This morning it was super hard to get up! I stayed up too late last night in the prayer room! But luckily it was 'sleep-in' day so I didn't have to be in the A-frame until 7. And there was no early morning prayer this morning because we were starting an all-day fast at breakfast this morning, so we had prayer instead of breakfast. Today we were fasting for another person. So we had to choose one of the other people here and pray for them all day. For some reason I felt like I had to pray for Noemi. So I did.
There was lots more mind-blowing with Frank this morning in lectures. I still need to process though. One of these days I will be able to write about what we are learning. He sort of talked about how everyone tends to wait around for a 'wave' to start, but we need to start the waves ourselves - we need to be the wave! We need to stand up for what we believe and fight for it. Then he made us fight each other. Kyle got to fight off four guys - each of them resembled one of the things that men face in the world today and have to overcome in order to live a Christian life - these included Pride, Anger, Lust and Fear. He beat them. Woot. And Hannah D fought off 4 girls marked with Pride, Unbelief, Rejection, and Identity. She fought them off fast too!!! And then Marit and I had to touch the top part of the wall, where the wall meets the ceiling. First we had to do it with our hands. It was super easy. But then we had to do it with our feet! It was super fun. All of the other girls came and helped and lifted me upside down so that I could reach the top of the wall! HAHA so fun! This was to demonstrate that sometimes we have to ask for help, either from God or from others, and also to trust and to work as a team.
We worshipped over lunch. And then had the afternoon off. I was so tired. I slept. Until 3:30 when I had to go do dinner prep. It was torture. I was so hungry, and I had to cook. But luckily kitchen Rick let me and Jacob leave at 4:30 instead of 5:30. So in my extra hour I started reading my next book! I am reading Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne. I read most of it before I came here, but it is the kind of book that you have to read more than once. So I am super pumped to read it and write a report on it! It fits perfectly with everything God has been teaching me lately.
We worshipped again through supper. It was awesome. I surrendered everything to God. Everything - My pride, my will, my insecurities, my jealousy, my anger, my bitterness, my fear, everything that I thought might be holding me back from hearing God's voice. And then I asked him to reveal anything else that it may be. And Johanna came over and got me to go pray with Beryl (the base director), and she told me to lay down my intellect. And she prayed for me about that for a while. I feel just filled with Joy now. I don't know if that has anything to do with it. And then Johanna got Beryl to pray for me to anoint me with the ability to heal in God's name, so that if I do become a doctor I will have that gift. Pretty cool.
I went back to the cross to pray more, but something drew me to Noemi. I normally don't go and pray for people during prayer times. I feel awkward and such, but I felt like I had to go over and pray for her. So I did. And it was awesome. She started crying and it was beautiful and Hannah R came to pray too and it was so cool. After Noemi was like, "I didn't think that I was worthy enough for anyone to pray for me... I didn't think that anyone would." And I was so amazed. God was trying to show her His love for her and her worthiness of His love. And my fasting helped in this break-through. It helped her realize her worth. So awesome.
After that we got to EAT! Soup has never tasted so good. And gluten, egg, dairy free bread has never been so deliscious either. Now we are watching the Passion of Christ. GTG!!!
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