He's doing a new thing...

Well hello everyone! So recently, there have been a lot of great things happening here at New Life and all over! DLA went to the Dream Centers a few weeks ago and had an awesome time connecting with the people who live there, hearing their stories, and serving them in any way they needed us. My eyes were opened to what goes on in some people's lives and it showed me how blessed I truly am and encouraged me with how much they love God no matter what they have gone through and presently dealing with. For a while now, God has been really laying it on our hearts to pray for revival and it's in progress! The Lord has been moving on the hearts of many and is revealing Himself in new ways to us. A lot of joy has been poured out in prayer meetings and the fire of God is so evident in many of our lives. There have been miracles, people slain in the spirit, and He has been filling them the Holy Spirt and giving people prophetic words, songs and also visions. God has been opening heaven here at New Life. This past weekend was the Youth Leader Prayer Summit and we had over 100 youth pastors from 18 different states with us. We had one of the most intense, most powerful prayer meetings I have ever been to last Thursday night. It was also the first meeting for the Summit. Everyone was really pressing in and going after God. One of the things that we prayed for that night was for God to burden our hearts for the lost and God did just that. I also received a vision from God that was awesome. I was looking around the room watching others worship God beacause I enjoy it and like to see what God's doing in them. As I was doing this, a spark caught my eye. It was in the center of someone's upper back which looked like one from a 4th of July sparkler, but it was brighter. Then I saw more of them on others and also on myself when I looked down. I was like, Wow! This is crazy! It was so real that I 'm pretty sure I was actually seeing this. I then looked over at David Perkins and saw a huge burst of it on his chest as he was at the microphone praying. But these sparks weren't on most. I believe God was saying the sparks will go out only to the ones who are following after Him in desperate pursuit and this spark/fire is also a new one He is igniting in us. I heard a quote that a famous revivalist said once and it really spoke to me along with this vision: "If you light yourselves on fire, the world's going to come and watch you burn." David added on that if you do this, the youth you lead will see you, get along-side you, and burn also. I'm praying that this new fire will be ignited in all of us and we will see this generation following hard after God and revival will break out everywhere; bringing many to Christ. I'm really excited about what God has been doing and can't wait for tomorrow and the next day.... and the day after that....... :]]