Wow -
ok in prayer this morning we got blindsided by God. We were suddenly arrested with His heart for the poor and the broken. The Lord took me to his statement in the synagogue in Nazareth when he opened to Isaiah 61 and proclaimed his mission it is found in Luke 4:18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
Jesus heart was always for the poor and it still is. If we are His body and carrying his mantle in the earth should this not be as central to us as it was to Him?
Father forgive us for relegating ministry to the poor to those ministries you have raised up to do it. Give us compassion in our hearts and show us what we are to do from this point forward! Give us wisdom Father!
Amen
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I want to love the lost and broken well but I have no idea how. I guess as I come to understand God's love for me and how to love Him I will be better suited to love others. I still want to help people though so I'm not sure how that all works together. We'll see.
I want to understand Bridget's fish dream. To me the gunk inside wasn't "faith without works is dead" but more like works without faith is dead. Hmmm... Was I the only one that got stuck on that? Ya know...like how can we do good and help the poor and bring freedom to the captive if we as a body are also in bondage to a message of false grace? I'm stuck on that thought.
Lord, grant revelation and wisdom about what all you poured over us this morning!
I agree with you on the fish dream. I just thought it was the stuff that we neglect in order to make our outer selves look so good. Living for the acclaim of men rather than the acclaim of God.
I thought the message beyond just remembering the poor was, "oh bride know my heart entirely!"
To be honest Rachel I don't think that word was for you so much. Some of it yeah but more for the church in Fort Wayne as a whole who are running after all the pretty things that gain acclaim from the system of this world but that the Lord despises
Well you know what my reaction was after our set. My response in the briefing was "I feel like yuck!" It is so hard to sing about something that you feel unqualifed to minister on. That is why giving prophesy and dreams on the prayer mike is a little rattling for me. I need insight and time to discern before I bellow out a chorus. God is really hammering money in my life right now. He shows me how He wants to bless me, then He shows me how to give all my money away, He shows me to give to the poor, and then He shows me how to do my taxes in April. :) A lot to chew on for this confused little girl. I had a dream about the poor that I put on my blog. It was convicting and at the same time delightful!
I have been trying to define myself in terms of people in the Bible who dealt with money/loving your brother issues. But, God has soooo much to say about money/loving your brother. There are so many different circumstances and motivations of the heart to take in to account. I guess my word for the set would be "overwhelming". Not a bad word. Where do I fit in and what is the overall destiny and standard for Your bride? Reveal Lord.
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