Thursday, July 19, 2012

Day 32: Our God's Love: The Way Through The Crowd.

Day 32: Our God's Love: The Way Through the Crowd.

Read: Matthew 9:20 - 22; Mark 5:25 - 34; Luke 8:40 - 48

We are on day 32 out of 100. We have come far in our short time together and I pray that you are slowly being drawn into a newer and deeper relationship with God. In these past 31 days I have tried, through the leading of the Holy Spirit, to raise your spiritual awareness trying to subtly address as many different places you might be in your new walk towards God or try to encourage one more away you can give yourself permission to come along side of Him instead of feeling like you are always looking at His back as He goes ahead of you. Feeling like you can never get close enough to reach out and touch the hem of His cloak feeling like you are always fighting against a crowd.

I am one of nine on the 'Storming Heaven' Intercessory prayer team. Twice a week, on Monday evenings at 6pm and Wednesday mornings at 10am we pick up a list that has been prepared for us in advance through the church office. Prayers come from within our congregations, from members and visitors alike. Prayer cards are taken by the ushers and prayed over by the Pastor leading worship that Sunday. Then they'll find their way to our prayer lists. Sometimes calls and emails will come flooding into the church office with prayer requests or the Pastor's will ask that some be added.

We have many new requests each week and we also have many requests that have that have been on the list for many months. The issues are serious and will usually involve us praying over and through simple to extraordinarily complex sometimes life threatening matters. Many of these life issues become chronic long term struggles for the individual on whose behalf we are seeking divine intercession for. We pray for our shut ins, those serving in harms way in the Armed Forces. In long term care facilities, the bereaved, the hospitalized, for surgeries. We pray for those whose life is affected by the scourge of cancer. Many crowds, many human conditions to pray for, that they step aside for but the smallest of moments, to give but the smallest of cracks for but the smallest opportunity to touch the Healer of Souls - Jesus Christ.

Each of us on the 'Storming Heaven' Prayer intercessory team prays for miracles like this to take place, that the individual being prayed for will find a way to breakthrough their crowded human condition to have revealed to their hearts, bodies and souls, the grace, love and healing found only through touching the cloak of our Lord Jesus Christ. At an appointed time our healing, our salvation will notice us. At an appointed time His power will come to us, providing a sure course for our hearts to live again

Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, ‘Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.’ And instantly the woman was made well. (Matthew 9:22)

He looked all round to see who had done it. But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.’ (Mark 5:32 - 34)

But Jesus said, ‘Someone touched me; for I noticed that power had gone out from me.’ When the woman saw that she could not remain hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before him, she declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.’ (Luke 8:46 - 48)

Pray for God to reveal to you the way through your own crowd. Pray for someone you know or for a stranger that they come to notice the true way, the way of God's love, that at the Lord's own appointed time they may find the healing presence of Jesus Christ. Pray without ceasing for the miracle of healing to take place somewhere, anywhere.

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