Change for Saturday + BFC's History, Vision & Values!

Hello Friends,

Just a quick e-mail this week to let you know two things.

No Stephen DeSilva this Saturday
Stephen DeSilva from Bethel Church in Redding will not be speaking at Blazing Fire Church tomorrow night due to illness. Nothing serious, but he needed to stay home and rest. We have rescheduled him to come on May 8th! The good news is that Jesus is still going to be there on Saturday and he wants to hang out with YOU!! I will be speaking Saturday night and we will also hear a bit from Karissa Glanville, author of The Realm, a fascinating Fiction story about the realms of light and darkness.

Blazing Fire Church's History, Vision & Values: March 13th!
On Saturday, March 13th, from 3-4:45 pm, I will share how God orchestrated things in my life that lead to the start of Blazing Fire Church 8 years ago and share a brief overview of our history as a church. I will briefly describe the vision and values of our church as well. EVERYONE is welcome to attend this meeting and it is especially an attempt to help those of you who have been coming more recently to catch you up as to who we are and why we do things the way we do. The meeting will take place at our regular place of worship, Harvest Valley Christian Church, 3200 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton. There will be time after the meeting to go get a bite to eat for dinner before the service starts at 6:00 pm that night.

I declare MASSIVE blessings, favor, grace, love, joy, and peace upon you!!!

Doors Are Opening!

Hello Friends!

I continue to be GREATLY encouraged in this new year. Something within me has intensified--both the passion to know my Jesus more closely than I ever have before and the heightened desire to see my Father's Kingdom breaking forth upon the earth, and more specifically, in the Bay Area! No matter what is happening in your life, I URGE you to keep your attention focused on the great big smile of the Lord and on the steadiness of his eyes upon you, giving you the confidence and boldness to be who you truly are! There's no time for His Bride to be moping around in discouragement. We are LOVED! We are EMPOWERED! We are bringers of God's LIGHT! We are releasers of God's ENCOURAGEMENT! We are carriers of God's GLORY! We are GREAT beyond measure! We are UNITED with CHRIST! NOTHING is impossible for those who know their King! NOTHING!!

Recently, I had a dream where I could not open a door because the handle was missing. As I turned to get something to repair it, a "Fix-It Man" was already passing me by, not with a doorknob, but with an entire new door! Now just Who do you suppose that "Fix-It Man" was? You guessed it...Jesus was already on it! The things you haven't been able to fix or do for yourself or make happen, Jesus is ready to do for you! He's already on it!

This dream fits right into a portion of a word on the Elijah List by Taffie Furr that greatly encouraged me a week or two back. I pray it does the same for you:

Prophesied on January 8, 2010 in Albany, Oregon at The ElijahList's "What is God Saying for 2010?" Conference

"2010 is a year of your transitioning being established into positioning. Many doors, both big and small, that have been kept both hidden and sealed closed, shall be made obviously visible and opened.

"Your pathways shall be cleared away for a free and steady run as you seek My instructions and walk in obedience to both My rhema and logos word. Remain where you are until the clarity of My Spirit overtakes you for the next jog of your journey. Yes, this time will be known as being fast-paced because acceleration is upon you and set in motion upon the season, but it will not be without rest and it will not be aggressively strenuous. I am in it and all over it and I give rest and joy, not heavy burdens."

I have given the order—promises fulfilled for those who have been, and are willing to wait upon the Lord. Take it, receive it, move and live in it," says the Spirit of the Lord. "The vault of Heaven is opened to My children and I will pour out My blessings and treasures, multiplied, as you are willing to receive in faith, knowing that I am good and that My word produces, supplies and never runs dry.

"As the world looks for and is assuming the worst, I am fulfilling the desires of My precious Bride and giving you the best.

Taffie Furr

Finally, some of you have been asking for the links to the youtube videos I showed last Saturday night at Blazing Fire Church. Here is the one about how much your heavenly Father loves you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmd64f9C21s (the first few seconds are black, so keep watching!)

And here are the two clips I used to talk about our intimacy with the Lord being like the relationship Lucy had with Aslan, even burying her face into His mane! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0AwNDoUTbE and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1qMwk7azBs

Enjoy!

Enjoy Me in the Journey!

Hello Amazing Passionate Followers of Jesus!

On this journey that we are on with Jesus, we often get really down on ourselves if we don't think we are where we ought to be. The problem is, I don't know anyone who is completely where they want to be since all of us are still in the catch up phase of apprehending all that has already taken place when we received our brand new life in Christ.

In light of that, I hear God saying to each one of you,
"Chillax and enjoy Me in the journey more! It doesn't always look the way you think it should, but I assure you that I am taking you to good places! And don't be so hard on yourself as we travel together. I am constantly changing and molding you to look just like my Son, Jesus, and I know JUST how to do it in your life. I have given you a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36:26), one that is responsive and sensitive to my touch and my voice. Yes, you DO hear my voice (John 10:27) and I am lovingly teaching you that responding to my Spirit within you is your life-line. I want to remind you that anything the enemy does to try and slow you down, I will use to accelerate your growth! I AM trustworthy!! I AM faithful!! I AM good in all that I do!! I AM convincing you that the death blow of my Son's death on the cross to your old sin nature was 100% complete! Nothing from your old way of life has power over you any longer! (Rom. 6:6) You live solely to please me now. YOU ARE MINE! I won't share you with another. I am causing a distaste in you for anything that draws you away from me. I have put within you a voracious appetite for my presence. You will continually eat from my Tree of Life and continually drink from my River of Living Water! 2010 is a year of MASSIVE victory for you! You will stand at the end of this year, look back, and be amazed at all I have done. BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS!!"