God's Desire

Children,

It is My desire to be with you in every moment in every circumstance and situation. That you would look at Me and to Me. That you would inquire of Me.

Ask Me about anything! My intentions toward you are entirely honorable and full of love and grace. Peace dwells at My right hand.

I would never use or abuse you. You can find rest in Me. You can surrender. You can trust Me. You can let go.

You only catch glimpses now and it warms you on the inside but there is so much more! Continual communion with Me. Life and peace. Hope that is never deferred only fulfilled.

From a meeting in Olympia, WA

The Lakeland Revival is the Northwest's "Cookie"

Have you ever offered a child a cookie for behaving as you want them to? A friend of mine was pregnant, and she had passed the baby's "due date" by several days. She wanted the baby born, so she offered him a cookie. She held up a cookie, and declared to the baby, "If you come out, you can have this cookie!"

Recently, I was reflecting on the Lakeland revival. We've prayed for years for revival in the Northwest, and there have been many prophetic words about revival starting in the Northwest and spreading to the nations. "So why is the revival in the opposite corner, in Florida, and not here in the Northwest?"

God brought that story back to my mind. It seemed like He was saying, "Lakeland is the Northwest's cookie." And as He spoke that, I knew that He was saying, "If you come out, you can have this revival!" If we come out of our comfort zone, if we get outside of the box, if we risk, He will pour out revival on our region as well.

(I understood that He wanted revival in the Northwest – more than I did, in fact. (I am not saying that Lakeland was second choice; only that He's in favor of revival here.)

Sue McLain, Olympia, WA
May 25, 2008