Emil spoke at our CMA (Christian Motorcyclists Assn) meeting tonight and shared what God’s been showing him is a word for the church for 2014. Get your validation from God. Delve into the Bible and find out what He says about you and how much He loves you. Start with Romans 8:29-39. (See January 31st post for details!)
Jesus’ Love Story on Valentine’s Day
We spoke last night (Valentine’s Day) at a dinner and had a wonderful time with the 40 people there. Lots of fun and laughter and great steak and shrimp! Focused on Jesus’ love story and showed to what great lengths He will go to intersect someone’s life with His love. The great life adventure can then begin if we love Him back and go, do and say whatever He tells us in order to keep His love flowing out to others!
Still Going Strong after three years
Spoke to a lady today that I ministered to three years ago. She was killing herself with a drug addiction. The Lord revealed her root issue and she was able to come out of agreement with the terrible lie she believed and was able to totally forgive herself and the addiction was defeated! After three years she is doing fantastic! She is addicted to Jesus more than ever, and totally in love with him! Jesus has restored her marriage and her relationships with her loved ones!!! Thank you Lord for allowing us to cross paths again with those whom we have crossed paths with in the past!!! Love you Lord!!!!
Raising peoples’ expectations!
Among others, we prayed for two men at the food distribution Monday with ear damage. We prayed for God to heal and restore their hearing but we could tell they had no expectancy that anything would change. We continue to pray for their healing so that they will know that God IS big enough to do ANYTHING! Nothing is impossible for Him. We prayed last week for a woman whose daughter had been murdered two years ago but although the killers are known, there has never been an arrest and she was hopeless. This week a TV reporter has spoken with her and put the story on the list of topics to air. We pray it happens and it results in justice for this woman and her family.
Great two days preaching and ministering in Mason City
Our Saturday began with a meeting with the elders and Pastor Bruce of the Vineyard which ended with them praying for us during which prophetic words of encouragement came forth for us. Our afternoon was filled with individual appointments for prophetic prayer. Emil preached Sunday morning and the Holy Spirit took over the service by giving him prophetic words for many more people including some children. It was a wonderful time with a wonderful group of people!
Who Speaks into Your Life?
God’s been speaking to me about validation. Your thoughts, feelings, experiences all matter to God. He cares about us and we are important to Him. If we allow God to validate us and we allow His words to validate us, then our emotions will come into alignment with our faith, but when we try to be validated by man, then our faith tries to come into alignment with our emotions. –Emil
Moving down the street!
God opened the door for us to rent a house just 1/2 block from our apartment! We will move the end of February. The thing we have loved most about the apartment is location–and what a blessing to be able to stay in this area! God is so awesome!
Super Bowl Sunday
Super Bowl Sunday we will be speaking and ministering at the Vineyard church in Mason City. Lord, may we all experience YOUR idea of a Super(natural) Sunday!!!
Praise Night Presence
A woman who went through our last Roots class stepped out to fulfill a vision God gave her at the end of 2013 of a Saturday night praise night open to everyone. It happens to be in a community building next door to our apartment. The format is simple: praise and worship and then listening for God’s voice, spontaneous prayer and ministry. His presence has been amazing each week from the moment the lights are dimmed and the music starts. Right now, it’s a small group but we pray that it will grow with people who are thirsty for more of Him. How many revivals have started in just such an atmosphere?! Come, Holy Spirit!
Food Distribution Update
Monday was our second time praying for people waiting to receive their food bags (see previous post for further info about the food distribution). We saw four people we prayed for the week before and ALL of them were changed! The one man who had been so agitated the week before when we met him was beaming and going from table to table greeting people and then helping to clean up afterward with the biggest grin on his face! The other three came up to us with huge smiles and hugs. We got to pray for 8 more people this week. We love this door God has opened for us. An additional benefit is that we get to meet people from the churches that take turns volunteering to pack the food. They all have a love for the people of Storm Lake and the sense that God is about to do pour out His love in a big way on this area!