The Fear of Man ...

Wow!

so I can't begin to even tell you everything that's been going on here at ihop the Lord has been doing SO much in my heart and in my life. I will be returning soon..but the Lord is so amazing I was asking the Lord to give me understanding of my spiritual name which is "Revelation" and for so long I thought well maybe I need to study the book of revelations but he revealed to me that it was the Revelation of the Father.Ever since I have been here the Lord has been showing me His heart and for the first time I feel so alive on the inside. Its not just words but its on the inside and I know that it is God. There were so many areas in my life that I had pushed under the rug for so long that the Lord wanted me to be set free from. During the service at FSM at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City the Holy Spirit has been moving like never before. People have been healed from disease that have plagued the for years and from self hatred. Allen Hood came up to the mic and he began to say that there were some people who have consciously or unconsciously been walking in the fear of man. Immediately I looked around and was about to get up to pray for someone and the Holy Spirit stopped me and said "no go get prayer" and immediately I raised my hand and the Lord showed me that walked in the Fear of Man. Its always been easy for me to minister to other people I can lead worship and even dance in front of people with so much Freedom but I was still in bondage. I could never minister to my family and the Lord showed me that. I was never able to articulate what the Lord was doing in my life and who he was to me...I was a Coward when it came to that.When they started to pray for me immediately the fear of man broke off! and I feel so free. The joy of the Lord washed over me and my heart was overwhelmed and I just felt a burden lift off of me ..For the first time I was able to talk to my mother and share the Love of God and talk about Jesus and share TRUTH and its something that I have never been able to do because of my own fear and selfishness and now God has released a boldness over me and it feels so GOOD to be free!

I LOVE THE LORD!!!

He did nothing to deserve it but ..[He found you to be worth it]

As I am sitting in the prayer room its about 2:00am and as I began to read the Crucifixion of Jesus I just began to get overwhelmed in my heart because I began to get a deeper revelation of who Jesus is. His love and compassion began to overwhelm my heart. He did nothing to deserve that kind of death but he knew that it would be worth it. He knew that their would be a Crystal or a "you" that needed Him later down the road so he endured the pain and all the suffering and took on all our sins because he found us to be "worth it". It didn't just stop there.. he took me deeper. The very people who he made disciples out of were the very same ones that betrayed Him in the end Jesus knew that they would but yet he found them to be worth it. We are so not worthy of Jesus but yet he finds us to be worth it... Every bruise on His back was for you and I. So that we could have life and have it more abundantly. He could have easily killed everyone who tried to kill Him with one word but he didn't. He endured the pain and he had you in mind as he was being beat. I mean really I just want you to take the time and picture Jesus being beat and with every whip hes saying your name "Crystal your worth it all!" this hurts but "you are worth it all!" I'm not giving in "you are worth it all!!".Many of you reading this its been a long and a painful Journey in your life but I want you to know that there is a man who took on ever bit of that pain because he found you to be worth it. With every tear you cry your worth it! He knows your hearts and your pain and there is nothing that you can encounter in this life that Jesus didn't die for. He died for every addiction so let it be broken in Jesus name! nail it to the cross right now. If this is touching your heart I pray that God would allow these words to pierce your heart so that you too can receive revelation of the cross. It was all worth it ..you are so worth it

Edge of Hell Outreach

Hi everyone,

I am extremely excited about what God is doing in my life and what he is going to do. I had the previlage this week with three other girls from my track to go on the "edge of hell outreach" with the evangelism team from IHOP. All I can really say is wow. We stood outside in the downtown innercity of Kansas City while thousands of people stood in line for the two haunted houses that were down there. People were dressed up as zombies and they had people walking around to scare you before you went in the haunted houses. There was alot of demonic activity going on that night but we were there to shine the light on darkness. The funny thing about it was that they knew who the "jesus people were". One lady came up to me and my group and was like are yoou guys with the Jesus people and we started ministering to her. It was so good. The next day me and two other girls that I went with decided to stand under the brigde between the two haunted houses and the people who walked past us really fast were not the ones we were going to talk to but the ones who slowed down to talk to us were the ones. A young coouple walks towards us and we say "hey guys how was the haunted house?" and they stopped and started telling us all about it. Our next question to them was "is it anything like you think hell would be?" they said no hell probally would be much worse with flames and stuff. We asked did they know Jesus and they both said yes that they grew up in church but kind of fell away. We asked if we could pray for them and while we were praying for them I kept hearing injury and sports. I said okay God I am not asking them that and hes like obey me so I ask if anyone of them had been injured on their left leg and the guy said yes. I then asked if he played a sport and he was like yes I played soccer how did you know? I told him well Jesus loves you so much that he showed me that about you and I told him "your heart is beating really fast right now because you are encountering Jesus and he said "yeah it is man this is creepy" His eyes started watering and he thanked us for coming to talk to them. I was so happy that I obeyed God and didn't go by my feeling of being wrong. After we finished the outreach for those two days we had a total of 60 people who gave their life to Christ. YAH JESUS!

There is no other option

I have been learning so much here at I.H.O.P in Kansas City and One of the things that God has placed on my heart is the youth in our generation. During the night hours while I am in the prayer room I spend at least an hour praying for my generation.One of the things that God revealed to me is that many in our generation have convinced themselves that they have options with God. This is what I like to call a "special case". We are truely lacking discernment and unaware of what day and time that we are living in.



So here is how these options work..



Lie#1:They dont find the bible to be interesting enough so they read it every now and then. No way.. The bible is our "basic instructions before leaving earth" thats just like saying that you are called to be an open heart surgen but never going to school to learn and just cutting open on someones heart. God has given us basic instructions in the bible to show us how to walk this walk with Christ out on earth.



Lie#2 I dont really need a prayer life ..I can just sing on the worship team,dance,Usher and come to church every Sunday and everything will be fine. Major Lie! Thats just like saying that someone is your best friend but you never take the time to get to know eachother. How can you expect to enter into the Kingdom of God but you dont know Him, you never have a conversation with Him, he does not know your thoughts or your feelings.I encourage you to examine yourself just as I have done and "say am I a stranger to God?"



There are many other lies that the enemy throws at our generation.These two things may not be it for you but I encourage you to examine these issues in your life. When you stand on Judgment day God is not going to say even though you never talked to me ..at least you came to church every Sunday..well done my good and faithful servant no, he will say depart from me I never knew you because I wanted your heart but you gave me options...

If not you then who? If not now then when?

It is time for our generation to wake up and look at what is going on around us. Constantly we see lives taken away and innocent babies dying. America is in a crisis and it will not change unless YOU do something about it. We can sit around and complain on how bad the economy is and how bad things are getting but what are we going to do about it? We give the enemy way too much power when we have authority over Him. So many in our generation [[young adults & older]] are sleeping we are so unaware of what day we our living in. We are more concerned about who is going to win the football game or who is going to win Next top Model that we forget HELLO! We are not living in TV land we are living in Reality. If you think that the enemy is not busy then you have been deceived. Many are sleeping in our generation and are totally unaware. No one knows that they have fallen asleep until they WAKE UP! It is time to wake up and be the leaders that God has called us to be. I’m sorry, if you’re waiting for President Obama to bring “change” then you will be waiting for a long time. Did you know that only 4% of teens in ministry are actually engaged in ministry? [Crazy huh?]. It use to be 94% but over the years it has decreased to 4 %. We have got to get in tune with God if we don’t it’s going to be so easy for the enemy to come and knock us right off our feet and we will be deceived. If not you then who? If not now then when?

AWAKENING!

God is redeeming what was lost to this generation. For so many years this generation has been pushed under the rug. Many were told that they would not make it, that they will never amount to anything but God said not so! ARISE beloved and prepare the way of the Lord. God is about to stretch out his hand upon this nation and a great awakening will arise. Do not fear he is pouring out his spirit upon all flesh and your sons and daughters will prophesy. Yes, prophesy to the lost souls. This nation is about to encounter what has never been seen. Behold His-Story will unfold before your eyes. It may appear as if the enemy wins this war in the world. But there is coming something greater than he. A man who overcame sin, by his blood redeemed us from the hand of the enemy. There is a call being released from the heavens. For too long we have allowed the emotions and the cares of life to distract us from the very person we were put on Earth for. God is calling us back to His heart. We were made for loving Him with all of our heart, soul, and strength. Is there anyone desperate enough to waste your life, to be tested and tried only to find Him at your feet? Today the scales fall off! Today the chains break! Today the Spirit of the living God will break into your Homes and order comes. Today God will break into the hearts and you will Encounter Him. I dare you to be hungry enough and you will taste the living God.

The [[LOVE]] of the Father

This blog is to take you on my Journey @ IHOP-KC and enlighten your eyes to the beauty of Jesus. I am doing the internship Fire In The Night. We pray during the midnight hours and stand in the gap for this nation that God would send revival.

God has really opened my eyes to His love. His love does not compare to mans love by any means. He looks beyond every flaw and meets every need according to where we are at. Gods love never changes though people around us may change with the seasons Gods love always remains the same. He desires for everyone to enjoy this love. There is a place that many churches have yet to tap into about the love of God and many churches operate out of a false love because they do not know the love of the father. God is calling the body of Christ back to his heart no longer will the church [we are the church] be able to operate in a manufactured love. This love is not something that you can create or make happen. It comes from a place of Intimacy. A place of deep desire and hunger. Gods heart is open to anyone who desires it and it not something that you have to be saved 10 years to get. Having the heart of a child is evidence of Gods love. It is pure and undefiled love. The question that God is asking this nation? is there anyone who desires to love me and not be loved by man. Many times we take the love of man and compare it to Gods love. When mans love doesn't even touch the surface of our father. He delights in you. He loves you with something everylasting. God has a purpose and a plan in this hour fo your life. Many of you reading this may say that there is something missing from your walk with Christ...or you may say that there is something that you have yet to tap into. My advice to you would be to tap into the Love of God and ther beauty of Jesus will be revealed. Give up every temporary lover and run to the Father ... His arms are wide open and hes been waiting for you .. The Lord is saying its time to run to the love of the Father and your gonna Encounter the King of Glory!