the club
Last night's club event was one of the most powerful prayer meetings I've ever been part of. I realized again that you get out of worship experiences like that whatever you put into it. I went into it riding the wave of ten days of prayer and fasting. I think that made me much more sensitive to the Spirit of God. It's no wonder that I prayed with more boldness and confidence. And I sensed words of knowledge and pictures as I prayed for people at different points. There is nothing like praying for something that God reveals to you to pray for!
I spent some time at the "sand station" writing my sins because I sensed the Lord saying to me, based on James 5:16, that "the healing is in the confession." I think confession is a key to healing so I spent some time confessing my sinful attitudes and motivations.
Then I spent some time at the "stone station." I wrote the number "7" on my rock symbolizing the seven miracles I'm believing God for. And I prayed through each of them. I sensed some breakthroughs in those seven different areas.
It was six years ago that I saw a vision of NCC meeting in movie theaters @ metro stops around the DC area. I'm praying for a greater harvest at NCC. I'm believing for radical conversions. I'm praying for tens of thousands to come to Christ. And I saw them coming last night. I believe the harvest is ripe! I think the key to seeing things happen in the physical realm is seeing them in the spiritual realm.
Then the Lord revealed something too me. I tell twenty-somethings "you have no idea where you'll be and what you'll be doing in ten years." That is true of almost everyone. I would have never guessed ten years ago that I'd be doing what I'm doing where I'm doing it. But too many of us "settle down." Our lives become predictable because we become creatures of habit. I never want to "settle down." I sense in my spirit that I'll be doing things in twenty years that aren't even on my radar screen right now. That's exciting to me. I sense a stirring that is tough to put my finger on.
I claimed one of the seven miracles in the spirit realm and sensed such a peace and confidence that it has been "bound in the spiritual realm" and it will be "bound in the physical realm." That is what happened with 201 F Street. God had his hand on it and didn't allow anyone to purchase it for twenty-five years! It was bound in the spiritual realm for NCC. We didn't purchase it until February 7, 2002, but God put a contract on it twenty-five years earlier. We bound that contract in prayer for eight years!
I haven't shared this in too many circles, but when I was in Seminary the Lord spoke to me during an intense season of prayer and told me that I'd be "a voice to my generation." I don't know exactly what that means, but the Lord has reminded me of that prophecy on multiple occasions. I feel like I'm finding my voice right now. I sense that I'm on the verge of God using me to speak to more people in more places. That isn't something I'm seeking out. I'm a homebody by nature. I'm totally satisfied preaching at NCC week in and week out. But God seems to be opening doors of opportunity.
I love it when God confirms something in prayer. I kept praying "reverse the curse" last night. I pray that spiritually in terms of sin. God wants to resurrect those parts of us that have died because of sin. But I pray it physically as well. God wants to reverse the effects of spiritual and physical and spiritual entropy. So I was praying reverse the curse. And someone prayed Galatians 3:13 over me. I looked it up and what a confirmation of the prayer direction the Lord was giving me. It says, "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole'." What a confirmation.
One last thought. I prayed that God would increase my measure of faith. It was interesting that I sensed a strong leading to pray for "increased capacity" for someone last night. And later that night someone prayed those exact words for me! So God must be increasing our capacity individually and corporately! I pray that God would supersize us!
I spent some time at the "sand station" writing my sins because I sensed the Lord saying to me, based on James 5:16, that "the healing is in the confession." I think confession is a key to healing so I spent some time confessing my sinful attitudes and motivations.
Then I spent some time at the "stone station." I wrote the number "7" on my rock symbolizing the seven miracles I'm believing God for. And I prayed through each of them. I sensed some breakthroughs in those seven different areas.
It was six years ago that I saw a vision of NCC meeting in movie theaters @ metro stops around the DC area. I'm praying for a greater harvest at NCC. I'm believing for radical conversions. I'm praying for tens of thousands to come to Christ. And I saw them coming last night. I believe the harvest is ripe! I think the key to seeing things happen in the physical realm is seeing them in the spiritual realm.
Then the Lord revealed something too me. I tell twenty-somethings "you have no idea where you'll be and what you'll be doing in ten years." That is true of almost everyone. I would have never guessed ten years ago that I'd be doing what I'm doing where I'm doing it. But too many of us "settle down." Our lives become predictable because we become creatures of habit. I never want to "settle down." I sense in my spirit that I'll be doing things in twenty years that aren't even on my radar screen right now. That's exciting to me. I sense a stirring that is tough to put my finger on.
I claimed one of the seven miracles in the spirit realm and sensed such a peace and confidence that it has been "bound in the spiritual realm" and it will be "bound in the physical realm." That is what happened with 201 F Street. God had his hand on it and didn't allow anyone to purchase it for twenty-five years! It was bound in the spiritual realm for NCC. We didn't purchase it until February 7, 2002, but God put a contract on it twenty-five years earlier. We bound that contract in prayer for eight years!
I haven't shared this in too many circles, but when I was in Seminary the Lord spoke to me during an intense season of prayer and told me that I'd be "a voice to my generation." I don't know exactly what that means, but the Lord has reminded me of that prophecy on multiple occasions. I feel like I'm finding my voice right now. I sense that I'm on the verge of God using me to speak to more people in more places. That isn't something I'm seeking out. I'm a homebody by nature. I'm totally satisfied preaching at NCC week in and week out. But God seems to be opening doors of opportunity.
I love it when God confirms something in prayer. I kept praying "reverse the curse" last night. I pray that spiritually in terms of sin. God wants to resurrect those parts of us that have died because of sin. But I pray it physically as well. God wants to reverse the effects of spiritual and physical and spiritual entropy. So I was praying reverse the curse. And someone prayed Galatians 3:13 over me. I looked it up and what a confirmation of the prayer direction the Lord was giving me. It says, "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole'." What a confirmation.
One last thought. I prayed that God would increase my measure of faith. It was interesting that I sensed a strong leading to pray for "increased capacity" for someone last night. And later that night someone prayed those exact words for me! So God must be increasing our capacity individually and corporately! I pray that God would supersize us!
1 Comments:
"But too many of us "settle down." Our lives become predictable because we become creatures of habit. I never want to "settle down." I sense in my spirit that I'll be doing things in twenty years that aren't even on my radar screen right now. That's exciting to me. I sense a stirring that is tough to put my finger on."
This is profound. I think your message is more prescient in this generation than you might realize. Too many people settle in their lives for what is right in front of their eyes instead of searching for more. Too many people get comfortable and fail to utilize their God-given gifts. They unconsciously compromise their dreams in exchange for apathy and forfeit a more fulfilling life. Nowhere is this more prominent than right here, in Washington, DC.
Here’s my struggle: I know all of this – I know that God wants better things for me – but action is so difficult, and it’s much easier to postpone movement to some ill-defined moment in the future. But I fear that those of us who are in this situation – and I think there are a lot of us – will get stuck in the deep rut of inaction, which will lead to apathy, and once apathy takes hold, progression will end.
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