This morning I was listening to Lindell Cooley during my prayer/worship time at the corps and one of the songs seemed to grab me- actually, Holy Spirit did the grabbing. The music is extremely powerful even though there aren't too many words to the piece:
Send Your Rain, Oh Lord (2x)
Send Your Rain to Your people.
All of a sudden, my prayer experience was stepped up a lot. God was there manifesting his presence and giving the words being sung a rhema effect (the words were immediately powerfully applicable directly to my situation- as if they were written and sung just for me right at that moment [I love it when God does that!]). Beyond the obvious, I knew with no shadow of doubt that God has been sending His Rain on His people in our Bangor corps for the last three Sundays now. When this happens, it is awesome! And it is one of our corps mission goals: "To actively seek God's Presence and live in it as often as possible."
Oh, we had quite a few faux pas this morning, but none of them mattered at all- we went right on with things and kept our Enemy from hindering what God had planned for us to receive. We missed all our teens (they were all at Youth Councils this weekend, 20 in total), the praise band (we had to use an iWorship DVD, which is fine, but not the same as live) and the band was seriously depleted (including a couple of MIAs), but we already heard they were seriously blessed too!
So if you're looking for a place to worship where God shows up (in person), you might want to try to get to Bangor! I know it's a bit of a trip for most, but for God, anything's worth it, right?! We're expecting God to show up again next week- and isn't that a good part of why he does?
Send Your Rain, O Lord, to Your people! We're soaking up all those showers of blessing!
Can You Hear Me?
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