Another dream

This dream may be influenced by the fact that I watched The Neverending Story right before bed.
I was in the woods. It was dark, lots of tree roots in the ground, dead leaves, it was dark out, like at dusk. I don't remember it being wet, but it looked wet. Like after a rain, when all the bark on the trees is dark. The earth was dark. In the woods, amidst trees, there was a single hill. The trees were rather evenly spaced, but not exactly. Their limbs were above human height. You could see rows of trunks. The trees probably darkened the sky a little, but it was dark out anyway. There were deer around, including a huge buck. My camera didn't capture him because it was so dark, but he was huge, with lots of points on his antlers! There were also wolves, but they didnt' attack. I was with another person, maybe 2 others, they were familiar to me, probably friends, but their identity wasn't important. We scrambled up the hill. Scrambled isn't the perfect word, because we didn't climb it quickly, and it wasn't a big hill, it was just covered in sparse grass, mud, slippery tree roots. We also didn't climb it with great desperation.

From the top of the hill, I could see that all around on the trees were yellow square signs. But rotated 45 deg. to look like a diamond. On these signs were yellow/orange/amber reflectors. They were on all of the trees surrounding the hill, but only on the trees nearest the hill, only 1 row deep. I believe there were 3 reflectors on each reflective sign, loosely in triangles, definitely not attached in rows.

I woke up.

A key to anointing

Bill taught in class today;
Apparently, the secret place is where battles are won.
And anointing comes from the secret place.
And the fields are ready for harvest. Everyone is ready for harvest.
There are some situations that require a high anointing. If you don't have high anointing, this is not to shame you.. But what an incentive to press in!

So, I look back upon my past, to a time when I saw the most spiritual growth that I can remember.
I was spending a lot of time with God, reading The Bible, praying, etc.
I haven't been doing that. Then I'm frustrated that I'm not hungry enough to want to.
Not that I couldn't discipline myself to do it. Discipline can play a part...

But then, you know what makes you hungry for The Kingdom? Eating.
And I've been eating more. Which is part of why I'm hungrier, and doing better.

lata....

Also, I give thanks for Firefox's built in spell-check.

Something I think is really cool

From memory; That story about John Wimber being at the airport and a woman sitting closer and closer to him. And John then tells her that what she's feeling is the presence of the Holy Spirit.
That is so cool. I want to bring that presence with me everywhere.

Prayer at the supermarket

So, I go shopping at Winco foods in Redding.. it's 10pm and there's 3 guys praying for a lady with a hurt arm in the first aisle.
LOL... Right on!

Dream

I had 2 dreams last night, the first one was more interesting, but I forgot it.
The 2nd one, I was at Wal-Mart and bought $120 (might have been $127) worth of trivial things. Among my purchases was a hair dryer.
I do not have need of, nor desire to own one.
I woke up feeling bad about spending unwisely, and wanting to take back the merchandise.
I reminded myself it was only a dream.

1st week done

Day 4 is complete, and the first week of school has passed.
Most of it consisted of worship time, Bill Johnson, Kris Vallotton, and reading the student handbook.
Every day I learn something more, and think about myself a little more. On the first day I felt as if I was in the bottom 10% of on-fire people.
Probably not true. However, I have noticed that my heart has been hardened for about the past 2 years. I'm making progress, and regaining lost ground in the heart area. I will surpass my previous milestones.

Met some really cool people so far. There's ~30 Norwegians, ~30 Kiwis, and people from all over the rest of the world.
Last I heard, there were about 760 1st yr students.
One student is only 15! -- though he turns 16 in 2 days.

I've also heard some great testimonies of 1st year students. Met one guy who hasn't been following Jesus for even a year yet. Was partying, drinking, prayed to God for some good Christian friends, and 1 week later, a bar ministry team from Bethel walks in, talks to him, and he has a Kingdom encounter. He's totally feeling conviction, and comes to be saved. 1 year ago, you'd find him in a bar, he laughs about the idea of attending a ministry school 1 year later!

I also met a guy from Canada who was previously addicted to drugs. He's still struggling with desires for stuff. Please pray for him, and I also humbly request you pray for me, that I'll be able to lead an example for him, and be able to encourage him. Everyone is a work in progress, and some of us have issues that are more visible than others. I found that some students do still have some problems, and need breakthrough. I do also.

Yesterday was my first opportunity to uphold a level of character that I've only recently chose to adopt. I decided to not drink any alcohol while I'm at school. I also quit smoking tobacco, and am going to abstain from that also.

Drinking alcohol in moderation is not banned by the school, but is discouraged.

Whatever, no big deal.. ;)

This is really the first blog of substance since I started school.
I know it's not been as personal as my blogs have been in the past, and I'm looking to further develop my style, cadence, and a develop a protocol/convention/format that suits my purpose and personality -- for this blog.

Please email with any insights about blogging!

Moving forward to claim the victory we've already won,
-Chris

blogged from: YAKS koffee (which just happens to be right next door to: Vineyard City Church)

Back!

The blog is back in action

After many months of inactivity, blogging shall commence!

Update: I applied and was accepted to the Bethel school of Supernatural Ministry [link].
I'll be learning and stretched and changed forever.

I made the drive to Redding, CA in 5 days. Everything is ok, the little diesel that could held out, even when being forced up mountain at full throttle with the AC on!

I've posted a few snapshots of my trip here: Trip Photo Album with google's picasa.

Will write more later!

Thank you to all my friends, family, and Vineyard family who gave me a great send-off!

-Chris