The Warrior Bride: May 2, 2008

Friday, May 2, 2008

Dancing in His Rain

Lately, I’ve just felt so overwhelmed by the love of the Lord. I feel like the Father is allowing His spring and winter rains to just pour over me. “Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth. Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers righteousness on you.” Hosea 6:3, 10:12 I’m letting it soak me and allowing nothing else to pull me away from this amazing moment, this special season in life. I want to be at the place where every drop of His presence absorbs and completely saturates every heartstring, every fiber of my being, my very soul. I want to dance in His rain! I want this incredible love to drive me to yearn for my heart to beat in rhythm with His. My heart’s cry is for the Lord’s desires to be my desires, His thoughts to be my thoughts and His words to be my words. I want to be a daughter who is attentive to my Heavenly Father’s consistent whispers; the intimate secrets that He is so prepared to unfold before my very eyes. “Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.” Amos 3:7 Father, I truly stand amazed by how wide and long and high and deep Your love is! Jesus, you take my breath away!

How He Loves

By: John Mark Mcmillen

He is jealous for me,

Loves like a hurricane,

I am a tree,

Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.

When all of a sudden,

I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,

And I realize just how beautiful You are,

And how great Your affections are for me.

And oh, how He loves us so,

Oh how He loves us,

How He loves us so

Yeah, He loves us,

Oh how He loves us,

Oh how He loves.

Yeah, He loves us,

Oh how He loves us,

Oh how He loves.

We are His portion and He is our prize,

Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,

If grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.

So Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss,

And the heart turns violently inside of my chest,

I don’t have time to maintain these regrets,

When I think about, the way…

Stephanie's Heart Cry

One of my many heart cries is to see the girls in my generation willing to take on the challenge of preparing themselves as a Bride of Christ. I desire to see our hearts longing to go and sacrifice everything for the sake of being salt and light in a lost world. I yearn to see young women that are set apart, pure...girls who and willing to stand alone at all costs. Girls, it's time we start preparing ourselves for the True Wedding Banquet. Let's start putting on our wedding attire and begin preparing ourselves for life's battles.

Quotes:

“A woman’s heart should be so hidden in Christ, that a man should have to seek Him first to find her.” ~ Maya Angelou

"I'm going to reach so high that I reach God!" ~One of my signing students

If there's anything in life we should be passionate about, it's the gospel. And I don't mean passionate only about sharing it with others; I mean passionate in thinking about the gospel, reflecting upon it, rejoicing in it, allowing it to color the way we look at the world and all of life. 'The gospel,' write Jerry Bridges, 'is not only the most important message in all of history; it is the only essential message in all of history.' ~CJ Mahaney

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. ~Corrie Ten Boom

Give me the love that leads the way, The faith that nothing can dismay, The hope no disappointments tire, The passion that will burn like fire, Let me not sink to be a clod: Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God. ~Amy Carmichael

Life is not waiting for the storms to pass, but learning to dance in the rain. ~Author Unknown

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart. ~Corrie Ten Boom

I am not a theologian or a scholar, but I am very aware of the fact that pain is necessary to all of us. In my own life, I think I can honestly say that out of the deepest pain has come the strongest conviction of the presence of God and the love of God. ~Elisabeth Elliot

I am a missionary, heart and soul. God had an only Son, and He was a missionary and a physician. A poor, poor imitation of Him I am, or wish to be. In this service I hope to live; in it I wish to die. ~David Livingstone

Expect great things from God. Attempt great things for God. ~William Carey

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Friday, May 2, 2008

Dancing in His Rain

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