Personal Devotions: RESURRECTION! December 23, 2009
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I have been meditating and praying since yesterday’s blog post on the theme of resurrection. Today I have been reading John 11:1-44 – the death and resurrection of Lazarus.
Now most of us know the story – Lazarus was the brother of Mary and Martha, and it says that this Mary is the same one who fell before Jesus’ feet and anointed them with perfume and wiped them with her hair (verse 2). Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, but yet waited two more days before he set off. When his disciples didn’t understand what he said about Lazarus he spoke plainly (“14So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”) Why did he wait? So we may believe….
So Jesus goes and comforts the sisters, who both confront him – “If you were here our brother wouldn’t have died.” He says to Martha (vs 25-26)
25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; 26and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
That struck me - “I am the resurrection and the life.” Do I believe this????? Oh yes.
When he saw Mary grieving he was moved to compassion, and he too wept. Did he weep while others were grieving for me? Did he grieve as the others were agonizing over my inability to see while blinded by my own sins and fleshly lusts?
But he did not only grieve. Jesus ACTED.
38Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. 39“Take away the stone,” he said.
“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
He was moved by compassion and went to the tomb. I have told others that I have realized that whenever Jesus is moved with compassion – miracles happen! The tomb represented death – and the fact that Lazarus was in the tomb already four days and had started to decay. I see that in my own situation, those who grieved for me must have thought I was probably too far gone. I certainly thought certain things were too far gone – my at-home relationships, my desires; even now I see that certain things have been more deeply impacted than I thought by my actions. Maybe some of my relationships have started to stink, too…. but Jesus is moved with compassion for me!
40Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
Many who have believed have seen the Glory of God through my change of heart, and I also believe that what Jesus said earlier in this passage (… “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” (v4)) will hold true for the things that seem dead or dying because of being so long in proximity to the stench of sin. I believe.
41So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.
Those who have been praying and seeking God have been asking for the blinders to be taken off my eyes, so that I can see the depravity of sin that I have fallen into. Before the dead man can be resurrected, the boulder has to be removed – the thing blocking him in must be heaved out of the way. The word says that the god of this age has blinded those who are still in sin; the blocks which make the inside dark must be removed for the Light to be let in.
43When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
The declaration of Jesus! The Word declared into a dead situation released the resurrection! I am like Lazarus, having life again after a period of death. I have been declaring resurrection into my dead and dying situations ever since yesterday. I call life to every dead and or dying situation as it has been affected by the sin I was in. I speak life to every relationship, every physical area, my emotional and spiritual life!
44The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
Not only am I a living testimony of being myself resurrected from the death grip of sin, but I am also in the process of having the grave clothes taken off. But I’m alive! Praise GOD!
Personal Devotions – Acts, Call to Repentance and Prophetic Words December 22, 2009
Posted by bajanpoet in Bible Study, Christianity, deliverance, devotional, personal, prophet, prophetic, testimony.Tags: call to repentance, Christian, cry for help, devotions, personal devotions, prophetic, resurrection, Saviour
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Today I spent about an hour reading a couple chapters in the Acts of the Apostles – just being swamped with how Paul and the others were directed by the Holy Spirit, protected and sustained by Him and were able to proclaim the Message of the Way to the Gentiles. I thought of my own ministry, and realized that – in my current state – I couldn’t even raise my head far less be bold about God’s message!
I had shut the Bible and suddenly opened it up again on a whim – and my eyes fell on this:
2 Corinthians 12:19-21
19Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends, is for your strengthening. 20For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder. 21I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery in which they have indulged.
The last two verses hit me between the eyes – I thought of all those who would be ‘grieved’ over my recent actions …. and I repented right there before God. I can’t let them, myself, or God down any more. I want to live right. I want to pursue righeousness…. no – as an act of my will … I AM pursuing righteousness as of right now, God helping me!
A friend of mine sent me this – she is the recipient of prophetic words through this sister Marsha Burns, and this quote was really applicable to my situation:
SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns — Dec. 22, 2009:
Beloved, I have already brought warnings to you to guard your heart with all diligence. Be aware that the enemy is roaring around, looking for those who will get in his most dangerous territory through allowing their emotions to run wild. Guard your thoughts and emotions, and refuse to allow the devil to bring discouragement, disappointment and depression. Rise up and embrace My joy, says the Lord, and be strengthened in your inner man. Draw near to me, and place your hope in My love for you. Resist the devil, for there is no temptation too great for you to overcome.
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
NEW RELEASES!
The part that is underlined really struck out to my friend – and stuck out to me as well. We both know of situations in our lives where we have let our emotions run wild and that Satan is roaring around in our lives. The Scripture in 1 Cor 10:13 also spoke to both of us – no temptation has befallen us beyond our capacity to handle it! God has always provided a way of escape!
We were discussing that as it relates to our own situations and encouraging ourselves to take Christ at his word and not continue in a life of sin and compromise.
And then – another prophetic word – this time from MY email. Kim Clement – one of the prophetic voices that I follow by reading their newsletters – said in his last publication: ”Betrayal has been the order of the day and yet I see a noose with betrayal hanging on it. What am I sensing? RESURRECTION!”
He continues to say, in part -
A few weeks ago, while under one of the most unusual anointings I’ve ever experienced, I was “taken” for a few moments to the tomb of Christ. I literally saw His resurrection through the eyes of Mary. It was one of the most impacting moments of my ministry life, but it was far more than just an experience, it was a message. I have no doubt that Jesus rose from the dead; it’s a historical fact, but that night, I believed it from the perspective of someone who was physically there in the moment and who saw it with their own eyes. It’s difficult to explain, but everything changed for me after that. For days and even weeks now, I would suddenly find myself deeply moved to tears and saying, “He has risen.” I went to prayer this morning and spoke to God about this. Why am I so emotional about this all of a sudden? What is the message? I heard Him so simply say, “Resurrection.” Then it dawned on me; Ecclesiastes 3:1, “There is a time for everything and a season for every purpose under Heaven; A time to be born and a time to die…a time to PLANT and a time to reap…”
He senses a season of resurrection! (That’s great – I felt like I was in the valley of the shadow of death just recently….) He continues -
I was reminded of the prophet Elisha who had died and was buried in a tomb. During that time, Israel was constantly being raided by Moabites and while the Israelites were busy burying a man, they suddenly saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. When the body touched Elisha’s bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet. Can you imagine that? God spoke to me about the season we are entering and simply said, “Resurrection.”
So … I’m holding on to THOSE WORDS WITH BOTH HANDS. I crave for the season of not just restoration but of resurrection! I am calling for it now, with the faith of the desperate, the cry of one at the point of death…. JESUS…. RESURRECT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!
UPDATE: I am posting the link of one of my friends’ websites to a very appropriate poem – may we call call on God’s Mercy! (Thanks, Jonie!)
Guest Posts Wanted: The Hand of God November 21, 2009
Posted by bajanpoet in Bible Study, Christianity, House Church, apostolic, deliverance, links, personal, testimony.Tags: Christianity, guest posts, interactivity, requests, testimonies, The Hand of God
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I’m thinking of doing a series of guest posts on my blog. I wanted to have several different perspectives on people’s definitions and experiences with the hand of God – however you felt like elaborating on it.
Is anyone interested? How has the hand of the Lord been moving in your life? I know this blog almost has a ‘niche’ for the supernatural and testimonies, but I had this idea and wondered how it would ‘fly’. I’m thinking of writing having the posts under the main heading “The Hand of God” with whatever you want to title it as the sub-title. “The Hand of God: My experience with God” or something like that.
I was thinking of doing it starting in two weeks time – give you all time to come up with something in the spirit (or should that be Spirit 
) of the blog. Respond if you are interested! I’ll add every single one I get, so it might go beyond a week , but in the spirit of community, it will get more people who visit here to interact more – and we will all learn about God and each other!
Calling for a Counter Culture October 27, 2009
Posted by bajanpoet in Christianity, House Church, House churches, apostolic, emergent, links, missional, new churches, personal, prophet, prophetic, testimony.Tags: Christian, church culture, counter culture, prophecy, prophetic, prophetic essay
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I’ve had a message the Lord gave me about 3 weeks ago that has shaken me up – again. God has been speaking to me about the fact that he wants to create what he called a ‘counter culture’ of Christianity – which is not the same thing as the religious culture of having Christian music, Christian apparel and stuff… but really, really impacting society by bringing in Kingdom thinking and Kingdom principles. I emailed it out to a couple friends (okay, about 20) asking for input, and Archie put it straight on his blog – go to it here – http://wp.me/pwYvw-w. I am also attempting to attach the document itself here – until I do get it done sucessfully, you can get it from the above link. (Update: Here is the link to the Counter Culture document itself. Finally figured out how to get it done!)
Disclaimer – For those who read the text of the email on Archie’s website I wasn’t thinking at the time I sent my original email that it would go beyond the Caribbean – at least not yet …. so the original wording is specific to that region. (“Yeah, right,” I can hear some of you saying. “You didn’t think it would get out?”) The other thing is that the wording seems to single out my Christian experience at my tertiary institutions, but underneath God is really speaking to the fact that he wants to interact with society in a real way, in a new way.
Supernatural Stories – Blessings and Curses October 21, 2009
Posted by bajanpoet in Christianity, deliverance, personal, testimony.Tags: authority, blessing, Christianity, curses, Derek Prince, supernatural stories
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I remembered my Supernatural Stories series the other day (actually, every time I look at my stats – realizing that people like to read them!) and I said to myself that I really should do another one.
I was listening to a Derek Prince Legacy Radio program yesterday entitled “The Nature of Blessings and Curses” where Derek Prince explained what blessings are and what curses are, and it made me remember something that happened to me when I was young….
Throne Room Experience! October 9, 2009
Posted by bajanpoet in Christianity, prophetic, testimony.Tags: anointing, glory of God, kabod, testimony, throne room experience
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I promise that this post will be short – to make up for the last one… I’ve been inspired to share this one while listening to Pastor Bill Johnson from Bethel Church speak about the Throne Room experience. As I mentioned at my friend Tam’s blog, Pastor Johnson comments often that testimonies carry an anointing with them to duplicate the miracle spoken of. The reason for this blog is testimony – at it’s core – and I do pray that all who read, pass by, lurk ( ) or are in any way connecting with these words… I pray that the Spirit of the LORD be released into you for miracles!
My wife and I had a time of praying to the Lord last Sunday that was so strong – the presence of the Lord descended and she was into heavy intercession before she started prophesying over me! But after that time, this happened: (This is an excerpt from my journal)
The presence of the Lord was so strong that, after we had prayed, when she went to the computer (that has been playing Israel and New Breed songs all through our prayer time), she could literally feel the Presence of the Lord all around the computer. She sat there to make sure a song played, and I had come up behind her and touched her shoulder to get her attention – and she fell out under the power of the Lord, which surprised both of us! She was down and speaking in tongues, with the power of the Lord heavy on her. I tried to lift her up when it seemed to lift – but when I spoke again she crumpled for a second time and she said, “It’s you!” So when it started to lift for the second time she told me not to speak until it lifted completely.
And, we have a prophetic miracle too – she prophesied that rain would come when she played “Open the floodgates of heaven – let it rain!” and – after it had not rained for the WHOLE DAY…. at 5 pm, when we finished our prayer time, and EXACTLY when she started to play the song … the rain poured down in a torrent!
She also told me before we prayed that, when she prayed the chorus, “Let it Rain” on the computer that it would rain physically – and, so said, so done! It hadn’t rained all day – and, just as she said would happen, when she started to play the song the rain suddenly POURED down! I was in the shower, and I heard a faint shofar in the distance – it sounded like it was coming from the computer. I asked her if she heard it, and if it was in the song – but she hadn’t heard it, nor was it in the song – I played it over twice to make sure!
Come! Share a testimony or connect with the power of the Lord!
Testimony of FIRE! October 6, 2009
Posted by bajanpoet in prophetic, testimony.Tags: fire, glory, Jennifer, prophecy, prophetic, South Africa, testimony
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I’m about to share another AWESOME testimony of God’s power, but for once – it isn’t mine! haha! (This post may get long, so bear with me, ok?)
One of my closest friends (actually, my Spiritual sister Jen, who lives in South Africa) was telling me about a meeting that she was going to lead in her home. She was meeting with about 20 women, and she and I were having a discussion about it beforehand. It started with a conversation about the manifestation of gold dust. We’re jumping into the middle of our conversation:
Rob: well God has just given u the strategy and told u how he wants the meeting started
Leave the rest up to him
For them to have the fire, u will have to carry it … it wasn’t for nothing that I said it should come to u early… God can and will move, but with u in the fire early he can move through u to release on the others much easier.
Jennifer: AMEN…thats been my prayer…in fact a few days ago…i felt the Lord tell me that the power is in my hands……just to release it….and at that time the meeting wasn’t scheduled as yet
so yes…i feel i need to release the FIRE onto the ladies and for them to take back to their homes, families, churches (different churches they all are from) and their situations….
cos i can sit and counsel with them…but if i give them the FIRE of God…then they can make the necessary moves and changes on their own by the power of God!
So after that Friday’s meeting I asked her what happened… this is what she said:
Jennifer: there were abt 20 women there……and the Glory just fell…..literally….with the manifestation of Gold Dust…..women were set free….broken ones were healed and the ones who were desirest and yearning for more….received the gift of prophecy…..we truly had the dancing hand of the Lord there……by 8a.m. the next morning….no one wanted to leave…..the Spirit of the Lord just filled us up….What amazed me was the obedience of the people so much older than me ….that just became submissive to the Spirit of the Lord and cos of that they received a greater breakthrough…..i am gettting calls left right and centre of breakthroughs in peoples lives and in their spiritual walks
PRAISE GOD….It was awesome stuff!!! And over me I just felt the demonic hold over our lives just break….a women there that never spoke a word in the prophetic….broke into this new level of the anointing and the Lord gave her words for my life…..
Rob: WOW : COOL STUFF
Jennifer: oh i have so much to say…..the Lord allowed me the night before to bless three cloths…more like shawls.. red, gold and purple..
well [one of her best friends] and i prayed over them the night before and i said that i would keep them away until the Lord shows me how he was going to use them in the meeting
and lo and behold he did……
She interrupted herself to tell me about a dream she had that was relevant to her meeting:
well before i go on….let me tell u about a dream…i had few days before the meeting…l it was about a murder and the cops were raiding my home and i was feeling guilty…..
And then she continued:
Jennifer: well i forgot about that dream until the Lord pressed in my spirit to read ps 51 before the meeting
and when i read it aloud…especially the part about have blood on our hands…and being guilty…i nearly fell to the floor when i remembered the dream
and yes…thats what the Lord wanted us to do…get on our knees and truly repent….we spent like an hour doing this….it was phenomenal
Rob: my word ….
And here’s the awesome part – God sovereignly moving to direct the meeting with the cloths that were blessed the night before:
Jennifer: just as we were on our knees the Lord told me to get up and get the red cloth….of course….THE BLOOD OF JESUS….washes away our sins
and so it went on….after cleansing….the Lord made me take them through the tabernacle…and then bring out the gold cloth…THE GLORY! that went on for a while….
and then eventually…..ABUNDANCE, BREAKTHROUGH, PROSPERITY, ROYALTY……the purple cloth….
Rob: wowwww
Jennifer: and that was basically the night…interwined with loads of prophetic words, words of wisdom, knowledge etc…but different women in the group…all guided by the Holy Spirit
And as an epilogue … she told me about what happenend when God told her get the cloths:
Jennifer: …well this part about the cloths….i know it was from God….well as we were on our knees….remember i got up first and ran for the red cloth….and just dropped in one of the ladies on her knees…she had no idea what i was doing….she just nearly collapsed under that strong anointing…and at that time…[my best friend] gets up from being flat out and was just abt to run for the cloths…and she saw me already started…..she barely could get the words out! She was saying,”Jen, the Lord just told me as well about the red cloth…..” i just stood back and marvelled at the Lord.
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So that’s it. What an awesome testimony – of hearing the Lord, obedience – and the Glory! I loved the progression: from the Blood of Jesus to the Glory to the Abundance, referenced by the Red, Gold and Purple cloths. She was worried that she was rambling, but I think she hit the nail on the head, don’t you????
Has anyone else seen Gold dust? Any other manifestations of the Spirit?
MSN Testimony! October 1, 2009
Posted by bajanpoet in deliverance, personal, prophetic, testimony.Tags: Christianity, commissioning, deliverance, impartation, prophecy, prophetic, testimony
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I’ve again had an awesome time praying for someone over an MSN chat. I hope these testimonies bless those who read as much as they bless me for the telling! Here’s another way God is shown POWERFUL!
I have been home on sick leave from work, and I’ve just started a conversation with one of my friends. Just after the small talk, “Hi, how are you!” kind of opening I said to her:
I was gonna ask you how your relationship with God was going [but] God interrupted me and gave me the word, “Fire-carrier”…. with the sense that you should ask him for ways to extend the reach of his Spirit beyond the church building and carry it to those around you, as it is inside you already! Your passion for him is radiating off of u… I can see it from here!
That doesn’t mean u don’t have bad days Just that God sees the direction of your heart and it is still towards him, no matter what’s going on right now.
She replied:
wowww as usual God is always on time and i really thank God for you and even more for your openess to allow God to use you as a voice piece…i have something on my mind (cant share it as yet) but that is just some confirmation.
I told her:
don’t have to share it with me …. His presence is around you like sparks …. you need to stop doubting who HE is in YOU and ACT
To this she replied:
uhhhumm i keep getting that … i need to get up and do something i am a bit too relaxed.
So I gave her encouragement about time management (yeah right, ME??? Ha!) only by telling her to let God tell her what to do, when, and for how long. She told me she set her timetable deliberately so that if she got a job she could go to class in the evenings. No job has come yet, so she wonders what else God has in store – she told me that she felt God had given her something in her heart that she should do – so I said, “God says GO FOR IT”
So near the end of the conversation I gave her my cell number and said to her:
I know that there’s a reason I connect with your spirit every time we talk - so I want to keep u close lolol
whenever we talk the prophetic flows freely. That shows me that there’s a like spirit there, shows me that u’re open to it; shows me that God has plans for u
She replied:
uhhum – you’re telling me and it always leaves me in awe because it encourages or re-affims and it is just when i need it.
uhhumm - now this is profound! wowwww …. but Lord i thank you
(Isn’t that the goal of prophetic ministry? God is awesome!)
I have sensed that she herself has prophetic giftings, so I said:
I want to see you step out coz I am sure that you have a prophetic streak in you that you’re afraid to use …. or don’t know it’s there. I feel like you get thoughts about others but never say it coz you’re afraid you might be wrong … you know what? I started out like that too! Just have to jump for it and take the risk… and realize that you don’t miss it as much as you think you would!
To wish she exclaimed:
OOMMGG (g=goodness) ROBERT u need to stop it!!!!! no i am jus kiddin
(Sounds like I hit a nerve, eh?)
While she continued to exclaim I told her
You have gifts that Father wants to nurture and release – not only back into your Wesleyan context – but outside into the world! There are people who are not going to grace the inside of a church but will meet God as u speak into their souls, revealing what God has shown you.
What is happening with you is that you are seeing – for yourself – that God is real, his VOICE is real and HE KNOWS YOU; so that you can use that as testimony to others when u tell them what God is showing u for THEM. When others challenge u, u can say, I know it’s real – it HAPPENED TO ME!
She confessed that I was right and that she never went ahead because of fear, so I started to pray over her right there, praying against fear and releasing the BOLDNESS OF THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH. I said in part:
ROAR with GOD’S VOICE
lay hands on the sick and they shall recover
prophesy to the breath and let the Spirit revive those slain (Ez 37)
God has a mighty work for her to do
Do not fear the uninformed… God breaks you from your tradition NOW
in the name of JESUS CHRIST
He wants to be able to move you wherever, whenever
give him ur allegiance!
When I asked her what happened she said:
well i even as you prayed i prayed and believed God with you and yes i yawned and i felt a release and i started shaking and said something i did not understand and i kept saying Jesus is Lord
She told me later she’d heard the tongues in her head, but this was the first time she’d spoken them out loud.
All I have to say is: WOW. GOD IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Does anyone have anything else they’d like to share?
A Party in Heaven….. September 20, 2009
Posted by bajanpoet in Christianity, devotional, personal, prophetic, testimony.Tags: Christianity, devotions, family, Nikao, prayer, salvation
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“In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” – Luke 15:10
I am rejoicing this morning! The Lord is good and worthy to be praised! Yesterday, my wife went to her church’s cell group’s for people born in June and came home with prophetic words for our two boys and for me.
Before I mention what they were, let me say that before our boys were out of their mother’s womb, we had prayed, prophesied and laid hands on them through her bump and called God’s pupose down upon them. We spoke the prophetic into and over them both and said to God that they belonged to him. Our second son, Jonathan, especially, has a major call upon his life. We knew this because Satan kept trying to take him out – even BEFORE he came out of the womb! There were several times that Lesanne (my wife) nearly tripped and fell, there was one person who was encouraging us to abort him (as he was a surprise to us and we weren’t planning for him!) and even some medical conditions that arose in Lesanne during and after his birth. We always said that God had to have a special work for him if Satan would be working so hard to stop him from being born!
Our older son Nikao (means ‘He who overcomes’), who is four years old, loves to make up songs and we got him into learning the violin early, as ours is a musical family – his mother and I and one aunt (her sister) all sing well, and her sister’s husband plays the keyboard at his assembly. Her uncle plays the organ at an Anglican church as well. With that being said, the one giving the prophetic word over Nikao didn’t know any of that when he said that Nick would be a prophetic psalmist, who would be able to play several different instruments and would be able to release the presence of God through songs that he plays and writes. People will be released from bondages when he plays, too! Our friend said that strongholds would be broken when he plays, and that nothing will stop the songs from being released. When I heard that both Lesanne and I were excited, to say the least! WOW!
Our younger son Jonathan is two, and loves to dance. He also likes to try to boss people around! Anyway, for him, our friend said that he saw the little boy as a dancer and a preacher, also able to release the prophetic. Again, our friend doesn’t see when Jonathan dances at every single jingle that comes onto the television. You should hear him singing “How Great is Our God” – he can’t pronounce all the words yet, but he loves it! Our friend said that Jonathan will be a prophetic worshipper, and that the Glory of the Lord will fill the place when he ministers – like when the Glory filled the Temple after Solomon dedicated it. Again …. WOW!
For me our friend simply said that God has an anointing for me, and when it hits me it will be big and awesome.
God is ….. WOW….
But all of that is just the introduction for the real reason for this post.
This morning, before I sent the family off to assembly, Nikao was watching a show on TV with a preacher praying for the sick and seeng them healed. First, I realized that this was the first time that he was sitting down in one place and being intent on the TV for something that wasn’t cartoons. Lesanne and I started to pray that what God was doing on the TV would impart to the little boy. At breakfast, I felt a nudge from the Holy Spirit, so I knelt down beside him as he had his cereal. I asked him if he remembered the story of Jesus dying for him on the Cross. He did. (He makes me read it to him quite often.) I had a toy in my hand and I asked him if I gave it to him as a gift what would he say. He said “Thank you” after I presented him with the toy. I explained that Jesus dying on the Cross was a gift to us, so that we could live with him and have him in our hearts. I sang the old Sunday School chorus that I learned as a boy:
“Into my heart, into my heart
Come into my heart Lord Jesus
Come in today
Come in to stay
Come into my heart Lord Jesus”
And I explained that to have Jesus into his heart all he has to do is thank God for the gift of Jesus Christ’s death. I was being a little overwhelmed by the presence of God and my emotions at that point, so Lesanne led him in a prayer of salvation. I laid hands on him afterwards and prayed that God’s purposes would be done in his life, and that what he had prayed be sealed so that Satan would not steal it. And then I knelt on the floor and cried in joy.
I know the little boy is only four. I’m praying that my God will keep him, as the Word says that He is able to keep that which I have committed to him. So in faith I am declaring to the blogosphere – I LED MY LITTLE BOY TO JESUS CHRIST TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nikao, Robert, Lesanne and Jonathan (l-r)
Please pray for our family – Nikao, his brother Jonathan, my wife Lesanne and myself – that GOD WILL CONTINUE TO POUR OUT HIS BLESSINGS ON US ALL – and that at the proper time, Jonathan too, will COME TO FAITH and that the Glory of the LORD will rest upon us ALL!
TO GOD BE THE GLORY! GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE!!!!!!
