Whee!! and Wow and Yippee!! Guess what i saw today... a sprouting flipping whale... God is really very Good to me!!! I have prayed to see a whale and was pleasantly surprised when i actually saw one -( oh, me woman of little faith... ;o( )
How typical that I would pray and then thought it is probably too small for God to be bothered???
...so it brought me back to some truths..
a) everything that concerns me concerns my Father.. big and small :o)
b) He delights to always give me the better portion but this is with the conditional knowledge that I would need to be at peace and fully/totally trust Him bec He knows how and when and what I need... He knows the end even before He starts on the project in me...
c) His mercies are new every morning and His faithfulness endures forever..
How blessed we are to be called the sons of God... so Rejoice and be Glad in Him..
There was something that caught my eyes this morning when I was walking along the beach.. it really looked strange because those couldn’t have been surfer dudes swimming so closely together and why did they have fins..!! I strained my eyes and lo and behold!! I saw a school of dolphins- about eight or more of them swimming in the vast ocean- so free, so unhindered... there I stood glued looking at these beautiful creatures swimming and bouncing along the waves...I really couldn’t believe my eyes and I was looking around for any Ozzies to pass by to confirm my sighting... They were just there –small and dark grey , I mean I’ve seen and touched a real dolphin called ‘Flipper’ at the Universal Studio but these were wild free dolphins-wow!! I tried to follow them as they swam along and finally I saw an Ozzie at last and I asked , “ ...are those dolphins? They are not whales, are they?? She told me that they were indeed dolphins because they were too small to be whales..” ...felt like a “duh” but who cared...I was so happy to be spending almost an hour watching them swimming and I was also enthralled by ‘the dolphin show’ where six of them rode on a single wave- spectacular....!! Dolphins in the wild , in the sea , in Newcastle beach... beautiful!!! I was in a train back from Bowral/Sydney and as the train passed a golf course, I saw the most cute looking golf bag standing in the middle of the fairway- two of them actually, until I saw a head move- guess what? Those ‘golf bags’ were two wild kangaroos standing there watching some jokers play golf far away- I seriously dont’t think the ‘joeys’ were the golfers’ pets... so there goes, I got to see wild kangaroos without even going to the zoo!!! At the wharf by the harbour one evening, again I stopped my track and fixed my eyes on a single big white/grey pelican with a huge pink beak catching its dinner- it took in so much water with one gulp until it’s whole beak was puffed but then it slowly released and let off all access water to flow out later... I also got to see 5 pelicans by the rock near the beach sun tanning – these are wild life leh!! :o) (btw why were they not migrating in a big group??... ^o^....) So maybe one day I will have a penguin, a wombat and yes, a koala walk up to me too.... :o) :o)
My people perish because of lack of knowledge... (Hos 4:6)
While I was interceding , I felt such a sharp pain in my heart and such grief in my Father’s heart ....and I began to see His children being assaulted and feastedupon by the enemy... they were like ‘sitting ducks’- just staying there and being attacked and assaulted over and over again and it ‘hurts’ my Father’s heart andI asked‘why Lord! why don’t they run, why don’t they move...why are they like sitting ducks?..
I heard Him said “ My children perish for the lack of knowledge...the knowledge of WHO I AM!! They don’t know Me in My Majesty, they don’t know My Power and My Might... they don’t even know how much I love them!!! That breaks His heart the most... His children don’t know how much the Father loves them...
The Lord asked His people to take off the old wine skin and put on the new wineskin because He wanted to pour out new wine.. He wants us to taste and know that the Lord is good .. He has installed for us new wine but our old container cannot store the new thing He is doing.. we must remove the old container..we must take it off- let him who has ears hear this... we can’t do things the old way- the comfortable way, the acceptable way... we must do things His way- the directive and the format must come from Him...Perfect love casts out all fears.. 1 John 4:18- even fears of the unknown... understand and begin to embrace His love- God’s love is Perfect.. be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that and acceptable and perfect will of God Rom12:2
Ask for the hunger, ask for the thirst and ask the fervour to pursue Him and to be one with Him.. He said those who draw near to Him, He will draw near to you James 4:8– when we seek Him with all our heart, we will find HimJer 29:13.. that the Spirit of the Lord is upon usIsa61.. that those who come with a broken heart and a contrite spirit , He will never despise Ps51:17... come ,come, come back to the Father’s heart...
We are to draw strength and we are to draw life from the Source- why are we at arm’s length- begin to plunge in- into the River of Life and allow the water to wash off all the dirt, clean out all the stains and refresh you inside out... allow the River of Life to flow out from within you.. this is the time and this is the hour.. Come to the Father, all who are weary, all who are downcast and He will give you rest.. He will restore and He will empower... Our Father takes care of His own... be His !!!
I was at a Conference held by the HRM of Dural, Sydney yesterday where Stacia Thompson and Elaine Perkins from IAHRM , Spokane taught...
It was good bec of the 'refreshing and fresh download' from the Lord... i always long for more of Him anyway and it is great to be in His Presence- they shared on the 'religious spirit' but what I caught was actually during a Prayer Session where Stacia led the Ozzies to declare over their nation- many rose up and 'spoke into being/ calling forth' the purposes of God for the nation and it was really great bec you can see that it is the Spirit of the Lord directing each declaration and it shall come to pass..
Another thing that i brought back to Newcastle is what has been proclaimed and declared ieour ( the parents') ceiling will be our children's floor- the platform raised for them to step on and beyond...
there was a teenager whom the Lord has used to prophesy and crying out she said.....
....everything that can be shaken will be shaken, there is only ONE foundation- the one founded upon the Rock...there is a deep passion, an urgent need placed within each youth- something they can't contain.. something they can't hold back... it has to be released, it has to be called forth- if we ( the church, the parents) do not release them, they will turn, they will turn to drugs, to alcohol, to sex , to anything that is a counterfeit...to destructions
she cried out- ....release and freedom!!.. freedom to sing , freedom to dance, freedom to be what the Lord has meant us to be...there is a SOUND from within- it has to be released...the Sound of the New Generation, the sound of the rising up of the new generation of the Army of God who will take the world for Him... FREEDOM TO RELEASE THE SOUND...
this generation do not want to embrace religion- they want JESUS- don't judge the way they are, they are meant...- don't give them the 'container that store Jesus (according to our perspective, according to what we know or think how it should be done)- GIVE THEM JESUS...!!!.. Let them go all out for Jesus , not the container....
Release the next generation of Joshua and Caleb into their destinies... they know that there are giants but they see beyond- they see the milk and they will eat of the honey- courageous and bold...they see the Lord of Hosts who goes before them.. they go out in victory....
we as parents, as elders - bless them , release them into the freedom to fulfill their destinies in Christ...
as parents .... do you see.. do recognise the season and the time.....???
Beginning to really feel at home in this wonderful place- the pace is really 'relaxed' and the weather (atm) is wonderful- sunny and breezy....
all these beaches are within walking distance, spread out with its sandy beaches and also walking path that leads up to Kings' Park where you can see some breath-taking views of the ocean
so you have the Nobbys beach, where there are many para-sailing on surf boards- wow! wish I could do that....
there's this Ocean Baths- where there's an outdoor swimming pool which you can swim in only when the tide is in...
the Newcastle Beach has surfers dudes and many bathers- temperature of the water is below 20 degree in the evening- and yeah water is really salty but clear...
This is the walking path at the harbour front- the Foreshore- it reminds me a lot of the Quarry Bay near Tai koo Shing in Hong Kong.... there are some good restaurants here too... on weekend nites- you have many people partying... The Uni Hub in the City- the place where I do all these... thank God for this place- my lifeline to the outside world in terms of communications..heheehe...
some of the older buildings in the city of Newcastle main street- dating 1855.... mixture of old and new but no sky scrapers....
