7/7/07

The Call Nashville

I heard Lou Engle at a conference this weekend. When he talked about The Call Nashville, a burning began in my spirit that I've never experienced before. I am praying for revival to fall on The Call Nashville.

The Thirst Before the Fire

How do you thirst for a fire?
I senselessly search for you. Then you tap me on the shoulder in the dark, in my dreams, just to let me know you are still here. I continuously make this difficult and you faithfully show me how simple it should be.

Life Verses

Throughout my life, God has given me verses to encourage and uplift me. Sometimes He has given them to me directly, sometimes through someone. But these are my life verses:


To an angry, acoholic 16 year old, God said:

And I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten, the cankerworm, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Joel 2:25


To a lonely, scared 22 year old, whose husband was in Iraq, God said:

Have I not commanded you, be strong and courageous? Be not afraid; neither be dismayed; For the Lord thy God is with thee wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9


To a 24 year old, ready to give up on having babies, God said:

Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from Him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.
Psalms 127:3-5

2 Corithians 3:18

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

Where There is Faith

This song had a huge impact on me growing up. It helped me through a rough time when my parents got divorced.

Where There Is Faith
by 4HIM
album: 4Him (1990)

I believe in faithfulness
I believe in giving of myself for someone else
I believe in peace and love
I believe in honesty and trust but it’s not enough
For all that I believe may never change the way it is
Unless I believe Jesus lives

CHORUS
Where there is faith
There is a voice calling, keep walking
You’re not alone in this world
Where there is faith
There is a peace like a child sleeping
Hope everlasting in He who is able to
Bear every burden, to heal every hurt in my heart
It is a wonderful, powerful place
Where there is faith

There’s a man across the sea
Never heard the sound of freedom ring
Only in his dreams

There’s a lady dressed in black
In a motorcade of cadillacs
Daddy’s not coming back

Our hearts begin to fall
And our stability grows weak
But Jesus meets our needs if only we believe

CHORUS

When You Were a Child

Often times, music has a deep emotional affect on me. Sometimes the reason is obvious in the lyrics or the quality of the voice or instrumental. Other times I just strongly react without knowing the reason.
That's the way it was for me with this song. At first, it made me feel so sad that I could not even listen to it. But then I began to wonder, so I listened closely to it and looked up the lyrics.
It still makes me feel a brokenness, but I believe it is a Godly brokenness; a call.
Lord make me your child again.

When You Were a Child

When you were a child

I called you my own

And you were mine

When you were a child

You could not standalone

But you were fine

I want to know that child again

Maybe time has changed you

But Love remembers when

You called my name and like the wind

I carried you away

It seems like only yesterday

When You were a child

When you were a child

The world was the unknown

But you were wise

To simply trust in me

That I will never leave

And hold on tight

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Isiah 60:1-3

Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you and His glory will appear upon you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.