Spiritual Insights

Jul 12 2013

Resting in Him

Author: Hannah • Discussion: 4 Comments
It was the week of July 4th — a particularly busy week for our family this year.  The 4th was on a Thursday, but we had things on the agenda every single night, and the kids were having to stay up well past bedtime every night. The city fireworks show was scheduled for July 3rd this year, and it didn’t start until 10pm.  My kids usually go to bed at 8:30.  (And, my kids don’t nap).
This was the first year that Lexi was big enough to stay up for the show.  She made it, and fell asleep around 11:30 that night, only to wake up at the crack of dawn the next day.
So, on July 4th, we had plans to go watch fireworks again, with some good friends, who put on a phenomenal show every year, along with dinner and lots of kid-friendly opportunities throughout the evening (bouncy castle, sand pit, putt-putt, etc.)  
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May 01 2013

I AM NOT A NUMBER ON A SCALE

Author: Hannah • Discussion: No Comments
I went on an amazing Women’s Retreat, put on by my church this weekend.  In preparing for it, I didn’t know how much the Lord really planned to do in my life over one simple weekend.  I mean, I am perfectly aware that I have, by no means, “arrived,” but I feel like I am in a really good place, regarding my identity, and I feel like I walk in a great deal of freedom from old wounds.  Aside from that, I was on the team that helped to plan the retreat, was assigned as a small group leader, and they were even going to use my testimony (on identity, no less) for part of the retreat.
So, you can imagine my surprise, when one day prior to the retreat, I felt utterly unhinged.See,
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Jan 24 2013

Prophetic Practice

Author: Hannah • Discussion: No Comments
This week, our church hosted Global Awakening for a “Keys to the Prophetic” conference.  Suffice it to say, in a really tiny nutshell, I was blown away!!  To experience the Spirit of God in such a heavy, palpable way was absolutely phenomenal!  Indescribable, really.  I’ve experienced the presence of God, but never quite like this!  As my brother so brilliantly put it, “Man, this is like cocaine, isn’t it??”
Yes, indeed!  Like cocaine, (I assume)!  A high surely better than drugs, and I just wanted to go back for more and more!
One of the major things I took away from the practical teaching part of the conference was this concept that you have to take a risk, if you are ever going to know for sure that you have genuinely received a word of knowledge from the Lord, and not just of your flesh.  
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