Annie led group in worship…
♪ Come behold the gentle and the meek… ♪
Pastor Ray…
I want to read something to you. Then we’ll continue to worship the Lord a little bit more. On Monday, the Holy Spirit said this in here in this room. I forgot about it but I saw it on Facebook this morning. Ha, ha.
“So for some it seems like still in 2019 there are some emergency situations. But the Lord is saying today that they are not emergencies to Me, because I’ve already worked them out for you. So do not look at it like it is an emergency or 911. Look at it like it’s 777.” Hallelujah! Things are continually changing. Thank You, Lord.
What was that emergency? It’s true. Things that are emergencies to us are not to Him. He knows about it. Annie, let’s sing that a little bit more, please. We’re exiting out of the natural… our thoughts. And we’re lifting Him up and when we sing that “Holy, holy, holy are You…” we move out from things that we think we know about and into His presence and how He sees the situation and what He’s done. In other words, the presence of the Lord. Go ahead, Annie. Please.
Annie continues…
That was the prophetic word that Mary uttered when John the Baptist greeted Jesus for the first time from Elizabeth’s womb. John the Baptist from the Old Covenant leaped in his mother’s womb when he recognized the unborn Jesus of the New Covenant promise in Mary’s womb. And Mary started to prophesy “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord.” And her words are the same words that we say when the spirit of God overshadows us and His holy words become flesh inside of us and give birth to His promises in our lives. Hallelujah! Our souls proclaim His greatness because He’s looked with mercy on our lowliness. And He’s given birth to His covenant inside of us. In all ages to come call us blessed. They call us blessed. Hallelujah because the might God has done great things for us. And holy is His name. Holy, holy, holy is the name of Jesus.
♪ And holy, holy, holy is Your name O Lord… ♪
Pastor Ray…
What we’re doing right now is practicing His presence. Entering into Him, more of His presence. When I came in this morning, I say down right here and BOOM, I saw a big red present. A box. Just like that! But what I heard in my spirit was “It’s not so much about the presents but it’s all about the Presence, the presence of God.” It’s all about that. It’s good to give. And we do and we should. We’re ministering Him when we do. Especially when we practice His presence and know without a doubt, He’s in us and working through us. He’ll continue to do it because He’s faithful. Amen?
I saw this yesterday. It’s just a quote from Pastor Bill Johnson. He said “History provides us with a lesson from a great military leader. Alexander the Great led his armies in victory after victory, and his desire for ever greater conquest finally brought him to the foot of the Himalayas. He wanted to go beyond these intimidating mountains. Yet, no one knew what was on the other side. Senior officers were troubled by his new vision. Why? They had gone to the edge of their map—there was no map for the new territory that Alexander wanted to possess. These officers had a decision to make: would they be willing to follow their leader off the map, or would they be content to live within its boundaries? They chose to follow Alexander.”
We can take it personally when we… just even in an hour spent with Him like we do here. We got to get “off the map” and out of our thoughts and go where He wants us to go. What if He wants us just to sit here in silence? Well, then we better be doing it. Whatever He wants. We want what He wants. I just think we’ve got to go beyond what we know.
That reminds me of a time in a prayer group and we had a specific topic that we were praying about. We spent a lot of time praying in other tongues about that situation. We prayed in tongues, prayed in tongues, praying in the spirit. And then “Amen! All right!” Then one guy stood up and said, “In English, like maybe we missed some things. And maybe we needed to pray in English about it.” I was like, wait a minute. When we’re praying by the spirit… in the spirit… we’re covering things we don’t even know about. A lot of times, we think we’re doing something great when we’re not if we’re not following Him. Let’s just get “off the map,” and follow Him. Really, if we don’t focus on Him and His presence… I feel like without His presence in our prayers, we’re going nowhere.
Thank You, Lord. Father, thank You that You sent the Holy Spirit. We’re grateful for the blood and what was done on the cross. When Jesus went up, You sent the Spirit. We’ve had the blessing to receive Your precious Holy Spirit within us. Thank You!
What I’m hearing right now in my spirit is, “Keep going. Keep on. Keep moving. Keep expecting. Keep rejoicing.” And know that within us, by the Word that’s declared in the written word, we know He will lead us into all truth. For us without Him, we can be led right off the cliff. But with the Spirit of God… thank You for Your presence today.
Remember how Moses said… this is from the Message translation, Exodus 33:15-16, “If your presence doesn’t take the lead here, call this trip off right now. How else will it be known that you’re with me in this, with me and your people? Are you traveling with us or not? How else will we know that we’re special, I and your people, among all other people on this planet Earth?”
Really His presence is the only thing that set His people apart from everyone else in the world. This is the way the Amplified says it: “And the Lord said, My Presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest. And Moses said to the Lord, If Your Presence does not go with me, do not carry us up from here!” We’re not going without You. That’s the way we need to be. Adamant. Determined to move out of our thoughts, out of the natural realm and move into the realm of the Holy Spirit and let Him speak through us. Annie, let’s sing and welcome the Holy Spirit.
Annie led group…
♪ Thou art welcome in this place… Holy Spirit, thou art welcome in this place… ♪
Pastor Ray…
Wherever we go, You are welcome, Holy Spirit… in our nation… in America… we welcome Your presence… in our leaders and all over the US… we declare Jesus is Lord, there, there, there, and there… and Your presence is so welcome… pastors… clear it, clear it, clear it… busting through… it’s breaking through… it’s opening up and changing… there’s a new strength… ha, ha… there’s a greater perseverance… for the Church, for the body of Christ… all of it… all of that… can it be? yes it can… will it be?… yes it will… into it… right into it… stepping over into it… ha, ha!… nothing! nothing… no weapon from the enemy can stop it… now words can stop it… but busting through… breaking through… put that out… boundaries! be removed… expansion, increase, momentum, a furtherance… restoration, wholeness, wellness… open, open, open… wide open… no! we take hold of it… we watch it… we grab hold of it… we’ll not stand by the wayside… we’ll not sit back and watch it go by… we’ll move by the power of the Holy Spirit… and it’ll turn from a walk to a march… more and more of the body will join the force… ha, ha, ha… the body, the body, the body…
Annie, I would like you to sing in other tongues. You lead us in singing. There’s more about the presence, His touch.
Annie led group singing in the spirit…
