By Francis Frangipane www.frangipane.org
It is noble that we should fight for our nation and heroic that we stand against evil. Yet, lest we despair at what seems like slow progress, let us also keep our eyes on the bigger picture. There is a day coming when every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Beloved, even before that day of Christ's return, our Father has many spiritual breakthroughs awaiting the overcoming church. He will present to His Son a church radiant, clothed in Christ's character and power.
The Morning Star
The day of the Lord, like the dawning of any calendar day, does not burst forth abruptly. It is not pitch black at 5:59 a.m. and then, suddenly, bright morning the next minute. The night sky gradually recedes, rolling back from the approaching light of day. In the process of time transitioning from night to day, another event occurs: before the dawn breaks, the morning star begins to shine on the eastern horizon. It is a faithful herald of the coming day.
This unique morning "star" is not an actual star at all, it is the planet Venus. In the morning it is situated in our sky above the eastern horizon, appearing at the right place and at the right time to "see" the sun and announce to those in darkness, the day is soon at hand. The morning star is a small, yet brilliant preview of the light which is about to come.
The picture of the morning star serves well the biblical image of what God seeks to do with the true church at the end of the age. Concerning the end times, listen well to Peter’s words:
"So we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts" (2 Peter 1:19).
Peter’s statement is weighty, providing inspired vision concerning one dramatic phase of end-time events. Peter speaks of the "morning star" rising in the hearts of God’s people before the Lord returns. Remember, the significance of the morning star is that it appears as a herald while it is still night. It can’t be seen during the day. But here, Peter tells us that before the millennial "day [of the Lord ] dawns," in anticipation of Christ’s return, the morning star shall rise in our hearts!
You see, there is a glory coming for the overcomer at the end of the age. When I say "glory," I mean the living presence of Christ in us will increasingly manifest through us. As Paul wrote, "For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh" (2 Cor. 4:11).
I am talking about the actual, substantial life of Jesus being "manifested in our mortal flesh." I know some of us are caught up with the issues of our lives, but we need to keep our eyes on the vision of where God is taking us! I also know some will distort what I’m saying. But, simply, at the end of the age, God has purposed to reveal Himself through His people.
So, when we speak of the morning star, we are not referring to some New Age doctrine but the actual spiritual "wattage" of God’s presence increasing. We know that such luminescence does not emanate from ourselves; it comes from our union with the Lord Jesus, and it is worked in us through the Holy Spirit as we grow into full conformity with Christ’s words.
Yet, there is something to heed here. Over and over again, Jesus warned about His followers becoming preoccupied with the world or weary in the battle. Let us remember, it is to those who overcome that Jesus says, "I will give him the morning star" (Rev. 2:28). And then He says that He Himself is the "bright morning star" (Rev. 22:16).
A day is coming before the rapture, before the second coming of Jesus Christ, when those who follow Christ will be positioned, like the morning star - in the right place at the right time - and they will herald Christ’s return. They will come from every nation, people, tribe and tongue, yet they will be one, for Christ will have given them His glory (John 17:22).
I am not saying we won’t sin; temptation will always be in our world. Yet, if we stay true to Christ, if we don’t allow ourselves to be swallowed up in the cares and issues of this age, a time will come when the presence of the Lord Jesus, like the morning star, will rise and be visibly seen upon us. At that time, the word of Isaiah the prophet shall be fulfilled, which says,
"Arise, shine ; for your light has come,
And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
For behold, darkness will cover the earth
And deep darkness the peoples;
But the Lord will rise upon you
And His glory will appear upon you.
Nations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising."
- Isaiah
Sunday, November 08, 2009
The Church: Building and Body
Friends....
This message is short, sweet, profound, confirming, and so fundamentally foundational that I wanted to include it on the blog. This will prove to be the answer to what motivates us to do church as we do.
dd
By Graham Cooke www.grahamcooke.com
The paradox of the church as a building and a body is an intriguing one. The Apostle Paul compares the church to a building in Ephesians 2:19-22—
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
This is the absolute, ideal, intentional will of God. In our friendships and fellowship, we are to be a habitation for Him. This doesn’t mean more meetings! Jesus didn’t come and say, “I’m here that you might have meetings and might have them more abundantly.” No, He came to bring us a life, a life which is formed in the pool of relationships. God is seen most clearly in who we are together, how we share with one another, how we see each other, how we love each other, and how we support one another. “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another,” Jesus said in John 13:35.
The western church has settled for trying to have brilliant meetings. Personally, I don’t think God cares too much about having meetings. In the New Testament, He only talks about meeting twice, and one of those times, He only says, “Don’t forget to meet.” That’s half the revelation right there. The other half talks about creativity: “When you meet, you could do this or this or this.” He doesn’t nail anything down or tell us when, where, and how to meet. The form of our meetings ought to be led by the ultimate creative force, the Holy Spirit.
Peter added to the building theme in 1 Peter 2:4-5—
And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
The spiritual sacrifice we are called to make is to put our friends ahead of ourselves. Honoring someone else more than we want to be honored is the best way to increase the meaning of our own lives. A true apostle, or father or mother, doesn’t care about themselves as much as they care about you. They want you to have the blessing. They produce thousands of sons and daughters and equip them to become fathers and mothers themselves. Their work is selfless and generous. They are consistent and intentional.
Spiritual sacrifice calls us to lay down our lives for each other. We help one another achieve great things. Their success is more important than our own. We don’t protect what we have but think of ways to give it to someone else.
The church has a precious Cornerstone, and when we believe in Him, we cannot be disappointed. We live in relationship with others the same way we live with God. How we treat them reflects how we treat Him. If we see our lives as a contribution, we cannot be disappointed. If we live as a giver, we can’t help but receive. But when we hoard, we lose everything.
In Ephesians 1:22-23, Paul compared the church to a body—“And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.” Sadly, I don’t know of many churches moving in the fullness of Christ. But this must be our goal. It is an amazing challenge to think about. What would the fullness of God look like in a church, a city, a region, and a country? What would happen if churches all around the world returned to their sacred purposes?
In renewal, we rediscover a passion for Jesus. In revival, we rediscover a compassion for the lost. Reformation occurs when the church, full of both that passion and compassion, breaks out into the world and starts making goodness fashionable. It becomes like Pentecost, where walls cannot contain us and we spill into the community. The walls of the church are knocked flat as the world sees a people who know how to live as a habitation for God.
I’ve watched as churches have prayed non-stop for God to move and wondered why little has happened. What is it about us that makes God hold off on answering our prayers? I suspect that He would love to birth thousands of spiritual babies but that He can’t trust us to properly care for them yet. What if He doesn’t want new Christians to be born into churches with a religious mindset? What if He doesn’t want to pour new people into a system that will gobble them up? As prophetic voices and church leaders, we need to wrestle with these questions.
Paul loved the metaphor of body life so much that he mentioned it again in both Colossians 1:15-18 and 1 Corinthians 12:12-27. But how can a church be both a building and a body at the same time? How can it be rigid yet fluid, immovable yet constantly moving? The church, as a building, is about being something. But the church, as a body, is about doing something. The building metaphor gets us thinking about the things we should be, the aspect of fellowship, and how it relates to our character. The body metaphor is about love for each other, and understanding that we each have unique gifts and uses.
Today’s church is built on a paradigm—a one-dimensional view of church as a functional, purpose-driven, task oriented people whose lives are grouped around meetings.
But all spirituality is paradoxical where we experience the "both/and" elements of complete opposites... such as building and body; servants and sons; relational and functional partnerships. The issue in a paradox is "what takes precedence when we are under pressure?" That must be friendships, character, intimacy and oneness of heart.
This message is short, sweet, profound, confirming, and so fundamentally foundational that I wanted to include it on the blog. This will prove to be the answer to what motivates us to do church as we do.
dd
By Graham Cooke www.grahamcooke.com
The paradox of the church as a building and a body is an intriguing one. The Apostle Paul compares the church to a building in Ephesians 2:19-22—
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
This is the absolute, ideal, intentional will of God. In our friendships and fellowship, we are to be a habitation for Him. This doesn’t mean more meetings! Jesus didn’t come and say, “I’m here that you might have meetings and might have them more abundantly.” No, He came to bring us a life, a life which is formed in the pool of relationships. God is seen most clearly in who we are together, how we share with one another, how we see each other, how we love each other, and how we support one another. “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another,” Jesus said in John 13:35.
The western church has settled for trying to have brilliant meetings. Personally, I don’t think God cares too much about having meetings. In the New Testament, He only talks about meeting twice, and one of those times, He only says, “Don’t forget to meet.” That’s half the revelation right there. The other half talks about creativity: “When you meet, you could do this or this or this.” He doesn’t nail anything down or tell us when, where, and how to meet. The form of our meetings ought to be led by the ultimate creative force, the Holy Spirit.
Peter added to the building theme in 1 Peter 2:4-5—
And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
The spiritual sacrifice we are called to make is to put our friends ahead of ourselves. Honoring someone else more than we want to be honored is the best way to increase the meaning of our own lives. A true apostle, or father or mother, doesn’t care about themselves as much as they care about you. They want you to have the blessing. They produce thousands of sons and daughters and equip them to become fathers and mothers themselves. Their work is selfless and generous. They are consistent and intentional.
Spiritual sacrifice calls us to lay down our lives for each other. We help one another achieve great things. Their success is more important than our own. We don’t protect what we have but think of ways to give it to someone else.
The church has a precious Cornerstone, and when we believe in Him, we cannot be disappointed. We live in relationship with others the same way we live with God. How we treat them reflects how we treat Him. If we see our lives as a contribution, we cannot be disappointed. If we live as a giver, we can’t help but receive. But when we hoard, we lose everything.
In Ephesians 1:22-23, Paul compared the church to a body—“And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.” Sadly, I don’t know of many churches moving in the fullness of Christ. But this must be our goal. It is an amazing challenge to think about. What would the fullness of God look like in a church, a city, a region, and a country? What would happen if churches all around the world returned to their sacred purposes?
In renewal, we rediscover a passion for Jesus. In revival, we rediscover a compassion for the lost. Reformation occurs when the church, full of both that passion and compassion, breaks out into the world and starts making goodness fashionable. It becomes like Pentecost, where walls cannot contain us and we spill into the community. The walls of the church are knocked flat as the world sees a people who know how to live as a habitation for God.
I’ve watched as churches have prayed non-stop for God to move and wondered why little has happened. What is it about us that makes God hold off on answering our prayers? I suspect that He would love to birth thousands of spiritual babies but that He can’t trust us to properly care for them yet. What if He doesn’t want new Christians to be born into churches with a religious mindset? What if He doesn’t want to pour new people into a system that will gobble them up? As prophetic voices and church leaders, we need to wrestle with these questions.
Paul loved the metaphor of body life so much that he mentioned it again in both Colossians 1:15-18 and 1 Corinthians 12:12-27. But how can a church be both a building and a body at the same time? How can it be rigid yet fluid, immovable yet constantly moving? The church, as a building, is about being something. But the church, as a body, is about doing something. The building metaphor gets us thinking about the things we should be, the aspect of fellowship, and how it relates to our character. The body metaphor is about love for each other, and understanding that we each have unique gifts and uses.
Today’s church is built on a paradigm—a one-dimensional view of church as a functional, purpose-driven, task oriented people whose lives are grouped around meetings.
But all spirituality is paradoxical where we experience the "both/and" elements of complete opposites... such as building and body; servants and sons; relational and functional partnerships. The issue in a paradox is "what takes precedence when we are under pressure?" That must be friendships, character, intimacy and oneness of heart.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Pacificministries Novermber 2009 Update
Friends,
I have been guilty of complicating the gospel. It is simply... good news. And the good news is the marvel of hearing God's voice and learning to respond with intentionality. When we gather at the River we desire to seek Him and in meeting us, His voice emerges. There are words of encouragement, trumpet-shofar duets, prophetic proclamations, banner declarations, periods of silence, and more.
Last month during our Worship at the River gathering, we were privileged to bring encouraging words to two young couples and a young man all from the Yucatán region of Mexico. For the past several years they have been discipled by Josh and Mary Hubbard with the anticipation and vision of returning to their homeland with a fresh testimony of Jesus and of what He has done. It's admittedly a bit unusual... sort of missions in reverse.
This past weekend Carlene and I together with Wayne and Eliza Miller (interpretor extraordinaire) joined them for a Port Townsend retreat. We feasted on Mexican rice, Chili Verdi, Ivar's famous clam chowder, and were blessed with a Sunday morning sunshine filled ferry ride to Whidbey Island. We
these nation changers into the Father's hand. Lots of tears, joy, and affirmation.
We have the privilege and commission to worship, intercede, and partner with God and bring heaven to earth. We are not the only gathering in the Northwest for this purpose, and we recognize all believers can partner with God for His Kingdom.
Graham Cooke in his latest newsletter says:
In our friendships and fellowship, we are to be a habitation for Him. This doesn’t mean more meetings! Jesus didn’t come and say, “I’m here that you might have meetings and might have them more abundantly.” No, He came to bring us a life, a life which is formed in the pool of relationships. God is seen most clearly in who we are together, how we share with one another, how we see each other, how we love each other, and how we support one another. “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another,” Jesus said in John 13:35
We welcome and honor the Holy Spirit and all Nation Changers (that's YOU), to Worship at the River this Sunday evening at 6 p.m.
Itinerary
November 18-26 Thanksgiving in Minnesota with grandson!
December 1-15 Japan and Singapore (e-mail update to come)
No December Worship at the River
January 10 Worship at the River
Monday, October 12, 2009
Bill Petersen's Final Word at the River
This is one scripture that Graham used as he spoke about favor.
We are the beneficiaries of this prayer because we are “those who will believe in Me [Jesus] through their [the disciples] word”. Jesus is at the right hand of the Father ever interceding for us so this is still being prayed for us.
We came into unity before the Father as we spoke these words. We have just placed before the Father the words of Jesus. He loves his son’s words. We have been heard.
I can hear the Father saying to Jesus, “Look at that small group of people in the Cox building. They love me. Remember when that was a bible camp and so many young people and adults came to salvation there? Remember the work and sacrifice of the adults who wanted to see a bible camp on the edge of the Sandy River where people could come to know You? Oh, how I loved their devotion to me and I have brought many to be with us.
But now there is a new group whose hearts are seeking us. They are asking for the same things that the former group did but they are asking for even more. They are echoing your requests to me. They are like Moses. They say show us your glory and they want us to manifest it among them and they want to move in oneness with us so that the world may believe that I sent you.
And there’s more that they want. They want Holy Spirit to speak what is on our hearts to them so that they would know how to pray to release salvation, healing, forgiveness, deliverance, peace and prophetic words.
They want us to reveal the hidden truths of scripture to them so that they can discern the signs of the times and they are even asking for your return because they miss you and want you to dwell with them and lead them in establishing your kingdom on Earth as it is in Heaven.
This is a greedy bunch. Let’s grant their requests tonight as they worship us.”
So let’s look for and expect the glory of the Lord to show-up tonight.
Holy Spirit,
Tonight show us and teach us how we can become one just as the Father and Jesus are one. Lead us corporately so that we can be one in them.
I ask you to manifest your power among us tonight and release the glory that we received from Jesus because of His death on the cross.
Jesus, I ask you to release the glory that You received from the Father. You said that you give it to us. We need your glory released upon us.
Jesus,
help us to see the glory that the Father gave you. You said you have given it to us.
All of us need your touch tonight for physical healing. In the name of Jesus I bind any spirit of doubt, fear, discouragement and I ask you to release physical healing among us.
Bill
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Graham Cooke's Concluding Proclaimation
Our Devotional Identity in God
The Much Loved Child
Lord thank you for helping us step out of the box and to open up to us a revelation of just how you see us. And Lord I believe I have the blessing, permission, and authority and the favor to impart a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the name of Jesus. I declare to you that the Holy Spirit who adores you is going to impart to you your devotional identity and then he will partner with you to teach you to live in that identity for the next season. I bless you with the favor that's coming to you in the knowledge of Jesus.
Friend of God
I bless you to name of Jesus. You are a friend of God. There is a new level of relationship coming into your life... and your heart is going to be strangely warmed every day. There is the calling of God bringing you in to his adoptive sonship and a new confidence in God. And he's going to bring you into a higher level of authority because you are his friend he will speak with you and you'll have physical and emotional encounters... supernatural with Him. He will come to you face to face just as a man speaks to his friend. I bless you with that identity and favor.
The Beloved Son
You're going to learn that your heart is fully secure in him. You're going to come into an astonishing relationship with the father. A part of that relationship, is trust. The Lord is going to trust you with things. He's going to connect with your mouth as He will give you things to say to people. For when you sit together with him devotionally build the father is going to open his heart to you. The Father says you are going to love this next season. A heart to heart relationship with Me. And in this new sonship is a quickening spirit. God is going to quicken you... He will speed up the process. He is going to quicken an understanding of his relationship with you that will be helpful for you in the situations you're going into.
Who is going overseas in the near future?
The father just gives you permission to lay hands on those people and to confer sonship. There is a fathering that will take place in that nation for those people for you. The Lord says lay hands on them and even as you lay hands on them something's going to go off in you. It's going to be a transaction not only for them in the spirit, but also for you. It's like you are going is a much loved son and while you are there you'll impart sonship. The father's anointing is going to rest on you and something is going to just explode in your own heart about that.
The Bride
For those of you who are pursuing intimacy with the Lord, there's going to be a sweetness, a romance, a tenderness, a softness. You are going to find yourself moving into new levels of praise and rejoicing. This is really important: there is a space opening up between you and the Lord... almost like a dance floor. The Lord is inviting you to step into that space... this is His personal space... were the Lord is inviting you into His personal space before the Throne. This is a space for you to worship. This is not so much about prayer as it is rejoicing, and worship, and intimacy. The Father says: I don't want this to be much about praying. I will give you prayers that will be incredibly significant, but it's mostly about spending time in worship, rejoicing, and Thanksgiving. And during the day you'll find yourself praying about things and they will happen. But it's mostly about intimacy, rejoicing, and worship.
Conclusion Prayer
I take authority over any confusion, and I curse its power right now in Jesus name. And I thank you Lord that this is a season for our identity to relate to you. I command to you in the name of Jesus that our default position is always a much loved child. All revelation flows out of that. As Jesus spoke to the disciples that unless you become like a child you cannot enter the kingdom. I'm going to pull you into a place of being much loved. I declare in the name of Jesus that in this next season the Lord will establish and reestablish your identity as a much loved child at a deeper level. I declare to you that you are sons and daughters of the living God, and He is your Father. And you'll have an experience of you to as Father and you'll have an encounter with Him as his Son. He will speak to you, he will come to you and you will have encounters with him that have favor attached to each of those things. The Father says come and sit in My Presence As a Much Loved Son or Daughter and experience the favor that I want to give you at this time. I declare open season on your heart in Jesus name. As you come as a much loved child , revelation will come to you it will be like a window opening in heaven... and you will say this is what I'm supposed to do.
I declare favor on you in the name of Jesus. In the community that worships here... we bless this House.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Dear Friends of Worship at the River,
Dear Friends of Worship at the River,
We have always believed this monthly gathering was dedicated to providing an atmosphere where the Holy Spirit was free to lead. (the evening is still a work in progress)
We were privileged to hear Graham Cooke at a conference in Canada. Graham says we have favor when we step into the identity of our passion for ministry...(the Martha part)...but we must be careful not to put the 2nd commandment before the first (the Mary part).
We want Worship at the River to be about the first Commandment....to pour out and extravagantly waste the night on Him.
The Lord spoke to me on a morning run in Victoria after the meetings. He interrupted my exercise by singing over me...a most surprising song. I'll share the song this Sunday at the River.
We look forward to the adventure of worship.
Darrell and Carlene
Schedule for Sunday
Schedule for Sunday Oct 11th
2 to 4:15 PM Restarting (optional...but highly recommended)
(More Information on Thrive and RESTARTING or if you have questions email: "Don & Genie Howard" <pogoette@hei.net>)
4:15 to 5 PM Dance
5 to 6 PM Dinner (bring your own or visit nearby restraunts)
6 PM Worship at the River
Sunday, October 04, 2009
2 to 4:15 PM Restarting
Worship at the River Sunday October 11 6pm
Carlene and I just finished a conference with Graham Cooke. It will take months for us to unpack all Holy Spirit taught us. This we know: God is a good God and we carry His Favor!
We are looking forward to Worship at the River beginning the 2nd Sunday's each month on a regular basis.
As a companion event, we are inviting Don and Genie Howard to lead "Restarting" (info below)
(Carlene): Darrell and I recently attended a Thrive Conference ...the teaching has literally freed us from many of our fears and painful struggles. Darrell would tell you how much he enjoyed the sessions and how surprised he was in the results. I was too. It was well worth the time spent in focusing on the love we both feel for each other and how to "thrive" in our marriage.
Schedule for Sunday Oct 11th
2 to 4:15 PM Restarting
4:15 to 5 PM Dance
5 to 6 PM Dinner (bring your own or visit nearby restraunts)
4:15 to 5 PM Dance
5 to 6 PM Dinner (bring your own or visit nearby restraunts)
6 PM Worship at the River
Bless you, and this photo of our grandson Calvin 
summarizes what we all desire... PURE JOY!!
Darrell and Carlene
(More Information on Thrive and RESTARTING or if you have questions email: "Don & Genie Howard" <pogoette@hei.net>)
Restarting:
A revolutionary solution-based approach for building joy, receiving inner healing, and developing life-giving relationships.
Restarting offers hope for those that have tried other approaches and still feel hurt, empty, alone, and ashamed of their struggles and behaviors. Restart your recovery for the first time!
When your life is more painful and out-of-control than you like: Find the skills to bring you to peace and joy. Rebuild your life after addictions, abuse and loss. Trauma weakens your brain’s control center. Addictions hijack your brain’s attachment center. Strategic spiritual and mental training restarts your life.
When your life is more painful and out-of-control than you like: Find the skills to bring you to peace and joy. Rebuild your life after addictions, abuse and loss. Trauma weakens your brain’s control center. Addictions hijack your brain’s attachment center. Strategic spiritual and mental training restarts your life.
In my own life, this material has given me a new dimension to life and relationships. It has been almost like watching the story about Dorothy in Kansas in black and white being replaced by the beautiful Technicolor images in Oz.
And just think, the prescription one needs to take is JOY! Joy is not only good for me but it is wonderful fun!
Here is the Restarting web site: http://www.thrivingrecovery.org/thriving/Restarting_main.html
Tons of background material can be found at the Life Model web site. This has lots to explore, read, download etc: http://www.lifemodel.org/
Saturday, September 19, 2009
For friends in the Portland/Vancouver...
For friends in the Portland/Vancouver region, we look forward to Worship at the River this Sunday evening at 6 p.m. at the Sam Cox Community building in Troutdale, Oregon. We normally gather on each second Sunday evening of the month, but just this month we are meeting on the third Sunday (September 20). I look forward to sharing what the Lord accomplished over these two weeks in Mongolia, we will explore the Lord's design for the Feast of Tabernacles, celebrate communion, and worship!
Recently, someone recorded the words to a spontaneous song during our worship:
Something stirring, we
will wait on the Lord ~
For His direction, His
Holy leading.
This is the season of
new things, new rhythms, new blending, new combinations.
It will not sound like
anything before; it is a new resonance.
We desire to know You, to discern, to know Your heart.
Would it be enough to
play a chord?
To worship in one
accord?
Let go of the stuff, grow in Christ, be a new creation.
God is releasing something new in us.
He is asking us do
something we have never done before.
New songs, new rhythms, new words, in each one of us ~
Visions given to little ones ~
Artistic expressions
display the Glory of the Lord ~
Songs of the Lord,
sung in each of us ~
Blessings,
Darrell
For friends in the Portland/Vancouver...
For friends in the Portland/Vancouver region, we look forward to Worship at the River this Sunday evening at 6 p.m. at the Sam Cox Community building in Troutdale, Oregon. We normally gather on each second Sunday evening of the month, but just this month we are meeting on the third Sunday (September 20). I look forward to sharing what the Lord accomplished over these two weeks in Mongolia, we will explore the Lord's design for the Feast of Tabernacles, celebrate communion, and worship!
Recently, someone recorded the words to a spontaneous song during our worship:
Something stirring, we
will wait on the Lord ~
For His direction, His
Holy leading.
This is the season of
new things, new rhythms, new blending, new combinations.
It will not sound like
anything before; it is a new resonance.
We desire to know You, to discern, to know Your heart.
Would it be enough to
play a chord?
To worship in one
accord?
Let go of the stuff, grow in Christ, be a new creation.
God is releasing something new in us.
He is asking us do
something we have never done before.
New songs, new rhythms, new words, in each one of us ~
Visions given to little ones ~
Artistic expressions
display the Glory of the Lord ~
Songs of the Lord,
sung in each of us ~
Blessings,
Darrell
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