How do I began, the Lord has done so much this past week. Well I'll guess I'll just start at the beginning. A little over a week ago I was batteling intensly with my mind and the enemy was truly attacking me and my own flesh was not helping me, with all my doubts and uncertainties. Well I basically felt like I was going to fall and fall hard if the Lord didn't help me soon. Each day I recieved a word from God in some way that helped me through for a few hours but then I would began to battle again and I had to reaffirm God's word in my life just by recieting his promises in his word. This would help greatly but it was still extremely difficult. I think it finally all came to an end last Tuesday actually which was the first day of the internship. So a group of about 8 people from the IHOP-Kansas came here for an internship for a month. Well that night when they arrived I was at the height of my inability to go on any longer. It was just so hard and the fighting within my own mind was getting the best of me. Well I think that night or the next day the Lord just freed me. I just stopped trying and gave it to God fully and he took it, which was a blessing. Even if it was for just a moment I am truly grateful. I think truly what I learned about this experience was the reality of how weak I truly am and all is impossible with out God. I'm currently reading a book by Madame Guyon, a french woman who lived centuries ago. Well her testimoy is unbelivable, she lost 7 children and her husband and then spent the last nine years of her life in prison, WOW!!!!!! The cost that was asked from her is so powerful, and during this time in prison she wrote all of her books. Well the one I'm reading now talks about the times we go through when it feels like God is not their or just intense suffering and how the Lord uses these experiences so that we can die to ourselves, which is an extremly hard process. I say all this to say that I think what I was batteling was a growth process, even though the enemy was attacking me, it was the hands of the Lord that was keeping me and refining me in this process. I learned a lot and am still learning about my own heart and just the ungodliness of it. The Lord is taking me and all of us through a process and i say Yes and Amen, b/c I know that at the end becasue of this process I will die to myself and become like my Lord Jesus Christ. How awesome of a process is that, THANK YOU CHRIST and PRAISE BE TO GOD!!!!!
Well all that happened above is still a continous process that the Lord is taking me through but so many other amazing things have happened in only 7 days. So I realized that the Lord is always willing to pour his blessings out on his people in abundance but we are not always ready to recieve them. Well I feel that the Lord has been preparing the believers here for something great, preparing their hearts to recieve what he strongly desires to give and not just here but believers around the world. Well basically we had a Mega prayer slot on Saturday July 5 from 11 am to 6pm. This involved many churches from many parts of mexico and all I can say is that it was AWESOME. The spirit of the Lord was there in such a beautiful way and people were getting healed, wow!!! I've seen the Lords healing in my own life even though sometimes I still doubt but it was awesome to see it in the life of others and not just emotional healing but physical healing as well. To top that off when a group of the interns went to the hospital the other day to pray for the people, individulas were being touched by God. It's really amazing what God is doing and I just want to emphasize that it is all by his power and grace. I'm just so blessed to be a part of this and to see the glory of God just rain down. Lastly was what happened today which really God used to bless me and speak to me. Today we went to the Center (downtown) and we did a silent prayer for the women and their familys who get abortions or who are thinking about them. We spent an hour there just standing there praying. What is so awesome about this was that so many people were curious about what we were doing and why. We were interwied by the government and people were prayed for. In fact a guy who is a pshycologist came up and began talking to a few of the people there. It turns out he works with a group that takes in girls who have had abortions and becasue of it are going through a lot of things emotionally. He himself is a Chrsitian and I believe he is doing research on the effects of abortions on individuals. So he wanted Chrostians to come in and talk to these girls. I mean WOW, the Lord is opening up so many doors. All I want to do is praise him becasue he has been so faithful and I can see him moving here. Lastly I want to share a story about this woman who is a part of the internship and participated in the silent prayer but don't want to post it on my blog becasue I think it's personal and it deals with this issue above. So if you are interested in hearing the story email me and I will share it with you that way. Love you all.
Trust in the Lord becasue he is faithful and he is at work doing great things. Pray that we are blessed to take part in his plan and see the fullfillment of his will on this earth.
Sorry if there are spelling or grammatical errors because I wrote this so quickly and didn't go over it to edit.
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Maya,
I am so glad to hear the powerful ways God is working in you and around you. I will be in prayer for you, and also in prayer that God would bring you back to Cleveland (if it's His will... hahah but I'll still ask cuz I'm selfish hahah) =)
One thing I want to say... I think it may be incorrect to say God is ALWAYS willing to pour out His blessings and the only reason He may not is because we are not ready to receive them.
What I mean by that is there are times that God doesn't perform miracles and in fact allow us to suffer. Sometimes it isn't because of sin, or human weakness or because we aren't ready for the blessing (although YES sometimes it is for these reasons). Rather there are times when it is simply God's will that we suffer (2 Cor. 12:7-10). But such suffering should lead us to rejoice because we are simply following Christ's footsteps.
I know I am splitting hairs here because you touched on all of this in your first section of this entry. But I think its easy to fall into a mindset that says all sickness, suffering, pain, etc. is because of a problem on our end when in fact we should be encouraged that it is the Lord's will for our good (Rom 8:28) and His glory.
I hope all continues to go well for you. You are in my prayers!
I completely agree with you Mikey and when I mean blessings I mean in the growing of the Lord in our lives and the maturing of his bride, with this comes the freedom of bondage from things that individuals might be experiencing aside from the suffering that the Lord puts upon us so we can mature in his will. But yeah I think you make a good point and that people should be careful. About coming back to Cleveland I must say that the Lord might have me away for a while but he is gving me grace to do so. Still I will always come back to visit.
Hey Maya,
That is a very cool---I am excited to hear about the other ways God is moving. As we are in tuned with Him we see Him and feel Him so very close as HE is actually walking with us. Stay encouraged--GOD IS WITH YOU Praise God amen
Your sister
Marnia
My dear sister, you must update! It has been over a month and it's hard to know what is going on in your life. Hopefully I can get a microphone soon so we can skype!! I miss you!
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