New Beginnings: Chapter 2

The Tale of Todd and The Two Reagan's (Part One)


While in Boulder, Reagan C. (whom I will dub "RC" for this blog post so you do not get confused.) and I stayed at the home of Reagan R's mom. Reagan R. is a man, ok got it. We will dub him "RR." He is also from RC's community of friends in Austin, Texas.

The first day we slept (after driving all night) relaxed and ate Ethiopian food (good stuff!). Day two RC and I hiked Glacier Rim trail. We hiked up above the tree line, elevation of 13,000 ft. above sea level, YA!!!









We had a great hike of talking, lots of praying, singing, shouting (not at each other) Praising, knocking down New Age altars that were on the trail, we ate (a rueben from Whole Foods) and some sweet encounters with the Holy Spirit. The views, and the fellowship with each other and the Holy Spirit were the best part of the day. And the fact that I held my own physically with a licensed fitness trainer (RC).



The next morning we didn't have a real plan but had some ideas. And that night we were planning on watching the meteor shower in the mountains, specifically RC and I had planned that. Also RC was meeting some old friends in Fort Collins and RR and I were planning to join her. Somehow we (RR and I) came to the conclusion the RC needed/wanted a day by herself in the mountains and that we would go hang out in the mountains and do some male bonding. Later we found out the conclusion we came to was wrong, by a long ways!

So RR and I borrowed his mom's brand new (or close to it) Mercedes Convertible and headed for Vail and beyond. We didn't have a plan and just drove. Supposedly we would make it back to meet with RC in Ft. Collins. But as the distance began to grow it wasn't looking good to get back and meet her. We sat on a dock at Dillion Reservoir and gazed at sailboats and mountains. We ate at Vail and drove through the mountains in this sweet convertible. My first call to Reagan to let her know we wouldn't make it was not good!

So you know, guys go into that damage control mode and try to salvage some of the situation. We decided to head back (there was NO CHANCE or slim to none that we would make it in time to even catch them on their third or fourth beverage refill) and feel like we were gonna help things out some.

On the way out of Dillion some wild things began to happen. First, major traffic jam, now we are done for, RC will not be happy. Then it began to rain, top had to come back on. We were on the west side of this tunnel and on the west side of some peaks. And then up on the right a sweet double rainbow formed. The main rainbow, was honestly the most brilliant and beautiful one I have ever witnessed. And they both came down and literally landed in the trees not far from us. I used my binoculars to spot the chest of gold, but there was a leprochaun or was that an elk protecting it. Ya right!










So God begins speaking about covenant (hmm) and about Noah. And here is a good nugget from His word. Every time there is a rainbow God himself looks at and remembers his covenant with man. "...and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all the flesh that is on the earth." -Gen. 9:16

Isn't amazing that God looks at each rainbow to remember? Why does he look at each one to remember? It is not like God will ever have a memory problem. It's one of those amazing God things that we do not have revelation or great answers as to why He does it that way. And that's ok, lets search it out and look for nuggets. But really who is like this God? He is totally other than.

Back from the bunny trail (God is always a good bunny trail). Next there is some movement and we get through the tunnel and then stopped again on the other side. There we parked again but now we were right next to the reason for the traffic jam. A major accident. There were law enforcement people everywhere, emt's, and a flight for life helicopter, etc. It was mainly between a semi and a car. And there was hardly anything left of the car, really. You could feel death in the air. Soberness came flying into our car. Yet we looked up to the right and there was the other end of that beautiful rainbow. The glory of God and the death and pain of earth all right before our eyes. We began to get revelation on how it was in the days of Noah and how it will be during "The Day of the Lord." There will be God's promises and goodness and glory right before our eyes and then blood, death, and pain everywhere around us, all at the same time.
"For the Day of the Lord is GREAT and TERRIBLE; Who can endure it?" (joel 2)
It truly was a picture of what it will be like. Imagine seeing people from your town or neighborhood on one day at Wal-Mart or school, or church or work, etc and then on the next day find out hundreds were killed from a tornado, flood, shooting, etc.







We got back and Reagan C. was still in Ft. Collins and didn't care to see us any time soon so we (Reagan R. and I) went up to nearby (10min) mountain and watched the meteor shower. This turned into some intense intercession and a river of violent tongues which were definitely about the Boulder area. God was breaking our hearts for the city of Boulder and the University of Colorado.

The next day we all put the previous day's miscommunication on the table and made peace. Here was some beginning signs that Reagan C. and I were starting to like each other more than friends. She was mostly ticked because she wanted to be with me and I was actually restless and mostly unexcited and distracted about driving through the incredible beauty of the Rockies in a convertible Mercedes. Who would not be happy doing that? Me because I was missing her and wishing I had "chosen wisely."

We toppled a few Buddha's at Reagan R.'s moms house while there and then we doused the place in oil and prayer the whole time we were there. And yes we had to put all the Buddha's back in place before we left. But we had an encouraging dream the morning we left. In it a little green monster died. RR's mom is gonna get set free from darkness!!

We hit Whole Foods one last time and hit the highway, again driving at night, pulling into KC at 6am.

That is Part One of the Tale of Todd and the Two Reagan's but sadly the end of the Boulder part of the story.

New Beginnings: Chapter 1

In the aftermath of the Call Nashville I was feeling it was time to step down from the position of Transportation Coordinator of the IHOP Missions Base. And I felt like I was suppose to step down from full-time staff to part-time staff. I didn't know what I would be doing next, but just to follow those instructions. So at the end of July I stepped down. Then one day the sitting in the prayer room after a day of standing on the wall, I said "Lord what do you have to say to me right now?" He began to speak about New Beginnings, and He took me to Romans 6:4.

Romans 6:4-Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was rasied from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

He said new things are coming, the times and seasons are gonna change. And He specifically said "New Beginnings."

So I have this friend named Reagan from Austin, Texas, whom I met in Washington, DC back in 2005.
We connected there as friends and then we talked again at One Thing 2005. Then at the IHOP Baptism Service on November 12, 2006 I was baptized that night and she decided to do it too. And she asked me to walk with her through the procession, as she was a bit doused in the Spirit and needed some assistance.

That has been our friendship. Then on the six month anniversary (May 12) of our baptism she called and we have been talking and praying together on a weekly or bi-weekly basis since that time.

She was coming to a wedding in KC in August but was going to hike and climb some mountains and hang out in Boulder for a couple days first. Turns out she asked me if I wanted to go and on short notice I said sure.

So on Aug. 8th around the midnight hour we drove off to Boulder in a cool red Matrix rental car. The date was 8/8/7.











So on 8/8 two friends drive off to hike mountains and hang out in one of the coolest cities in America and one of the most wicked cities in America, Boulder, Colorado.

The saga will continue...

Oh ya I have a blog.

I am back to the blog.

First off, it is nearly impossible to type when the "e,d, c and 3" keys do not work. It makes emailing and blogging a difficult task to say the least.

Count it all joy!

One good thing is that not being able to use a computer pretty much leaves you with a Bible, books, and 20lb. commentaries. This allows (forces) you to dig into the Bible more.

I did miss being able to write about all the things going on in my life these last couple months. I will recap some of the last couple months in the next few days. It was a whirlwind of activity with many new things happening.

So welcome back Todd to the blog world, you left it, it never left you! There, now I feel better about it.

Some of the upcoming blogposts about my last two months:

• 8/8/7 New Beginnings (newness of life-Romans 6:4)
• I met a girl...
• The Tale of Todd and the two Reagan's
• The Texas License Plate Phenomenon (I see them everywhere at not just at ihop)
• Visiting and praying in two of the coolest yet wickedest cities in America (guess what they are; hint they are college towns)
• Mom's new hip and new home
• My brothers are coming back to Jesus
• Praying in tongues (some thoughts after habitually doing this for the last 9 months)

Angels of Revelation

My friend Justin invited me to minister with him at a church in Wichita last weekend. We had the privilege of teaching on the prophetic to a group of people from various churchs who have been going through the School of the Spirit (a Morningstar class to equip believers in the prophetic).

It was awesome to see people from all ages and all walks of life hungry to grow in the prophetic and not just grow but they are itching to get out of the four walls and go get the harvest. After teaching and prophesying to about 25 people we got a real treat. Ray Hughes and Leonard Jones were at the same church that night and the next morning leading the worship and preaching. Also two of Ricky Skaggs' children were playing with Leonard. They brought out the fiddle and the banjo and we got down with Jesus!!

The CauseUSA was also passing through this church. Leonard and Ray and many other annointed "worshipping fathers" were traveling with the Cause. Sunday afternoon we joined the Cause and Operation Rescue (based in Wichita) at the Tiller Abortion Clinic for a prayer vigil. What happened at this prayer vigil was one of the most amazing things I have experienced praying at abortion clinics...

PHOTOS OF THE WICHITA AWAKENING

There was an air show in Wichita that same weekend and as we were praying in front of this blood stained building the Blue Angels began to fly over the clinic! Not kind of over the clinic but directly over it again and again!! They would roar over us! There was such a feeling of victory in the air. Such a powerful sign in the natural that God is truly fighting for us, "The LORD Roars from Zion..." (Joel 3 and Amos 1). We felt that these were representing Angels of Revelation, that God is sending a Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation to His people and to mothers thinking about abortion and even to the doctors and nurses peforming the murders and to the church to awaken from its sleep of death.

You have to know the history of this paticular clinic in Wichita and some other disturbing news from the city of Wichita. This city has been known as "the abortion capital of the world." Because the doctor, George Tiller will do abortions right up to the last few weeks of a pregnancy, so people will fly in from all over the world because not very many clinics go to that level of depravity.

We are declaring that Wichita is now "the Life capital of the world." And this is already unfolding before our eyes. It is one of the few places on the planet where they are actually teaching the medical profession how to be pro-life. As we all know much of the thinking in the medical field is to treat symptoms and there are levels of greed that run deep in the AMA. And greed is the underlying foundation of most of the pro-death rationale. The Gideon band or intercessors in this city have been through a tough battle for LIFE but they are hanging in there and being strengthened and equiped to cross over in this very hour!

Wichita, Kansas- LIFE Capital of The World!

As I walked from the car to the clinic the first thing I noticed was a house right near the clinic. A guy was mowing his lawn in the middle of this prayer meeting. I couldn't help think of Psalm 37 and the future of the most infamous abortion clinic in the world.

7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;

Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,

Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;

Do not fret—it only causes harm.

9 For evildoers shall be cut off;

But those who wait on the LORD,

They shall inherit the earth.

10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more;

Indeed, you will look carefully for his place,

But it shall be no more.

11 But the meek shall inherit the earth,

And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

The evil of abortion will be cut off; mowed down; whacked! If we wait upon the Lord and do not fret or worry (If we fast and pray and stay in the opposite spirit of murder which is meekness).

For soon; in a little while; in the near future! The George Tiller clinic will be NO MORE!!

Selah...

Eagles removed from In-Danger List.

In 1963 Prayer and Bible reading were removed from U.S. public schools by the Supreme Court. That same year there were only 417 eagle pairs left in all of America.

In 1973 our country made it legal to murder babies, that same year bald eagles were put on the Endangered Species Act. This generation of babies (prophets) has been "In Danger" for 34 years. This is another signpost that abortion is gonna end and the babies will no longer be "In Danger." God is taking them off of the "In Danger" List!! (If the church prays!)

Now in 2007 there is more prayer among the youth in churches, schools and on campuses then ever before in history. At the same time there are 10,000 eagle pairs again flourishing on our soil.

Also Art Katz passed away on the same day June 28th, 2007. One eagle falls into the ground and dies and a whole generation WILL BE BORN to rise and fly!

I would love to hear some comments and more prophetic insight concerning this...

Bald Eagle Soars Off Endangered Species List
It’s official!
After nearly disappearing from most of the U.S., the bald eagle is now flourishing and no longer needs the protection of the Endangered Species Act. The nation’s symbol has recovered from an all-time low of 417 nesting pairs in 1963 to an estimated high of 9,789 breeding pairs today, and will be removed from the list of threatened and endangered species.
To ensure that eagles continue to thrive, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will work with state wildlife agencies to monitor eagles for at least five years. If it appears that bald eagles again need the protection of the Endangered Species Act, the Service can propose to relist the species. The Service is also making the draft post-delisting monitoring plan available and is soliciting public comment for 90 days.
The bald eagle first gained federal protection in 1940, under what was later named the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. The law curbed illegal hunting and shooting of eagles for their feathers, but they soon fell victim to another threat: DDT. The widespread use of the pesticide DDT after World War II caused eagle populations to plummet towards extinction. When DDT washed off into waterways, it was absorbed by aquatic plants and animals. When eagles ate contaminated fish, they would then be poisoned. DDT prevented the proper formulation of calcium necessary to produce strong eggshells. Consequently, the thinned eggshells cracked when an adult bird tired to incubate them. Widespread reproductive failure and a precipitous decline in numbers followed. As a result, the bald eagle was protected in 1967 under the precursor to the Endangered Species Act. The eagle continued to be protected when the Endangered Species Act of 1973 was enacted.
The legal protections given the species by these statutes, along with a crucial decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the general use of DDT in 1972, provided the springboard for the Service and its partners to accelerate recovery through captive breeding programs, reintroductions, law enforcement efforts, protection of habitat around nest sites and land purchase and preservation activities.
The bald eagle will continue to be protected by the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

The Heavens declare the Glory of God!

40 years are over! Jerusalem came under Jewish control on June 7, 1967!! These clouds were not just from the worship, this was a Holy moment in His-story with mankind!
It's time to cross over...
to "Break on through to the other side!"

(click on picture for more)

Did you see the heavens speaking to us tonight? It began at 5:30. You could see what looked like a portal coming down before the service. I had to leave the service right when the glory of God was coming into the service (when David Brymer began his chorus).

When I walked outside the picture above is what I saw. Click on the photo above to see more of the glory shots.

I was struck by Psalm 19 verse 1 (hence the title) and I was specifically feeling verse 5.

"...He set a tabernacle for the sun, which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber."

Now I know that this is speaking of a bridegroom after consummation of the marriage, but I felt like the sun rays were declaring Jesus is coming out of His chamber (the Father's bosom) after 2000 years! And after I had wrote that down a little boy was standing outside the coffee shop and gazing at the "portal looking" clouds. He said "Look Jesus is coming!" That's enough for me.

Also the song from heaven that David was singing went like this...

Who is this coming?

The King of Glory!

Titans vs. Giants

Global Gatherings on 7/7/7.

I am borrowing this from Matt Lockett's blog (thanks Matt). While we gather at Titans Stadium in Nashville to fast, pray, mourn and cry out to God in humble acknowledgement of our turning from Him and His ways and asking for mercy. Al Gore (meeting at Giants stadium above right) and others will be gathering at various cities around the globe. What are they gonna be doing? SOS (Save Our Selves), ya that's right they are gonna fix all the problems on the planet on their own, apart from God. (I wonder how many churches will join with them? Keep an eye on website for details)

Christianity vs. Humanism, this is the real name of the battle.

hu·man·ism
n.

1. A system of thought that rejects religious beliefs and centers on humans and their values, capacities, and worth.
2. Precurser to Antichrist's one world religion.
   

Chris·ti·an·i·ty
n.

1. A belief that Jesus is the Messiah and through belief in Him (relationship) we can become redeemed from our sinful (human) condition.
2. Acts 3:19-21 "Since the foundation of the world, God's purpose has been to bring all things into harmony with Him, giving mankind an exhilarating and refreshing respite from the fearful and depressing heaviness of living in a sin—laden world. " (commentary on verses)


Istanbul, Turkey
I find it quite interesting that Istanbul, Turkey was chosen as one of the cities. This city has not been a key city on the earth for centuries, until now. Something shifted in Turkey when three of our Christian brothers were brutally martyred earlier this month. Keep your eyes on Turkey, specifically Istanbul and pray for a move of the Holy Spirit in that nation. Want to know more about Turkey's end-time significance: read Joel's Trumpet


The times they are a changin' as a man named Bob once sang. Truly the times and seasons changed this spring. The times and seasons are in a massive transition right now as we speak.

People get ready, Jesus is coming!!!