Realize Your Dreams Midterm

Randall Q. Lawrence
Faith Bible College
Realize Your Dreams
Sis. B
6/27/2011

Midterm: How do your dreams fall in line with the plan that God has for your life?

The dreams that have been important to me include having a Christ-centered marriage and family, becoming a prophetic minister of the Gospel and anointed preacher of integrity, being a teacher and leader/founder in a prophetic, Spirit-directed school.

I believe that I have already expressed about my simplifying of my baptismal and discipleship covenant with God. We are called to “love the Lord thy God with all of thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy strength, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself.” (Luke 10:27, Deuteronomy 6:5). My covenant with God is to do what He asks me to do in relation to His dreams desires and give my wants and dreams into His Hands. I have never achieved any of my dreams or desires through my own strength. After giving my dreams to God, I have not had any failures. (I am not saying that I have not made any mistakes—just that the secret to success in my life had been in complete partnership with God.)

I have had the desire to be married most of my life. I knew that I did not want to be single. I had to go through the heartbreak and mess of two failed marriages to learn to put this most important of decisions completely in the hands of God. I knew that I would not get married again without the full endorsement of God. My wife knew that years before that I was meant to be her husband as the Holy Spirit told her “Go get him….That’s your husband…” (April 2007) It took me longer. I began my classes at Faith Bible College (January 2010) and had a vision (almost like a “day-dream”) of getting married there developing in me over time. With the endorsement of Abba Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit (6-25-2010) during a church camp experience, I then felt free to get married to my best friend and beloved Peggy. Peggy has been with me each step of the way (besides a 2 week mission trip to Mexico in 2009) and has done the most, after God, to help get my life on track to achieve my dreams that fit into the plans of God. Getting married with God’s endorsement (“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”-Genesis 2:24, Matt. 19:5) has been such a blessing to my life and has had God’s hand and the Spirit’s work all over the development of our friendship, our marital relationship, and our ministry together as prophetic intercessor/preacher (me) and intercessory prophet/seer (Peggy). I am so thankful for her in my life and the central role of Jesus in our marriage and ministry. It has made all the difference.

For many years, I have wanted to go back to school. I am a student and scholar at heart. I love to learn new things and “dig” into things that I do not understand or only know a little about. This is on the wall when you come into Faith Bible College—“Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15). I am so thankful to have been directed to Faith Bible College. I was actually accepted as a student at IHOPU (International House of Prayer University) but then did not have all the money to be able to attend. God had other plans which blessed my best friend Peggy (now my beloved wife) also—closer, cheaper, Spirit-filled, mentoring, and family relationships.

I began school at Faith Bible College in January 2010. On the 39th day of a 40 day fast, Holy Spirit gave me a question for Dr. Nichols—“What would you do with revival?” He did not have to answer me, but his answer endeared him to me even more as he desired to further the Kingdom of God and to save souls rather than build a religious monument or giant church or school. I realized his heart as a “true man of God”. I am blessed with a Spirit-filled mentor and “spiritual father” (see 2 Timothy 1:2 where Paul calls Timothy “my dearly beloved son”) and “spiritual mother” in Dr. Nick and Dr. Eva respectively. For awhile, Peggy and I had been looking and desiring this kind of relationship to aid in our development as ministers of the Gospel and becoming ministers of integrity and anointing with the Holy Spirit.

My final dream which I will be addressing involves the founding of a prophetic “school of the prophets” or “school of the Spirit”. I have graduated with my Master’s degree in Ministry of the Prophet at Faith Bible College (Class of 2011). Many persons have asked me what I am going to do with the degree now that I have achieved it. I usually end up telling them that it is only a beginning step and that I need to keep going with my first doctorate (first of many)-Class of 2012. I have been told that God is also developing me to be a yielding vessel and an instrument in His hands for the Kingdom. I would like to see a school that is completely Christ-centered and Spirit-directed and anointed that would be a “sister school” to Faith Bible College. This school would concentrate on Restoration Movement groups (Community of Christ/RLDS, LDS, Remnant, Restoration, Temple Lot, and more) but would be open to all seeking a deeper relationship with God and Christ.

My dreams fit very well into the plans of God in my life. My ministry and God’s plan for my life are very important, but my “anchors” in the midst of the storms and changes in my life will be my wife and our marital relationship centered on Christ, my family and church family—brothers & sisters in Christ, and my own personal development with the calling of God on my life—“…he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love”—Ephesians 1:4. I have had God’s calling on my life for a long time which is why I wear a ring on my right hand on the 4th finger—Luke 15:22 ring with “GOD-LOVE-WAY-TRUTH-LIFE-SERVE” (based on John 14:6, 1 John 4:7-12, John 13, and many more). I put this ring on my finger in college to signify my adult commitment to Christ. Jesus Christ had always been faithful even when I have not. He also has been faithful to prayers that I have prayed many years ago and putting me in the right place at the right time in order to achieve those dreams that match His will.

"What would you do with revival?"

"What would you do with revival?" It's an interesting question....We are promised revival in Doctrine & Covenants 163.

I finished my 40 day fast on Tuesday, February 9. It was called by Evangelist Bev Moor during the CCM Leadership Summit in November 2009. He challenged us to ask God what we need to change about ourselves and to focus on the challenges faced by the church going into World Conference 2010. I could not do a food fast like I was originally planning so I decided to fast from facebook games and TV. I could not do the fast because I came down ill with a bad sinus infection starting on New Year's eve and before that I spent at onething09 in downtown KC with IHOP-KC. Being ill is not real conducive to a food fast so I switched to the above which I was spending too much time with facebook games and TV. I have had good TV fasts before. I used to do these before I got more into food fasts after reading Mahesh Chavda's Hidden Power of Prayer and Fasting.

I am not big on Lenten fasts. I'm not Catholic, but I still decided that I wanted to do another fast. I will trust God to give me strength to get through this second one.

I did not do very well with Bev's challenge about journaling and asking God what to change. I am getting that challenge with my Faith Bible College classes and with the Spirit's prompting. I have another Chavda book from onething09 called 40 Days of Prayer & Fasting which I want to use with this fast.

I need to share a testimony from the 40 day fast from January 1, 2010 to February 9, 2010. On February 8, I felt that God wanted me to share with Dr. Nick, CEO & founder of Faith Bible College here in Independence, MO. I have been real impressed at his messages regarding getting beyond division and denominations by focusing on Jesus and what we have in common. I was focused during the fast after feeling better on my church and WC 2010. I, however, felt that God wanted me to ask Dr. Nick this question: "What would you do with revival?" I did not even feel that I needed an answer, but I told him about the fast, and we talked along with his "bishop?" Pam, another member of FBC. I've been really impressed at the feel at Faith Bible and the mixing of white, black, Latino, and more. We talked and then prayed, and the Spirit confirmed this question along with a discussion of the answers. We were blessed by the Spirit which confirmed to Dr. Nick the question, and we lifted Dr. Nick, his team, Faith Bible up for revival, a mighty move of the Spirit, and for God's blessing. I feel that confirming even now.

Happy New Year! & 40 day fast

I will look forward to posting about the New Year of 2010. We were called to a 40 day fast by Evangelist Bev Moor of Canada at the CCM Leadership Summit in November 2009. The focus of the fast was to be on what God is calling us to change in our lives and also to lift up the church going into World Conference 2010.

IMO, this is a critical time. A 40 day can seem intimidating, and it does to me, but I've slowly worked my way up to 3-4 day fasts not being so difficult. 15 days has been my maximum with the 2008 Hill Cumorah Expedition Team spring trip. If it seems difficult, maybe try fasting of TV, or internet games, or something else that seems addictive. I've got to admit that I am a little (maybe a lot) intimidated with 40 days, but I feel it is important. I will attempt it. I will also be concentrating on praying for the WC 2010 by getting in the WC Chamber and praying over the chairs in the lower level. I want to cover all the chairs even though they all might not be used. I will be praying for blessing, healing, God-incidences (God-blessed coincidences), miracles, surprises (IMO, God loves to surprise us with His Spirit and Presence), and, in general, a better conference than can be imagined.

I also look forward to recapping my experiences with onething09 and bringing in the New Year of 2010 with a bunch of fired up youth and young adults praising God, praying, and seeking the Lord.