Let me start off this morning by saying that if you missed our time of worship and prayer last night in the Theatre- I am sorry that you missed it. No sarcasm or right jab intended. It was an absolutely beautiful time of worship before the Lord and sweet time of prayer. Did mountains move and skies fall? I don’t know. Did family members get healed immediately? Again I don’t know.

What I do know is that God was there and he moved among us by His Spirit! We sang, we prayed, we laid hands on one another- it was all about God and him being lifted up and worshipped. At one point during our time I knelt down on my knees to pray over the leg of one of our NLC family members. As I was at his feet, touching them and praying over him I was instantly taken to the time when Mary burst into the room with an expensive jar of perfume and did the unthinkable- she broke it and poured it over the feet of her Savior. She then began to wipe Jesus’ feet with her hair. HUMILITY all over the room! She unveiled herself before Jesus and everyone else in the room, it wasn’t a show- it was worship. As I was on my knees praying, crying out for healing I realized that while I started on my knees pleading I ended my time just worshiping.

Being in the presence of God and people who are seeking his face changes things. It becomes less about what I need God to do, and more about just wanting more of him. The place of prayer is a place of seeking more of God. The longer I prayed the more I was willing to just wait on him. No agenda, no sense of time or expectation of having everything now. As we worshipped I came to realize in an even deeper way the reality and truth of eternity. My waiting 10 years for something to be realized by God through prayer is only moments in God’s timing. As I prayed and sought God- as my worship deepened and He became my agenda my willingness to wait and trust grew.

I don’t know what is going on in your life right now. It may be that you are going through one of the roughest times you could imagine. Can I make a suggestion…. get down on you knees…. pour out your heart to him…. soak in his presence and let him love on you!

Learning,

Pastor Ryan

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