tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268Mon, 09 Sep 2024 04:52:34 +0000prayerBethel Trip 1giftlovemessageold man/womanBill JohnsondreamforgivenessobediencephysicalsintimealignmentbaptismbiblebreathchurchdemonicevilfirelanguagemanifestationpicvoltageEphesians 5James 5John 16John 3Kris VallottonLuke 12Luke 3Luke 5Matthew 6Romans 7Romans 8agnosticangelangerauthorityborn againcallingchristianchurchgoercurrentdespairdoubtdownloadelectricelectronelectronicsexistence prooffaithfastingfleshgradientkingdomlawlogicmathmindministrymiraclemortalitypath of least resistancephysicspsalm 40redemptionsalvationsignsspirittensionvoicewhy physicswisdomFollow one person's increasingly supernatural walk with God through Jesus Christ.http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Karyos)Blogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-7249381168958652041Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:24:00 +00002009-06-20T23:13:35.741-05:00Some people can carry their secret place -- the space in which they are free to pray and be alone with the Father -- everywhere with them. I never got the hang of this. In fact, since the actual, physical space I'd been using for prayer got turned from very-private to no-hope-of-privacy, I've been pretty well lost to prayer.My secret place, before it got annexed by a new living area (formerly ahttp://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/06/loss-of-secret-place.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-8053041440661586843Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:25:00 +00002009-06-03T19:32:02.655-05:00This is horrible. And I never saw it coming. Somehow, I got addicted to Facebook. I think it started when one of Bethel's leaders mentioned on BethelTV that he had posted some information on his Facebook page. Hmm, I wondered, what is this Facebook thing of which they speak? Famous last words. Perhaps not quite the last. There's so much that's happened in the past month. Time to begin.Post a http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/06/confessions-of-facebook-addict.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-292646586615755666Sat, 09 May 2009 04:35:00 +00002009-05-08T23:56:30.135-05:00There are several half-baked posts I'm still working on, including a word I received in prayer which should make for a really nice one.Shameless Ad: Have you checked out BethelTV lately? Subscription gives you access to live streaming content multiple times a week, including worship, sermons, and other teachings by Bethel's pastors as well as guest speakers. Also, you get access to archives of http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/05/half-baked.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-5842571775106064876Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:30:00 +00002009-04-22T00:40:44.170-05:00I'm indulging in a reading marathon of sorts, so my brain's been focused on drinking in the thoughts of others rather than leaking anything out. I didn't anticipate my blog going dormant so suddenly and protractedly, but I suppose this is a season for me to listen, pray, and read.Peace.Post a public comment below or privately email karyos@rocketmail.com.http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-sabbatical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-6037785600324936267Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:32:00 +00002009-05-08T23:58:07.198-05:00dreamJames 5messageobedienceprayerPrayer is good. Part of James 5:16 (KJV) reads:The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.I can't remember what today made me suddenly recall the dream I had last night, but it hadn't come back to me in wakefulness until then. In the dream, I was being given the gift of a prayer book and it was contained in a box which, when I opened it, contained a very small volume with a http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/04/james-516.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-4953474536700212748Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:23:00 +00002009-04-13T17:47:51.984-05:00biblechurchmessageprayerGot to church today hoping to receive, but I was called to give instead. We sat in the back row (at spouse's insistance, long story) and during the worship time, love just went out from me to these people and I started praying love, peace, and healing over that house. I drew from what I suppose has become a resource now, the connection that comes when I turn to Him in faith, and the house therehttp://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/04/resurrection-day-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-4533668798039958037Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:23:00 +00002009-06-03T21:32:53.420-05:00bibleelectricgiftmortalityMy "electric Bible" is a compact ESV Bible that I bought in 2006 when I had the experience of receiving God into my life for good. I brought it with me everywhere I went for more than a year, and bit by bit I waterproofed the thick, leather cover by working melted bits of wax into it. It's worn at the corners and exceedingly soft to the touch, and some of the gold has rubbed off the edges of http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/04/return-of-electric-bible.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-4803491482996156451Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:16:00 +00002009-04-08T21:45:29.825-05:00Bethel Trip 1downloadgiftvoiceIt was just for a short while, but we did make it to Bethel's awesome Friday night worship service. It was the first time I'd been in the Sanctuary area as a part of their body of believers. We got there early and sat a while watching people gather and listening to the worship team band get ready for the service.Does anyone remember the analog radio dial? Perhaps they still exist out there http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/04/glimpse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-810883299595611442Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:17:00 +00002009-04-08T22:15:00.365-05:00Bethel Trip 1Ephesians 5forgivenessgiftlovemiracleI'm about to testify to the greatest miracle I've ever personally witnessed and to which I can hold up no doubt in the world because it happened right here within me. First, let me tell you what it is; then I'll tell you what it means. During a period of prayer and fasting, I was asking for two things: to be closer to Him, and that He would make me whole. In response,He made me into http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/04/into-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-8923858914627777812Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:26:00 +00002009-04-08T21:48:25.798-05:00baptismBethel Trip 1breathdemonicfiregiftThis one requires a little bit of background before I launch into description and also requires a bit of faith to believe/understand. I'm going out on a limb because some of the things I'm writing here are of the sort to which I wouldn't have given the slightest bit of credence, say, a few years ago. Now, turns of phrase like "demonic powers" and "gave me a vision of" are WNL (within normal http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/devilweeding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-1715589569016402938Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:51:00 +00002009-04-08T21:57:40.792-05:00Bethel Trip 1firegiftmanifestationphysicalpicprayerAlabaster House, Bethel Church's Prayer House, Always OpenBethel Church in Redding, CA calls their prayer house Alabaster House, referring to the alabaster vial of perfume poured out over Jesus' head in (I'm fairly sure the following is the particular Scripture to which they refer; someone please let me know if I'm misremembering; that little monument is one of the things I forgot to photograph) http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/alabaster-house-fire-on-hands.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-9222019209783622484Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:46:00 +00002009-04-08T13:48:14.564-05:00Bethel Trip 1fastingmathprayertimeWe had our first trip to Bethel Church this past weekend. Three wonderful days of church (real church!), prayer, and fasting (for me, at least).I have much to post including pics, miracles worked in me, and many other experiences &amp; thoughts thereon.Without faith, it would be difficult to believe all that happened for us there. But, having traveled through Buddhism, agnosticism, atheism, andhttp://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/so-much-news-to-give.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-523759315510691939Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:05:00 +00002009-04-08T21:56:14.312-05:00Bethel Trip 1First Trip to Bethel Church in Redding, CAMarch 2009For the sake of organization in future months, let this serve as an index for posts about this visit.Posts will be listed in the order in which they're posted (oldest first). New stuff will be added to the end of the list so that once I've written the full scope of what I can, there will be a full index here. Hazzah.So Much News to http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/bethel-trip-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-6426936228167325053Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:35:00 +00002009-03-23T20:36:24.873-05:00doubtobediencesignsI have this plan in mind, and for the past couple of days I've been doubting that I'm on the right track, that this is really what He wants me to do. For me it's a pretty radical idea, but they say obedience is supposed to be that way. Still, some pesky little doubtlettes (small doubts) were lingering in my head.So this afternoon, I'm waiting on my spouse to go out, and my eyes gently roll acrosshttp://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/kingdom-rice-krispies_23.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-3200621740565189387Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:31:00 +00002009-03-22T15:44:12.470-05:00existence proofkingdomlogicLuke 12When you're searching for something, it's always in the last place you look.Not that it's in the last place you would look, but that it's in the last place you do look, because after you find the object you usually stop looking.The kingdom of God isn't like that, though. Seeking it out is a lifelong process -- I mean, there's more there than we could possibly learn in the natural course of time http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/its-always-in-last-place-you-look.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-1343136447737242670Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:15:00 +00002009-03-18T23:23:54.217-05:00John 16Perhaps my very favorite Biblical verse of all time is John 16:33 (here in ESV):I have said these things to you, that in me you mayhave peace. In the world you will have tribulation.But take heart; I have overcome the world.Does anyone else see Him smiling while saying that last sentence? Post a public comment below or privately email karyos@rocketmail.com.http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/favorite-biblical-verse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-1727482439938322802Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:10:00 +00002009-03-18T22:15:27.809-05:00prayerIf Jesus is the lover of our souls, does that make prayer analogous to pillow talk? Only of the most intimate and sanctified variety, but yeah, why not!Anyway, here are some prayers I've been saying lately, that I want to share. I know I've borrowed parts from everywhere in my experience, from readings to teachings to songs and hymns, so I claim no "ownership" of, or originality in, any of http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/pillow-talk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-4016838194168535695Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:20:00 +00002009-04-09T01:39:02.374-05:00alignmentforgivenessloveHad a breakthrough on the forgiveness thing (original post). Many aspects of life suddenly have become amazingly easier. I'm also finding shorter pathways to kicking out demons when they try to come.The person I forgave was an important influence in my childhood so with this new-found forgiveness has come this HUGE treasure chest overflowing with old memories that can now come back to me in a http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/treasure-revealed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-4973286722721779235Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:11:00 +00002009-03-15T20:00:25.230-05:00dreammessageAnother dream just now while napping just after some prayer time; so much happened there's no way I'm going to even remember it all much less get it down. However, I can certainly say that there were some pretty clear instructions there. And it happens that I woke up at about 6:58 PM and was facing the clock when it turned 7:00 PM.Does anyone else get a little scared when it seems that, with http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/instructions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-2963777888740960931Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:06:00 +00002009-04-09T21:21:33.437-05:00angeldreamfaithmessageministryobediencetimeI just awoke from a dream wherein my dream-self was visited by an angelic presence, and it had a lot to do with timing. I'll attempt to describe it a bit.A tangle of vehicles, from motorcycles to RVs, some moving and some stationary, a TV in nearly every room of every residence, houses without outer walls such that there were no completely enclosed rooms, and motion, constant motion back and http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/timing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-3354027255023369517Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:14:00 +00002009-03-14T20:52:02.961-05:00It's 3.14.2009.Happy !Joy of Pi WebsiteSend an e-greeting card for Pi DayStare at a big Pi and listen to a Pi-themed songPost a public comment below or privately email karyos@rocketmail.com.http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/happy-pi-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-979059568846172474Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:21:00 +00002009-04-04T00:43:03.351-05:00Bill Johnsonlanguagephysicswhy physicsI've not been terribly prolific lately because I've been spending most spare time reading. Let me share a very resonant part of the book I'm reading; but first, the context.I've often been asked, "Why Physics?" and I've given many different answers.1) I love it, I love it, I love it: as soon as I found out what experimental science was, I couldn't keep my hands, or my mind, off it.2) The people http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-physics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-4045463293797129693Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:19:00 +00002009-03-18T22:28:03.068-05:00<-- What's this rectangle doing here? (lol) Anyway...Ended up not being my week for churchgoing again, to my dismay. Dismay turned to frustration, which turned into anger and, my emotional stamina having been run over by these like a freight train, lethargy took the place of what was supposed to jump up and fight those temptations. (Nothing as troubling as Backslidden, though.)Woke up with a http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/not-my-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-7467029979346279172Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:37:00 +00002009-03-07T01:49:15.656-06:00alignmentforgivenesslovetimeGenerally speaking, forgiveness is easy, for a lot of reasons:1. God's love is an infinite source and is given without measure when we draw upon it.2. If a person has done evil to me and comes to me for forgiveness, their current state of repentance (changing the way they think and act) means more to me than whatever happened in the past. God put us in a world with a monotonic dimension of http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/to-forgive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348770742883260268.post-567808841307998616Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:26:00 +00002009-03-21T15:07:34.762-05:00fleshKris VallottonlawMatthew 6mindold man/womanRomans 7Romans 8sinspiritThis is a lot of scripture to dump on you at once, so if you want to get to what I've got to say about it, feel free to jump down below and then scroll up here for reference as to where I'm getting some of these thoughts. Also look at Kris Vallotton's last sermon; it took me this long to get it, and it just so happens that it gets to the heart of some of my more recent struggles, so I think it http://ikaryos.blogspot.com/2009/03/sin-getting-you-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karyos)1