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Consecrated

When of old we could only see God's fire: in the pillar of fire marking God's presence for the Israelites, or in the burning bush blazing into Moses' face - and what a breathtaking, mindblowing, blinding manifestation this was! - today we ourselves are ablaze with the fire of God.
Every believer has been consecrated with His tongues of fire (Acts 2), so that we can rightfully praise God - by His Spirit, He draws the 'Hosanna' from our mouths. We could not even declare His name without His assistance... but more than that: "he makes ... his ministers a flaming fire." (Psalm 104:4) Thus, He in us will blaze into the face of the world to draw his people back to His warmth and light, like Simon Ponsonby says, "By His power, I want to become this shining light that is ever pointing to the beauty of the Father. The Holy Spirit, the fire of God, did not come for our entertainment, but for our empowerment for evangelism."
O Lord, fill me to the fullness with this powerful Spirit of Yours, for Your glory!

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(Random) Thank you for...

1. my breath
2. a voice to praise You
3. the mind of Christ
4. Your Spirit in me
5. Your Word
6. hands
7. health
8. healing
9. St Aldates Church
10. last year
11. trees
12. water
13. clouds
14. the sun
15. visions and pictures
16. friends
17. ears
18. the ability to think
19. eyes to see beautiful things
20. tastebuds
21. my camera
22. how You treated women
23. wisdom
24. Your life on earth
25. forgiveness
26. our hope and inheritance: heaven
27. provision
28. the Trinity
29. peace in our country
30. mentors
31. the opportunity to do an MSc
32. Commonwealth House
33. opportunities to share Your gospel
34. summer holidays
35. making me
36. taking me back when I run away
37. my family
38. bay windows
39. seasons
40. warmth
41. history
42. Moses, David, Daniel, Abraham, Paul
43. starting life as child
44. the internet
45. beauty
46. books
47. Your wings of protection
48. praying for me
49. waiting to come back
50. making me dependent
...

"Understand what the will of the Lord is: (...) giving thanks always for all things to God the Father."
- Eph 5:20

Stamp: 'Forgiven'

He wakes me with the stamp, "Forgiven", and the wider I open my eyes the more I perceive the constant ripple of blessings raining down on me from the heavenly places. I am safe and secure in the prayer hug He throws me in from morning to evening to morning. All that remains for me is to ask Him to widen my heart and hands and mind so I can avail myself of the fulness of His love and power. And to not stop gazing on His beauty and taking up the invitation to eat at His table, which is laid out for me day after day. What a joy to belong to His Kingdom!

Amen und Antwort

Durch unser zum Himmel kreisendes 'Amen'
lässt Du die Leiter herab
von Engeln erhellt.

Auf unsern zaghaften Schrei geschieht eine
ewigkeitsumspannende
sphärendurchbrechende
feindschlagende
Antwort.

Joy

needles

Your absence has gone through me
like thread through a needle.
Everything I do
is stitched with its colour.

(poems on the underground)

Needless to say, this is not where the story ends. Jesus has a far better plan. He has replaced the black with a golden thread, crying alongside as the pain of the wound ripped open became almost unbearable. But it's all for a good purpose, and His healing oil keeps pouring over the the tiny stitches... The scar now speaks of glory, of power, of beauty. Never would I have thought this possible, never dreamt of such tender care.

"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

Mark 10:25

These words speak of more than what we commonly perceive. Only as we leave it all to Him, become poor for His riches, will the thread fit and fulfill His purpose. There is gold stitched all over me now. It is only as He empowers us to yield to His touch that we exchange the autumnal death for His promise to transform us into an evergreen fir, which never looses its needles...