Untamable Passion!

Dear friends,
I'm writing this in hopes that these words will spark a fire in everyone who reads it. We need to get passionate about Gods calling on our lives, and live cautiously untamed, expectant, persevering lives for Jesus! 
I never want to be causal about my relationship with God. When I come into His presence, I want to be amazed and awe struck every single time! This is not an easy task, but it should be. I find that most of the time we come to God with requests, fears, hopes and dreams, in so much passiveness, that we often fail to even present what we are asking for in a God glorifying way.  Brothers and sisters, we ought to be falling straight to our knees in the presence of such Holiness. We ought to be breathless when we realize WHO God is. Even in times when you're not able to physically be on your knees you can be passionately humbled in your heart while taking to the God of the entire universe. 

Think about that. We are coming before this Holy being that created every human, every beautiful flower, every star, EVERYTHING. And WE have access to this God??!? Amazing! Are you not amazed that YOU, (insert name), have access and permission to come before the very being that created the millions of galaxies? If that doesn't take your breath away I don't know what will! 

It's a struggle that many of us face. I too, admit, that at times I fail to even think about such things. I come to God quickly trying to spew out everything that's in my head without taking time to just give God his due Glory, and in turn that would prepare my heart to better speak what I'm feeling and ask more passionately for provision on my life. 
If you're not feeling it, you need to ask God for it. He gives generously to all who ask. Ask Him for passion and desire, ask Him to reveal His glory, ask Him to make you breathless! 

You would never guess that just two short days ago I had feelings of hopelessness. I started to feel like our situation would never change. I was feeling powerless and foolish for having the hopes and dreams I had. That day when my husband came home from work having the exact same feelings, I KNEW right away that it was the enemy getting in our heads. I immediately got very angry at the work satan was doing. At first it caused tension between my husband and I, but I knew what to do. I kept redirecting my anger toward the enemy, and then I began to fight back!! I started reading scriptures out loud that I knew where the truths we needed to hear. I read louder and louder and prayed with a vengeance to be rescued. The power that welled up in me was liberating. I shattered those lies and sent the pieces straight back to hell where they belong! And because I was faithful and refused to believe the lies, God sparked a fire deep in my soul, and I have never felt so alive. When we fight back and stop the enemy in his tracks, strength and power are born. 

Father, 
I ask that every person, every soul that reads this would be awe struck and the fire would consume them! I pray that all of us be knocked to our knees and amazed by WHO you are. I believe with everything in me, that YOU will start an untamed, uncontrollable fire in our hearts that drives us to live out our calling for your glory. My God, my king, don't let a single person read this without FEELING your presence. Move us to passionately, uncontrollably, seek our calling.
Thank you Jesus for giving us your spirit and setting us apart!