Well, here I am again in the middle of the night posting an entry. This was given to me in prayer earlier in the day. I actually had gotten two answers from it. We were sitting in the beginning of prayer and our prayer leader is talking about the spirit and how we need to listen to it. It will only give us bits and pieces and we need to work together as the body of Christ to figure it out. As I was sitting there, my spirit said Galatians. At the time, it didn't mean anything but I knew the answer would come when I read it. I had been asking the Lord to please let me know if I should go our teams mission trip to Guatemala. We had just had our first meeting and I knew that I was going to raise the money but I just wanted confirmation that this was what I am being called to do now. So, I read Galatians and it hit me. It had talked about one gospel and how we are to preach it to others. Paul didn't preach The Word in the beginning. Like the Apostle Paul, I didn't spread The Word either. I didn't advance another religion, I just choose not to speak up about The Gospel...until now. I will spread The Word here and on my missions trip, like Paul when he traveled to other regions.
The second message I received was in 4:8-20. It speaks about the fears for the church. I have been trying to find answers since October about how we can get our members to rise up, become a family, and not be so dead. It really has been upsetting to me for awhile. I can only imagine how God must feel. I ask, what can we do Lord to get them stirred up? I pray and I ask would you please set a fire in them? So, I come home after prayer and I finally get part of an answer....our members have lost the joy in their salvations. So, now this raises a new question, how do we fix it? How do we help our church family reclaim their joy? Are they in chains again? Do they need to be set free again?
I will continue to pray for my church and I pray that they will wake up and rise soon. I also pray that God will not do something drastic to reach them and open their eyes.
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