Jesus Culture

I went to Cleveland for the weekend for a Jesus Culture conference. I had no idea why I was going, and I spent the first half fo the trip just asking God why I was there.  I'm still not sure that I know why.

It was a weird trip.  I'm not sure I would do it again if given the chance.  Maybe I learned a lot about my heart.  Maybe that scares me..  Maybe it shames me.  Maybe I'm still afraid of appearing weak.  Whatever it is, I'm glad I am home. I appreciate my family so much more.

I'm not sure what I learned outside of the conference times, but I can tell you that it was a lot.

I can, however, share a few things that I learned from the actual conference. God gave me a lot of insight into the musical abilities He is bringing me forth in. I went to a songwriting workshop led by Jake Hamilton, and God really spoke to me about the worship warfare He's going to cultivate in me. It stirred a flame inside of me.

God also redeemed my horrible past experiences with treasure hunting outreach by giving me an amazing time at a local university.  No signs or wonders occured, but I have memories and new experience that I will never forget. I have a new desire to pray for people and talk about Jesus everywhere I go - and I used to be terrified of that thought. God used another team to raise a baby from the dead, along with many other miracles and salvations. He is so good!

I went to a healing revival workshop with Scott Thompson of Jesus Culture, and I got an impartation of loving people, healing gifts, and prophetic vision. God used me to literally pull a girl's headache and neck pain off of her. MANY people received healings.. a girl's deaf ear even popped open :)

I feel like I got breakthrough in giving things over to God.  I also got to taste the supernatural for the first time. I've seen, heard, smelled, and touched, but I hadn't tasted until this weekend. I also got to hold an angel's sword and play around with it. God is so awesome.

That's the main stuff. I didn't really feel much breakthrough (but I'm having faith that a ton of stuff happened that I'm not aware of yet). I actually feel worse after coming home because I feel like so many heart issues have been brought up.. but I'm going to trust God.  Even if it hurts.