Love of the Lord

Hello to the readers of the KHOP blog!

I am so blessed to be a part of the KHOP family. KHOP genuinely is a house full of people who have a deep love for one another. We are more than just individuals coming to individually worship and individually pray. We are a family meeting with our Father and with our brothers and with our sisters together in unity with one heart and one mind.

One of the biggest burdens on my heart is to pray for the end of abortion. The Lord spoke to me in a dream Friday night 1/2/2009. I am praying that the Lord would reveal more of the meaning and what He is telling me. Here's the dream: I was driving down a four lane highway following another vehicle. (I would have called it a car, but in my dream, it was specifically a vehicle). There were other people in my vehicle with me, but I only could identify one person, Angie F. In the vehicle in front of me were some of the guys that were with our group at the Onething Conference, Travis, Seth, Seth, Joel, and Branden. They had to stop and get fuel. (I would have called it gas, but the word in the dream was fuel). As soon as I had the thought that they are going to fill up, they are already there at the gas station on the other side of the road. All of a sudden I am on the other side of the median, driving down the wrong side of this 4 lane highway trying not to lose sight of them. It was like someone else moved the truck I was driving and once I was on the other side of the median, I was given control of the vehicle again and had to figure out what to do. I turned at the light at a 4 way intersection, still driving on the wrong side of the median. I quickly pulled into a parking lot to wait for them to finish filling up their "vehicle" and also to get off the wrong side of the median. I realize that Misty Edwards is standing on a platform in the corner of this gas station where my friends are getting their "fuel". And she is prophetically singing about the end of abortion. It was a very simple song but powerful. I must've known this in my dream, but I knew that I had some cereal bags that needed to be rolled down and put back into the box because of course, cereal gets stale pretty quick... So, I take the first bag of cereal, roll down the bag, and put it in the box. I think the first cereal was Chex. I take the next box and as soon as I pick it up, I realize the name on the box. This was was very clear: LIFE cereal. So, I roll down the bag to put it back in the box and it won't go back into the box. And so I decided to pour the cereal directly into the box. So, without any hesitation, I started to pour the LIFE cereal back into the box. After pouring out about 1/3 or 1/2 of the rest of it, I realize that the cardboard LIFE box if filled almost to the top with milk and the cereal is floating around in the milk. The milk was not leaking out and the box seemed to be able to contain it just fine. My immediate reaction was to get out a spoon and eat it. Because of course cereal gets soggy just about as soon as you pour milk on it. I remember thinking in my dream, "I don't know if I can eat this much cereal. I don't even know if I'm even hungry..."

I know that God relates to us in ways that we can understand. He knows our memories and what will make sense to each person. It is possible that some of this is just my brain making up a story while I am sleeping, but I do believe that this dream is from the Lord... Maybe just intertwined with some of my memories. The Lord has shown me several things about this dream. It's not co-incidence that Misty Edwards was at a gas station. IHOP provides "fuel" in the spiritual realm for the other "vehicles"... ie. houses of prayer. Some of us need to stop and fill up our spiritual tanks with the fuel of IHOP. IHOP provides places like KHOP fuel in the spirit realm. It's like we were talking about at KHOP last night at the Voice. The body of Christ must run like a well-oiled machine. While one person is interceeding, another is prophecying, and another is ministering to someone through prayer... 1 Cor 12: 4-6 There are different kinds of gifts but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. I believe that as IHOP continually interceeds for the end of abortion, they are providing the "milk" that is necessary for the LIFE "cereal." I don't know if I can put words exactly on what the Lord is showing me, but I can see that the more the body of Christ enters the presence of the Lord, the more we will run like a well-oil machine. We don't have to be at the same house of prayer in order to run well together. If we are each doing our part, then we will run together as a well-oiled machine and it will flow smoothly.

I have been asking the Lord to give me insight into more of the abortion issue since He was so clearly speaking to me about LIFE in my dream. I spent several hours praying. I think I only got a glimpse, but the Lord let me feel how He feels every time a baby is aborted. I was so overcome with pain. It pierced me so deeply that I will never forget it. He said to me, Who are you, o Man, that you should end a life as a matter of convenience? When did you become like Me, deciding who lives or dies? After I was done crying because of he pain, the Lord spoke to me about the 50 million babies who have been aborted. He said that these are 50 million warriors. He is preparing them for His return. I had this huge wave of peace and joy washing over me as He revealed to me how the devil thinks he has just wiped these people off the planet, but God in His infinite wisdom is going to use these babies (made into warriors) to make war against the devil/Anti-christ in the end times.

This was heavy on my mind and on my heart all week. As I went into my set on Friday, I was still overcome with the need to pray for the end of abortion, still seeking the Lord to reveal more of the meaning of this dream He gave me, and just in awe of the Lord God Almighty. I still had this huge pain in my spirit, but I just keep singing and playing forth the love and mercy of the Lord. He loves us, even when we end the lives of our babies. Don't take me wrong, He must avenge innocent blood, but He so wants us to repent and turn to Him. He loves us so much. I was just overcome with the Love of the Lord and the love He has for His children. I couldn't really sing of anything else, but the love of the Lord for His children. (And of course, pray, GOD END ABORTION!)

~Blessings, Amy