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Update: You will remember last year, I received a
letter from the Pastor at the traditional Church I attended, asking me NOT to share
verbally any more, stating that I was disrupting the service.
I was not surprised, because God had already
told me that my door for ministry there was soon closing.
My daughter Judie invited me to go with her to
Bethel , Redding ,
CA to visit SOZO and the Healing
rooms. This fit in well as I was praying
for direction for the New Year.
The SOZO
councilor confirmed that I might want to return to my Pentecostal roots.
I started visiting
churches and thought the new Assembly of God church in Old Town
might be the one. Judie and I paid a
visit there but the service to my ears was only a mumble and I could not hear
most of what was happening.
So I did not end
up where I first thought was to be my new church. A FaceBook Friend told me about “Open Door
Church.” So I visited. The Pastor's voice was a welcome sound to my
ears. (My ears often don't hear well.)
The head set he wore helped with the transmission.
I began to attend
and my friend told Pastor about my blog and his sermon being posted on my
blog. The next Sunday as Pastor Allan preached
– he suddenly stopped, looked at me and said, “By the way, I love your
blog.” I said, Thank you.
Time passed and I
attended the Sunday School Bible study.
Last week I took a few copies of the post Power to BE
with me and waited until class was almost over. Then I stood and raised my hand for permission
to speak.
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The Holy Spirit
came on me and said, "These lessons on POWER have been preparing you for
the great work God wants to do in this church and in this body of
believers.
God wants to do miracles in
tandem with Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the hosts of angels. I said a bit more and then gave the teacher my
copies of the post and to those near me.
That day a large
group of visitors from Jordan ’s
Crossing, was in the service. (A sort of half way house - not necessarily Pentecostal.) Many of their men went forward during the
worship and knelt and poured out their heart to God. Our men surrounded them as they prayed. Women went forward also and stood with hands raised as they prayed and worshipped Jesus.
The Lord told me
to tell Pastor Allan to take his liberty and I wondered how I could do
that. To get up and go to the front was
unthinkable, so I put those thoughts on the shelf.
The worship
session was almost over and I saw the Bible School
teacher go up front and speak to Pastor Allan. He looked over at me and smiled. Soon he got up and came to where I was sitting
and crouched down and asked if I would be willing to give the
"prophesy" that I gave earlier in front of the church; in a few
minutes - and asked if I would be comfortable doing that? I said yes.
When I knew the
worship portion was ending and pastor put down his guitar, I came to the front
and he asked me to wait, so he could introduce me. It was a simple introduction, and again I
shared. The people were shouting and
praising God and I believe they were receiving. I told them to lay aside all the hindrances
and worship Jesus and believe for the power to minister in His name etc.
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Then I turned to the Pastor and said,
"Take your liberty brother." And he did.
Anyway, I am
walking softly and know that I am where God wants me.
3 comments:
Always good to find "home" ! While it is important to have a certain decorum, it is my feeling and experience that The Holy Spirit is often sidelined. When the Body works in tandem with the gifts, the Holy Spirit has freedom to move. and move He will if only we don't squelch His mighty presence!
No place like home. You just feel the Holy Spirit, when things are right and when things are wrong. Sometimes you got to shake the dust from your feet and move on and trust God that he will put you were he wants you. You will feel a relief, you will know that it is were the Holy Spirit wants you for whatever reason. You are a beacon light of Jesus shinning through you. Don't let satan blow it out. Jesus is the light of the world. It only takes a spark to get a fire going. Satan wants us to give up, and be hurt, and unhappy. We need to choose to be happy, and depend on Christ for all our needs. Judy A.
How cool! It's amazing to see the powerful hand of God lead us in our lives. Thanks for your obedience and encouragement.
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