On a journey called friendship :)

Hey family and friends,

           I wanted to do a post on whats going on in my life right now and what the Lord is showing me in my time here at home. As most of you know the Lord shifted some things and I'm now back home in Oklahoma. I'm in a season right now where I've stepped into a place of nearness and friendship like I've never walked in. My heart has come alive again in the place of intercession and partnership and I'm ruined for nothing less then Jesus being my dearest and closet friend and companion.  I've always had a friendship like relationship with Jesus and had a real heart to carry His heart and talk to Him about the things that He loves and enjoys. Its by far my favorite thing to do. His heart is so longing for friends who would come close to His heart and mourn for that which He mourns and rejoice over that which He rejoices. Those that would dream the dreams of His heart and give there lives to living them out in the earth. Its like when you have a best friend and you start to love the things they love. Jesus is asking a looking for the same thing. Ive said yes to being a friend of Jesus and I want to share what Hes saying to me in this season.

        This is what I feel is on my dear and precious friends heart right now for my family, my friends, my city, this nation and the nations of the earth. God has had me in a focused season of prayer for His people. He loves people and He is after every single one not just the church believe it or not. I find myself weeping and laughing with the dreams of His heart. This dream I feel starts with a very common and well known but very weighty verse from the book of John.

          " For God so LOVED the WORLD, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the WORLD might be saved through Him."  John 3:16&17

      Yep good ol' John 3:16. We all know this verse but have we really felt the weight of the Lords heart in this profound action of love. I'm trying not to sound cheesy and say everything we hear day in and day out but I want you to just get ahold of Jesus' heart in this passage. Jesus, fully God fully man left His Father and His Fathers house and came to walk with us and to die with us and for us. He was compelled by love and for the sake of love He is still crying out to His Father that He might have the people of the earth.
 
      These verses get me for a couple of reasons. First of the Longing of Jesus' heart and desire for souls and the entire world to come into eternal friendship and communion with Him. He is so after every person who walks this planet. Second reason it gets me is that I just cant help but grab hold of this dream of Jesus' heart and see it happen. In 1 Timothy 2 we are given a mandate to pray for all bc He wishes ALL to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. To me this is a dream of Jesus' heart and I cant help but give my life to pray and go to see it come to pass. Jesus is longing for the people of the earth and I am really in a state of burning and longing to see it happen whatever it looks like. Weather its here in Oklahoma in the place of prayer or if its going to the unreached places of the earth and telling them about my beautiful best friend.

    Why do we do these things? Bc we are compelled by loves just as He is compelled by love. I just wanted to share whats going on and also just encourage you to just draw close to Jesus' heart and fall in love with Him and whatever that looks like do it bc He's so worthy. Its all for the sake of His name and His fame in the earth and Him having the reward of His suffering.

    Ok just wanted to update a little and share. I love you all and I hope this blesses you today.

                                                                                    Dreaming the Dreams of God
                                                                                            Hayli Dover