When I first started this blog, it was to share our story in hopes to encourage someone else and to share the journey we felt God was taking us on. Years ago, when we were still very broken God gave both Jason and I an audible word in a church service; we both heard it. That word was, "Go". God hasn't given us a clear picture of what that means. He has been revealing , however, that "go" doesn't always mean a moving of us, it can mean a releasing of us and a move of Him.
A little over a year ago a close friend of ours came to us and said he felt God saying that he was to start a church, if he didn't move now when he felt God telling him, he would be passed by and God would use someone else who was willing. Jason and I knew immediately that this was our "go". Since June (technically last January, we didn't officially start meeting until June) we have been attending LifeChange Church. It started in our Pastors home the first week, then by the second week we had to move to a hotel meeting room. We are currently looking for a new location since we filling the space we are in. God has been doing some amazing things in the families that attend our little church. About 3 weeks ago I felt God saying "prepare the way". At that time we were planning a trip to World Revival Church in Kansas City as a whole church and I thought God was meaning to prepare for Him to do something on this trip. I have no doubt He meant that, but that wasn't all. We had roughly 45 people go on that trip from the ages of 7 to their late 60's. Some of us were feeling the Fire of Revival stirring before we went but others were ignited there. The flame has been fanned. I was journaling a couple days after we returned and this is what God revealed to me.
He started with showing me a passage in Come Away My Beloved "Behold time is short. Be not entangled in the things of this world, for they are transitory. Be not over-concerned as to thy personal needs, for your Heavenly Father knoweth what ye have need of and He will supply. But let thine uppermost concern be to carry out My will and purpose for thy life, to be sensitve to My guidance, and to keep thine ear toward Heaven. Miss anything, but don't miss My Voice. Other voices may introduce disharmony, but My voice will always bring peace to thy heart and clarity to thy thinking. For ye shall hear My voice behind thee saying: This is the way, walk ye in it, when you turnest to the left or to the right."
Then, He spoke through His Word. Phil 3:13-21 - Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
Join with others in followong my example, brothers and take note of those who live according to this pattern we gave you. For as I have often told you before and now say with tears, many live as enemies to the Cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. But our citizenship is in Heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who by the power that enables him to bring everything under His control, will transform our lowly bodies so that we will be like His glorious body.
Then he spoke to the church through my pen, I didn't even know what I was writing until after (God is good) "How far you are away from My will. I need you to listen to my voice. I have equipped you to push out the voice of the enemy so why are you listening to him? My tears are falling for you because you are not listening. I am about to move in a powerful way, I cannot have you in My way, but I need a willing heart that is ready and willing to be used. You need to be able to die to yoursefl, so you can carry My will to the nations. Put yourelf aside. I did not give you a spirit of timidity so stop being timid and fearful. Quit looking at who you were, look only forward toward My Goal. You want revival; So why do you keep getting in My way? I have hungered to come to My church, to be near you, yet you have pushed Me away. Do not be as hypocrites. If you hunger for My Presence, then LET GO! Why are you making it harder than it is. It is simple, step forward. It is not a journey, it is one step only into My presence. But don't just step there, stay there. Walk with Me; be My feet on earth; be My hands on earth; be My voice on earth. When you can step aside and let My will take control in a radical, Bold way then and only then can I come and bring revival to My church."
Lord Jesus, do a new thing, in us and through us. revival starts in us. Fan the flame of Your revival. Spread the Fire Lord. For Christmas this year let us as a church give You a present; a willing and hungry heart- hungry for Your presence. In Jesus Name.
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