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I am sorry that this post is so long. It just is.
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This . . .
It is easy to view disasters here, there or yonder as something that always happens to the other guy. The truth is, any of us can have our "world" turned upside down in a moment.
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A nurse in New Orleans has everything in order. She , lives in a very comfortable air conditioned home; she works in a great hospital with all of the latest modern equipment; she is able to help numerous people as she nurses them back to health; she attends church on Sunday and enjoys the fellowship of the people there. She has her life pretty well planned out and under control.
KATRINA HAPPENS.
Her home is destroyed. Her church is destroyed. She makes it to the hospital to try and help the people there, and finds no electricity, no air-conditioning, no lights, no water, no working bathrooms, sick and dying people everywhere. It is 120 degrees and the stench is overwhelming. Unable to go home, she eventually ends up at the Super Dome where the situation is even worse. She finds a corner to lie down in, and thinking of God she asks, "How could this be happening to me?"
Columbine
9/11
Virginia Tech
Divorce
Earthquakes
McGehee
Tsunami
Fires on the West Coast
Fires on the East Coast
Greensburg, Kansas
Floods in Missouri
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There are two main choices that people make when trouble comes.
1. Run away from God.
2. Run to God.
The correct response is ALWAYS to say "yes" and run TO God. ALWAYS.
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That . . .
I believe a time is coming when God is going to shake everything that can be shaken. In fact, the shaking has already begun.
My purpose here is not to bring anyone down, but to blow the trumpet and awaken the body of Christ. When trouble comes, we need to understand what is happening, and we need to have answers for all those around who don't have a clue.
Along side the trouble is an outpouring of God's Spirit on his people that is coming as well, to equip us to stand and endure. It is the "This is That" of Acts chapter two and the heart of this blog.
Acts 2:16-17
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel: And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughers shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
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This is that . . .
1. A great outpouring of power from on high is coming. The Moses stuff. The Elijah stuff. The Jesus stuff. God has not changed, and he didn't do the best stuff first and then peter out at the end. The best is yet to come.
2. Trouble is coming. Enough said.
3. God is VERY kind, VERY loving, and VERY merciful in all his ways . . . in the power, and in the trouble. He intends to use the least amount of trouble, for the shortest amount of time, to bring the greatest number of people possible, to the deepest level of love, WITHOUT violating their free will.
4. Wholeheartedness is required. Say "yes" to God. Go hard after Him in the trouble and in the outpouring of His Spirit. He loves us. He wants our obedience, our worship, our hearts, our time. It all matters to him. He LOVES us. He WANTS us. He wants us to LOVE him.
5. Prayer changes things, so pray.
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Read Joel chapter two.
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“ Turn to Me with all your heart,
With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
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Consecrate a fast,
Call a sacred assembly;
16 Gather the people,
Sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
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Weep between the porch and the altar;
Let them say, “Spare Your people, O LORD,
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I don't really like to be so serious, but this is serious stuff.
The disasters that are increasing around us demand a response of gathering the people together and praying.
That is what God wants us to do.
"The Call" in Nashville on July 7, 2007 is not a conference, but a sacred assembly, where 100,000 or more intercessors will gather to turn their hearts towards God in prayer, with fasting, weeping and mourning.
Titan Stadium was built for such a time as this.
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I intend to be there . . . come on.
www.thecall.com
4 comments:
Jerry,
This is an excellent stirring post!You should post "The Call Video" its on Youtube. Don't know if you posted video before...just copy and paste the embeded code from youtube into your New Post.
I am sure Tarah told you about our fantastic ministry trip to Wilmore. A Group of 19 who actually believe prayer can change a life, a family, a church, a school, a town and so much more! Tarah Prayer led and you'd of been as proud of her leading a room of 40+ in intercession as I was of my 9 year old daughter singing, praying, and ministering.
Keep blogging...cause people are reading!
We'll see ya' there!
Amen, brother. I am so joyful to see people so devoted to God. The Holy Spirit is working in my school, Redding Christian. We have had a revival and I look forward to leaders coming from this. People at our school have recieved visions of revival, me included. I believe God plans a revival for redding and California and he is going to do it soon. Please pray for us as we fight against the plans Satan has for California and press forward on the plans God has for us.
All your religion is just a cheap excuse to make yourself feel better than other people, and tell other people what to do, and make yourself look like or feel like you have some clue about what's going on in the world around you.
Here's a heads up: You don't know anything. All this blather and gobbledygook adds up to a big fat zero. Zero: What you have going for you in life. Zero: What you know about the world.
Wake up. You only have one life. Try and spend it being productive and kind and quit trying to get other people to believe in your loonie bullcrap. When you die, sorry, but there's no hereafter. You just disappear. Don't waste your life on this garbage they're trying to feed you, that they've been feeding people for thousands of years now.
Learn for yourself what the world's really about, come to terms with your mortality, and love your neighbor -- that's what Jesus was crucified for saying. You people just twist it up and get it all wrong.
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