Anything Means Anything

Why is it so hard sometimes to actually believe who we really are? The Lord will speak and reveal to us His thoughts over us and we will believe Him for a moment until the enemy simply distracts us with other insecurites. I have been on this journey with the Lord, intensely, for the past two years now. As soon as I feel like I get it, more is brought up in my heart that I have to deal with. But it is all for the sake of clearing my vision so I can truly see who I am in the Lord's eyes.

The Lord will never put us in any situation that we cannot handle with His help. Remember, He is the one that equips us and enables us. So, will we choose to walk in the grace set before us, or will we simply allow ourselves to be distracted by the enemy making a circus act out of our own insecurities? The Lord speaks who we are, and that is enough to break every chain. Being confident is one thing, but walking out in that confidence with a humility and grace is another. We need to know who we are, walk out in confidence as the Lord speaks, and we will always be readily equipped for what is next. The enemy just sits off on the side, trying to distract us, but the Lord is far more fascinating.

The Lord is the one who speaks our character; He is the one taking us on this journey because He wants to. Let's choose to listen to Him, because when we do, we will always walk ahead with the joy set before us in the midst of any circumstance or relationship.

I am currently in Oregon with my special lady. It has been a time of rest, processing, and battling these very insecurities in the midst of relationship; but it has also been a time of breakthrough and complete joy from the Lord. I am SO happy. As you guys know, I just got back from my two months in Ireland. I am still in debt with to my school because a lot of us didn't ever fully get the money we needed. I still need $600 to pay it all off. If you guys could pray with me and continue to ask the Lord to reveal His will and joy in the midst of this all, that would be amazing. And if you do feel led to help support me, that would be such a blessing. You can click the "Ireland" tab above to find out how to donate!

Thanks again!

-Daniel
--York

Ireland Update Vidski

A brief update on the past 2 months in Ireland!

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Re: Repeat

How many times now have we heard that the Lord is all about the journey and not just the destination? This has been something I have been told for the past couple years now, but the Lord still has to continually remind me of it almost everyday. I think sometimes it just becomes so easy to get caught up in such rhetoric and familiar structure that we begin to take ownership of our journey, not always meaning to force the destination and forget the path to it; but it just seems so easy to.

The Lord loves to bless His children, even in the smallest of things. He wants to be revealed; He longs for us to acknowledge Him in the midst of our journey.   If we begin to recognize Jesus in our journey, the destination will be taken care of and we will never find ourselves dissatisfied or disappointed in our own individual journey with our King. How joyous and and magnificent is our Creator, who so longs to be with us. We should just as willingly desire to be with Him. And when we recognize this desire, our journey will become the most significant act of intimacy.

Tomorrow, I head out of Ireland and then head to Scotland for two weeks. My Ireland outreach has been more than I could even ask for. The Lord's favor and faithfulness has been made manifest in my life more than ever before. Thank you all who made this a possibility for me. An update video will come shortly to explain all that has happened. 

In the meantime, I am in urgent need of close to $1,500 for the rest of my travels. I have a debt of about $600 towards my Ireland team that needs to be paid off. Then I need to purchase my ticket back home to the states. I am planning on flying back on the 31st of October, and that will be around $700 plus a couple hundred in other travel expenses. If you could, please pray for me and that the Lord has His way! That would mean a ton! If you could also pray if you are supposed to help support me financially, that would be amazing. You can click the "Ireland" tab above to find out how to donate, or just email me at the.daniel.york@gmail.com.

Thanks again!

-Daniel
--York

Expecting the Expected

As humans, we so often label everything we do with our own expectations. I think it is valid to be expectant, but I sometimes think that when we so rely on our own expectations, that leaves more room for disappointment. Because, truthfully, the Lord is the only one who knows the plans that He has for us and the expectations that lie behind them. I have written about this before, but even with our dreams and plans, we stamp our own label of expectation on them and feel that they need to look just like our own perception. Now, I am not saying it is bad to have expectations, but I am just learning how to balance being expectant and having expectations.

Coming out to Ireland is far more different than what I originally expected. Technically, my team and I are doing everything we initially planned, but spitirually and emotionally, it has just been different. I love it though. I love how the Lord surprised His children. But when lining up what we have done with my own expectations, I have realized how much I have tried to make it look like my own perception, rather than receiving the manna that the Lord has prepared for me. I begin to get weighed down with pushing my own ideas and thoughts into the Lord's. So I found out it is better that I just stop and receive. When I take a step back and look at the bigger picture, my expectations are blown out of the water and I then become humbled at the fact that the Lord is more committed to me and Ireland than I will ever be!

Being in a relationship is similar. I can place all my own expectations on how I feel a relationship should look, but than that can cause me to be selfish in a way and not allow the beauty of an unfolding love take place!

In reference to Ireland, we have just under a month left here in Ireland for our scouting trip before we head off. We are traveling around the island some more and are so expectant for the Lord to speak His heart even more to our team! After Ireland, I am heading off to Scotland to visit and join in on a conference. From there I am heading off to Iceland to reconnect with relationships built there. I am so excited, but am still in need of some prayer and support! So if you could, please continue to pray for me and my team that we truly are sensitive to the Lord's Spirit. Also, I am still in need of around $2,000 in order for all this to happen! If you could pray, that would be amazing. And if you do feel led to help support me, that would be such a tremendous blessing! You can click the "Ireland" tab above to find out how!

Thanks again!
Much love!

-Daniel
--York

Grasping An Imagination

Buried embers will blaze again.

It is a crazy feeling when you are actually faced with the reality of your desires and dreams. When we dream, we never actually apply our physical element. It is up to our imagination until the very moment we are released to walk in the reality of our dreams. Our God is an amazing God. The very fact that He would allow us to dream dreams of reality with Him astound me.

With that said, being out in Ireland is absolutely amazing, but the reality of this dream looks so much different than then imagination of it all. Pioneering a team to lead this nation under revival with the glory of the Lord is such an incredible privilege, but you better believe that you are going to come under the powers of darkness and hell in the midst of it. Truthfully, in releasing the glory of the Lord over this nation, we are scaring the enemy to his core. There are spiritual strongholds set up by the enemy himself that my team and I have hit head on. It has been hard. But so good.

Ireland is a slave of disunity, loneliness, rejection, independence, hurt, etc. But at the same time, this nation has a destiny and purpose of creativity, family, love, hope, refuge, etc. Since we want to bring a sense of family into this nation, we are undoubtedly going to hit the spirit of disunity and loneliness. But the amazing thing is, the Lord our God has equipped each of us specifically, and He says in His word that we have the authority to walk in the opposite spirit. As we do that, breakthrough truly takes place, and we produce light to replace the darkness in the land!

Ireland has been amazing. We have just over a month left of our scouting trip. I am still in dire need of your help, especially in the area of finances. The Lord is so good. But in order for me to continue to be out in this land, bringing the heart of the Lord and merging it with the heart of the nation, I still need around $3,000. It is a lot to us, but not to Him. If you could pray that our team has total protection and guidance from Jesus, that would be amazing. But if you do feel led to help support me, that would be such an immense blessing. You can click the "Ireland" tab above to find out how to donate!

Praying for you guys! Thanks for your support. With this update, I will be putting a video update out explaining more of my time out here in Ireland!

Love you guys!

-Daniel
--York

Viridus Folium

"Jesus moves where the power of the cross is manifested."

 -Lou Engle

Jesus crushed death, defeated all the sins in the world, made intercession, and revealed His love through the sacrifice He made on the cross. We can never forget the power of that very act of love. When we manifest that very power in the earth today, the Lord reveals Himself in ways we never thought possible. When we intercede and rend the heavens for the Lord to break through as a just God over injustices, He shows up; when we learn to love our neighbors and our enemies, He shows up; when we come against the attacks of the enemy, He shows up with great power.

As we go out into the nations, we need to have a deeper revelation of the cross and the power it carries, for revelation demands participation. When we understand the cross, we move out in participation with the will of God. We then will begin to believe that God is who He says He is and that His sacrifice was real.

The Circuit Rider school is now officially over, and it has been such a transformational 5 weeks. Over 250 students sent out to fulfill the great commission with deep revelation of the first commandment. I am now on my slow journey to Ireland. I leave this tuesday. In the meantime, my team and I are just doing family and life together, building deep love for each other before we go out to Ireland.

I am currently still in need of around $3,500 by this tuesday for this all to be possible. Please, if you will, partner with me and the call of missions on my life in Ireland. I need your help, both prayerfully and financially. I believe prayer is one of the most powerful things we can do for each other. If you want to find out more about what we are up to and the vision behind it, click the "Ireland" tab above. And if you feel led to help support me financially, that would be a tremendous blessing. Click on that same "Ireland" tab to find out more of how you can donate. It is super easy!

Thanks so much for all your prayers!

Much Love,
-Daniel
--York

The Dumbfounded Princess Always Seeks the King

"I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work the you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed." -John 17:4 (Jesus to His Father)

What would it look like to fully yearn and seek the fullness of the glory of the Lord in this generation? If we were truly captivated and fascinated by the glory of the Lord, we would never find ourselves fully satisfied, yet we would just be longing for the fullness and seeking it constantly. It would be a never ending cycle of being fascinated with our King while constantly pursuing Him in the journey of life. 

Jesus obviously was glorified in His years of ministry on earth. He was glorious and magnificent in human nature. Yet, Jesus still yearned and sought out the fullness of the gory of His Father that He had before the foundations of the world. Jesus notably carried the delight and glory of His Father, yet He still longed for the fullness. Why should we stop at any given moment and label ourselves "satisfied"? In all honesty, as believers, we need to imitate Jesus. And if Jesus wasn't even fully satisfied with the glory of His Father and He was constantly wanting more, then we should never be satisfied and should be always wanting more; that is, if we believe in the power of Jesus!

This is the last week of Circuit Riders. I can't even believe that this time has already come and gone. With that said, I am about to embark on the dreams of my heart in taking a team out to Ireland. The awesome thing is, the Lord has to provide around $4,000 for this to even be possible by the end of this week. It was God's vision before it was ever mine, so I know He will be faithful. If you could, please pray for me and my team! If you do feel led to help support me, that would be such a tremendous blessing. You can click the "Circuit Riders" link above to find out how!

Thanks again!

-Daniel

--York