Gathering for HIM

Dear Friends:

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus!

This is an unusual time in our history. As we look across the nations
of the world, we see the injustices of religiosity and the methods that
are carried out by it. We feel the pain of war torn countries and their
people. Even now as we sit on the brink of World War III, the question
is "who will go?"

Without getting into detail in this letter (Though feel to write me for
the details!) , I have dragged my feet hard the last year. Not wanting
to be part of anything that does not give life or sustains people. I
have always told people God will meet you when you step forward, but He
has no reason to meet us with out placing that foot forward.

The last year brought me heartbreak with the death of one of my unsaved
friends. Yesterday, as I read a letter about the seriousness of a
brother's illness, I was quickened in my heart about the seriousness of
our calls, our destinies and our hearts.

Many of you are familiar with a dream I had many years ago, about
bringing teams to New England and pushing out darkness and establishing
the Kingdom. For many reason, only attributable to man, that dream died
a senseless death. It was aborted. But it is also clear in the
scriptures that unless a kernel of wheat fall to the ground and die, it
can not bring forth life and life abundant. Dreams need to die, that
they might become alive by the power of Him.

Here's the deal...If you are receiving this, it is a special invite. It
is for you and your spouse(where applicable.). It is not for your
friends. It is because you are my friend and you add value to my life
and your place in the Kingdom being established is important. You are
from NY, CT, MA, SC, WA, VT & NH. Some are presently leaders and some
in the workplace. The reality of it is you have been part of a
conversation with me over the years that lead me to this.

This is because I think you might have a desire to see His Kingdom come
here in New England and that the flames of revival would rise high and
move into all the nations. Because you do not want to play church, but
you want to be the church. Because while meetings are good, you want
the meeting in the street, the mall or your workplace, to dwarf what
happened in "church." You care about your inheritance, both in this
world(The pre-Christian) and in the next. You want relationships that
will last til we all get to see His face. You want to be with like
minded people.

So, I am planning a meeting(God-I hate that word.), a gathering of
brothers and sisters to come together to pray and to worship. To love
on one another and to be encouraged. Out of this will come a place of
training for the unsaved. A team to go about New England and to the
world. We will be having concentrated weekends throughout the year.
Places of food, fun and fellowship. Not another strategy-but a going
forth. Many of you are gifted with gifts that I can not fathom but they
are important to what is coming and getting ready to shake. Worship and
prayer, dance and devotion. We want it all.

For a lot of you, you may come from a place of previous revivals. When
you come to Vermont, there is only one documented revival here in
Vermont and it was here in Springfield. (If you care to read about it
visit, www.pocafministries.org)

Please write me back if you are interested. Please write me back if you
are not. But get in touch with me! Out off this group we will form
teams to travel to places needing and requiring prayer. And I have
organizational people invited. That should help you! Me-I throw a party
with purpose.

The dates will be.....8/18 Dinner 8/19 Meeting All Day
There are motels in the area. We will work out the food. But let me
know if this is for you!

We love you!

Sunday morning

Dear Brothers & Sisters:

As I meditate upon the plays of God, I recognize "something is afoot."

Today, with family and friends we celebrate my birthday. Actually, my
birthday is at 11:52 PM on July 3rd, in which case my name was to
have been Samuel. But, because of the weekend, we are having friends
over today. Friends from around New England are traveling here in
some cases. I know a lot of Christians do not celebrate their actual
birthdays, but there is something about having entered the combat
zone, about God saying He knew you in the womb that makes it special.

When I was a child there was a birthday celebration that took place
in our home where my mom made a drum cake. Cherries and licorice
whips made this beautiful drum. As I occasionally see one of those
pictures I remember my friends. Later my parents whisked us away to a
pond where paddle boats and swimming was the agenda. Paddling around
a pond looking at frogs, snakes and turtles. What better enjoyment
for a young boy. Most of my birthdays were spent on the lakes of the
Adirondacks. year after year, camping trips or living at a family
home on Schroon Lake. My summers were spent on lakes, in mountains
and very rarely at home.

Today, friends Christian and pre-Christian will be here. Just
yesterday, I was cleaning up my desk area and I found a box that had
old notes, sermons and the like. I cried. It appeared in 1996-1998 I
knew more about today than I do now. So many of the things that are
happening I was speaking about. But, the worst part of yesterday
morning was seeing a card of a friend who died in the last year.
Without Jesus, without a savior. It opened a wound in my heart
afresh. To die without Him. It opened a very deep struggle in my
heart. Today I am reflecting on my birth and my life, while so many
are never to find peace again.

All over the church people are being shifted. Not pawns being moved
one space or two, but queens, bishops, castles and knights shifting
continentally. People sometimes wondering what God is up to. Finances
shifting. Families shifting. Deep-deep-deep feeling hearts.

We are in the middle of something. And in 1996 one of my notes said
we must concentrate on a few things. One of those is family and
friends. The other is on being the solution. We can no longer devote
days weeks and months to strategy, but we must turn to the
implementation of that which we already. I think one of the reasons
God has given so much encouragement over the years is we are going to
need it. And I believe the time is now.

Conversations lead me to believe that most of the body knows their
call and their marching orders. Far different that 5-10 yeas ago.
Now, the body is needed to move into place. I believe this is the
season of loss of self. And with the knowledge of gifting, we have
obligations. Just as there will not be a present unopened today in my
home, neither should there be in the body.

Just in the last days I have heard numerous(more than 5! people say
they prefer being with unbelievers (pre-Christians) rather than the
body. I can look at the problems: The church depends on one people
and not the Lord, we have too much wasted time on our hands, the body
doesn't understand love, etc. All those and many more may be true.
But, what is the solution? One does not hate their eyes or their feet
and cut it off. So, we can not accept it in the body of Christ. I
love the church. I relish times with my friends. I drove nearly 1.5
hours each way to visit a friend who recently had a stroke. I love my
friends. But I also, love my inheritance, the unbelieving
population. And I spend time there. Stop whining about looking for a
well. Be the well. Stop looking for the perfect church. Be the
church. Sow what you don't have. OK. That's my word of faith side. I
have been there.

Maybe it is time we examined our own hearts and agendas. Very few can
be busier than me at many times, but I have determined a new agenda.
Family and friends and the world. We must be the solution. We are all
sick of the dried of way we have done church in so many instances We
have had great worship. Great teaching But here is something to think
about. There is a form of religion called gnosticism. It is religion
by event or experience or feeling. It is based on intellectual
pursuit of the Lord and what we know. We need to examine our lives.
What constitutes our salvation. Unfortunately we have inoculated many
with enough Jesus by a show of religion to cause them to be resistant
to the real deal.

We need to stop directing friends and family to experience and the
church, meaning no more going to church. Rather that we recognize and
accept the scriptures that WE IS THE CHURCH.

Let the chase begin...

Enjoy this day as much as I will.

Blessings,
lee

--
Lee & Tina Johndrow
Pillars Of Clouds & Fire Ministries
88 WCFR Drive
Springfield, VT 05156
802-885-2885

http://www.pocafministries.org

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