----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 3:31
PM
Subject: My Nephew, on Fire for
God!
Hi guys!
I'd like to share something awesome with
you. One of my nephews, my youngest brother's oldest son Zachary has
become really on fire for Jesus! Here's an email he sent me.
Enjoy!
Sharon
(you may also read this update by clicking the
link below)
A Jubilant Voice in Training
I haven’t the slightest clue where to even begin!
I feel like a mosquito in the midst of a nudist colony! :-) (I
hope that made you at least chuckle…)
Where to begin? The end of January
flashed by, February felt like a day or two, and here I am updating you near
the middle of March!!! God’s hand is on
me so strong that time itself seems
nonexistent…I have died to myself so much that my temporal earthly body has
succumbed to my eternal being of limitless
time! Ok, maybe not completely,
but time is truly flying by!
By God’s
grace, I am still at the International House of Prayer in the brown flatlands
of Missouri; I’m flat broke; I don’t even have food money
for the day; my
gas tank is near empty; there’s no snowboarding; there’s an intense lack of
Idahoan beauty; and despite everything, I am thoroughly enjoying
every day
with overwhelmingly abundant joy! I had NO idea I would be out here this long.
And now my tank is full of gas and I have food to eat. Praise
the
Lord!
I am a “voice in training” under this divine and
bizarre consecration. The revelations He is granting me would entertain
hundreds and even thousands of
books. No joke! My journals are abounding
and notebooks are accumulating from just my brief overviews of the truths He’s
teaching me! It is FAR too much
to write in an update letter, but I am
agreeing with the psalmist and Paul himself when they said “I believe in God,
so I speak.” I’ll attach a very brief
and totally incomprehensive summary
of some of the things I’m learning in a day or two.
I have been
diving into God’s Word daily (Psalm 119:105) and devouring as much as God will
give upon my request for more (Prov 15:2, Jam 4:2). God
is lovingly and
faithfully dumping heavenly truckloads of wisdom, understanding, love, faith,
grace, peace, humility, and He’s even thrown in some light
of His Glory!
He’s given me prophetic dreams, jaw-dropping promises, and a vision of God’s
throne as I was lost in the spirit in an audible conversation
with the
perfect Trinity!!! Hallelujah!
I am weak in this process and am not doing any of
it on my own strength as Paul stated in 2 Cor 12 “I don't want anyone to think
more highly of me than
what they can actually see in my life and my
message, even though I have received wonderful revelations from God.” Vs
6a-7b. I have done nothing to earn
or deserve anything that I am
receiving; it is all by God’s grace of putting this desire in me (Phil 2:13).
I am just accepting this invitation wholeheartedly
and putting aside all
other cares of this life. I’m denying movies and food and many other desires.
Some are already calling me crazy, but I stand upon
the words of Paul in 1
Cor 4:3 “it matters very little what you or anyone else thinks…It is the Lord
himself who will examine me and decide.”
The joy of my inner man cannot be contained and
occasionally bursts forth in dancing and laughter. My zeal is unquenchable as
God has His protective fiery
hand around me. Upon hearing God’s voice, I
left IHOP for a couple weeks and have been feeding families in need in
Missouri (more in next update). I even
had a demon snarl at me as I quoted
scripture to a brother in agony! Life is an adventure. Many of you know my
parents have been ministering down in Mexico,
and they heard God tell them
to leave the 85-degree sunny beaches of the Baja and drive to the brown
distasteful flatlands of Kansas City…and the crazy
part…they actually
obeyed! They drove over 2000 miles to be at the Passion for Jesus Conference
at IHOP last weekend. To summarize: my Dad experienced
breakthrough, my Mom
was undone by the Holy Spirit, and I was radically encouraged having both my
loving folks with me.
Thank you so much for all your prayers. Our
family as a whole and individually are all on the threshold of change. Please
pray for clarity in direction
and timing, as well as financial miracles;
but most importantly that we would all fulfill the First and Greatest
Commandment of Loving God with ALL of
our hearts, mind, soul, and strength.
Feel free to reply with your thoughts, browse through my website, or leave a
comment on Facebook. But above all else,
I highly encourage you to actually
open up a Bible TODAY and read God’s truth and not just rely on what man
teaches. Read Romans or Ephesians or Proverbs
or Hebrews…just READ
it! Why not now? My desire is both to inspire you that all things are
possible through Christ (Phil 4:13), and that my life would
be one big
giant ARROW that points to the alive man of Jesus Christ who is eagerly
waiting for you to know Him more (Matt 22:29).
Until the glorious and imminent day our lovesick
Bridegroom Jesus returns as Judge and King, may God our Father, and Christ
Jesus our Lord give you grace,
mercy, and peace,
Zach Hooley
(208) 315-4707
Contact me on
Facebook
Support Me
with
paypal, cards, or other
Read this update or my last update with pictures
on my Blogs page on my website
(you may also read this update by clicking the
link below)
A Jubilant Voice in Training
I haven’t the slightest clue
where to even begin! I feel like a
mosquito in the midst of a nudist
colony! :-) (I hope that made you
at least chuckle…) Where to
begin? The end of January flashed by,
February felt like a day or two, and
here I am updating you near the
middle of March!!! God’s hand is on me so
strong that time itself
seems nonexistent…I have died to myself so much
that my temporal
earthly body has succumbed to my eternal being of
limitless time! Ok,
maybe not completely, but time is truly flying
by!
By God’s grace, I am still
at the International House of
Prayer in the brown flatlands of Missouri;
I’m flat broke; I don’t
even have food money for the day; my gas tank is
near empty; there’s
no snowboarding; there’s an intense lack of Idahoan
beauty; and
despite everything, I am thoroughly enjoying every day
with
overwhelmingly abundant joy! I had NO idea I would be out here
this
long. And now my tank is full of gas and I have food to eat.
Praise
the Lord!
I am a “voice in training” under this divine and
bizarre consecration.
The revelations He is granting me would entertain
hundreds and even
thousands of books. No joke! My journals are abounding
and notebooks
are accumulating from just my brief overviews of the truths
He’s
teaching me! It is FAR too much to write in an update letter, but I
am
agreeing with the psalmist and Paul himself when they said “I
believe
in God, so I speak.” I’ll attach a very brief and
totally
incomprehensive summary of some of the things I’m learning in a day
or
two.
I have been diving
into God’s Word daily (Psalm 119:105) and
devouring as much as God will
give upon my request for more (Prov
15:2, Jam 4:2). God is lovingly and
faithfully dumping heavenly
truckloads of wisdom, understanding, love,
faith, grace, peace,
humility, and He’s even thrown in some light of His
Glory! He’s given
me prophetic dreams, jaw-dropping promises, and a vision
of God’s
throne as I was lost in the spirit in an audible conversation with
the
perfect Trinity!!! Hallelujah!
I am weak in this process and am not
doing any of it on my own
strength as Paul stated in 2 Cor 12 “I don't want
anyone to think more
highly of me than what they can actually see in my
life and my
message, even though I have received wonderful revelations from
God.”
Vs 6a-7b. I have done nothing to earn or deserve anything that
I am
receiving; it is all by God’s grace of putting this desire in me
(Phil
2:13). I am just accepting this invitation wholeheartedly and
putting
aside all other cares of this life. I’m denying movies and food
and
many other desires. Some are already calling me crazy, but I
stand
upon the words of Paul in 1 Cor 4:3 “it matters very little what
you
or anyone else thinks…It is the Lord himself who will examine me
and
decide.”
The joy of my inner man cannot be contained and
occasionally bursts
forth in dancing and laughter. My zeal is unquenchable
as God has His
protective fiery hand around me. Upon hearing God’s voice, I
left IHOP
for a couple weeks and have been feeding families in need in
Missouri
(more in next update). I even had a demon snarl at me as I
quoted
scripture to a brother in agony! Life is an adventure. Many of
you
know my parents have been ministering down in Mexico, and they
heard
God tell them to leave the 85-degree sunny beaches of the Baja
and
drive to the brown distasteful flatlands of Kansas City…and the
crazy
part…they actually obeyed! They drove over 2000 miles to be at
the
Passion for Jesus Conference at IHOP last weekend. To summarize:
my
Dad experienced breakthrough, my Mom was undone by the Holy
Spirit,
and I was radically encouraged having both my loving folks with
me.
Thank you so much for all your prayers. Our family as a whole
and
individually are all on the threshold of change. Please pray
for
clarity in direction and timing, as well as financial miracles;
but
most importantly that we would all fulfill the First and
Greatest
Commandment of Loving God with ALL of our hearts, mind, soul,
and
strength. Feel free to reply with your thoughts, browse through
my
website, or leave a comment on Facebook. But above all else, I
highly
encourage you to actually open up a Bible TODAY and read God’s
truth
and not just rely on what man teaches. Read Romans or Ephesians
or
Proverbs or Hebrews…just READ it! Why not now? My desire is both
to
inspire you that all things are possible through Christ (Phil
4:13),
and that my life would be one big giant ARROW that points to the
alive
man of Jesus Christ who is eagerly waiting for you to know Him
more
(Matt 22:29).
Until the glorious and imminent day our lovesick
Bridegroom Jesus
returns as Judge and King, may God our Father, and Christ
Jesus our
Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace,
Zach Hooley
(208) 315-4707
Contact me on Facebook
Support Me with paypal, cards, or
other
Read this update or my last update with pictures
on my Blogs page on
my website