For as long as i can remember, i have confidently and zealously operated in my own strength and attempted to ‘intercede’ and ‘love God’ effectively and faithfully. Having plans, ambitions and desires of my own that i have clung onto so dearly, i have successfully hindered many works of the Holy Spirit in my life, not allowing Him to breathe in as He could. Today, however, i believe was the beginning of the rest of my life. Although i’m not quite there yet, i’ve eagerly embarked upon a journey of surrender in which my prayer has increasingly become “God, wreck my life with your fire for the glory of your name!” i can feel the desires of Gods heart being engraved upon mine as i seek no longer for the experience of a moment, but the passion of a lifetime. A deep awareness of the Holy Spirit branding my heart with a hot poker identifies me as an adopted son and being permanently marked with the sweet fragrance of Christ. Yes the branding process hurts, and as far as i’m concerned it must be a daily occurence. As long as this abandoned, reckless, Holy Spirit inspired radical lifestyle reaps its rewards of seeing the glory of God being displayed in this nation, then i’m certainly prepared to do so. i feel the pull, the urge, the compelling to constantly give up my ways and truly discover what surrender is. encountering Christ to a much deeper level.

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For as long as i can remember, i have confidently and zealously operated in my own strength and attempted to ‘intercede’ and ‘love God’ effectively and faithfully. Having plans, ambitions and desires of my own that i have clung onto so dearly, i have successfully hindered many works of the Holy Spirit in my life, not allowing Him to breathe in as He could. Today, however, i believe was the beginning of the rest of my life. Although i’m not quite there yet, i’ve eagerly embarked upon a journey of surrender in which my prayer has increasingly become “God, wreck my life with your fire for the glory of your name!” i can feel the desires of Gods heart being engraved upon mine as i seek no longer for the experience of a moment, but the passion of a lifetime. A deep awareness of the Holy Spirit branding my heart with a hot poker identifies me as an adopted son and being permanently marked with the sweet fragrance of Christ. Yes the branding process hurts, and as far as i’m concerned it must be a daily occurence. As long as this abandoned, reckless, Holy Spirit inspired radical lifestyle reaps its rewards of seeing the glory of God being displayed in this nation, then i’m certainly prepared to do so. i feel the pull, the urge, the compelling to constantly give up my ways and truly discover what surrender is. encountering Christ to a much deeper level.

This entry was posted on Friday, March 30th, 2007 at 3:14 pm and is filed under Fire-School. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.