As we get in a mess of the mind (I think you know what I mean...where we battle back and forth and listen to lies, and speak to the lies, and then...all over again!) we question ourselves and where we are with God.
I did it just today. Asking Him if I was in sin and Him telling me that He took care of that. I had already repented for the offense, but I kept bringing it back up.
We need to cut through the crap (yes, crap!).
I 'see' piles of crap on either side of me and me walking through it all.
And climbing onto the lap of my Father.
As we ignore it all and walk past it into His arms, He sets us free!
He is lifting us up onto His lap, we turn around - glance back - and it is all gone!
The garbage in our minds is gone!
Because as we climb into the lap of the Father, we let go of all the stuff, and He handles it all!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Let Him Have It
Yesterday at church, I had a vision during worship.
I saw myself walking toward the front from the back. I had an armload of papers, junk. Stuff.
As I walked, I kept dropping some. I'd go back to pick it up and loose another 5 pieces.
I got up front and kept trying to keep it all in my arms. I even saw myself leaning down to pick up another piece, saying, "Oh, I need this. It's from 1927!"
Wow!
I started to just drop it all and I opened my arms up wide and a whirlwind came and took it all up to Heaven.
He wants it all.
He can handle it all.
He wants it all!
Copyright©Bonnie Lacy
I saw myself walking toward the front from the back. I had an armload of papers, junk. Stuff.
As I walked, I kept dropping some. I'd go back to pick it up and loose another 5 pieces.
I got up front and kept trying to keep it all in my arms. I even saw myself leaning down to pick up another piece, saying, "Oh, I need this. It's from 1927!"
Wow!
I started to just drop it all and I opened my arms up wide and a whirlwind came and took it all up to Heaven.
He wants it all.
He can handle it all.
He wants it all!
Copyright©Bonnie Lacy
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Well, Shut My Mouth!
Whoa! It has been a month since I have blogged! My excuse? Grandkids. We are having to close down our business. Just excuses!
I had an interesting revelation this morning though.
When we first learn about the Holy Spirit, we are so interested, freaked out, passionate, by all of the manifestations. The main one being speaking in tongues. We practice (only in the bathroom!), read every book about it (there are many), learning to let it flow.
Releasing even our tongues to the Holy Spirit, flowing in that Heavenly language.
But now Holy Spirit is teaching me, admonishing me to hold my tongue.
To not speak freely what is on my mind. To not chatterbox. Not speaking without thinking or checking in with Him.
To guard my heart and mind, my thoughts, my speech.
He blesses me with so many ideas, dreams, visions. But some are not to be shared at that time or maybe not at all.
So He is teaching me to listen to Him - to shut my mouth if need be- to only let out and share it if and when He releases me to.
It's all about His timing. His plan.
He has prepared the heart and He knows when the time is right.
And it's a well oiled machine when it works together well. It runs smoothly but is effective and powerful with the oil of the Holy Spirit.
Lord, set a guard at my mouth!
Copyright©Bonnie Lacy
I had an interesting revelation this morning though.
When we first learn about the Holy Spirit, we are so interested, freaked out, passionate, by all of the manifestations. The main one being speaking in tongues. We practice (only in the bathroom!), read every book about it (there are many), learning to let it flow.
Releasing even our tongues to the Holy Spirit, flowing in that Heavenly language.
But now Holy Spirit is teaching me, admonishing me to hold my tongue.
To not speak freely what is on my mind. To not chatterbox. Not speaking without thinking or checking in with Him.
To guard my heart and mind, my thoughts, my speech.
He blesses me with so many ideas, dreams, visions. But some are not to be shared at that time or maybe not at all.
So He is teaching me to listen to Him - to shut my mouth if need be- to only let out and share it if and when He releases me to.
It's all about His timing. His plan.
He has prepared the heart and He knows when the time is right.
And it's a well oiled machine when it works together well. It runs smoothly but is effective and powerful with the oil of the Holy Spirit.
Lord, set a guard at my mouth!
Copyright©Bonnie Lacy
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Bring on the Rain
Oh man, we have been having bad weather here in the Midwest. Tornadoes, flooding, winds that take not only your hats, but your hair!
But in the midst of this, last Monday, we had a perfectly beautiful day. No wind, no rain, no humidity. Awesome!
And it hit me.
We want it so perfect. We want the perfect day. The perfect life. The perfect hair day.
And when we don't get it, we whine. We complain.
The word complacency has been coming up so much lately in my prayer time.
OK. If we had that perfect day, for instance, wouldn't we become lulled asleep, shrinking back from the edge of where God wants us.
As we go into these times, we need to keep on the edge with Jesus. We need to be, at once, ready for the battle.
Not playing in the pretty days.
I sound very hard, I realize, but that is what is coming over me. Go to church on Sunday's, maybe Bible Study on Wednesdays.... la, la-la, la-la.
No.
Dig in. Dig in with Jesus. Spend that time in His Presence. Keep on our faces.
And as we are on the floor, on our faces, the storms all around us, we will not be moved. We will not be shaken.
Ready for what comes. Prepared for what is coming.
Keep on the move. That's what our adversary is doing. Let's keep Satan guessing.
And the tactics?
Keep on our faces. The rains come down, and the floods come up. Lay down on the floor and let the flood of the Holy Spirit rise within and around you.
But in the midst of this, last Monday, we had a perfectly beautiful day. No wind, no rain, no humidity. Awesome!
And it hit me.
We want it so perfect. We want the perfect day. The perfect life. The perfect hair day.
And when we don't get it, we whine. We complain.
The word complacency has been coming up so much lately in my prayer time.
OK. If we had that perfect day, for instance, wouldn't we become lulled asleep, shrinking back from the edge of where God wants us.
As we go into these times, we need to keep on the edge with Jesus. We need to be, at once, ready for the battle.
Not playing in the pretty days.
I sound very hard, I realize, but that is what is coming over me. Go to church on Sunday's, maybe Bible Study on Wednesdays.... la, la-la, la-la.
No.
Dig in. Dig in with Jesus. Spend that time in His Presence. Keep on our faces.
And as we are on the floor, on our faces, the storms all around us, we will not be moved. We will not be shaken.
Ready for what comes. Prepared for what is coming.
Keep on the move. That's what our adversary is doing. Let's keep Satan guessing.
And the tactics?
Keep on our faces. The rains come down, and the floods come up. Lay down on the floor and let the flood of the Holy Spirit rise within and around you.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Heads Up, Look Alive!
Not long ago, God blessed me with a vision.
I saw myself in a neighboring town at Ruby Tuesday's restaurant. I love this place as I have eaten there several times with family.
They have a kicken' salad bar - just huge! So in the vision, I was making my way through it, putting only a bite of what I liked onto my plate (which is not normal for me!). As I looked down at the plate, there were many spaces between the bites.
Then I sat down at a booth with my husband and others I can't identify.
I had a sense of being so totally connected to the Holy Spirit - watching, waiting, and listening as I nibbled. Ready to act at a moment's notice. Just a bite and then keeping alert.
We have become sleepy, slovenly, gluttonous.
Lazy.
We'd never make the cut for Gideon's army.
I feel that the Lord is ringing a warning bell, a gong. Loudly!
We feed on too much, too much! And then we become slow. Our wits slow down and we become constipated. Complacent. Nothing comes out (if I'm getting too graphic for you, I'm sorry, but you'll have to get over it!) on the fruitful end.
Let us heed the warning. Keep alert, especially in familiar territory.
1 Peter 5:8, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"
I saw myself in a neighboring town at Ruby Tuesday's restaurant. I love this place as I have eaten there several times with family.
They have a kicken' salad bar - just huge! So in the vision, I was making my way through it, putting only a bite of what I liked onto my plate (which is not normal for me!). As I looked down at the plate, there were many spaces between the bites.
Then I sat down at a booth with my husband and others I can't identify.
I had a sense of being so totally connected to the Holy Spirit - watching, waiting, and listening as I nibbled. Ready to act at a moment's notice. Just a bite and then keeping alert.
We have become sleepy, slovenly, gluttonous.
Lazy.
We'd never make the cut for Gideon's army.
I feel that the Lord is ringing a warning bell, a gong. Loudly!
We feed on too much, too much! And then we become slow. Our wits slow down and we become constipated. Complacent. Nothing comes out (if I'm getting too graphic for you, I'm sorry, but you'll have to get over it!) on the fruitful end.
Let us heed the warning. Keep alert, especially in familiar territory.
1 Peter 5:8, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Copycats
Oh, the struggles of each day.
We want more, we need more (or think we do), we want more success. We want to do more for Jesus. We want to eat better, exercise more, look better. Use more of the day efficiently. Be more effective for Jesus. Read the Bible more. Find the right dress. Read the newest book on gifts of the Holy Spirit.
But in the end, if we take Romans 8:29 seriously, as we spend more time with our Saviour, we will be molded into His image.
No, he didn't have to clock in, drive in traffic, clean up the peanut butter.
I feel He lived His time here on earth to the fullest. We could still make a bunch of accusations like, he didn't even have to pay off credit cards.
His time here?
He made time for people. He made time for prayer and His Father. He was bent on teaching His disciples, but He could take time to hold a child. He drove demons into a herd of pigs (that's a battle!), but He also worked with wood. He taught in the synagogues, but He enjoyed meals with His friends and family. I forget that it wasn't all work. There had to be some play.
I just got a picture of Jesus and the disciples playing keep away with a piece of bread, and then wrestling. Yeah, they wasted the bread!
As times on this earth get tougher - darker - it's hard to remember to play. To enjoy this life.
But again Romans 8:29 reminds us to be willing to be like Jesus. To copy His life.
Today, just today, let's agree to live that way. As a bird calls out to another, lift your face to the sky, and let the sun warm your face. Stay there for a moment.
When the wind stirs the tree leaves, listen to the sound of the leaves clapping in worship.
Linger there. Tarry.
And when our Lord sweetly calls our name or rumbles in the Heavens, stop.
Linger. Raise your face to His and hear His heart.
Copyright©Bonnie Lacy
We want more, we need more (or think we do), we want more success. We want to do more for Jesus. We want to eat better, exercise more, look better. Use more of the day efficiently. Be more effective for Jesus. Read the Bible more. Find the right dress. Read the newest book on gifts of the Holy Spirit.
But in the end, if we take Romans 8:29 seriously, as we spend more time with our Saviour, we will be molded into His image.
No, he didn't have to clock in, drive in traffic, clean up the peanut butter.
I feel He lived His time here on earth to the fullest. We could still make a bunch of accusations like, he didn't even have to pay off credit cards.
His time here?
He made time for people. He made time for prayer and His Father. He was bent on teaching His disciples, but He could take time to hold a child. He drove demons into a herd of pigs (that's a battle!), but He also worked with wood. He taught in the synagogues, but He enjoyed meals with His friends and family. I forget that it wasn't all work. There had to be some play.
I just got a picture of Jesus and the disciples playing keep away with a piece of bread, and then wrestling. Yeah, they wasted the bread!
As times on this earth get tougher - darker - it's hard to remember to play. To enjoy this life.
But again Romans 8:29 reminds us to be willing to be like Jesus. To copy His life.
Today, just today, let's agree to live that way. As a bird calls out to another, lift your face to the sky, and let the sun warm your face. Stay there for a moment.
When the wind stirs the tree leaves, listen to the sound of the leaves clapping in worship.
Linger there. Tarry.
And when our Lord sweetly calls our name or rumbles in the Heavens, stop.
Linger. Raise your face to His and hear His heart.
Copyright©Bonnie Lacy
Monday, May 12, 2008
Collision of Two Realms
I just got home from walking to the Post Office, Bank, and the Court House today. Here in my home state of Nebraska, it is extremely windy. I'm not going to complain, because I want the wind of the Holy Spirit blowing me over, so why not put up with the wind in the natural!
I have been reading some crazy books like Miracle Workers, Reformers, and The New Mystics, recommended by a brother of mine. So because of this book, I am getting better at connecting the supernatural and the natural. It's on my mind more and more. My belly just burns!
I was walking into the wind, uphill! Whoah! Each step was harder and harder, but I had this goofy grin on my face because I could feel my Dear Holy Spirit in my belly, just burning! And I could feel the strong wind blowing directly into my face, almost knocking me backwards at the same time.
So we are always talking about bringing Heaven down to earth, or experiencing the Power of the Holy Spirit here on earth.
Well, as I was walking, God gave me such a revelation about something so simple.
As my belly was burning, and the wind was blowing around and against my body, the supernatural within me in the Holy Spirit, and the natural without me in the wind (and just me being the human that I am!) hit smack dab together to bring them both together.
Did Heaven invade earth? Did fires start, or people get saved just then?
No, but I just kept on pushing and listening and grinning against the wind.
We bring Heaven down to earth every time that we shift over to the spirit within our bodies. There is a bonding together. Learning to stay in the Spirit is tricky, but possible.
More and more, I challenge myself to stay in that place and hopefully someday, my spirit and body will be so melted together, that there is no shift.
But until then, I'll just walk into the Wind of the Holy Spirit in this body, grinning as the two realms collide within me.
Copyright©Bonnie Lacy
I have been reading some crazy books like Miracle Workers, Reformers, and The New Mystics, recommended by a brother of mine. So because of this book, I am getting better at connecting the supernatural and the natural. It's on my mind more and more. My belly just burns!
I was walking into the wind, uphill! Whoah! Each step was harder and harder, but I had this goofy grin on my face because I could feel my Dear Holy Spirit in my belly, just burning! And I could feel the strong wind blowing directly into my face, almost knocking me backwards at the same time.
So we are always talking about bringing Heaven down to earth, or experiencing the Power of the Holy Spirit here on earth.
Well, as I was walking, God gave me such a revelation about something so simple.
As my belly was burning, and the wind was blowing around and against my body, the supernatural within me in the Holy Spirit, and the natural without me in the wind (and just me being the human that I am!) hit smack dab together to bring them both together.
Did Heaven invade earth? Did fires start, or people get saved just then?
No, but I just kept on pushing and listening and grinning against the wind.
We bring Heaven down to earth every time that we shift over to the spirit within our bodies. There is a bonding together. Learning to stay in the Spirit is tricky, but possible.
More and more, I challenge myself to stay in that place and hopefully someday, my spirit and body will be so melted together, that there is no shift.
But until then, I'll just walk into the Wind of the Holy Spirit in this body, grinning as the two realms collide within me.
Copyright©Bonnie Lacy
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