Hi everyone!

Last Friday at our First Friday Worship, I saw a vision of a gate that sat before our hearts. It looked like it could sit comfortably behind the ribcage, but it was spiritually made and was uniquely shaped like a garden gate that had an arch that rose up in the center.

Since this is Sunday evening, I can say that I've seen this gate about 10 or 12 times since the vision on Friday evening. So, I say, this is a God-thing. The word that came with the vision was that the Lord was asking us to let the gates of our heart open wide so He can come in more fully. We want to know Him more, but He wants to know us more. And yet, He knows everything about us, doesn't He?

This is what He shared with me...Deep calls unto deep and His desire is to bring us deeper into Him and have Him come deeper into us. There are places in all of us that we have not let Him come into and dwell deeply and richly. There's a part of us that hasn't been released fully so that He can fill up that part, too. And He calls unto that deep part to let go and let Him come in.

I want the Lord to move me deeper into this relationship with Him and that means that I'm still transforming into more of me that I haven't seen yet. The Lord has created me to step into that depth and so far, neither Him or I have experienced me in that transformed part yet, so I know as deep calls unto deep, I'm changing and He wants to know me more. Does that make sense? He knows everything about me, but I'm transforming into this newness everyday. So everyday as I transform further in my walk, I'm newer and have become more Christ-like. Him and I haven't had a relationship with this new me yet. It's all new for Him and I...everyday!

I hope that came out right. I really know what I'm trying to say. Ha-ha. I guess, to put it another way... Tomorrow I will take today's revelations and new truths of Him and they become part of me, making me transform into a more mature Christ-like person, but it also expands my knowledge of Him. So now Him & I are both expanded, or larger for each other, and we haven't experienced our relationship in this way yet.  Thus, it's new everyday for Jesus and me!

I stand amazed. He is showing us there's a gate to our heart. In the meeting Friday night, we all asked Him to open that gate and enter in to flow through us and find the inner-most parts of us that have not been touched by Him or have hindered the pure flow of His Spirit. The gates opened and we could feel Him entering in and pulling out things that didn't belong and replacing it with love and peace. People were delivered in a matter of minutes and some laid there crying, some laughing, some hearing His voice for the very first time. These are miracles. We asked Him to come and He did and He moved greatly in our lives. 

Lord, a row of hungry and humble people sat on the floor before You and asked for You to come more fully into them. They asked to know You more. They cried to feel the depths of You reach in to the depths of them. You are faithful and You came. Today we are stronger and are one step closer to being like You. Keep our heart gates open for You and continue to pour Yourself into us. I ask this for all who read this, too, Lord. Open the gates to our hearts and come in to the cracks and crevices of our being. Let us be filled with Your essence and Your Light until we are a beam of You emanating in every direction from our body. We want to be more like You. God, have your way in us.

If you need prayer for anything or want to experience the Lord more fully in your life, please e-mail me and share your heart with me. What you share will be confidential and I will try to get back with you as soon as possible. God loves you so much and wants you to be that person He created you to be. Have a blessed week in Christ!

Undone,

Laura Smith

Laura Smith International Ministries