Well, I can’t speak for changes, shifting, shaking, stretching, headaches, and rearranging of other local churches, but I can’t certainly speak for ours.

This last Sunday, I awoke to a whisper of the Holy Spirit: “I have shifted the season into the TIME OF LAUNCHING.” It came to me like just about every other sudden insight from the Lord.

This is significant for the church body because of the atmosphere created in a new season. Each season in the Kingdom has it’s own purpose and it’s own anointing. This makes itself known in the overall fruit after the season is over.

It’s specifically important to know the season we are in so that we do not work against what the Lord is doing and also so that we know that it is okay to make certain changes at times.

I believe he Lord was showing me that He will be releasing His Original Intent for each of us during this season. I know enough about prophetic insight to understand that the Lord has a whole different realm which He is viewing things from.

The past seasons could of had their poor attempts at sculpting who we are and how we function. The Lord has a way of tolerating those seasons even to battle against us for a time. But the Lord always comes around and shows the enemy who’s in charge and ultimately whose plan will avail.

The Lord said to us in late 2007, “Shift is coming.” We had no idea what He meant by that. He really meant what He said.

Late 2008, the Lord said, “Another 15 months of shifting is coming. It will come to a close in March and April of 2010.”

This Sunday, the Lord said, “The new season is here.”

We are about to see many things “launch” according to the Lord’s plans. Things which have been on the shelf and both purposes and promises will come alive starting now.

The word of God says to everything there is a time. Let’s respond by letting the Lord do as He pleases. Even with this word of “launching,” we have little idea of what all that entails.

Oh, the disentangling of God’s Will!  It’s been an interesting last few weeks.  Pastor Carlos, the president of Church on the Rock Mexico with hundreds of tribal churches through the mountains of Mexico, was here these last 3 days.  We were able to spend many hours in the prayer room upstairs sharing our hearts as pastors.  Between, myself, Pastor Lawrence, the elders, and Pastor Carlos, we were able to pray and think things through to interpret what we sense God to be saying to us.

Ecclesiastes 3 verse 3 states, “there is a time to tear down, and a time to build.” The key is, using discernment to figure out which of the two God is doing.  You do not want to work against God.  There are seasons to everything, and today could be a downward momentum directionally, and tomorrow, the opposite could be true. As we work through these next few weeks, I want wisdom and discernment in what the Lord is doing.  I want to work in sync with Him.  This is important, because usually, and sometimes, something must be torn down in order to be built up.  This is the role of brokenness plays in our lives.  Each of us must walk through a process of allowing ourselves to be reduced of our unneeded areas, and built up in crucial areas where we need His life and help. Let’s pray through th

Well, this week is a tremedous week in the history of our church.  This Saturday is the official launching of our “School of the Pastor.”  So far 35 or so people are enrolled and desiring to be a part of the training school. It’s an awesome time in our destiny.  As a staff, we have been praying and truly seeking God right now for clear strategy.  It’s amazing how faithful the Lord continues to prove Himself as we press into those things He is unfolding to us. This last weekend, Dick and Donna Sorenson were here.  They did a marriage retreat Friday evening and Saturday.

Pastor Lawrence said it really made him feel like women are a lot brighter then men, as he listened to the many difference our brains differ from each other – the X and Y chromosome. Also, we are in the process of adding 6 new elders at our church.  This is an incredible week. On top of all that, Pastor Carlos Tovilla Cortez will be flying in on Monday afternoon.  We’ll be spending all day Tuesday and Wednesday together.  Pastor Carlos is the President of Church on the Rock Mexico.  He oversees something like 300+ churches.  We are excited about being able to communicate clearly on direction of things from here on out. Ron Hedrick has had an incredible journey for the last 7 or 8 years and has been able to participate with the various churches in the jungles of Mexico, starting West of Cancun and on into the land from there.  This is a strategic time of having Pastor Carlos here in that we will be able to strategize and seek God on what is His Will from here on out.

Ever since our corporate fast, something was tweaked in my spirit.  Psalm 96:3 “Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples.” Here recently, I have been surrendering to the truth that I want the glory of God more than I do to have a successful ministry or to be able to minister myself.  I simply want to set what I believe is a ministry to see the glory of God.  I do not believe that anything matters to me regarding ministerial successes.  The main thing for me, is that glory realm where we get to see Christ and Who He is.  I need Him. I am willing to set apart my agenda or plans to give Him full room to do what He wants.  As far as having a preaching/teaching ministry, I would rather have a pathetic ministry yet see one person either healed or delivered.  One touch from Him makes everything okay.  We are nothing but empty and broken vessels whom He chooses to move through in His mercy and grace.

Well, it’s Wednesday night, and the prayer summit officially ended this morning after breakfast.  We spent all day Monday and all day Tuesday in prayer and seeking after God.  It was quite an amazing time of strategy and hearing from God. More than anything, we felt God’s amazing drawing; with the emphasis on making our pursuit clearly after the Glory of God.  We felt an unveiling of our truest DNA, and that is, that we are a crazy bunch of men of God who are really assigned to hunger and chase hard after our Christ. I am excited at the things we felt the Lord impart and give us as a clear act of mercy.  As the rest of this year unfolds, I would like to blog more about it, but I probably need just a little time to process it all.  In all patience, I want to make sure I fully interpret the incredible sense of visitation.