This may have been one of the most amazing weeks of my life. So this prayer movement God is starting is going a lot faster than I expected. My leaders came to me and said I had a meeting with the head missionaries that live here, in like a day. Luckily I had been studying prayer revivals throughout history and the bible.I presented my vision to them, with a confidence and excitement that could only have been from God. I was a little surprised at how deeply they were moved, and how supportive they are. There plans for it are now almost wilder than mine.
I guess I should probably say what this vision is before I go much further. Through prayer, God has installed a vision in my heart for 24/7 365 prayer to come to Granada. This means someone always praying, all day, all night, all week, all year, pretty much till Jesus comes back. It’s not crazy, it’s actually happening all over the world. It’s not a new idea either. I won’t get into it, but I encourage you to do some research on it. I studied all the verses on prayer in the bible, and I was again very shocked at what I read.
I want to be clear though, that the bible did not inspire me to this vision. As many of you know I went to IHOP over break, and I did not feel convicted to build a house of prayer. No inspiring sermon, book, or example of other people doing 24/7 365 prayer lead me to this. Through prayer, God burned this vision into my heart. Then as I started doing research, I started believing it to be a reality. The pieces of the puzzle are falling into place in a divine way.
So anyway, the missionaries then told me I would be speaking at a pastor’s conference, again in like a day. I don’t feel like I am pushing for this, it’s more like God is pushing me into this, and I often feel a little afraid, but just being obedient is really fun. So I spoke for about 20 min, at the conference to maybe 60 people. I taught out of Luke 18, and Isaiah 62. It was so cool because I knew this is God’s thing so I really didn’t care what people thought, I just went for it.
After I spoke, at least three or four pastors mentioned this vision, as the conference went on. The pastor, who was leading the conference, in front of everyone, said that he and his church were at my service. Some other missionaries who were there, half jokingly said they might send a team down to help start this. An electrician who was there said he would wire the whole building, and someone else said they could build roofs, and furniture. Basically there was a lot of hype going on, but hopefully we can turn the hype into action. Seth has been encouraging me to get things going now while people are excited about it. He is so wise.
This morning I am meeting with the pastor, who lead the conference. Hopefully I’ll be meeting with someone about pouring a floor ASAP. Annie will help me revise my presentation, and we have many other churches to go to. God specifically gave me three pastors, and one of them whom I’m meeting today, and the other two, were not at the conference.
Hopefully this vision will really be worked out through the churches. If we can get some people to volunteer as security day and night, then we could get the word out all over Granada, for people to come and spend time with God.
As Annie and I were discussing all this, I little voice started telling me, because there is so much work to be done, I should skip our nightly prayer time to work on it. Quickly I was like NO WAY! God is at the heart of this. My first priority is still spending time, with just the two of us( God and I, not Annie and I lol). Annie and I are committed to not get so excited that we forget about him. I WILL take time away from working on this, to pray and spend time with the God who has won my heart.
With all the amazing things that have been going on about this movement, the most amazing thing is still the times we spend with God every night. The other night I asked God to stir up my emotions, as I spoke poetry to him. I got to the point where I couldn’t even talk; I could only sit there in love him. Last night we just laid on our backs looking up at the stars, without saying anything for about an hour. Other nights people are shouting, singing, solemn, jumping up and down, or on their knees repenting or in awe of God. The other night God reminded me of what a mess I still am. I have matured so much that I forgot. It was so amazing though, because when God show you you’re a mess, it’s not to focus on your problems, it’s to focus on HIS mercy! It is so much easier to let him hold you when realize you can’t stand on your own feet. I love being a mess before God.
Everything I am doing is amazing because I know God is enjoying it even more than I am. As Misty Edwards says, “I can only be satisfied, by satisfying him.”
