Welcome to the quirky dimension that is my journey as a Christian and fully devoted (just not perfect!) follower of Christ. Here you'll find out that, as a writer, there's next to nothing I'm not prepared to write about, including my faith. Prepare for a smash-mouth style to collide with colourful topics as I continue to blog into everything that God has called me to be.
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Okay, let's start with the revelation I had in between sessions, shall we?
As I was waiting for my tea to cook (minced beef hotpot by the way, nice!), I thought I'd take a look back over my last year courtesy of my personal, private journal to see just what sort of a journey I've been on.
This has certainly been an action-packed and revelation filled third day of my "7 Days of Praise" celebration and I cannot wait to share with you all, or most of what God has been doing in me this past three or so hours.
Once again I managed to clock up another three hours, almost, in worship & ministry exploring many things and once again waiting for the point where I would be broken down into a crying wreck.
What I got instead though, was an amazing God-encounter unlike anything I've ever had before, proving that this "7 Days..." was indeed a correct celebration to follow after the events of Sunday!
Shall I tell you if I succumbed to emotion though...?
Just how in the hell am I supposed to start this one?
Pardon the abruptness but if you'd have lived through the kind of day I've just gone through, you too would be wondering how to accurately convey what you're thinking/feeling right now.
Don't get me wrong this is not a negative report, just the complete opposite if I'm honest...
So Honest You Want to Cry
Right, let's start at the beginning, this morning, as the plasterers had turned up to work some more on my kitchen I was left to do my own thing.
So first off, I watched a message from Creflo Dollar Ministries that was, interestingly preceded by the message that from 12th October, it would disappear from the listings because they had opted out of the cost share programme that TBNuk are running in order to host international ministry programmes on their channel. I have no comments on that because this is not the time.
Creflo's message was one of reminding us that it was not anything that we could have done to earn our salvation, it was all about Jesus!
His message was asking are we going to be like Abraham and move forward into the new things that God is doing, or are we going to be like Lot and keep looking back because that will stop us from entering into the new season.
BOOM! Exactly what Ps. Jason Alexander was saying yesterday, as I've already put!
Prediction? More of the Same... Tears!!!
Okay, onto the crux of the matter, "Day 2" of my 7 Days of Praise II celebration was all about continuing to lay the groundwork of the work that God has been doing in my heart at the moment.
Cue more tears... a looot more tears falling to the ground!
Why? Well, my God in heaven, I do not think I could be more thankful for how yesterday went, with my confession regarding a certain amazing lady that I actually spoke to, for once!
This song did it for me: -
It broke the dam and burst open the floodgates that started the tears of absolute pure joy falling down my face as the Spirit did indeed break my walls down, right the way to the very ground!
Have you ever felt so thankful for one particular event that you just fall apart thinking about it?
For me, and this sounds lame even to say this, but it was the very first conversation I had with... nope, I nearly said her name, but I'm not going to! I am NOT falling into that trap, dude!
I did, through that song, through Oceans by United Hillsong and you know what? I'M NOT AFRAID ANY MORE!!!
I'll admit that I cried, why? Because it might just help someone to know that sometimes, it is indeed okay to cry.
I just kept telling God how thankful I was for how things panned out yesterday, you see, I told Him I only needed one chance to speak to her... but I needed more than one apparently that day... and He gave me another, and another, and another, until I did it... now I've got to be careful here, because remember, I said this is only our first conversation!
I have no game plan, I realised this past few days that my playbook is decidedly empty... but that's going to work to my advantage and favour in the days ahead whatever happens.
Onto the first preach: -
Final Thought
Now I could go into an aaage of talking about what I got from this message but I'll just say the following sums it up: -
C ycle - Sometimes you have to let God break the cycle you're in;
L evel - The higher you go, the harder it gets & the more effort it needs;
O rigin - When you're faced with difficult thoughts, identify their origins;
U sage - When I feel overencumbered, I need to check what I'm carrying;
D irection - Sometimes, I have to remember there really is one direction... up!
Coming right up is part two where I'll look at my reactions from the second worship session in the evening and an amazing preach from Ps. Glyn Barrett of my very own !Audacious Church.
Just to let you all know that after how monumentally, magnificently awesome today was at !Audacious Church, I am going to be using that momentum to kick off another 7 Days of Praise celebration!
So you can guarantee that this week will be jam-packed with content on The Write Dimension, so be sure to keep on coming back every day because I'll be updating you with everything that goes on!
Let's take a look at what made it so monumentally, magnificently awesome...
ATTN: Due to a sudden change of heart, the original predecessor to this post has hereby been redacted out of respect for the lady in question. Thank you for your continued readership. TLP
Well,
If you read part one of this post, then good for you, but out of respect for the lady in question, I have hereby taken the decision to redact the preceding information because some things should just be kept between two people.
Remember that time I quoted the poem from The Hobbit?
The poem went something like "the road goes ever on and on..." well that's certainly true of this broadcast and it's gaining momentum now I've committed to my surprise coming in two weeks' time.
Anyways, that's enough of that, here's the latest episode: -
I've just been catching up on my Joel Osteen devotionals and I thought I'd share one with you that I find particularly inspiring, because it is an encouragement to, no matter what situation you find yourself in, change the words you are saying if the situation is not changing around.
Now first of all, I have to make sure that it is known here that this is not a guaranteed recipe for success, it just taps into a principle that makes sense the more that you think about it.
You cannot go around speaking negatively over your life and then wonder or complain why things are not changing.
Sometimes, in order to change what you see, you have to change what you say, dude!
Tonight it's the Belonging at church so I'm defo gonna go to that as it's a fantastic way to meet new people & connect on a greater level than I've ever done before.
I'm so glad I've made that decision to 'revisit my cross' as Pete suggested I do, because it has been essential in helping me see in exactly what areas there was surrender lacking and where there was surrender a-plenty.
Just this past week, according to my post counter, I have hit 300 posts.
It doesn't feel like it, I'll tell you that much, because when I started this the original remit was to review events on the motor racing calendar. I remember it well, it ranged from the British Superbikes to Formula 1. Looking back though now, I cringe, because some of them, alright most of them were detailed beyond belief. They must have read like instruction manuals I went through play-by-play, every incident that went on during the race. Goodness, how I want to cringe every time I think about it!
I hope everyone's having a good week, I'm sure you can imagine mine's been eventful, that's to say the least after what I've shared with you all so willingly. Some may say I was too loose-lipped to do this, but I find an audience better able to receive you when they see where you've come from and what you're going through in order to see where exactly it is that you are going.
Hello everyone! Thank you for bearing with me on such an eventful week as the one I've had, I think I've posted something like every day so far this week! :) As always, here's the latest episode of my broadcast...
At long last, after much teasing and promising it was "coming soon", I can officially announce that I have thrown together an image which I consider reflects the ethos of my blog, and it unifies with my Facebook too. So stand by for the grand unveiling...
Following on from my last post talking about the little things in life making me who I am today, I wanted to follow it up by saying that I'm beginning to find it getting easier to just be open and honest and say "look, this is me, if you don't like it, there's the door".
The
following confessional may contain triggers for some as it deals with
some very broken roads and very dark issues that I have been struggling
with lately. As always, you have been warned, so thank you for your
patience. - TLP
Maaan, I could not have predicted where all of this would end up, but I knew it just had to be said! I've already admitted before that I can withhold things longer than I should do and also longer than is necessary. Didn't I say it was like a toxic swamp? That was why I wrote in my journal, as I quickly realised that to write is to prevent everything from building up.
Well I am glad I've tackled those issues, part three is coming tomorrow so please come back then for the final part in my "Fighting Bear Traps..." series of postings.
I hope you can understand why I have had to take this detour because I realised that since my "60 Seconds..." broadcast launched, it has just sort of taken over this blog and breathed new life into it, the likes of which I wasn't expecting.
The
following confessional may contain triggers for some as it deals with
some very broken roads and very dark issues that I have been struggling
with lately. As always, you have been warned, so thank you for your
patience. - TLP
Wow!
That was certainly a journey, wasn't it?
"So if this be the root of all my bitter life is built upon..." that says a whole lot about who I am, where I am and, likely, where I am going.
It's time to get real.
I've referred to my lack of experience in dating circuits, I've referred to my "v for victory" badge that I still proudly wear to this day and I have referred to myself as being the 'cream that always rises to the top'.
The following confessional may contain triggers for some as it deals with some very broken roads and very dark issues that I have been struggling with lately. As always, you have been warned, so thank you for your patience. - TLP
First off, I'm sorry that I... well, actually I am not sorry that I'm having to do this again because the life I've been leading recently has brought up some really troubling and dark issues that have been repressed for so long that they've become a part of who I am today.
What makes me say this? Easy! I was at church a few weeks ago when Mark Foster preached a truly life-changing message on breaking your walls down and I've never looked back since...
This is just a quick announcement that, after the severe disappointment in my job situation earlier tonight, I will not be putting the latest episode of "60 Seconds of Faith" up until next Friday, 18th September 2015.
Thank you for your patience & I promise you, I will update you all this weekend with what's going on!
It's interesting that this week's devotional should come up at such a time as this, because I'm going through a very personal struggle right now and I'm going to do my best to see that I use this to fuel the latest of my teachings. Honestly! When I use the word 'teachings', I'm making it sound like I'm some kind of renowned speaker... well I guess you've got to start somewhere, huh? :-D Let's begin...
Here we go again! It's that time of the week, Faith Filled Friday time, and this time I'm going to be looking at a subject that might seem rather shallow on the surface.
There might appear not to be a lot to it, but when you read into it and think a little bit more, you can see that the choice to serve God or man is a choice we all should not take lightly. Let's have a look...
