he is so good to us.

religion. we are tearing down the spirit of religion everywhere. it has no authority anywhere we go. but pure and undefiled religion is this, to love the orphans and widows. We are to love the orphans and widows. and its more than just the literal. orphans and widows. orphans are the ones who do not know their father. the widows are the ones who know not their bridegroom. let us be the generation to usher in a movement to introduce the orphans to their Father and the widows to their bridegroom. We are loved by our Father. Jesus is our bridegroom who lavishes us in love. we are not to just go on missions trips to visit people but also to pursue relationship so that the broken can know the Healer. we are to love the world as He does. He is so radical and the same spirit that wrote the bible and that was in and upon Jesus, is very much so in and upon me. Life. He breathes life. His spirit has rained down on me. He has brought this rain which has brought change, and the change has brought life, the life has brought love, the love brought about peace, and through His peace we find rest in Him. He is my rain, my change, my life, my love, my peace, and my rest. Jesus is my everything. lets go. lets get over ourselves and our insecurities. or not even get over them but get though them. the Healer wants to heal. we are secure in Him and in eachother. we must create a safe place. we need security to come alive. He has secured us and we are not only coming alive and being brought into this glory but we are being given life and life abundantly. Come on!!! lets love past ourselves. because in the end.. if we can prophecy, if we can speak in toungues, if we can get words of knowledge, and not love, then i dont want any part of it. we can do anything but we dont have love, its pointless. i want love. i want a movement deeply rooted in love. pure love. a love from a place that is not of ourselves but from the father. our unity is not found in agreement but in love. perfect unity is in love.
So This last season of life has been amazing. The Family Band recorded its first of many albums in september. i cannot believe that God gave us that opportunity! He is so good. So now what?...... now it is time to lean into our favor. what does that look like?... what does that mean?... to be completely honest, i dont really know....... sometimes it can be hard looking around. so i know to trust him with where we are now you know? i mean i see united pursuit band and brock human coming out with an amazing album, i see bethel coming out with an amazing album, i see ihop doing amazing things musically, i see gungor coming out with an amazing album, etc. and it feels like they are so much further along on this journey that us. and all i can do is just trust. that is the bottom line. our album doesnt have the best song writing or anything. it certainly isnt the most impressive musically, i mean its the same chords over and over again haha. but there is alot of glory on it. because the songs werent written out of anything but the presence. heaven is being released through these songs. and all i can do is trust that eventually we will be where those guys are. but we are just not despising the days of small beginnings. brae and i have recieved this word a few times, "you guys have the same annointing as brian and jenn johnson". and i recieve that in a way that might not be interpreted by everyone else. everyone might just be like oh wow ya totally they are gonna lead worship and its annointed and they will do this and that and whatever. but the way we recieve it is this,... they were forerunners for a worship movement at bethel. they are so amazing and are fathering and mothering a whole generation of worshipers at bethel that didn't necessarily used to be there. they foreran that whole movement up there. i mean have you heard jesus culture recordings from 5 or 6 years ago? its not anything that is super incredible other than the fact that it was super anointed. there was no bethel live albums being sold by the millions to the whole world. i mean brian and jen were around before all those people came to bethel. before the kim walkers and chris quilalas. before the jeremy riddles and the william matthews. before all of the amazing musicians and crazy anointed people were around. i wonder what it was like for them before they had an amazing community of world class musicians around everywhere. because that is our hearts cry for isla vista church. haha i would love to recieve an empartation from them. to recieve how to lead something way bigger than ourselves. i love isla vista. i love our family. jason and holly lomelino (lomelinosiniv.blogspot.com) are the most amazing father and mother anyone could ask for. i mean we already have such a beautiful family. and now i hope to see this family attract an extreme move into the arts. paint and photoraphy and vidography and music. to birth a movement of worshipers. worshipers that express themselves in the way they were made to. and michelle quezada is coming back to lead worship after taking a season to learn how incredibly loved and important she is apart from leading worship. and she is exactly that. to loved and so important apart from leading worship. and now she know who she is and there is no stopping this daughter haha. im so pumped!! she carries the presence man! she is so so annointed its rediculous. im just kind of ranting about whats on my heart. its been an interesting transition coming out of making our first album. there is just so much more fire and more creativity wanting to be released and we just dont have the recources to release it all the way our hearts and minds envision it all. and it all is just trust. this whole season is about trusting God and leaning into His favor on our lives. knowing that we are in the perfect season for where we are now. it is so important to not look around and be discouraged at everyone elses success. i mean be soo for them! because they are amazing and wonderful and they have just been doing this stuff for alot longer. so its important to walk in honor and humility just coming under them and knowing that they have alot to offer us. we are just babies taking our first step on this wild journey. jesus sees success as union with god. i am so successful hahaha!He doesnt define success by selling a bunch of stuff and having a huge congregation or anthing. its all about knowing him. seeking first the kingdom.. and all else will be added unto you. i am in the perfect season and place in my life because im just obeying. i just wanted to open my heart to you guys to let you know whats going on in there. i dont want to stay a little undiscovered family in iv. i want the world to know of the wonderful things he is doing there! i want signs and wonders to break out and people to know God through them. i want to have an entire movement of worshipers constantly creating and constantly producing more things from out of IV. and i can't wait for the day when all of this is true. infact its already true in heaven haha so we are just waiting for heaven to manifest that on earth. and in the mean time..... strength is rising as we are waiting on Him. He is so good to us.