identity

An Audience of One

| Laura Lee Bonde

Last night, no one showed up for JC’s Girls bible study. In that moment, I can either choose to see it as an evening off with God, or I can choose to see it as a pity party thrown by Satan. Well, it turned out to be totally different, and of course, I saw that “after.”

I think Satan looks for opportunities like this to cause one to doubt if they’re even hearing from God in what to do and how to do it. It actually turned out to be an evening full of worship and prayer, orchestrated by God to bring His Heart’s cry for our city into the atmosphere. Continue reading →

Tears of Intensity

| Laura Lee Bonde

This time, for the porn convention, I was determined to go as “me,” but I wasn’t prepared for how “less than” I would feel and spent the first night crying on my bed in the hotel room.

Being reminded of who I was in the environment I used to live in was a pretty intense battle. In ministry, I find that I learn as I go. There were times when I would share my testimony with men, and in an instant, they would repent of the thoughts they had toward me and a deep respect would come over them, but that wasn’t how it happened every time. Continue reading →

Beauty Behind Lashes

| Laura Lee Bonde

Every year, JC’s Girls at the Rock​ go to the porn convention in Los Angeles to set up a booth, pray for people, hand out bibles, and let everyone know that God loves them right where they’re at. When I realized that God loved me just as much on the abortion tables as He does right now, I was blown away, so we want to blow people away with God’s precious Love and watch Him melt the hearts of the lost. We’ll be doing this at the end of the month, and along with all this goodness comes warfare.  Continue reading →

Our Christmas Morning Family Picture

| Laura Lee Bonde

Christmas morning was so amazing that I wanted to capture the moment “as we were,” which included no teeth.

Christmas Morning of 2014
Christmas Morning of 2014

I posted this on Facebook and had no idea of how it would affect me. Well, now, I know.

Evidently, I have found my identity in the way I “look,” instead of who I am in the Cross, so as I post this picture on this website, I’m letting go of my physical identity and grabbing hold of every truth of Jesus.

Wedding Day

| Laura Lee Bonde

When I was baptized again, there was new meaning, new identity, new loyalty to be ONLY His. Last night, God put lyrics in my heart to express my experience that day, so I wrote them down this morning. Enjoy!

What happens when the prostitute dies?
Life begins…Life begins

What happens when the stripper dies?
Life begins…Life begins

Identity came like a rushing wind
Blowing who I was away

A desire to be HIS was born
That desire leaked into my son
“Mommy, can I get baptized?”
“Follow me…trust me because I trust HIM.”

Shirt picked out
Intention there
Ring on my right hand
Ready to be wed!

Walking down the aisle through water
Bridegroom watching from within
Ceremony rushes over my face
Raised – the honeymoon of heaven begins

Ring on my left hand
My son walks in
His tears flowing with the water
Life begins!

Ready to be married
Ready to be married
"Do you want mommy to baptize you?" "YES!"
“Do you want mommy to baptize you?”
“YES!”
Ring on my left hand
Ring on my left hand
Ready for new life!
Ready for new life!