March 23, 2011

the Lord spoke through song lyrics: "the same power that conquered the grave lives in me, lives in me; your love that rescued the earth lives in me, lives in me" what God said: sometimes we pray for God to come down and heal. we pray for God to love on our family and friends, to love on the hurting and broken. we pray for Him to come down. but really, He's already here! He lives in us; among us! He's waiting on us to take the power He's put inside of us. we need to start loving people w/ HIS love! praying w/ faith for healing. we need to start being Jesus!!!!

march 17, 2011

a dream i had: it was a girl's wedding day. she was running around like a crazy lady! things weren't totally together. it also seemed like the things that were together kept falling a part! the bride was trying so hard to get everything together. she was having such a hard time staying calm. everyone was trying to help but nothing was helping. so, they finally got her fiance. when he got to her, she was almost in tears! you could see the stress on her face. he walked over to her, grabbed a hold of her and comforted her! he gave her peace and pure love! he let her know that it was ok. he kept telling her that it would all be ok. she told him that she just wanted everything to be perfect for him. he chuckled at the words. it made her a little frustrated so she pulled away. he grabbed her again and told her: "my love, it will be perfect! do you know why? because i'm marrying you! dear, nothing can ruin today! there is nothing that can make today imperfect because you are here with me!" they hugged and it was over. I felt like God was saying: *things don't have to be perfect! you don't have to be perfect! i love you just the way you are! nothing can keep you from me! nothing can keep you from me! dear, you are all i want and i'm all that you need! stop trying to get everything perfect! stop trying to have everything "just right". come to me just as you are! i love you! i love you just the way you are! *verses: romans 8:35-38, matthew 11:28-30

March 26, 2011

here's a picture God showed me: there was a child with a giant cereal box. she had both of her arms inside of the box. she was searching for the prize in the bottom. she really wants the prize. she's digging and digging. she gets really frustrated and is ready to be done with it. so, what does she do? does she give up? NO!!! when a child really wants something, they don't give up! so, she turns the box over! when the cereal is all poured out, she begins to push through the cereal until she finds the prize! she never gave up! she never stopped searching! I felt like God was saying that life is like the box that holds the cereal. all the stuff in life is the cereal. sometimes life is the good cereal that we love and other times, it's the gross kind that our parents bought because it was on sale. He was saying that in life, HE is the prize. He's in the good "cereal" and in the bad/gross "cereal." He wants us to search like the child did! even when the "cereal" is bad, a kid will still look for the prize! He wants us to really search for Him, the prize when the "cereal" is bad! He makes all things worth it! He tells us that if we seek, to keep seeking and we'll find it! (mt 7:7-12) we need to keep seeking, to keep knocking, and to keep asking! He'll make all the "cereal" worth it!

March 9, 2011

Dream God gave me: I was a brede at my wedding. The groom & I got married & proceeded to the reception. We danced all of the important dances & seemed to be having a lot of fun. Then I noticed that I couldn't find him. So I went looking for him. When I found him, he was w/ another woman. She was his girlfriend. He seemed to really care for her. They looked like they were in love. I felt soooo hurt & heart broken! It was out of control! I couldn't believe it! I mean, we had just committed our lives to each other. We'd promised to honor, obey, & love forever! Here's what I felf God say: "Nikki, haven't you done the same to me? Haven't you made a vow w/ me? Promised yourself to me; marred me & then given your heart to someone/something else?! You only love me w/ half of you! You're luke-warm. Why do you make me promises you don't intend to keep? why do you never keep your word? I'd rather you make no promise than break your word!" Verse I felt Him speak: Ecclesiastes 5:4-6 "So, when you make a promise to God, don't delay in following through, for Godtakes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to Him! It is better to say nothing than to promise something that you don't follow through on. In such cases, your mouth is making you sin. And don't defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, & He might wipe out everthing you've achieved." Revelation 3:15-16 "I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish you were either one or the other! But since you are like luke-warm water, I will spit you out of my mouth!"

March 2, 2011

the Lord showed me this picture: the group (youth group) was circled around the sanctuary. they were circling & it was so cool! so, i went to lana & told her. she looked at me & said something along the lines of, "make it happen." she pointed to the microphone. i told the group that i felt like we should have those who were struggling, having a hard time getting to God, and hurting stand together. i felt like the rest of us needed to circle around them & pray.it was going to be a time of breaking down walls. a time for freedom to be received. so we did it! it was awesome! it was so amazingly great! you could feel the Lord moving so powerfully! it was crazy. at one point, everyone began to scream out prayers. you could feel the breaking! it almost knocked me down! as we were beginning to circle, i felt like God also said that it was going to be a "Walls of Jericho" kind of experience! there were two other things i felt God say. 1. as i prayed, i kept repeating, "Lord, what you undo, cannot me re-done! what you break cannot be put back together!" *the supporting verses are from Revelation 3: "What he opens, no one can shut, & what he shuts no on can open." 2. we don't have to look to the past to figure out who we are! he has made us new! *supporting verses from 2 Corinthians 5:17: "therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come."

August 23, 2010

the picture the Lord showed me: there was a bride & groom. the groom had a hold of the bride's hand. he was standing slightly in front of her. he was looking back at her, waiting on her to walk forward with him. i felt God speak these things to me:

1. why are you so reluctant? what is holding you back? at one time you were so eager to be w/ me. you were content spending all your time focusing on our love, our relationship. why have you stopped being so full of me? so consumed w/ me... you need to come back to your first love. come back to me w/ your whole self! stop searching for your "mate"! stop looking & he'll find you!


2. This will all work out! don't stress or worry about it! stop filling that hole w/ other things and fill it w/ me!