<div>Hey group,</div>
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<div>Hearing all of your open hearts on Friday night really inspired me to share this. I've been in a funk for at least the past few weeks, and probably beyond that.</div>
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<div>Talking with Sue on Saturday, some things came out of that conversation and have rose up in the aftermath that I felt like I could not hold back, so I thought I would open my journal, and my heart, to you. Just a warning, this will probably resound a little more for the men, so I apologize ahead of time if it seems targeted for that, but it's what flowed from my pen :-)</div>
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<div>9-26-09; I've really been in a funk and didn't know why. Until this morning, when I spoke with Sue. I realize that I'm focusing so much onn what I have to do (Bushido, Laerdal work, business ideas, etc), that I've completely lost sight of looking forf what GOD is doing, what HOLY SPIRIT is doing in situations and people around me. I've become a complainer, at best, a begrudging servant of Christ. Someone going through the motions. Someone just "trying to make it." NO MORE!!!!! </div>
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<div>HOLY SPIRIT SAYS, "Aaron, rise up! Take your rightful place as an heir of heaven!" Get out of your stinking mud hole and remember what Father has done for you, how He has changed you, how He has placed you on a path you could not imagine!</div>
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<div>God is moving:</div>
<div>- In this business venture</div>
<div>- With people at Laerdal</div>
<div>- With your small group</div>
<div>- With people around you at church</div>
<div>- With your children</div>
<div>- With your wife</div>
<div>- With the disciplines of Bushido</div>
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<div>Now OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE!!!! He is unraveling His plan right in front of you!</div>
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<div>I've lost my sense of adventure. I should see this as something that I GET to do! Savor every moment! Look for, speak with, move in, listen for Holy Spirit in every moment! KNOW that He loves me and extend that love to others!</div>
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<div>Father, I beg you with exertion and tears, re-awaken this in me and do not let me forget; make me WILD for you! I want to love with deadly intensity, smashing strongholds, discouragements, and weak, unchanged lives for you! I want to hear your battle-call, feel my hand in the hilt of my sword and draw it forth, smashing idols and cutting barriers for Christ! The battle rages on all around me, get up again and engage it! Collect on Christ's purchase that was nailed to the cross! Get RECKLESS for me in this grand adventure! Go forth in worship and in power....MY POWER! The same power that created and sustains the expanses of the universe! The same power that advances forcefully on the legions of Hell....and they have no hope of standing! They are cut down as easily as wax melts in front of a blast furnace!</div>
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<div>So there it is group. Holy Spirit is in us, dwelling in us, the Infinite, Almighty, Eternal Spirit.</div>
<div>God is moving...advancing His kingdom forth.</div>
<div>Are you looking?</div>
<div>Are you listening?</div>
<div>Are you seeking?</div>
<div>Are you obeying?</div>
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<div>I know I was NOT. I know I won't do it perfect. But when I get knocked down, I will get up again and keep going, knowing I'm being refined. The Father disciplines the son He loves and does not turn him over to his own desires as in Romans 1.</div>
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<div>My prayer for us all are that Holy Spirit would reign in us, lead us, and carry us into the fray! That we emerge from the battlefield bloody and victorious, knowing we left nothing behind!</div>
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<div>I love all of your hearts...they beat so strongly for Christ and I am honored to battle alongside you!</div>
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<div>Thank you for being so open on Friday and continue the good fight and be blessed with Holy Spirit power this week!</div>
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<div>In Christ's terrible and precious name,</div>
<div>- Aaron -</div>