Prayer Summary for Friday, April 28, 2017

Jerre led in worship…

Pastor Ray shared…

We started out the week talking about worship and about the difference between praise and worship. I wanted to share something by Jim Goll in the book, The Seer. He talks about intimacy and open heavens. He talked about two people—Evan Roberts and Charles Finney.

[begin excerpt]
Charles Finney, the 19th century evangelist and revivalist, walked under an open heaven. I don’t know if whole cities were gripped under an open heaven at one time or not. But this I do know—he carried an open heaven with him wherever he went. The anointing on his life was so strong that he would walk into a factory and before he could say a word, people would start weeping and coming under strong conviction of sin. Men, women, boys, and girls repented of their sins and turned to Jesus left and right. Finny had his critics, but he also had astonishing results. People who came into Finney’s presence came under an open heaven, and many, many of them were changed forever. Some people claim that this phenomenon is not biblical. On the contrary, it is very biblical. It is called “presence evangelism.” It is being a carrier of His infectious presence.

Methods change, audiences change, culture and social mores change, but human nature does not. All humans are alike in that we share a common sinful nature. For this reason, the gospel message must never change. No matter how we might alter our approach or tailor our methods in reaching people for Christ, one thing that must never change is our message. The Word of God is the “old, old story,” and it is awesome and completely sufficient. There is no deeper truth than Jesus Christ crucified, risen from the dead and returning one day to claim His Bride, the Church. Let’s keep the main thing the main thing.

Evan Roberts was a young Welshman of 26 when Heaven opened above him and he began to walk under a powerful anointing. The great revival that came to Wales in the early years of the 20th century did not begin with an open heaven over a church or over a village or over a city. It began with one young man who was obedient to follow God’s call on his life and who hungered for the moving of God’s Spirit in power. Eventually, everywhere Evan Roberts went, the open heaven followed.

His meetings were not typical for those times. They were more akin to what we would call worship and prayer meetings or, as it is often called today, “harp and bowl” gatherings. In a very real sense, the Welsh revival was a worship revival. Great singing abounded. The Welsh people have a rich and abundant hymn singing tradition. Great hymns and other worship songs grew out of this world-impacting revival. …

Not long before the Welsh revival broke out, Evan Roberts spent several months at a Bible school in northern Wales, where he heard a young evangelist named Seth Joshua. At one point, Seth Joshua prayed, “Lord, bend the church to save the world.” When Evan Roberts heard that prayer, an arrow from God pierced his heart and gave him a burden for Wales and for the world.

Intimacy with God is the key to open heavens. “Lord, bend the church.” We possess the potential for earth-shaking revival, yet at the same time, we are the biggest obstacles to it. “Lord, bend the church. Bend the church in a region. Bend the church to save the world. Bend us, Lord.” We cannot allow ourselves to become resistant to God.

Once we see Him—once He really reveals Himself to us—we will be completely undone. When we see the One who is standing at the top of the ladder, we will be radically, totally wasted for Him. That is my goal—to see Him, to know Him, to become like Him, to become a gate for the sake of others.” [end excerpt]

The group enjoyed a time of Holy Ghost joy and laughter…

Group spent time in worship…

Prayed…

Father, I’m asking You to manifest Yourself to everyone in this room today… You know the very hairs on each of our heads and You know what we need… Throughout this room, manifest Yourself… speak and deliver, Father… heal… comfort… that we would never be the same… Your words from heaven set us free … we hear the voice of the Good Shepherd… let every question be answered today by Your Spirit… for Your pray-ers, Father… I’m asking You to lift them like never before… to a place and set them free indeed… I know that You are the temple sweeper, O God… sweep our temples today… that we could glorify You more and more… You pour in the oil and the wine… and those that have broken hearts in this room, Father, You bind them up… one word from You, Lord, would bind that wound… set the captives free… we worship You, today… there is none like You… holy, holy, Father… Lord, those in here whose earthly father did not provide what was needed, I know that You are the father to the fatherless… You minister to them in a way that only they would know came from heaven… pouring in the oil and the wine in this open heaven… every need met for your pray-ers so they could stand in a new place… power and authority… the things the Devil was wrought… gone in Jesus’ name… every whit whole, spirit, soul, and body… no wounds, no wounds… Your Spirit does that… it is His ministry… Holy Spirit, come upon each one today… You erase those things that are not of God… erase them from their memories… a great laying down for a great time of standing up…

Worship continued…

Word in tongues…

Interpretation of tongues: I heard a few words in there like “break every yoke totally…” We receive that Lord, not only for us but for the body of Christ. You break every yoke. I believe that we are now praying for Ray. Let’s lift him up.

Prayed…

We lift him… higher and higher… deeper and deeper… new wisdoms… prudence… new energy of the spirit… up, up, up, up… upward and outward… rhema for Ray… Father, in abundance… undergirding… for there are the many that must come in… this realm in the last days is imperative… increase… that new energy… it will manifest itself in new tongues… tongues that you’ve not spoken before, but it’ll come up and out of you in a different way… yield to it… listen to it and you’ll be directed by the words you speak out of your mouth… a new energy of the Holy Ghost… manifested through you… and the prayers will be different… even the results… because you’ll have entered into a higher level spiritually speaking… ha, ha, ha…

We receive it by faith… to take our places… positions…

Florence shared…

I’ll tell you what I just received. What came was when Jesus was asking Peter, “Do you love me?” Three times. Peter was so grieved because he said, “You know I love you, Lord.” But he never knew that he would betray Jesus because he loved Him so much. So this is the strength that we receive from the Lord. That in our weaknesses, He is made our strength so that we know we will not betray Him. Not because of our strength, but because of the strength that He gives us. And all we need to do is receive and that’s what I was receiving this morning. New strength and new energy that when I need it, I will have it at that moment to overcome whatever comes before me. I receive strength this morning.

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