Here's our journal entry for our prayer meeting Friday night, October 19:
After a time of worship, the Lord challenged us through a brief prophetic word saying, "Get yourselvess ready, because I'm ready."
We turned our attention to Joel 2:18-32. It is promise in the last days of the Lord restoring what was lost as one aspect of his outpouring upon all flesh. If you're not familiar with it, it is worth reading (or re-reading). We observed that along with the revival God brings to His Church, He sends a restoration to society. In fact, there really is no true revival WITHOUT it spilling out into the marketplace and affecting society. Culture will either embrace it or spurn it, but it will not continue unaffected with business as usual. We interceded for society for change and a return to justice.
There was quite a bit of travail going on. Those who were doing so were exhorted to offer to the others some sense of why they were travailing. We encouraged clarification so that all present could appreciate that nature of intercession. Jeremiah 31:15-16 was offered; a calling for God's children to return to the Lord. Romans 8:18-22 was also suggested. Finally, Isaiah 42:14 was also considered. The context of Isaiah is that the Lord's sons and daughters are to refuse to be kept silenced, often the result of agreeing with surrounding culture or the majority mindset. No longer! Like a woman in childbirth we should warfare to declare the rejection of worldly influence and instead turn our hearts completely back to Him.
A word of encouragement then came forth, "God is going to do something good." Then a brief prophetic word, "The days ahead will be unsual. our lives will change, but it will be in Me. I'm coming soon." Then it was repeated for emphasis, "The days ahead will be unsual. our lives will change, but it will be in Me. I'm coming soon."
Still another prophetic word came: "You will work together. My spirit will come and say 'go together.' You will work together. I will send you on operations. And you will say, 'yes, I see it. I see it clearly.' And the Lord will say, 'get up and go.' And you will say, 'yes, I see it clearly.'"
One of the aching symptoms that the Church in our area desperately needs revival, is how barren our churches are of seeing people experiencing the New Birth. The Holy Spirit brought us to Isaiah 49:19-23. "Though you were ruined and made desolate and your land laid waste, now you will be too small for your people..." What an amazing turn-about! According to these verses, even those young new believers are going to feel overcrowded by each other. Further, God was going to use inflential people to come into the kindgom to help steward all of these new believers in their new life in Christ. So we interceded for an outpouring in culture in addition to praying for an outpouring in our churches. We prayed for the next day's elections as so many key state-wide offices were up for grabs. We noted that having the right leadership could foster the transformation in society God was wanting to produce. We also prayed for John and Joy Monger of Prayer Lake whose ministry reaches so many in the Body of Christ in our area.
As a final plea to the Lord for His Sovereign intervention, Jeremiah was 8:18-22 was read.
After a time of worship, the Lord challenged us through a brief prophetic word saying, "Get yourselvess ready, because I'm ready."
We turned our attention to Joel 2:18-32. It is promise in the last days of the Lord restoring what was lost as one aspect of his outpouring upon all flesh. If you're not familiar with it, it is worth reading (or re-reading). We observed that along with the revival God brings to His Church, He sends a restoration to society. In fact, there really is no true revival WITHOUT it spilling out into the marketplace and affecting society. Culture will either embrace it or spurn it, but it will not continue unaffected with business as usual. We interceded for society for change and a return to justice.
There was quite a bit of travail going on. Those who were doing so were exhorted to offer to the others some sense of why they were travailing. We encouraged clarification so that all present could appreciate that nature of intercession. Jeremiah 31:15-16 was offered; a calling for God's children to return to the Lord. Romans 8:18-22 was also suggested. Finally, Isaiah 42:14 was also considered. The context of Isaiah is that the Lord's sons and daughters are to refuse to be kept silenced, often the result of agreeing with surrounding culture or the majority mindset. No longer! Like a woman in childbirth we should warfare to declare the rejection of worldly influence and instead turn our hearts completely back to Him.
A word of encouragement then came forth, "God is going to do something good." Then a brief prophetic word, "The days ahead will be unsual. our lives will change, but it will be in Me. I'm coming soon." Then it was repeated for emphasis, "The days ahead will be unsual. our lives will change, but it will be in Me. I'm coming soon."
Still another prophetic word came: "You will work together. My spirit will come and say 'go together.' You will work together. I will send you on operations. And you will say, 'yes, I see it. I see it clearly.' And the Lord will say, 'get up and go.' And you will say, 'yes, I see it clearly.'"
One of the aching symptoms that the Church in our area desperately needs revival, is how barren our churches are of seeing people experiencing the New Birth. The Holy Spirit brought us to Isaiah 49:19-23. "Though you were ruined and made desolate and your land laid waste, now you will be too small for your people..." What an amazing turn-about! According to these verses, even those young new believers are going to feel overcrowded by each other. Further, God was going to use inflential people to come into the kindgom to help steward all of these new believers in their new life in Christ. So we interceded for an outpouring in culture in addition to praying for an outpouring in our churches. We prayed for the next day's elections as so many key state-wide offices were up for grabs. We noted that having the right leadership could foster the transformation in society God was wanting to produce. We also prayed for John and Joy Monger of Prayer Lake whose ministry reaches so many in the Body of Christ in our area.
As a final plea to the Lord for His Sovereign intervention, Jeremiah was 8:18-22 was read.
