I wonder, "Why can't we get over these emotions inside?

It's come to ad nauseum

and sometimes just makes me want to roll my eyes."

Why can't we just put it behind,

and why can't we just realize

that time is truly ticking by

and we don't have time to sit around and sigh,

we don't have time to think and cling,

we don't have time to even sing

these repetitive songs of life's usual beat,

it's time to change the path of the way you think

and shift into the unknown

to stir his voice aloud and make it be known.

To focus on only the priorities set before you

and not on the situations passing around you.

There's an inner place that's calling your name

and it's time to make it your life like the flame.

Music.

Music really is a very influential thing. There are so many words, types, genres, sounds, and words you can put into music. You can paint a picture in your mind without a word. It captivates us in so many ways... and an interesting thing is that you can never really find a person in the world that just absolutely despises music. God created music so that we would have another beautiful way to fellowship with him and worship him.

Even nowadays a lot of people who are out there looking for their identity can relate to some of the music that's out. (Apparently you don't have to do anything to be a celebrity now, because all people are looking for is an image, not beautiful, passionate literary and musical work. Look at Beethoven and then look at Lil' Wayne. Who was more popular, but who was more passionate about their work?)
Most music should have passion, but there are a lot of writers and artists who have no passion whatsoever or sharing their heart and words with the world. Those are fake artists that are there for an image. If there isn't passion in the music or the lyrics, it could because people focus on the surface of life and block out truth because if they go beneath the surface they're afraid they'll get hurt. It's why people get high, too... It's an identity crisis.

I remember before I became more passionate about Jesus how I would search and search for music filled with lyrics I could take hold of and connect with. A lot of the lyrics and songs by the band Linkin Park were very very captivating to me, because what they said and sang about I could connect to, and can occasionally still find myself connecting to many of their lyrics and other secular bands. Many people stereotype this, especially Christians, but there isn't anything WRONG with secular music, and it does not under circumstances mean you're less of a Christian than someone who doesn't listen to it. It may not benefit spiritual growth and if you listen to and feed yourself with the wrong thing then it could actually put you off track, but prioritizing the eternal is definitely a must and as long as we're doing that and not stumbling off course then we're okay.

The way we connect to lyrics of the music we hear is a natural thing because this almost coincides with things of the spirit- how we connect in prayer and how when we're all in a room on one accord singing and worshiping God- a connection. We were MADE to flow.

And God is raising up the musicians in our generation to sing with a passion eternity's song.
:)

I wrote this a while ago... I think it was a few months ago but I'm not exactly sure because I just found it in my office documents. It really opened my eyes for a moment there.





"We run and grow weary. We begin to thirst and we are dry. We become so dry and tread upon this path rather than run. We slow and almost stop. We contemplate whether to turn or not because we are thirsty. But what we don't seem to realize is that God supplies the water and the thirst, so we MUST keep moving! We won't get jack by turning around. We won't get water from each other. We won't gain hunger or thirst by keeping our mind on the wrong things, the wrong people and the low places.

We get our rivers of living water and our food from God himself! From Jesus and his presence!

Passion and Hunger go hand in hand. If we are hungry, our passion to fulfill that hunger pushes us forward in the body of Christ and as individuals.

That place- that high place is where we can come and drink and be satisfied in the presence of God. That high places comes in being in perfect communion with the father and in the deep place of intercession. We're not going to get that by scraping the surfaces. We're not going to get that by worrying or feeling concerned about other things- THIS is what we press into.

One reason I started cutting things off of my life (pruning I suppose) or taking different turns with things was because I realized that it pulled me in several directions and I became confused and burdened and forgetful of the things of that higher place. I began worrying about outer circumstances and other things because it was what constantly surrounded me and pulled me. I had to cast off every sin and weight that ensnared me so that I could run and that's what I will do. I'm not getting caught up in mess. No one should- we NEED to get caught up in the higher place!

Mrs. Blonda always says to me, “It's an easy place. It doesn't have to be hard. That high place is an easy place- everything becomes light.”
I always wondered what she meant, but it's true I realize now. This race and path doesn't have to be hard. WE make it hard. Us giving into temptation makes it hard- of course the devil will always throw things at us and that makes it hard, but we choose what we focus on. If we choose to stare at someone else over on the other path then guess who's getting thrown off? Not them. We keep our heads straight and our eyes forward on Jesus, the prize! We hit those gushers and waters in prayer and we take them and run- that's what rejuvenates us, that place and his presence. That is the place we are satisfied and without it we will die. We feel dead and we feel drained.


If you grow weary and burdened, you ascend into the hill of the most high and you drink of his waters- you will surely be rejuvenated and ready to run some more. God is NOT finished with us yet.
If we look at it from a low place then it's going to look impossible. But is ANYTHING impossible for God? Is anything impossible for you when you have the Lord God Almighty at your side? He will take you into that place with him- you must hear the sound, and you must cast off any weight and sin and distraction. It MUST be cast away from you in order for you to ascend with him! Give that burden to him and let him take you up to that place!

Run your race and run it with passion!!!"




This is so awesome for the moment- more things about the rivers of living water have been stirred up in prayer. All I can say is that it's time for the flowing of the rivers and the pouring of the rain. :)

Crazy Love

"We're the ones who believe in the things unseen
This home, this body is the in-between.
We're the ones who fight down on our knees,
who dare to love our enemies
Love enemies...

They say it sounds insane,
We say that we've been changed
by the power of
crazy love.
This world, it looks at us
like we're ridiculous
Baby, it's all because
of crazy love


We're the ones gonna put it all in reveres
Gonna die to ourselves,
gonna live to serve
'Cause when ya get what ya get when you walk by faith,
is it really so dumb to give it all away?
Give it all away

They say it sounds insane
we say that we've been changed
by the power of
crazy love
This world, it looks at us
like we're ridiculous
Baby, it's all because of
crazy love


We know it sounds absurd,
we don't get what we deserve...
It's by grace
we are saved.

They say it sounds insane
We say that we've been changed
by the power of
crazy love

This world, it looks at us
like we're ridiculous
Baby, it's all because of
crazy love

Crazy Love
Crazy Love

We're the ones who believe in the things unseen
This home, this body is the in-between

We're the ones who fight down on our knees, who dare to love our enemies

We're the ones gonna put it all in reverse
Gonna die to ourselves, gonna live to serve."

Crazy Love by Hawk Nelson.

The story of my life. :)

The aspect I had of the entire Easter Holiday when I was little was so vague.





When I was little, Easter meant that Jesus died on the cross so that we could live forever in heaven with him. It meant that we could be with our families and eat dinner together. It meant that I could go on easter egg hunts with a bunch of other kids and it was a time of festivity and celebration.

Later on, Easter just became an excuse for the family to go to church since we never went any other time. The true meaning of what Easter represented dulled on me. I understood what it meant and I loved Jesus so much, but I felt that that had become to simple to me and I had no true revelation whatsoever of what happened on that cross between Jesus and I, and Jesus and his people.





But the truth was that 2,000 years ago he really did walk the earth.

He was different from everyone else and he knew God had sent him to minister his word to the people that walked this earth.

He knew he had to endure the pain and suffering of NOT ONLY being different, which brought on taunts, mocking, laughing, being chased and persecuted because he did what God had commanded him to do, BUT he had to be stripped and literally beaten to death and tortured, then hung up on an old wooden cross by nails driven through his hands (which is how they punished prisoners back then), suffering while everyone laughed at him and mocked him a little more, and DYING for the people that were TORTURING HIM!

The people were so IGNORANT to what God was doing that they had no clue that because of what was happening, it was access for them to live for eternity in heaven if they accepted Jesus as their lord and the one who redeemed them from an eternity in hell.



HELLO, is anyone listening?



WE HAVE FREE ACCESS TO AN ETERNITY IN HEAVEN!!!



And it's sad people still remain so prideful and arrogant that they claim "I don't need Jesus." or "It's all a lie a myth."

Only because they could never fathom a love so deep.

But yes, friend. I'm telling you this because I love and care about you, whoever you may be.

Someone did love you so much that they suffered for you.

They want to build and loving relationship with you.

...And you mean the world to them.







God really loves us...

He really does.

And after knowing what he did, there isn't even an excuse why we can't love one another now and live the life he walked.

It was hard for him, but he never gave up and he kept moving.

When he died, it wasn't like the normal blood of someone who was a Christian being shed or just some physical thing where everyone was like was like "Oh, a sacrifice to God!!! Let us kill someone and throw their blood all over the place so we can be free!!!"



Jesus was an earthly representation of how much God loved us; he was God sent in the flesh. Representing how much he loved us. That he sent his only son to die for the sake of us so we could have a relationship with him...



We have access to so many things in God... and even though it's frustrating hearing what those people did to Jesus, I remember that it was all for the sake of us and I really love him for doing it. Because Jesus died, I have a personal, loving relationship with the God of this universe and an ETERNITY to live for him and supplicate with him.

Because God sent his only son to suffer for my eternity in heaven, I can understand what the things of the spirit are. I know who God is because the debt Jesus paid for me.



And I couldn't be anymore thankful than that.

Mentioned- Living a Wilderness Lifestyle

I've been hearing so much lately- between Wes Hall at Onething, the Misty Edwards' Isaiah 40 mp3 sermon I downloaded, Damon Thompson and just all over the place, about John the Baptist and his wilderness lifestyle.
The man gave up EVERYTHING for God. I mean he had absolutely nothing. Him and Elijah, I believe. They were living a wilderness lifestyle- and in that time, they were in this place where they detached themselves from most temporal things and bonded strongly with the eternal.
What is temporal is lost, but what is eternal is eternal.
Misty Edwards said that even peoples' opinions of us aren't eternal- it was a good point and it's so true.
"Oh, this person and that person are so cool and this group of people is lame! Blahblahlausahoffjf."
HELLO. It doesn't even LAST!!!

I mean I'm gonna be honest, I've had times where I've gotten SO caught up with temporal things or the current situation...
but then there's that time where I remind myself it just dawns on me again...

that Life is but a vapor.

Just a vapor.
Here one moment,
gone the next.

So while we're here, we live for the eternal and make it be known.
We become a voice out there among the silent.
And be who we are.
:)




I feel like I'm going to be the next Mike Bickle at Oakland, ahahhaha... (sort of.)

Someone at some point at Oakland pioneered a way for there to be some type of group of Christian clubs, and whoever that person or group of people were are amazing pioneers of God and I'm so glad they did what they did- I admire them. They're like my heros. There's like another generation of Christian clubs bubbling up on the campus and I'm excited to be a part of it. Excited because of how many people will come to know God and how many people will get involved and making him be known.

We could start like a little IHOP at Oakland... like.... OHOP.
:D

I look up to Mike Bickle. The way him and all these people just pioneered IHOP and all these ministries came out of it.
Those people are like role models to a lot of people.

The people from Asuza Street revivals are also like role models to me. They're so wise and full of knowledge and we just want to learn because really, the learning never stops!
And Damon Thompson and Dutch Sheets and people from the Ramp and people in church like Miss Heidi and all sorts of other people in church- it's like I look up to them and their Godly characteristics because it's like they have a wilderness lifestyle and that's how I want to live. :)





Have a good day everyone :)

Love,
Hannah Adkins [[The teenage chick version of Mike Bickle at Oakland]]

Take me to that place where I can be with you.

Here I am again as I close my eyes.
It's another new place- always a new place.
It feels familiar, yet unfamiliar at the same time.
It feels like I'm called to this place of worship and prayer...
Like this is where I can fulfill God's plan for my life- in this state...
It's so different.

Onething was so different this year than last year...
so many things in prayer were different...
I'll have to admit a lot has changed since then...

I remember the words "It's all for you, here we are, here we are..." echoing throughout the room and penetrating through my heart.
I remember how thick the presence of God was in the room last night...
it was so much deeper than before...

Everything I had ever prayed about revival in my generation and awakening in my school stirred up on the inside of me again.
The love encounters I envision embracing the people I'm around everyday push me further to strive and pray for them as we spent time praying for those things.
Tht very thing is what motivates me to keep going- the movement of God in their lives and the fact that it's God's heart and desire.

No matter what may happen in anyone's life,
a love encounter with God can never replace it, nor take it.

God always keeps his promises- always.
No prayer we ever pray goes unheard or is never in vain.

As I once heard from Damon Thompson,
as radical people of God, we dare to ask ourselves the question-
"Am I more passionate for God today than I was yesterday?"

This is who we are.

The new world of eyes to see and ears to hear the things of God-
this is the time we're living in right now.



I remember having a vision one night this summer when I was praying for a friend that was going through some rough times.

In the vision, I saw that he was stepping past the open door of this threshold that he had hesitated in for so long.
And as he stepped in to this area that God was in, he lifted his hands,
and God took him by both of his hands after he lifted them
and took him up...
and up...
and up...
And it didn't stop so long as his hands held onto God's.
So long as he was in constant communion with the holy spirit.
And it was like God was taking him to a whole new level- it's like what God does with us.
Once we lift our hands to him and give him everything and let him take us and do what it takes,
he'll take us there...
you just have to have the desire.

The eyes of the blind will be open,
and ears will hear.
We're in this place of constant ascension, moving up.

And right now, the people of this time desire that place.


So many things are being shaken right now.
So many things are happening in this hour and time...
Like I said, it's coming on fast,
and it's here.

God's got so many plans ahead. :)

This is our passion- it's what we live for, and what we dream.