This is a long post, but hear my out. As difficult as it is to say this, I would have to say that yesterday was probably one of the hardest days I’ve experienced in a long time. Not in a physical, but spiritual sense. I was scheduled to move to Los Angeles this morning via rental car. However, my original intention was to drive my own car out there. God had promised me a new car, which He will still come through on. I was expecting him to come through in my timing, and but he always comes through in His timing (Which is typically different than ours). It was probably a pride issue for one, because people knew that I was believing God for a car to go out to LA, and I didn’t want people to think, “Oh he just didn’t have enough faith, or God didn’t really promise him a car.” For naysayers, wait and see, and as the whole story unravels over the next few weeks and months, the whole story will be available regarding how God provided for me, and why I believed how I did. There is reasoning behind everything. (by the way, he has provided me with three cars before, so it’s
not a new trend)

I am now scheduled to fly out to LA on Thursday of this week. I am checking four bags and mailing a box out there. After looking over the whole situation and with the revelation of God, I have come to the conclusion that the decision is to fly out there, and fit as much of my things as possible into the bags I am checking. (since I don’t have a car that is capable of making the drive out there). Conveniently however, a specific airline has recently opened direct flights for the first time from Springfield to LA at very reasonable rates. I like to think it’s because I’m moving out there and God wants to make it easy to come back and visit friends and family.

Interestingly enough though, last week I believed that God wanted me to rent a car and drive out there, yet now I am flying. The question is, did I miss the timing upon reserving the car. I could have potentially reserved a car last week, but I was traveling back and forth between Springfield and the Lake of the Ozarks and I wanted to have time to stop by and look at the car I was renting to analyze whether or not I would be able to fit the all my stuff into the car (the cheapest one was like 640 bucks minimum plus extra insurance and gas). However, if I did end up renting a car, I realize that it would have been more difficult than expected to leave at the time intended, because the stuff I planned on grabbing from my parents house was a lot more disorganized than I remembered, so it really is best that I fly (other than not being able to visit my brother on the way out).

So there I am, last night (technically two nights, but when I started typing this, it had not reached 12:00 am), frustrated and uncertain what I’m going to do. And as my friend’s dad put it, “so you wanted to go back to Egypt, we’ve all been there”. Great analogy, many times we follow God and in a world sense it looks like we would have been better off earlier. When I wrote the previous post, I will be honest, I was pretty frustrated and stressed. As for yesterday being crazy, it was not just the rental car issue, that was just the frosting on top of the cake because I was already having a crazy day. I said I wasn’t going to let it get to me, and was like I’m just going to pray in the Spirit instead of getting flustered. It felt like the enemy was really trying hard to try to get me down and hinder me from going into God’s will. At one point I made some comments I wish I didn’t make regarding the whole situation. It wasn’t like I cursed God in a JOB sense, or denied Christ like Peter did, or anything even close to that, but it kind of felt like I did though as I fumed the whole dilemma to my brother. I have trusted in God all my life and it felt like at one point, I was trying to rely on myself instead of letting him take care of my needs and it was as if I was mad at God for getting me into this mess. I have no right to get mad at God, and I repented immediately afterward of such. But the thing was, I should have known better than to listen to the lies and stabs of the enemy,
after all, I never verbalize lies of the enemy.

Later that night my friends planned a good surprise party for me (though it wasn’t all a surprise), and they prayed over me and I had an awesome word of wisdom with translation spoken to me for like five minutes by my friends parent who happened to be in the dream from a few posts before. It was pretty intense and God set me straight regarding the whole situation and spiritual attack that was going on.

He said in summary that I was trying too hard to try to meet my needs and that I just needed to trust in him to provide. (I’m putting this in quotes, but it’s more like a mix between quotes, paraphrase, summary, as I did not have a recorder, but I will explain it the best I can. He said

“I know what you need and I can see the things that you can’t see, and that all of your needs are already out there waiting for your even if it doesn’t look like it at first. You need to let go of what you think you need and all the stuff you think you need, and just go out and trust me. We go in stages, and sometimes it’s time to crawl, and then we walk, and then we run. You are getting ready to run and as you step into my complete will for you, and because now you are allowing yourself to have to rely completely on me, I will provide for you in better ways than you can imagine. You need to stand, confessing thanksgiving victory, and take ground, and stand, confessing thanksgiving victory, and take ground, and not listen to the lies and deception of the enemy, but stand, with thanksgiving victory, and take ground, and then stand always with thanks giving victory, and take ground. YOU WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO QUIT, or you can stand, and take ground. You will have an opportunity to listen to the deception when it gets hard, but you must stand, and with thanksgiving victory, confessing the truth, and I will take you through this. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! We will have fun times together and even great experiences you didn’t even expect. You think big, but I think bigger ((*A word spoken over me a few years earlier included something like “I am looking for big thinkers, and I found one here,”)).

There was more, but I can’t really remember it. I remember the warning was about mid message however, which was what I needed to hear, because it was God setting me straight from all the horrible thinking I was experiencing earlier that day and allowing to creep in. Now that I am flying out, a bunch of the stuff I planned on taking I now have to get rid of… surprise surprise. I will keep you all posted. Be blessed everyone and thanks for taking an interest in what Gods doing in my life.

I am suppose to move out to LA tomorrow, but now the rental car that I was going to get seems to be rented out, even though everything was available last night. I was unable to go online and reserve it because the internet was down, and when i finally got a hold of the company, they appear to be out of every car for one way travel. Apparently every other car rental in Springfield are also out.

This whole ordeal puts me in a frustrating position. I could fly out their and have my stuff shipped, but the minimum cost will be $1,000. The only benefit of renting a car was the ability to stop in New Mexico to visit my brother, but if I cant do that, the expenses are not worth it. If that is the case, i would be better off buying a cheap car for like $1000 and selling it out in Los Angeles, but I don’t think God wants me to do that, so I’m not going to… I’m put in an interesting position because I need reasonably priced way to drive out to LA tomorrow, and their isn’t even any available in the worldly sense. Anyways, pray for wisdom, strength, and favor for this whole ordeal because it feel like the kingdom of darkness is launching a full out attack regarding this manner and everything else relating to what I am trying to do.

In a worldly sense, it appears that following the intellectual route around all of this would have been a lot smarter and easier, but never the less, God has a plan and I cannot yet see the whole picture how he is going to come through. I know he is going to come through and meet me needs much more substantially than if I did my own thing. Anyways, pray for me, I will keep you all posted.

~~Backstory~~

I was sitting in my friend’s house September 7th, 2009 with my mother and my friends parents who had graduated Rhema Bible college and had been pastors in the past. We where discussing the story mentioned by my pastor at Hope Community Church regarding Christians picking up hitch hikers on the side of the road. It turns out Christians who didn’t normally pick up hitchhikers have been stopping to do so. Once in the car, the hitch hiker would say something along the lines of the Church better wake up, Gabriel is about to blow the trumpet, then as the driver looks over, the passenger would be gone. Then the driver would either pull over out of shock or be is pulled over by a highway patrolman for speeding, and then cant hardly speak. The highway patrolman then would say something along the lines of, let me guess, you picked up a hitchhiker and he said that Gabriel is about to blow the trumpet, and then vanished… You’re the 9th person that’s happened to this week. This was heard to have happened in multiple states, including someone personally connected to a member of Hope Community

I went to sleep that night and experienced something I had never experienced before in my life. It was prophesied over me last summer that I was to expect angelic visitations, dreams, visions to come in my life, but I had yet to experience anything for over a year since I heard that. The closes thing I had ever experienced was before this prophesy even happened. It was a short dream of Jesus laying his hands on my right knee that had been injured a while back, and I felt a warm sensation overtake it and I woke up knowing my knee was healed.
This was not a third person experience of me watching myself. I was conscious and fully aware, and it was as real as being awake, and I could make decisions and take actions.

~~Dream~~

There was two houses caddie corner from each other, one being my house, and the other being my friends parents house. I had walked over into their house, and I walked down the hall, passing the bedroom and the next room over was an empty. I looked inside and I saw what appeared to be Nerf darks flying in the air, and I heard some noise from it and then my friend’s father yelled out at it because it was disturbing his sleep. I told him nothing was there, and he said it was demonic activity (he wasn’t scared of it, he just didn’t want it disturbing him. After all, he was trying to sleep). Then I walked out and saw what I knew was a demon, but it was all grey and looked as a prison convict, and I lunged at it, and as it backed away I remember its head going through the door frame like a ghost. Then I rebuked it in the authority of Christ and it flew up backwards in the backroom up into the air into nothing.

Then I walked outside and it was daytime and we where in a desert. There was a mountain like rock in from of the house, and I walked around the side of it and saw a lot of similar demons. They all looked grey and convict like, and they where coming at me and I was rebuking them in the authority of Christ. I was surprised and amazing I could see into the spiritual realm so easily and clearly, as I had never done that before. Then fear overtook me and I retreated back to the house, still rebuking the demons in the authority of Christ and pleading the blood of Jesus over me. Then I called upon angels of protection in the authority of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I looked out the door and still saw them coming and fear still griped me, as I was wondering where the angels where. Then I looked out the door and saw the demons advancing, then to my right and saw a great angel of light about 20 times the size of the demons, and at the sight of him, complete peace overtook me. The demons began to change their attack focus to this great angel instead of me. The angel was knocking away the demons like Sauron in Lord of the Rings. Behind him was another angel on a very tall and strange animal with long legs.

Then from up the hill to my right a huge army of angels of light came to the rescue on chariots along with catapults capable of launching rocks and ones capable of launching huge arrows, and they came between the house I was in and the demons. They destroyed the advancing demons and the remaining fled. The angels of light had a magnificently beautiful green and light blue armor on. Once the battle was done, everything became more beautiful, becoming much brighter in color, almost like the movie What Dreams May Come (horrible movie by the way).

Once the battle was done, everyone was out of the house and one of the catapults launched a rock at my friend’s parent’s bedroom. I knew this was for their protection, and when the rock hit the bedroom, all of the walls collapsed and then there was a pool of water in the middle of it. An angel then said go stand in it to my friend’s parents. My friends parents went to go stand in it, and as I was going also to go stand in it, and the same angel said follow me, and I did.

At this time I realized I had a glorified body, and I followed this angel as he walked through the front wall of my house, and the house was empty and I walked through the back wall of the house. Behind the house was a great cliff, because there was a great gorge behind it. The angel jumped off the cliff, and I followed, though was thinking what the heck and I doing jumping off this cliff. As I fell I had some butterflies, but landed at the base and grabbed a branch towards the bottom, which slowed me down a little as I landed and the fall didn’t hurt me.

Then as I was following the angel in this great gorge, he pointed out what appeared to be a very tall cylinder of rock, maybe a few feet in circumference and he said if I am ever around an area where lighting was hitting like crazy, find the base of one of these pillars which was collapsed (it had been struck by lightning and fell).

Then I looked to the angel I was following, who appeared to be the one in authority and leadership of the attack and asked who he was. He responded with “My name is Gabe”. I then asked him, “Gabe, you mean like Gabriel Gabe?” And he looked at me, as if I just asked a really stupid question and was like, “yeah” kind of sarcastically in a sense (like how many other Gabes do you know). Then I wanted to know when the angel army came. That is, was it when I rebuked the demons, when I plead the blood of Jesus or what. So I asked, “Did the army come when I called upon angels of protection?” He responded “Yes, but don’t tell anyone you did it until you do it.”

Then I asked him if it was true about the whole hitchhiker story and getting ready to blow the trumped. He responded “yes” and I asked him how much time we had. His response astounded me with “about an inch between” (that being the current time and the blowing the trumpet) though he said he was not sure on the exact timing. Then as we where walking he pointed up at a huge boulder like thing, almost as if it was suspended by other rock pillars making it look like it took the shape of a spider or an ant. This was located up this cliff and it was as if we where going to climb it. Then the boulder he was pointing to came crashing down towards us, and he pushed me to the side behind this rock indenture and put his hand out and flipped the huge house size boulder above us, with it shattering or bouncing behind us. At the moment I awoke, uncertain exactly where I was or what just happened. I was wide awake, heart pounding, and knew I had just been there. I am not one to easily get up in the morning either. I usually have to snooze for an hour, and I never get up before my alarm clock, and It was like almost an hour before it was set to go off.

I told this dream to my mother and my friend’s parents a few minutes later. I told how they where in the dream, and the catapult from the angels of light had launched a rock at their bedroom, causing all the walls to cave in and a pool of water appearing. Then how Gabriel told them to go stand in the water and they did. I did not understand what that meant or anything. However, my friend’s father said that he knew exactly what that meant, that it made perfect sense to him, tying together everything God had been revealing to him to him in bits and pieces. He said how God in the past told them that water represented the anointing of God in their life. He said that and the rock launched at the house was tearing down strongholds they where dealing with, and that for this season they where to bask in the anointing of God until further instructed.

Additionally, after telling this dream to some other friends of the family and after they did some research on the term, about an inch, it was discovered that the inches reference was of Aramaic origin used to measure time, which would mean the reference was from the times the Bible was written, or earlier. I had never before in my life heard the term “about an inch between” ever used for anything. I get ready to move out to Los Angeles this week for the biggest transition of my life. Jesus is coming soon, and every member of the body of Christ has to focus on what matters in these last times, and that’s expanding and focusing on the kingdom of God.

I just did a festival in Kansas City called Rock the Light with some friends from Missouri while the rest of the group did festivals in South Dakota and Pennsylvania. It rained the first day of the festival and we where not allowed to sell any pro life shirts, but despite all that, we still broke even and I was able to make a little bit. It was definitely worth doing because I was able to hang out with friends from Missouri and go to the International House of Prayer up in KC over the weekend and buy some of their Justin Rizzo worship CDs. If you haven’t ever heard of him you should Google search “Justin Rizzo Yahoo” and you can listen to his stuff streaming. I recommend listening to Tree and Above Every Other Name.

Anyways, I move potentially as early as Thursday, as late as next Wendsday. It just depends upon Gods provision, seeing as I still need a car to get out there. Who knows, maybe the Holy Spirit will tell someone reading this to bless me with some transportation.

Things are pretty busy as I get ready for the move, that being a little under three weeks away. I made it out of the Winds alright and now I am in Missouri. I am doing a festival in Kansas City over Labor Day weekend, pray that it goes well. I am back in the Lake of the Ozarks right now meeting with people, continuing to raise a prayer and support base before the move. God has provided for me a house out in LA that is close to campus, right across the street from the campus pastor, and I am living with two friends of mine on staff with Chi Alpha.

I still need a good car to go out to LA, and am praising God he is going to provide me an amazing one that can easily make the trip. After praying about the whole situation, I believe he is going to have someone give me a car. I have been given cars in the past, and I am glad he is continuing to provide for me transportation. Its definitely a stretch of faith on my part because I am leaving soon, and am still uncertain what car he is going to provide for me. Anyways, I’ll be more active on this blog now that I am back in civilization and actually going to be out in the field.

We just got done with Spirit West Coast, the last official festival on the summer tour. We had booths in two locations located about a half a mile apart, so it defiantly made a lot more work than normal. We had a good opportunity to pray with people so that was good.

Additionally, I will now be doing a festival in Kansas City called Rock the Light instead of going to South Dakota next month. Pray for favor at this festival because I am going in half and half with the guy I was working for over the summer, meaning if its a flop, I have half the expenses, but we also split half the net, which could prove useful in buying a new car.

In the mean time, since the summer is over, we are heading into the back country of Wyoming to climb for 10 days in the Wind Rivers Range. I will be out of cell phone service and internet during that period. Pray for safe travels, we are going to be climbing some serious walls. Once we get out, I fly back to Missouri for about a month and schedule meetings with people to raise my budget.

On another note, I was curious if anyone who reads this blog is interested in non ministry activities being engaged in. (i.e. climbing). Becuase the summer has been very eventful with adventurous activities between festivals, I was just uncertain if it would be appropriate to post them on here. Just let me know what you guys want to read about. Once I get out to Los Angeles and I’m doing ministry full time, it will be easier to have stuff to write about.

I forgot to mention, God provided me with a new phone from Craigs list for a great price, and it was located only 15 minutes away from where I was staying at in Spokane. This is miraculous because if it was in any other part of Spokane, it could have been up to an hour away, and we where just passing through pretty much. I didn’t feel like it was the right decision to renew my contract with my current phone provider so I had to go out and buy a new phone after mine mysteriously vanished, but God provided a phone that costs over $150 for only $50. So praise God regarding the whole situation!

We just got done with Creation West up in Washington at the Columbia River Gorge. We are now heading to Montary California to set up for one of our last festivals. The summer is almost over, but its been good to be able to positivly impact people from all walks of life across the country by engaging them in conversation, praying  for their needs, and just being able to be a light in a tough situation. Some of the people I run into at festivals come from rough backgrounds where its a fight just to get to church. Their parents are not living Godly lifestyles, and would rather their children be doing the same.

On another note, life has been crazy, but I am going to try to make follow up calls today and tomorrow regarding my monthly support.  Pray for favor and wisdom regarding the situation. When the summer tour is over, I will only have a few weeks to prepare for everything before I move out.

We just got done with Hills Alive in South Dakota. It was only a two day festival, but I thought it was great. It was free to the community which was pretty cool, and I did good in bracelet sales. Now its like 1 am and we have to make a long drive from South Dakota to Spokane, Washington for Creation West. I’m also going to try to find a used phone from Craigs list in Spokane.

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. Life has been pretty crazy and my phone mysteriously vanished, so be praying that I can get another one soon… We did Cornerstone Christian festival in Illinois and Lifest in Wisconsin last week. Tommorow we set up for Hills Alive in South Dakota. We have had a little bit of free time between our last and next festival, and we have been spending the whole time climbing pretty much. We just climbed Devils Tower in Wyoming all day yesterday for one and climbed behind Mt Rushmore all day prior.

However, I need to make followup calls regarding some letters I sent out that I should have done a while ago (but couldn’t due to lack of signal and time between festivals), and now that I finally have a little time, my phone have vanished and i don’t want to make the calls from another phone. So for all of you that have recieved a letter in the mail, hopfully I will be able to call you soon.

I almost switched to Verizon from AT&T because they have better coverage, however, everyone I will be working with out in Los Angeles and all my friends and family back home have AT&T, so I think I am going to stick with them. I don’t want to renew my phone contract for another two years however, so I am just going to buy a phone online, but the shipping from what I have been looking at makes it look like I wont get the phone for a while, which really sets me back a lot, mentioning that I still have a huge monthly budget to raise. So pray that I am able to get a phone fast, and favor as I follow up with everyone.

Additionally, I should be finished with my first newsletter soon (it may just be a summation of these blog posts), so if your on my email mailing list, be looking for that soon.

On another note, I just ordered 5,000 glow bracelets that I hope to sell before the tour is over, because the money used for selling those will go towards a reliable car for me to drive out to Los Angeles. I have the initial moving budget raised (praise God). Now I just need to raise enough for a car and get the monthly budget raised. So I encourage everyone to pray about filling out a faith promise agreement. Thank you everyone for reading this and be blessed.