her elbow all the way. After I prayed, she could bend it all the way. Praise Jesus! She is a believer too and she really appreciated my prayer. She said the doctor doesn't even know what's wrong with her arm, but it would hurt when she twists her wrist and bend her arm. The pain went away. I will pray for her again if I see her. I believe Jesus has already healed her though... :)
She has beautiful eyes, and a gentle heart. I realize that I really do love her after I asked my Father for that love. Even now when I think about it, I can feel that compassion for her from Jesus. It's simply God.
Went to IV on Wednesday and Daniel shared with me how God's been saying that same message about LOVE to him as well. He said he received a vision a few days ago. It was a landing ground for planes, and God's going to land at UCR very soon. So get hungry, get thirsty, and get desperate for Him!! It's time to gather His people for a massive repentance fast and pray. God said to him, "Repentance is the key. It's what's to be done first and foremost." I don't know about you but I was so excited when I heard this from him. I went home and prayed for an hour. Totally laid myself down and cried out before Him, for myself, for the leaders, for all Christians, for our campus... First time in a few weeks that I've shed tears before His throne. "Crack this heart of stone!!!" (I need to wash my bedsheets... too much tear on it. sigh*)
Keep crying out for your school!! Gather people who have the heart for His kingdom to invade your campus and cry out together!! Even if you can only find ONE PERSON. He says, "When two or three gather together in My Name, I will be there with them..." Press in!!!
How about a small, "THE CALL", on UCR.
-sala<3
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
You can't have it until the heart is cracked. You can't have it until you are broken.
From Todd Bentley...
In Matthew Chapter 3 Jesus promised that we would be baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire!
The fire would come and consume the sacrifice on the altar and then the glory would fall. When Israel saw the appearance of the glory, they saw it as a flaming fire. The Shekinah glory. God is a consuming fire. And there is something happening in the fire again today.
The burning bush was a bush consumed, but not burned. There is a refiner's fire. It is the burning, the spirit of burning. The spirit that purges and cleanses. It is the fire of His Holiness. And it sanctifies us. Then, there is the fire of his love.
Song of Solomon the 8th chapter: His love is like fire…set on our heart as a seal…a burning fire…new passion for Jesus. Passion's fire. Desire. The lamp of our first love.
The fire that fell on the day of Pentecost. Tongues of fire appeared on each one. It is a baptism of the fiery witness. The Bible called John a burning, shining lamp. It burns up all that fear.
It is a burning heart for souls. A burning heart for evangelism and to set the nations ablaze. It is the spirit and fire of revival. It is the fiery witness.
I am going to read out of the book of Isaiah. Just hear what I am about to share with you. When this outpouring began, we started talking about the fiery hot coals. You know the great thing about the coals… all you need is one.
It may not even be a flame right now… it may just be a burning ember. You gotta get a little gas on the fire… It does not take much to start a fire. It does not take much for a fire to spread.
I had an experience in the first week of the revival. I was thinking about 2 things that God promised…Isaiah 4:3: It will come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy….when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion…by the spirit and blast of judgment and by the spirit and blast of burning and sifting. Then the Lord will create… Oh this is what I want…the Lord will create over the whole site, over every dwelling place of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night -- for over all the glory shall be a covering. There will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge and a shelter from storm and from rain.
Lord, let the spirit of burning come tonight…that is going to make us holy. The spirit of judgment and burning that is going to purge us, O God. Because when that fire begin to fall then the Lord will create and then the glory comes. Then, I was thinking about Isaiah 6: In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim; each had six wings; with 2 he covered his face, and with 2 he covered his feet, and with 2 he flew. And one cried to another and said Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts--the whole earth is filled with his glory.
There is something about declaring the glory of God. We are prophesying. This outpouring is an outpouring of the glory of God as much as it is healing and miracles. There is something about "holy, holy, holy -- the whole earth is full of his glory."
The posts of the door were shaken at the voice of him who cried and the house was filled with smoke. I am so hungry for that.
I am talking about 3 baptisms of fire tonight…Refiners fire, spirit of burning. May we receive a fire of passion, the fire of his love. I want to fall in love with Jesus again! I want to have that desire. The lamp of that desire. We need a fire. I am talking about a 3rd baptism of fire called the baptism of the fiery witness…
When I was praying the first week of this outpouring, I saw a vision of an angel, and he had a coal in his hand…he took 1 live coal from the altar of Heaven and he stuck it right inside my belly and I screamed! I felt fire go through my body from the top of my head to my toes. That is when the lord began to speak to us about the coals and he said COME GET SOME. All you need is 1 live coal. You don't need a whole fire. Just a few burning embers. And if you are only smoking and your fire is just about out, it only takes 1 wind…just get around people that are hungry… get a little dry wood. The Lord wants to release those coals tonight..
Ever since the Lord but that fiery coal in my belly, I have had such a hunger for his presence. There has been a brokenness in my life…
How many tonight need a fresh fire? A baptism of fire? Jesus promised you would be baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire. I want to set my city, my nation, the nations of the world ablaze!!!.
I believe there are angels tonight--seraphim, cherabim--ready to bring those coals….The lord said this anointing and this outpouring would be the most transferrable, contagious. People are taking the fire. And everybody we pray for, we are telling them this: The first thing I want you to do is have a meeting, an impartation, and see if the same things break out in your city. It is happening in many different places. I want to pray for that fire tonight. Some of you need that fire. You need that passion again.
Worship: You have cracked this heart of stone…you have called me as your own…let the embers burn in me…
Let the embers burn. Father, let the embers begin to burn. Father, I prophesy to the embers, to the coals, to the burning ash. Let the coals…let the fire rise! Come on. Stir up that fire!
You can't have it until the heart is cracked. You can't have it until you are broken. You have to want it more than you want anything else. Say, "My God I need it. My God I need it. You gotta want it. You gotta want it!
Lord, fill this place with the angels. Fill this place with the coals. Come on. Prophesy to those embers. Crack our hearts, O God! There are baptisms of fire tonight!!!
The Lord said, Ask of Me and I will give you the nations.
Just as you can be FILLED with the Spirit… you can be baptized again with Holy Spirit and fire!!!
Consuming fire would come and consume the sacrifice on the altar… then the GLORY would come…
Right now... I need the gas, the small wind, a piece of dry wood, the fire of love, the brokenness of heart...
I need to get around people who are hungry for His glory...
I need to be tenderized in my heart and broke down in tears...
I need encouragements, edification, testimonies....
If you don't have compassion for them, don't even bother to go perform signs and wonders...
It's not about miracles, not about signs and wonders, not about feelings.... It's about His glory and His presence!
And without love... all you do is considered nothing...
(This is mostly for myself by the way...)
Pray for me sometimes if you will... thanks in advance.
Love,
Sala<3
In Matthew Chapter 3 Jesus promised that we would be baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire!
The fire would come and consume the sacrifice on the altar and then the glory would fall. When Israel saw the appearance of the glory, they saw it as a flaming fire. The Shekinah glory. God is a consuming fire. And there is something happening in the fire again today.
The burning bush was a bush consumed, but not burned. There is a refiner's fire. It is the burning, the spirit of burning. The spirit that purges and cleanses. It is the fire of His Holiness. And it sanctifies us. Then, there is the fire of his love.
Song of Solomon the 8th chapter: His love is like fire…set on our heart as a seal…a burning fire…new passion for Jesus. Passion's fire. Desire. The lamp of our first love.
The fire that fell on the day of Pentecost. Tongues of fire appeared on each one. It is a baptism of the fiery witness. The Bible called John a burning, shining lamp. It burns up all that fear.
It is a burning heart for souls. A burning heart for evangelism and to set the nations ablaze. It is the spirit and fire of revival. It is the fiery witness.
I am going to read out of the book of Isaiah. Just hear what I am about to share with you. When this outpouring began, we started talking about the fiery hot coals. You know the great thing about the coals… all you need is one.
It may not even be a flame right now… it may just be a burning ember. You gotta get a little gas on the fire… It does not take much to start a fire. It does not take much for a fire to spread.
I had an experience in the first week of the revival. I was thinking about 2 things that God promised…Isaiah 4:3: It will come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy….when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion…by the spirit and blast of judgment and by the spirit and blast of burning and sifting. Then the Lord will create… Oh this is what I want…the Lord will create over the whole site, over every dwelling place of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night -- for over all the glory shall be a covering. There will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge and a shelter from storm and from rain.
Lord, let the spirit of burning come tonight…that is going to make us holy. The spirit of judgment and burning that is going to purge us, O God. Because when that fire begin to fall then the Lord will create and then the glory comes. Then, I was thinking about Isaiah 6: In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim; each had six wings; with 2 he covered his face, and with 2 he covered his feet, and with 2 he flew. And one cried to another and said Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts--the whole earth is filled with his glory.
There is something about declaring the glory of God. We are prophesying. This outpouring is an outpouring of the glory of God as much as it is healing and miracles. There is something about "holy, holy, holy -- the whole earth is full of his glory."
The posts of the door were shaken at the voice of him who cried and the house was filled with smoke. I am so hungry for that.
I am talking about 3 baptisms of fire tonight…Refiners fire, spirit of burning. May we receive a fire of passion, the fire of his love. I want to fall in love with Jesus again! I want to have that desire. The lamp of that desire. We need a fire. I am talking about a 3rd baptism of fire called the baptism of the fiery witness…
When I was praying the first week of this outpouring, I saw a vision of an angel, and he had a coal in his hand…he took 1 live coal from the altar of Heaven and he stuck it right inside my belly and I screamed! I felt fire go through my body from the top of my head to my toes. That is when the lord began to speak to us about the coals and he said COME GET SOME. All you need is 1 live coal. You don't need a whole fire. Just a few burning embers. And if you are only smoking and your fire is just about out, it only takes 1 wind…just get around people that are hungry… get a little dry wood. The Lord wants to release those coals tonight..
Ever since the Lord but that fiery coal in my belly, I have had such a hunger for his presence. There has been a brokenness in my life…
How many tonight need a fresh fire? A baptism of fire? Jesus promised you would be baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire. I want to set my city, my nation, the nations of the world ablaze!!!.
I believe there are angels tonight--seraphim, cherabim--ready to bring those coals….The lord said this anointing and this outpouring would be the most transferrable, contagious. People are taking the fire. And everybody we pray for, we are telling them this: The first thing I want you to do is have a meeting, an impartation, and see if the same things break out in your city. It is happening in many different places. I want to pray for that fire tonight. Some of you need that fire. You need that passion again.
Worship: You have cracked this heart of stone…you have called me as your own…let the embers burn in me…
Let the embers burn. Father, let the embers begin to burn. Father, I prophesy to the embers, to the coals, to the burning ash. Let the coals…let the fire rise! Come on. Stir up that fire!
You can't have it until the heart is cracked. You can't have it until you are broken. You have to want it more than you want anything else. Say, "My God I need it. My God I need it. You gotta want it. You gotta want it!
Lord, fill this place with the angels. Fill this place with the coals. Come on. Prophesy to those embers. Crack our hearts, O God! There are baptisms of fire tonight!!!
The Lord said, Ask of Me and I will give you the nations.
Just as you can be FILLED with the Spirit… you can be baptized again with Holy Spirit and fire!!!
Consuming fire would come and consume the sacrifice on the altar… then the GLORY would come…
Right now... I need the gas, the small wind, a piece of dry wood, the fire of love, the brokenness of heart...
I need to get around people who are hungry for His glory...
I need to be tenderized in my heart and broke down in tears...
I need encouragements, edification, testimonies....
If you don't have compassion for them, don't even bother to go perform signs and wonders...
It's not about miracles, not about signs and wonders, not about feelings.... It's about His glory and His presence!
And without love... all you do is considered nothing...
(This is mostly for myself by the way...)
Pray for me sometimes if you will... thanks in advance.
Love,
Sala<3
Friday, May 16, 2008
Prophecy on UCR
I prayed for Antonio on Tuesday because he's gonna have a surgery on his right shoulder the next day. He told me he torn his ligament and they need to do a surgery on it. I prayed and then exchanged info so he could let me know how the doctor appointment went. The next day he told me that he had the surgery, but the doctor said he DIDN'T HAVE A TORN LIGAMENT!! I was reading his message on facebook and I was just totally gracious and blown away. Seriously, you think you got a big faith?? Go pray for someone who's got cancer or broken bones and believe that he's gonna get completely healed right away. Ask them to do a check-up at the hospital. :)
(But then... I wonder why they didn't check his shoulder before the surgery... = =||| Poor Antonio.)
Something crazy last night....
Last night, a few leaders met up. Amanda, Randy, Brian, Karen, and I. We went to anoint the four corners of our campus with oil and to place huge angels at each corner. As we anoint each corner, and set a fire wall of bound around the entire campus, we could literally feel spiritual warfare stirring up. Karen felt this huge pressure as she was praying and walking, Brian smelled the air getting thicker and thicker as we pressed in and declared God's Words out loud. I was trying to declare the Words and pray at the same time, but it was so hard. It's as if a pressure was on me that's trying to stop me from speaking the Truth out loud!! I could hardly walk anymore because that intensity of spiritual battle is so strong. As we are setting the boundary by prayer walking, I could feel the fire spreading and bursting as a wall that sets the territory that belongs to God. We went to the Arts building, because most of us felt a strong sense of demonic presence around that place. (Plus, Daniel saw a fiery creature standing there in his vision) We went there, prayed for the building, anointed the big door of the art department with oil. As we proclaim the victory and ask for His kingdom to come down, one of us saw a poster on the glass that says, "THY KINGDOM COME... BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY". We were like... WOAH JESUS!! It's a film that's gonna be played on campus next week, I think. It was very encouraging and we know that no darkness can overcome light. Nor can any evil overcome goodness and His glory!! We went to see the plaque that Amanda talked about.
It says...
"We searched together. We were seekers.
We will continue to search because our eyes still have the passion of prophecy."
I did a bit research on Thomas Rivera, the one who wrote this verse. He was the 3rd chancellor of our school, and also the youngest among all chancellors. He died in his office from a heart attack. However, our library was named after him because of his contributes for this school and his extraordinary leadership when he was the chancellor. He wrote a book called "The Searcher" I'm going to read it and tell you guys about it. It looks quite interesting. Like John said, "You need to learn about your forefathers if you want to bring a revival to this place." We're gonna dig out the history of UCR together as a team. (Felt like we're in National Treasures last night. lol)
We found out there were so many engravings on campus grounds, walls, plaques...etc. Lots of them have something to do with spiritual things. They don't necessarily align with each others. For example, the words on the ground of our Humanity building was talking about the mother nature, the wind of pain, and the heart of trees...etc. Weird stuffs. Anyway, we're gonna prayer walk the campus more because we are called to trample down the snakes and scorpions on the ground. Watchmen on the wall!!! GLORY TO GOD!!
-sala<3
(But then... I wonder why they didn't check his shoulder before the surgery... = =||| Poor Antonio.)
Something crazy last night....
Last night, a few leaders met up. Amanda, Randy, Brian, Karen, and I. We went to anoint the four corners of our campus with oil and to place huge angels at each corner. As we anoint each corner, and set a fire wall of bound around the entire campus, we could literally feel spiritual warfare stirring up. Karen felt this huge pressure as she was praying and walking, Brian smelled the air getting thicker and thicker as we pressed in and declared God's Words out loud. I was trying to declare the Words and pray at the same time, but it was so hard. It's as if a pressure was on me that's trying to stop me from speaking the Truth out loud!! I could hardly walk anymore because that intensity of spiritual battle is so strong. As we are setting the boundary by prayer walking, I could feel the fire spreading and bursting as a wall that sets the territory that belongs to God. We went to the Arts building, because most of us felt a strong sense of demonic presence around that place. (Plus, Daniel saw a fiery creature standing there in his vision) We went there, prayed for the building, anointed the big door of the art department with oil. As we proclaim the victory and ask for His kingdom to come down, one of us saw a poster on the glass that says, "THY KINGDOM COME... BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY". We were like... WOAH JESUS!! It's a film that's gonna be played on campus next week, I think. It was very encouraging and we know that no darkness can overcome light. Nor can any evil overcome goodness and His glory!! We went to see the plaque that Amanda talked about.
It says...
"We searched together. We were seekers.
We will continue to search because our eyes still have the passion of prophecy."
I did a bit research on Thomas Rivera, the one who wrote this verse. He was the 3rd chancellor of our school, and also the youngest among all chancellors. He died in his office from a heart attack. However, our library was named after him because of his contributes for this school and his extraordinary leadership when he was the chancellor. He wrote a book called "The Searcher" I'm going to read it and tell you guys about it. It looks quite interesting. Like John said, "You need to learn about your forefathers if you want to bring a revival to this place." We're gonna dig out the history of UCR together as a team. (Felt like we're in National Treasures last night. lol)
We found out there were so many engravings on campus grounds, walls, plaques...etc. Lots of them have something to do with spiritual things. They don't necessarily align with each others. For example, the words on the ground of our Humanity building was talking about the mother nature, the wind of pain, and the heart of trees...etc. Weird stuffs. Anyway, we're gonna prayer walk the campus more because we are called to trample down the snakes and scorpions on the ground. Watchmen on the wall!!! GLORY TO GOD!!
-sala<3
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