.-I Acceleration!

Yes Lord!

That phrase propels us into glory.

From Gee-Lory to the G-Lordy!

I went to the ramp this weekend and it was TIGHT! How glorious!

Here are some things that I learned experientially:

1. I shall turn my back on every other lover, God is my ONLY God. What freedom and purity is found in this place. There is no shame, no chains, only a heart-wrending bliss that leaves you gasping and pressing in for more. And it's almost ironic. The only reason we are able to drink of this love so deep, this communion with our Father, is because he made it happen for us while we still had blood on our hands. That fuels me to just drop everything and GO
2. Every little thing the Ramp people did was excellent. From promoting resources to enthralling dances, they truly presented a sacrifice of praise to God
3. The Ramp had no cost for it's attendees or webcast viewers
4. In God's presence are the high trills of his Joy and Holyness and the deep throbbing of heart-breaking anguish for his justice and warfare
5. War has no budget, and we are the soldiers. Joseph Gerke will run his race and worship in Spirit and in Truth
6. We are not called to outshine God. In fact if we are trying to this is a grievous mistake. We aren't trying to manage God, we are breaking ourselves at his feet
7. The Ramp wants to equip all Christians with tools to SUSTAIN their growth. How awesome. In our immaturity we feel mountain-top feelings without ever plowing our fields to get real solid results. Abide.
8. There's power in linking up with people like the Ramp... so many others had been there many times, and had grown and blossomed because of it
9. They encouraged us to only listen to music that inclines your heart to God, and always be soaking in an environment of the Word of God
10. The Leadership of the Ramp was always on stage, but they traded off doing different things... preaching, leading worship, making announcements, receiving offering, or dancing before the Lord. It was cool and levitical in a good sense of the word

Well this weekend I asked God for a building on dickson street and invested in some worship CDs to play in that building. And the prayer that arose within me was "Lord, give us a Foundation." I realize that prayer and the Word is my personal foundation for whatever I must do, but I feel that corporate prayer is of the utmost importance for the whole body of Christ. So this is my prayer, that the whole body of Christ commits itself to regular prayer and fasting and seeking God's face as the foundation. Only then we can we think about what kind of building to build and programs to have and other stuff like that.