send.I.you

So send I you to labor unrewarded,
To serve unpaided, unloved, unsought, unknown,
To bear rebuke, to suffer scorn and scoffing-
So send I you to toil for me alone.

So send I you to bind the bruised and broken,
O'er wand'ring souls to work, to weep, to wake,
To bear the burdens of a world aweary-
So send I you to suffer for My sake.

So send I you to loneliness and longing,
With heart ahung'ring for the loved and known,
Forsaking home and kindred, friend and dear one-
So send I you to know My love alone.

So send I you to leave your life's ambition,
To die to dear desire, self-will resign,
To labor long, and love where men revile you-
So send I you to love your life in Mine.

So send I you to hearts made hard by hatred,
To eyes made blind because they will not see,
To spend, tho' it be blood, to spend and spare not-
So send I you to taste of Calvary.

.how.big.is.your.God.

This is from my daily devotional, & I loved it so I just wanted to share:

“If you ask anything in my name, I will do it” (John 14:14). We show the measure of our Christ by what we ask in his name. We are told to ask largely and to expect great things. We show forth the greatness of Christ by the greatness of our supplications. We have so little of Christ because we ask so
little.

We limit our supplications to material things. True, we are to make our needs known. But to ask only for food and shelter is to diminish our vision of his greatness.

The kingdom of God is “joy, peace in the Holy Ghost!” We serve a triumphant Christ—and we are called to share in the triumph. Do you have joy, peace in the Holy Ghost? Do you go to his throne, asking for joy and peace? Do you ask the Father “in the name of Jesus”?

Christ did not triumph for himself. He did so for you and me. So we get the benefit from it. Do you ask for more of Christ’s likeness? Do you ask in faith, in Jesus’ name, for the promised rest in Hebrews?

God is waiting for and desiring greater requests. Asking “in Jesus’ name” is an invitation to share in God’s great goodness laid up for those who believe and who ask largely. Ask today for an ever increasing spirit of rejoicing, even in your most trying times.

What about the hungry crowd of 5,000 in the New Testament when Jesus asked his disciples what they should do? In other words, show me your plan to feed them. What can be done to meet this crisis? He tested their faith.

All along, Jesus had a plan! Who in that mass of people could have conceived of feeding them with five loaves of bread and two fish?

Beloved, God has a preconceived plan for every situation in your life. You may be able to think of ways God could solve your crisis—but God’s Word tells us that the human mind cannot conceive the ways of God.

God will not tell us what his plan is. He will not even give us a hint. He insists on our having faith in his promises, his majesty, he past miracles on our behalf. His Word to us is: Believe! Your Lord has a way prepared—and he has the power to fulfill his plan. He would love to pull back the curtain and
show us a passing view of his invisible ways—but he cannot.

Faith is evidence that cannot be seen. There can be no rest for us in our fiery trials until we fully believe he stands ready—in readiness to do the unthinkable, the impossible. Our part is to simply trust he will perform what he promised.


--David Wilkerson
http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/node/12399

.encountered.by.love.

We were made to be in a love relationship not with another human being, but with our heavenly Father. He pursues us with a passionate love, unlike any other. This love is so deep, it is the only thing we need. His love is jealous, desiring for us to love Him first, and Him only. We were not made to live in sin or be bound to the world. We were made to have a love encounter with God. The love of God changes us, we are not the same when we have this encounter. I have had the most incredible love encounter with God while on this trip. I cannot remember a time in my life where I felt freer, where God has completely changed my life, and where love abounds and overflows in my life. I fought God’s love, grace, and mercy for years. The freedom I have found has changed me. I allowed anger and bitterness to take control of my life and ruin relationships, but God has changed me! I couldn’t have ever changed any of this myself, but only through God and His love are we made whole again. True joy in its purest form, love like I have never experienced has filled me and I am able to show that and express it to others. God has truly encountered me and everything in my life like never before. God wants to have a love encounter with all of us. I thank God that I am not the same that His love met me in such an incredible and tangible way!

.twenty.three.

WooHoo! I have officially made it to 23, quite an accomplishment I guess. I know I am just a baby still and am growing, learning and maturing daily,  but I cannot help but look back on what I remember of the past 23 years, or maybe 20 some years, because I don't really remember much from birth till who knows how old. When I look back all I can say is this:

Twenty three years with you God! It hasn't been an easy or charming road, but I couldn't be more thankful that you walked it with me. I love you! Thank you for your saving grace, your mercy, & your love. I cannot say that I would be here today without you. All of my heart cry's thank you faithful Savior!

Life has been more incredible than I even have words for. I am so entirely captivated by the love of God. To be in His presence is a radical place. Believe me you will be overwhelmed more than you can stand. I have come to know Him and the fullness of what grace & mercy mean. Learning to live in a constant state of surrender is hard, but it will mold you into who God has created you to be. I stand confident today being able to say this, God , even if you never do anything else, it is okay, because You have already done enough! Through everything, God has taught me to always have a heart of gratitude. He is my love & my life.


"love is beautiful, but it is also terrible--terrible in its determination to allow nothing blemished or unworthy to remain in the beloved" -Hinds'FeetonHighPlaces-

.God.is.enough.

God is enough. How many times do we say this to ourselves? If we are honest, maybe some of us have never said it, some once in a while, but I do not feel that we could honestly say that phrase is one that frequents our lips. Are we preaching the gospel of Christ? What do our words, actions, and everyday living say about not only us, but who Christ is? Is the message of our lives consistent with that of the gospel of Jesus Christ, or have we misconstrued it to look like it is something easy? Are people seeing this so called gospel as a rewards system, that if you follow Jesus, he gives you what you want?

As I read through scripture, I do not find a gospel that preaches this type of ideology. I find that more often than not, Jesus was turning people away from following him because the life that they would be called to would be one of hardship, pain, and suffering. Not one of cars, wealth and comfort.

God is most glorified in you, when you are most satisfied in Him!

.snapshots.of.our.lives.

These days are all SNAPSHOTS.        YESTERDAYS . . . { MEMORIES }. I couldn't ask for more. Looking back . . . I can say that I am SO lucky that this is MY LIFE. God has blessed me so much over my lifetime & has truly changed my life. TODAY. . . IT'S A PRETTY BEAUTIFUL THING. I must { REMEMBER } to have FUN & make MEMORIES (really good memories). This is REAL LIFE. So much has happened good & bad .   .   .  What will I remember most? That my heavenly FATHER is faithful beyond anything that I could ever imagine, & His love is deeper & stronger than anyone's. Life is good (crazy, but good). You are here . . . enjoy it. Make EVERYDAY MEMORIES, never stop LOVING LIFE because . . . the days are long, but the years are short  .   .   .  this one moment will be apart of me forever!

.a.life.changing.gift.

What is a gift? When I looked it up in the dictionary, gift is defined as: something voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation. I have been given so many gifts in my life, but there is always one that is far better than anything I have ever received.

On this day every year, we have the opportunity, almost responsibility, more than any other day to be thankful for something. That something being life, the life of Jesus. This is the ultimate gift! What person would give up everything of comfort and perfection to go somewhere dirty and corrupted, all to one day die for the people? No one in their right mind would say, “Sign me up, I’ll trade this for that!” However, one man did. Jesus did and would come to earth as a baby, to grow up and experience the world just like we all do. He would not die like the rest of us, no, he would be brutally beaten and crucified for each and everyone of us. He would carry all of the shame, guilt, depression, sickness, and sin with him to the cross. DO WE EVEN FATHOM THIS?!

I know most of the time I do not even comprehend what that means. I cannot comprehend a love like this. The love that Christ demonstrated for 33 years of his life, and the love that embraces every one of us is unfailing and unchanging! Where would I be without the true love of God? Looking back, I know I would not be where I am today. This year more than ever, I have experienced what this day, Christmas is all about and what it celebrates. It celebrates the gift of life, not only Jesus’ life, but the life we all posses. A life God has given us and allowed us to live. I thank God that I have chosen to live a life that is worthy of His calling. He has truly changed my life and allowed me to see what this, what Jesus’ life and death are all about . . . saving a world in desperate need of a SAVIOR!

Thank you God for giving the ultimate gift ever. You change lives and give people hope. I am so thankful that on that day years ago, you would change the world to change my life!

.philippines.2010.recap.

Philippines 2010 from Jinnae Morgan on Vimeo.

I had the incredible opportunity to spend 2 months in the Philippines on a mission's trip with 8 other interns. We were able to share the love of Christ with people everyday, learn about the culture, and ultimately allow God to change us!

.no.cautious.love.

 
Genuine love is a gift we give others, it isn't purchased by their actions or contingent upon our emotions at the moment. Can you imagine where we would be if God did not love us like that? What if His love was solely based on our actions or how He was feeling at the time? Do you think that we, these people so unworthy to have taken even one breath would be here today? I cannot imagine where I would find myself if it were not for the unconditional, selfless gift of love that God himself has given us through the death and resurrection of His son, Jesus! 

His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn't love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. God is love. And Jesus Loves You. It's a love worth giving up everything for. A love worth dying for. Love like that.

 

 

.through.the.fire.

First of all, what an incredible God we serve! My heart was so encouraged today as I came across pictures of a new completed hut that was rebuilt after we watched it burn to the ground this past summer in the Philippines.

For those of you who do not know, I spent two months this summer on a life changing missions trip in the Philippines. Near the end of our trip, my team and I had the chance to immensely bless someone. One night when we were driving home being loud and crazy in the car ride back from dinner, we saw a fire in the jungle. We stopped and ran out to help, but there was nothing that could be done, we just stood there, and watched it burn down. We found out that a blind man was living there and was at his sister's house when his hut caught on fire. That night, God gave us the opportunity to work for His kingdom. We went back to the Bible College where we were staying, which happened to be almost right across the street, and we talked about what to do. We spent some time in prayer individually and then gave money as we felt necessary to help this man out. We also collected extra toiletries, clothing, and food from our bags that we could give to him. After we counted the money, we realized we had given enough to completely rebuild this man's hut and there would be extra to help buy him other things he lost in the fire.

We walked back down the road in the dark to the man's sister's house and him found sitting in the dirt crying. The pastor we were working with told him that the Bible College across the street would be helping rebuild his hut! Needless to say, but it was finished! God worked that night and allowed my team to be apart of something bigger, something that may one day cause this man to find Christ!

Here are the pictures:


These two were taken the night of the fire.

 

 Here is the rebuild and completion.

.furious.love.

God's love is so much more! The devil is no match! God isn't even in a
competition! There is none! God, the God I serve and so many is the
only one true God! God is LOVE! Don't believe the lies of the deceiver. God loves you! He rescued me out the pit of hell and breath life back
into my broken wounded heart for nothing, it is because of the passionate love He has for us!

This film will make you want to get out there and share the love of God with every single person you meet.

.depth.has.no.end.

The blood of Jesus reaches into the depths of sin, offering freedom, pardon, mercy and reconciliation with the Father. No matter how deep you have fallen, the love and forgiveness goes deeper.

Oh, the depth of His love!

.abortion.survivor.Gianna Jessen

God is incredible! He has given each and every one of us life and it is so encouraging to hear people who fight for that right. This woman's story is a great testimony to life and how unfair people have made it. Please take the 16 minutes to watch this video, you will not regret it.

.thankful.for.friends.

All I can say is that I am blessed. There are some amazing people in my life that I am privileged enough to call my friends. So love close and some live far, but no matter what I know that they are a huge part of my life. God knew the people I would need in my life and for that, I am happy!

I got to spend all day on Saturday with some of the people I love, my college and career group! We took a mini road trip to Sedona for the day and had so many laughs, screams, and memories. God blesses us in the little things in life and having a great group of people around you is one of those things!

.who.He.is.

God amazes me on a daily basis. I had a radical heart change while I was in the Philippines and have come home a different person. God loves us so much, sometimes it is hard to fathom, but I have experienced the deep intoxicating love that my Father and Savior have for me. Who am I, beloved? His voice is strong full of power, but compassionate and gentle. He is my provider, sustainer, strength in my weakness, light, hope, joy in troubled days. There is such a consuming passion when we surrender ourselves to His love and grace. When we seem most lost, He is close and wants us to reach out and take hold of His hand. My God is love and desperately fights for my love day after day. He is a mighty warrior in pursuit of His daughters heart. God I praise you, I sing for joy because you have restored me in my broken state. You cleansed, healed, and changed a bitter heart. There is room now to love people and have compassion for them in a way I have not had before. You have revealed so much about Yourself and Your goodness to me. You have swept me away in all of Your love. I am lost in who You are!