Everything has seemed like blur over the last few weeks. From adjusting to being home from the mission trip, to finishing my finals, working and serving as led, its like the days run together and it's already Christmas. I've had the blessing last weekend to slow down. To spend time with good friends and to do what the Lord has been calling me. To listen, to obey and to remain thankful for the church that I call home.
I know that I shouldn't be a feelings chaser but I can't help loving the way the Lord's presence feels in a church. When He hits you with that peace, that love, that excitement and anticipation; I love that feeling of oneness in the body of Christ. Our church service on Sunday was one of uniting the body in a cry to soften our hearts, and to weep unto the Lord not only for our selves and our families, but to stand in the gap for others, and to stand firm in the true gospel message of Christ.
The Lord has been stilling me, having me pause and slow things down. I don't have many deliverance sessions scheduled through the end of the year and I am doing my best to focus on what the Lord has me focused on, prayer, family, and fasting.
A little over a year ago the Lord put on my heart that my calling was to eventually run a 24/7 prayer and worship room. A Tabernacle of David. The “tabernacle” referred to in Acts 15:16, is the house of God open to all, both Jew and Gentile, who seek Him in order to worship in truth. Everyone will be welcome.
Honestly, with me working full time, finishing school and doing all the things, I was thinking to myself, when, where and how, Lord? For over a year I have been praying on it, fasting and preparing for whatever the Lord says to do next.
We headed to church last weekend and Pastor Harry tells us that The Lord spoke to him about 2023 for our church and that it is a year of prayer. As he continued his sermon, I felt that gut feeling in my spirit, that this was the time. Whether I work full time or not, it's a now task. 24/7 prayer and fasting. Intercession, standing in the gap, all of which are needed now more than ever. I prayed about it and asked the Lord what He wanted me to do. Then on our way out I spoke to Pastor Harry about what the Lord has put on my heart for 2023.
Although I can't do 24/7 at the moment, the Lord has put on my heart to be there at the church for 24 hours of prayer and worship once or twice a month starting from Saturday morning, continuing overnight and ending when service begins on Sunday at 10:30am. All will be welcome to join me at the altar to pray and worship our Lord.
I am praying about the date for January, as soon as I know which weekend the Lord wants, I will share the information. I plan on continuing this once or twice a month for the entirety of 2023 or until Jesus comes back, whichever comes first.
It's time.
Amos 9:8-15 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom, And I will eliminate it from the face of the earth; Nevertheless, I will not totally eliminate the house of Jacob,” Declares the Lord. 9 “For behold, I am commanding, And I will shake the house of Israel among all nations As grain is shaken in a sieve, But not a pebble will fall to the ground. 10 All the sinners of My people will die by the sword, Those who say, ‘The catastrophe will not overtake or confront us.’
11 “On that day I will raise up the fallen shelter of David, And wall up its gaps; I will also raise up its ruins And rebuild it as in the days of old; 12 So that they may possess the remnant of Edom And all the nations who are called by My name,” Declares the Lord who does this. 13 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “When the plowman will overtake the reaper And the one who treads grapes will overtake him who sows the seed; When the mountains will drip grape juice, And all the hills will come apart. 14 I will also restore the fortunes of My people Israel, And they will rebuild the desolated cities and live in them; They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit. 15 I will also plant them on their land, And they will not be uprooted again from their land Which I have given them,” Says the Lord your God.
Acts 15:6-216 The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter. 7 And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. 8 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, 9 and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith. 10 Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? 11 But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.” 12 And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. 13 After they finished speaking, James replied, “Brothers, listen to me. 14 Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name. 15 And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written,
16 “‘After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, 17 that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things 18 known from of old.’19 Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God, 20 but should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood. 21 For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.”
John 4:24 - God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Psalms 95:6 - O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
Romans 12:1 - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
John 4:23 - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Isaiah 12:5 - Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.
Hebrews 13:15 - By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Luke 4:8 - And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve
John 15:7 - If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
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