I will never forget how the Lord brought us to R.L.A. in ’05. God was at work in such a wonderful way and I was completely clueless, which is no surprise. From meeting Tim C. during ministry school and seeing God connect him with Nick T., while I was having to move to L.A. and finish school in Costa Mesa, meeting my lovely, beautiful, wonderful wife to-be Lizzie, to seeing a small group of 10 to 15 people gather in Nick’s house to pray that Jesus would build His church in Hollywood. A word God gave me during one of these meetings was Isaiah 55:6-13. Specifically, verses 10-11 :
“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."
When remembering that, I think, how awesome is the Word of God coupled with prayer in the power of the Holy Spirit! These are the greatest resources given to man for the work of God!
Now, our heart and vision is for church planting, or better yet church birthing, and is founded upon and rooted in the word of God and prayer in the power of the Holy Spirit alone.
When Jesus spoke to His disciples just before the ascension He told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father, and said, “you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Up until then the disciples had the Word of God and Prayer, but Jesus said they needed to wait for the Holy Spirit to come bring life and power and the church would be born as a result. We see this over and over again in the book of Acts. The word of God comes to the people, the people pray and receive it, and the Holy Sprit follows and brings life. A new church is born...
Now, we know that the day of Pentecost has passed and the Holy Spirit has come and is active in this world today, but we are using this as a template for us as we have seen it effectively accomplished in church planting. That is, we are going to labor in the word of God and prayer and wait on the Holy Spirit to bring life.
That being said, the next step for us here in London is starting a prayer meeting. Jesus said that He would build His Church, and He also told His disciples that the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest to send laborers. So, we are counting on God to do the work He said He is going to do and we are going to pray until He brings life and direction by the Holy Spirit. AMEN!?
So please pray for us as we go into the city to find a place to pray. Right now we are considering a place in North Central London called “ The Upper Room”. Now how appropriate would that be, right!!!?
Also, pray that God would bring laborers to join in His harvest. Right now there is a couple named Christian and Michelle with their son Trent that are praying aboutr taking steps to move to London after visiting us recently. During their visit we had an awesome time of fellowship, bonding and prayer time. This is prayer being answered before our eyes. God is moving in people’s hearts to go into the harvest!
God has been so merciful to us here and we thank you for all your prayers, support and love. Blessings! M&L
“Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased,that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray…”
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