How you doin? Stacey
and I went to see/hear Leon Van Rooyen last night at New Life Church on
Tilton Rd. I couldn't imagine God doing any more in my day yesterday
until I sat there during Leon's message completely wrecked. I mean
UNDONE. The Holy Ghost just poured heavenly things into me in a messy
way. SO GOOD!!!!!!! I love trusting God. Stacey and I had no clue who
this dude was and we had never been to this church. We were invited by
people we trust and we went knowing that we live in God's refuge.
WOW!!!!!!! God totally poured grace, favor, and blessing on us through
that faith... that He supplies. What a great deal. The Holy Ghost woke
me up at 3:30am.
I did ask Him if He was serious. He said yes He was very serious. So I
laid in bed for 30min praying that He wasn't serious, no I'm kidding. I
did pray "Ok, you got me up, what's going on". He said, "Your name".
This started yesterday morning with Revelation 2:17, "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some
of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name
written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’"
WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!! It's killing me again today. First off, I so pray
for manna to appear in my hand or Bible or somewhere. I'm jealous when I
hear testimonies about manna appearing. It's one of those many signs
that make you wonder. Second and most importantly the white stone.
Third the new name.
I
did a "little" research. Two plus hours later, I may know less then I
did before. I refer to these mornings as "can of worms" mornings. I
won't burden you with what I want/need to know about. I will say it's
very interesting to look at what manna and the white stone represent in
the Bible. Last night, Leon opened his message on transformation with
"new names" in the Bible. Perhaps a coincidence, I would say not. How
God and Jesus renames people to indicate their transformation. So then
I'm thinking about how many characters in the Bible had their name
changed.
| Name | Change | To/From | By Whom |
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This is just some of them. I thought these ones would emphasis
the point that the Holy Ghost was making to me yesterday morning and
last night. Name changes indicate transformation, becoming new. There
are also several Biblical transformations that take place without name
change, so I'm not talking about the name change, I'm talking about the
transformation. The name change to me is symbolic of transformation.
Last night Leon was talking about how transformation in the church,
city, state, world, etc., starts with transformation of yourself. He
used Jacobs story to illustrate how God will give favor to someone who
isn't satisfied with anything less then the full inheritance of the
Kingdom. COME ON!!!!!!! How God has favor for people who answer the
call of their heavenly identity and destiny. People who know that God's
creation isn't distorted or messed up, but there is a spirit of
deception and lies in the world and sadly enough in the church. This
could go on for hours, because it does for me. I'll spare you all that
goes on in my head and more importantly my heart. God is really
changing me and I love it. I love Him. Be transformed into His
likeness today.
PS I invite you to come out tonight to see/hear Leon. The worship
team of this church only is worth coming out for. If you need/want
more information, you know how to reach me. he's there tomorrow as
well. I hope to see you there.
I forgot my PPS. The flip side to Jacob/Israel is Esau. Esau despised
his birth right. He traded in his Kingdom inheritance for worldly
deception/lies. I never want to be this person. Someone who straight
out says no to God and despises their birth right. Sadly enough there
are plenty of people in are churches regular attendance and leadership
that are more like Esau then Jacob. If you see me acting in this way,
please call me out for it. I can't stomach the thought of slapping God
in the face in this way. |
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