Undercurrents
I think part of spiritual sensitivity is paying attention to the subtle undertones or undercurrents in one's spirit. What is God saying to me? What am I sensing in my spirit? What am I praying for? What am I believing for?
Here is what God has been doing in my heart in recent weeks. I think two things have happened that have been catalysts for what God is doing in my heart.
One of them was a tour of the Capitol with David Barton on April 20th. I've always loved history--especially counterfactual theory. But I don't know that I've really learned to appreciate the history of the city I serve. This is my parish. And the more history I know the more of a sense of destiny I'll feel.
In recent weeks I've read and re-read books on the history of this city. And I'm not sure there is a city with a greater spiritual legacy. And I feel like I was ignorant of it for so long! I can't even put into words the way those books have inspired me, but I think I have a heightened appreciate for the spiritual history and destiny of Washington, DC. I feel like I have a better sense of where I fit and where we fit as a church. We stand on the shoulders of spiritual giants. I think one danger all of us face is the pride of thinking that we're doing something that no one has ever done. In a sense that is true. No one can walk where we walk. But we're part of a legacy of churches that have impacted this city in profound ways.
I think the second catalyst was a time of prayer by the Awakening statue the last day of April. There has been a resurgence of prayer in my life. When I pray I dream bigger dreams.
I think the greatest challenge in prayer is knowing what to pray for. You almost have to pray to know what to pray.
Here is what I've been praying in recent weeks. I've been praying, "Thy kingdom come they will be done." I have a greater passion to see the Kingdom of God established in this city.
I've been praying a prayer that I believe God put into my spirit. I've been praying that I would see Acts 2:41 once in my lifetime. We're having an impact, but not an Acts-like impact. I'm praying that once in my lifetime I'd see 3,000 people put their faith in Christ and get baptized. I don't know how it will happen or when it will happen, but I believe it will happen. I feel like it is one of those life-long prayers that I'll keep praying until the dream becomes reality.
I've been praying the Scriptures inscribed over Union Station. One of them has sunk so deep into my spirit. It is from Isaiah and it says, "The desert will rejoice and bloom like a rose." I've been praying that there would be a spiritual resurgence in seemingly barren places.
I have a deepening sense of destiny.
Here is what God has been doing in my heart in recent weeks. I think two things have happened that have been catalysts for what God is doing in my heart.
One of them was a tour of the Capitol with David Barton on April 20th. I've always loved history--especially counterfactual theory. But I don't know that I've really learned to appreciate the history of the city I serve. This is my parish. And the more history I know the more of a sense of destiny I'll feel.
In recent weeks I've read and re-read books on the history of this city. And I'm not sure there is a city with a greater spiritual legacy. And I feel like I was ignorant of it for so long! I can't even put into words the way those books have inspired me, but I think I have a heightened appreciate for the spiritual history and destiny of Washington, DC. I feel like I have a better sense of where I fit and where we fit as a church. We stand on the shoulders of spiritual giants. I think one danger all of us face is the pride of thinking that we're doing something that no one has ever done. In a sense that is true. No one can walk where we walk. But we're part of a legacy of churches that have impacted this city in profound ways.
I think the second catalyst was a time of prayer by the Awakening statue the last day of April. There has been a resurgence of prayer in my life. When I pray I dream bigger dreams.
I think the greatest challenge in prayer is knowing what to pray for. You almost have to pray to know what to pray.
Here is what I've been praying in recent weeks. I've been praying, "Thy kingdom come they will be done." I have a greater passion to see the Kingdom of God established in this city.
I've been praying a prayer that I believe God put into my spirit. I've been praying that I would see Acts 2:41 once in my lifetime. We're having an impact, but not an Acts-like impact. I'm praying that once in my lifetime I'd see 3,000 people put their faith in Christ and get baptized. I don't know how it will happen or when it will happen, but I believe it will happen. I feel like it is one of those life-long prayers that I'll keep praying until the dream becomes reality.
I've been praying the Scriptures inscribed over Union Station. One of them has sunk so deep into my spirit. It is from Isaiah and it says, "The desert will rejoice and bloom like a rose." I've been praying that there would be a spiritual resurgence in seemingly barren places.
I have a deepening sense of destiny.
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