How do you see?

Seeing in the Word & the Spirit of truth.

About Christian progress.....
It is when you see you are dead to sin that you die to it (daily); it is when you see you are risen that you arise; it is when you see you are a 'new creature' in Him that you (progressively) grow. Seeing the accomplished fact in the Word determines the pathway to the realising of that fact. The end is reached by seeing, not by desiring or working. The only possibility of spiritual progress lies in our discovering the truth as God sees it; the truth concerning Christ, the truth concerning ourselves in Christ. Watchman Nee.

When I first came to church, intrigued by the girl who I worked with and her faith, the Spirit of God touched me powerfully, it was not imagined but real. The tears testified to that. The JOY I felt driving home after that meeting testified to that. I had to grow in the understanding that God loved me, as life had distorted the reality of this love. This took time and revelation and unraveling old thinking and healing. I came to understand that it is God who is good and I needed a Saviour. Because of sin - my sin, my life, my thoughts, my actions, the whole of me needed redemption. As this all unfolded, as I believed, I really started to see what W. Nee said above and, glory to God, I see clearer than I ever have before and will continue to grow in this.... I did a good job of covering the shame, the fear, the timidity, the rejection, the junk, but God in His grace saw through all of that. He saw me!

Ephesians 3:20-21 (NKJV)
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Eagles are being born

I love Thursday's!

Why?

Because of who I spend it with and what we talk about.

We talk about real life stuff that 'adds to and build's in to people'.

I spend a few hours with a group of girls and guys in a program called Transformation's. Transformations is  a rehabilitation program in Australia and is also going to other nations because it is one of the best program's I have heard about for those who are seeking new life and freedom from the old.  Free form drug and addictions.

As the founder, Michael Barratt put's it somewhat like this, Transformations is not just a drug and rehab program it is a 'discipleship program'.

Those who graduate the program I have seen to become such amazing leaders in their home and local community, and even internationally.

I am reminded of the scripture......

"Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past, see I am doing a new thing".

I see such overcomers!

Girls and guys who will mount up with the Spirit of God and soar on wings like eagles!

Yes, I love Thursday's

Transformatons Ministries International



Transformations City Church - Facebook page

Words of Knowledge

I was reflecting on some of my first few words of knowledge and the stories behind them.

My first word of knowledge:    SORE BACK

We were in church and we were asked to look around the room and see if the Lord impresses on us anything for someone in the congregation. I looked around and over the other side of the room I saw an older gentleman (55yrs approx.) who I hadn’t seen before sitting next to a couple who went to the church.  I felt that he had something wrong with his back.  We were encouraged to get up and call out what we were getting but I was fearful. At the end of the service I was talking to the girl of the couple and she said that the older gentleman was her dad, visiting for the first time.  I asked Angelina that when I looked around the room my sights stopped at her dad and I felt that he had a bad back.  She said to me that he has a very bad back and she was excited because the Lord had picked him out.  She ended up telling him what I saw and he was encouraged that this took place.  It was his first time in church and hence he was also very wary about the things of God.

My second word of knowledge:   YOU ARE PREGNANT

It was again a church setting and this couple was in my home group. They were having trouble conceiving and it was causing some heartache.  They already had one child but dearly wanted another. In the meantime I had bought a book from Koorong called ‘Healing the Sick’ by TL Osborn and it really impacted me. One day I felt to lend this book to the lady to read.  So I left it with her.  A few months later I was sitting in church, Marissa had finished reading the book at this stage, and we were on other sides of the room.  I had such a great urge to stand up in the middle of the service and the congregation and yell out to her ‘you are pregnant, you are pregnant’ but I didn’t.  A few weeks later they told everyone that she was pregnant and she ended up having a girl.

Another word of knowledge:    YOUR CALLING - TEACHER

It was at a time where I was on a trip to Adelaide for a church conference. I had met one of the girls new to the church, who I didn’t know really well, and it so happened that she ended up being my flat mate for a couple of years following on from this.  During the ride home from Adelaide to Sydney, going through the inland road home, I asked the Lord, ‘what do you see for Imelda’. And I instantly got a picture of her sitting on a chair with children around her and some of them with their arms raised like they were in school.  I thought, wow, she is a teacher.

So during and from this time she was not sure what she wanted to do in life. She worked, and years on, once we stopped sharing, she started studying. First she went to bible college and then she did a counselling type course, but now, just now, 16 years after that picture, she is heading toward her final year of study for a teaching degree for primary school children.  I emailed her last year, I felt to encourage her to keep going with what she was doing and told her the picture I had all those years ago.  She was very encouraged.

There is more, but that is all I can think about right now.

With the first word of knowledge, it would have been best for me to pray for him.  But, still, in him knowing, he was blessed that it was revealed, as he was seeing that it was God that did the revealing.

In the 2^nd word of knowledge, because I had such an excitement and urge bursting in me, I don’t know if it would have been right for me to get up in the middle of church, but again I think I spoke to them after.  But it truly was a God miracle.

With the 3^rd word of knowledge, I think it again is an encouragement, both to me and to my friend, especially at the place she was at when I revealed that vision to her. But also I can see that the Lord will give me other prophetic utterances for people.

The key in this one was to remember to ask!

Dream - Graduating University

Last night I had a dream.   24th August 2016

I was in a room with a group of people and the girl that led me to the Lord was there and at one point I was sitting next to her.  We were in a church setting and she was sipping on coffee, relaxed, and saying something like she was enjoying being in a place of freedom, and she was happy.

Then I remember that I was also there to celebrate my graduating University.  At first I had to calculate that I was not leaving high school; thinking of my age, I finished high school at 17, then 3 years university means 20 years old - and in the dream - that was a reflection of my age.  My mum was with me and I looked at her and said thank you for paying my tuition fees as I know it would have cost a lot.  I was still in that same church environment that I was in with my friend.

That was pretty much all I can remember but I do reflect firstly that I have had a number of school and graduation dreams over the years; from primary school to high school.  Then I remember I was graduating high school and going to university, and this one was not that long ago really, probably in the last few years.  Now, in this dream, I have graduated university.

I note that I don’t feel that I have done anything spectacular in my walk recently to have this dream of graduating, nor any of the other dreams, but maybe it is significant for something new that is coming. Something new to learn, and now I am graduating from school and coming into some real life situations?

Yesterday I did recognise a prayer I said:  I said ‘Holy Spirit, teach me about You and to flow in You and be in You’.  I recognise that there can be so much more in my relationship with Him. Maybe it is because I want more and deeper and am coming into a new confidence, but in Him, not me!

I also had a lovely connect group with some girls and there was one girl there who was very sweet and my attitude was, I can learn something from her.

The other thing is, often my Dad or his house, or my mum or my sister are in my dreams.  I have seen that my dad often reflects Father God, my mum – Jesus and my sister, the Holy Spirit.

Saying to my mum, thanks for paying my tuition fee, I know it cost a lot, was like me saying to Jesus, thank you for paying the price for me. I know it cost you everything.

I also note that this September, I believe, is when I first went to church to listen to a testimony and was so touched by God that He got my heart then.  I didn't formally go forward for prayer and be baptised until the following June, 1997.  But, this September testimony in 1996 was extremely significant for me.  So reflecting now, that is 20 years. Praise God for keeping me.

I find my dreams so interesting and descriptive at times, especially when links are being revealed, pictures and analogies. 

There is nothing for me to do in this other than be thankful that God has kept me these years.  I believe that there is something new coming, and this 20 years in the Lord is quite significant. And to give thanks to Jesus for paying the price for me, I love that about this dream.

So, yes, thankful, blessed, hopeful.  God is good!