When God Wants To Play Tag With Me

Hey everyone!

So this week our topic was on Revival. We talked a lot about the power of prayer, and we were encouraged to spend a lot of time in prayer and seeking the Lord, asking for big and bold things for America specifically, and asking for His heart for America (since that is where we are going for our outreach in two weeks).

During my quiets times, I was starting to feel a little frustrated because although I could feel God's presence and His peace when I would pray, I didn't feel like I was hearing His voice very clearly like I had before. So I talked to my friend Miriam about it and I realized that God had been pursuing me so clearly this past year, really drilling in my head that I was valued, that He loved me and delighted in me, and that I had a purpose.

Throughout this week, though He never left my side, Miriam suggested that maybe He stepped back just a little to see if I would follow. Our relationship with Him is a two-way street, and He wanted to know if I would pursue and chase after Him, too. What she said really made sense to me and suddenly the confusion went away.

It reminds me of the game of tag. It wouldn't be much fun if God just kept tagging me and I never got the chance to chase Him and tag Him back. He had been tagging me, over and over again and I just stood there, waiting for Him to tag me again, I thought that was the best the game had to offer. Little did I know that I could tag Him back, and it's even more thrilling!

The same day that I was getting this new revelation of how God wants to me to chase after Him like He chases me, I was playing worship music and heard this song, "Called Me Higher" and it COMPLETELY hit home.

The lyrics explain exactly what I was feeling and learning,

I could just sit, I could just sit right here and wait for all your goodness, 

And hope to feel Your presence.

I could just stay, I could just stay right where I am and hope to feel You,

Hope to feel something again.

I could hold on, I could hold on to who I am and never let You change me from the inside,

I could be safe, I could be safe here in Your arms and never leave home,

Never let these walls down

But You have called me higher, and You have called me deeper,

And I'll go where You lead me, Lord

Where You lead me

And I will be Yours, Lord, I will be Yours for all my life.

"...You will search again for the Lord your God. And if you search for Him with all your heart and soul, you will find Him." Deuteronomy 4:29

"In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find Me. I will be found by you, says the Lord." Jeremiah 29:13-14

"Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened." Matthew 7:7-8

"Search for the Lord and for His strength; continually seek Him." 1 Chronicles 16:11

"The Lord is good to those who depend on Him, to those who search for Him." Lamentations 3:25


So I want to play this song for you all because it was really on my heart this week and I feel like it summed up perfectly what God taught me. He is so good, He pursues us because He wants a real relationship with us, and real relationship goes both ways. He wants us to chase after Him because He knows that He is the best thing for us. :)

I don't know what it looks like for you to "chase after" God, it looks different for all of us because we are all in different places, but I hope that in reading this God puts on your heart how you can "tag" Him back. :)


(Also sorry for the poor-quality video, bad lighting, and terrible angle, but you get the point ;)

I am beyond thrilled to be on this journey of trusting the Lord, He has called me to be here at this time, and I know He will continue to provide all I need, it's in His character and and I want to invite you all into what God is doing here through partnering with me financially! 

I still need $2,731 to fund the remaining 2 weeks of training as well as our two-month outreach! 

About $381 of that is due by Friday! Every donation counts and is a HUGE blessing to me, I would love to have you on my team!

If you would like to donate you can click here. Payment for a student/Sherah Acree/SOMD/2016

If you would like to be apart of my prayer team and receiver weekly prayer requests and updates you can email me at sacree01@gmail.com and I will add you to my team!

When the Enemy Intends Fear, But God Intends Freedom

 This week we had the Not Forgotten Conference here at YWAM Orlando. This conference is all about getting together and getting fired up about what God is doing all around the world. We heard amazing testimonies from missionaries all over the world, and they are seeing a movement of God first hand in the Middle East, in Asia, in Europe, and in America. We heard story after story of men and women coming to Jesus through dreams, through healings, and through seeing the love of Jesus in these missionaries.

We talked a lot about refugees this week, and my heart was flooded with compassion for them in a new way. Most refugees lived a life similar to mine, they had homes, schools, jobs, friends and family. All of that changed with the wars. There is so much division and animosity among the nations it can be confusing to understand, and overwhelming to imagine that anything I do could make a difference. But that's exactly what the enemy wants us all to believe.

The reality is that for the first time in history, all of the nations that we have been struggling to reach with the gospel for years, are coming to our front steps. People groups that would once take long, expensive journeys and extremely difficult visas to get to are now flooding our cities here in America. The rate of immigration today is about 4,000 people everyday entering into America for permanent residency, there can be up to 150 different people groups represented in a 5-mile radius in any of our large cities like Chicago or San Fransisco. The nations, the unreached, are coming to us. This is such a huge privilege!

"You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good." Genesis 50:20

Although the enemy intended for all the trauma, pain, and division to destroy not only the refugees, but also the church through causing disputes and fear among us, God had a plan. His heart is for all the nations, and how incredible would it be if we could befriend and show the love of Jesus to people who have been through such loss, give them hope and peace through Jesus Christ, so much so that they fight to go back to their home nation and share the love and saving reality of Jesus to people groups that we could never get to, and in a way that we never could because of language barriers.

You guys, this is happening! Refugees are other immigrants are coming into America, finding relationship with Jesus, being transformed, and are going back out to tell their friends and family back home. Can you see God's good good plan??

I know this concept is challenging to us. The enemy wants us to fear our muslim neighbors, and shy away from saying good morning to the asian women in the market. We were not meant to fear. We were meant to be welcomers!!

"God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect...Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced His perfect love." 1 John 4:16-18

"For the Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great God, the mighty and awesome God, who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed. He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing. So you, too, must show love to the foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners..." Deuteronomy 10:17-19

There is no fear in perfect love. We are called to love ALL people, without fear, because we are called to be like Jesus, and this is how He loved. The enemy intended fear, but from the beginning God always intended freedom. Freedom for us to share how Jesus has changed our lives resulting in freedom for the nations! His plan is SO so good.



This is a video by Samaritan's Purse that sheds light on what it really looks like to be a refugee coming into Europe or America. A lot of them have left jobs, homes, everything they own, and even family behind not knowing if they would survive the journey or even be welcomed once they got there. God is on the move in the lives of these people, let's join Him and LOVE.





God I pray that you would give us Your heart for these people, for those who are across the seas and those who are in our neighborhoods. Give us your eyes and hears to be aware of those who have come from other nations who long to be welcomed and loved. Let us share with boldness and no fear, the truth and life changing reality of who Jesus is so they can experience the freedom and overwhelming joy and peace that comes from knowing You. Thank you that you have had a plan all along, and that even though the enemy intends things for evil, You are bigger than war and violence, and You are good. Let us rest in that fact and act on Your love for us, and for others. Thank you Jesus for all you have done and have yet to do. Amen!!

I am beyond thrilled to be on this journey of trusting the Lord, He has called me to be here at this time, and I know He will continue to provide, it's in His character and and I want to invite you all into what God is doing here through partnering with me financially! 

I still need about $2,750 to fund the remaining 4 weeks of training as well as our two-month outreach! Every donation counts and is a HUGE blessing to me, I would love to have you on my team!

If you would like to donate you can click here. Payment for a student/Sherah Acree/SOMD/2016

If you would like to be apart of my prayer team and receiver weekly prayer requests and updates you can email me at sacree01@gmail.com and I will add you to my team!