blind eyes open
-1 Corinthians 6:19~20-

I had a good time with Speach up on that ugly head of the serpent. We prayed and shared a bit of what happened during this past 2 weeks. It was pretty awesome. I was kinda sad not seeing the rest of the gang, but I saw them tonight at YOPP.

This morning I was just telling Speach that the moment I came back I felt the burden of this school upon me and I once again have entered, actually RETURNED, to the battlefield. And tonight I teared up a couple times because Eddie started to ask each one of us about our callings and how he can give each of us a push to another level of our life-time callings because Eddie knows that his calling is to end humanism and crush the snake's head. However, not every one's called to do the same thing that Eddie's doing. I started to feel like...oh man..what on earth is going on here...I don't REALLY know what my calling is, or do I?

So Grace had a dream: She got a new cell phone. Then she was at a swimming pool, and she put her cell phone on top of her towels. And she dived into the pool and had lots of fun. However, when she got out from the pool, she found out that her cell phone's missing. Furthermore she realized that someone has took Grace's SIM card out and replace it with his own.

Are we all diving into this huge movement--whether it's worship, cell group, art, Impact, Love Tent, YOPP, JHOP, IHOP, Bethel, Harvest Rock, 24/7 Prayer Room--and leaving our callings on the side? We NEED to make sure that we've got that phone secured; we cannot just ignore our intimate communication with the Lord and dive into someone else's vision.

Jack's been asking the core peeps the same question since June: "What is your calling?" Because his dream is not to have everyone staying at Impact unless he/she is CALLED TO. He wants to see everyone eventually grow in maturity and stand firm on his very own calling--his own ministry. And we need to make sure that we are standing firm in what we're called to do so that when we dive into a movement, we do not leave our cell phones behind. And I do not want my calling to be taken away! Even more I want to have a heart that desire more--even to take someone else's talents away because they do not want them! That's how much desire I want the Lord to grant me! How about you? I'm still in the process of searching for the entire picture because I know that I'm created for a specific purpose and I have a unique calling. I wrote a little bit about the desire for anointing on Feb 22:

And I urge all of you on campus to have a heart that longs for blessings and anointing to a point that you even want to "steal" other people's anointing. This happened to Esau, whose blessings were completely stolen by his brother Jacob(later Israel) because Jacob CONTENDED for the 1)Birthright and 2)Generation blessing. I wrote about this here a couple days ago.

Jack's called to see young people in San Gabriel Valley encounter Jesus, be equipped, and eventually be sent out(to have their ministries and follow their callings). And he is going after his calling, standing firm on it. He fully supports what we are doing at Impact: having campus revival meetings, pro-life sieges, city invasion--these are all different ministries he's supporting fully; nevertheless, he does not forget his very own calling. And what we are doing right now is to assisting him in his calling and vision as a church. I'm not saying that once we receive our callings that we need to abandon the assistance. I'm expressing how important it is to find our own callings and maximize our callings and assisting others with their callings with your ministry, stand side by side.

God right now I pray over those who are searching for their callings. Would You reveal Your unique plan to each one of us because we believe that we all have a life-time calling from You for preparing Your second coming. Tell us to which part of the body we belong. Teach us how to utilize our calling for Your kingdom. We do not want to just blindly follow someone else's vision, but we want clear confirmations about Your plan for us for the next 50, 60, or 70 years. Give us a 30 second summary of our callings. I'll do whatever it takes to get that new cell phone and keep it with me at all times. And unite our hearts and let us work side-by-side as different pieces of Your final picture!

In respond to Eric's question during campus revivalist meeting 2 weekend ago: Should we get involved in the fellowships on campus?
I remember that my answer to that question was pretty vague...something about how we all should totally get connected with all fellowships and build relationships....something like that. I think now I can provide a better answer, maybe not the best: You gotta find out what you're called for first, and then stand firm on that and pursue that calling--don't ignore that. However, if you are still finding your calling, go after what's on your heart because maybe(just maybe) one of the things on your heart is something the Lord's calling you to do! If you found out this is not the right thing for you, then it's cool, you pray about it and switch to a different direction. How much desire you have determines your desperation for more. You've heard that for a million times, but many times we do fall short and become weak and have no desire to search because of the multiple failures. Persistence is also a big part of wanting something. Trial and Error is a way, but I'd say go with PRAYER first. You might be surprised what God would show you through your consistent prayer for your calling!

That's about it. I'm still going after my greatest passion--music. I desire to become a prophetic worshiper, but I'm still not 100% positive about my calling. I feel like we are(as body of Christ) entering into a new season--and it's spring time and the 2nd quarter of 2008. New showers of blessing and soon will come the fruit(maybe in the 3rd quarter?). I'm excited!

...I will cause showers to come down in their season;
there shall be showers of blessing.
-Ezekiel 34:26-

Delight yourself in the LORD
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
-Psalm 37:4-

Johnny

ps. I realized that today was my Lunar Calendar birthday! My dad called me and left me a voicemail with my grandparents too! They are so awesome.

pps. Woah I can't believe I have 35 entries in March, which has 31 days! I love to blog! 3 more quarters to go, that is about 273 more entries until 12/31!

I can't say I don't like coming back to San Diego, but staying back home is certainly better than reading dry articles....ugh.

Went to a 2-hour class. I hope it gets interesting as the term picks up! However I'm excited for our first project: to create music without instruments. I'm looking forward to it!

God I thank You for protecting Jeff and I back to San Diego. Have favor over our work as we dive into yet another eleven weeks of school until summer comes. Thank You Lord, I love You!

"You give them something to eat."
- Jesus

One of my favorite lines of Jesus. What would Jesus do when He sees people in need of help? I think this is the answer. But I'm weak and I don't always do what He would do because my heart is a selfish heart. Jesus I want Your heart and not mine. Give me a heart of compassion.

Johnny

This past week has been wonderful--full of fun and favor! I felt like everyone has been encountering the favor of the Lord over him/her. From Annie's real estate to Jack's let-go, God's taking care of so many things(just about everything) in our lives, and all we gotta do is believe that He's taking care of us because He loves us. From as simple as a ride down to San Diego to a rise in GPA for 0.07(praise the Lord woohoo!), God's got them all covered. He's got my back. And I love it when He takes over and mess up our lives =) Father, come and take control of my life!

You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
-1 Corinthians 7:23-

Thank You Lord for pouring down Your love upon us today as we come before You and seek Your face and give You our alabaster jar and pour it at Your feet. Lord I want to walk with Your daily and hear Your voice; know Your presence and seek Your face; speak Your truth and be who I am created to be.

I'm excited for the encounter conference!

Thank You Jesus.

Johnny

Here's the video of Eric and myself.

God's awesomeness cannot be described in words.
I'm going to make this short. So the first time I've ever been to WAVE we had a great time waiting upon the Lord. In the beginning everyone seemed to be in their own little world, basically there lacked a unity in spirit. So we decided to worship. As we were singing Open the Eye of My Heart, I felt like we should just come before the Lord and seek His presence and face. So after praying for those who needed prayers, we were all quiet and down on the floor, sitting or lying. I was kneeling. No music. Just silence. Man, I love it. After about 15 or 20 minutes I stood up and started to play pads, and for just a sec I felt like this might be close to the sound of heaven(probably not even close lol)! But I was felt the Spirit as I was playing. It has been a while since we all have done this at Impact, and tonight the Lord really messed up our schedule(or maybe I should say He gave us something new). So we were basically worshiping and soaking in His presence for like an hour. Everyone felt the presence of the Lord and the atmosphere was so peaceful--the spirits were all united and connected. I think there were 12 of us at church tonight having an awesome time with the Lord. Then we started to share visions and pictures we received. And then we started to talk about spiritual warfare. Many shared their testimonies about overcoming the enemy's tricks and tactics to lead us away from God. Lord I pray that You would give us a discernment of spirits as we encounter any spirit in the future and right now. Let us know when to rebuke and when to draw near, thank You Lord. Protect us.

That's about it. Jesus is comepletely amazing.
I love Your presence. That's all I seek.

Johnny

Alhambra Library--
It was pretty awesome to hang out with Jack, Joy, Jennifer, and Leni and praying for people. So I saw this guy walking toward the parking lot toward his mom's car. So I kinda went up to him and started to say hi and all, and then I started to speak life and encouragement into his life out of nowhere. "God really love you man. And He has more confidence for you than you do for yourself. You don't have to care about what other people think about you man, cuz you have an identity that is in Christ."
I didn't even have time to let him speak. And I felt that he was stunned cuz his face was totally frozen, with eyes staring at me. But anyhow I gave him impact's card and said Bless You and then I let him go. It was pretty crazy actually because I didn't expect some reaction like this! Pretty cool stuff happened today indeed! Praise that Lord! I really want to see healing taking place right there outside of Alhambra Public Library!

Releasing the Supernatural conference--
I only have one word to describe Bill Johnson's session tonight--totally amazing. His words are full of juice, and I feel like I'm a net trying to catch all the liquid of his words! Hard to contain yet with such an anointing that his words attracts and stirs up the hearts. I really cannot describe how right-on he was about the inheritance of the Kingdom--Impact's vision in 2008. I knew what he was going to talk about(at least a little part of his sharing) when we turned to Psalm 2. The topic about the resurrection is so simple yet through his words it becomes a topic that is actually simple yet with depth. I really don't know how to say it, but Bill Johnson really is a humble man who's simply going after God's heart. I'm going to start listening to his sermons over and over again until I get it from the Lord. I encourage everyone to check out his sermon--it'll totally get you all confused for a moment(or it may not) and shake your world heavily, and then you'll get stirred up. I really have lots of respect for that man.

“I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me,
‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
Ask of Me, and I will give You
The nations for Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
-Psalm 2:7~8-

Surely you shall call a nation you do not know,
And nations who do not know you shall run to you,
Because of the LORD your God,
And the Holy One of Israel;
For He has glorified you.”
-Isaiah 55:5-

Twas a good day. Thank You Jesus.
COME HOME, AMERICA!!!!!

Johnny