Dear Brothers & Sisters:
Many of you have not heard form me for a while. There are many reasons. Most are pretty good(Though many know I believe GOOD is often the enemy of GOD.). I have been very devoted to some new church things, some travel, family and business. So, feel free to write me if you want more details. We definitely are in the middle of transition.
Here are some highlights.
A week ago Friday, our daughter Alyssa gave birth to her third child. baby boy. The difficulty...she did not think she could handle it, so the baby is with pre-adoptive parents. Hope you will pray:-) She is very torn up about this. She has 21 days from Friday to resolve this. God is definitely speaking to her and we are confident in the Lord for His care of her. Personally, I believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that she will keep this child. As I told her. God trusted you enough to have this baby, so He must have trusted you to take care of him.
Our store-we are certainly in the middle of transition as we decide how to move into our new business while selling or giving this store away. Feel free to check it out on ebay. Our other business is picking up quickly. Feel free to visit our website. I just added some cool stuff about the revelation, following a vision that I had had 5-6 years ago. This is on our blog listed below.
Deeper Relationships. This is our new group, both online and together. We are seeing lots of cool things happen in this group and it is exciting.
Yesterday I met with a Christian philosopher. While he was there a woman named Therese came in. She and her "partner" (Spelled Civil Union) are here to look at taking over the UU church in town. Despite her leanings we got to introduce her to some of the things of the Lord. I will tell you that her "I beleive anything" statement really took a toll on my thought process. I wanted to jump in, but decided that I want another chance to talk to her:-)
Earlier this week I was a a conference. I got to do my favorite thing in the world. Worship the Lord. Drums...and lots of them. Lots of new friends and new connections. Lots of worship and lots of Him. What else could one ask for. It was a lot of fun and I am thankful for the time away. I had originally planned to be with Alyssa, but she had her baby a week early.
Lately, the Bible has been explosive for me. When I first got saved the Bible would have words turn into fire lit thoughts. I literally would see lights around the wors that the Lord would "highlight" for me. Other things like that are happening. (Feel free to visit my blog at the bottom of the page.) And the result of that is increased faith, believing God to be all that He is in my life. I am not sure "why" it is happening, but it is happening. We are seeing people prophesied over and healed who are not even saved. As much as I have seen really cool with the pre-Christian set, I also see a lot of despair among the brethren. Like where was God when all this was happening. A lot of this is with parents. I think you are going to see a wave of repentance come across America among Christian parents who have placed their church and the related activity above the lives of their children. "Where is the beef" was the old commercial. Christians morphed it to "where is the love?" And I think the next wave will be "where is the real?" I was in a meeting the other day where a young man prophesied that "creativity" was going to come into Christian music and it would not all sound the same. I think it is going to affect all of the church. The application of Biblical principles(Or the lack of.) is what we are dealing with. Not politics or misplaced loyalties. Politics mean so very little, unless we operate without the power of the Lord. In which case we must "legislate" morality. For years I have watched the church. From within and without. What is it that separates the church from the world? It ought to be love. But it ought to be allowing the Lord to move in our lives and the world seeing it. We are going to need it. I sense that there is a big change moving in America. The division between those believing and those not in the church is growing greater. Them versus us. WOW! Where has that come from? Did you know there is a church in Scotland called the "Church of the Holy Rude?" Listen to this..."If James VI's coronation was the highlight of Holy Rude's history, perhaps its lowest ebb was during the long period from 1656 to 1936 when a wall divided the nave from the choir, and the church served two divided congregations. This was originally the result of an argument between the minister of Stirling, Rev James Guthrie and a colleague. The Rev Guthrie had a knack of making enemies and he was eventually executed for treason in Edinburgh on 1 June 1661, his head subsequently being displayed on a spike in the city as an example to others. " Crazy, huh? Is it? we see it a lot in America. One of the reasons we "lose" so often is because our theology is in the way. I have better relationships with many New Agers who "accept" my beliefs. Talk about tongues and we have a problem. Manifestations of the Spirit. Whoops!
We battle not against flesh and blood. Our job is to wield a sword in the heavenlies and wear a towel and serve here on earth. It is the only way we win.
God bless you!
Lee
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