Kansas City woot woot!

(this is an old blog, but i'm going to reuse it :)

__'Tis another Amber Adventure!__
So I just to moved to Kansas City, MO feeling the tug of God to come and cultivate a greater heart of intimacy and intercession. Northwestern College has not been a waste, however, with the calling of Missions on my life, I felt the need to root myself in the word and prayer in an atmosphere that was even more focused, direct, and strategic.

I have plugged into the missions base here called IHOP (International House of Prayer). It was founded in 1999 and has a vision of bringing up a people rooted and grounded in devotion to God and intercession. Out of this, people are sent all over in power to preach the gospel and spread the message of the kingdom of heaven. It matches so well with my own vision and calling, wanting to go to all the nations to share the love of Jesus and the truth of the coming kingdom of heaven and it's reality. I hope to plug in to an internship here (I am finishing applying to Intro to IHOP, which starts in January and goes until March). I know God is faithful and will provide all the finances needed. I am sending out newsletters/support info. so if you want one, let me know!

__challenges__
So I've been here for 2 weeks already! I am already learning a lot by being in a position of waiting. I have no job. I'm not in school anymore. I have no schedule. I have almost no community here yet (it's growing ;). My identity in God is being shaken to the core. It is probably the sweetest and yet hardest thing to go through. Community at Northwestern College was amazing. And now I am in the middle of Kansas City, starting fresh. You know the perfect life, with hours upon hours to read the word and to pray and to love others and to catch up on things that you always have wanted to do? Well I have that time now, and it is STILL hard. The first week I ended up not doing important things until later on at night, and then ended up staying up super late. My schedule is now so messed up, that my bedtime has become about 4 am and my morning starts around 1pm. I've been spending a couple of hours daily in the prayer room, and then lots of time writing update/support letters, and getting everything lined up here.

__Renewal/Healing Services :) __
And then there are the renewal services that started just a couple days after I arrived. The Holy Spirit started moving in a crazy way among the IHOP students here, and has resulted in special services Wednesday thru Sunday night from 6pm to midnight. These services consist of worship, inner-healing, and physical healings. It has been so good. People have been set free from self-hatred, addictions, lonliness, depression, suicide, headaches, back pain, asthma, infertility!, gall bladder stones, and other crazy stuff. These meetings will be going on until atleast Dec. 20th, and then will probably continue after the OneThing conference in January. For more info on IHOP, visit www.ihop.org. Lot's of good info there!

__Abba Time__
Jesus is so good. haha :) I love it. There is so much joy in complete surrender. Following the perfect leader. The one that knows me more than I know myself. He knows my passions and desires. and he knows how to perfectly equip me before moving me to the next season. I keep reading the last two chapters of Revelations. It gives me such fire in my heart to know where all of this (the world and all of it's decay and dissapointments) is going. There is victory at the end!!! And sometimes we need to switch our perspectives to an eternal one.

Revelations 21:3-5 (I flipped to that page so quickly cuz I just bought some crazy sweet bible tabs from walmart, one for each book of the bible with a little fishy and some waves on each one... they're the kids version of bible tabs. yay!)

"Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away evry tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new!"

wow...pushing through trials and tribulations are worth it! God will dwell WITH us. All the shortcomings of this world are just a flicker. the wealth is but grass that withers. but He is coming back and his reward is with him. It will all be worth it. every time we said "yes" to more of him, and "no" to the fleeting pleasures of this world. What a crazy hope we have.

To Financially support or Contact:
Amber Taylor
4206 E. 104th St.
Kansas City, MO 64137