Sunday, November 29, 2009

In Search of Fellowship - Paula



So after recovering from the move a couple of weeks we went in search of fellowship. Ted got on Google and searched for Prophetic, Five Fold in Nashville. He found the Nashville House of Prayer (NHOP). In searching the sight we didn't find any Sunday services but found that it was hosted by the Belmont Church which had Sunday services. We Goggled the directions and went. The Belmont Church is downtown Nashville. The church is on Music Square. On the way to church we passed ASCAP and BMI along with a plethora of music publishing companies. The worship was great; up at the right of the stage was there was an artist with an easel doing an incredible chalk drawing. One of the many ministers shared of his ministry at the prisons maximum security section and death row. There was a great message on Mercy and its necessity in our lives. Overall it was a really great experience. There was lots of outreach and talent in the church. So we decided to go the Thursday night NHOP meeting. It was a small gathering, but after an hour of worship and an hour of prayer, the people who attended told us that most of them attended Grace Center in Franklin. They also mentioned the upcoming meetings with Larry Randolph, Bob Jones and Don Potter. So we again went back to Google Grace Center Franklin and found the directions.
Grace Center has a 9:30 am to 10:30 am "Soaking" session. Absolutely wonderful!!! The message was about Thanksgiving again an excellent word. Speaker made the point that if Thanksgiving was an event we have missed the point. It needs to be a lifestyle. We came home totally refreshed. The "Soaking" is like a spiritual sauna. I was even more relaxed than if I had spent an hour in a physical hot tube and sauna. We had opportunity to visit with half a dozen people and greet the pastor Jeff Dollar who prayed and prophesied a return to us. In visiting with various people they had come from Redding, Toronto, Brownsville, and Kansas City. Brenda Maddox has been telling us about an influx into the Nashville area.
So this morning we went back to Grace Center to "Soak" and attend the gathering. On my way into the building I noticed the "Soon To Be Healed" signs. The pastor Jeff has been reading John G Lake and is stirred with the relationship between spiritual hunger and the manifestations of Gods power in the earth. Out of worship the thing that sparked in my spirit was not that I don't have more of the miraculous because I am not hungry for the miraculous but my hunger needs to be centered on a hunger to manifest the glory of God. Is my life manifesting the glory of God? I don't want the grace to get more from God, but do more for his glory. God deserves more out of my life than what I have already done.

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