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August 24, 2009
A New Adaptation Of Pentecost
In sharing from the Old Testament concerning the needed outpouring of God’s Spirit in my church, I believe a paradigm for any church, or individual, hungry for a fresh touch can follow. In densenian form, here’s what was taught. First, the opening salvo of the Spirit will be seen when a wave of repentance comes over the family of God. (Jeremiah 31:31-34) Second, we are going to see ourselves broken with the things which break the heart of God. Our stoniness, hardness, calloused hearts will be replaced by hearts which are breakable, pliable, tender before the Lord. (Ezekiel 36:26-27) Naturally, there will be “manifestations” of the Spirit’s presence. He will break through our natural senses and bestow His gifts. However, it won’t be for a select few or a narrow segment of the body. It will transcend age, race, economics…all the flimsy walls we have erected to develop a sense of “being better than them.” (Joel 2:28-29) Lastly, if it’s really Him, if He really does invade our church, our lives, it will be far more than a “Charismatic fix” on Sunday which has evaporated by Tuesday. It will last, even to the coming generations. (Isaiah 44:3)
I’d really like to know your thoughts on this…I happen to think without this taking place, we are in for some real problems in the American church. What’s your take?
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Pastor Morgan,
I am happy to have stumbled upon this website for the first time and am sure it was not by chance, but was no doubt under the direction of the Lord. I have not had the opportunity to talk with you in some time since your leaving Pathway and moving to North Alabama. I’m not sure if you remember me, but I was the stocky male nurse in my late twenties who had an episode of heart pain at home while getting ready for work at the hospital. The moment I walked into my unit, that being CCU ironically, I had our Med Tech run an EKG on me. I was devastated when I looked at my results, although the EKG did not show any active or recent MI(Myocardial Infarction), there was evidence of a past MI located in the Septum between the left and right ventricle. As far as I was concerned my life was never going to be the same and was no doubt going to be far shorter than I had planned. I kept the bad news to myself for a few days as I was just overwhelmed with grief. I had no choice but to turn to the one who I should have turned to the moment I experienced the angina, JEHOVAH-RAPHA. I told my mother(Beverly Breedlove) the news and she immediately prayed with me, and had Mrs. Dianne and the prayer group pray with her. Mrs. Dianne gave my mother a prayer cloth after they had all prayed over it, and told her to give it to me. I had convinced myself that my future was nothing short of a stint or two that would be later followed by bypass surgery, and then a nice warm diagnosis of cardiomyopathy that would eventually leave me to drown in pulmonary edema and CHF. I had the EKG confirmed by a couple of Cardiologists at work and was deciding on when I was going to schedule a Heart Cath. My mother gave me the prayer cloth and asked my sister to pray with us. We agreed in the name of the Lord that I was going to be healed and my next test would show evidence of a perfect heart. Before having the Heart Cath I had another EKG performed. This was five days after my episode of chest pain, and the EKG was perfect. The previous evidence of a past Myocardial Infarction was no longer there. I had three more EKGs performed over the next three days to be sure they were consistent, and all came back perfect. The Cardiologist claimed the first EKG showing a past MI must have been false due to the Med Tech placing the EKG leads in the wrong place. I told him that I could understand his tendency to attribute the change in my results to lead placement and that I felt obligated to tell him the truth about why my EKGs had changed. He asked me what I was talking about, I then asked him if he believed in the Lord and if he did, did he believe in divine intervention. He claimed that he did believe in God, but had never witnessed a miracle. I told him that these results were proof that he had already witnessed a miracle.
I wanted to thank you for talking with me during that time and ministering to me. You have had a big impact on my understanding of the Lord and his word, and I plan on making a trip to North Alabama with my wife so that she can hear you preach the word. I would hope to hear back from you soon, and would like to have your email address if possible. Thanks, Jason Breedlove
Comment by Jason Breedlove — September 13, 2009 @ 11:45 am |