Blog by Dottie Francisco

This blog is in honor of Lynda Renne’s mother Dottie Francisco.

This was written by Lynda’s mother, Dottie on November 7, 1993 at the 4th annual Southern Oregon Catholic Charismatic Conference where Dottie was baptised in the Holy Spirit. This was written on a manual typewriter, and has been left in its original form, except for a few paragraph breaks made, for easier reading.

WHAT I LEARNED AT THE. 4TH ANNUAL SO. ORE. CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC CONF.—MAIN SPEAKER: SISTER NANCY KELLAR.

WE HAVE A NEW EXPECTENCY IN THE POWER.OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU ARE NOT JUST BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST ONE TIME, IT IS ON GOING. WHEN WE WERE BAPTIZED & RECEIVED CONFIRMATION WE RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT. WHEN WE ARE BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT WE RECEIVE A RELEASE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES. IT IS A BEGINNING OF A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LIVING GOD. IT SHOULD BE AN ONGOING EXPECTANCY.

AS WE GROW & ARE HEALED WE OPEN UP TO RECEIVE MORE OF WHAT HE HAS FOR US. AT FIRST WE ARE LIKE A NEW BORN BABY & NEED TO BE NOURISHED TO BE ABLE TO GROW. WE LIMIT & STIFLE THE HOLY SPIRIT. WE SOMETIMES ONLY ALLOW HIM TO GIVE US A FEW CRUMBS. HE IS OFFERING US A BANQUET & IT IS FREE FOR THE TAKING. WE NEED TO CLAIM THE INHERITANCE. WE SHOULD LOOK UP ALL OF THE PROMISES IN THE BIBLE SO WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE SO WE CAN CLAIM THEM.

BEFORE WE WERE BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT WE KNEW GOD BY READING ABOUT HIM & BY MEETING HIS FRIENDS. AFTER WE ARE BAPTIZED WE MEET THE LORD IN PERSON. GOD SAYS HE WILL POUR OUT HIS HOLY SPIRIT ON US BUT WE SOMETIMES SETTLE FOR A SPRINKELING. TO RECEIVE ALL THAT HE HAS TO GIVE WE MUST OPEN OURSELVES AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO HIM & ALLOW HIM TO COME INTO OUR LIVES. ALLOW HIM TO HEAL US FROM ANYTHING THAT BLOCKS US FROM OPENING TO HIM. SOMETIMES WE DON’T BECAUSE OF FEAR & SOMETIMES BECAUSE WE DON’T FEEL WORTHY OF RECEIVING ALL OF THE GIFTS HE IF OFFERING US. OR SOMETIMES LACK OF KNOWING HE HAS OFFERED US ALL OF THE GIFTS, OR IT COULD BE THAT WE HAVE UNCONFESSED SIN IN OUR LIFE WHICH CAUSES US TO FEEL GUILTY & UNWORTHY. WE NEED TO LET GO & RELY ON GOD INSTEAD OF OURSELF. HE WANTS TO BRING US MORE DEEPLY INTO HIM EACH DAY.

WHEN WE EXPERIENCE THE HOLY SPIRIT HE BEGINS TO PURIFY US. PURIFY MEANS TO MAKE PURE, TO FREE US FROM POLLUTION, TO CLEANSE US FROM ANYTHING UNCLEAN, TO FREE FROM GUILT OR THE DEFILEMENT OF SIN SO WE CAN GROW. HE WITHDRAWS SOME OF THE FEELINGS & FEELINGS FADE. HE WANTS US TO PRESERVE. WHEN WE FEEL EMPTY, GOD CAN USE US. WHEN HE PURIFYS US WE GROW IN HUMILITY. WE CANNOT RELY ON FEELINGS.

HE GIVES US HIS POWER & GRACE TO DO WHAT HE ASKS US TO & TO LOVE OURSELVES, GOD & OTHERS & TO BE OPEN TO RECEIVE LOVE. HE GIVES THIS FREELY BUT HE WILL NOT FORCE ANYTHING ON US. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS TAKE IT & ACT ON IT. LIKE THE GIFT OF TONGUES WE WILL NOT UNDERSTAND IT, LET GO OF NEEDING TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING. LET GO OF CONTROL. HIS GRACE CALLS US TO SURRENDER, LETTING GO IN A DEEPER WAY. OUR INTELLECT CAUSES US TO RESIST BECAUSE WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND. WE NEED TO BE HEALED OF ANYTHING THAT SEPARATES US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD.

JOHN 8:12 JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.

BY THE LIGHT OF CHRIST WE CAN TRIUMPH OVER ALL INNER DARKNESS. WE MUST ALLOW HIM TO BRING ALL OF OUR INNER PAIN, WRONG THINKING, HURTS & ABUSES BY OTHERS OUT INTO HIS LIGHT SO WE CAN BE HEALED OF ALL INNER DARKNESS. IT CAUSES US TO ACT IN WAYS THAT WE DON’T LIKE ABOUT OURSELVES. WE ARE CONSCIOUS OF ONLY A SMALL PART OF OUR INNER SELF, WHILE AT EACH MOMENT WE OBEY IMPULSES NOT UNDER OUR CONTROL WHICH COME FROM OUR INNER SELF. SO SOMETIMES WE ARE LED BY THE DARKNESS THAT IS WITHIN US CAUSED BY NOT BEING TREATED WITH LOVE OR UNCONONFESSED SIN. IF WE LIVE IN THE LIGHT IT WILL GRADUALLY ILLUMINATE OUR INTERMOST BEING.

1 JOHN 1:7 IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT, AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP ONE WITH ANOTHER & THE BLOOD OF JESUS, PURIFIES US FROM ALL SIN.

TO WALK IN THE LIGHT IS TO WALK IN TOTAL TRUTH WITH OURSELVES & OTHERS. NO MORE MASKS & PRETENDING TO BE WHAT WE THINK OTHERS WANT US TO BE. THE LORD WANTS US TO BE VERY HONEST WITH EACH OTHER EVEN AS FAR AS POINTING OUT TO THEM WITH LOVE THINGS THEY DO THAT ARE NOT RIGHT & THAT BOTHER OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. IF WE KEEP IT SECRET INSIDE OF US IT CAUSES A DARKNESS THAT SATAN, THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS, TO COME INTO OUR LIFE. THE LORD PUTS US TOGETHER SO WE CAN HELP SHED LIGHT ON EACH OTHERS PATH TO HELP

EACH OTHER TO WALK IN TRUTH & LIGHT.

IF A CHRISTIAN WALKS IN THE LIGHT THEN THE BLOOD OF JESUS CLEANSES HIM FROM ALL SIN, MAKING HIS LIFE A CLOSED CIRCLE & PROTECTING HIM FROM ALL OUTSIDE DARK POWERS. BUT, IF THERE IS UNCONFESSED SIN IN THAT LIFE, THE CIRCLE HAS AN OPENING IN IT - A GAP - & THIS ALLOWS THE DARK POWERS TO COME BACK IN.

SIN SEPARATES US FROM EACH OTHER. PERSONALITY CLASHES ARE THE SIN IN ME DOES NOT GET ALONG WITH THE SIN IN HIM OR HER. OUR DIFFERENT PERSONALITYS ARE MEANT TO COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER. HE MAKES US DIFFERENT SO WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER IN OUR WEAK AREAS. OUR GIFTS ARE STIFLED BY NOT LET1T1G THE LORD USE US, BY NOT SAYING YES.

IN JOHN 15 IT SAYS JESUS IS THE VINE, & WE ARE THE BRANCHES. THE FRUIT OF THE BRANCHES IS NOT FOR THE BRANCHES, ITS FOR THE HUNGRY WHO DON'T KNOW GOD. HE DOES NOT WANT US TO HOARD THE GIFTS HE GIVES US, THEY HAVE TO BE GIVEN AWAY & THEY WILL MULTIPLY.

HAVE WE USED THE LORD & NOT LET HIM USE US? FALSE HUMILITY TELLS ME I AM NOT WORTHY. THE GIFTS & GODS LOVE ARE FREE. NO ONE CAN EARN THEM.

ONE OF HIS GIFTS IS SELF CONTROL SO WE CAN MATURE IN OUR GIFTS. THE LORD WILL ANOINT US FOR WHAT HE CALLS US TO. THE WORD JOY WILL COME WHEN WE J -PUT JESUS FIRST, 0 - OTHERS SECOND Y - YOURSELF LAST. LOVE IS CARING, SHARING & BEARING. ONE OF THE BEST SIGNS OF LOVE IS LISTENING BENEATH THE SURFACE, SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM. TO CARE IS TO BECOME THE OTHER IN MIND & HEART. SEE GOOD IN ONE ANOTHER & ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER.

THE GREATEST AREA OF SIN IN COMMUNITY IS THE TONGUE. WE TEAR DOWN WITH THE TONGUE. IT WILL BE A BIG HELP FOR US IF WE BELONG TO A FAITH SHARING GROUP. SHARE OUR STRUGGLES & WHAT GOD IS DOING IN OUR LIFE. MAKE A COMMITMENT TO OTHERS. WE NEED TO SHARE OUR WEAKNESSES & OUR STRENGTHS. WE HELP EACH OTHER BY SHARING OUR PAIN & STRUGGLES.

EPHESIANS 4:25 END THE LYING, EVERYONE. SPEAK THE TRUTH.

DURING THE MEETING YOU COULD READ A SCRIPTURE & THAN DISCUSS WHAT YOU HEARD THE LORD SAYING TO YOU. NOT WHAT YOU THINK THE SCRIPTURE MEANS BUT JUST WHAT YOU FELT THE LORD SPEAK TO YOU.

THE LONGEST TRIP IN THE WORLD IS THE TRIP FROM THE HEAD TO THE HEART. THE SKEPTIC QUESTIONS. THE CLOWN IS OFTEN SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN VERY HURT & JOKES TO PUSH IT AWAY & TO KEEP THINGS FROM BEING SERIOUS. REPENTANCE IS CHANGING DIRECTION. TURNING TOWARD JESUS. FORGIVENESS IS BEING SET FREE FROM HURTS. FORGIVENESS IS A DECISION NOT A FEELING. MAKE THE DECISION & THE FEELING WILL FOLLOW. JESUS SAYS CHOOSE TO FORGIVE & I WILL EMPOWER YOU TO FORGIVE. DO NOT REHEARSE HURTS OR UNFORGIVENESS.

LUKE 6:27 STIR UP BLESSINGS NOT CURSE. EACH TIME YOU THINK OF THEM ASK THE LORD TO BLESS THEM. YOU WILL BE STORING BLESSINGS INSTEAD OF CURSES. PRAY FOR INNER HEALING.

In Loving Memory of Dottie Francisco Sanctioned Love