IMAGE
After Chuck asked us to praise, I had my first image. I felt this warmth coming from the sky and I looked up and saw the sun. As I looked at the sun, the sun moved to the side and I realized that the warmth wasn't actually coming from the sun. It was coming from the face of Jesus and He was smiling down upon us.
INSPIRED SCRIPTURE
Exodus 33:11-19: Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses, face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses said to the Lord, “See thou dost say to me ‘bring up this people'. Now therefore, I pray Thee, if I found favor in Thy sight, let me know Thy ways, that I may know Thee, so that I might find favor in Thy sight. Consider too, that this nation is Thy people”. And He said, “My Presence shall go with you and I will give you rest”. Then he said to Him, “If Thy Presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here”. Moses said, “I pray Thee, show me Thy glory”, and He said, ”I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to him, I will be gracious, I will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.”
PROPHECY
“My beloved children, remember when I sent a messenger ahead of Myself and My disciples on the way to Jerusalem and they were to go through Samaria to find a place for us to rest. The messenger came back and said that they refused us because we were going to Jerusalem. This made My disciples James and John very mad and they said to Me, as you remember, “Shall we call down fire from Heaven and destroy them?” I rebuked them. I remind you of this, My children, to show you that they, like any other, are a man (or woman), just like you. But they were My holy apostles. You worship in a place called Holy Apostles and you are My holy apostles.
INSPIRED SCRIPTURE
Luke 18:41-43: What do you want Me to do for you? He replied, Lord please let me see”. Jesus told him, “Have sight, your faith has saved you”. He immediately received his sight and followed Him, giving glory to God. When they saw this, all the people gave praise to God.
INSPIRED SONG
Draw Me close to you…. draw close…feel My arms around you… draw close… see My beauty surrounding you; My holiness around you, transforming you, from glory to glory. So run to Me, come to Me; do not fear, for My love will forgive everything…draw close…draw close… draw close. We draw close; we draw close. Do not fear…I will wipe away all of your tears; just draw close. We draw close. Draw close. Here we are, we draw close. Run to Me now. Draw close. We draw close. Draw close…draw close.
INSPIRED SCRIPTURE
Exodus 13:21-22: The Lord went before them, by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead the way and by night by a pillar of fire, to give them light, so as to go by day and night. He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people.
INSPIRED PRAYER
Father, O heavenly Father, Lord Jesus, we are so in need of Your guidance in this election time. We pray that You will lead us, guide us and direct us in every way that we are to go. You have instructed us in the past, but sometimes we don't know exactly what we are to do. But we know that You are always there, to lead us as You go forth. We want to stand up and walk with You and walk according to Your purposes and walk in every way that You have ordained and established. Father, we pray for Your mercy for this nation; we pray for Your mercy for ourselves and our city. We pray that Your perfect will be done in every way; that every thought, word and deed that we think, say and do, would glorify You in every way possible. We glorify You, Lord! We exalt You and magnify Your holy name, for You alone are worthy; You alone are worthy of all honor; worthy of all glory; worthy of all praise; for You are the Risen Lamb of God. You are righteous and true; You are holy and just; You are righteous in all Your ways. We praise You and exalt You this day. Alleluia to the Lamb, the Holy Lamb of God.
INSPIRED PRAYER
O God, I pray that as we wait and watch, You will give us the courage, the strength and the patience not to move ahead of Your will, for we know that You will send that sign; You will give that pillar of fire that will lead us. Although we look around us in the physical eyes, we do not see the way. We do not see the provision for the way. And yet we know that You will lead us and that You will provide for us. So we walk by faith, not by sight and tonight, O God, we pray for Your direction and Your perfect will to be done in our lives.
INSPIRED SCRIPTURE
ISAIAH, 60: 4-10: Look around you and see what is happening. Your people are gathering to come home; your sons will come from far away; your daughters will be carried like children; you will see this and be filled with joy. You will tremble with excitement; the wealth of the nations will be brought to you; from across the sea, the riches will come; great caravans of camels will come from Midian and Ephah; they will come from Sheba, bringing gold and incense. People will tell the good news of what the Lord has done, all the sheep of Kedar and Nebaioth will be brought to you as sacrifices and offered on the altar to please the Lord. The Lord will make His temple more glorious than ever. What are these ships that skim along like clouds, like doves returning home; they are ships coming form distant lands, bringing God's people home. They bring with them silver and gold to honor the name of the Lord, the holy God of Israel, Who has made all nations honor His people.
CONFIRMATION
I just want to confirm that, with what has happened tonight. As the stories were brought up, I had so much joy at hearing the stories that are in our hearts and that was the foretelling of the birth of Christ. Tonight the stories were retelling of the birth of Christ within each one of us as it is renewed within us. We carry that daily and God is revealing that to us and showing us how He walks with us daily as we come here to share those stories and be renewed. That was that scripture present and we take that scripture out as we continue to carry these stories and God continues to reveal His presence within us everywhere we go.
PROPHECY
“You judge by what appears to be, by the impending doom or disaster, of all evidence the physical world tells you. I am not bound by the physical world. I am not bound by the evidence of your sight or by what you hear and especially not by what you feel. I do as I will”, says the Lord, “and I do what I will do for your good; seek the good in what I do and know that I always, always, always have your best in My heart. When I allow calamity to strike, it is to allow you to know Me even deeper; when I allow difficulties to come, it is to give you an opportunity to experience My grace and the guidance of My Holy Spirit; when I allow others to sin against you, it is to give you the opportunity, as I already have, to forgive. So my beloved, my flock, the apple of My eyes, my darlings, do not judge by appearances, by circumstances, but rather judge by this one thing, I have from the beginning, do now and will ever love you and will never leave you”, says the Lord.
CONFIRMATION / INSPIRED SCRIPTURE
In confirmation, from Jeremiah 31: the Lord says, “I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore, I have continued my faithfulness to you. Again I will build you and you shall be built, again you shall take your tambourines and go forth in the dance of the merrymakers”, for thus says the Lord, ”sing aloud with gladness and raise shouts for the chief of the nations, proclaim, give praise and say ‘Save, O Lord, Your people'. “See I am going to bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them, the blind and the lame, those with child and those in labor together, a great company, they shall return here; with weeping, they shall come and with consolations I will lead them back. And when the Lord says ‘they revel in My love', this is what it will look like. They shall come singing aloud on the heights of Zion and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord, over the grain, the wine and the oil and over the young of the flock. Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance and the young men and old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy, I will comfort them and give them gladness for sorrow. My people will be satisfied with My bounty”, says the Lord.
INSPIRED PRAYER
Lord Jesus, You prayed that prayer of unity before You died, that all might be one in You and Lord, we pray that prayer now. We are from many different denominations here in this place and Lord, we pray for unity among Your people, among all of your people, all of your Christian people. We pray for that unity, Jesus, that You prayed for, at that Last Supper. We pray for that, we pray for the love, O Lord God, that You have in Your heart for all of them, that we might love each other as one body in Christ. Lord, grant us that grace, bring Your body together, Jesus; bring Your body together in unity, Jesus; help us to love each part of it, Jesus; help us to reach out to all of those, Lord, and all of the religious denominations; and love them as You love them and to love others in Your holy name. We ask this in Your holy name, the name of Jesus, the Lord. Amen.
CONFIRMATION/ IMAGE
I will like to confirm all of that. I was given a tremendous image; a great mountain overshadowed a vast valley and there were thousands and millions of sheep in the valley. They were coming from different buildings that looked like different kinds of churches, and they were all streaming toward the mountain. On the mountain, stood our Lord with His hands outstretched, His sheep's crook in His hand, and He said, “I am the Good Shepherd, come to Me…come to Me, all My children, come to Me. I love you, I Am, I Am, I Am”.
CONCLUSION
Sharing of a poem, titled “Prayer for Peace”, written by Helen Steiner.
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