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This dream is epic.

It also scared me. It’s weird though because it jumped around a lot, and I don’t remember details as much as I remember the feelings and emotions that ran thru the dream. It started outside, I was on a sidewalk just outside of a building and there were a lot of guys carrying guns, I felt an immediate need to be inside so ran in the building. It was there I learned that the men with guns were after me and some of other people - we were all part of some missionary team.

The house/building was a safe house of sorts, there was a woman there who was hiding us from the government/military. I remember the Lord totally taking care of us. We had almost nothing, just some clothes and a backpack with a few small items, we would only go out and travel at night, I remember we needed to go someplace and the Lord sent this thick fog and heavy rain to mask our movements. Another time we were caught in the middle of a fire fight, somehow the Lord sent people to us to protect us and cover us and we all made it out safely. 

I remember praying for someone’s spine and I could see it and feel it moving and straightening. There was a table that we needed to use but it was broken, I asked the Lord to restore it and it moved and all the cracks and broken pieces disappeared… The Lord’s presence was there, but it was bright and vivid like a painting! 

I’d have to say overall the thing I remember the most was just the feeling of being hunted, we were NOT welcome there, and it was very scary, we had to watch our backs ALL the time, but even in the midst of the fear the Lord always protected us. We would be arrested if we were seen praising the Lord, but here we were in this house - hands raised singing and praising! There was one time the house was about to be raided, and we all had to hide in cabinets and under tables, but they never came in the house. It was quite surreal.

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I suddenly find myself struck with the realization of my own desperate need for the Lord.

Been kinda on my own for the last few weeks - as much as a believer can be and still not fall away into a lifestyle of debauchery and wickedness.

I still listen to worship, still pray on occasion, but mostly just living my life and ignoring the small voice calling to me. Following ‘my plan’.

Until tonight.

I’m sitting here listening to Jesus Culture’s latest CD ‘Come Away’ amid reading tweets about double rainbows in the sky after an apparently good evening encounter service at IHOP Atlanta.

My spirit starts to breathe again a bit, when from the airwaves I hear this voice singing an invitation to me: 

“Come away with me, Come away with me

It’s never too late, it’s not too late

It’s not too late for you

I have a plan for you

I have a plan for you

It’s gonna be wild

It’s gonna be great

It’s gonna be full of me

Open up your heart and let me in.

To that I simply say - Yes. Count me in.

On the door of a SEAL who was hurt ‘on the job’. If only we all shared the same attitude toward adversity!

On the door of a SEAL who was hurt ‘on the job’. If only we all shared the same attitude toward adversity!

This was hanging in the cubicle of an engineer at work. Nice.

This was hanging in the cubicle of an engineer at work. Nice.

Truth in advertising.

Truth in advertising.

Christian refugees turning to prostitution to survive

"I cannot hide my love, cannot hide my love…my feet will have to dance!! I cannot hide my love, cannot hide my love…my heart will have to sing!!…"

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I was reminded this week of a dream I had several years ago…(maybe 8-9 years?)

I was in a building of some sort with other people and it was collapsing all around us. We were in a hallway of sorts, and there was debris all around, people were starting to panic and freak out because it was all shaking and crumbling and falling all around us, utter chaos, yet somehow I was pleading with them all to follow me because I knew the way to safety.

I believe it speaks about the role of the church in the end times - chaos and destruction, panic and fear all around - but those who know the Lord are rooted in confidence and have wisdom and the ability to lead others to His safety.

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SO that last post was cryptic… that’s because somehow what I typed didn’t post, just the subject…

Anyhoo, that phrase, I heard it right after I woke up the other day. Like the VERY first thing, before my eyes even opened, it just popped into my mind as clear as day.

Pondering.