John 14:31 ESV,“but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.”
Worship
Prayer
Intercession
Spiritual Warfare
Obedience
I didn’t think I would have a word focus for 2014 as it seems
Father is continuing to lead me deeper into spiritual warfare. He is truly
expanding this ministry of intercession in marvelous ways and I had no idea the
path I would be taking when I began this journey.
I started off in worship which led to prayer and then
intercession. Last year He told me spiritual warfare and with that He gave me
the honour of running a House of Prayer out of my home church. This fall I have been
asked to run my church's prayer chain and with this new task formed the House
of Prayer into a ministry all of its own with so many opportunities for
worship services and hopefully more prayer services. Father is just blowing the
doors open here with an ad in the regional church paper with an open invitation for
all of the churches to come together to corporately pray, and in the near future plans a sign out front of the church inviting my home town to come on it and pray.
I asked Father if He had a word focus for me this year and
He told me ‘obedience’ and my heart shriveled, because I know what He wants and I am very scared to do it, yet I am trusting in Him to provide the courage
I will need when I face this fear.
Isaiah 41:10 ESVFear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
I am snared by the
fear of man.
Proverbs 29:25 ESVThe fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
You see, with the House of Prayer being a ministry all of its
own under the covering of my church, opportunities for expansion are already
surfacing. One of these opportunities is for the House of Prayer to take over
the prayer time during the church service and that means a big ol microphone
and me. Ahhhhh, just typing that out made my tummy turn to jello. :( Folks, I am a behind
the scenes type of person, the one who lays on her face in the dark praying for
others in the lime light. Yet Father is calling me to do this and I know
without a doubt that He will meet me when the occasion arises but it is that
first step that is hard. I envision myself running to the edge of the cliff and
just jumping off and in most situations I do this flying leap very well but in this one I
see myself coming to an abrupt halt bound by fear and feeling myself shrink
into the ground.
If you remember please pray I have courage to take a running leap when I am asked to do what I fear. God is faithful and I do trust Him therefore I know I am safe in Him.
Thanks!
Do you have a word for this new year? I would love for you to share it in the comments below or write a post on it.
Blessings,
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