How can we see the LORD?  How do you and I open our eyes to the Invisible? It’s not just hard, it’s impossible!  We can’t! Not on our own. God has to help us, but at the same time we have to be willing to allow Him to work in our lives.  And the eyes that need to be opened are not the eyes in our heads, but the eyes of our hearts.

I wonder if God has been wanting to reveal Himself to you, as He has to me this past year, but you haven’t been “looking”? Are you blinded to God’s glory because it has come in an unlikely package?

Dubai is a country of sharp contrasts:  camels
and cars, dust and concrete, old world charm and
new world glitz.  But there is one constant - God
loves the people there . . . men, women, and
children.  What a privilege to share four messages conveying my magnificent obsession of knowing
God as Abraham did to 500 women who gathered
for an international convention.

One year for my birthday, my mother sent me a package wrapped in plain brown paper.  When I opened it, there was a gaudy, multicolored straw basket inside, stuffed with tissue paper.  I  actually thought my mother had totally lost her good senses!  The postage to mail the basket would have cost more than the basket!  I tossed out the tissue paper, wondered what in the world I was going to do with the basket, then called to thank her for her “gift.” Mother laughed when I thanked her for the basket, then asked what I thought about what was inside it. I told her nothing was inside except tissue paper, and I had thrown that out. She responded urgently, “Oh, no, Anne! Inside that tissue paper is your real birthday gift!”

I ran outside, opened up the trash can, and went through the garbage piece by piece until I came up with the wad of tissue paper. Inside was a small gold ring with a lapis lazuli stone that had been given to her from someone at the British Museum.  It had been taken from the flooring in the Palace of Shushan where Queen Esther was said to live with King Artaxerxes! I had thrown out a priceless treasure simply because of the way it was wrapped!

What priceless treasure are you in danger of throwing out, simply because of the way it is packaged?  Could it be the treasure of seeing Him?  Sometimes God wraps His glory in hard circumstances or ugly obstacles or painful difficulties and it just never occurs to us that within those unwanted, unwelcomed, unexpected, unplanned situations is a fresh revelation of Himself.   

We were told that in a secular nation like
Norway we could never fill the Spektrum
Arena for Just Give Me Jesus - Oslo.  But
as women poured in from every province
in Norway, plus other Scandinavian
countries, the Spektrum was filled and we
had to add chairs on the floor.  The power
of God clothed the messages given through
the Norwegian interpreter, Pastor Jon Ultvedt.
Hundreds came forward to receive Christ
as Savior, and hundreds of follow-up Bible
studies were planted all over the country! 

The following testimonies have come from you . . .

I just returned from my I Saw The LORD small group...God is stretching us as we learn to study Scripture in a new way - not in search of an answer but in search of His voice....The spark of revival has been ignited and we have begun to see smoke!  --DT

Thank you! Who would have thought that at the age of 52, I would have such a personal revival that I have the courage now to say to Jesus, “Here I am, send me” and have no fear, only anticipation? After raising my family, teaching for years and wondering what was next, I’m looking up and waiting for Him to call.     --DL (email)

Four of our books are translated into
Finnish and were made available at
the book table during the annual
convention of the Evangelical Free
Church  held in Kuopio.  In all, our books
are now published in fourteen languages. 
Praise God!  I can go into all the world
and preach the Good News . . . without
leaving home!  

WOW! I am a leader in a women’s recovery ministry - what a blessing this material has  been to me personally.  I am on fire for recovery and hungry in my personal relationship with Jesus.    --KWS (email)

I worked my way through the four Gospels (then) delved into the Old Testament . . . I frequently found myself asking, “What are they talking about?” I grew discouraged . . . then I checked out “I Saw The LORD” from the library where I work.  Anne, once I started reading it, I just couldn’t stop!  . . . With Isaiah, I didn’t feel like I was reading about something that happened to some people I knew little about a long time ago.  I was reading about us!  I was reading about now!  It was so thrilling to read his words!  While in the past I sometimes had to force my way through a short passage or verse, Isaiah’s words were so alive to me that I think I could have read the entire book in one sitting! . . . Twice I heard God speaking to me personally just like you talk about in chapter six of your book!  What a thrilling experience!  On the first occasion, I even asked God a question about what He had said to me in my reading, and then the next Sunday, He spoke to me through my priest’s homily, giving me the answer to my question! 

In addition to reviving my Bible reading your book has also helped me with my prayer life and allowed me to see sins in my life that I had previously ignored.  The first time I prayed along with your guided prayer in chapter eight, while confessing my sins, I realized what little trust I had in God’s plan and how I was entirely focused on my plan.  This was something that I had never even thought about until the words came out of my mouth while confessing! . . . as horrible as I feel, I have never felt so alive and so excited about my life as a Christian . . . While I still have a long way to go spiritually, your book certainly gave me the wake up call I needed and helped “jump-start” me along my way!   --MC 

My friend Arthur had prayed for his brother (who would have nothing to do with the Lord) for many years.  On July 9, the brother came . . . because Arthur was in a light coma and was just about ready to go to Jesus.  The brother happened to see your book on a table and he started to read it.  Soon he told Arthur’s son that he wanted to give his life 

Hughes Auditorium on the campus of
Asbury College in Wilmore, KY has been the
site of historic revival.  On June 2nd, it was
filled to overflowing with 1200 women, some
of whom brought their entire families, and
who came from twenty-three states to
Pursue MORE of Jesus.  The fire of revival
was once again ignited and fanned into flame
as we worshipped, prayed and sat at His feet
to listen to His Word . . . together. 

depression, eating disorder and the list could go on and on.  Because of that I have a desperate need for Him and a deep desire to help others find hope in their struggles.  Today I am someone different than who I was just weeks ago.  The funny thing is last night I was telling my friends about this book and I said, “Anne must have put a lot of time into praying specifically for people to be changed and walked through what her words describe because no book has ever spoken so powerfully to me.” I picked up to read this morning where I left off and it said, “. . . prayed the prayers of Paul for you . . . ”.  Thank you Anne for praying for me who you don’t even know because I have been forever changed and touched!!!   --E (email) 

I have just viewed and read the study “I Saw The LORD.” The format is simple, motivating and challenging.  I am truly inspired for a deeper personal love of Jesus and the desire to recommend and lead others in this awesome opportunity. You have created a compelling study . . . God knows whose personal revival from your study will spark a much needed national revival.     --a Virginia pastor

What is your testimony?

The sparks of revival fire have begun!  Praise God!  Then . . . fan the flame!                    

 

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