Whispers. Embraces. Affirmations. Comforting. Healing. Stretching. Unifying.

This is the power of the Holy Spirit at work in my life over the past few days. Since finishing Francis Chan’s book Forgotten God a few months ago, I have been longing for more and more of the One Christ promised to come. Though I’ve been a believer for years, it wasn’t until the SOAR Intern retreat this past week that God moved in a way that I’ve been searching for. Coming into this summer, I haven’t been sure if this was the right place for me or how God was going to work in my life. After this past week, though, I’ve caught a glimpse of God’s glory and how He is mighty to save…even from ourselves and our doubts and insecurities. During this retreat, we had a time of prayer for each other where we simply asked God, “How should I pray for so and so…” and then simply listen. After doing this for everyone, we had a time of sharing with each other how the Spirit had prompted us to pray.  One thing that hasn’t left me from this time was that one of the guys there had prayed that I would allow God to break out of the box I had put him into so that God could shatter the box I had put myself into…in order to live the life He had for me. … Continue Reading