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Responses (sorted by date)
stevek: Sammie (6/17/04)
MaryKay: no kidding (6/16/04)
Karen: Yup (6/16/04)
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I had a very intense time in prayer this morning that I want to share with you all. Several weeks ago we were praying as a community for a new home. Lately we have been given the impression that we'll be housed at the Muse. While that's our goal, we're not in there yet. If you've been in the place I'm sure you can see that it's a place that satan does not want us to occupy. I have been trying to encourage the management and some of the occupants to do some things that will allow us to get established there, but have not yet been successful. I believe the Muse is God's place for us, but I felt this morning that He was saying 'the wall's not down' yet - think Jericho - and until it is, He hasn't given us the land. Resume praying that the Lord would intervene in the details, the hearts and minds of those who need to respond to my phone calls. Satan hits us where we are weakest - he has been doing that with me/I confess to you a need to be acknowledged and responded to - multiple unreturned phone calls in the past couple of days have hit me where I am vulnerable to attack. Pray that I would persist in a Godly manner and represent our community well. But my sense this morning was very strong that the Lord was also saying that our community prayed for a home, and has ceased interceding now that we're close. As I said/satan doesn't want us in there - we have to continue to ask God to intercede on our behalf, to fight the battles that are going on all around our efforts to complete this move until the wall comes down and the space is ours. I heard the Jabez prayer come back to me this morning, directly related to our current situation -
O THAT YOU WOULD BLESS (US) INDEED
AND ENLARGE OUR TERRITORY
THAT YOUR HAND WOULD BE WITH US
AND THAT YOU WOULD KEEP US FROM EVIL
THAT WE MAY NOT CAUSE PAIN
We need to resume fervent prayer as a body if the final steps are going to be taken related to this move. And if we are granted the space, we must enter the building each time with a prayer on our hearts that we would represent Jesus well to the present occupants. Please rejoin me and your leadership in praying that the Lord would step in and guard our efforts as we try to finalize the yet unresolved issues. And don't stop praying for your leadership as they wrestle with the details of the move. If you believe that prayer works, use it. We can still take this land, but not without the intervention of God and legions of angels He will send out ahead of us. |
