Open the door!
Dear Friends:
(Feel free to pass this on.)
Many things are shifting here in our community. We are walking out many things and the Lord is gracious. This weekend our friends, Darryl & Martha will be with us both in our Sunday morning celebration and in our afternoon ordination. (Please feel free to attend either. Let me know if you need directions,etc.)
Most of you know we hold our Sunday morning celebration in a bank conference room. And most of you know our oldest daughter lives with us, with 3 children and now that she is working full time and overtime, we are bringing all the grandchildren with us on Sunday morning.
We arrived at the bank, opening the doors, turning off alarms, etc.. My wife then noticed that someone had locked the kitchen door. We get there early, make coffee, put things in the fridge for our meal together, etc. Now the children know that grandma makes coffee, hot water, etc., and gives them a snack. So, they were disturbed when the door was locked and their life schedule was going another way(Can anyone relate?), and they began to question it. And then Jordan went over to the door and began to pray. "Dear God, please open this door." Not once or twice, but for about 20 minutes. Tina and I spoke later. We honestly thought the door would open, because of the fervor of his praying. He finally sat down, wondering why God had not answered his prayer. We talked about what God wanted and hearing what He wanted and applying it to the situation, etc.
Twenty minutes for a door to open. I said to my church, I often find that people will not pray 20 minutes for a cancer victim. I will be honest. It shamed me. Not the spirit of shame, but the "oh my gosh, what have I been thinking" kind of response. A child. A door. A prayer. When Tina and I first were married, it was nothing to pound heaven for hours at a time.
God is saying to me, and perhaps others "will you allow your mind to be transformed?"
Not all of life requires twenty minute prayers. I know that. You know that. But isn't it about a visitation from the Lord? Fresh manna from heaven? How desperate are we?
We had a great time as we opened the book of Titus and people plugged in. We had people up to our home after to eat. So, we were cool.
But, what if that door had opened?
Blessings,
Lee
Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.
www.pocafministries.org/spoils
Lee Johndrow
88 WCFR Drive
Springfield, VT 05156
802-885-2885
SHAPING THE CULTURE!!!!!
(Feel free to pass this on.)
Many things are shifting here in our community. We are walking out many things and the Lord is gracious. This weekend our friends, Darryl & Martha will be with us both in our Sunday morning celebration and in our afternoon ordination. (Please feel free to attend either. Let me know if you need directions,etc.)
Most of you know we hold our Sunday morning celebration in a bank conference room. And most of you know our oldest daughter lives with us, with 3 children and now that she is working full time and overtime, we are bringing all the grandchildren with us on Sunday morning.
We arrived at the bank, opening the doors, turning off alarms, etc.. My wife then noticed that someone had locked the kitchen door. We get there early, make coffee, put things in the fridge for our meal together, etc. Now the children know that grandma makes coffee, hot water, etc., and gives them a snack. So, they were disturbed when the door was locked and their life schedule was going another way(Can anyone relate?), and they began to question it. And then Jordan went over to the door and began to pray. "Dear God, please open this door." Not once or twice, but for about 20 minutes. Tina and I spoke later. We honestly thought the door would open, because of the fervor of his praying. He finally sat down, wondering why God had not answered his prayer. We talked about what God wanted and hearing what He wanted and applying it to the situation, etc.
Twenty minutes for a door to open. I said to my church, I often find that people will not pray 20 minutes for a cancer victim. I will be honest. It shamed me. Not the spirit of shame, but the "oh my gosh, what have I been thinking" kind of response. A child. A door. A prayer. When Tina and I first were married, it was nothing to pound heaven for hours at a time.
God is saying to me, and perhaps others "will you allow your mind to be transformed?"
Not all of life requires twenty minute prayers. I know that. You know that. But isn't it about a visitation from the Lord? Fresh manna from heaven? How desperate are we?
We had a great time as we opened the book of Titus and people plugged in. We had people up to our home after to eat. So, we were cool.
But, what if that door had opened?
Blessings,
Lee
Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.
www.pocafministries.org/spoils
Lee Johndrow
88 WCFR Drive
Springfield, VT 05156
802-885-2885
SHAPING THE CULTURE!!!!!
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