Fully Freed Up To Pray

I don't Have much time to write this at all so I will have to be very brief. I will delve into all of the facts later.
In Short, my trip to California radically changed my life. God met me in such an intense level that I see my life in a whole new way. I am now in the process toward directing my life into the direction God has shown me.
I am called to be a priest before Him. To live to make intercession.
I so want to explain all of my stances on this and why I feel it is the absolute necessary wisdom. But I really do lack the time. My apologies.
I merely want to let all of my friends know where I am.
In prayer God has given me the date June 15th as my goal to be fully funded in the house of prayer. In faith I have also stepped out and put my notice into Starbucks. Resigning from working there after the 14th of June.
I love you all and desire so much your prayer. This is a step in the direction I believe God has for me and I want to walk it out with all wisdom and understanding. Bless you all - Alan

God's Glove

As I was sitting in ZHOP this morning the Lord was really bringing revelation on my purpose. I really don't want to be wrapped up in "my calling" like I have been. I am much more focused on His Kingdom these days. But while sitting in the prayer room I was impacted on a little deeper level, the reality of my purpose. My Design. I am created for one thing alone. It's like a car trying figure out what it is supposed to do. It's simple. A car is for me to drive. Then the simplicity of my design donned on me. I'm simply for Him to drive, to use that analogy. For God to take control and move in the earth. Any other thing I get caught up in is rediculous from heaven's perspective. Like a car trying to figure out what else there is to life.
What I'm not trying to imply is somehow that we walk around like robots and ignore responsibility. No! The Lord gives favor to those who handle what God has given them with holy fear and yield return. (Matt 25:14-30) But what I am saying is that, God wants to put us on. It says in Judges 6:34 "The Spirit of the Lord clothed Gideon", which more properly translates, "the Spirit of the Lord put Gideon on like a glove". (Thanks Bill Johnson).
I try to figure out so many things. But in reality, what really matters, is being a vessel. Holy Spirit, the very deep of God dwelling in the deep of man.
What I love is that this subject is never new, but is something that always blows me away. I remember reading "Reese Howells Intercessor", and the Lord challenging me in the part of his story where Holy Spirit asks to take complete control of Reese Howells' life. The depth that Reese took that at impacted me so much. He wrestled with it greatly until the Lord required the answer. He understood that this decision meant he lost all rights unto God.
I truly am not there. I wish I was. Wish I could say I don't have control. But I am happy to say that I am submitting myself more and more. And am finding increasing depth in life when He takes a little deeper place in my heart.

ZHOP

The Zadok House of Prayer has been my haven these days. I wake as close to 5am as I can muster and walk 200 feet to a (Ware)house of prayer. I meet the tired but faithful few gathered sitting quietly before the Lord. This is my life.

I work a part time job to cover my very basic needs. But my focus is Him.

It's such a simple life. Not much that is out of the ordinary.

-5am Wake

-6am Pray Till 12pm

-Then Work (if scheduled)

Finished finally by an early bedtime so that I am capable to get up early again to start another day.
It's a mundane continual rhythm. But the melody God places on top of it is what makes it worth it.

Faithfulness in being obedient to come before Him day in and day out is so opposite to the nature of myself and people in general. But God is exceedingly rewarding to those who are diligent in seeking Him. As I have come before Him each day He shows up softly again and again removing just another layer. It's like He's skimming off the surface of me more and more and I am coming more and more into the core of who I am created to be. Simple and faithful. With eyes that continually become increasingly and increasingly more set on Him. Desires and contentment's reverse and suddenly God becomes so much more than He ever has been to me.

When God started bring up the plan He had for me to stay back from Ireland for a season and be before Him, I was not very pleased. I just kept shrugging it off. Still making plans to return to my new home in Belfast. But over and over it kept coming up and then friends of mine ended up talking to me about it. Until finally choking back my emotions I said yes to the word. And I must say even though I miss my friends so very much, I have never been so happy with my choice. God is doing so many things in me that I don't want any other. Than to just walk to that simple building and sit.

-Alan Anderson

First Blog of many Blogs

In my life I have been many places and met sooo many wonderful people. I find it really hard to keep in touch and continue on friendships when they are not right in front of me. It's never my intention to lose touch. But rather I think it is just the nature of people to concentrate so much on what is happening in the world near at hand and forget to continue to build on the friendships that are not in front of our face.
So here is my attempt to open my world to those I Love very much. The Kingdom of God is built on relationships. Our relationship to God and our relationship with one another.
So in this Blog I will try to keep you in the loop on what is going on in my life and the progress along this walk learning to Love God and others.