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I stood in the auditorium worshiping God among others gathered for that same purpose. We were visiting a church and the time of worship was anointed. It was as if we were no longer in a building but gathered around the throne in heaven throwing our praise like flower petals onto the greatest lover we could ever encounter.
C.S. Lewis said that to love at all is to be vulnerable. It’s a powerful statement. The choice to love is inherently risky. It’s risky because in order to love we have to extend ourselves in some way. In order to love we must give something up…we must become vulnerable.
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As I was spending some time with the Lord this morning I saw a vision. I watched it play out and then felt led to tell it in a narrative story-like format. So here it is. I hope you enjoy it and I hope it ministers to you in some way.
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It was hot and I was standing in the shade watching my good friend deal with some metal I’d asked him to cut. He was doing me a favor with two huge benefits: 1. It was going to get done well and 2. I was going to have all of my limbs intact when it was over.
His wrinkles betrayed his age but were laced with kindness and bordered eyes that reached out to love us. I sat on the edge of my seat held captive by the words flowing from his mouth. “Prophecy,” he said slowly walking across the podium, “is intended to comfort, edify and exhort.” He shook his head and held up one hand. “We will not be giving any ‘directive’ words rather our intention will be to reflec
I think that the Spirit is alive and very active around us all of the time. We don’t always see it with our natural eyes but many times we can feel it, sense it. I think that the heavenly host can be especially active during times of worship. There are many accounts of angels being seen dancing and worshipping right along side of us. It’s just one big heavenly party!
Lately I’ve been really centered on how God uses us in spite of us. That is, He often moves powerfully through us despite what we think is normal, appropriate or can only happen in a certain way, and even when we think we are way too dirty to have God move through us at all. I love these testimonies because it makes the life of Jesus so darn accessible to all of us extraordinary, ordinary people!
Praying for and speaking to strangers always seems to involve a certain degree of uncomfortability. That’s not even a word but it seems to fit so I’ll leave it.
Ministering to strangers can certainly involve a degree of uncertainty. It can for me anyway and I’d venture to guess that it does, or would, for you too.
“God, is that really you?”
You know, I’m sitting here in front of my computer reflecting on a wonderful thing that has been happening to my email folder. It’s receiving messages from people who’ve seen Angels and other things in the spirit. Some they can explain and some they can't quite wrap their minds around.
