Reflections from a Mom About the Goodness of God's Heart by Karis Guillot - Overseer

Matthew and I are in the midst of moving (don’t worry, our move is local!) and at the same time, our daughter Aria is in a season of choosing/wanting to be in my arms or on my lap all the time right now. I’m not complaining, but it does make packing a little challenging. Two reasons for this: 1. She is on me like a baby Koala/Kangaroo and I have short arms. 2. She is very helpful, so what I put in the box she likes to help me by taking it out. Our solution to have Aria strapped onto my back was perfect. Everyone was happy! Aria’s clinginess got me thinking about our relationship with God… Do I hold on to Papa God like that no matter what? Good times, bad times, cuddle times, hang out times, eating times, sleepy times, reading times, playing times, happy times, sad times, when she fell and hurt herself times, when she can't figure out a problem times (right now that's how to screw a cap back on a  bottle). Do we cling to Papa at all times? She is fully independent and is able to play and move around on her own and do what she wants (which means a lot of elbows and knees digging into all my pressure points!) but Papa God doesn't have that concern. So, do I choose to be fully my own person while still leaning wholly on Jesus? She makes her own choices on which toys to play with, which books to read---she just likes to do it on top of me. Is that how I approach God? Or do I throw temper tantrums and get upset at him when things don't go according to how I think it should go? When Aria gets upset, she immediately hands me the problem item (can't get sticks out of a bottle or can't get the cap on the bottle) and asks for help. She knows that when she says "please" she gets what she is asking for--most of the time. “No child, you cannot have candy at 11pm.” So, she looks at me with those big trusting eyes, hands me her problem (or alternately she shares with me her joy like toys) and says "please" and knows that I'll help her solve whatever issue it is. She is confident that I will not withhold any good thing from her. If, I, a human am willing to do that for my daughter, how much more so the Almighty—King of Kings—El Shaddai—Prince of Peace—Jehovah Jireh, who delights over us? I pray that we would all have a deeper childlike faith of trusting Papa and coming to Him knowing that He can handle and will solve our issue—happy or sad—according to His riches and glory. How he desires to have us come to him. With Love, Karis

Last Saturday at Blazing Fire, we continued on in the exciting book of Acts and talked about healing as part of our inheritance as followers of Jesus, filled with His Spirit. I was thrilled that something like 30 of you got up to share healing testimonies or words of knowledge for healing at some point during the service. Not only were several people instantly healed when we all prayed for each other, but many more experienced their healing when prayed for by the prayer teams at the end of the service. God loves healing his kids! You can hear the message from Acts 3, along with all the testimonies right here: Activating the Gift of Healing!