Immeasurably More

Aloha from Hawaii!            WOW! I cannot believe I am actually here. Being in Kona and doing a DTS (discipleship training school) have been two dreams of my heart for a few years and to be in the place where these two things are combined is crazy! A friend described this process as a six month honeymoon with Jesus and Hawaii has been the perfect setting for this process. 😃            I have been thanking the Lord for bringing me on this adventure in Hawaii and teaching me what it looks like to dream with Him through this process. Last year I got a chance to visit the University of the Nations on a missions trip where I worked on the organic farm for two weeks. During that time, the Lord brought me into a deep revelation of His Father's heart and His desire for me to dream and adventure with Him. I felt the Lord wanting me to share some of the things He spoke to my heart during that time because it has opened my eyes...

As I’ve thought and prayed about this next season and heading off to YWAM, the Lord has given me vision for what it will look like by drawing me to the story of the woman with the alabaster jar: Mark 14:3-9 “While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.             Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume? It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.             “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. She did what sh...

The joy of the Lord is my strength. When I am weary, when my soul feels downcast, the joy of the Lord is the strength of my spirit and the water to my soul. “Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10 The enemy loves to steal our joy. His plan is to leave us feeling hopeless and without a desire for living. He wants to keep us just busy enough that we miss the small joys of life on this earth. Although the father of lies is having his way on the earth, the Lord has the victory and He has planted so many opportunities for joy as we live out our lives on this earth. About a year ago, right around the time of Thanksgiving, I started a collection of sticky notes on my closet door. I started this collection during a time when I was really struggling with having joy in   the midst of my circumstances...

The pursuit of holiness is something I have felt the Lord bringing up in my own heart and challenging me to dive deeper in the topic on the blog. As I was reading the Word the last few weeks, I kept coming across verses that talked about the holiness of God and about the holiness that we can put on as we pursue a life of seeking to please the Lord. Every time I would read one of these verses, I felt the word holy/holiness jump off the page and I knew the Lord was drawing my eyes to this topic for a reason. I am excited to share what He has taught me about holiness! HE is HOLY. Hebrew 7:26 “Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.” 1 Samuel 2:2 “There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.” Holiness is part of the nature of God. As I spent time with the Lord and asked Him about this quality, I began to hear His heart. The holiness of God l...

It can be so easy to get caught up in the world and in our own lives and disregard the fact that there is a life after death that is far greater than the one we are living now. I often find myself in daily life looking at the things I am doing and the things that fill my day and wondering, how many of these things am I doing with eternity in mind? What eternal fruit am I producing? In what ways am I building and coming into agreement with identities that will last into eternity? Just as I began wrestling with this, the Lord showed me specific instructions in the Bible that speak to living a life with eternity in mind.  Here are the ways the Lord has shown me to combat the temptation to be consumed by our own lives on this earth and instead be more concerned about eternity. Some of these truths are so basic and need only the explanation of His word, but each of them hold eternal value in the kingdom. They are not just suggestions, but are commands the Lord gives to each of...