Saturday, June 11, 2011

The Pursuit of intimacy

Life is all about intimacy with Jesus. God keeps teaching me that again and again. The reason we were created was for intimacy, and at the end of the age God will come and make his dwelling among men, and we will see him face to face!
God is doing something world-wide from what I've seen and heard. He is calling His bride to intimacy, to seek His face and His heart as our chief pursuit, our one thing like David said (Psalm 24:7): “One thing have I asked of the Lord... that I may dwell in the house of the Lord... to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord.” This is radically changing the way we do missions, and the way we live our lives. God is stirring many people to give a large majority of their time solely to seeking the Lord with prayer and fasting, and the results worldwide are amazing!
I've recently heard so many testimonies of people getting set free, delivered and saved as a result of prayer and fasting, worship and just flat out passion for the tangible presence of God. My friend was just telling me of a major awakening at Lee University because of lots of prayer and fasting, and the awakening resulted in many people turning to God in a greater way at the Christian university. She told me that students were so hungry for God that they wanted to come together and worship every single night!
On an outreach to Iceland, a Fire and Fragrance DTS outreach felt led to do 7 days of literally unbroken worship and intercession. As a result, there was a lesbian couple that came to the place where they were worshiping and both got so encountered by the love of God that they gave their hearts to Jesus right there!
In a Muslim country, there was another Fire and Fragrance team that did a few days of unbroken worship and intercession. As a result, about 4 of their Muslim friends came into the places of worship and encountered the Holy Spirit and became so excited that one of them gave their lives to Jesus right there on the spot!
Amazing things are happening when we make the manifest presence of God our primary pursuit, and biblically and historically God's presence and Holy Spirit are poured out when the church comes together for worship and prayer, seeking His face in unity, just like in the book of Acts.
So we are pressing into God for the fullness of His power to be displayed in this DTS, and I would love for you to join us! I also want to encourage you to grab your christian friends, find a time and place and just start engaging with the God that loves you so much that He died for you! We can see the glory of God cover the earth like the waters cover the see, and we really could see Jesus come back in our lifetime!
Thank you so much for your prayers and may God bless you in the pursuit of Him.

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