Freeing My Mind

Hello everyone. I made it back from my adventures in the Caribbean sea. An amazing time was had by all, but it’s good to be back as well. I was inundated by a hundred emails and Facebook messages today, so I’m not going to be able to get out a full fledged blog. Although, I would like to share a message that I received from a young girl in Brazil. I was there in early December, as you might recall and I received this message not long after. This is akin to me posting baby pictures or something. And, by the way, I decided to leave the grammar in tact.

See you tomorrow!

Hi Craig,
I was at Dunamis in São Paulo…not sure u will remember me anyway…
I want to tell u what has happened…. in only one week

At the firt day of Dunamis, Lord used u to wake me up, and He brought me back to him..

My testimony is pretty much like urs, i grew up in the church but got distante because never had a experience with God before, got involved with drogs, and i was addicted to cigarrets as well…. always belived and prayed but i knew i wasnt doing teh right thing…

And at that Wednesday u prayed, God talked through you, and liberated me from those addicitions and filled me with his love.

Since than i havent smoke, i have tryed to stop many times before but i felt my body craving for nicotine,my heart acelerating. but now i didnt feel that because God broke it!!

So the next day i felt hungry for MORE LOVE MORE GOD and kept coming back i went back every day and God gave me a lot of blessing and opened my eyes and ears.

Resuming through a friend that brought me to dunamis then through u and then through me God brought back my hole family back to him,
i just told then how diferent i was, that the LOVE was so strong, and they felt and they saw it and they wanted it back…

My family was going a part, everyone far from the Lord, we r in 7 total, My parents was nearly divorcing, one of my brothers left home because a big argument, and me and my other 2 sisters wasnt friends any more and really into the world things, u know night clubs, many boyfriends, drogs..

But now, victory is ours.. after a lot of pray my parents remembered how much they love each other, my brother come back home, me and my sisters even feel like going out to night clubs and no drogs, because he fell us up.. hehehe…we r full of love, full of God…many more things happened but if i tell u everything i will need another 3 pages! We cant stop loving God we r all the time praying we r all the time praising, and we want to be used and we want to to this revolution!! my sisters r having vesions, the god is telling us thing thrue my mother mouth when she prays, i can hear good talking to me many times of the day and thrue many dreams…
THE REVOLUTION OF LOVE IS HAPPENING my family is the prove alive!

i´m so hungry that i bought the course through ur web site School of Prophetic Awakening.

GOD IS AWESOME GOD!! I THANK HIM FOR UR LIFE!

I was hoping to get a more proper blog out before I leave for Brazil, but as I sit in Newark, NJ waiting to board our plane, it looks like a short snippet from my iPhone is all you get.

Although tired from already being on the road for a week already, I’m so stoked about Brazil. I did the same event in December last year, and it was my favorite place I went all year.

1) Crazy passionate young people.
2) Wobbly Mary. A Brazilian dessert something akin to flan with a heavy dose of coconut.
3) Brazillian steakhouse. I can pronounce the term, but attempting to spell it would bring down my “world traveler” respect points.
4) Futbol chants during the conference.
5) Summer.

I wish I has time, and a better keyboard, so that I could share what all God has been doing in Lori and I. I remember writing a post entitled “Growing Pains”. In it I described the feeling of my external life having trouble keeping up with accelerated change inside of me. It looks like my life and ministry are beginning to catch up.

I’ve been contemplating various pioneers throughout history. Whether it be Jesus, Martin Luther (original and King Jr. version), Chris Columbus, or Leonardo Davinci, I’m beginning to see various similarities about their lives. While I currently merely aspire to be like these men, I’m beginning to understand my thought process a little more.

A long time ago, the Lord spoke to me. He said, “More than a minister, Craig, I want you to see yourself as an inventor. You might make 10,000 mistakes, but if you keep seeking to do what has never been done, eventually you will create something that changes the world.” It’s easy to think about being that way, but frustrating to actually live that way. I’m finding myself in a time where my hypothesis has yet to be completely proven, but I’m seeing good signs. I know, still vague.

On a side note, I need some accountability with a goal that I’m setting. I’ve got about three books inthe works. Varying in their state of completion from simply an outline to about 100 pages written. (Although that particular book is somewhat dated in my heart.) I’ve decided to commit to having one of them finished by February first.

SO, here is where you come into play. I would like my faithful blog readers to help give me a much needed kick in the butt when I need it. I would really like some of you to commit to praying for me. Mostly for creative grace and time. Also, every now and then either leave a comment on the blog or leave me a swift kick in the butt via facebook. Something to the effect of, “Craig, I really hope your working on your book right now. I’ve decided to go on a hunger strike until you finish it. I have also forced my young children to participate in my strike. Oh, and I have suspended my African child sponsorship until the book is printed.” That should help. But really, leave a comment.

Forgive any spelling errors, this actually was a long post for an iPhone keyboard.

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