Warriors' Walk

For Everything There is a Season........

2009-01-28T10:09:00.000-08:00

So my heart breaks for this little girl.

Tortured during what her mother called "disciplining sessions" this little girl, dubbed Baby Grace by police as they tried to identify her, lived up to her name, as reports say that she said "I love you" to her mum as her mum beat her.

What is this? Why?

It's like God handed the world this little angel and those who were meant to take care of her snuffed her little life out.

I'm reminded of a scripture, I only recently read, it says :

"Good people pass away, the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come."

- Isaiah 57:1 (NLT)

On that note, my friend Lea died last week. On what we call "Welfare Wednesday" (where people recieve their welfare checks for the month, always on a wednesday) she overdosed and died. Its a strange thing when you start knowing the people who pass away. She was what I call an old faithful, she seemed to have survived down here for so long I never really considered she would die of an overdose. But she was great and a lot of us loved her, she will be very much missed.

I find peace in the fact that I serve a merciful and graceful God. That after lives of hurt and pain, that these lives will rest in peace, in the presence of our most lovely God.

Peace-out

A Paradox Day

2009-01-20T10:39:00.000-08:00

Today is somewhat of a Paradox for me. One of sadness and despair the other of joy and hope.

I opened the newspaper today to read this:

HAMAS VOWS TO REARM

I will start with a quote from my brother, from a comment he left on my past post :

"Each person who dies takes with them the mystery of their life and all they have experienced and all they have to offer. And for no good reason. Every time there is a war, part of our collective humanity dies." - Troy Pittaway

Reflecting on the carnage that has already occured in this war torn area of the world my heart sinks at the reality that before the bodies of the already 1300+ that have died so far are even buried, retailiation is being whispered, no, shouted across the world. The reality that many more innocents will die in the days to come is a sober thought to have at the beginning of the day.

But, before I could become engulfed in my thoughts, my co-worker came in an reminded me that today is the inauguration of Barak Obama, the 44th President of the USA. So we tuned into a live feed and watched history unfold before us. It was amazing.

I had to laugh at myself though. To be someone who was so aggressive towards the USA, now finding myself glued to the ceremony, hanging on every word President Obama said was somwhat comical.

I found as I watched this man take his vow and speak of his country that my heart for this world was filled with hope that something better is on its way, for the world. I wonder if he knows that he is not just a leader and inspiration to americans but to the world as a whole that has been waiting for a G8 leader who can hope and dream of the impossible and be willing to walk it out.

So thus, my day has been a paradox of emotions. Our worlds state is quite an interesting one. I am eager to see what the future holds for us all.

J-Out

When will it end?

2009-01-14T15:46:00.001-08:00

So I am not here to voice sides of this issue because I simply just don't know enough and in war is there ever really a side?

So I am trying to follow what is going on in Gaza at the moment and the more I read, the more upset and unsettled I am. Of course the brutality of war is a horrible thing but I just keep getting this question flashing across my head : When will this end? All this fighting, what is it all achieveing, in the long run?

Check this picture out, and ask, what is this achieving in the long run? Where will this lead?

The cost of this war is people, individual people, on both sides, who have stories, families, lives.
This breaks my heart.

Cheers
J-Out

Our Part?

2009-01-10T17:29:00.000-08:00

I was reading Psalm 9 today, this stood out to me and certain questions in my heart followed...

For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless. He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer.

-Psalm 9:12 (NLT)

What part do we play in this? Are we to sit back and watch God reply to the cries of those who suffer or are we to hear the cries also and follow the example of Christ?

I was walking to work today and I will be the first to admit that I'm a little sinner who doesn't go to church, I swear a bit and laugh at inapproporiate (but funny) things. But as I was walking I found my frustration begin to rise as I thought about the things in this world which we must force ourselves to acknowledge. Just because I feel that we sit and say, aww thats so sad, then we move on....but isn't it our responsibility as we see the suffering of others to reply with action not just cheap and empty sympathy? Are we His hands and feet? If not, if its not on us to reply to the widow, orphaned, oppressed and broken then what? Whats our purpose...don't tell me the prosperity doctrines got it right and its all about us and no one else!!!

Just wondering when we will stand up and do something as a body of Christ...anything really would be great.

Thats all for today
J - out

It's been a while......is anyone out there?

2009-01-09T11:42:00.000-08:00

Due to my brothers beginning of a blog I have been inspired to continue updating my own blog. We'll see how long that lasts.

I was reading last night and I came upon this proverb and was moved as I read it. So I want to put it out there for others to ponder.

Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding.
Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.

Proverbs 2:2-3 (NLT)

The things that stick out for me at this moment are the fact that we need to tune our ears to wisdom, which implies an intention on our behalf and to concentrate on understanding, another intentional act. Also to cry out for insight. To cry out, to me that means to be in some form of anguish or desperation, to cry out.

Thats all my thoughts for now.
J - out!

The Cost

2007-04-27T01:11:00.000-07:00

I pray Lord that you send us out with courageous consecration, let us go knowing that there will be casualties and although you have sent us out, there is no guarantee of our return. Let this not stop us Jesus!!!!!!! Let us be all that you have called us to be, that you have said we are.

Awake Daughter of Zion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The time of slumber is over and gone, a new day is dawning and we MUST be ready......Jesus is coming!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH JESUS IS COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AWAKE...........AWAKE....................AAAAAAAAWWWWAAAAAKKKEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Lord, let it be so

Lord Have Mercy

2007-04-26T05:06:00.001-07:00

What one generation tolerates, the next will embrace. – John Wesley

What do we tolerate? What do we see and simply from apathy....laziness.....fear choose to not fight for or against..with love of course. What do we tolerate from friends around us who also bear the name of Christ but choose to embrace the world at the same time? What do we want for the bride...how long do we want to wait for Jesus to return? So I ask again...what do we tolerate?

What do we tolerate from ourselves?

How pure is too pure? How Holy is too Holy? How much Jesus is too much Jesus?

Identity

2007-04-15T01:58:00.000-07:00

So I was walking through a department store today and looking at some clothes and what not, buying some pants for work cos I didn't have the right color pants for the uniform...anyway as I was looking at myself in the mirror I was like "man these pants don't look very cool" then I thought to myself- who cares? Like at the end of the day they are just not really going to be very important except to make my manager happy, people aren't going to care or see, actually they probably won't even see me (not big deal just observation). So then I reflected on our society against what a friend of mine keeps popping out with a lot lately in reference to clothes- " Do they cover your body?" the answer yes , his response "then they are achieving there purpose". So it makes me think, I think of when I returned to Melbourne and I was like hey I need to get new clothes and I bought clothes that I thought would somehow mould my personality.......STUPID!!!!!!! Clothes are clothes. Society seems to think that our identity, who we are is wrapped up in what we wear. Which is stupid, so if I dress up gangsta style does that make me a gangsta? No, It makes me someone who owns clothes that are far to large to wear normally!

Now what is this? Why do we care so much? Why do we invest so much time into this thing that is based in vanity and pride? Do we invest as much time, effort, emotion and finance into the Kingdom of God (tithe doesn't count! Its a must, accesories are not a must!) If not, why not? Why do we agree with it all? We need to find our identity in Jesus whether we look like the newest thing out of a catalogue or a fashion disaster.

Peace out

Devotion

2007-04-05T21:32:00.000-07:00

SO I am thinking, are we as Christians, Christ disciples, His followers willing to give up all we desire to follow? Even just thinking about giving up what I desire, what I really want, just the contemplation of that saddens my heart, so how sold out am I? If just the thought of this saddens me and I have the temptation to just be like...I don't want to!!! then how sold out am I? How much do I love Jesus? Now Jesus died on the Cross for my crap, how far am I willing to go for Him? Ahhhhh, we need to dealeo with our crap, get over ourselves, and do something to further Jesus kingdom! When we get to heaven, we better have a story, there are people whos faith has cost them everything, we had better have a story!

Freedom Writers

2007-03-30T08:57:00.000-07:00

So I just went to the movies and watch the freedom writers! It freakin' rocks! I was inspired about how if we press in and through adversity then life changing, world changing, eternity changing things can happen!!!! It gives hope.....wait a minute that's kinda like what it says in the bible about perseverance produces endurance, endurance produces character and character produces hope! Bible knows what its talking about!

Cheers
J

Jason Upton

2007-03-25T18:31:00.000-07:00

Peter Footer also thinks that Jason Upton is from the pit of hell and his wage is far too high also! What are your thoughts?

...........................So if your wondering whats going on in my last 2 blogs, we are just having some fun and trying to stir things up, well I' the stirer, pete well he is trying to stop me blog. The killer part is that I am actualy using his laptop to do so!

PS I love Jason Upton worship music, in doses! Its like keith green, you take it in snack sizes.

Grace

Movie cinemas

2007-03-25T09:44:00.000-07:00

We have decided that movie cinemas are from the pit of hell and the corporation are making to much money as Jesus said it is hard for a rich man to go to heaven we should not encourage these massive wages of millions of dollars and as such should be boycoted! We MUST download movies! Any thoughts?

Any thoughts people, I would seriously love to hear them!

Sell Outs

2007-03-24T22:02:00.000-07:00

So I ponder and I think about the church in the day we live now, the new millenium. I ponder on things such as GodTV and Christian cable and christian bookstores where a Passion of the Christ CD costs more than in a secular shop and I tend to laugh at the fact that first of all we have sold out to the worlds way of doing things and secondly that we are ripping each other off for an extra buck here or there! What a stinkin joke!

And I hear things like dress well for Jesus - what are we a bunch of pharisees trying to look top notch for Jesus? If I remember rightly Jesus absolutely abliterated them and publicaly! But Praise Jesus that I am not a pharisee! No no, I'm the humble tax collector not the stinkin self righteous pharisee, phew for that! If you sense a tinge of sarcasim thats because theres a bunch of sarcasim in what I say!

I love the bride of Christ, I truly do, i am so passionate about seeing her come to fullness and be ready for her groom, I just have moments where I ponder where we are at and I end up laughing and being sarcastic and then i realise my own frailty and the role I play to add to the problem instead of being counter cultural which Jesus most certainly was!

But you know what they call sarcasim, sarcasim is angers evil cousin! And yes I feel anger, i think its a righteous anger at what man has made the bride to be.....a sell out.

I will finish with a quote (I wish i could remember who it was by but I can't! Sorry!)
I heard it in reference to someone saying that in this revolution we are in we can't move away from our roots which is in the church, the quote was -

"The church is my mother, she's a whore but she is still my mother!"

Grace peoples!
J

2007-03-18T08:24:00.000-07:00

To Much! Enough Already!

2006-12-14T10:18:00.000-08:00

Okay, so tonight i had a revelation! God is good!

So i was watching this movie and it was Exorcist: The beginning. And a couple of minutes into it I heard, turn it off and go do some devotions but then Iw as like nah don't be a pansy, you can handle this. Wrong, well right but everything is permissible not everything is beneficial!

So I am watching this movie, background to all this is that I can't watch scary movies because my mind goes nuts. So I keep watching this movie and it starts getting creepy and I can feel myself really feeling affraid and then I was like, amn this thing is turning off so i turn it off, my heart racing, thinking about hte enemy and how scary he is and the whole touched by the devil manifestations and freakyness right and my heart is still racing and I start thinking oh man, like what have I got myself into with this life I lead. Then something rose up in me that was NO! ENOUGH! All these films do is puff up the enemy and make him look bigger and stronger than he really is, do not give him too much credit, enough is enough!

So I ahve this revelation, I am calm, feeling strong in the Lord, I'm sitting there being like, I say no to the enemy, stinking lier! Then as I am saying all this the christmas tree just turns on by itself! Normally I would have pee all over myself (this is purely an expression, to my knowledge I have never peed myself otehr than as a baby in a nappy!) but something in me was like....thats all you got? You trying to scare me with a Christmas tree? I am not going to lie, i had a couple of minutes of feeling a little weirded out, but guys, what do we have to be affraid of? We have Christ! And as such we have no reason to fear!

Anyway the tree eventually turned itself off just after I was reminded of that verse in revelations -

But terror will come on the earth and sea. For the Devil has come down in great anger, and he knows he has little time.
- Revelations 12: 12b

And I realised everything he does is out of fear because he is running out of time, so we need not fear anything from him because he is the one to be affraid. The time of his terror is coming to an end, he knows it. and soon Jesus will return to us and will rule the nations, and every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord! man you just can't beat that! And so I realised -

* Do not watch scary movies and instead listen to the gentle voice calling you to spend time praying
* We give the enemy too much credit, he is a lier, a manipulator but he is not Jesus!
*the enemy is running out of time and as such should be affraid if he ain't already
*God is good because He cares for us and loves us and given us life and victory in HIm
*No need to fear!

Praise the Lord, for He is worthy to be praised!

J-out

Dreams

2006-12-07T07:13:00.000-08:00

I wonder,

I wonder sometimes about dreaming, not the kind you have while you are sleeping but the kind you have while your awake. The kind that pop into your head while your waiting in line, or in the middle of math class, or at the end of an inspirational movie or speaker. The kind that run around your head and over time grow bigger and bigger and they give you a little nervous excited feeling in the pit of your stomach. Thats the kind of dream I wonder about.

What dreams do we have? Do we allow ourselves to dream, really dream? And if we do, do we have the guts or the faith to walk them out?

Sometimes I think amongst our seemingly desperate search for Gods will in our lives we refuse to give ourselves permission to dream. Like we shouldn't dream, thats what we want not what God wants, its selfish to dream, time to focus on reality! But maybe thats not the point. God has given us the ability to dream, has he not? So why wouldn't he want us to let it be? Let it play its part in our lives? The good part, not the part we ahve made it into, this part that when a dream might come up we shruge it off as some cruel mental joke of something that will never be. But the part where we dream of something better than what is in front of us, not in an un-healthy kind of a way but in a revolutionary kind of a way.

Think about it. If Gods children really let themselves dream and not just things we think are do-able but the things that seem crazy, the things that are seemingly a cruel joke....or are they? And if we let ourselves dream, are we as Gods children filled with enough boldness and faith to walk it out, through the hardness of it all keep pressing on in an idea that is called impossible, even through others doubts and taunts do we believe enough to walk it out. Think of the ark for crying out loud, talk about faithfulness!!!! You gonna wanna KNOW that you hear CLEARLY from God when it comes to something like that. Maybe its the same with dreams.

Another word for dreams could be hope.

Maybe its not that we don't want to dream, maybe its that we don't want to be taken from our comfortable place, wherever that may be, because of something that we can't see as tangible. Maybe its because walking out dreams means REALLY believeing and TRUSTING in something bigger than ourselves, espeacially for those dreams that are impossible in our own strength...good news is, our God does the impossible, impossible is childs play to Him!!!!

Dreams need perserverance, perserverance produces endurance, endurance produces character and character produces HOPE.

A description of faith, i think it is actually in the bible, it says faith is the HOPEFUL expectation of that which is yet to come.

I think we may need a little more faith, a little more hope, a little more dreaming. Imagine a world where Gods bride begins to walk out what the world only dreams of!!!! Imagine it....so beautiful!

J out

I get it!

2006-12-06T03:31:00.000-08:00

Okay I just was listen to a song on my friend ashleys blog called such love, oh man that song does something to me. Anyways as I was listening, I started getting ancy and I couldn't understand it, then I got it, my desire was to grab my guitar and start belting that tune out at the top of my lungs. I have been feeling flat and not understanding why, its been because I ahven't been able to worship the Lord with my giftings, which I use to do everyday for like 30 mins minimum and it has been what like 5 days and the effects are showing. I feel like it has been dry and just listening to this song is like a down pour of rain, its great, I am feeling better as I listen but I have this urge to find a stinkin guitar anywhere and just play, in an empty room, me and Jesus, no people to judge or interfere just me and the greatest love of my life!

Just a thought
Love J

To ma peeps

2006-12-06T03:06:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone,

Whether its War College, Phase 2ers, Phase 3ers, leadership, my wowo or friends I have made, I am missing you all. Like this hurts man, who knew? Seperation from people can actually hurt. My Automatic response is suck it up buttercup, but as me and some friends of mine learnt over summer, its okay to feel! lol!

I miss you all so much, pray for me, write me, please keep in touch!

Love Jacynta

Late night thoughts from a place called Singapore!

2006-12-05T08:56:00.000-08:00

So its been a while since I blogged, but I have a lot more time on my hands now and easy access to the net so I guess I will jump back onto the blogging wagon!

I thought I would blog something I wrote in my journal tonight. Fill me in on your thoughts, am I being too harsh, am I speaking out my butt. What do you think, agree - disagree?

Remember, no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus!

Do we really know as much as we make ourselves believe we do?

We see visions - undoubtedly
We get pictures - undoubtedly
We get tongues - undoubtedly
God gives us words and tells us to share them - undoubtedly

But even Paul the Apostle said - we see only in part.

LOVE IS THE GREATEST!!!!

How much do we really love?
Love is patient - how patient are we?

Love is kind - how kind are we?

Love is not jealous - how jealous are we?
or boastful - how much do we boast?
or proud - how prideful are we?
or rude - how rude are we?

Love never demands its own way - how often do we demand?

Love is not irritable - how irritable are we?

Love keeps no record of wrongs - what was the meanest thing someone said to you?
You have an answer?

It is never glad about injustice - wow, thats a nice rug, so do you know the name of the child in India who wove it to the beat of a drum, for less than a dollar a day?

But rejoices whenever the truth wins out - when was the last time you rejoiced about something outside your own personal bubble?

Love never gives up - given up on anyone lately?
never loses faith - doubted lately?
is always hopeful - so whats your take on the state of the worls lately?

And endures through every circumstance - what was that? The church has the highest divorce rate? NO?!?

Black Eyed peas sings a song called - where is the love?

Because Christ lives in us and we are His hands and feet the answer should be the church, the answer should be the christian that lives at the end of the block, but no! No-one comes up with that answer, insteasd its found (or thought to be found) in the numbing effects of a liquor bottle, that sweet spaced out feeling of smoking some marijuana, the escape from reality found in ecstasy, crystal meth, cocaine, heroine, speed - anything that will warp the truth of this cold, harsh, seemingly godless reality that the church refuses to step into with a torch of hope, a word of redemption, a glimpse, of something more than what this world offers.

A famous songwriter wrote, "But the church just can't fight, cos its asleep in the light."

Where is the bride? Where is the bride?

Where is the beautiful, courageous, passionate, loving, gentle, joyful, kind bride?

Where are you?

Will you not stand to be counted?
Will you not make yourself ready for the day your lover comes to take you away to a wedding banquet like the world has never seen before?

"Young Man: My dove is hiding behind some rocks, behind an outcrop on the cliff. Let me see you; let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and you are lovely."
- Song Of Songs 2:14 (NLT)

I just want to see the bride, in her beauty, fighting for the furthering of Gods Kingdom, in the fullness of what God intended, not this sleepy, leave it to a small group of radical crazy christians to do it, they have it covered. Imagine, an army utilized, firing at the enemy, battle raging. So messy, so beautiful. nothing is more beautiful than the Kingdom being advanced.

So may we come out strong from behind that rock, into the arms of our lover and maybe what He has to say to us might sound something like this -

The time has come for fire. All other agents have been tried: intellect, learning, fine buildings, wealth, respectability, numbers. The great men and the mighty men and the learned men have all tried to cast out these devils before you and have failed. TRY THE FIRE. There are legions of the enemies of our great King. Fire on them. There are legions of strong drink damning millions; of uncleaness damning millions more; of debauchery, blasphemy, theft, millions more! Charge on them, pour the red-hot shot of the artillery of heaven on them, and they will fall by thousands!
- General Catherine Booth

Jesus, let it be so. You are mighty in battle. Let us fire with love, let us war with love, let us opperate in love, let us lift your banner of love over the world so that it may fly for all to read! - Amen!

So I am not sure if that made any sense. Hopefully it did!
If it offended you, comment on it, if it inspired you,comment on it, if it did nothing for you, comment on it. i am interested on the your view.

Grace to ya face
Jacynta

Life

2006-06-12T21:02:00.000-07:00

Life is good!

Myself, holly and Jenea had a maccaroni and chesse fight tonight with the left over mac and chesse from Mac Donald school programme! It was awesome, Holly got it all down her back, it was fun! I got it all over my face and on my clothes and through my hair, who ever knew it could be so sticky! lol

So yes nothing that much to say except that I am going to start tending to my garden and do a bit of weeding!!! Check out Song of Songs you might get the drift.

Love J

Update

2006-06-07T09:45:00.000-07:00

So life is interesting.

I have been learning about not taking on peoples problems, yes pray and intercede but hand it over to God because who am I to think that i can do a better job than God! And to not get all down and stuff.
But what if i am down, not because I am taking on their problem, say i have already handed that over to God, and I am just down because sometimes the enemy gets me angry and i don't know what to do. Like last night after street combat I got down because at one point I saw my friend (saved) and the enemy was attacking big time and I just wanted to stand in my God given authority and start kicking out demons left, right and centre. But i couldn't because I was by myself and you just don't do that and I also knew i didn't really know how much authority I have, so how am I supposed to step out in it, and if the enemy is telling you lies that you don't have the authority should you really be doing something like that?
So i got down because i so wanted to be able to pull a deliverance moment but I didn't feel like I could and now I feel a little pathetic.

Other than this, there was a mouse on my bed, other than that I am all good and God is even better!!!! WooHoo!

Love J

??????

2006-05-29T15:56:00.000-07:00

Jill has gone.
I am sad.
I am angry at the enemy.
I want to be left alone.
But i want someone to care, not because they have to just because they do.
And I am tired of pressing in. I am tired.
BUT MY GOD IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH BIGGER THAN ALL OF THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE ENEMY CAN TAKE A HIKE!!!!
MY GOD IS BIG, SO STRONG, SO MIGHTY!!!!!!!!!!
J

whoops

2006-05-05T21:08:00.000-07:00

just thought you would like to know that giants are winning, 5 to 1, I believe that is innialating, we are only at half time!

Giants VS Warriors

2006-05-05T21:00:00.000-07:00

Get this, at this very moment I am at a hockey game watching hockey players beat up on each other!
Seriously I am in the stadium, the players are playing, the stadium is practically full of people and I am watching the game, we randomly got the net on linseys laptop, woohoo!

So just a friendly hi and hello from Vancouver, canada hockey game! Woohoo!!!
It makes me miss aussie sports, they have no good chants here, I just want to shout aussie aussie aussie!

Prayer request, we are getting close to the busy part of the year and I feel some flu like symptoms emerging, so pray for health, endurance, perserverance and an increase in passion, all in all a bulldog annointing and health! Thanks!

Well got to go before I get busted!
Ps Hockey is very violent, I kinda like it! First I was shocked, now I am getting into it!

Love you guys
Jacynta

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

2006-05-02T21:10:00.000-07:00

So get this, I was confronted with the whole female equality int he church and I was all passionate about equality right, and I have felt a call to preach but I ahve been ignoring it a lot, but at that point I said that if God opened up the opportunity i would step out and preach and get this I ahve liek 3 different opportunities to preach, the scariest one I think is a church in New West, I have never preached before and here I am going to preach. I am a little intimidated, but God is good and He will guide me as to what He wants said!

Also I hate flying, i have airlines, I hate it all because it stresses me out and I feel like a ping pong ball with the airlines as the bats. Its frustrating!

Well thats all for now, except to say praise the Lord for new friendships!

Cheers
JAcynta

Learning

2006-05-01T00:01:00.000-07:00

So..... Holiness?

Well my War College sessions name is the Holy session so holiness has been a constant discussion in our session. And I have been thinking more and more about it so I have been seeking more and more after revelation on the topic. And I did! YAY!!!!!

My revelation is this, Holiness is a gift, we can not achieve it in our own power and so we need to stop trying to. Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all other things will fall into place, so we should first seek after God and do as He has asked which is well described in Matthew, feed the hungry, clothe the naked and so on and Holiness will come. Its like we get caught up in the gift instead of the giver! Seek after God, serve the least of these and bask in the blessing he pours out over us, one day it will happen and we won't even know it because we won't be caught up in ourselves, the last time I checked there is no self seeking in holiness, so lets stop making it that! Love God with all our heart, soul and mind!

All praise be to God!

I am so glad He is in control because whenever I try to take the wheel I stuff it up big time! So once more ALL PRAISE BE TO GOD!

Cheers
Jacynta

Update

2006-04-14T19:32:00.000-07:00

So I am sitting in the apartments and we are having a discussion about things. Its very interesting to hear different peoples opinion. Its nearly time for street church and I am really excited that my session mate and friend Olivia is doing the preach. I really think that she has an annointing to preach, because of the motivation behind her actions. I believe that God has blessed her with an annointing to speak the truth to the multitudes and people will listen. This is the beginning of the release and I am excited!

So its Easter and last night we stayed up and prayed all night long and at the end we took communion and it took me a while, it was like if I eat this bread and drink this cordial I am nailing Him to the cross myself and then it struck me ( I know this is foundational but I think it made its way to my heart and not all in my head) I have nailed Him to the cross every time I sin, so I needed to act it out as reverance and remeberance of this.

Thats all I have to say now!
Cheers
Jacynta

UPDATE

2006-03-17T17:31:00.000-08:00

Well what can I say, it has been definately an interesting week!
We had the RAW conference this week and man was it full on and intense just through like lack of sleep and all that rushing around that is needed to get last minute things done! But it was a blast!!!!!!
Today I ran open air and we hung out at needle park ( this is its nick name, I can't spell the real name, sorry) I thought it was awesome, I believe that a couple of guys didn't get beat up because we were there and the people knew who we were and I also believe that it was awesome to be there because me and my friend jenea sang amazing grace to a couple of the ladies and we just sat there and prayed and people were off talking to people and playing basketball with people, it was cool!
i think traditional open airs are great and I am all for them, i love holding the falg but sometimes we need to find other more effective ways to share the message with others and I really feel that this was one way. Some may think its copping out, all I can say to that is...whatever!

Cheers

Excercise

2006-03-07T11:40:00.000-08:00

So on saturday my friend olivia and myself decided to go and do some weights at the gym, it took us 3 hours to get there through procrastination but we got there and did weights ( I can benchpress 98 pounds) then we went for a bike ride for an hour. It was a really nice way to spend a day and the weather was great. The next day my body was really sore then on Monday class we went for a prophetic run! Over 2 km!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Now at the start I thought it would suck but I learnt so much from it, I learnt about perseverance, i learnt about the body of Christ, I learnt about my session mates and it made me love them more, there is no way I would ahve run it if they weren't there, but I did it because they were there spurring me on and lovingly rebuking my negativity at the same time. I had a lot of respect for my leader, Jonathon Evans as well, he could have and may have copped a lot for it but he obeyed God and I think we all learnt a lot from it! Now my body wasn't so happy after, so after accountability class I went to the gym again with olivia and did weights! Body submit to the spirit! Man was I tired and worn out but it was all good, and God is so faithful because my body actually hurts less than it did yesterday! YAY Praise the Lord! So thats my story, now we have decided to be consistent (because we all know I struggle with that) and go twice a week together! You never know, I might start running with Jill, or not.

Peace out!

Harry Potter 4

2006-03-03T22:37:00.000-08:00

OK so just watched this creepy whacked out film!!!!
Dude that is so scary for kids!
I was nearly peeing my pants! Well not really but you get my drift. The harry potter films seem to get more and more intense, slowly but surely getting kids used to quite scary spiritual things! I guess I just look at it through different eyes now. Well thats about all i got so cheers for now
J

Post Modern

2006-03-01T15:06:00.000-08:00

So we had class today on pretty much the post modern world and church, I think I will find this class interesting just because I have never really understood what that means. But it should be fun, we had fun today. I am also excited about my school of justice project which involves the juvenile prison system here.

It has been busy and God is stirring up stuff and that is about as in depth as I am getting for today, I have a meeting so I am off! Goodbye!

Peace Out

J

Getting in touch with my Femanine Side

2006-02-26T02:54:00.000-08:00

So those who know me would be curious about the pink template, and all I can say is that I am trying to get in touch with my femanine side as painlessly as possible!

You may ask what has begun this odd endeavour, well I had an odd conversation with someone about why I dress the way I dress, this conversation was followed by a slightly uncomfortable conversation about possible reasons as to why I am not femanine. So I was like fine clearly people think I look and act like a man and usually I will be like fine then thats your opinion but whatever, but something has been hit, I don't want to be a man!!!!!!!! I'm a women!!!!!! I just need to find a balance between embracing my femanine side and not becoming too girly, no offence to the girly girls out there but there would have to be a big shift for me to go from having a pink template to actually wearing pink! Believe me!

I have to say my favorite quote about this subject came from my friend Tara who said something along the lines of "I think there is more to being feminine than the clothes you wear". I agree!!! Like seriously do I have to wear pink to properly embrace femaninity? I would say no.

What do you think?

Peace out

Carousel Christianity

2006-02-24T15:37:00.000-08:00

So what do I mean by this?

Well what I mean is when we go around and around and around in conversations, clearly not understanding each other and instead of stepping back and just saying you know what thats your opinion and thats cool, we keep getting sucked into this carousel that goes around and around and then inevitably it gets nasty and we start dissing one another. Like seriously we need to jump off the boring carousel and jump onto the exciting rollercoaster and love one another, be OK with not changing the other persons mind, thats the Holy Spirits job, not ours!

So the greatest thing is to love, learn to get along. Lets be an army that advances together, I've got your back you have mine and we can storm the gates of hell together, instead of being cut down by each other!

Just a thought!

Peace out!

Hello

2006-02-24T15:19:00.000-08:00

So this is my first blog! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I am excited to jump on the thing that is blogging, honestly I am surprised that I did not do it earlier, I love letting people know what I think, hehehehehe, so you would think I would utilize earlier! Until next time, peace out!