Church

My husband and I have decided that we need to find a church where we have common ground. A place where we can grow individually, and as a couple in the Lord. We want to find somewhere that has a true annointing of God, where the people want to be in church to grow and come to know you as part of their family, church family. It is something that has been on my heart lately, and I know that it is the right thing for us as a couple.

So I have been out exploring a couple of churches and coming home to talk to my husband about the experiences that I have when I am there at the service. We talk about the message, worship, God, their view of God in the church and how it is reflected in thier daily lives. We would then talk about the annointing of the church, is there an annoiting or does it feel dead like dry bones in an old empty, cold, stone room.

Then an amazing thing happened, there was a church that I found that God is drawing me back to more and more. I have found his annointing and his Holy Spirit there in the 4 walls of the church. A place where the Spirit is flowing daily, and every time they have a service. One is able to feel and be in the presence of the Almighty Father. A place that Christians want to be as often as they can. A place where there is true peace in the church, love for Christ and others that are there in the church as well. One place where God is at all times, if you are willing to be in His Holy Presence then come and walk with Him and feel the Love of the Heavenly Father. A true, never ending, always forgiving Father that want to be there for you in all things, through all things and any time that you are in need He will be there.

So I went and got my husband and took him back to his original faith, and brought him into the church. I asked that if this is where we are to be then to have the Lord work on his heart. It is simply amazing, my husband walked out and stated that we may have found our new Church home. A place where we can be together as a couple where we both will be fed in Christ.

But, beyond finding the church and feeling that annointing in that place there is so much more that needs to happen for a chrisitan. Yes, that annointing is important but so is the relationship that one has and develops with the Heavenly Father. A relationship where you are in fellowship with im, and are intune with His Spirit. It is something that one must work at and want to do or it can become dry and cold like an old musty room that has been abandened for many years. It is something that is fostered in the church. The chiurch helps you grow in your walk with Christ with the services, messages, worship, prayers, and teaching you the ways of God and how they fit into your daily life.

The Church that you find this in you will grow as a Christian. It is a place where one can turn to in times of need, time of joy and when you just need someone to listen to you in your crisis or situtation. The church is a place where fellowship with others in Christ grow and relationship with others blossom into wonderful Christian relationships or new friendships. It is a place that one is able to call on in times of need and not be judged by others, if you need to vent, cry or pray. The Priests and Pastors of the church are there to help you grow in God, and foster that relationship with Christ, but they are only able to do this if we are willing to ask them for help. They are there if we stumble and fall, they will help you up, brush you off and get you on the right road again with God. They do not judge but understand that it can be hard to live like Christ wants us to in today's society. That is why God has given us them in our lives, so they can help us with spiritual things and emotions, and anything that they are capable to doing when it comes to their role as a Pastor or Priest in the Church.

Why not call them and talk to them about what is going on, talk to them about sin, or about anger, sadness and deep rooted pain that we hide from all because it would expose the real hurt in our heart and soul. What if we made that call and found that relationship ince again, and found that as we talked and explored Christ with the Pastor/ Priest that those old wounds started to heal with God's hand. Would you take the hand of God, or continue to walk in hurt, pain, anger and tough it out because of pride or shame. There is never pride in asking a Priest/Pastor to help you find God's healing or your way home to God. Walk back into church and talk to God and let the mircles begin to happen.

Spilling

In the news media we are hearing a lot about the current oil spill and the effects it is having on the people, economy and the environment. It is vital to our state of living since we as a Americans depend on the oil for our living and the spill is effecting our resources in a negative material. Yet, what if we were to have a spil of our own, a Spiritual Spill. What if this spill caused us to grow and become a stronger and a better Christian. Would we be open to it? Would we run and hide from God, or would we welcome the changes, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Would we as a people take the time to say wow, what is happening to me, and it needs to stop now so I can go back to living my "normal life"

This spilling of the Spirit, is available and in reach to all Chrisitan's who want to be closer to the Lord. Those who are striving to walk with him daily. It is an outpouring that is able to refesh our souls, one that will wash us and make us long to worship, pray and follow after Jesus on a daily basis. It could cause us to look to God first when things happen to us, rather then to other things to fill the void that we may feel in us or in our hearts when things happen that we are not able to control.

The spilling of the Spirit of God is something that we as Christians should be striving after and not running away from on a daily basis. What if the Spirit came upon you when you were needing a friend and you felt the Lord with you and you had comfort in your soul. If the spirit came to you in a time when you needed to talk and let you know that God was there with you in the middle of the storms of life, and gave you all you needed at that moment. Or if the Spirit came to you in the car when you are driving and put on your heart to pray for someone, who is strugggling or really needs prayer to make it though the day, would you pray or turn up the radio and sing another song like nothing ever happened.

If that Spiritual rain came to you sitting in a pew at church when you needed to hear from God, cause you are wondering in the sesert and God seems so far away that you cannot reach him in a million years. Then he shows up and brings that rain to you and a true refreshing of your soul. Where you feel the love of the Father so deeply that you never want to leave your seat or want that moment to end. If in the falling rain you become aware that God is there with you if you are willing to talk to Him, that He is there waiting for you to call upon Him in your time of need, hurt, pain, joy, depression, loneliness, etc. He is there just waiting for you to say the word Come Lord, I need you now. This simple act of speaking these word can bring the Lord to you along with His comfort, care and love.

What if we just simply asked the Lord for a new spilling of His Spirit upon us so that we can feeel Him anew, and walk with Him so much closer today then any other day in the past. God is there waiting for you to ask Him to come to you, and to help you and then He will spill His Spirit upon you. What if we just asked, and He answered, then the rain began to fall and we found a whole new level to our relationship with God.