processing again...

howdy.
So... on dts, I would use this blog lots of times to help me process what I was learning and get to share it with people all at the same time. I thought I'd give that a go again. Why not? I'm reading a book I've been wanting to pick up for a while now by Bill Johnson called "Dreaming with God." Here's a few quotes that stuck out to me to think about (there's kinda a lot! feel free to skip some :) ...

"Toward the end of His earthly life, Jesus gave His disciples the ultimate promotion. He told the twelve that He no longer called them servants, but FRIENDS. (John 15:15)... Servants don't know what their master is doing. They don't have access to the personal, intimate realm of their master. They are task-oriented. Obedience is their primary focus- and rightly so, for their lives depend on success in that area. But friends have a different focus. It almost sounds blasphemous to say that obedience is not the top concern for the friend, but it's true. Obedience will always be important... But friends are less concerned about disobeying than they are about disappointing. The disciples focus shifted from the commandments to the presence, from the assignment to the relationship, from "what I do for Him" to "how my choices affect Him." This bestowal of friendship made the revolution we continue to experience possible." (Dreaming with God, p. 24-25)

"Instead of working for Him, we work with Him. We work not for His favor, but from His favor." p. 25

"Christians who live out of who they really are cannot be crippled by the expectations of others. They don't work to fit into people's expectations, but burn with the realization of who the Father says they are." p. 25

"While much of the Church is waiting for the next word from God, He is waiting to hear the dream of His people. He longs for us to take our role, not because He needs us to, but because He loves us." p. 28

"When unbelievers lead the way in inventions and artistic expression, it is because the church has embraced a false kind of spirituality." p. 37

"I am strengthened in hearing God speak. I am nourished through my own obedience to His voice. The situations of life take on meaning and purpose because of the abiding faith to follow Jesus. Hearing from God is the essential element of the Christian life." p. 70

Revelation 19:10 "The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." "This says that if God has done it once, He is ready to do it again. The spoken or written record of whatever Jesus has done carries the prophetic anointing to cause a change in events in the spirit realm so that the miracle spoken of can happen again." p. 83-84

"We have been given authority over this planet... But Kingdom authority is different than is typically understood by most believers. It is the authority to set people free from torment and disease, destroying the works of darkness. It is the authority to move the resources of Heaven through creative expression to meet the human need. It is the authority to bring Heaven to earth. It is the authority to serve." p. 87

"Jesus ruled served with the heart of a king, but ruled with the heart of a servant... Royalty is my identity. Servanthood is my assignment. Intimacy with God is my life source. So, before God, I'm an intimate. Before people, I'm a servant. Before the powers of hell, I'm a ruler, with no tolerance for their influence. Wisdom knows which role to fulfill at the proper time." p. 88

"Prophetic ministry is not to be focused on the sins of the world. It takes very little discernment to find the dirt in people's lives. The prophetic in its purest form is designed to find the gold in people's lives and call it to the surface." p. 89

"Heaven is what we want. Every creative dream is fulfilled in Heaven. The great news is that we have access to the realm of Heaven through prayers of faith. For example: There are sounds in Heaven that earth has never heard. When a musician taps into that reality and communicates that sound here, Heaven will have found agreement and will invade." p. 99

There is heaps more, but there's just some of the stuff I've been reading. Waaaayy to exhausted to tell you all my comments on those things. Maybe sometime soon I will. :)
k, blessings.
peace
Christy