stepping stones

Today at church we had Pastor Jean Darnall as our guest speaker. She’s a preeminent and spiritually gifted prophetess and I was really looking forward to hear what God wanted to speak to us through her.

Some beautifully phrased words of wisdom that she shared that prompted me to view things differently and/or to take action: -

• The bible contains the thoughts of God
• Answering the call of God. God gives us a choice. Although His arm is not too short to save (Isaiah 59:1), he is appalled that there was no one to intervene (Isaiah 59:16)
• Intercessors: not just prayer (although this is crucial), but they could be judges, lawyers, etc.
• People who intervene would become a prey for evil (Isaiah 59:15), but the Spirit WILL “like a flood will come in to raise the standard” against Satan.
• Micah 6:8 What does the Lord require? Justice, Mercy, Humility
• Passion: She prayed for us that God will give us the passion to finish what we started for the Glory of God – unfinished song, poetry, etc. (beautifully phrased)

And I felt God wanted me to have Pastor Jean pray for me and Christine as a couple. And while we reached her (there was a long line each person waiting for an opportunity to be prayed), she motioned for me to join Christine to be prayed for (i asked christine to go ahead because it seemed that everyone before us were being prayed for individually) and i figured i should memorialize some main things she prayed for us (i sense that this is a significant spiritual milestone):

• She prayed that our spiritual gifts would be melded together (beautiful! I was sharing with Christine that it seems that God is already using each of us to ‘complete the pieces’ with the other. Like how when we started to pray together: God placed in Christine’s heart the need to specifically dedicate our relationship to God whilst at the same time He placed in my heart the desire to have a regular couple prayer time to pray for us and for others; two pieces fitting together)
• That we won’t be in separate or even parallel ministries but that we would serve in ONE ministry
• She sensed that the stepping stones of faith are now further apart, such that we need to take a bigger step of faith (i love this!). She prayed specifically for faith and strength for both of us.
• God may be taking us on a direction that’s different from what we originally envisaged/expect.

Ok, i’m just writing this down because i suspect when we look back to this day,  we can see how God is fulfilling what He was speaking to us through Pastor Jean’s prayer.

To be continued …

 

 

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