Colour 2016 Opener - Bobbie Houston 7/3/2016

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We can Be Found in His Garden. We are gathering for Him. we should expect miracles through the word and worship, in His House, but miracles also take place out and about. Keep your heart open & ready to receive. 

Bobbies prayer coming into conference.

1. To inspire faith. That will astound. Arm you and I for the journey ahead. Faith that will open our eyes anew. And unlock the impossible.
2. Believing that this atmosphere will be an oasis of water. A spiritual oasis. Some ar win the wilderness. Their soul is parched. They need refreshing. Spirit of God is here. Cast all our cares on Him.  Re enter our lives with new resolve and courage.
3. Believing, praying and trusting, that what will transpire from this gathering won't be just another wave of women but a tsunami. 

BE FOUND IN THE MYSTERY

Col 1:25-23

“We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels— everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body.  He was supreme in the beginning and—leading the resurrection parade—he is supreme in the end. From beginning to end he’s there, towering far above everything, everyone. So spacious is he, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the cross.” Colossians‬ ‭1:15-18‬ ‭MSG‬‬

Vision: Bobbie talks about a person [don't recall their name] who has a vision (200 years ago) of His Church as the body of Christ.  She describes it as arising on the earth. The body was not well, gaping welts, gangrene down one side. It had hands and feet but no fingers or toes. 

The angel in her dream, as she was distressed, reassured her that all will be well, it will heal. If the body is fed correctly, it will heal itself. As the church nurtures itself, one another, other denominations, believes in one another, cares for one another. One in spirit, heart, kindred. As we build each other up, we heal the body.

Last 200 years, toes may be growing as they bring balance. Hard without fingers for the human fine touch that God wants the church to exemplify, but Bobbie now feels is growing fingers. She's [Church - Christi Body] not perfect. She will be perfect in the end, she has been assailed, both from within the church and without. 

V18. There is no other message, just this one, every creature gets the same message.

Col 2:2-4 Woven into a tapestry of love. Minds confident and at rest. Gods great mystery. 

When we say 'be found in the mystery'. What does that mean to me personally?  The true and revealed mystery of God we will spend eternity to fathom. First 1000 years in our faces.  

The creative team asked themselves this question when preparing for conference. Don't get tangled up in it. Bobbie believes it is simply the beauty of the gospel. She is grateful that the Father chose not to abandon us. That Father, Son and Spirit could not bear the thought that we wouldn't make it home and not experience all they had prepared. The Word promises that God will take the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe, and properly fix and fit it together in vibrant harmony through Christs' poured out blood. THIS is the mystery of the ages.

God is the Divine Gardner, The Great Architect. So that we don't have to fear that we will screw up the end. 

Bobbie prayers that during conference another layer will peel in our hearts. She encouraged us not  to walk away from His gift. Be grounded and tune in to His message; don't be distracted.

Part 1. Handful of things that never get old.

1. Worship never gets old. Ps 91 that place = secret place, shadow of the almighty. Place that is worthy to be found. Gen 28 Heaven is in this house. Jacob dreamed a dream, that was more than a dream. Sees a staircase. Ladder, a evens ascending and descending with God at the top. He stands above and beside us. Surely the lord is in this place. It never gets old because 1) God is closer than we know. 2) response of salvation and the sound of heaven. 3) mystery of this well within, where deep calls to deep. If the well is unlocked it becomes an unstoppable force, refreshes us and others. John 7:38 rivers of living water. Ps 42:7 deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls.  Pour out his spirit upon all flesh. Be still and know that he is God, listen in.
2. Knowing you're Royal never gets old. Signature 'daughter of a king' message, not forgotten, but Royal. This revelation changes our stance.  When women in general realise they are Royal they don't allow themselves to self-sabotage. Our own worst enemy is our worse enemy. Our own dismissal of ourselves. Behaviour changes when we know that we are Royal. Behaviour has to change. Authority changes as we understand that the royal blood of JC is flowing through us, we are not subject to the winds that come, mind of Christ. Asking changes, the way we ask. We are not petitioning a mean God but our Heavenly Father. Being comfortable in the throne room changes after this revelation. Ps 45 forget your fathers house.the king is wild for you. When you are Royal you learn to be comfortable in adversity. Get your Royal on. 
3. Calling, mandate & mantle never get old. 1) they are the beckoning of heaven and the beckoning of the fields. Great commission. Heaven and earth cry out, the rocks cry out. Matt 22:14 many are called but few are chosen. Make my life an offering to the kind. Be vintage. Isaiah 51 vineyard vintage crop alas it brought forth  the sour.  Be visible and pick worthy. When the eyes of the lord scout the earth to see who is willing. Find my mantle and wear it with ease. Ps 45 Royal daughter is all glorious within her palace. Don't get weary in the calling. Own the space. Tv channel. Seasoned bravery comes with a lifetime of battles engaged, endured and won. The brave girl = it's so romantic, until you meet the lion, or arena. Learn to endure until the end. In JC the battle is won. Rene Brown 'Daring Greatly' - change the dialogue and narrative in the public sector.  "it is not the critic who counts, not the strongman. Man in the arena. The credit belongs to the man who strives to do the deeds. Great enthusiasm and devotions. There is no bravery unless you are prepared to be vulnerable." 
4. Being the right girl, in the right place, at the right time, never gets old.  Live in the here now.

Right girl - never changes. Rom 8:29 predestined. He planted us in this moment. Right time never changes. Planted us here and now, for his purpose. For such a time as this.

To be continued...