Watchmen.

My life as of late has been hectic and crazy and I am absolutely ruined (in the best of ways of course!) Quick update before I get to the nitty gritty seriousness. Since my last post I haven’t done much of anything ... I’m called to the Prayer Room this month, so buh-bye Commission after all. Which is good, because it’s totally not what God had planned for me this month; He’s really blessing this choice to accept the Prayer Room. I haven`t been spending very long hours in the Prayer Room, but last night at the conference God was speaking to me and He asked me to write a schedule for myself for the next few weeks that I`ll be here... let me tell you ... It`s a simple schedule, but it`s incredibly life changing. I`m excited to start it on Monday. (For those of you coming to visit me in November.... I won`t be changing my schedule a whole lot....sorry!! Ask me when I`m available and I`ll try my best to do something). But yeah, I shared my schedule with my roommate Kathryn, and I immediately knew that it was dead-on planned because she told me that she was waiting for me to go harder for God`s heart – I shared with her a vision that I had months ago ... I was walking down a hall and there was a door at the end, but I couldn`t get closer, then a few weeks ago God told me that I had my hand on the doorknob and I just had to open it, so I did, but then there was a big room with lots and LOTS of doors (that`s the really short version :P ) – Anyway, she said that when she heard the part about the doors (and that I had to sit and wait on the Lord to open a door) she knew in her Spirit that the schedule I had now wasn`t going to satisfy that vision. And this schedule she knows will. Anyway...yeah, basically my roommates are amazing. I love them!

Oh! Cat and Drew came! Yeah! Last week, it was awesome to see some familiar faces :) We had a thanksgiving dinner here at my place with them, 3 of their friends, and all of the Steinbach-iens. It was so awesome to just eat and fellowship!! Tons of food too.... lots of leftovers that I finally ate. There was ham, coleslaw, mashed potatoes, vegetables, stuffing, bread and spinach dip, garlic bread.... annnnd probably more food...but we also had sparkling cider, sweet tea, orange juice and for dessert.... two banana cream pies and a pumpkin pie! Wooooo, it was awesome. And I loved cooking and baking everything and having a BUNCH of people come to the apartment... it seriously made this feel like home. It was great!

And ummm yes! This week is the prayer and prophetic conference, which is absolutely fantastic! Yesterday was inspiring. Especially yesterday evening, the service went from 6 – 11. That in itself gave me major revelation. I seriously can`t express all the revelation that is in my heart... there`s SO much information there that I`m fearful I might lose some of this fire on my heart because it`s so overwhelming to my flesh! Anyway...there was an altar call at the end of service – Allen Hood asked for all those born after 1984 to come to the front...reluctantly I went because to be honest... I kind of wanted to go home, but I went cause I knew that the Lord would give me something if I was diligent. And Allen started praying for us [as we are the generation that needs to rise up and speak in this hour of history] and then he said, some of you can’t feel the fire anymore...turn to your brothers and sisters and ask them to pray for you. Phil and Lek (some friends from New Zealand) were standing right there...and I knew that I needed to ask for prayer, so, I did, and it was the best choice I could have made. Immediately the burden of the Lord was placed on me and I began to weep as He spoke all these things to me..and I don’t mean just weep, I mean mourn ... wail ... travail, over these things. One key thing, that most of you know something about (if you’re from SHOP) is that I began to wail over my sleeping warrior. I was pleading with God to awaken her. To shake her vehemently from her slumber – Sound the alarm loud in her ear that she will arise and run into battle. OH HOW MY SOUL LONGS TO BE AWAKENED. Soooo much revelation- but another that is actually really important that most of you do realize, but I’ve only started to understand, is that the church of this age needs a renewing revival. Like I said before...the service went for five hours. And it would have continued to go if they had not asked us to move to the Prayer Room. Anyway, the hour is now midnight and the alarms are beginning to sound. Can we hear it!? It is time for the church to get out of their ‘routine’ and allow for encounter. We are no longer in an age where we can be selfish – church isn’t a place to receive the Holy Spirit anymore... it’s the place to pour it out into each other and into the nations – “And my house shall be called a house of prayer.” (Isaiah 56:7) God has called His bride to pray, let's get out of our selfish ways and plead for mercy. Let's step into the calling and recieve our spirit of intercession... Let's be yoked with the burden of the Lord and consumed with the spirit of prayer. Guys...He longs to give us mercy, but rightly does He judge, rightly does He judge!!! - He vindicated that right at Calvary, He did not relinquish it, and He will pour out out His judgements in the last day ... these days are near. People are we ready, Jesus is coming, people are we ready, He is the King, He is the King. Wake up, don't be found sleeping in that hour - cry out to the Lord and prepare yourself as a pure and spotless bride, for He will shake everything that can be shaken, and if we're not rooted and grounded in love and founded firmly on the Rock that will be us that is shaken to the core!!! --- Our biggest burden in the secret place is no longer "How can I entertain myself with Jesus for an hour..." It is now a matter of life and death.

Boy oh boy, is that intense or what. Yes, that is only a part of it...believe me, I've got a lot more held up in my bones than this, "but His word was in my heart like a burning fire, shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, and I could not." - Jeremiah 20:9 But that is definately a part of what I've recieved and I know there's going to be more tonight (Today's a good day... at 2:00 AND 6:00 pm, Matt Gilman is leading worship [YESSSSSSSS] and to make the 6:00 pm even better...Lou Engle is preaching!!!!! [YESSSSSSS] and you know when Lou Engle is preaching there's ALWAYS intense break out of Holy Spirit power) But anywho... that's my blog for now. Hopefully I'll post my next sooner than later :) Love you all.