Spirit-Cast
I think this was the theme that Pastor Randy laid out for our church this year. "Spirit-Cast." Living life under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I love it.
Okay, I have to talk about what God did for me this week. Well, actually, He's been impressing this upon me a couple of weeks now. But all of a sudden I felt a calling from God to have a prayer walk on the Furman campus. It wasn't scheduled or pre-planned or anything like that. The whole thing was spontaneous and out of the blue. I got some helpful input from the L-Team and then sent out a huge e-mail for prayer partners to join me. With so much stuff going on around here, I honestly had no idea what kind of turnout to expect. I didn't know whether I would have three people, 13 people, or no one at all praying with me. But no matter what, I was going. It was a powerful urging from God to do this, and so I just trusted Him to take care of the rest.
So ... last night, we had the prayer walk. John, Chandler, Will, and Matthew Foote joined me at 8:00 in front of the chapel. I read Colossians 1:9-14 to help get our minds set on how we should pray, especially for people we don't know (Paul had some great advice), and had John pray to open us. Then we set out. We walked all across the campus in the chill of night, stopping at the Rose Garden, Hipp Hall, and the Infirmary along the way. Oh my goodness, wow! God is incredible! This prayer walk was truly one of the best experiences I have ever had. It's been a while since I could just close my eyes, raise my head to the sky, and just let God speak to me. It boggles me how often we're inclined to ramble on in prayer sometimes without so much as allowing the Spirit to get in a few words. But wow, He had plenty to say last night. I could feel the Holy Spirit at work around us, looking up in the trees, the fountains, the gutter drain, and especially the people who passed us by. We glanced in buildings and prayed for students in night classes. We sat down in the center of the Rose Garden, hearing music blaring in the UC, and prayed for children and families who passed through there, as well as couples and newlyweds who often get wedding pictures taken there. We listened to God in silence, we prayed as we walked, sang hymns of praise ... WOW! This is exactly what I mean when I talk about being spirit-cast. When you give of yourself and let the Lord make use of you, as He used our eyes, ears, feet, and mouths on this walk, you can feel Him move with breath-taking power. It practically knocks you over. So praise God for His love in communicating with us!
And as a final note, pray for my brother. He had a nasty accident in baseball practice when a ball hit the middle of his eye. It was pretty bad, but not as serious as it could've been. He should be fine, so praise God for that!
Song of the Day: Steven Curtis Chapman - "Speechless"
Verse of the Day: "For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." - Colossians 1:9-14
Okay, I have to talk about what God did for me this week. Well, actually, He's been impressing this upon me a couple of weeks now. But all of a sudden I felt a calling from God to have a prayer walk on the Furman campus. It wasn't scheduled or pre-planned or anything like that. The whole thing was spontaneous and out of the blue. I got some helpful input from the L-Team and then sent out a huge e-mail for prayer partners to join me. With so much stuff going on around here, I honestly had no idea what kind of turnout to expect. I didn't know whether I would have three people, 13 people, or no one at all praying with me. But no matter what, I was going. It was a powerful urging from God to do this, and so I just trusted Him to take care of the rest.
So ... last night, we had the prayer walk. John, Chandler, Will, and Matthew Foote joined me at 8:00 in front of the chapel. I read Colossians 1:9-14 to help get our minds set on how we should pray, especially for people we don't know (Paul had some great advice), and had John pray to open us. Then we set out. We walked all across the campus in the chill of night, stopping at the Rose Garden, Hipp Hall, and the Infirmary along the way. Oh my goodness, wow! God is incredible! This prayer walk was truly one of the best experiences I have ever had. It's been a while since I could just close my eyes, raise my head to the sky, and just let God speak to me. It boggles me how often we're inclined to ramble on in prayer sometimes without so much as allowing the Spirit to get in a few words. But wow, He had plenty to say last night. I could feel the Holy Spirit at work around us, looking up in the trees, the fountains, the gutter drain, and especially the people who passed us by. We glanced in buildings and prayed for students in night classes. We sat down in the center of the Rose Garden, hearing music blaring in the UC, and prayed for children and families who passed through there, as well as couples and newlyweds who often get wedding pictures taken there. We listened to God in silence, we prayed as we walked, sang hymns of praise ... WOW! This is exactly what I mean when I talk about being spirit-cast. When you give of yourself and let the Lord make use of you, as He used our eyes, ears, feet, and mouths on this walk, you can feel Him move with breath-taking power. It practically knocks you over. So praise God for His love in communicating with us!
And as a final note, pray for my brother. He had a nasty accident in baseball practice when a ball hit the middle of his eye. It was pretty bad, but not as serious as it could've been. He should be fine, so praise God for that!
Song of the Day: Steven Curtis Chapman - "Speechless"
Verse of the Day: "For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." - Colossians 1:9-14
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