The Bride's Season

Last night my heart was moved, a speaker was talking of the Bride of Christ... the word spoke to me so much... I decided to go deeper into the heart of God for his feelings of the Bride in this time...

As I was worshiping this morning God spoke to me about the Bride, he showed me a picture.. it was the Bride crying for more, as Christ came to give her more she slapped him and got up and ran the other way into a scene of mass chaos! Behind Christ there was the Kingdom and he was ready to give it but, it was rejected because the bride was not ready to throw aside her earthly desires...

One thing that Jesus told me this morning is that, we can cry for Heaven to come all we want but, if we are not ready to receive what he fully wants to give us then why are we asking for it?! It's our turn to show Him that we really want him, he has already reveal His heart, its time for us to reveal ours! The things that we have longed for in the Church, are things he has wanted for longer... we stand up for a minute in a worship service going for it, and then afterward we say "that was good" and go right back to our routine... Jesus is calling the Bride into a place of radical pursuit!
He wants to be longed for, just has much as we want to be longed for...
We must lock gazes with the one with eyes of fire, soon as we see those excited eyes, their will be nothing that we desire more than to gaze into them daily!

I felt I was suppose to share,
Kassidy

What is on My Heart Today!

To be wholely intoxicated by the beauty of his face, to be fully consumed by the fire that enters my soul! To live on the excitement in His eyes, the excitement of his eyes drives himself to do, what his father loves... to do what captures his father's heart!
When you see him with those eyes of fire, all you want to do is run! When he comes to you full of excitement, asking "Are you ready? Are you ready, to fully experience myself?" All you can say is yes, that is what it's like to be completely fascinated with Him! To know his emotions is to experience the fire, to see those eyes... to see his smile... to feel his heart.. is to be a walking FURNACE...is to know Him!

To have the knowledge of God, to know him as the creatures know Him... to love as Christ loves! To be fascinated, is the cry!

A Song to Reflect on...

So I was listening to this song today, and I was struck with humility and a fresh desire for Christ... Here is the song:

What's Happening- Part 1

So readers today in my state is the vote for the marriage amendment! I am not the age to vote yet but, I am putting my stamp by fasting and praying... for those teens that live in NC, I ask that you do the same. This is not another vote that our parents are doing because they have to but, this vote paints a picture on culture for something bigger to happen! Don't be blind to the fact that you can't do anything because you can! A prayer is actually one of the strongest ways to fight against the dark plan behind the vote NO. 

Another thing I wanted to talk about is something that I have noticed... the three most importance  issues that are arising right now, abortion, homosexuality, and environmentalism all have something in common.. they all are about stunting life... abortion kills us off, homosexuality you can't even have children, environmentalism thinks we should have less maybe even none. The Devil is killing us through our own stupidity!

These things are not for the benefit of us but, the destruction of us! Now I am against all of these.. but the world is rising to meet all three of these. This is the Devil's rising hour of fame... don't be deceived we are at a dangerous hour of History.

A couple months God gave me a dream and honestly I was afraid to share it because it was hard message for myself, much less sharing it with others. I'll have to go back through my journals to find the verse reference but, the dream was about us Christians sleeping and God said to me when I woke from the dream was, "My people must wake, and step out! Its time! I'm sounding an alarm and they must respond!"

Friends, as hard as it is... we have to do this!

(I'll post the dream in part 2)

Jesus You Are Beautiful!

  


I know you are bringing forth a song from my heart
It's the song of an un-offended bride

When I cannot feel Your Presence
When the darkness closes in around me
You are bringing forth the song from my heart
It's the song of an un-offended bride

Jesus You're beautiful

I know that Your eyes are like flames of fire
I know that Your head is white as wool
I know that Your voice, it sounds like waters
Jesus, You're beautiful

When I feel the song's a thousand miles away
And I cannot hear your voice speaking
I just say Jesus You're beautiful

From the 2011 IHOPU Fascinate High School Conference
Kansas City Convention Center, July 15, 2011

Releasing Your Strength...

So I've finished the book "Captivating" and now I'm reading it again....
God has taught me so much! And slowly but, surely, I'm letting go and becoming the person I'm meant to be... this adventure is starting out so promising.

Here I'll share some breakthrough moments:

- Been praying for more training in Worship and just places where I can really grow in that area, and last night I go to Concord- IHOP.... and there wasn't many people, so they offered me a place to sing. It was a divine appointment!

-Spoke up at a leadership meeting.

-Just let myself be me, at a leadership fellowship night, and I had the best time being me in a long time!

-Expressing my interest more often in Worship, and messages at Churches, etc. The responds from Christ is just so encouraging!

And so much more....

I'm beginning to see the things I've hidden not only expressed because of the courage I've been given lately, but excepted. I'm stunned at the path ahead, and to think that this journey is beginning! God continues to speak more promises, and words to me and to think I was going to give all this up, for the fame of the world... a couple years back! Go ahead call me, silly! I know I was....

UGH! If only I could open up my heart for all of you, so you can see the road ahead... and how you really can have a "Captivating" lifestyle if you let go and hold on to the hand of Christ!

Romance

Romance is not something that you have to wait for, its something that happens each day. It comes to you! You might be sitting in your room and there a voice whispers, "I love you, love!" For the romance I'm explaining comes from someone we all know very well.
Christ.
Jesus Christ.

For us woman we are all keeping our eye out for a romance, some of us practically drink of it! We are made for it but, often that place where romance is yelling is only kept alive... if we haven't tried to smuggle it... by shallow novels or music, or sadly sort term relationships. Sadly because of the curse these needs are not often met but, there is one who sees and in His quiet, mysterious, way he romances us all day long.
We often don't see the lengths that this man goes through to give us gifts which we often pass by...
Or words he speaks to us but, we don't even hear.

We are blind to the fact that Christ wants to romance us! Sit with us, tell us sweet things, show us and tell us secrets of things in us or around us. There is a fascinating relationship ready to take place if we open our eyes to see... what could really be with Christ. The picture below is one that makes me think of Him, after I'm done you will probably begin to see the love story that this man has with you through out your life.. and how there is a picture of this love in many different things...

When Gilbert comes back, (Sigh... one of my favorite movies!) the scene is intense when across the crowd they see each other, Anne and Gilbert. They've been parted for so long. Why this scene gets to me? Simple. Christ is continually at war and so are we, helping nurse those along the way...its hard sometimes going through all of that and missing each other some how in miscommunication or situations. He always comes through, and through the pain and suffering you meet Him again. And this picture is what comes to mind! When you open your eyes to this relationship, you go deeper... and learn so much, in ways never thought possible. Plus, the freedom!

Its everlasting, invigorating! A song to help inspire all of you!

Lovesick...

love·sick:  Adjective: In love, or missing the person one loves, so much that one is unable to act normally


Today I am so lovesick, its serious! As I began to do the dishes I began to have a conversation with Christ. 


"I am so lovesick, its... I hate to say it but ridiculous." (Me) 


"If you think that little bit that your experiencing is ridiculous, then imagine what I feel! And  I can't even express my love-sickness as I desire, because my people reject me and some don't even know who I am!" (Christ) 

I could feel and hear the frustration, and the passion He has for His Bride! I thought about what He said, and I suddenly felt His emotions...Imagine being SO in love with a person that you die for them and come back but, their so confused, hurt, abused, by the very guy who killed you... that they don't know how to love you anymore! Or rather... He has lied to them for so long that they don't even know who you are! 


I would die, if the people I love didn't know how to love me, or didn't even remember my name! Christ loves us SO MUCH... I am even more lovesick... and I so wish and pray that all us will get this...that HE LOVES US! He loves His people, even the ones who don't know Him and have ran away from His arms. 
I am now consumed with mourning for my brothers and sisters, for they do not know my Jesus like I do but, if they did.... oh how much joy, love, etc they would experience and encounter! 

(So one let Christ know how much you love and adore Him, and two simply share Christ love...not by shouting "Your going to Hell!" not by "Saying come to my Church!"... for those bring strings into relationships...there is plenty of time later when they begin to trust and know that Christ really does love them...when you can share that.  Just be there... like Christ is always there. For more people right now need the comforting, to be lead to the revelations, to be lead the teachings. ) 


Oh my... I am so lovesick right now!

A Date...

A Few words to Share~~~~~~~~~~~~

So I'm starting to plan date-mornings, date-nights with my beloved! Yes, dates with Christ...

I'm really excited, I already have some ideas. Coffee of course, and other things... You wish you knew! ;)

 

I just want to share a point fairly quick, that Jesus loves when we treat Him like a actual person. I can't stand the way we talk about Him like he isn't around He more, because He's around alright!

 

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 Anyways... Here is a verse I wanted to share.

 

Song of Solomon 2:16

My lover is mine, and I am his.

I've been doing a study on this at MikeBickle.com, it is so good! This one verse has inspired me so much... I encourage you to check it out!

A New Year.

So my birthday was a week ago, and to tell you the truth the beginning of this next year was trying and it brought many promises by the faces that filled it!

A year ago I was shy, not many friends that shared the passions that consume my heart at this moment and above all I was not as deep in the ocean of God's emotions for me as I am now!

This year coming I know is going to be very promising... God has given me words on His desire for me to enter into the worship ministry, a ministry that many people don't get the important's of, to enter into leadership positions, to enter into relationships..so much has been spoken!

One of the best things that has happened is the songs that have been birthed from these words, and encounters. There is nothing like your own song being sung as worship to Christ!

Another thing is, the passion of Christ for the up coming year is overwhelming and honestly I don't know how to handle the exciting Jesus that is meeting me often... Ugh! I cannot explain the glances, and the face that looks down on me with pleasure. I'm experiencing the first time I fell in love with Christ in these weeks, a time I had forgotten in the rush of time.

I am now looking at the ocean of His emotions ahead of me, and I am getting ready to swim, to dive, to drown and to swim the miles to go to the island of Paradise that is hidden in my heart for one.

I challenge the rest of you to ask Christ to come and remind you of the first time you fell in love with Him, and to swim in His ocean of emotions! There is truly nothing like it... I pray that the Spirit of David will rise in your soul and you will be consumed with the fire of His heart!

Video- Dan Mohler

SO GOOD! Had to share!!!

An Interesting Conversation!

As some of you know, I go to IHOP (International. House. Of. Prayer.) and being a part of IHOP I've been tested and told things about it. Like its a "cult"- "Julie Meyer is a false prophet" and so forth. Now I know some of you don't believe in some of the things of the Spirit but, here is a conversation I wanted to share.
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Hey!
I might be going to IHOP's (International House of Prayer) high school conference FASCINATE this summer, and I was just wondering if any rebelutionaries were going?

I was thinking of turning the trip to the conference into a ministry idea and car pooling from Orlando Florida, with some high schoolers that would like to go and with chaperons of course, to Kansas City for the conference ... but that is still up in the air at this point.

If you don't know what IHOP is, here is a link: http://www.ihop.org/ (IHOP is awesome, by the way.) 
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Kassie,

I felt that I should post this - while I sincerely hope I do not offend you, I must defend the gospel.

Please watch this video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgXb7yIlDNc

I know the content of what Mr. Friel says in the video is true! This is not a movement that we as Rebelutionaries should be involved in! I would beg anyone reading this, please do not attend an International House of Prayer meeting! While prayer is wonderful, the teachings in this movement are unbiblical. 
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 This is me...

I watched the video. I've heard this for awhile, and I have done my research but, I was wondering how it is unbiblical?
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The other girl... Kassie Burke wrote:

I watched the video. I've heard this for awhile, and I have done my research but, I was wondering how it is unbiblical?

The IHOP movement is unbiblical in many ways, one of those ways being their worship serivces. In the worship serivces there is a lot of repetition, which is part of the new-age mysticism movement. In one video I watched of an IHOP meeting the people there repeated one line in a song for two hours, in another instance I heard of a young man was told by an IHOP leader to repeat a scripture over and over for 2 hours - or until he "recieved Revelation from God". Nowhere in the Bible does it tell us to act this way.
There have been many, many reports of young people leaving an IHOP conference and not remembering what they had just seen because they felt they were in a "state of hypnosis". This is caused by repetitive, hypnotic sounds which can induce trance-like states by focusing the brain’s attention on a minimal set of sensory inputs.
Just because the words to the songs are about Jesus does not mean that they are okay! (See 1 Peter 5:8, 1 Corinthians 14:15 and Galatians 5:22-23)

Another instance is the common "jerking, twitching, and lack of sanity" that comes over many of the IHOP leaders as they pray. This was the description one young lady shared when she came back from an IHOP conference. We know that a lack of sanity or being unable to control ourselves is not of God! The Bible tells us in many passages that God commands us to be sober, and the dictionary tells us that definition of that word is not only free from alochol and drugs, but also being self-restrained and rational.

One girl emailed me and asked (as response to my previous post) "How can prayer be "wonderful" and right when the teaching is wrong?"
The answer to this is that when a man tells us how we must pray then it is unbiblical.

A young woman (we'll call her Alice) graduated high school and decided to go into the IHOP ministry as an intern, little did she know what she was getting into. She spent several months living at the IHOP "ministry" to learn under the leaders. She recalls spending hours and hours in the prayer room, yet for the entire time she was there she never once talked to God from her heart. While she was in the prayer room she was required to pray certain prayers (There's Catholocism mixed into this movement too) and fill out worksheets. They were requred to stay in the prayer room for 2 hours - no exceptions for any reason. She said there were leaders who always stood like guards blocking the door preventing any of the interns from leaving. There were many mentally damaging things that happened to this young lady, when she left she had expected to be on fire for God and rejoicing in Him. Instead she left in a state of serious depression and the only thing she wanted to do was warn others of the extreme danger of this movement.


I could go on - but I think I've provided enough evidence that this movement is unbiblical. So, I hope someone who reads this can agree with me that the only "IHOP" we should be attending is the International House Of Pancakes. 
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 A friend to help...

________, I am guessing that Kassie has talked to her parents, and they've probably decided that this is okay. There is different denominations in the church of God...Baptist, Protestant, Presbyterian, Assemblies of God, Carasmatic, and so forth. This could be jsut another denomination. My church does no do that long of worship liek that, BUT we do have worship sometimes where there are repeated lines....it's a crying plea, or a uplifting praise. The jerking and twisting are manifestations of the Holy Spirit, kind of like praying in tongues. I'm not exactly sure what your church believes on this, but I think that there are definate physical characteriscs that happen, like the jerking and twisting.

I'm not saying any of this confrontationally, but you need to make sure that you go on all grounds before you tell someone that something is evil!

If you have any questions, I'm not an expert but I'm able to answer some. PM ME!!!
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The other girl's reply....

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The jerking and twisting are manifestations of the Holy Spirit, kind of like praying in tongues. I'm not exactly sure what your church believes on this, but I think that there are definate physical characteriscs that happen, like the jerking and twisting.

Britt, I'm really not trying to be confrontational, but I'm just wondering why you think that jerking and twisting are signs of the Holy Spirit? As far as I can see in the Bible when people are unable to control their bodies it is caused demon possession, not the Holy Spirit. The Bible calls us to be sober. 
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MY REPLY... 


All I say is this... on the day of Pentecost what do you believe happened? Because a lot more crazy things happened there then anything that has happened at IHOP. I know lots of people personaly that have gone to IHOP and I've seen them before they've gone, and when they came back. And they were more on fire when they came back... then when they went! I've seen the fruits of this "movement". God does call us to be self controlled to a extent but, when David danced for God and all his clothes fell off. God did not rebuke Him but, rebuke His wife! The holy spirit is apart of God, you cannot control God! John the baptist said in Mattew:


"I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. Matthew 3:11

IN Acts Jesus says:

4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized with[a] water, but in a few days you will be baptized with[b] the Holy Spirit.” Acts 1:4-5


You can't shake fire off. The only way to get it off is by putting it out... but if you put fire out, then its out! God comes as a flame and that is simply what the spirit is and I don't want that flame to go out because if it does you will lose it!
When God said for us to be sober he meant for us to not get so (overly) zealous for God that we start slashing peoples ears off, like Peter. Or yell at them to become Christians... A lot of the time we get overly zealous, frustrated, legalistic, etc. with people. So Him wanting us to be sober, is really a warning for us to not push people around or make them feel guilty so they will except Christ! He was not warning us against His spirit! ~~~~~~~~~~~ 


Now everyone before you point fingers here, I been on both sides so.... 


Just thought I would share... Kassie

Raging Storm

Rains crash,
Storms yell at me,
I can feel the winds whip my skirt and my hair.
Everything around me is suddenly falling apart,
I have a million reasons to look a round but,
I don't!

My gaze is set on one,
My hope is in Him,
He is my joy and my resting place.
I can hear the screams of my flesh,
Saying look there and there!
I ignore and press forward,
Looking towards the peak,
The sun I see behind the clouds peering down at me.

In the myst of the storm,
 Our gaze met and His eyes kept me going.
His hand out to me,
Thats all I see,
I feel is Him.
I run to meet Him,
He does to me!
He has set me as a warrior,
His warrior to fight for His love,
 And the freedom of all people!

Pressing forward is,
 Learning to ignore everything and focused on one.
The tornadoes turns coming closer to me,
I see hurricanes coming but,
Continue to focus on the one light,
The light I can see,
 And almost fully feeling with every step.

I am not scared,
 For my Groom has taught me the signs,
I remember.
He whispers, "Remember my teachings."
The tornado is at my side,
The hurricanes at the other,
Rain pounding and snow coming.
Death is near,
I know.

The worlds are finally aligning,
The tornadoes colliding with the Earth.
Wind against the flesh of the Earth.
Spirit colliding with my flesh!
The rain I say thanks for it is Grace,
For I am soaked in it!

The tornado takes me up,
And so does the hurricane.
I am now in God's grip,
I am not afraid of death,
 For I already see His face.
There at the top I see the son,
 And then I enter the presence.
But wait I am not dead, I am alive.

Entering God's presence is like a tornato,
Loud  and uncomterble.
Scary and soul searching,
Full of all fruits,
A feast full of dealious foods!
Keep sight on the Son,
He is at the top of everywhere,
He is everywhere!
Raging is the wonderful storm,
 Of His presence!

The Bride

People twirling in circles,
Beating feet on the ground,
Passion flowing through their hands,
A song being chanted of deep love,
It takes me deeper.
Dancing is passion and rest.

Swaying fabric of White,
Gold and,
burgande.
Tasels and jewels are shown,

The colors,
Jewels show,
The riches of the King of kings!

Bare feet for reverence!
Lush hair,
Healthy skin of cream!
Beauty pure,
Clean.
The wealth the beauty and wonder of her soul,
The want of being pursued by the Lord of lords!

She is His Bride,
He is her Prize!
Forever passionetely dancing,
The Kingdom is dancing!

Another vision... I had.

Jesus the dying Lover

One step a step towards freedom,
A crown of thorns, they mock me.
The lover you know as your own,
Killed for all the things you try to hide

Blood drops to the ground,
It echos in my ears,
As I take another step towards tribulation.

On His face was pain,
On His face was mourning.
The very tears mocked me,
Me remembering all the times I have pushed Him aside,
All the times I've let go to temptation.

Each slash on His back,

Wrote a story,
Each one He beared for a person,
A people.
I can only imagine the torment He felt!

He did this for me!
Thoughts beat at Me,
"Its all your fault!"
"If it wasn't for you,
He wouldn't have to do that."
Then He takes those thoughts in His Hands,
Crushes them,
And the words flow from His lips "IT is finished!"

He yells "No longer Satan will you torcher MY Bride,
Because she is mine!"
He smiles down into my face,
For when I collapsed out of weariness,
Out of pain
He was there to catch me in His arms!
All this for Love,
How much better can it get?
He whispers "Better still."

Now we stand hand in hand but,
I still look back at that day,
To remember the most beautiful love story that ever took place,
All for me, and you.
He loves US!

A Dance!

The grass kisses my bare feet,
So do the wild flowers that grow near and far.
I was called to this place,
By a voice like the wind.

His voice was fair and gentle,
His smile joyous with radiant awe!
I cannot explain the twinkle in His eye or
The youth in His step,
All I know,
 Is that it was my lover,
 Calling me with a voice like thunder,
And sweet tempered heavenly speech.

"Come away with me",
He said enchantingly.
"Draw me away.",
I replied, entranced by His Spirit.

The tune was rapturous,
We danced playfully in the mid- day breeze,
Where His creation sung with Thee!
He took me in His arms,
The melody slow,
I closed my eyes and breathed deeply,
I could feel His heart singing over me!

I looked into His eyes and they glemed,
"He loves me" I thought.
He smiled, I smiled in return.
Our steps took us around the fire,
And our thoughts were passionately alluring.
The steps became faster,
Our song louder.
We were dancing for His Kingdom,
For each other.

We came into each other grasp,
And as we collided,
So did our hearts!
Thats when He whispered
"Dance with Me,
Into eterity!"

Kassidy R. M. Burke


This was was a vision I had of Me with Jesus. :)