February 8, 2007

• My friend, Julie Evans, wrote a poem that she said she got after hearing my teaching last night. It blessed me to know that it reached others. Here is the poem.

   

  There’s A Monster In This House

  by Julie Evans

   

  I was right when I was a kid

  I knew there was a monster

  in my house

  I knew it wasn’t safe.

   

  The people in charge,

  aka my parents,

  couldn’t see the monster

  because he had cleverly

  gotten inside of them.

   

  I spent more time

  placating that monster

  than I spent

  being a kid

  or than I spent

  growing up.

   

  I was the peacekeeper.

  It sounds fantastic

  and important

  but it’s crippling

  and horrible.

   

  The monster that upset

  the peace

  doesn’t get moved

  he gets fed and

  put to bed.

   

  I would bounce

  from one trauma

  to another

  like a medic,

  but I was only

  four feet tall.

   

  inspired by Heather’s teaching February 7, 2007

   

   

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  Julie said this poem was a response to Pastor Ted’s Sunday sermon.

   

  It’s Time To Move

  by Julie Evans

   

  And today the Word of God

  went forth and that Word

  contained instructions.

  It said get ready to move,

  leave your nets behind

  and come follow Me.

   

  It’s time to move

  from a critical spirit

  to a spirit of compassion

  It’s time to move

  from doubt to faith

  from sickness to healing

  from the natural to the supernatural.

   

  What you may thought was your occupation

  may just have been what occupied your time

  up until now.

  You are no longer who you were

  so you no longer are to do what you have been doing.

   

  You’ve been changed

  You’ve been called from something

  and into something new.

  You’ve been given the keys

  to the Kingdom

  but do you know where they are

  and do you know what they are.

   

  Let me remind you.

   

  The keys to Kingdom

  are faith in Christ

  and knowledge of Christ.

  It’s time to use the keys

  to go set the captives free

  to go and heal the sick

  to speak freedom and hope

  to those in need.

   

  It’s time to trust that provision

  will not run out

  that weapons do not have authority

  to harm you

  and know deep inside yourself

  that God is who He said He is

  and will do what He said

  He will do.

   

  It’s time to move

  to get rid of all that junk

  that isn’t you and isn’t yours

  and doesn’t serve you or Him or me

  as we step up, step out and step into power and authority.

   

  It’s time to move

   

  Leave your debts

  your customs

  and your rituals

  behind.

  And enter in

  be a partaker

  of His Divine Nature

  which is the Kingdom

  the Power

  and the Glory

  forever and ever.

   

  amen.

   

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