four months.

Four months later. That’s around 120 days. Lives have changed.

Four months ago today I was on my way to the Woodward Academy tournament when I received a phone call I never expected I’d get. My dad was diagnosed with cancer. Not any type of cancer. One that was pretty severe and had only a 66 percent survival rate.
But God is my helper.The Lord keeps me alive!
Psalm 54:4

Four months ago today I saw a part of my life possibly leave me. Today I recognized the power of hope. the power of God. the power of healing.
“If only you would prepare your heart and lift up your hands to him in prayer! You will forget your misery; it will be like water flowing away. Your life will be brighter than the noonday. Even darkness will be as bright as morning. Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety.
Job 11:13, 16-18

Four months ago today the tests truly began. I knew that I would be tested – wouldn’t know how, but knew it was inevitable. Today I feel like i’ve conquered most of the battles and know how to conquer the rest ahead.
For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:36-39

Four months ago today my heart broke. It was broken for the ones I loved the most. Today my heart is whole. My heart is ready for the next four months.

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feel the heal

i have to remind myself the name of the blog… teach me. this time in my life is a vital time for learning. my body yearns to be taught, but sometimes i feel i’m avoiding the teaching. i think the avoiding is just a part of being human.

my dad isn’t doing that great – today was pretty bad actually. he spent a lot of the day just hacking. every time he’d intake something, it’d make it’s way back up. he’s dry heaving more than usual.

his spirits are down. which doesn’t help. i pray he starts to feels the healing You are doing in his throat and body. i pray that he starts to feel strong. remind him though he may be weak, you are always strong.

For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is for your perfection.
1 Corinthians 13:8-9

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overwhelm spiritual warfare pt. 2

Continuing from the last post.. Peter and John were freed out of the council’s confusion. What did they do next? They went back and gave the other Christ followers of what had happened. They all knew they were under attack… so as a group they just started to pray.

And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word. Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
Acts 4:29-30

I’m highlighting this verse because it really sticks out to me [especially after a conversation I had last night...]. I think this is a great lesson on prayer and how to pray. They specifically prayed for their enemy… and that God hears the enemy’s plans and for the followers to have rebuttals against these threats. The next verse is just as instructional. <Your healing power>. How often do we limit God’s healing power? Sure it happened a lot in the Bible, but I mean if you haven’t seen it… it’s hard to really believe it can happen just as much today as it did in 168 AD, etc. Peter healed the crippled man in the chapter before.. and what makes us different from Peter? NOTHING! We should be praying for God’s stretching hand to heal the land. Heal the enemy so that these threats turn into praises for the Savior.

These people were sooo into Jesus and God’s work. God was honoring them with every breath they took.

After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they preached the word of God with boldness.
Acts 4:31

The followers trusted and put their faith IN God… and the place was shook. The way I see it is that even the earth itself cannot even contain God’s power. It just shook, and in the shaking… the Holy Spirit filled them with boldness.

God, I pray that the earth will just shake with your Truth.. your power.. your Being!

fling wide your heavenly gates, prepare the way of the Risen Lord. OPEN UP the doors, let the music play, let the streets resound with singing, songs that bring your hope. songs that bring your joy, dancers who dance upon injustice.

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