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Monday, July 21, 2008

The Unexpected...

Tonight Anitra and I went to a dinner with all the other pastors from Vision USA (the organization we are with for church planting). The unexpected happened to me, and because of it I am grateful. A husband and wife church planting team whom I have never met prophesied over me and this has never happened to me, needless to say this whole prophesying thing has always been looked at with a skeptical eye. But here is what happened...
As I began meeting different pastors and their wives in the room I was introduced to this couple from Puerto Rico who moved to Orlando to plant a church near the Mall of Millennia. We instantly had a connection simply because we both speak Spanish and began to share the commonalities between our cultures...We shared our stories of how God led us to this place in our lives to plant churches in this community. Before I knew it and I am not real sure how the conversation transitioned to this they both began to speak "spiritually" into my life. They said that they saw me in a prison...what? A Prison? They said that even though I was still imprisoned by my circumstances that I was ready to explode with the kingdom mission to spread the gospel to people, even those that would be my enemies...The wife then told me that I need to continue to walk in Humility and Love. I was baffled why she would choose "Humility" but it's all so clear now...the couple prayed over me and blessed me.
Here is what's so crazy...yet so much of a God thing. On the way over to the dinner tonight I was telling Anitra about this dream that I had last night. My dream took place in a prison, and my whole family was there with me. It was bedtime in the jail and I was putting my kids and wife to bed, stressed and worried about their safety and welfare I stayed awake keeping my eyes open to see if there was any danger. Soon after that 3 men approached me and wanted to fight. I began to fight one of the men, and as I was overtaking him (which in real life would never happen, because I am a wimp) I began to preach the gospel, loudly and fiercely, but also with many tears in my eyes...as I screamed and shouted "Jesus loves you" the man and his two friends repented and were saved. At this point my dreams ends, but all day I have been moved by this dream, because I don't dream often.
Tonight, I never told this couple anything about my dream until after they prophectically spoke into my life.
What does this mean? Since I have been here in D-town, we have had multiple cicrumstances that feel like we are bound up and in prison. There is so much to share about this but the point remains...that we have felt constrained in various ways. But tonight I now know that God is about to break us free from this prison and that we are ready to move forward in the Spirit with power and confidence and that as I walk in humility and love God will use me to overcome evil and bring Shalom to D-town.
I have been walking for the last 2 months with a spirit of defeatedness and imprisonment. Tonight that is over. I might have circumstances that bind me up and frustrate my physical realm but I am called to walk in the Spirit. Tonight I am freed up to do that which God has called me to do , and it's not by my strength but on His power and might that I will be victorious and break free from these prison walls.
I am resolved to hear the voice of the Lord and to march forward for the sake of His kingdom and His Glory. If you are reading this I pray that God might bring others into your life to prophesy over you...

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Today, I did one of the hardest things in the world for me to do...I had to humble myself and apologize to some men that I deeply respect. More apologies to follow this week...

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