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| Mighty to Save by Hillsong
Everyone needs compassion A love that's never failing Let mercy fall on me Everyone needs forgiveness A kindness of a Savior The hope of nations
Savior He can move the mountains My God is Mighty to save He is Mighty to save Forever Author of salvation He rose and conquered the grave Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as You find me All my fears and failures Fill my life again I give my life to follow Everything I believe in Now I surrender
Shine your light and let the whole world see We're singing for the glory of the risen King...Jesus
We had such a powerful time praying for our family members who have not yet given their lives to Jesus. We prayed that God would restore hope in us that these members will come to know Him. We told God that we believe He can bring salvation to our families, but we need Him to help our unbelief! We prayed the prayers we prayed the past week over our family members. We prayed that they would see their spiritual poverty without God in their lives. We also prayed that they will have freedom to worship God. We asked God to remove the things that keep them from turning to Him and worshipping Him. We laid hands and prayed for everyone with immediate family members who do not know Jesus.
God gave us some very clear pictures. We saw a picture of fire coming out of our mouths and hands. We also saw a hand dripping with oil. We prayed that as we spend time in the Presence of God, we will overflow with God's Presence wherever we go so that even our family members cannot deny His Presence!
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| Monday, June 2, 2008
Matthew 5:3, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." In the Message Bible, this verse reads, "You're blessed when you're AT THE END OF YOUR ROPE. With less of you there is more of God and his rule." God showed us through several pictures where we end and where He begins. He showed us that the debt of love we owe Him is impossible for us to pay back. Yet He delights in us. He delights in us, in our poverty and weakness.
I Will Offer Up My Life by Matt Redman
I will offer up my life In spirit and truth, Pouring out the oil of love As my worship to You In surrender I must give my every part; Lord, receive the sacrifice Of a broken heart
Jesus, what can I give, what can I bring To so faithful a friend, to so loving a King? Savior, what can be said, what can be sung As a praise of Your name For the things You have done? Oh my words could not tell, not even in part Of the debt of love that is owed By this thankful heart
You deserve my every breath For You've paid the great cost; Giving up Your life to death, Even death on a cross You took all my shame away, There defeated my sin Opened up the gates of heaven And have beckoned me in
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
We joined Transformation church at their Reformation House of Prayer (RHOP). A group of them just came back from Florida at the Lakeland revival. We wanted to go and receive whatever blessings they received in Florida.
We were encouraged because they shared about being POOR and hungry before God. Jonathan felt he saw a picture and received a message about poverty. We are to embrace poverty and not be afraid of it because poverty will bring us before God. He felt that there is a grace during this season to embrace poverty.
Transformation church also spent time laying their hands on our church and praying over us individually. We were so encouraged by the words they prayed over us! They were so kind to spend a lot of time ministering to us!
We also laid hands on the sick and prayed for healing!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
We want God to have His way with us. We want Him to have FREEDOM to move in our midst, to do whatever He wants to do. We want our own control to be relinquished so that God can have total control of our lives. We must regularly be meeting Him and let Him prune us.
We are ordinary people, a plain group, a group without much. However, if God moves in our midst, if He chooses to turn to us, then He can do some extraordinary miracles!
Freedom Reigns by Rita Springer
Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom If you're tired and you are thirsty, there is freedom If you're tired and you are thirsty, there is freedom
Freedom Reings in this place Showers of mercy and grace Falling on every face There is freedom
Jesus reings in this place Showers of mercy and grace Falling on every face There is freedom
Freedom Reings in this place Showers of mercy and grace Falling on every face There is freedom
Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom So we lift our eyes to Jesus, there is freedom So we lift our eyes to Jesus, there is freedom
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| Dennis and Wendy shared with us about their vision trip to Japan. They shared how they were able to encourage and strengthen some weary believers. They also shared how they were encouraged to see God move in very similar ways there as He is moving here with us! They came back realizing that God is moving in great ways globally. He is preparing His people for His return. We can join Him and be a part of His move! We ended the night worshipping with 'Majesty' in Japanese. | | |
| Ephesians 3:14-19, "For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."
As we gathered to worship and pray, we sensed a very strong yet gentle Presence of God. His Presence pulled worship out of us! There was a sweet freedom to worship Him. His Presence ministered to our hearts and our souls. In His Presence, He was freeing our spirits, healing our hearts and stripping us as individuals so that we can be ready for what He has called us to do. He is such a KIND God. His kindness causes us to turn back to Him. We were so blessed together as believers, or 'together with all the saints', to marvel in His kind love together. We prayed that we would become kind people as He is kind...
I Can Sing of Your Love Forever by Martin Smith
Over the mountains and the sea, Your river runs with love for me, and I will open up my heart and let the Healer set me free. I'm happy to be in the truth, and I will daily lift my hands: for I will always sing of when Your love came down.
I could sing of Your love forever, I could sing of Your love forever, I could sing of Your love forever, I could sing of Your love forever.
Oh, I feel like dancing it's foolishness I know; but, when the world has seen the light, they will dance with joy, like we're dancing now.
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| We continued the theme of the week: interceeding for one another. We felt God wanted to remove shame from individuals. He has taken care of it on the cross, there is no need for us to live under the weight of shame. We also felt God wanted to bring refreshing to those who are weary. We laid hand on every person who wanted prayer. We sang prophetically over our loved ones who do not know Jesus: Come to the Light by Kevin Prosche Come to the light Come as you are You can be the friend of God Humble yourself and give him your heart He will meet you where you are
Come to the light just as you are Fall on the rock for the wasted years He will restore all that was lost Surrender now - his power is here
We sang and prayed over Burma. God, please have mercy!!! Sweet Mercies by David Ruis It’s our confession Lord, that we are weak So very weak, but You are strong And though we’ve nothing Lord, to lay at your feet We come to Your feet and say, “Help us along”
A broken heart and a contrite spirit You have yet to deny Your heart of mercy beats with love’s strong current Let the river flow by your Spirit now, Lord we cry
Let Your mercies fall from heaven Sweet mercies flow from heaven New mercies for today Shower them down Lord as we pray Let Your mercies fall from heaven Sweet mercies flow from heaven New mercies for today Shower them down Lord as we pray
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