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| This is the place of UCSD that I'll miss the most. |
This place has always been a place of retreat, prayers, and worship for me during the past four
dreadful wonderful years. Somehow standing on the head of the snake gives me more faith to believe for another level of invasion of God's Kingdom upon my life, upon the campus, and upon the nations. This is where I prayed "Jesus, I plead Your blood over my sins and the sins of my nations. God, end abortion and send revival to America" for the hundredth time. This is where I learned what it means to intercede. This is where I began to have a heart for America. This is where I met some of the greatest friends and giants in the Kingdom of God. This is where I contend and stand in the gap between this nation and God's throne of Grace and ask Him to have mercy and pour out His Spirit upon all flesh here at UCSD.
So on August 9th (Tuesday), I spent a good 10 minute before class on the snake head, and I met this elderly man who was doing some exercises by the grassy area. Long story short, I shared with him a little bit about my schooling and how I wish to pursue more education after UCSD. In the end I simply added, "God bless you," and he was a bit offended and said, "uh...nah... it's okay. I'm not religious at all." To his surprise I replied, "It's okay, I'm not religious either, but I just love Jesus." He suddenly looked confused and asked, "Wait... what do you mean that you are not religious and you love Jesus?" So I, to my best ability, explained to him what I meant in a short sentence, "Well, I am not religious because Jesus never was religious, He actually told me to LOVE Him and LOVE people instead of pointing fingers at others." He nodded and said, "Yeah... okay. I guess I see what you mean now. Good luck with your life. Bye." I'm still not sure whether I answered his question aptly, so
if you have any better way to explain that, please let me know!
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| I'm going to miss all these wild rabbits all over UCSD. |
I was just about to head back to my apartment after class that I heard Him telling me to spend an hour up on the snake head. So I did. I was in desperate need of His Presence, and coming back to that familiar place of prayer and worship, I was rejoicing, dancing, praising Him as if nobody's around (thank God not a lot of people walked by when I bust out all the crazy moves). My spirit was overflowing with revelations of His love and His goodness and kindness. God, in His holiness, is so kind, and in His lordship, He is so loving.
About 40 minutes later a young lady and a young girl walked by, and the lady (whose name is Diana) asked me what I was doing. I answered, "I'm just here praying to God and worshiping Jesus." I explained the overall message about the snake path, and their eyes were opened and jaws were dropped in unbelief in the underlying (it's actually quite obvious) message of this artwork. (
Click here to read a little more about the path). So I started sharing a little bit of how
my standing on the head of the snake is actually the fulfillment of the entire picture, as mentioned in Genesis 3, that we (the bride of Christ) will crush its (the snake) head. Diana started to share with me that she is really open to a lot of beliefs, and I shared with her how I came to know Jesus and how Jesus is the only way to God. Diana was really free-spirited and she was so intrigued by Jesus, so I offered to pray with them. I knew that God was up to something, so
after the prayer I told her that God's heart is to bring healing to her family, physical healing especially to her parents, and Diana told me that her mom is suffering from a big ulcer on her abdominal area, and she is actually a lover of Jesus who is believing for healing too. I told her that her family is going to encounter the Lord in a greater measure!
It got even crazier...
After sharing with her another healing testimony, she showed me her hands--on both of her ring fingers there are rashes and redness. She said it's been hurting pretty badly for the past couples days. So we prayed.
And right after the prayer, her left ring finger stopped hurting! I began to tell her that God is right here, and He is healing her right now, and let's pray again to believe for complete healing.
Right after I said that, she told me that the right ring finger also stopped hurting! God was really showing up and touching Diana. It was just an open door that God had for Diana and also Cali to come to know how much He loves her! We all prayed together in the end and I encouraged Diana to go home and lay hands on her mom and pray in the name of Jesus and see God break in and break through! Yay Jesus, You showed up and Your love never fails :D
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| Diana (left) and Cali (right). Holy Spirit showed up and touched them greatly! |
"If you can't get excited over the headache that's gone, you can't be trusted with an empty wheelchair. A move of a God is a move of God. And if you measure it, you would put Him in a box where He has to set a certain standard before you applaud and before you move. Any indication of the Presence is the beginning of a celebration."
- Bill Johnson @ Jesus Culture Awakening, August 5 2011.
I think I need to tattoo this quote onto my cornea so I can memorize it into my heart.
Johnny
ps. A new post will be up in the next day or two. :) God's been giving me beautiful revelations about Himself, and myself too.
