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God On Campus - Charisma Article

2007-09-30T13:31:00.000-07:00

God on Campus

Charisma Magazine, Sept. 2007
By Suzy Richardson

A new spirituality is stirring America’s college students. Here’s how the Holy Spirit is touching the digital generation.

...Now more than ever, campuses are reporting a dramatic increase in the number of students seeking spirituality. According to a recent New York Times article, officials from a slew of prominent secular colleges including Harvard, Colgate, the University of Wisconsin and the University of California-Berkeley are reporting that students today are "drawn to religion and spirituality with more fervor than at any time they can remember."

...Chi Alpha Campus Ministries, which is affiliated with the Assemblies of God, has also experienced a recent surge of student growth. "In the last two years, our numbers have doubled," reports Dennis Gaylor, national director of Chi Alpha

...Jaeson Ma, president of Campus Church Networks, a student-led church-planting movement, helped launch the Campus Transformation Network with a simple Web site, campustransformation .com, where college students and ministry leaders nationwide could sign up to pray for their campuses. "When we started telling people three years ago about our vision, people thought we were crazy," he says.

But after just one semester, the number of campuses involved grew from 10 to more than 70. For the first time recorded in history there was not one hour of broken prayer for the nation's colleges. Today, roughly 120 campuses have committed to pray.

Across the nation, students and leaders have set up prayer rooms—even prayer tents—where students pray for their campuses and for their world. They pray to end abortion and to stop terrorism, but they also pray for their roommates and family members. Ultimately, they want to see revival on campuses nationwide.

At San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, California, the members of Carpe Diem Christian Fellowship, a ministry affiliated with Chi Alpha, have been seeing miraculous healings. In 2005, director Matthew Gonzales says he felt God leading him to pray for Jim Yanko, who was then Delta's baseball coach.

In 2003 Yanko underwent an operation for a malignant, grade-four tumor and was again facing surgery for suspicious tumor cells. But when Yanko went in for surgery the day after Gonzales prayed for him, he says the doctors could find no cancerous cells.

Two years later, he says he is still cancer-free. "I am now trying to be as much of an inspiration as I possibly can be to the other people that are going through the same episode I went through, not just the patients themselves, but the family and the loved ones and everything else," Yanko says.

Emboldened by the testimony, Carpe Diem students are now praying for those in their community. At a Wal-Mart, two students prayed for a woman in the candy aisle who was bound to a wheelchair because of a hip injury. Gonzales says after the students laid hands on the woman and prayed for her, she was able to stand up and walk.

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At Arizona State University, prayer-room coordinator Chris Ngai has also seen prayer change lives. He recalls a student who walked into the prayer room late one night, on the verge of committing suicide. A handful of students talked to him—and then they prayed for him. "One minute he was crying, and the next, he was thanking us," Ngai says.

Student response to around-the-clock prayer is no surprise, Ma says. "Prayer has been so attractive because it's not about theology or theory; it's about encountering a living God that you can feel and know and hear," he says. "They're not falling in love with religion; they are falling in love with Jesus."

And through prayer, they are uniting like never before. "We're seeing students from all fellowships joining hands together for the very first time and realizing that, 'Hey, we're all on the same mission; we're all here for the same goal and the same God," adds Ma, author of The Blueprint: A Revolutionary Plan to Plant Missional Communities on Campuses. "The goal is to equip students in prayer ... to reach every student on every campus for Christ," he says of the book, published on July 7.

As they unite, students are flocking to events such as TheCall Nashville, where on July 7, young adults filled an entire stadium to pray for revival in the nation. Passion '07, a four-day indoor conference for college students, attracted an estimated 20,000 students from around the world in January. Likewise, the International House of Prayer—a prayer meeting that began in 1999 and continues today—attracts masses of students.

"One of the reasons we have found favor with these young people is the sound of hope," says TheCall founder Lou Engle, "that through massive fasting and prayer, a nation can turn back to God."

...Jeremy Story, president of Campus Renewal Ministries, whose mission is to unite students and college pastors through prayer and action, says in order to engage students, leaders must unite. In recent years, he says, that has been happening more and more.

"An increasing number of churches on college campuses across America very intentionally are praying together and are seeking the Lord together," he says. "That was an unheard-of concept. There is no history of that occurring to this degree of a significant level in prior years of campus ministry in our country, so it's huge."

To read the whole article, click here.

2007-09-29T00:10:00.000-07:00

Hundreds of us gathered together yesterday to say goodbye to our friend, Danny Pasanella. It hit me, as I sat in the presence of probably 800 people who loved Danny, how far one life can ripple out when it is full of light, and laughter. As Steve Isaac spoke the most real and comforting words I have ever heard at a memorial service, i realized that life isn't measured in years, but in how much we have loved. And I know that Danny is more alive now than ever, is free from the struggles he had here... and closer than we realize.

The True Glory of Revival

2007-09-25T00:29:00.000-07:00

"i think that revival starts in the heart of the individual to take on the change needed to become a living vessel for Christ Jesus. are you willing to go through the fire? the refining fire...are we willing to take on the task of becoming more like jesus.? even if he unmask our grossness? what does a valley look like? can we avoid them? what are they good for? but o to only live in a state of constant purification and outpour over our lives...in rest and peace...let our hearts be in peace and growing towards the passion and fire to release the fire to others. prayer, what is prayer? i want to invade heaven with my words and worship only to be temporarily satisfied by touching God heart...not only once but time and time again day after day. if only reaching into heaven for a few minutes or for hours at a time...letting one's heart only burn each time more for the next time we can invade heaven.....i do not know but i would say after a while i think you would come out with a glowing face...and the heart only completely satisfied to be with Him! SHALOM May we Rejoice in our Sufferings!"
-Slate Stout

"That I may know Him in the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to His death; in order that i may attain to the resurrection of the dead. Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect but i press on so that i may lay hold of that for which also i was laid hold of by Christ Jesus" -Philippians 3:10-12

Take My Life - Video

2007-06-19T10:14:00.000-07:00

On Feb. 2-3 2007, over 500 students and prayer leaders converged at Southwestern College from universities and colleges all over Arizona. We are seeing signs of revival all over the state, as this generation begins to seek Him through 24 hour prayer and worship!

The Tide is Turning

2007-05-07T10:51:00.000-07:00

I thought we could all use a bit of encouragement as the summer approaches.
Here's an article about how campuses all over the US are becoming more and more open to God. Read it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/02/education/02spirituality.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ei=5087%0A&em&en=db1d268dc747e832&ex=1178337600

Our faithful prayers are being heard and they most certainly are being answered. Praise the Lord!!

Incredible miracles outside chapel!

2007-04-05T00:41:00.000-07:00

My buddy, Kyle and I were on the side of the prayer house doing Physics homework, and a guy walked by. We said Hi, and he was strangely drawn over. Like he wanted to come but didn't and was totally reserved. And so we got to talking to him about God, and he was unsure of everything. Also, he had a cane and walked with a limp (he had had a broken bone set by doctors with pins, yet still healed incorrectly leading to a bad limp with discomfot). So we got to talking about Easter, and he didn't know Jesus, but I decided to start praying for his foot which had bones completely maligned. So we started praying, but I felt he really needed Jesus first. So I asked him what he wanted and I led him through a salvation prayer, and discussion, then we continued to pray for his foot. Kyle felt the burning sensation in the guy's foot jump like 20 degrees! The guy got up after prayer and put down his cane and was like "whoo, I feel new!" And he liked jumped up and down.
So this guy, Dale, received the greatest miracle of all!! Salvation plus the bonus, not needing a doctor to re break his bone and pay for it! Jesus rocked him and he was like "i am going home to break out the old Bibles I have hidden" AMEN JESUS! He did it all, and this week is jam packed full of great testimonies, God is worthy and faithful to this campus especially this week of Resurrection! Glory to Jesus, our God.

Testimonies of Jesus at the Prayer House

2007-03-30T22:41:00.000-07:00

The following are testimonies that have been composed and written by actual people in the prayer house. Praise Jesus!
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The people that God has been trying to reach... that's me... I simply got lost in the busy-ness of college & felt totally far from the Lord. I finally feel that... well I finally understand that the Lord is with me... He is fully in my life and I will never let Him stray from my focus. He deserves it all.
-Anonymous
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It's cold, so short and sweet! I'm Daniel. The woman @ the well story reminds me of my story. I've been saved 3 years; 1 year being saved I read the Bible – Convictions like “If you love me, why do you curse, drink, party?”
Women @ the well:
“The messiah, Jesus Christ, told me my whole life & everything about me!”
Jesus showed me my life and my sin through conviction, through the Holy Spirit. Now, I am Free
-Daniel
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God rescued me. For about 3 years I had depression and anxiety. Fear of God kept me from ever killing myself, even though I felt so bad that i couldn't really except Jesus' dying for my sins, because I thought I would never be worthy. It's true, I'm not worthy but that's what makes the gift so great. I couldn't hear truth through the screams of demons. Group therapy made things worse. Seeing a shrink didn't help. I took antidepressants, but they couldn't fix everything. God healed the wounds that no one else could. He took away the lies and saved my life. PRAISE GOD
-Bre
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I used to wake up thinking “how am I going to pass the time today, until I can go to sleep again?” Then someone told me there was evidence that the Bible was true and Jesus rose from the dead. Long story short, I was struck by the amazing nearness and reality of God and this love as I lay on a field weeping 7 years ago. Everyday convinces more and more that He is here and that He is a freaking Volcano of Goodness. I love you Jesus. Thank you for my life
-Peter
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When my boyfriend of 4 years (he had proposed to me) broke up with me. I was so heart broken and mad at God. I accused God of not knowing what love is. He's supposed to be the God of love.
As time went on I started to heal. I could see that my boyfriend had been controlling my life: all our friends were his friends, we did what he wanted to do, thought what he thought, liked what he liked. I had stuffed pieces of me away until I didn't know my self anymore. I had essentially become his puppet. No wonder God allowed us to break up and all the pain I went through! God gives us free choice so when we love Him, it's because we want to. He doesn't want puppets and He didn't want me to be Dave's puppet.
God is so good and all-knowing. Now I am with the most loving guy.
-Barb
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Jesus me sano de mi anguista y me libero para servirle. Alleluia. Jesus, el todo-poderoso, me vio y me sano. A mi. El se importa de el mas debil y el mas perdido. No favora a ninguno mas que a otro y me salvo. amen
-Anonymous
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A year ago I was at a place of nothing. My family was falling apart because of me, my boyfriend and I were broken up in the midst of this struggle and for two weeks I was confused, shaken, and afraid that there was no light at the end of the tunnel and that my heart was not really truly good. Two weeks into the darkness, physically sick and spiritually starving I walked by the 24/7 prayer tent and I signed up to pray – why I never did this before I wondered. God met me there in such a comforting way and His heart reached into mine right where I was. He loves me where I am!! Me! I was sure that I had disappoointed my Lord and wounded Him again – But He told me - “My love, I took the pain on the cross once for you and when I did, my Righteousness is free for you.” I am in you. When my Father looks upon you, my handmaiden, He sees the righteousness of Me! Why you ask? I love You! No Conditions and no Limits! “No love on this earth had I ever found. At that moment the love of God began to heal me and so has healed me to this day that confidence in this love has radically changed me. Where once I was filled and overcome by pride, fear, self-rejection and confusion (self-made giants) – God glorified himself by rising up confidence, humility love and grace. Now today, my precious Daddy has blessed me with a New relationship with my Mom, my sister and a family of brothers, sisters mothers and Fathers that were born out of a surrendered heart! I am a New Creation! The old has gone the new has come and daily my Father, my Bridegroom loves me and woos me closer to Him in a deeper intimacy with my Prince. I have never known such healing and by His grace I never want to be away from His presence! He didn't let me settles for less and now i have more than I could ever dream for! Now I too am with the Most loving and amazing guy!
-Heidi
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The time is 4:45 am. As I listen to His music being played on CD and as I reflect upon all of His goodness including my beautiful wife who is here with me this hour(s), I realize how truly unworthy I am to deserve all that He has given me. He has been with me every step of my Life's journey so far, and i know in my heart He will be there with me all the way to the end... Everyday, I thank Him for all that He has given me. H ehas given me sooo much including three sons that have been such a joy to my heart. Jon, which means gift from God, has the heart of God. He is like David of old; always seeking after God's heart. Darrin who has the courage of Sampson and wisdom of the prophets of old. Jordan who has a heart of compassion. He seems to be able to make friends whereever he is. My wife Joanie... who is my light, my rock, my comfort and my catalyst for why I do what I do. Question: Why me Lord? How come I have all these good things in my life? God's answer: “It's because I have, and always will love you!” Reply: Lord I am astonished and amazed and stand in awe of you! God responds: “Larry, quit standing there in amazement, come let us break bread together and continue our journey together. I still have more to show you!” I respond: Lord you are totally awesome! I love you!
And so the journey continues...
-Harry
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It's important for me to remember not to make the holy places of fuel a den of thieves. For most, that is the churches & houses of prayer, but for those called to be without blemish, that is ourselves. Jesus will come and scourge away the evil that posses us and prevents us from prayer and worship to the Father. Only by the Father are we accepted, blessed, & living. Only through Jesus are we prepared for His judgment.
-Ray A.
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Wednesday March 21, 2007 3:33am
My life has been a testimony to the power of prayer. God is faithful all the time! When Barb and I got married, our prayer was that God would give us such a great marriage that others would see it and would see God in it and then hope and believe that they could have the same or better! When my wife became pregnant with each of our three kids, we prayed over her tummy. We sang and told stories of Jesus while they were still in the womb. We dedicated them to love and serve Jesus. We prayed that the Holy Spirit would fill them even in Barb's womb like He filled John the Baptist in Elizabeth's womb! When the kids were little, I would cry out to Jesus to save them all and give me at least that grace. That they would love God most of all. Everyday that I prayed over my wife and over my children, I prayed that God's will over them would be done, for that particular day and for everyday of their lives. While they were still little, we prayed for the schools they would attend, the friends would have, for the choices they would make, the people they would marry. The choices they would make, the people they would marry. The children they will have one day and we committed it all to God's good will and pleasure. When they were each about 15 years old, we took them through the steps of freedom so generational curses would be broken over them. We spent years banking prayer for our family and their future, not knowing for sure if prayer really worked or if we were even allowed to pray this way for them. We saved for years in faith. With tears in my eyes, tears of gratitutde I can testify that God is faithful and He is good! He answers prayers. My kids all love and serve God. They are so free of the sins of their forefathers. God has brought so many answers. He's protected my family, my kids have never rebelled us as parents or turned from God. They are so gifted and anointed. They all love us so much. God has done it! He's doing it! He has so blessed Barb and me and given us the most important gift we could have even desired. The wholeness of our family. We are a family that is whole in Him! We are so blessed in a world full of so many broken homes and families. The Lord's given us a glimpse of the future, my son is dating the most amazing godly loving young woman. I see the legacy of prayer and worship passing on to my kids and they're doing greater works than we've ever done. The Lord has protected and guarded us through every trial and difficulty, every crisis and we've seen His faithfulness in every area. He is good! Hold on in faith & believe & trust Him! Our lives have not been trouble free, we have suffered our share of hurts and pains. But God is good and He will always show Himself faithful!
P.S. My wife is the most amazing woman of God ever! She is the most precious gift to me after Jesus! Her love has been such an agent of healing and grace to me. I thank God everyday for her!
-Pete

Late Night Ministry to the Broken

2007-02-24T16:40:00.000-08:00

We had a corporate worship gathering at the end of the night yesterday. 5 student leaders from NAU joined us! We felt led to give God the highest praise that we could.

"Even as we worship, God is going to touch people who are drunk, high on drugs, depressed, suicidal, and many others."

Sure enough, 2 men came into the chapel drunk during this time. One man stayed for over an hour, on his knees with his hands lifted up to God. He had tears coming down his face. The other man stayed for over 3 hours, and told us that thought he was going to be drunk all weekend long but God has given him hope now. He proceeded to tell us that he's never been in a fellowship quite like this before!

We continued encouraging and praying over everyone until about 3:30 a.m.!!

Scott's Account:

"The night began in some good, quiet worship. As more people came, we played bigger and praised louder. The Spirit so filled that place it was amazing. People were dancing, shouting for joy, singing praises, praying over each other, and some were just joyful to be talking with the brother or sister in Christ sitting next to them. It reminded me of what Heaven might look like."

Muslim Man Drawn Into Chapel

2007-02-21T21:01:00.000-08:00

This past Monday, a Muslim man was drawn into the prayer chapel by the music (and the presence of God)!

Kristin's account:

"(He) came into the prayer room and sat down and you could see him just starting to relax. Scott started to talk to him and I think they started to talk about where (he) was at spiritually.

"(Afterwards), he was still hanging around at the door. You could tell he was sensing Jesus and he just couldn't leave!

"...I had no idea what to say to this guy and God blessed me with the right words. I remember talking a lot about what God's grace meant in Jesus and sharing with him some of my/my families personal struggles and how the Lord has brought us through...and then after a while I asked him if he wanted to take the first step of faith to accept Jesus and trust Jesus to help him believe and he said yes!"

3 Receive Jesus In First Week!

2007-02-17T17:22:00.000-08:00

On Monday, the opening day of 24 hour prayer, a man named Tommy walked into the prayer chapel. He literally was drawn into the chapel by the music, and led to Jesus that night!

Friday morning, Ashley (Intervarsity) went to the prayer chapel in the morning. She met a girl named Wendy, who was unsure about where she was spiritually, and wanted a relationship with God! She prayed to receive Christ!

Later that night, Kristin brought her co-worker named Sashine, who asked if she could come with her. She had many of her questions answered that night, and left with a new relationship with God!

LoveASU Video Promo-ish Blurb

2007-02-15T08:59:00.000-08:00

This video was edited and played at Christ's Church of the Valley for the greater glory of God. Enjoy
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red moon rising....

2007-02-10T11:13:00.000-08:00

Two years ago I read a book that totally changed the way I thought about prayer... actually, it totally changed me. When you read Peter Greig's stories of what has been happening all over the world, you get this feeling, deep in your gut, that this isn't some guy trying to sell an idea--but a bird's-eye view of something that's happening inside thousands of people all over the world... a connection that couldn't be driven by anything man could produce. After I read it, I couldn't help but give it to all the people I love...

Well, last weekend Peter came all the way from England to talk with a bunch of us here in Arizona. Friday morning a small group of us met in Danforth Chapel (our little chapel in the heart of the ASU Tempe campus where a group of us prayed for 56 straight days last semester). After we had this beautifully intimate time of worship together, someone mentioned that we had distinguished guests among us. But to be honest, as much as I love Peter's heart, it really felt like the distinguished guest was the Spirit of Christ... He was so present, you could feel him in the room. I absolutely fell in love with Wendy, David and Peter as they shared their hearts and what they were seeing happen all over the world. If you weren't there, I wish you were...

But one thing I just learned from theLongbrake, is that you can almost take people with you if you share: your experiences, the things you learned, and a good set of notes. So here's my attempt....

The Church:
• "The church is the only organization that exists for the benefit of its non-members" C.S. Lewis
• The spiritual battles going on right now with determine what the church looks like the next 50 years
• No personality, product, or brand is going to get the job done
• The only place that things really start to happen is in our brokenness, our need, and our longing (in prayer) especially when we are really honest (Peter talked about being "naffed off" at God) ;) I love Brit-slang.

Peter told stories of people he knew that lived through the spiritual awakening that happened in Scotland in the early '50s. And when that occurred, many of the life changing experiences happened to people when they were by themselves (they would wake up out of a dream, or have really intense feelings of the Spirit moving inside of them). Man wasn't controlling it, the very living presence of God was just moving.

Prayer
• "Hell is an eternal church service without the presence of God" His presence is the most important element.
• He's seen prayer rooms where the presence of God is so real and thick that non-believers are drawn to it and can actually feel it
• God doesn't always speak to us with words - we don't have to limit our conversation to Him to just words
• The way that people from all over the world have been drawn to come together and pray is a movement of the Holy Spirit on the earth. Peter said with fear, "no one can claim this or take credit for it"
• We aren't creating this wave... we are just catching it.

What we are being called to: Isaiah 62
1. Unity (coming together across denoms and ministries)
• Continually asking God to make the church beautiful (vs1)
• "Pray like it depends of God, live like it depends on us"
2. We are called to be watchmen on the wall (vs 6-7)
• Ascend this "wall" (in prayer) so we can see things from God's perspective, learn to hear His voice, and can recognize what God is doing in the world and in our culture.
• Sometimes when people are looking for revival they are thinking of the way it happened hundreds of years ago. Its probably going to look a little different. We have to be really open to how the God is going move (when Simeon was told he was going to see the salvation of Isreal, he probably wasn't expecting a baby)
3. Go out of the gates and remove the stones (vs10)
• Lets get out into the world and serve and bless other people
• Take the stumblingblocks (sterotypes) out of their way - be Visible and Accessible
• Lets be both intercessors and activists (combine prayer and justice to bring the needs of the world before God, and the bring the love of God to the world)

Wendy then spoke of how her and David were amazed at what was going on across the universities. She had this beautiful epiphany about how the night before Good Friday Jesus was in the garden asking his friends to stay up with him and pray. And now 2000 years later, students were rising up to answer that -- nearly 70 universities were engaged in 24-7 prayer last spring.

The rest of the weekend Peter spoke at the Take My Life gathering (I hate to call it a conference, because it felt like more than that). I expected a couple hundred people to show up, but over 500 students from NAU, UofA, ASU, our local colleges, and even LA were there. Some really beautiful things happened that almost feel too sacred to talk about here. If you're interested, give me (or someone that was there) a yell. That's a conversation that needs face-time.

And its so exciting to see how the Spirit is going to move. As we join together next week for another continual season of prayer, so are other universities around the state as well as several local churches....

come'on.

-cindi

ps. And I know all of us would love to hear about how God is moving... feel free to post your thoughts/stories here or on Facebook

First post, Second Semester - Expectancy

2007-01-17T00:42:00.000-08:00

As I look back on this last semester, I am just overwhelmed by Jesus. Hundreds of prayer warriors arose in a couple months. 56 days of sustained and unbroken 24 hour prayer took place. Hundreds more showed up in the icy cold to worship a fiery God. His marvelous light shined brightly.

And in light of this amazing work of God, I am humbled. I am humbled because I know that this is only the beginning. The mere introduction to the story of revival at Arizona State University. We've broken out the good china, washed down all the floors and rolled out the red carpet. Now we're just waiting for the guest of honor to appear. We think He might be late. It seems like He's always trying to surprise us.

"For when you did awesome things that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you." (Isaiah 64:3)

I think Jesus likes surprising His bride, the Church. Surprise gifts always seem to get the better reaction. Have you ever noticed the difference in reactions? The reaction to a sweet gift that was unexpected is way better than the reaction you get after opening a box of socks you saw coming a mile away. It's that gift that is so thoughtful and unique that moves your heart- that thing you knew you wanted, but never thought to ask for. Those are the best.

"Since ancient times no one has heard,

no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him."

He is all I want. He is all I've ever needed. And I think it's safe to say that we'll be seeing a lot more of Him this semester.

"Come Jesus, come. We want You more than anything."

Pictures of All-Campus Worship Gathering

2006-12-10T23:36:00.000-08:00

The worshippers from 8 different Christian groups gathered on the outsides of the lawn...

We converged together onto the center of the lawn, on the middle of the campus, to extravagantly worship Jesus...

With arms high and heart abandoned!

On the Twelfth Month, on the First Day

2006-12-10T22:54:00.000-08:00

Hey, wow, This is the blog that has been waiting a long time but I really feel the push to make sure this is published. Haha So I will give the story that I have given so many times to really show the power and hand of God over our Made2Worship event on December 1st. It is important to stress our need o declare the freedom and battles He has given us, and decreed for us. This is very prophetic and deals a lot with the words the Lord has spoken to us individually and especially the Bible coming alive. But Praise The Lord!

So background......
I was in Mexico the 2nd weekend of November, and I come back and there is a huge worship event that we have been dreaming of, ALL set up, everything done and completed. Like flyers, video, facebook group, shirts, you name it!! It was supernaturally fast and totally like a fire put in us to accomplish it.

So we have been praying to God for His guidance on how to defeat the enemy holding over the campus in death, and debauchery. We had been praying and fasting for the Lord to reveal His plan for ASU. So weeks prior we felt a real voice that has been pushing death on our campus is an attack in the spirit of Pharaoh (oppression, pride, slavery, wealth, ancient) and Leviathan (a sea monster, pride, ancient). So I return to ASU after mexico and I am stoked, like whoa, a HUGE worship event involving at least 8 different Christian Clubs on the campus!! I was just like so ready to worship! Come on, I mean, thats huge, the body uniting together to seal in the semester with undignified worship. But yeah, I am praying that week and going through my regular Bible reading, and actually I was 4 days behind on my reading. So the Thursday reading would have been Sunday's (the day the event was planned) and on that thursday reading I read, after all the event was planned, the day was chosen and everything. I read Ezekiel 32:

A Lament for Pharaoh

1 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, take up a lament concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:
" 'You are like a lion among the nations;
you are like a monster in the seas
thrashing about in your streams,
churning the water with your feet
and muddying the streams.

3 " 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
" 'With a great throng (alt. 'a large group' NCV) of people
I will cast my net over you,
and they will haul you up in my net.
4 I will throw you on the land
and hurl you on the open field.
I will let all the birds of the air settle on you
and all the beasts of the earth gorge themselves on you.
5 I will spread your flesh on the mountains
and fill the valleys with your remains.
6 I will drench the land with your flowing blood
all the way to the mountains,
and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.
7 When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens
and darken their stars;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon will not give its light.
8 All the shining lights in the heavens
I will darken over you;
I will bring darkness over your land,
declares the Sovereign LORD.
9 I will trouble the hearts of many peoples
when I bring about your destruction among the nations,
among lands you have not known.
10 I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you,
and their kings will shudder with horror because of you
when I brandish my sword before them.
On the day of your downfall
each of them will tremble
every moment for his life.

and so Whoa!!!! I mean come on!!! Like, I have heard of allegorical confirmations, but to blatantly talk about the day and exactly what happened! PRAISE GOD, why not? He can do all things, I do not want to be one that puts Him in a box!
So the next day, I read my Eljiahlist.com e-newsletter and it's Kim Clement (a nationally known minister) talking about the water for Phoenix, az. Specific for here, and He is talking about how the waters will be set for revival, and new water will be coming. Here's what he felt that God was saying:

"I will begin with this city[Phoenix]. I will take the salt of forgiveness, the salt of unity, and the salt of grace, and I will take it to the source of the water supply of the cities of Arizona. And I will pour it into it, and the waters that were meant for revival, and the waters that were meant for breakthrough, and the waters that were meant for restoration that became impure because of religion, are going to be purified in these cities."

revival! That is the Lord's heart, to Revive His church, His bride. That is the Lord's heart, He wants a generation that only care to understand the Grace of God, Where all they know is that Jesus has taken them from the gutter, RADICALLy transformed their hearts, soul, mind, body, and put on new garments of purity. that is what we pray for, the greatest miracle! Salvations! Radically saved people, and that is what ASU is full of..... students desiring a new thing, a new passion, a new thing to live for besides the death, drugs, drinking, school, books, friends.

ASU now has a place for the Christians, people will think now of the Christians and remember the crazy dancers on Hayden Lawn praising God, or the ones who pray 24 hours a day and can't spend enough time with their God. ASU's atmosphere is changing and we are standing on those promises revealed and will not stop wrestling until there is breakthrough in our Generation! Many people have come up to me after the event on Dec 1st, and they all saw it, different friends, different dorms, they thought it was awesome, and they werent Christians. It's just so cool to be here in this time and I praise God for what He has allowed us to witness and partner with Him in it. LOVE ASU

Touched By Extravagant Worship!

2006-12-09T20:46:00.000-08:00

The All-Campus Worship Gathering was so amazing! We saw at least 8 different Christian campus ministries converge together as one Body to worship Jesus as the King of Kings! As Jon said before the meeting, "This is not the end of something great...it's the beginning of something greater!"

A friend of mine told me that he couldn't stop weeping for the entire worship session! He was so undone by the presence of God!

After the worship time, freshman girl came up to us and pulled us aside. She had tears streaming down her face, as she explained that she had been running from the Lord since August. She was in her dorm room where she felt very cold, so she decided to go out for a run on that Friday evening. She heard the music and wandered over towards the meeting, though she knew nothing about it. God had so touched her at that worship time, that she came up and rededicated her life to Jesus!!

The Lost Are Found!

2006-12-07T23:53:00.000-08:00

I have continued to hear new stories of what God has done through the 24-hour prayer this semester! A little over 3 weeks ago, a young man came into the prayer chapel in the morning. He began to talk with a student outside the chapel about how important it is to seek God and discover Him for ourselves. The young man was very receptive and even asked how to get to heaven! He gave his life to Jesus that very morning and has begun to study the Bible for himself!

One student felt led to pray for a young man who was meeting with people to talk about Jesus. At the very moment he was praying for the young man's salvation, that man gave his life to Jesus!

Another student was at the prayer tent when a campus minister met up with him. The campus minister invited the student to join him for a bible study with an unbeliever. The student felt led to share his testimony, which led to the young man committing himself to Christ afterwards!

Friday (Dec. 1) All Campus Gathering Rocked!

2006-12-04T13:54:00.000-08:00

For those of you who made it out to Hayden on Friday:
Wasn't it awesome?

For those of you who couldn't make it out to Hayden on Friday:
Don't worry, this is only the beginning.

I know I am not alone when I say that Friday marked the historic beginning of something amazing at Arizona State. Praise the Lord for His moving on ASU. Praise Him for His amazing grace to our campus!

HE IS MOVING!!!!

2006-11-24T22:10:00.000-08:00

First of all. Wednesday night was good... real good. :) As people filled the room to join in the last night of 24-7 prayer for the semester,God's weight impressed the small Danforth Chapel in a way that could not help but make us worship with ALL our heart. I was psyched when people kept praying and speaking, "this is just the beginning..." IT IS JUST THE BEGINNING. YAY!

Many people have been speaking about how the past few weeks the atmosphere has been different. Everytime I was at the prayer house in those two weeks there was almost continually a new person coming under the tent or in the Danforth Chapel for prayer or to hear about Jesus. Most of these people did not know the Lord. But something stirred in there hearts to come and to hear... how beautiful it is to see God truly stirring the hearts across the campus and leading them to us. Yeah.

On that note, I was blessed to watch a girl named Laura rededicate her life to Christ on Wednesday night. Her mom had heard of the prayer room over klove and had contacted Chris to come and join us for the last night of worship. SO her and her daughter arrived and within the next hour GOD moved in a miraculous way. He wants every child back home. She is his beloved and she is back home. Sigh... Even at the last hours he moved in a mighty way. He proved himself faithful to Laura... to me... to everyone who longs to see his face. Let us be encouraged. God is with us and is on the move... :) oh boy!

Angels Rejoice Over Tent

2006-11-11T21:08:00.000-08:00

We had a big political rally at ASU last Thursday, that covered all of Hayden Lawn. Our prayer tent was behind everybody in plain view!

While waiting for the keynote speaker, three young men wandered over to the prayer tent. They mocked each other, saying that they had a lot of sin and needed to repent. We began to talk to them and they decided to come into the tent. The three of us in the tent had a chance to share the gospel with each of them individually!

One man said that he wanted to believe, but he wasn't quite ready to. The second man had heard God tell him to surrender all of his life to Jesus, and continued to hear God speak to him as he was in the tent! The third man, who seemed the most hostile at first, was directed to read bible verses about what Jesus had done for him, and he was absorbing it all in. Afterwards, he asked Jesus to come into his life!

he speaks in the deserts.

2006-11-03T19:27:00.000-08:00

About six months ago God put on my heart six girls that had walked with me in my life for some time, but did not know Jesus as their Lord. I wrote them down and prayed for them often. Within the first month the first girl on my list came to know Jesus(God is so faithful!) The next four girls on the list all go to ASU.I havent really been apart of their lives for a few years now. For the past few months I have been asking God for opportunities to share his truth with them and for their hearts to be opened and that divine appointments would be made. Everytime I walked into danforth to pray God would lay these girls so heavily in my heart. About three weeks ago, God spoke intimately to me about each one of them. He told me he was preparing their hearts. That my brothers and sisters around me were praying fervently for them (for this campus and the people on the campus) and that I needed to not pursue, but wait patiently for them. SO! Since then, EACH one of those four girls has seperately called me. One called me and told me she needed to talk to me, that she as lonely and wanted to know where I find my strength.... Another called and asked me to come over and pray for her family that is struggling. Sarah(another girl) called me one day while we were worshipping on the lawn and I happened to hear the phone and pick up . She told me her heart hurt for some reason right then and she needed to talk.... Since then I have been able to meet and talk with each girl and share with them about Jesus!!!!!God is breaking down their hearts, all at different rates. But it is happening and ALL ofthem want to know more about him! God hears our prayers for this campus!!!!! He is reviving and calling hearts all over campus.. Be encouraged. Be strong and courageous and KEEP BATTLING!

:)

"Therefore I am now going to allure her: I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her. " There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will sing as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
"In that day," declares the LORD, "you will call me 'my husband';you will no longer call me 'my master. ' I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips; no longer will their names be invoked. "Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her. "
hosea 2:15-17

:)

A NEW LIFE

2006-10-27T10:17:00.000-07:00

I had the privilege of going to an Extreme Prophetic conference (Glory School) this last weekend in Tucson, AZ...I was telling a random friend from my campus fellowship about it, and last minute she decided to go. During the conference, she finally understood what it meant to believe on Jesus for salvation, and she trusted him as her savior! Soon afterwards, she started recieving words and pictures from God, and worshiping him in the freedom of her new life with him! It was so awesome to see her transformation right before my eyes, it truly was a resurrection of her whole being. She went from bound to unbound, dead to living in a moments time! God is amazing. Please pray for the growth of her new life with Jesus! Thank you for praying!!!

Doubt

2006-10-23T14:58:00.000-07:00

This next posting is not in chronological order with my previous posting, but that's how my mind works. Last Tuesday during my small group with Campus Crusade, one of our guys started alot of tough questions about the Lord. I felt burdened to pray for him, and as I was doing so I heard God say, "We got him, Joel". After the meeting, he went to speak with one of our leaders, and I felt it would be good to spend some time in prayer for him. Going to the prayer house, I spent some time there helping folks move into the chapel. I was going to leave when Chris asked me if I needed any prayer. Recently, I had been struggling with doubt that would continue to crop up even after speaking with God about it. I would have to run through all the evidence in my mind and convince myself over and over throughout any given week. The real shocker was when doubt crept into my mind during worship, becasue worship is when I feel closest to God. Anyway, Chris and Ashley started praying for me and I just felt the peace of the Holy Spirit come over me in a way that I had not felt in a long time. I spent awhile just lying on the floor, basking in his presence like a child leaning on his father. Doubt washed away, and so did a sense of guilt for not having shared the gospel with my friends.

Come to me and I shall give you rest

2006-10-23T14:30:00.000-07:00

As of recently, Campus Crusade has moved the location of our prayer meeting to Danforth Chapel to join other brothers and sisters in concerted prayer. Last Thursday as we were preparing to begin our time there, a guy named Trevor walked by the Chapel and began to chat with us. He shared that he was a fellow brother in Christ, but was caught up in drugs and alcohol and had been battling it for some time. When he passed by us he was actually headed to a nearby drughouse after being thrown out of a halfway house. We encouraged him to stay with us the rest of the night, and he did for a couple hours, during which we were able to listen to his story and just love on him. He left us that night, promising to later return. There were a few things he said that were very encouraging to me in regards to the effectiveness of the ministry of 24-hour prayer. I will attempt to reiterate them as best I can in keeping with how they were expressed to me:

"Why are you guys always smiling? It's starting to creep me out."
[after hearing his story]

"Part of me wants to go get a beer, but part of me wants to stay here."

"You know, I feel more encouraged talking with you guys than I ever did at those rehab sessions. It's just different there. I wish I could take you to one their programs so that you could talk to those other guys."
[after praying for him to be delivered from his addictions]

Fire In the Night

2006-10-19T10:39:00.005-07:00

So I usually pray in between the hours of 11pm to 3am in Danforth Chapel. And I have to say, fire has begun to fall on the altar in that place. I hope that you're all feeling this. There are times when I almost feel guilty because I know I get to experience God every night for a solid two to four hours.

Last night (Wednesday, 10/19), a large group from Master's Commission came and visited the prayer house at midnight. Those guys were nuts. Just worshiping and praising God with no restraint at all. Gave me the chills. And it also gave at least eight passerbys the chills too! I kid you not, at least eight people stopped by Danforth Chapel, really interested in what was going on.

Praise God, for He is stirring up a holy curiosity on this campus. Lets pray for that curiosity to spread... and become desperation!

Salvation at the Prayer Tent

2006-10-16T20:16:00.000-07:00

Some of us were out there praying last Monday. We were having a good time, and I could just feel that God was with us in power. It felt as though waves of the Spirit were flowing from us, and I just didn't know what to do with it. Fortunately, God knew what we were to do. He pointed out to Ben a guy who was sitting on the wall across from the tent. Ben got that zeroed-in hawk eye look, and asked me if I wanted to go with him to talk to that guy.

So we went and offered to pray for this young man. He told us about the academic pressures he was under. Ben and I shared with him about God being the Lord of the Sabbath, the day of rest, and about God's love, his desire for a relationship, and the measures that he took for that relationship, giving up Jesus on the cross for it to bear our sins. This all seemed to be new to him. We invited him to pray with us and invite Jesus into his heart. He was all up ons.

Praise God. He is into the business of saving people.

Salvation Springs Up

2006-10-16T16:12:00.000-07:00

So Praise God!

At the prayer tent we have been seeing awesome transformations of people's attitudes, their days, and what God meant to them before they entered. Who's to say whether it is the aroma of Christ or just the light shining. I have seen, and many others, people walk in, not knowing what is happening with the 40 days of prayer, and they walk in and after a minute or two they just break into tears. I personally knew a girl that came in and she told me of the freedom she was hit with in just entering. But regardless of what the person shows outwardly, every person who wasn't regularly apart of the actual prayer movement have had to battle a little something inside to just come in. When they did, a new light was seen in their face, and when I talk to them before they leave, they bless me with their words! I haven't heard one person say anything but "I am so glad I decided to come in here!" SERIOUSLY! Like it's no little thing to hear that, when everyone is bogged down in school work and life, to have a place of freedom is huge, and that is all God.

We can do nothing to provide that elation and power. It's just a little old chapel among mammoth buildings with handmade poster boards full of prayers and praises. He has decided to make His home where the people call on His name in humble reverence, we know this to be as where two or more gather, there the Lord is also. His promise to us.

The late night hours have been amazing as four of us take the 12-2am shift and students walk by outside as they leave studying for hours, take a look inside and find students on their faces, a beautiful voice from the piano piercing their souls with the heartfelt praise and people pacing and shouting to God, regardless of the weary bodies that tell us to stay down. Recently I have had multiple chances to preach the Gospel as many others have done also, but not by us standing on the sidewalk waiting, but us praying in the tent, people come up to us, asking what HE is all about!! Literally the Lord is drawing lives closer to His heart. I have seen at least 4 people walk up to the tent, pleading for prayer as they are distressed in their lives, and their families' troubles elsewhere. People are understanding the power of prayer, the comfort to know something is in God's hands.

I truly know that God is healing hearts, seeking the lost, healing the lame (still waiting, but ohh it's coming) all for the Glory of His name. He is calling the prodigals home, and I watch it as we invite people to events and they show up! They want church, they miss the presence of God! So PRAY, because as Daniel prayed and fasted for 21 days, then the angel showed up, and said "Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days." So the prince of the Persian kingdom held the Lord's soldiers back, so does the enemy here at ASU, but our prayers are ALWAYS heard, to heal this sick land, we must persevere and wait for the Lord to come and redeem the broken lives and bring back His name onto the campus that we all LOVEASU!!

GOD BLESS, His Love Endures Forever, it is our Battle Cry.

a spiritual resurrection

2006-10-12T10:01:00.000-07:00

As I prepared for our weekly Bible study, I felt the Lord say to me "tonight is going to be diffrent"...ok, I thought...that sounds like fun! Well, it was. Moments that normally would be disapointing filled my day as I got call after call of normal attenders cancelling, but I continued to trust the Lord- that he'd make it what HE wanted! As I rode my bike to campus, I asked the Lord what he wanted to do that night..."resurrect" I heard him say. WOW! Ok, well the night continued to get more and more exciting!
As I arrived, I found two folks there ready to hear from Jesus. Well, they did. We studied the resurrection of Lazarus in John 11, and both of them seemed radically changed. The Lord called them out of graves...that night, one of them gave thier life to Jesus for the first time. You can pray that the other person continues to feel Jesus draw her closer, and that she too would experience the resurrection of Jesus in her life! e rest.

Power of God at Prayer Tent

2006-10-08T16:34:00.000-07:00

This past week, about 25 students were at the prayer tent worshipping and praying for revival. We ended up having students from 8 different ministries on campus!

As the worship continued to increase in intensity, we all began shouting and declaring God's kingdom right in the middle of campus, outdoors! This happened spontaneously and continued for about a minute. One college student said he could hear us all the way from University St!

A girl next to me was weeping and asked Anthony and me to pray for her. The presence of God had so overwhelmed her to the point where she couldn't move, she was breathless, weeping, and was trembling! The girl next to her was also trembling under the weight of God's presence, and she had to get on her face before Him! Afterwards, the first girl told me that she's been feeling such a sadness from this whole past year, but that God lifted it off in that worship time!

Girl's Testimony of God's Touch

2006-10-08T14:17:00.000-07:00

Here's the testimony from Micah, from the above post at the prayer tent:

It’s amazing how any measure of hurt and bitterness can be wiped away in a split second… but that’s God for you! God is moving at ASU, and I felt it firsthand at the prayer tent. How can you go from feeling like your hope is collapsing and your vigor for the struggle is waning to feeling fulfilled and at peace a minute later? I had never experienced anything like it.

We were singing praises on Friday, which had lifted my spirit, but I began to feel unhappy again as the music died down. Yet, as I listened to people pray, I experienced a feeling that was completely foreign to me. I felt unbelievably happy and at peace; there was a quaking inside of me that spread to the outside, and I couldn’t move. My entire body tingled; I was breathless and couldn’t stop shaking. Tears streamed from my eyes as the weight that had been pressing upon my heart was lifted!

The words that come to mind when I think about my experience are beauty, power, release, and assurance. I know that what I felt was God. He was answering my doubt and fears… and what an answer! I think a lot of people at the tent felt the Holy Spirit moving, and I think God was answering our prayers and making us aware of His presence.

Man Rescued From Suicide

2006-10-04T19:22:00.000-07:00

A middle-aged man stopped in the prayer tent, asking to talk to a counselor. I pulled him aside to talk, and he began to share that he had fallen back into drinking for the first time in years, left his family for the time being, and was planning on committing suicide that very day!

I shared that what he was experiencing was a deeper emptiness and loneliness that can only be filled by a relationship with Jesus. He was very open the whole time. He then asked, "What do I need to do then? Should I buy a book and read about Jesus?" I told him that was a good thing, but that we should really pray to ask Jesus to come into his life and free him. Though he didn't feel ready at this time, my sister and I had the opportunity to pray for him.

During prayer he kept saying, "Thank You, Jesus...thank You, Jesus." The Spirit of God was stirring around the tent powerfully! Afterwards, he realized that he could not make it in his own strength anymore. As he left, he said, "Thanks, I feel much lighter. Woo!"

40 Days of 24 Hr Prayer

2006-09-27T23:16:00.000-07:00

Today was the launch!

community of prayer...

2006-09-22T06:32:00.000-07:00

As we are getting ready to start our 40 days of 24/7 prayer, it made me think back to some of the richest times I have shared with my friends... times that revolved around prayer.

Times when a group of us spent the whole night bare-footed in our "whispering room" writing poetry, praying for each other, reading, listening, journaling, and just soaking in this beautiful peaceful presence. Times when a friend and I were so worried about a mutual friend who was trapped in depression (and making suicidal comments) that almost all we could do as we prayed for him together was weep... and ask God to hear the ache inside of us that could find no words. (And I'm happy to say that 2 years later, our friend is still alive).

Then I thought about last semester, when we had 24/3 prayer on campus, and a couple of my friends decided to take a 2am shift together. The five of us decided to make an event of it since we were going to have to drive down to Tempe in the wee hours of the morning (we all live up north). So we jumped in the car together, and had a half hour of great conversation and laughter. And when we got to Tempe, we walked onto a campus that was covered in a moon-lit peacefulness that I had never felt before. After we talked with some new friends that were ending their shift in Danforth chapel, we decided the spend the first half hour praying individually. Some of us journaled, and others just whispered in the corner, but we all connected with a very present, living God.

The last half hour we spent praying together, and the one thing that I will never forget, is how much I love listening to my friend, David, pray. When you listen to him, its like he's talking with someone he intimately knows... and loves. It inspires you, and makes you want to know God deeper.

That night is now a memory us five treasure together... the deeper connection we made with each other that night, the time we spent enjoying the presence of a God we barely understand, the conversations and laughter, and the french toast at 3am.

I know getting together to pray (especially in the middle of the night) is something that our culture as a whole isn't familiar with. But you may just experience a connection, that you never have before.

So grab a couple friends.... and sign up for a block.
I'm tellin' ya... you won't regret it.

cindi

Pure Life Arizona

2006-07-19T18:05:00.000-07:00

Pure Life Arizona
the Pure Life fast was awesome!

Unashamed

2006-05-08T19:07:00.000-07:00

Purged with flames of fire;
touched with the burning coal.
All that was within
that was cluttering up my soul.

How deep the sorrow;
How deep the stinging pain;
But how sweet the taste
of your purifying rain.

Strip me deeper each day
until all that remains
is you in my heart,
as you break away the chains.

If I cry our against you
give me patience I plea.
Somtimes it is hard
to see as you see.

This world and its pearls
are so tempting and fake.
Evil addictions---
they don't give but to take.

Away with these evils
I ask you open my eyes
to accept the one pearl
without the disguise.

He died on a cross
causing evil to fall.
Now all that He asks
would I give Him my all?

Will I undress from my shame
take off all the lies,
remove busy worries,
until my flesh dies?

Then once I am done,
And my heart is finally claimed,
I will be His surrendered---
Naked and Unshamed.

National Day of Prayer Recap

2006-05-05T08:45:00.000-07:00

Ciao again everyone!
I wish that I could fit into one e-mail all that just happened yesterday on the National day of prayer, but I will share with you what I can type :) We had a tent set up for 24 hour prayer yesterday and I came about 10:45am and just stayed there worshiping Christ with the other believers there and praying for eachother and others that came to the tent. I have never experienced this power of prayer before. God gave me boldness I would have never had on my own and a joy I cannot even describe. Under that tent was pure ecstacy for God.

People were healed including me, not just physically but spiritually as well. Once again I found the need surrender all to Him, because the world is so sticky sometimes and I have to intentionally drag myself away to focus all my attentions on Him.

I pray that as my love grows for Christ that He will increase as I decrease. I cannot tell you how amazing and wonderful our Savior is! He makes me want to dance and sing always :-)
From now on I pray, "Dear Jesus, more than anything else, I want to get to know you intimately!" There is nothing---absolutely nothing---more important than developing friendship with our Beloved.
--->I want to choose to be honest with God.
--->I want to choose to obey God in Faith
--->I want to choose to value what God values
--->I want to desire frienship with God more than anything else.

Brokeness Breeds Beauty
Grace Generates Gratitude
Repentance Requires Return
Faithfullness Finds Full belief in the Father
Intimacy is born from Initiative
Prayer Penetrates with Power
In Longing comes Love
Freedom comes From Forsaking

John 14:27
"I am leaving you with a gift---peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give you isn't like the peace that the world gives. So don't be troubled or afraid."

May this peace and love from our Beloved meet all of you today! I love you all!

In awe of the only One that matters, Heidi

Let us finish the introduction and move to the chorus

2006-05-02T20:51:00.000-07:00

RA Torrey once said, "Nights of prayer to God are followed by days of power with men." I stole that quote from Becky Tirabassi. I'm sure she won't mind.

Guys, I feel as though this last semester has been a beautifully sung introduction. We prayed fervently, preached with courage and neverwavered once. It was beautiful. But I'm reminded of how this is only the introduction to the song of revival.

We have been met with amazing crescendos this semester (e.g. Good Friday and 24/7 Prayer), but I don't want to be content with what I have seen and experienced. I have been blessed to see a girl diagnosed with cancer receive negative test results during 24/7 prayer. I have been blessed to see 100+ prayer warriors gather for public worship and prayer. I have been blessed to see a street preacher put down his sign and get on his knees to pray with student leaders. But I know that we serve a God that is desiring for more. I know that this semester has only been the beginning of the beginning. I know that God has already composed an amazing chorus for next semester. And I can't wait.

To reiterate, RA Torrey once said, "Nights of prayer to God are followed by days of power with men." I believe this now more than I ever have in my life before. But I also believe that a semester of prayer can produce a semester, year or years of revival. And I think we have only seen the beginning of the beginning of a revival. Let's make a pact never to push through until we see this entire campus transformed for Jesus.

You guys rock. Praise the Lion of Judah!

Jon Yee

(Check out this verse!)
"Do men make their own gods? Yes, but they are not gods! Therefore I will teach them - this time I will teach them my power and might. Then they will know that my name is the Lord

A Call To Serve in 112 Days

2006-04-26T21:59:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, here’s some info on a great opportunity I just found out about. It’s a way to serve the new freshmen on campus this fall, as they move into the residence halls during Welcome Week:

Join Sparky’s Welcome Team!

There is some training required, but I think we get free shirts, yay! =)

They want to have everyone signed up by May 1st, but I think it will be open until all slots are filled, so don’t delay.

My group has signed up for the early shift on August 15 & 17-- join us!!!

Blessings,

Reid

changing...

2006-04-19T01:43:00.000-07:00

My favorite author at the moment is Henri Nouwen. And after coming off of a week of 24/7 prayer here at ASU, meeting a bunch of new friends who have the same passion, and just searching for a deeper experience in prayer myself, these ideas really struck a chord:

"Praying is no easy matter. It demands a relationship in which you allow someone other than yourself to enter into the very center of your person, to see there what you would rather leave in darkness, and to touch there what you would rather leave untouched."
-- Henri J. M. Nouwen

"People who pray stand receptive before the world.
They no longer grab but caress
they no longer bite but kiss
they no longer examine but admire."
-- Henri J. M. Nouwen

So many times we pray -- trying to change things around us -- when maybe, the real purpose of prayer, is to change us....

-cindi

The Elite Covenant of Spartans

2006-04-10T00:46:00.000-07:00

Yo. There was something really cool this Friday in the context of the 24/7 prayer. A speaker named Becky Tirabassi talked about what holds revival back. Revival is pretty much constant obedience to the Spirit of God, so revival can't come to this campus until it comes to the body of Christ. This is why it is so important that the church gets cleaned up. So much of the church is no different from the world, especially in terms of sexual immorality.

James5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

So we spent some time confessing our sins before God. He moved me to make a public confession of my sins of lust. More specifcally, not being pure with my eyes, and even looking at porn.

John 3:20-21 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light so that it may be seen plainly what what he has done has been done by God.

So I just wanted to get it out into the wide open. I have shared this with a few others before, but right now I just want to be completely transparent. I haven't done this before because I thought that I could bear the struggle on my own. And I might stand strong for a few weeks, a few months, maybe even a whole semester, and then stumble and fall again. And each time I would say to myself "This is the last time!" So I would confess to God and try to go on as though nothing had happened.

I'm sick of it. I HATE this sin! I can't express enough my deep, seething, undying, profound, burning, passionate hatred for this. I refuse to let it shame me anymore. I want everyone to know that I crucifying my flesh and I am not going back.

Some of you guys reading this have had, or are having the same problem. Me and Shawn are in the process of putting together a group to fight the evils of sexual immorality. Tentatively called the Elite Covenant of Spartans, (the name isn't final. It was just the manliest thing I could come up with on such short notice.) we intend to be open with each other and fight together as brothers.

Satan is a pimp. Don't be his ho. If you are struggling, talk to me as someone who understands. God has freed me, and I'm not going back. He will free you too.

Romans 6:14 For sin shall not be your master, for you are not under the law, but under grace.

Now is the time to worship and pray!

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Today I visited Hope Christian's prayer meeting. It was amazing! So many people passionately praying like crazy! It made me think about ASU's intercessors~

Guys, now is the time to arise as prayer warriors and intercessors. If there was ever a time to let the Holy Spirit squeeze your heart, now would be that time. I believe we are in a crucial hour with many things hanging in the balance. I believe there are four very important events going on this next month:

1. The ASU House of Prayer
2. 7 days of 24 hour prayer
3. Worship and Prayer night with Becky Tirabassi
4. Rez week

I know I don't have to remind you all of these things, but I have been feeling such an urgency over ASU right now.

I feel like the father whose wife just went into labor. You know, like how you see in all of those old movies: The woman is rushed into the emergency room. The man just watches her go. He begins to pace around the room with a worried look on his face.

I am feeling such a holy anxiety over the birth of a holy revival at ASU.

We are all so close. Lets worship God and intercede for our brothers and sisters incessantly this next month. I think we're on the brink of something really beautiful.

A Blog From PENN, be encouraged!

2006-04-01T13:22:00.000-08:00

So I'm a little behind on reporting in... my apologies. Well, much has happened... it feels much more than just the end of the 2nd full day of our 24/7 prayer tent. I've been so consumed with this that its almost all I think about. I keep telling people that I've been very "Martha" these past few days, even though I am here all the time I haven't really took time to pray through the stations in our tent like others... I've still just been working on setting things up. Ha ha, well that part will settle down soon, and I'll be able to be "Mary" at our tent soon.

Its been amazing... the schedule has filled up... I'm currently sitting in the prayer tent with seven other people... and its 2:30 in the morning!!!! This place is such a blessing to so many people. People keep saying "Does this have to end?" So we're thinking of trying to extend this prayer tent for another week. Several people have asked about the possibility of finding a permanent place to do prayer.

One of the girls here shared that these past few days have been like a dream... all because of UPHOP... that this is what is consuming her, its all she thinks about, and its where she wants to be all the time. She even struggles with thoughts of skipping class just to spend time with God in the prayer room! And the amazing thing is... that is not a unique sentiment... that is how many many people feel. We are seeing a rise in people's passion and desire to pray. And if its not a new thing... it is so encouraging to see how much prayer is going on! And there is a LOT of prayer going on!!

I was always hoping that the prayer tent would touch and empassion people for prayer and intimacy but I never expected that this would be something they would feel like they couldn't live without...

Another underanticipated blessing from all this is that people are consistently meeting other Christians on campus that they've never met before. A stronger sense of unity seems to naturally be coming about...

The Church is coming together here at Penn, and a passion for God and for prayer is increasing. A new fire is kindling here, and Jesus' proclaimation that "My House SHALL be a House of Prayer" is beginning to come to pass here at Penn.

Body at ASU, after reading this blog i feel so connected to my brothers and sisters in Christ at Penn, and realize that God is doing the same across the nation! Be encouraged that we are not the only campus attempting to install a constant 24/7 prayer movement. The Lord is moving and He cannot be stopped. Lets continue to JUMP into all that the Spirit is doing in this hour! : )

In Christ,

Shawn
Nazirite18021@aol.com

Release the Anointing

2006-03-31T22:35:00.000-08:00

1 John 2:27 says that the anointing which we have received from Him abides in us. If the anointing is already in us as the body of Christ, then why aren’t we stepping into it, why isn’t it pouring out of our hearts, why does it seem so buried and inaccessible? What is holding us back Lord?
Lately the Lord has brought me to a place of mourning over the shame that is over His people. His body, His chosen people, those who are cleansed by the blood of the lamb, new creations, called by a new name…living under shame and guilt, living in chains because of it. His purposes being unfulfilled because of it! His heart is healing, his heart is fullness, wholeness, oneness… but why isn’t it coming if it is his will? Is the timing not right? NO! This is God’s will. This is the time! We need to press in or we die…we remain stagnant. Let us not settle! This is not something we can sit on, this is a choice that needs to be made. Do we accept his invitation to freedom with sincere hearts, do we trust that even though we may not feel it, he has deemed us worthy of the blood of the lamb? Or do we remain in our haughty shame. Living in shame is saying that our sin is too big for the Lord of the Heavens…shame is full of pride.
Lord I am so sorry… you have offered your church life abundantly and we sit sulking on a bed of ashes…because we don’t believe, truly believe that you would give it to us….now mother Theresa maybe, but not us! Lord we repent, you have called us worthy, you have called us your sons and daughters
God is speaking to the body: Revere me, trust me, cant you see that I am heartbroken that I am not one with you… you’re not letting my fullness penetrate you… your shame is making you hard, closing you up towards me.
Lets step into the fullness of the anointing that is already in us, casting off all pride and all shame and taking on a spirit of reverence for the King of Kings, claiming our inheritance, pressing on towards the promise land, the kingdom of heaven dwells in us… lets usher it in!

This is God’s heart over the church. Pray that the bride will rise up in fullness, for she has already been healed, His love has already redeemed!
God is so good! : )
Kellie

different... but the same

2006-03-30T13:06:00.000-08:00

As we are getting ready to enter a week of 24/7 prayer, I was just thinking about the significance of us all coming together for one purpose.

We, as people, can be so different from each other: the way we look, act, feel, respond, and communicate can cover a wide spectrum. And after connecting with many different circles of prayers/intercessors, I've also seen very diverse ways people engage in prayer: full of passion and energy, in a sweet silence, poetically and artfully, or beautifully simple. I've seen/experienced times when our prayers are spoken, written, sung, painted, whispered, wept, speechlessly felt, and above all, lived. Yeah, its as beautiful thing when our very lives become our prayer...

So let's totally embrace that... how amazing it is when such a diverse community of people can come together for a single purpose... to be close, to communicate with, and to experience the Living and present God that we love.

Don't forget to sign-up for a block or two, and I'll see you guys on the lawn or in the chapel next week.

Full of hope...

cindi

House of Prayer at ASU

2006-03-25T10:24:00.000-08:00

I'm going to be blunt about it- we need to pray that all hinderances would melt away. God is showing me that we need to ACT NOW. God has given us favor with President Crow and we need to capitalize on it NOW. We cannot wait until later. President Crow is an incredibly busy man if we wait too long he will forget about helping us. And we need to realize that President Crow will not always be President of ASU; he may leave and go to a different school over the summer (or sooner) and we'll come back for the fall and there will be a totally new president. Right now he is the top man at ASU and we need to take advantage of this open door. If we take things too slow we could miss out. God hit me with a message this week at my Church. The message was about being Proactive. We need to be Proactive! I spent about 2 hrs yesterday warring in the spirit for ASU and against negative thoughts that were attacking me. It was incredible! God was showing me that we have slowed down in letting Him know that WE WANT HIM TO COME, HE IS INVITED, and HE IS WELCOMED. Spread the word! And let's pray Pray PRAY!!!

Please pray for the staff at ASU that are involved in the decision making process, pray that security would not be an issue that would get in the way of a House of Prayer for God at ASU, pray that everyone would be Proactive, and pray that the Body of Christ at ASU would rise up in their prayers letting God know that we want Him to come, He is invited, and He is welcomed.

The doors are Opening!

2006-03-08T23:19:00.000-08:00

Now is the time to come to God and lift up a shout of praise for all that God has done and is doing! Today was a milestone day for the body of Christ at ASU in the area of acquiring a House of Prayer! My sister Amber spoke to President Michael Crow today in person about a permanent House of Prayer on campus, and an official letter and e-mail have already been sent out as a follow up! Michael Crow has said that he will do whatever is in his power to see this thing happen, now it is our turn to press in an petition Heaven for a breakthrough. We cannot afford to miss out on this opportunity!

God is moving! He is moving NOW! He is calling out even now to our hearts to do even more of His bidding! We all need to keep that big "YES" in our spirits and keep that posture of listening and obedience toward the Lord! It may be YOU that God is needing now..... your prayers, your hands, your feet, your words.... don't believe that anything is trivial! God can and will use any and all for His glory! Be encouraged and keep on saying YES to all that God is doing in this hour!

Body of Christ, this is the time.... this is our time, our victory! We are rooted and grounded in love.... remember, UNITY!

Keep Pressing In!

2006-02-21T20:09:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, (I just wanted to encourage everyone doing 24 hour prayer this week):

"There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. 3 Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, 'Get justice for me from my adversary.' 4 And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, 'Though I do not fear God nor regard man, 5 yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.' " 6 Then the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said. 7 And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?"

~Luke 18:2-7

You guys all know this parable. But here's the verse that puts it all in context:

"1 Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart..."

~Luke 18:1

Don't lose heart! If we are persistent and nudge our Lord with our prayers, He will be faithful to hear us!

Never give up!

Jon
jonyeeha@yahoo.com

The Time for Action is now!

2006-02-13T09:29:00.000-08:00

"Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!"

John 4:35

Guys, we need to start moving at a rapid speed. The more I read about the revivals breaking out (Asbury College and, now, UCLA) the more I cannot help but be moved to extreme action for ASU.

We must press in. We cannot afford to miss this moment in history.

The harvest is not next semester. the harvest was not last week. The harvest is NOW. Lets sharpen our sickles and get to reaping.

Prayer Warriors! Reckless Worshippers! Courageous Preachers! Infectious Intercessors! Rise up!

"And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, 'Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.'"
Rev 14:15

Jon Yee
jonyeeha@yahoo.com

2006-02-09T17:09:00.000-08:00

Greetings to Boyd of Pray, where is Chris the...we'll have to come up with a cool name for him as well...How about "Chris Ngai, The Prayer Guy"? Hmm... That's alot to type. Anyway; crazy, crazy, crazy excitement! Jesus is on the move.

To all Christians at ASU,

PRAISES TO GOD FOR THE WORK HE IS DOING

Ever since we started praying I've been seeing God move like crazy. I have had the chance to speak with upwards of eight people since school started and I recently talked with a bunch of people from my class about God on our Discussion Board. I also got to meet a Christian guy from West Africa named Malik who just got to the US. He was walking by Crusade and he heard the music. Even though he did not know the words' meaning, he felt like these must be Christians singing. I got to here his story and he came from a family with very little money, but he wanted to come to the US, so his pastor prayed for him and against all odds he got a visa. Now he's gonna start coming to my small group. As I write this email, I'm speaking with my friend Andre, who also knows Malik from the English Conversational Partner Program on campus. The body of Christ is coming together even across international boundaries! Everywhere I go I talk to Christians that know friends of their friends who know so and so. There's links popping up all over!

Anyway, at the same time that we have begun to cry out to God, other universities across the nation are doing the same.
I just got this email from Chris about news from ~40 other campuses that are experiencing revival!!!! SOMETHING IS HAPPENING!!!!!!

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THE LATEST NEWS:

This Friday, 3-5pm, Danforth Chapel---We are bringing two guys from Campus Renewal Ministries that just experienced revival at Texas University and they want to share with us what happened on their campus and what strategies they used so that we may be empowered to do the same.

Every Friday 1:30-3pm, Hayden Lawn---Come join Christians from every ministry in Prayer and Worship. It's a real free atmosphere; you can do whatever God leads you to. Declare scripture over the campus or just do initiative evangelism. Sometimes we don't have to do anything, people will come up to us and ask us what we are doing.

Every Wednesday, 12-1:30pm, MU (the room varies-contact me for info: JoeltheJedi@msn.com)---Prayer and Worship: A time to call out to God for Revival. Sacrifice your midday meal for Jesus and come...or eat while singing and praying...I'll enjoy watching that :)

Soon to be Tuesdays, 7pm, Praxis Church---The pastor of Praxis is heading up Ressurection week before Easter this year and his vision has blown my mind. He's got a fresh view on what it's supposed to be about (Making Jesus known. I know it sounds like a "duh!", but in the past it's been more about attracting people to our ministries) and he wants us students to run the show together, rather than each ministry doing their own thing. So far we've just been having brainstorming sessions and a few ministries have made the commitment to taking some of ideas and making them happen.

WWW.LOVEASU.COM---We have recently created a website through which members from all ministries at ASU can communicate, pray for each other, collaborate, and celebrate what God is doing.

3 Days of 24/7 Prayer, Feb. 21-24---Sign up for an hour to pray on Hayden Lawn during the day with other Christians. During the night prayer moves to a nearby book store

24/7 Prayer the Entire Week Prior to Rez Week, April 2-9---Same thing on Hayden Lawn and the bookstore

24/7 Prayer All Year---For those of you with very stout hearts, you can go to loveasu.com and sign up to pray for the same hour every week

Yo

2006-02-09T15:33:00.000-08:00

This has been an action packed week, filled with flying ninjas and exploding dinosaurs.

Ok, in actuality, this week has been action packed because of a very special guest, Tom Short visiting the campus. (Check him out at www.shortreport.com) This dude goes from campus to campus preaching the Gospel in his unique style. What makes it unique is that unlike some of the guys that do this, he is very respectful to everyone, no matter how much they may disagree. Today it got to the point that he even some atheists and such arguing on his side against a very rude heckler.

I love what Tom does because I'm a bit more of a soft spoken guy, and I don't think I could do anything quite like that, but he is out in the heat of it. Quite admirable. However, I try to do my part with the gifts God has given me by working the crowds, siddling up beside people and chatting it up with them, spreading the love of Jesus in that way.

So it has been fun times this week sharing the Gospel and meeting other Christians who are out doing the same or who just came to observe. I think five people gave their lives to Christ this week, and many more seeds were planted.

How then can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" Romans 10:14-15

loveASU Blog

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This blog is designed to be a place for our community to dialog about events, thoughts, and resources. Feel free to post a thought or start a conversation. If you would like to be a blog contributor, email chris(a)loveasu.com or cindi(a)loveasu.com.