Let the River Flow 2008: Living Our Dreams

Notes from the 2008 Let the River Flow Conference... from Arlene del Socorro {thanks!}.

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LET THE RIVER FLOW CONFERENCE 2008
Feb. 18, 2008 Monday Ladies’ Meeting 7:00 pm – LIVING OUR DREAMS

Lindy Oliver

WOMEN are NURTURERS, capable of compassion and helping and encouraging children to find their own faith in God. Women are multi-tasking people.

We are created to be DREAMERS and it is something we are not supposed to outgrow.

A DREAM is something strongly desired, something that fully satisfies.

We need to change our “IF ONLY” with ‘WHAT CAN WE DO TOGETHER LORD?”

The world is a dream stealer. Even the church can be a dream stealer. But we need to TAKE PLEASURE IN THE LORD and hold on to our dream.

PSALMS 37:4-6 DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.


HOW DO WE GET FROM HAVING DREAMS TO REALLY LIVING THOSE DREAMS?

Example of Mary: LUKE 1:26-38

26 In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."

29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. 31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."

34 "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?" 35 The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. 37 FOR NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD."

38 "I AM THE LORD'S SERVANT," MARY ANSWERED. "MAY IT BE TO ME AS YOU HAVE SAID." Then the angel left her.


It has to START WITH THE LORD.

Share your dreams with Him. DREAMS ARE BORN OUT OF A RELATIONSHIP. Conception comes not from passion but from INTIMACY.

Believe that WITH GOD NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. (verse 37)
BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS. Believe the prophetic words you received and what God has placed in your heart. It’s not about knowing how it’s going to happen, it’s about WHO GAVE THE PROMISE.

We need to SURRENDER TO GOD’S IDEA like Mary.
She believed so she conceived. (verse 38)

We have to carry our dreams to its’ FULL TERM.
It was an inconvenient time for Mary to travel and she was uncomfortable during the entire trip but she proceeded to carry the dream.

DO NOT ABORT YOUR DREAMS WHEN IT GETS UNCOMFORTABLE.

Deal with the inconvenience and LOOK FORWARD TO BIRTHING YOUR DREAMS. We know there is a baby inside a pregnant woman. We don’t say there is a promise inside the womb. There is a seed, a life inside it. It is the same with your dreams. YOUR DREAMS CARRY LIFE, A SEED THAT WILL PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT IN DUE SEASON.

WE HAVE TO LABOR BEFORE WE CAN BREAKTHROUGH.
Mary’s time to labor came at a very inconvenient time in a place where there was no room for her to properly deliver her baby, BUT IT WAS GOD’S PERFECT APPOINTED TIME.

To LABOR is to TRAVAIL, STRUGGLE, STRIVE, TO SWEAT. Spend time in PRAYER to PREPARE YOURSELF FOR IT.

Breakthrough is messy, but that’s not the dream. The baby is the dream, the treasure. THE MESS COMES BEFORE THE DREAM.

If you want to see the dream come, you got to BREAKTHROUGH.

NURTURE THE DREAM.
God trusted Mary and Joseph to raise His Son. Your dream will need a lot of your time and attention, but in time, your dream will be imprinted with your life.

GIVE YOUR DREAM, YOUR VISION BACK TO GOD.
Remit it to Him. RELEASE IT AND GIVE UP YOUR RIGHTS AND YOUR CONTROL OVER IT TO GOD. The dream and life we have in us has a PURPOSE and DESTINY FAR MORE BIGGER THAN US. Release your children and bless them. Know that GOD IS AT WORK IN THEIR LIVES.

To move from having dreams to really living those dreams starts with INTIMACY. BELIEVE. That’s where life is conceived. Then we SURRENDER TO HIM. Choose to believe Him who is the Giver of life, share your life with Him and see a fruitful and fulfilling life in Him.

Today's Word is...

...GODLY!

Let the River Flow 2008: Running with Jesus [part 2]

thanks to Arlene del Socorro for passing out these notes online. God bless her more!

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Let the River Flow Conference 2008
Feb. 17, 2008 Sunday Service 9:00 am – Running with Jesus

Part 2

PREREQUISITES TO GETTING TO THE OTHER SIDE:

Leave the crowd behind (MARK 4:36 NIV LEAVING THE CROWD BEHIND, they took Him along, just as He was, in the boat.)

See who is with you (MARK 4:36 NIV There were also OTHER BOATS with Him.)

Know who is with you (MARK 4:36 NIV Leaving the crowd behind, they took Him along, JUST AS HE WAS, in the boat.) Jesus came as He was on the boat – the KING OF KINGS, LORD OF LORDS, ALMIGHTY AND GREAT, SON OF GOD

Know that you have no control over the elements, but Jesus has. (MARK 4:37-39 NIV A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke Him and said to Him, "Teacher, don't You care if we drown?" HE GOT UP, REBUKED THE WIND AND SAID TO THE WAVES, "QUIET! BE STILL!" THEN THE WIND DIED DOWN AND IT WAS COMPLETELY CALM. )


Pastor Rich Oliver

God has spoken prophetic direction in your life but a storm meets you and you think you will sink.

IF YOU STAY TOO LONG IN A STRUGGLE BEFORE YOU CALL ON GOD, YOU WILL GET AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM. You will look for someone to blame except yourself.

Jesus said in MARK 4:40 NIV, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?"

He is saying why are you so afraid that you would forget my character? Do you believe in the storm more than you believe in me?

When we forget our purpose, then the activities of the Lord will surprise us. We will ask questions like “who is this?”

MARK 4:41 NIV They were terrified and asked each other, "Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey Him!"

Don’t be caught totally off guard.

Today's Word is...

...DIVINE!

Let the River Flow 2008: Running With Jesus

thanks to Arlene del Socorro for passing these notes around. she is such a blessing.

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LET THE RIVER FLOW CONFERENCE 2008
with Pastor Rich and Lindy Oliver

Feb. 17, 2008 Sunday Service 9:00 am – RUNNING WITH JESUS

Pastor Rich Oliver

DESPAIR is the root the enemy is holding over the future, over finances, over what’s going to happen to the children.

A HEART OF REJOICING is the way to kill it. It is poison to despair.

Rejoice on the truth that the GRAVE IS EMPTY, the PRICE HAS BEEN PAID, and JESUS IS SEATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FATHER.

REJOICING brings BREAKTHROUGH.

Say to yourself, “THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH.” (NEHEMIAH 8:10 NIV Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.")


Lindy Oliver


ROMANS 15:13 NIV May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Kingdom of God is here, in the person of Jesus, and He is looking for a bride who will RUN WITH HIM and change the world with Him.

Be transformed from being doers for Jesus to a BRIDE RUNNING WITH JESUS.

Everything Jesus did demonstrate the Kingdom.

MARK 4:35 NIV That day when evening came, He said to His disciples, "Let us go over to the other side."

This is a PURPOSE STATEMENT. He is telling us let us go to the other side, to the land of the living dead.

Prophetic statements have been spoken by the Lord in your life and you are just waiting for it to happen.

You need to GET ON A BOAT and GET TO THE OTHER SIDE. You have something they need.

Today's Word is...

...GREATER!

Lose Heart

One of the prophetic directions for this year was that it would be a year of encouraging oneself in the Lord. This is true. These days it is necessary to just really lift yourself up and encourage your spirit to hope in the Lord and to not be discouraged [everyone else seems to be too busy to do it for you. heheh].

I find myself in a season where I feel like being led by the hand of God, but with my eyes blindfolded -- I have little-to-no idea of where this road is going most of the time. I find myself asking God and myself what's going on.

I reviewed my journal the other night and was struck by how many times the Lord had spoken to me to cease striving and to just rest in Him. I seem to be forgetting that He's told me He'll take care of me so many times. But God is always gracious.

Today, I felt a few minutes of in-coming discouragement and whispered to the Lord, "please, don't let me lose heart. I do not want to be discouraged, Lord." To which He reminded me to lift myself up and to bless Him with my soul.

I ran to the Biblegateway and searched through the site using the words "lose heart". This led me to this passage in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18...

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

God strengthens the inner man daily, but we have to do our part by reading His Word and constantly reminding ourselves to praise the Lord with our inmost being. His Word in our hearts keeps it from being swayed by our light and momentary troubles. As we fix our eyes on Him, He will keep us in perfect peace and keep us from losing heart.

Today's Word is...

...VICTORY!

Great Dane of Integrity

Two names of old, two names foretold
The path before you speaks
Two times the measure, two times the treasure
Of integrity

One Daniel stood for what was good
Against some man-made schemes
Though tried by men in lions’ den
His God came and redeemed

He kept his faith, he knew the weight
Of staying true and just
He pleased not men, for he knew then
That God would be his judge

One David fell and sinned so well
But kept his heart aright
Though caught by lust he kept his trust
And sought the Savior’s light

His tender heart and music art
Drew him to Father’s arms
A gentle soul, yet fierce and bold
A fighter in the war

One Daniel David, bright and rabid
Walks in light of these
One portion, not; but two his lot
God's power now released

He carries on, the strength he dons
From prophets and royalty
Receiving double, none of the trouble
From men of integrity

This Daniel, this David, this man created
For such a time as now
Will walk head high, his God nearby
To Him alone he'll bow

This man, his name, he is Great Dane
Ordained to rise above
Before his eyes no compromise
But full of Father's love

Arise, young man, I say again
You're one victorious saint
Fix eyes on Christ, for as you rise
You surely will not faint

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for Daniel David: God has marked you as a man of integrity. Stand on His promises and stand on His word and see His integrity shine through you!

Today's Word is...

...MAGNIFY!