Pastor Ray Prayed…
Lord, we lift up Your name and worship and magnify You.
I get the sense of expectation like when you come in for a wedding. We come in, the music is playing, the bride hasn’t entered yet, the groom is coming around the side. There is a sense of expectation in the beginning as everyone is waiting for the bride to enter. There is a touch of that expectation about what God has planned. That these things would begin to manifest in even greater ways, an expectation that things that looked like they would never turn, they are turning, things that looked like they would never change, they are changing. And things are changing all around. But as children of the most High God, we expect to change to God’s way, God’s plan, in the right way. We expect to walk in these ways, in the plans and the purposes that God has created for each one of us. But as members of the body, united together, we will stand. Expectation about the future and how it will unfold… expectation concerning the days, weeks, and months that are to come that God’s plans and ways… manifesting even in a greater way. We expect it, Lord. We’re here in this room. We welcome Your presence and the power of Your Spirit. We expect one little touch from heaven will change it all, change everything. Old things made new, some things shaken off, freedom and victory, stepping over and into it, more of God’s new ways.
Thank You, Father, for the eyes to see it, ears to be open for it, and hearts to expect it
We are in expectation for it standing on Your Word
They will come in the right way—declaring, believing, expecting
EXPECTATION!
We do expect Father—Thank You
Ms. Sharon led us singing…
♫ Waiting for your promise, waiting for Your presence
Waiting for the fulfillment of Your Word
You’re so faithful, You’re so faithful
Your Word and Your promises are true
And every word that’s been spoken filled with Your life and power
Shall come to pass, shall come to pass
As we wait in Your presence, we wait in Your presence
See it all coming to pass
Lord, we have waited, Lord, we are waiting for that promise to be fulfilled
Signs and wonders, greater than these this is what we call on, this is what we wait for
In Your presence, it will come to pass
It will come to pass; we see it coming to pass for the days are short
Time is short so the work must be quick and we must be about Your work
And we know every promise; every prophecy is coming to pass
You are working it now
Coming to pass, we see it come to pass
We call for it to come to pass, we call for it to come to pass now
Now, now, now….
We expect it now, now, now
Working, working, working You are working
Moving, moving, moving in this place, in and through us
Moving in Your Church, moving, moving, moving
Continued praying…
You open those places, Father
We must today
So much greater, so much further
New places, new places
Yes, oh the destinations
Up and over, steps that are orchestrated
Following the plan, applying the blood there
It’s momentum, moving, moving, moving
We pick it up, move it up in the way to go
It’s not mental but over in the Spirit
Following that way, those words
Standing strong to press ahead
Leaning into it, it’s the way
Many, many, many
Open, open, open
These are the days
We cover, cover, cover!
Cities, by the blood of the Lamb protection
Watching over that Ooooohhhhhh!
Each one, every move there
The Church, the Church
More and more and more
Power to move ahead, power to call it forth
We receive the power to move forward
To obtain mercy
To do, wait, rest to receive to run to wait upon the Lord
To reach down and pull up
No limits! No limits!
To loose signs, wonders, miraculous happenings
Restore, restore, restoration!
Yes, Lord, to occupy, not to give up now but to occupy
Come forward! Come forward!
Be of good courage, be of good courage
For the battle is won unto us
Going through, going through
Get up, get up, get up in the name of Jesus
There is a stirring of the nest
Rising up, standing up, going ahead
Situations are turning around into the new in the name of Jesus
Reaching into the new!
In returning, in returning
For the Church, the Church, the Church
Taking Her place, taking Her place
Pastor Paul shared…
To be the answer in Christ Jesus for the things that are plaguing the earth. For the Church to be in the front line so the world now come for answers for those who are in Christ Jesus, for the real Church of God. When they ask the Church, the Church is no longer irrelevant but relevant and the Church has the answer. That we are in the forefront and not seeker sensitive and not trying to placate the world, not watering it down to try and accommodate the world but we are a standard of righteousness, a diadem, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a chosen generation that we when we speak the world falls in order, a standard of God that is unusual, peculiar and follow the things of God. Because the Church is coming together in one accord and they know that we are of God because of the Love we have one for another and they see that they cannot take this church against that church for they all have the same voice and in one accord. And the Church rises up no longer beating our self but beating those things that are out of order and are standing as a royal priesthood, in the Word of God, and in the word of truth and we have the word of life in our mouth. We are a lighted city that cannot be hid and we have the voice of wisdom and the spirit of might and we minister as those that have heard from God and speak in God’s stead and when we speak it comes to pass. There is no delay between the Word of God in our mouth and the execution of that word in the earth and it’s a sudden work. And the news media takes notice because they see something unusual and uncommon and they know it’s the Word of God and the word of life and they come to terms that there is a God. Even those that tried to try out the power that is in Christ Jesus, embedded in the body of Christ, they realize that they say the God of Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego He is the God. They realize that the Church is no longer to be beaten and used as a pawn for elections. They realize the Church is who God says it is. He is coming for a Church without stain or wrinkle. So the body of Christ is rising up. Not intimidated, not in fear, not for show but for His glow and His glory.
So Father, we take off the political garments and put on the spotted garments of the world and we put on Christ, we put on our royal priesthood, we put it on that we are a holy nation, we put on our peculiar nature, we put on what You have called us to be, we profess that we are that. We bless You, Father, and we magnify You for the Church is being repositioned that every individual that in that body, framed together. Thank You Father.
Pastor Ray sings…
I see the Church, I see the Church high and lifted up
I see the Church stepping into I see the Church stepping to the new
These are the days of new for the Church to rise up and walk
For the Church to go forth and walk
With power and grace moving into the new
Together the Church is called in the new
There are steps ahead, days and months ahead
Time is passing by
I see the Church lifted up, brought up higher today
Lifted up, cleansed by the blood
Light, bright, new these are times for steps ahead
They are new steps, steps that are new
The Church is strong, the Church is being prepared, it’s prepared
Ready, ready, ready to go all the way, to do what it takes every day
Every day, do what it takes, every way
Bold in the power of His might
Pastor Paul prayed…
That you may be filled with the full (deep and clear) knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom [in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God] and in understanding and discernment of spiritual things 10 That you may walk (live and conduct yourselves) in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and [j]desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God [with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance, and recognition]. 11 [We pray] that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy, (Colossian 1:9–11 Amp.)
Ms. Sharon sings…
Filled with His glory
Filled with His glory
His glory and His might, His glory and His light
Marching on, taking new territory
We are not backing down, not backing down
Be of good courage for I am with you
If I am with You, who can stand against You
Rejoice, rejoice
Ms. Mandie sings…
Doors, doors, doors
Oh it’s a holy procession
And the two becoming one
It’s a holy procession
The Bride is being prepared
It’s a holy procession
The Bride is being prepared
Oh the doors are open for the bride
Preparing the bride, preparing the way for the bride, the unveiling of the bride
And the face of glory shining, it’s the face of glory shining as she beholds her groom
Crossing the threshold, a royal diadem
It’s so beautiful; it’s so beautiful, it’s so beautiful in the face of the Lord
Beholding His glory, beholding His eyes of love
Oh the angels rejoicing in heaven
For the bride has come, for the bride has come
The two becoming one
Oh, the holy garments are prepared, for each to wear, the wedding garments for each to wear
It’s a holy invitation, come, come, come as you are
Your garments are prepared… we say “yes,” Lord
Ms. Sharon sings…
Even so come Lord Jesus come
Even so come, come, and catch Your Bride away
For my heart longs to be with you
Even so, even so come, Lord Jesus, come
The bride is ready, the Church is prepared
Pastor Paul sings “The Church Has One Foundation”
The Church’s one foundation
Is Jesus Christ, her Lord;
She is His new creation
By water and the Word.
From heaven He came and sought her
To be His holy bride;
With His own blood He bought her,
And for her life He died.
Elect from every nation,
Yet one o’er all the earth,
Her charter of salvation
One Lord, one faith, one birth.
One holy name she blesses,
Partakes one holy food,
And to one hope she presses,
With every grace endued.
The Church shall never perish!
Her dear Lord, to defend,
To guide, sustain, and cherish,
Is with her to the end.
Though there be those that hate her.
False sons within her pale,
Against both foe and traitor
She ever shall prevail.
Pastor Ray prays…
Did you enjoy coming to the wedding today
The ultimate precious
You are beautiful, wonderful, gracious, and all powerful
Ms. Sharon Sings…
Let him who is thirsty come and let the bride say come
Let Him come
Springs of water flowing with life and the bride is at her groom’s side
Let him who is thirsty come, Lord, we come, come, come
