INSPIRED WORD
GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT – TOOLS FOR EMPOWERMENT
Inspired Scripture and Image
IMAGE/EXHORTATION After singing, “Thy Word is a Lamp Unto my Feet,” I had an image of a lighthouse at the edge of the water, shining so brightly. As I was watching the lighthouse shine and saying that Scripture, I saw the light go out. The message was very clear to me. If He has put this Scripture in your heart, what good is the lighthouse standing at the edge of the sea if there is no light to shine out of it? If this Scripture has been planted in your heart, let that light shine.
INSPIRED PRAYER Lord Jesus, we want to be open to all of your inspirations. We want to proclaim your word through Scripture, through those words breathed forth by the Holy Spirit. Lord, we want to put forth those images that you give us – images meant to build up this community in faith. We pray for that gift now. We open our hearts to receive inspired Scripture, inspired image, and all other inspirations as well, that we might hear your voice when you knock on our hearts. Ask and you shall receive. Come in power upon us, granting us those gifts, that the glory of Jesus might be proclaimed.
GATHERING
.... I am the Bread of Life.
.... You are mine and I will not abandon you.
.... My love to all of you in Christ Jesus.
.... I am your God.
.... Jere. 1: 7 Do not say that you are too young, but go to the people that I send you to and tell them everything I command you to say. I will be with you to protect you. Then, the Lord reached out and touched my lips and said to me, Listen, I am giving you the words that you must speak.
... Make yourselves as a living sacrifice to God, dedicated to his service and pleasing to Him. This is the true worship that you should offer.
.... Acts 2: When the time of Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. Suddenly, there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then, there appeared to them tongues of fire which parted and came to rest on each one of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.
... Come unto me all of you who are weary, and I will give you rest.
... I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he should die, will come to life. And whoever is alive and believes in me will never die.
... Matt. 7: 13 Enter through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction and many enter through it. For small is the gate and narrow is the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
... You are my people, the work of my hands.
... In the beginning was the word and the word was in God's presence, and the word was God. He was present to God in the beginning. Through Him all things came into being and apart from Him nothing came to be.
... Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
IMAGES
... I see a vine, entwining, growing up and up. He is the vine and we are the braches, and he is growing in us.
... I have an image of the stub of a tree.
... I see the cross of Jesus, made of wood. Jesus came from the root of Jesse.
... I see an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Jesus has his arms wide open and his heart is glowing with love. He says, Remember, I am meek and humble of heart and I love you so much.
... I see a white dove coming out of the sky, and there is a very bright sun.
... Confirmation – same image.
... I see people bending over and putting their hands in water. I see a great light coming down upon them and just shining upon them.
... I see a violin. We are the instruments that give music to God.
... Confirmation - I have been thinking about the story of the Master's hand, about a violin.
Anointings felt as ..... Hands tingling and burning, like the Spirit swaying. Like a vibration deep inside. Opening my Bible to the Scripture. Feeling like someone pressing on my shoulder.
Isa. 11: A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse and a branch shall grow out of its roots. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord, and his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. (The Lord says that that very same Spirit has come to rest upon you.)
IMAGE I had the image of lying down in tall grass, the wind blowing. The tall grass turned into wheat. 1 Cor 3: Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who calls us to growth. The one who plants and the one who waters are equal. Each will receive wages in proportion to his labor, for we are His co-workers. You are God's fields and God's building.
Jere. 3: 16 When you have become numerous in that land, people will no longer talk about my covenant box. They will no longer think about it or remember it. They will not even need it, nor will they make another one. When that times comes, Jerusalem will be called the throne of the Lord and all nations will gather there to worship me.
Song 2: 3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I took great delight and sat down. His fruit was sweet to my taste. He has brought me to his banquet hall and his banner over me is love. Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, because I am love sick.
CONFIRMATION IMAGE I keep seeing a waterfall that we are under. Lord, your presence comes like that to us sometimes, like a waterfall of refreshment that overwhelms us, that covers us, emerses us. PRAYER Lord, we are love sick for you. Your touch sustains us, refreshes us. Your banner over us, the waterfall over us, is your love. It is everything that we need. It will hold us up. It keeps us going. It is what gives us strength. Lord, we delight in your presence. We take refuge in the shadow of your wing. Lord, we ask for your presence here, that we be more and more sensitive to your touch, to the water, to the rain, to the rain of your presence, the waterfall of your Spirit, the wind. Lord, we are not ashamed that we are love sick for you. There is none like you.
INSPIRED SHARING I have not been given the gift of tongues and I have been praying for that. When I was in the circle, I felt like I was among angels when everyone was praying and singing in tongues. It sounded so heavenly.
VISION I have been given something which I might call a vision, but it is totally black. What I see is what I feel, that my heart has been expanded. The Lord wants to expand the cavity around my heart to make more room for Him, to grow more. I feel it as a growing pain, but it is from the Lord, so it is beautiful.
CONFIRMATION PROPHECY I am pouring out living water. I am pouring out living water. I am living water, and I am pouring out living water upon my people.
CONFIRMATION IMAGE I have been seeing a gigantic waterfall. It just kept growing and growing, harder and harder.
CONFIRMATION SCRIPTURE You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation.
Rom. 8: 5 Those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption, through which we cry, Abba Father. The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and, if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. If only we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
WORD OF KNOWLEDGE There is someone here who has a true pain in their heart, a pain that just is breaking their heart. They want it to be different. As we sang, ‘I surrender all to you,' the Lord was saying, (PROPHECY) Even now I am at work to redeem that pain. I have already redeemed it all. Even now I am at work to make it right. Be encouraged, my little one, for I know your pain, and I am healing it.
CONFIRMATION (explanation not audible)
CONFIRMATION When I first came here, I had not received prayer tongues either. I felt I heard angels as well. I felt the Spirit in this place. I want to reassure the person who has not received prayer tongues that the Holy Spirit will give you the tongues. I prayed for you when you said that. Col. 1: 9 For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.
LIFTING UP OF PRAYER PETITIONS AND THANKSGIVINGS
Prayer over the Baptismal font which has been leaking and unable to fix it
... If my people will not cry out in my name, even the rocks will cry out. (If my people will not take my living water out to the world, even my Baptismal font will leak.)
...There is a reason why it is leaking. There is something not being done.
...We have the commission to go out and spread the Word of the Lord, his love and his mercy.
Prayer for strength and encouragement for the recognition and acceptance of God's will in man's life as he discerns his vocation.
CONFIRMATION VISION I saw a dark sky, filled with stars, many stars, some brighter than others. One, the brightest of all, the north star, was steadfast, pointing the way. There are many things to look at in this world. There are many lights to look at and choose from. Keep your eyes focused on Jesus, who points the way for you.
Prayer for woman with gift of intercession
CONFIRMATION IMAGE/PROPHECY When we were gathered in a circle, praying for the gift of Image, I saw a star, the star of Bethlehem. I also keep hearing, Many people want to gather around my table, but no one wants to work in my fields.
CONFIRMATION I feel that is related to the leaking water from the Baptismal font. It is not enough to come here just to praise the Lord. We are so blessed that we need to go out and share that living water, we need to go out and work in the field.
MESSAGE IN TONGUES (Interpretation from more than one person)
INTERPRETATION
My precious ones, I have talked to you a lot tonight about water. Even though so much of the earth is covered with water, there are areas that are dying of drought.
Those roots have to go deeper... so they can water the earth.
How I long for my rivers of delight, to saturate you, every piece of you, parts of you that cannot be seen.
CONFIRMATION The Lord gave me the word ‘saturation' earlier. The Lord desires that we be saturated to fullness as a sponge would be saturated, so that we may go out and go forth and pour living water upon His people.
CONFIRMATION I also felt the stillness of the water. (David wanted to build a temple, a covenant. God said he has been in a tent all of this time, he didn't want a temple.)
CONCLUSION The Spiritual gifts help us, they communicate what is on the heart and mind of God. When we leave, let us take what God has told us, from His heart and mind, out of here, to the world, our families, our workplace, our friends, wherever we are. The Lord has told us that he wants this. Isa. 55: 10 As the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth, making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth. It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire, achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
CONFIRMATION I was reading that same Scripture from Isaiah.
AMEN!
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