Name: Natalie
Currently a student at Fire School of Ministry of Chicago
Born and raised in Chi-City
Hmmm! Well August 20, 2006 my life completely changed. That day I handed my life to Jesus and since then He's been making something beautiful out of me. He's been taking me on a journey of love...showing me what true love really is. This journey has been a bit bumpy, messy yet at the same time a joy, adventurous and satisfying. (absolutely not an exhaustive list)
I'm defined by Him...
and yet a work in progress...
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Tumblr inspires me to be creative
Me
(Source: kissedlipstick)
The LORD makes firm the steps
of the one who delights in him;
though he may stumble, he will not fall,
for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
Psalm of David
In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world
Jesus (John 16:33b)
Cancer is a Devil.
The Desert Song
The Desert Song by Hillsong
Verse 1:
This is my prayer in the desert
And all that’s within me feels dry
This is my prayer in the hunger in me
My God is a God who provides
Verse 2:
And this is my prayer in the fire
In weakness or trial or pain
There is a faith proved
Of more worth than gold
So refine me Lord through the flames
Chorus:
And I will bring praise
I will bring praise
No weapon forged against me shall remain
I will rejoice
I will declare
God is my victory and He is here
Verse 3:
And this is my prayer in the battle
And triumph is still on it’s way
I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ
So firm on His promise I’ll stand
Bridge:
All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship
Verse 4:
This is my prayer in the harvest
When favor and providence flow
I know I’m filled to be emptied again
The seed I’ve received I will sow
The first I remember that ever I found anything of that sort of inward, sweet delight in God and divine things, that I have lived much in since, was on reading those words, 1 Tim. 1:17, ‘Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor nad glory forever and ever, Amen.’ As I read the words, there came into my soul, and was as it were diffused through it, a sense of the glory of the divine being; a new sense, quite different from anything I ever experienced before. Never any words of Scripture seemed to me as these words. I thought with myself, how excellent a Being that was; and how happy I should be, if I might enjoy that God, and be wrapt up to God in heaven, and be as it were swallowed up in him. I kept saying, as it were singing over these words of Scripture to myself; and went to prayer, to pray to God that I might enjoy him; and prayed n a manner quite different from what I used to do; with a new sort of affection…And [I] found, from time to time, an inward sweetness, that used…to carry me away in my contemplations; in what I know not how to express otherwise, than by a calm, sweet abstraction of sould from all the concerns o[f] his world…The sense I had of divine thins, would often of a sudden…kindle up a sweet burning in my heart; an ardor of my soul, that I know not how to express
Jonthan Edwards shares his first memory of delighting in God in his “Personal Narrative” quoted in Douglas A. Sweeney, The American Evangelical Story (Baker: 2005), pgs 45-46 (via hiphomiletics)
why do we settle?
Jesus says…The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10
He says, Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. John 14:12
In Matthew 10:7 He says to His disciples, as you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10
Brother/Sister,
Do not walk as one defeated, we have victory in Christ. We are called light in a world that is dark. We are set apart. We have the Holy Ghost that rose Jesus from the dead, living inside of us. You are a new creation! Your Identity is not found in what you do but in Jesus. Why settle…let’s seek the fullness of Christ!
- Your fellow co-laborer
Natalie
Psalm 86:11
Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear your name.
Better to remain silent than to create a false doctrine just to seem smart.
Jeff Hubing
My Fire friend Jiska introduced me to this song…can’t stop listening
There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket—safe, dark, motionless, airless—it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell. (From The Four Loves, as found in The Inspirational Writings of C.S. Lewis, 278-279.)
Am I getting nobler, better, more helpful, more humble, as I get older? Am I exhibiting the life that men take knowledge of as having been with Jesus, or am I getting more self-assertive, more deliberately determined to have my own way? It is a great thing to tell yourself the truth.
Oswald Chambers
