The Rhythms of His Heart

 "Little girl, LIVE!" is a phrase that I heard a few weeks ago as I listened to a testimony of a woman who as a child was thrown down a well and left for dead. It was this phrase that her rescuer said as he lifted her from that place of death and darkness.  It is a phrase that beats in the heart of my Father God  for those who have been condemned to death.  It is phrase that I will never forget!   Jesus came to give eternal and full life...this was His mission and I think as He sees the girls that I have come to connect with here, He holds out His hands and constantly says "Little girl, Live!" You see, that day as I listened to this story...I thought of a the "little girl" in my world that had lost the power to live, feeling abandoned and alone, having no one...no father to love her and it was like God had spoken to my heart as I sat there with tears in my  heart & eyes and said, "Dee, pray that over her!" So I prayed.."Spirit, give Lif...

I sit across the table from a sister who ministers to girls in the sex traffic industry. I laugh with a brother who uses ball hockey or  biking as his hook to serve and point guys to Jesus. I sit with an artist who uses her gifts to reach out to girls.  I pray and eat  with sisters who mentor teens. I clap with joy as an African brother sings and prays over us. I sit in amazement as  I chat with a director of a group home or a leader in their community & then I breathe and say "God, this IS my family...I am part of something a whole lot bigger than just YOUR work in Portage...I am a Daughter of A King who wants the whole world to come to Him.   My week of SI (Summer Institute) in Ontario was a HUGE encouragement to me and it is hard to put into words all that I learned/am learning and saw that week, but here it is in a nutshell: We are called to Build Together. One of the most powerful moments during my week at SI was the concert of prayer that we ha...