“FRESH.” Last year I kicked off a fundraising partnership with Keys for the Journey and ordered my own prophetic key not knowing what word I’d get. When I opened my box to see “FRESH” engraved on the silver key I had no idea what it meant.
Fast forward almost a year later and over the last couple of weeks some things have built up..
1. Saturday 2/13/21- Our squad leader Rob did a teaching on how the words we speak over ourselves have a lot of power. He challenged us to sit in silence and listen to who the Lord said we were. As I did this I got a couple of phrases in English and then I heard, “ Yo soy Amable”. Immediately I opened my eyes and started looking around. I thought, “Who was this for? It can’t be mine, it‘s in Spanish. The English translation, “I am Kind”. That very morning I’d asked Rob for prayer because I was overwhelmed and my frustration had led to having negative thoughts about myself and others. Because of this there was no way I could believe the Lord was saying that I…was…kind. I knew that the frustration I felt leading up to this night came from worldly stresses. A few days later I confided in my team about the experience I had and told them I wanted more of the Holy Spirit in my life. I wanted to follow the spirit more, I didn’t want to feel these worldly frustrations and I didn’t want them to keep me from living fully the way God made me to be. I wanted to be Kind if that was who my Heavenly Father said I was.
2. Saturday 2/20/21- A couple of days later we met up with our squad in Guatape for our 1 month debrief. For worship the first night we picked random names from a hat and got to pray for the person whose name we picked. I was encouraged when my squad mate Tony came up to me with a vision he received from the Lord. “I see a refreshing, a fresh refreshing springing from your inner most being.”
3. Thursday 2/25/21 – This night I got to catch up with my mentor from Boston and when she asked, “What’s the Lord doing in your heart?” I was able to fill her in on this desire to follow the Holy Spirit more plus the fact that I’d been thinking a lot about the first time I received the Holy Spirit. I hadn’t outright asked the Lord for a new pouring of his Holy Spirit but I’d been feeling it in my heart for two weeks now. A couple of minutes later, her roommate (the person who prayed for me years before to receive the Holy Spirit!) walked into the room so my mentor said, “You know scripture says that where two or more are gathered the Lord is present.. do you want to pray and ask the Lord for a refilling of the Holy Spirit?” I responded with a desperate, tear filled… “yes”.
So, we prayed.
4. 2/27/21- Saturday – This past weekend the organization we are volunteering with held a Youth event they’d never done before. During the week we walked around the neighborhood inviting anyone who was between the ages of 15 and 30. The event was filled with games, a play, testimonies and prayer. While people were getting food at the end I was walking around to see if the HolySpirit called me to talk to anyone. My squad mate Alex saw me and asked if I could help translate for him. As I started to, I realized that I was only able to retain maybe 40% of what the kid was saying and yet the Lord continued to give me questions to ask him. At the end we prayed over him and as I walked away I wasn’t preoccupied with the fact that I didn’t understand half the things he said. Instead, my heart was filled with encouragement and hope knowing that the Lord had met my new friend that night.
I hadn’t been wearing my key since getting to Colombia. Tonight as I walked into my room I saw it hanging on the end of my bed and it hit me. I have received a Fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit and I want to continue diving into what that means for me and the way the Lord will call me to love others. For weeks now this song has been on repeat… feel free to check it out if you too need a fresh outpouring. https://youtu.be/1Ko4yroBP0A
With love,
Cyntya
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Do not get anxious, frustrated he is guiding you and will come through when you need him. Patience my daughter. Love ?? mom
This blog has me feelin funky fresh
Love this Cyntya. Love your honestly and vulnerability. You constantly teach me more about what it looks like to walk in step with the Holy Spirit. So beyond grateful for you.