Life Around "The Fire"

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To all of you who have once served God and been used by Him  and you have fallen into some pretty heavy duty stuff .
If you've said to yourself some things like, "I'm pretty sure I'm damaged goods and I have disqualified myself from every being used by Him for His glory ever again."
Take a minute and listen to this message of Hope!

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I used to drink up to a quart of vodka a day, smoked a ton of weed, taken a lot of LSD-25  and at times some magic mushrooms along with heroin, pain killers and benzoids just to top things off.
I eventually became what is commonly referred to as a "burn-out".
The same  type of thing happened to me while I served as a pastor of a local congregation of believers in Jesus because by working very hard  and doing a bunch of busy stuff mostly on my own abilities and strength when I developed a case of being "burned  out".
Then the relationship I was in got real sour and we both ended up "burning" each other (so to speak)... We each got "burnt"
I must have been a glutton for punishment.
Nope, I was just trying to achieve or reach "the impossible" on my own power.
I found out I'm not alone.
Alone or in the company of others I still felt like a second class citizen.
Burned out and damaged goods.
Funny thing... God gives His hope to  taking and making use of"burned stones" to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem... Read Nehemiah 4.
What's up with that?
He is willing, ready, and able to impart fresh hope, His hope into our life today, right now!
Hope gives us the strength and vision to be patient while waiting for the promise to arrive.
Hope is actually a very powerful thing.

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I used to think that hope was kind of like wishful thinking or some consolation prize for those who didn't win "The Real Prize".
"I sure hope that money comes today."
"Well, I know you didn't win the game. But, we can hope that next time things will be better.."
Hope is much more powerful than that.
In fact, the word "Hope" in the ancient Hebrew language is probably the best, most accurate definition of "Hope"
The word for hope is "tiqvati" and it means "to have very certain and strong confidence in something not yet seen to become visible and real."
To be very certain in something and having strong confodence in the provision being made real to you by God even though it is still invisible.
Hope isn't believing in chance or hoping for good luck.
Hope is living in strong certainty and bold confidence in God Being our Source of all good things that are currently still invisible yet to be manifest to us by Him

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Once I got my bearings and I new I was lost I found that I this voice inside of me that was tuned into a different frequency and I heard myself calling for help.
Within a moment I was rescued by a stranger I felt like I had known all of my life.
It was Jesus.
He began showing me many things about how I got lost and how we were going to get out and what I needed to do to help.
He was going to do it.
I needed to obey what he told me to do with Him.
One of the things was for me to embrace a new identity.
An identity of love.
I did.
WOW!!!
Things looked completely different.
That's what this series entails.
Jesus saving us and Holy Spirit transforming us...

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History started to become more interesting after I turned 25 years old.
Prior to age 25 my frontol lobe hadn't beome fully adult/formed yet.
Previous to that development I basically just did stuff without thinking it through before I went ahead and just did it. 
Now I can think before I act (most of the time).
Once again, previous to that development I basically just did stuff.
On one hand that's good.
On the other hand, if I let the pendulum swing too far the other way, I could get caught up in navel gazing.
Navel gazing is like peeling an onion.
There's nothing of anyreal benefit by doing the excercise.
It actually just killing time.
It's empty in the middle and it just makes a person look busy doing something.
I've been known to know how to kill time.
I can get busy doing nothing worthwhile (or even good stuff) in a heartbeat.
Keeping our eyes on the priorities God has placed in front of us is vital for us to live in if we are going to prosper and have good success.
That's what this episode is all about... Keeping an eye on God's prorities and doing those things first!

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If we need to know "Why" before we trust and obey God we will be standing still all of our lives.
Understanding can wait... Obedience can't.
Trust and Obey...
Worship and Obey...
Trust God.
Worship God.
Obey God.
Fast and Pray.
Pray in Tongues.
Pray in tongues as often as you can.
See what what happens when you trust, worship , and obey God while you fast and pray in tongues a lot (as often as yoiu can)!
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What does God say about you when He talks to some of the other "sons of God"?
What do the demons say about you when your name is mentioned?
Is this stuff even real?
I used to fast and pray.
I'm don't care about helping set the captives free anymore.
Who am I?
Who is God?
What's this all about?
What difference does it make if I fast and pray? 
Why get worked up over stuff?
Just go for a bike ride and smoke a blunt or sit by the water and soak up some suds..
Sound familiar?
We are called and chosen to be in the midst of the stuff that God loves doing... not throwing in the towel and going back for a roll in the mud of useless existence.

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Praying In glossasia (worshipping God in an unlearned and unknown tongue/language) while including an even deeper level of intimacy, hunger, and devotion by fasting from food is a very powerful and necessary way for us to be involved in the things that God enjoys doing.
Often times fasting is an unplanned event.
We get so involved and caught up in something or someone that we actually forget to eat or drink.
There can alos be times wher fasting is planned... like a date night with your spouse and/or your best friend.
Fasting is best expressed in the context of relationship.
Exchanging one hunger for another.
The late (and great) John Wimber coined this one: "How do you spell LOVE? The answer, T.I.M.E.?"
Fasting buys us T.I.M.E.
Fasting as we pray or worship is a sign of passionate love.
We discover more and more of His identity as well as more and more of our own as we share the intimate closeness of perfect love.

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Amnesia is a wild phenomana.
To not recall who we are is hard to comprehend on one hand.
On the other hand I kind of get it.
I don't always have a firm grip as to my real identity and how God really sees me.
Who am I?
Who am I in His eyes?
Does it even matter?
Yes, it does.
Huge... It's a very big deal.
Who we really are impacts all of our decision making.
It affects the who, what, when, where, why, and how of life.
Prayer and fasting are two rather unusual aspects in our relationship with God (in which  our true identity is both found and secure).
In fact, it's an often misunderstood and neglected part of a healthy relationship with God.
But, we are going to be doing something about that...

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Mountain peaks also contain plateaus and valleys.
Prophetic vision is often compared to looking at the mountain peaks and reporting what is seen about them while the plateaus and valleys aren't mentioned.
The plateaus and valleys all represent time and space.
The mountain peaks illustrate experiences and conditions.
Periodically things can get a bit confusing.
Thank God for His other means of communication.
Prophetic stuff is important but it is what it is: one piece of the puzzle... the puzzle is the mosaic of life.
Prophetic ministry is kind of like driving really fast in your car while wearing binoculars. 
Everything seems closer and faster.
We are going to slow things down a bit and catch our breath and breathe in the goodness of our God and His provisions for awhile!

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Loving Yeshua/Jesus, Loving people... Come as you are and you will be loved! 
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Shalom to you and your home.