You won't relent

God just keeps laying on the foundation, and all I can do is continue to bask in this overwhelming state He's pulling me into. I must continually remind myself to let God have full control over EVERYTHING in my life. That, as a human, can be difficult. We like to pick and choose what to let God take the reins on, and by default that causes us to be lukewarm and within that breeds trust issues. Yikesss.

Ahh, many tell me that the road will get heavy and hard; I am well aware of that! I've experienced trials since birth, so I know there will be many-a-road-block to test if I will stumble and falter. I am human, I will make mistakes. I am not perfect, GOD is. Lord knows I've messed wayyy too much for an 18 year old.
... But you know what's sooooo awesome?
His redeeming love.
God gives us each a suh-weet brand new day; a clean slate, if you will. We must be on the go to conquer and fulfill what each day has in store for us, as it will in turn fulfill our purpose. If we dwell too much in the past or future, we are just being lame and not progressing spiritually. SO CARPE DIEM, MAN.

Lamentations 3:21-25, brahh (my favorite verse ever... it gets me through each day, lemme tell ya).

²¹ This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have hope.

²² Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
²³ They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
²⁴ “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I hope in Him!”

²⁵ The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.

Lord,
I am so thankful for Your abundant blessings that are here and are forthcoming. You are so amazing and wonderful, and I know You're here with me allll the way. Father, thank You for giving us a clean slate each and every day! I hope I can do You honor by seizing every opportunity given daily so that I may advance in my relationship with you. Continue being the fire inside of me, flaming upon my heart with such fierce love and grace and mercy; it's more than I should ever, ever deserve. I am incredibly grateful for the change in my life, and I do not want You to relent Your Holy Spirit stirring within me. I love you forevermore, Father!!!

Love,
Your daughter

Note: All passages are thanks to Bible Gateway! The image is something I made for this post! :)

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I am just so incredibly excited for what this week has in store!!! You have no idea!! Revival is around the corner, and it is about to storm this conference hard. 

it's officially 1 a.m.

and I cannot even attempt to sleep!
Here I am in my room praising and worshiping with some Jesus Culture music and praying and exalting my wonderfully beautiful Father!

I am too excited for this week and what God has got in store for Peace Church and our guests for the ACN 2012 conference!
The Holy Spirit is just stirring up some intense anticipation and joy within me, and I feel like running down this dull neighborhood, shouting out for the foundation He has given me and my family/my church family.

HALLELUJAHAHHHhhhhHHHhhhHHHHHHHhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gosh, I have no other choice but to continue to follow this crazy awesome drive to worship and pray into the next day ...because why stop now?

Why stop the Holy Spirit from intervening in your life? It may seem "inconvenient" to us mortal beings, but the Holy Spirit has no respect for timing (especially OUR timing). Who are we to say what we're doing right now is more important or significant than God's movement?!

So, it's one a.m. and I do not have any intention whatsoever of resting my head on my pillow just yet.

A W E S O M E

Lord,
Just continue pulling me into Your arms even tighter, allowing my relationship to go even deeper!
I know and can feel the blessings and annointings and saved souls and words from You for this coming week at the ACN already, and so I will continue to shout with the voice of triumph rather than weep any sorrows.
My love for You is so immense, and I can never go back to who I once was because I am FREE. My family is FREE.
My friends and church family are FREE. My generation is FREE. Any bondage or chains of the past are BROKEN and lives will be transformed.
Help me to keep this keen focus I have right this very moment throughout the rest of my life from this day forth.

Love your eternally grateful daughter,
Lauren Rose

a fresh start

I've been a "blogger" since 2008.
I've been me since one month ago.

God is doing sooo much in my life right now, that I can barely keep up with Him (and that's a-okay since it's not my life... it's HIS, and I have to learn to let HIM take control!). A few days ago I was scrolling through the few silly, trivial blogs I manage here and on Tumblr, and I realized how lame I was and how what I was posting wasn't for His kingdom but for my own selfish mumblings and fandom obsessions and weird narcissistic photos.
It was sickening!
So, yesterday I purged and cleansed this blog and deactivated my Tumblr account. I got rid of my Facebook, too, as I allowed it (and especially Tumblr) to replace my time with God.
I realized that I could be using my blogging powers for good, instead of the trivially trite filler stuff that wasn't helping me grow spiritually.

Lord,
Help me to share Your awesome love and grace and mercy to those who come across this meager blog. Thank you for Your continual blessings, and for helping me to keep this blog holy and righteous and not full of things that would lead my fellow brothers & sisters in Christ astray.
I love You!!!!







If you are still reading this post, I want to welcome you to this little writing home. I hope you enjoy your stay (even though it's a bit bare at the moment!), and come back and see me!

Have a wonderfully blessed day!
Lauren Rose