08 Reflections

Okay so maybe it's a little late for this...but whatever. It's on my mind and it's my blog lol. I just was looking over my vision statement, my list of desires, my goals, and my confession for 2008. I honestly have to say in the midst of massive adversity 2008 was absolutely the best year of my life! I've never walked through greater challenges, but I've never achieved so many victories in areas that truly matter in life and for eternity than in 2008. If you listen to the biblical numerologists 2008 was a year of new beginnings. I generally think most of that stuff is bunk crap, but be that as it may '08 was certainly a year of new beginnings for me. New relationships and friendships that I know will last a life time, a new perspective about what is truly important in life, a new resolve to give my whole life to God and his Kingdom, a new church, a new ministry, just to name a few of the new things.
Before 2008 I loved the Lord, and I was walking fervently for him. But in 2008 I made up my mind that life was about him and him alone. That I would give up my life and my way of thinking for the life he had for me. I certainly wasn't perfect in 2008 but I made major breakthroughs in stronghold areas of my life through confession and accountability and discipline. I became a zealous student of the word. I estimate that I listened to 800+ sermons on my ipod in 2008 (many of them repeats). I read my bible through entirely and then some. I read through the gospels numerous times and proverbs 8 times (I had to take a short break at the end of the year plus there was nowhere left to highlight of make notes). I connected and created friendships with amazing spiritual leaders and mentors in my life that helped give me the courage to take a step of faith and to step out into what I felt God was leading me to do, and spoke prophetically into my life opening up my eyes to bits and pieces of what God has in store for my life if I'll not hold back and not give up. I met the greatest person of prayer that I have ever encountered and I am blessed to pray with in the same room on a consistent basis. The hands of mighty men and women of God were laid on me in prayer numerous times. After much prayer, consideration, council, and confirmation I made the step to move my life to Eugene Oregon from Seattle Washington. I left behind amazing friendships, an amazing church, relationships I wished I could have developed further, really my entire life of the past 9 years and followed the Lords leading back to Eugene OR, the town I grew up in the 1st 18 years of my life. So far God has done amazing things. God has connected me with the right people at the right place and the right time. We have launched a ministry called DVi8 for young adults and youth. We are connecting denominations and in the process of beginning to make a difference in our communities! The young adults meet every Thursday night to worship and get into the Word. It's small yet but I have faith for exceedingly and abundantly more than I can ask or think according to the power of Jesus at work inside me and all of us collectively! We have some what could seem to be daunting goals for the year of 2009, but I am confidently faithful that as we do our part God will empower us by his spirit to meet the goals I believed are birthed directly from his Spirit. The new church building will be complete this year and new doors for ministry will be made open by a larger facility! The Korean Church inside of the Church is absolutely amazing and the pastor mighty, mighty woman of God! It's already growing but it's about to blow up according to Gods order!
2009 is about to be sick! I'm so excited to see what God has in store...I have my thoughts, I have my goals, and I have my plans...but my prayer is "Father your kingdom come, and you will be done in my life and on earth as it is in Heaven". Whatever the means are to that end I'm down...lets do this. Have a great year everyone...loose your self to find yourself...it's going to be the best year yet!