kingdom action at life church…
yesterday, cecilee and i spoke at the life church in stockton, california. lance, the pastor is a real good guy. they just recently moved into their new facility and it looks great…coffee colored walls…it made the crowd thirsty. in the middle of the worship time, the Holy Spirit decided to say hello. there was a powerful time of repentance, healing, restoration, and kingdomstrations. lance said this had never happened in their services before so powerfully. i am waiting to hear back reports on healing. i know some took place. prodigal’s came home, relationships were restored, a lot of good kingdom action. just one encounter with the presence of God can change everything.
they are having us back this wednesday to speak again. there was a very significant move and we both felt the Lord saying to keep going. we are expecting some groovalicious things to happen. so, if you are in the area, come check it out this wednesday at 7pm at the life church in stockton.
sunday morning we munched on a few thoughts together. sometimes people will blame the devil for an attack when it’s actually the Holy Spirit attacking the flesh. He wants to conform us to the image of Christ and that will bring tension. it is an ancient battle between the flesh and the Spirit. the Spirit doesn’t want a roommate. i see the first wave of warfare in our lives as the Spirit attacking flesh.
we also talked about how Jesus usually commissioned people much quicker than we do in the church. one example is legion man in mark 5 who had at least 2,000 demons cast out of him…that’s a bad day. then the pork show of 2,000 pigs leaping off a cliff. that would’ve been awesome to see! the freed guy wants to get into Jesus’ boat, but Jesus sends him to share to the 10 towns. Jesus is basically saying, “go speak on my behalf now”. the dude just had 2,000 demons minutes ago and now he’s a mouthpiece for the Kingdom. i don’t know a Christian leader in the world who would do this. we would have ex-legion man in discipleship 101, maturity 309, and ordinances of the church, 707. we tend to separate the convert from the worker…Jesus doesn’t.
well, that’s enough munchies for now. i must now delve into the deep mysteries of life like: why did people ever decide to put carpet into homes and why must an oil change take so long.
great thoughts here. Both of the ideas, spirit vs. flesh and convert vs. worker, share a common ancestor: the felt need to tame God’s kingdom rushing onto the scene. Despite our best efforts, Yahweh cannot be leashed by religion.